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 teenage girls who suspect the new father figure in their lives might actually be a serial killer: Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 classic SHADOW OF A DOUBT; and Joseph Ruben's 1987 cult B-movie THE STEPFATHER. Plus: our quick takes on THE HATE U GIVE, HALLOWEEN, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT and CLIMAX.

Direct download: TAATM_276__Shadow_Of_A_Doubt_vs._The_Stepfather.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 2:07am EDT

Paul and Erin review the two (yes, two!) films that won Best Picture at the very first Academy Awards in 1929: F.W. Murnau's romantic melodrama SUNRISE, and William Wellman's WWI aerial adventure WINGS. Plus: our quick takes on FIRST MAN, THE SISTERS BROTHERS, BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, A STAR IS BORN and THE WIFE.

Direct download: TAATM_275__Sunrise_vs._Wings.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 12:35am EDT

Erin and Paul review two films about showbiz, yacht trips and cold-blooded murder: Peter Bogdanovich's 2001 old-Hollywood yarn THE CAT'S MEOW and the convoluted 1973 mystery-comedy THE LAST OF SHEILA. Plus: our quick takes on LIZZIE, SMALLFOOT, KING COHEN: THE WILD WORLD OF FILMMAKER LARRY COHEN, and CRUISE.

Direct download: TAATM_274__The_Cats_Meow_vs._The_Last_Of_Sheila.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:16am EDT