25YL: The Obsessions Podcast
By 25YearsLater
25YL: The Obsessions PodcastJan 10, 2020
Audio Digest #1 - Lynch's California Trilogy
Curious as to what you're missing out on over on the 25YL Patreon? Well, here's a sneak peek!
Combining three of our recently released audio articles, Audio Digest #1 features nearly an hour of David Lynch goodness, including analysis, theories, and tips, all read by the wonderful Laura Stewart!
Including:
Finding Out About Life on David Lynch's Lost Highway - By Ashley Harris
David Lynch's 10 Clues to Unlocking Mullholland Drive - By Linsay Stanhuis
Inland Empire: A Woman in Trouble - By Caemeron Crain
The Criterion Collectors: Episode 7 - First Criterions
Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- discuss their first Criterion Collection buys: Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) and Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas starring Johnny Depp. Join us for this truly weird mashup of films that turnout to actually pair well together.
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The Criterion Collectors: Episode 6 - The Road Trilogy
Hosts Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, journey through German filmmaker Wim Wenders' Road Trilogy: Alice in the Cities (1974), Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976), which take us on a trip through human emotions and relationships as well as the former West Germany.
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The Criterion Collectors: Episode 5 - Jack Nicholson
Hosts Rosalie Lewis, a writer for FThisMovie.net, and Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- take a dive into two Criterion films starring Jack Nicholson Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972). Both were directed and co-written by Bob Rafelson and are 1970s classics.
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PopCulture25YL: April 1995 - Bad Boys & WrestleMania 11
Welcome to WrestleMania! We take a look at an odd transitional year for wrestling. WrestleMania 11 had a football player, Lawrence Taylor, in the main event against Bam Bam Bigelow. We share our favorite matches and wrestlers from this forgettable show.
Bad Boys and Friday were out in theaters. Will Smith and Ice Cube paved the way for rappers to transition their careers to Hollywood. Other topics include Mortal Kombat 3, Drew Barrymore, and the Oklahoma city bombing.
Strapping Young Lad - Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing by Laura Stewart
Hidden Gem Picks:
Conor: Phunk Junkeez - Injected & Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Gus: Strapping Yound Lad - Heavy As a Really Heavy Thing & White Zombie - Astro-Creep 2000
Andrew: Basketball Diaries
Music:
The Underground World by Terrible Spaceship
OC Remix #3323 Mega Man 8 ‘Aerobotics’ by Just Coffee
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The Criterion Collectors: Episode 4 - Childhood Films
Co-host Tim Rosenberger -- a 25 Years Later film writer, a blogger, and YouTuber -- and new co-host Rosalie Lewis, a writer FThisMovie.net, discuss Criterion films about childhood: the 1959 Japanese film Good Morning by director Yasujirō Ozu, British director Ken Loach's 1969 film Kes, and The Spirit of the Beehive, a 1973 film by Spanish director Víctor Erice.
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PopCulture25YL: March 1995 - The Oscars & The Bends
It's Oscar season! Bryan and Don from 25YL join Conor to look back at the Academy Awards from 1995. Is Forrest Gump worthy of Best Picture? We share our favorites, snub, and underrated films from this memorable Oscar year.
The Bends by Radiohead was released. Bryan shares his favorite tracks and the impact this album had on their career. Other topics include Michael Jordan returning to basketball and Outbreak topping the box office.
Ranking Radiohead's Albums - Written by Bryan O'Donnell
Music25YL: Radiohead, Faith No More, and Morphine - Written by Chris Flackett, Laura Stewart, and John Bernardy
Hidden Gem Picks:Don: Legends of the Fall
Bryan: Wilco - A.M. & Silverchair - Frogstomp
Conor: Headstones - Teeth and Tissue
Music:The Underground World by Terrible Spaceship
OC Remix #3323 Mega Man 8 ‘Aerobotics’ by Just Coffee
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Grief and the Underworld in Mike Flanagan’s Absentia
Mike Flanagan has a way of exploring grief that is both resonating and terrifying. Laura Stewart reads Matt Armitage's thoughts on Mike Flanagan's first feature, 2011's Absentia, covering its topics of grief, loss and trauma, and creepy tunnels. Read the original article at 25YL.
The Secret History of Twin Peaks Book Review
Resident Twin Peak lore and theory guy John Bernardy is back with a reading of his review of The Secret History of Twin Peaks, a side (but also integral) element of the Twin Peaks story from Mark Frost
The Criterion Collectors: Episode 3 - Ernst Lubitsch Musicals
Host Tim Rosenberger is joined by film fan and FThisMovie.net writer Rosalie Lewis to discuss The Criterion Collection's Eclipse Series 8, which features four early-sound-era musicals from famed director Ernst Lubitsch: The Love Parade (1929), Monte Carlo (1930), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), and One Hour with You (1932).
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PopCulture25YL: Februrary 1995
This month we travel back 25 years to take a look at pop culture in February 1995. Heavyweights and Billy Madison released in theaters, Brady Bunch Movie tops the box office, TLC's Creep reaches #1 on the billboard charts, Seinfield's 100th episode airs, Just Cause and Laurence's Fishburne's career, Jewel and Blink 182 release their debut albums, and plenty more on this episode taking a look back at February 1995.
Shallow Grave: The Masterfully Suspenseful Debut of Danny Boyle - Written by Joyce Picker
Music 25YL: Jewel, Tricky & The Fall - Written by Rachel Stewart, Laura Stewart, and Chris Flackett
Music:
The Underground World by Terrible Spaceship
OC Remix #3323 Mega Man 8 'Aerobotics' by Just Coffee
Hidden gem picks:
Dave - Quick and the Dead
Gus - Shallow Grave
Conor - Tricky Maxinquaye
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The Criterion Collectors: Episode 2 - Women Films
Host Tim Rosenberger is joined by film fan and FThisMovie.net writer Rosalie Lewis (whose Twitter can be found at @rosalielewis) to discuss four Criterion Collection and Criterion Channel films directed and/or written by women about women: Not Wanted (1949), Vagabond (1985), Sweetie (1989), and Tomboy (2011).
Silver Bullet: Where’s the Love?
Genuinely good werewolf horror movies are few and far between. American Werewolf and The Howling pretty much make up the whole list. But Corey Callahan argues that we all may be overlooking a third contender: Stephen King's Silver Bullet.
Time Moves Strangely: Metaphysical Geologic Events in Twin Peaks - Electricity Nexus #1
What if, for the world of Twin Peaks, time moves in a way similar to the Earth's own surface? John Bernardy reads his 25YL Article exploring Twin Peak's strange chronology and real-world parallels.
Sweeney Todd: A Massacre of Burtonian Proportions
Cat Smith loves all things Sweeney Todd. Well... almost all things. Come listen as she reads her 25YL Article dissecting the bodily horror Tim Burton bestowed upon a great musical.
Psychedelic Healing in Midsommar
Laura Stewart delivers a somber, reverent reading of her 25YL article, exploring Midsommar and its themes of death, grief, drugs, and relationships as well as the healing properties of psychedelic experiences
Reincarnation & The Return Part 3: Ding Dong, Cooper's Dead.
J.C.'s love for Twin Peaks' Special Agent Dale Cooper runs very deep and in this audio version of her 25YL article she presents a most shocking theory. Is Agent Dale Cooper dead? Could Twin Peaks: The Return have been his journey through the Bardos?
The Criterion Collectors: Episode 1 - Godzilla (the Showa Era)
The first 15 Godzilla films, made from 1954 to 1975 during the Showa Era, were recently restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection. For the premiere episode of 25YearsLater's first podcast, host and 25YL writer Tim Rosenberger will discuss some of the movies with fellow 25YL writers and Godzilla fans Katie Bienvenue and Gus Wood.
This podcast is part of a three part package. Katie, Tim, Gus and 25YL writer Hawk Ripjaw also wrote and produced a video discussing the top 10 reasons to watch Godzilla's Showa Era. Finally, there's an article quickly covering all 15 films.