Trash, Art, And The Movies
The podcast that pits arthouse cinema against brainless entertainment—and then declares a victor.

Erin and Paul review two films about sword-wielding women on kill-crazy rampages of revenge: the 1973 cult classic LADY SNOWBLOOD, and Quentin Tarantino's 2003 genre mashup KILL BILL: VOL. 1. Plus: our quick takes on SABAN'S POWER RANGERS, WILSON, I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE and THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER.

Direct download: TAATM_219__Lady_Snowblood_vs._Kill_Bill__Vol._1.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 12:02am EDT

Paul and Erin review two films from 1997 about humans experiencing their first encounter with extraterrestrial life: Robert Zemeckis' uplifting Carl Sagan adaptation CONTACT, and Paul Verhoeven's subversive blockbuster STARSHIP TROOPERS. Plus: our quick takes on KONG: SKULL ISLAND, GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED, and CAMERAPERSON.

Direct download: TAATM_218__Contact_vs._Starship_Troopers.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 1:00am EDT

Erin and Paul review two films from director Steven Soderbergh: his 1989 debut SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE, and his breezy 2001 all-star heist picture OCEAN'S ELEVEN. Plus: our quick takes on LOGAN, TABLE 19, THE ASSIGNMENT and CATFIGHT.

Direct download: TAATM_217__Sex_Lies_and_Videotape_vs._Oceans_Eleven.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 5:20pm EDT

Erin and Paul review two films about artists whose work takes over the world around them: Charlie Kaufman's seriocomic 2008 howl of despair SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK, and John Carpenter's trippy 1994 horror film IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS. Plus: our quick takes on TONI ERDMANN, THE SALESMAN, GET OUT and XX, as well as this year's Oscar ceremony.

Direct download: TAATM_216__Synecdoche_New_York_vs._In_The_Mouth_Of_Madness.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 11:54pm EDT