Stereoactive Movie Club

A collection of 42 posts

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Stereoactive Movie Club Ep 37 // Beau Travail

Directed by Claire Denis, 1999's 'Beau Travail' updates Herman Melville's Billy Budd to a post-colonial French Legionnaire outpost in Djibouti.

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Now On YouTube: Stereoactive Movie Club, Round 3

Continue catching up on some of the movies we watched for the first episodes of the podcast with Round 3 now on YouTube!

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Now On YouTube: Stereoactive Movie Club, Round 2

Continue catching up on some of the movies we watched for the first episodes of the podcast!

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Now On YouTube: Stereoactive Movie Club, Round 1

Catch up on the very first batch of movies we watched for the pod back in 2021.

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Stereoactive Movie Club Ep 36 // Wild Strawberries

Directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1957's 'Wild Strawberries' helped confirm his international reputation after 'The Seventh Seal' the previous year.

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Stereoactive Movie Club: Ep 35 // Modern Times

Directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, 1936's 'Modern Times' features one of his most lauded turns as the Little Tramp – and the first time we heard the character's voice.

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Stereoactive Movie Club Ep 34 // Battleship Potemkin

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, 1925's 'Battleship Potemkin' is one of the foundational works of cinema for its use of the Soviet-developed montage style.

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Stereoactive Movie Club Ep 33 // Round 6 Picks!

It's Mia's turn to pick first as we choose which films we're watching in the 6th round of the Stereoactive Movie Club!

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Ep 32 // Boyhood w/ Max Goransson

Directed by Richard Linklater, 2014's 'Boyhood' tells the story of a boy and his family with the same actors over the course of 12 years of production.

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Ep 31 // Apocalypse Now

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1979's 'Apocalypse Now' is a New Hollywood descent into the madness of war.

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Ep 30 // Raging Bull

Directed by Martin Scorsese, 1980's 'Raging Bull' is a character study of a boxer lacking character, but pure in talent.

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Ep 29 // Pierrot le Fou

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, 1965's 'Pierrot le Fou' is an exercise in self-referential metatextualism on the part of the filmmaker.

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Special Episode // The Sight And Sound 2022 Polls Revealed!

A discussion of the new list of the "greatest films ever made," as decided by critics and directors.

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Ep 28 // The Grapes of Wrath

Directed by John Ford, 1940's 'The Grapes of Wrath' tells the tale of the Joad family's journey to California as they escape the dustbowl of Oklahoma.

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Ep 27 // Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Directed by F.W. Murnau, 1927's 'Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans' was the director's first in the US and considered by many to be the pinnacle of silent film.

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Ep 26 // Round 5 Picks!

It's Jeremiah's turn to pick first as we choose which films we're watching in the 5th round of the Stereoactive Movie Club!

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Ep 25 // Pather Panchali

Directed by Satyajit Ray, 1955's 'Pather Panchali' depicts both the wonder and the struggle of rural life in the Bengal region of India, managing to be both original and universal in its portrayal of young Apu and his family.

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Ep 24 // Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1964's 'Dr. Strangelove,' with its satirical depiction of the absurdity of the Cold War's threat of nuclear armageddon, is often cited as one of the best comedy films of all time – as well as simply one of the best films generally.

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Ep 23 // Persona

Directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1966's 'Persona' explores the dark dynamic between two women... and the accompanying male gaze of the director.

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Ep 22 // The Rules of the Game

Directed by Jean Renoir, 1939's 'Rules of the Game' has been on the Sight & Sound survey every single time!

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Ep 21 // Hiroshima Mon Amour

Directed by Alain Resnais, 1959's 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' helped to bring worldwide attention to the already growing French New Wave movement.

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Ep 20 // Round 4 Picks!

It's Alicia's turn to pick first as we choose which films we're watching in the fourth round of the Stereoactive Movie Club!

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Stereoactive Movie Club Ep 19 // Singin’ in the Rain

Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 'Singin' in the Rain' was only considered a modest hit at the time, but has become one the best loved musicals and movies of all time.

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Stereoactive Movie Club Ep 18 // The Godfather Part II

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 'The Godfather Part II' manages to build, deepen, and perhaps even surpass the first installment.

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Stereoactive Movie Club Ep 17 // 8 ½

Directed by Federico Fellini, 1963's '8 1/2' is a surreal meditation on the filtering of life through the creative process, despite the destruction such pursuits can bring.