The Academy Academy

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (New Hollywood in the Seventies: Easy Rider and M*A*S*H)

It's the antiestablishment post-sixties auteurs vs the cinema brats! Cauldrons of creativity! Laps of luxury! Was Dennis Hopper the next Orson Welles? Which famous director was beaten up by members of the Hell's Angels MC? Did you get to be Vinnie Barbarino when you played Welcome Back, Kotter on the playground?

All this and more will be assessed and addressed as Don and Pat discuss Easy Rider and M*A*S*H on this week's The Academy Academy!

 

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Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Second-String Samurai Part 3: Death Race 2000 and Hollywood Boulevard)

It's our final episode of Don and Pat's miniseries within a miniseries delving into he exploitation world of Kevin Thomas! Does Tubi have the best commercials? Does a person make a hole in the earth shaped like themselves when they fall from an incredibly high distance? Is there any any figure in Hollywood more likeable than Paul Bartel? Probably not! 

 

The fundraising campaign for Don's Short Film Long Time, No See is still underway!

To support the campaign: https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-time-no-see

To follow our progress on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longtimenoseemovie/ 

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If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Second-String Samurai Part 2: Supervixens and Alligator)

Lusty Austrian Wives! Giant Sewer Gators! Shari Eubank! Robert Forster! These movies have everything!! Don & Patrick assess Kevin Thomas' assessment of Supervixens and Alligator on this week's The Academy Academy!

The fundraising campaign for Don's Short Film Long Time, No See is still underway!

To support the campaign: https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-time-no-see

To follow our progress on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longtimenoseemovie/ 

Follow Don on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social 

If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

Bonus Episode: Long Time, No See (A History of Violence and Triangle of Sadness)

It's b-b-b-bonus episode, folks! We're talking films that influenced Don's latest and greatest short film: Long Time, No See. We discuss the three levels of masculine conversation, the off-kilter nature of small town America populated with Canadians, and of course, Broheim. 

To support the fundraising campaign: https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-time-no-see

To follow our progress on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longtimenoseemovie/ 

Follow Don on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social 

If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Second-String Samurai Part 1: Caged Heat and Halloween)

Don & Pat are deep-diving into the world of Kevin Thomas! What is the value of film criticism? Does smoking a pipe and wearing a bowtie immediately make you a weirdo? Do slasher films bum your hosts out because those young crazy kids had they're entire lives in front of them and they're already getting the Michael Myers treatment? All this and more will be discussed on this week's The Academy Academy!

 

If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

Top 10 Films of 2024

It's our Top 10 Films released (for the most part!) in 2024! Did Danny Collins 2 make the cut? Were we brutal on The Brutalist? Did Anora have us talkin' at the agora? Tune in to find out! There are not a lot of words that rhyme with Anora.

 

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Don, Pat, and Returning Champ Jesse Gantt’s 2024 Cinematic Discoveries

The Movieheads are back, and everything from glaring cinematic gaps to obscure oddities only available on Eastern European youtube equivalents are discussed on this week's The Academy Academy as Don, Pat, and Jesse provide their Top 10 Cinematic Discoveries of 2024.

Did Free Guy make it on to one of our lists? Does war undumb-dumbify us all? Is there any gift more heartwarming than a liter of soda, a pizza, and a copy of Lethal Weapon on VHS? Tune in to find out!

If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com 

Also, feel free to message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Point Blank and Walking Tall)

We're entering the Bufordverse, folks! We're talking Point Blank and Walking Tall on this week's The Academy Academy. Is Point Blank an overrated feature? Is the Monkees movie underrated? Who is Lloyd Bochner's cool son?! All these questions and more are answered. Enjoy!!

 

If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

 

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (The Outfit)

Is Robert Duvall the best Parker? Is Joe Don Baker the best hang? Does this movie contain the sweatiest middle-aged mafiosos imaginable? Tune in to find out on this week's The Academy Academy!

 

If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Extra Credit: Bonnie & Clyde and The Driver)

Man, Clyde Barrow sure is going through some stuff! Are Robert Benton and David Newman the original Willie & Phil? Who coined the term "pulling a Dernsey"? And, of course, why oh why is there a paucity of paunchy middle-aged semi-balding tough character actors in Modern Hollywood?! All this and more is discussed on this week's riveting The Academy Academy!

 

If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.