Back from vacation with our summer blockbuster episode: author, Reverse Shot co-founder and editor, and Editorial Director at Museum of the Moving Image Michael Koresky joins us to proselytize Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (20

Morvern Callar (2002)

29 days ago 14m 8s

Riffing on Kim Gordon’s curation, we get into Lynne Ramsay’s atmospheric Morvern Callar (2002), a mixtape of a film whose cursed vacation vibes echo something of Barbara Loden’s Wanda and foreshadow Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun. Shout outs to Geor

Rewind: The Conversation (1974)

Apr 24th, 2024 1h 15m

In honor of the 50th anniversary of its release this month, we're revisiting our conversation on Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974), looking at the film through the lenses of surveillance and seclusion, Gene Hackman and Walter Murch

Dune: Part Two (with Sarah Welch-Larson)

Apr 1st, 2024 51m 32s

Joining our spicy all-in-the-family March episode are substitute co-host Fran Hoepfner and BW/DR staff writer Sarah Welch-Larson. Listen as long-time Dune-thusiast Sarah absolutely schools us on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024). We get

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Mar 17th, 2024 17m 44s

On this month's micro episode, we get into Elliott Smith soundtracking a savory first kiss in Gus Van Sant’s Good Will Hunting (1997), a film that changed one of our co-host's lives forever.--The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25 is co-hosted by Veroni

Mississippi Masala (with Mitchell Beaupre)

Mar 3rd, 2024 50m 51s

It’s still February in our souls. This month, we’re joined by writer and Letterboxd Senior Editor Mitchell Beaupre to revisit Mira Nair’s recently 4k-restored romance, Mississippi Masala (1991), starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury.

Boyz N the Hood (1991)

Feb 19th, 2024 18m 49s

The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25 is a series in conversation with, and sponsored by, our friends at Galerie. Every month, we pick a title from Galerie’s curated library and zoom in on a single moment to better see the whole.This month we're chattin

Maestro (with Nicholas Russell)

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 11m

This month we’re joined by writer, critic, and editor Nicholas Russell to chat about Bradley Cooper’s Maestro (2023). We get into: what makes a Bradley Cooper Film (thanks Fran), when weird voices work, that epigraph, tension as structure and p

Two Lovers (2008)

Jan 18th, 2024 16m 22s

This month, we're looking at James Gray's Two Lovers, exploring its intimacy, specificity, complexity—and a fantastic Joaquin Phoenix dance scene.---The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25 is a series of bite-sized episodes in conversation with, and spon

Edge of Tomorrow (with Blake Howard)

Dec 25th, 2023 54m 2s

Merry Cruisemas, from our home to yours! For our 3rd annual celebration, we sit down with bosom buddy, film critic, and podcast extraordinaire Blake Howard to discuss Doug Liman’s 2014 film, Edge of Tomorrow. We get into: time loops, Emily Blu

BW/DR Presents: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Dec 17th, 2023 40m 41s

This holiday season, a very special holiday podcast treat: an audio version of one of our most popular essays of all time, Ethan Warren's A Grand Yuletide Theory: The Muppet Christmas Carol is the Best Adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Written

The 61st New York Film Festival

Nov 29th, 2023 1h 5m

On this special episode, co-host Veronica sits down with critic Fran Hoepfner to talk high/lowlights of the 61st New York Film Festival. We get into: looking in vain for the element of surprise (All of Us Strangers), Bradley Cooper as crazy gu

A Place in the Sun (1951)

Nov 19th, 2023 15m 37s

This is The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25, a series of bite-sized episodes in conversation with, and sponsored by, our friends at ⁠Galerie⁠. Each month, we pick a title from Galerie’s curated library and zoom in on a single moment to better see the w

Once Upon a Time in the West (with Cory Everett)

Oct 30th, 2023 51m 12s

This month, author and Cinephile: A Card Game creator Cory Everett joins us to talk about Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). We get into the elasticity of the western, what constitutes pure cinéma, Claudia Cardinale thirst, Big

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Oct 16th, 2023 14m 46s

The Craft (with Katie Walsh)

Sep 30th, 2023 50m 7s

It’s nearly spooky season and we’re waxing nostalgic for The Craft (Andrew Fleming, 1996) with Los Angeles film critic and podcaster extraordinaire Katie Walsh. We get into crushing on Robin Tunney, the 90s, the death of subculture, slow-motion

3 Women (1977)

Sep 16th, 2023 14m 56s

This is The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25, a series of bite-sized episodes in conversation with, and sponsored by, our friends at Galerie. Each month, we pick a title from Galerie’s curated library and zoom in on a single moment to better see the who

The Cameraman (1928)

Sep 1st, 2023 14m 56s

This is The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25, a series in conversation with, and sponsored by, our friends at Galerie. Each month, we pick a title from Galerie’s curated library and zoom in on a single moment to better see the whole.This month, in conc

Missions: Impossible (with Bilge Ebiri)

Aug 17th, 2023 58m 1s

Your mission, if you choose to accept it: in concert with this month's “Heists” issue, we’re talking across Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), and Mission: Impossible (1996) with brillian

Safe (1995)

Jul 24th, 2023 22m 5s

This is The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25, a new series in conversation with, and sponsored by, our friends at Galerie. Every month, we’ll pick a title from Galerie’s curated library and zoom in on a single moment to better see the whole. This month:

American Reflexxx + No Ordinary Man (with Spencer Williams)

Jun 28th, 2023 53m 45s

We’re proud to feature our June issue’s guest editor, poet and PhD student Spencer Williams, in conversation about a pair of films that hearken to our theme of trans cinema: Canadian Billy Tipton doc No Ordinary Man (Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

Jun 19th, 2023 17m 31s

The Philadelphia Story (with Kyle Stevens)

Jun 2nd, 2023 53m 23s

Joining us this month to wax rhapsodic about Katharine Hepburn is film professor, author (Mike Nichols: Sex, Language, and the Reinvention of Psychological Realism), and Hepburn devotee Kyle Stevens.Listen as we get into George Cukor’s 1940 fil

Daisies (1966)

May 31st, 2023 16m 24s

Welcome to The BW/DR Podcast: Frame 25, a new series in conversation with, and sponsored by, our friends at Galerie. Every month, we’ll pick a title from Galerie’s curated library and zoom in on a single moment to better see the whole.This mont

Wings of Desire (with Karina Wolf)

May 1st, 2023 1h 2m

It’s been a minute but we’re back! With writer and Bright Wall OG—literally, she wrote the first essay for our first issue back in 2013—Karina Wolf to discuss Wim Wenders’s iconic Wings of Desire (1987), a film that bridges “road movies” and “s