About this podcast
The CineNation Podcast analyzes the histories and tropes of film genres and why we love them.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 439 episodes
- 428 - Upgrade (2018) · 1 h 50 min · Season 2 Episode 428"You now have full control again, Grey." For Episode 428, Thomas and Brandon continue their Tech Noir series with UPGRADE, an underrated 2018 gem starring Logan Marshall-Green…
- 427 - Miles Williams of The ALEX Theatre - Interview · 1 h 11 min · Season 2 Episode 427Episode 427 is special as Brandon sits down with Miles Williams, the artistic director of the ALEX Theatre in Glendale. The ALEX Theatre gained national attention this summer…
- 426 - Minority Report (2002) · 2 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 426"Dig up the past, all you get is dirty." For Episode 426, Brandon and Thomas enter Noirvember by diving into the tech-noir subgenre with MINORITY REPORT. Listen as they discuss…
- 425 - Weapons (2025) · 2 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 425"This is a true story that happened in my town." For Episode 425, Thomas and Brandon wrap up their Witch Movies series with Zach Cregger's WEAPONS. Listen as they discuss…
- 424 - The Craft (1996) · 2 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 424"We are the weirdos, mister." For Episode 424, Brandon is joined again by Valerie Broussard to discuss the 1990s cult classic, THE CRAFT. Listen as they discuss how the film…
- 423 - Suspiria (1977) · 1 h 52 min · Season 2 Episode 423"Susie, do you know anything about...witches?" For Episode 423, Brandon and Thomas continue CineNation's series on Witches. Listen as they discuss the story that inspired the…
- 422 - The Witch (2015) · 2 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 422"Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?" For Episode 422, Brandon is joined by returning guest and talented singer-songwriter Valerie Broussard to dive into Robert Eggers's debut…
- 421 - Hocus Pocus (1993) · 1 h 49 min · Season 2 Episode 421"It's just a bunch of hocus pocus." For Episode 421, Thomas and Brandon kick off Halloween season and CineNation's Witch series with a millennial classic: HOCUS POCUS. Listen as…
- 420 - Any Given Sunday (1999) · 1 h 55 min · Season 2 Episode 420"On any given Sunday, you're gonna win, or you're gonna lose." For Episode 420, Brandon and Thomas finish off CineNation's main series on football movies with Oliver Stone's…
- 419 - Jerry Maguire (1996) · 2 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 419"Show me the money!" For Episode 419, Brandon is joined by Ryan Hurley to continue CineNation's Football series with JERRY MAGUIRE. While Tom Cruise is on the press tour for…
- 418 - Remember the Titans (2000) · 1 h 59 min · Season 2 Episode 418"You make sure they remember, forever, the night they played the Titans!" For Episode 418, Brandon and Thomas continue their Football series with the millennial classic, REMEMBER…
- 417 - The Replacements (2000) · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 417"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever." For Episode 417, Thomas and Brandon enter September with their game faces on. It's time to talk some football. Listen as the…
- 416 - Cape Fear (1991) · 1 h 52 min · Season 2 Episode 416"If you hold on to the past, you die a little each day..." For Episode 416, Brandon and Thomas finish their main series on the Southern Gothic genre with Martin Scorsese's CAPE…
- 415 - Deliverance (1972) · 1 h 44 min · Season 2 Episode 415"Sometimes you have to lose yourself 'fore you can find anything." For Episode 415, Brandon is joined by William Mason to discuss the classic film DELIVERANCE. Listen as they…
- 414 - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) · 1 h 54 min · Season 2 Episode 414"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." For Episode 414, Brandon and Thomas tackle the most important figure in the Southern Gothic genre, and that's Tennessee…
- 413 - Stoker (2013) · 1 h 59 min · Season 2 Episode 413"Sometimes you need to do something bad to stop you from doing something worse." For Episode 413, Thomas and Brandon start CineNation's Southern Gothic with an interesting…
- 412 - National Treasure (2004) · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 412"I'm gonna steal the Declaration of Independence." For Episode 412, Brandon and Paige finish out CineNation's Treasure Hunt series with the millennial classic, NATIONAL TREASURE…
- 411 - The Goonies (1985) · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 411"Goonies never say die!" For Episode 411, Brandon and Thomas continue their series on Treasure Hunt movies with the 1980s classic, THE GOONIES. Listen as they discuss the early…
- 410 - Muppet Treasure Island (1996) · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 410"To wherever the wind may take us!" For Episode 410, Brandon is joined by returning guest Paige Klaniecki and new guest podcaster, the talented singer/songwriter, Valerie…
- 409 - Romancing the Stone (1984) · 1 h 47 min · Season 2 Episode 409"You're gonna be all right, Joan Wilder. You always were." For Episode 409, Thomas and Brandon are back from their hiatus to talk Treasure Hunt Movies. They are kicking off the…
- 408 - Before Midnight (2013) · 1 h 42 min · Season 2 Episode 408"This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real." For Episode 408, Brandon and Thomas complete their June series on the BEFORE trilogy! Listen as they discuss what prompted…
- 407 - Before Sunset (2004) · 1 h 35 min · Season 2 Episode 407"I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with." For Episode 407, Brandon and Thomas continue their trilogy breakdown of…
- 406 - Before Sunrise (1995) · 2 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 409"But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?" For Episode 406, we're back with Trilogy Month! For this year's Trilogy Month, we're tackling a much smaller…
- 405 - Being John Malkovich (1999) · 1 h 49 min · Season 2 Episode 405"Are you John Malkovich?" For Episode 405, Brandon and David close out CineNation's main series on Surreal movies with BEING JOHN MALKOVICH. Listen as they discuss Charlie…
- 404 - The Holy Mountain (1973) · 1 h 36 min · Season 2 Episode 404"You can change yourself into gold." For Episode 404, David and Brandon continue CineNation's series on Surreal movies with Alejandro Jodorowsky's THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. Listen as…
- 403 - Sorry to Bother You (2018) · 1 h 50 min · Season 2 Episode 403"Listen, I just really, really need a job." For Episode 403, Thomas and Brandon continue CineNation's Surreal series with Boots Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. Listen as they talk…
- 402 - Eraserhead (1977) · 1 h 39 min · Season 2 Episode 402"In Heaven, everything is fine." For Episode 402, David and Brandon kick off CineNation's series on Surreal Movies with a quintessential film in the genre, David Lynch's…
- 401 - Alien (1979) · 2 h 1 min · Season 2 Episode 401"In space, no one can hear you scream." For Episode 401, Brandon and Thomas conclude CineNation's series on Alien movies with Ridley Scott's ALIEN. Listen as they discuss Roy…
- 400 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · 1 h 54 min · Season 2 Episode 400"E.T. phone home" For Episode 400, Brandon, Thomas, and David celebrate over a decade of CineNation with Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as part of the show's…
- 399 - Arrival (2016) · 1 h 37 min · Season 2 Episode 399"There are days that define your story beyond your life." For Episode 399, Brandon and David are joined by Paige Klaniecki to continue CineNatin's series on Aliens with ARRIVAL…
- 398 - Men in Black (1997) · 2 h 1 min · Season 2 Episode 398"We live in secret, we exist in shadow." For Episode 398, Thomas and Brandon continue CineNation's series on Alien movies with the 1997 blockbuster MEN IN BLACK. Listen as they…
- 397 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) · 1 h 59 min · Season 2 Episode 397"I guess you've noticed something a little strange with Dad." For Episode 397, David and Brandon kick off CineNation's series on Alien movies with Steven Spielberg's classic…
- 396 - Bottoms (2023) · 1 h 57 min · Season 2 Episode 396"Could the ugly, untalented gays please report to the principal's office?" For Episode 396, Thomas and Brandon close out CineNation's series on Teen Sex Comedies. Listen as they…
- 395 - American Pie (1999) · 1 h 51 min · Season 2 Episode 395"It's not a space shuttle launch, it's sex." For Episode 395, Brandon, Thomas, and David continue their series on Sex Comedies with the quinessential 90s film AMERICAN PIE…
- 394 - Risky Business (1983) · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 394"Time of your life, huh, kid?" For Episode 394, Brandon and Thomas continue CineNation's series on Sex Comedies with RISKY BUSINESS. Listen as they discuss Paul Brickman's time…
- 393 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) · 2 h 5 min · Season 2 Episode 393"Anyone can have sex." For Episode 393, David and Brandon start off CineNation's Sex Comedy series with one of the quintessential high school movies of the 1980s, FAST TIMES AT…
- 392 - Lost in Translation (2003) · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 392"I just don't know what I'm supposed to be." For Episode 392, Thomas and Brandon conclude CineNation's main series on Brief Encounters with Sofia Coppola's LOST IN TRANSLATION…
- 391 - Brief Encounter (1945) · 1 h 56 min"This can't last. This misery can't last." For Episode 391, Brandon and Thomas are joined by the incredibly talented film editor and former CineNation regular, Anna Catley. With…
- 390 - Past Lives (2023) · 1 h 44 min · Season 2 Episode 390"It means there must have been something between them in their past lives." For Episode 390, Brandon and David continue CineNation's series on Brief Encounters with Celine Song's…
- 389 - Roman Holiday (1953) · 1 h 44 min · Season 2 Episode 389"I don't know how to say goodbye." For Episode 389, Thomas and Brandon return from their holiday hiatus to discuss Brief Encounter Romance genre. They are starting off…
- THROWBACK: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) · 2 h 12 min · Season 2"I've had a rough year, dad." We're continuing our tribute series by taking a look back at Episode 312 on Wes Anderson's THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS in honor of the late Gene Hackman…
- THROWBACK: Top Secret! (1984) · 1 h 30 min · Season 2"It all sounds like some bad movie." We're taking it back to January 2022 as we continue our tribute series to the people we lost in 2025. In honor of the late Val Kilmer, we…
- THROWBACK: When Harry Met Sally (1989) · 1 h 59 min · Season 2"You realize of course that we could never be friends." We're taking it back to our 250th episode on WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. This month, as the CineNation team is on hiatus, we'll…
- 388 - A Christmas Story (1983) · 1 h 47 min · Season 2 Episode 388"You'll shoot your eye out, kid." For Episode 388, Brandon and David finish off their Christmas Comedy series with one of the most popular Christmas films of all time, A…
- 387 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) · 1 h 49 min · Season 2 Episode 387"I dedicate this house to the Griswold Family Christmas." For Episode 387, Thomas and Brandon continue CineNation's Christmas Comedy series with NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS…
- 386 - The Holdovers (2023) · 2 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 386"You can't even dream a whole dream, can you?" For Episode 386, David and Brandon kick off December with THE HOLDOVERS as part of CineNation's series on Christmas Comedies…
- 385 - The Night of the Hunter (1955) · 2 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 385"It's a hard world for little things." For Episode 385, Brandon and David finish their series of Horror Noir with one of the greatest films of all time, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER…
- 384 - Se7en (1995) · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 384"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." For Episode 384, Brandon and David continue their Noirvember series on Horror Noir with Se7en. Listen as they discuss how…
- 383 - Cure (1997) · 1 h 51 min · Season 2 Episode 383"All the things that used to be inside of me... now they are all outside." For Episode 383, David and Brandon continue CineNation's series on Horror Noir. Listen as they discuss…
- 382 - Perfect Blue (1997) · 1 h 55 min · Season 2 Episode 382"You're the ghost who needs to wake up." It's time to celebrate Noirvember! For Episode 382, Thomas and Brandon kick-off CineNation's series on Horror Noir with PERFECT BLUE…
