Out There in the Dark
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Film theory and analysis from two filmmakers/critics.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 34 episodes
- 034: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: POLANSKI'S APARTMENT TRILOGY! · 1 h 7 min · Episode 109It’s Halloween again, and as usual, Azed & Tom are watching horror classics and scarfing down fun-sized Snickers. So far, not much different from any other night—except this…
- 033: TIFF Spotlight: Alex Gibney’s MUSK — Tech Titan, Oligarch, or Conman? · 49 min · Episode 108Welcome back to Out There in the Dark! Grab a comfortable seat and maybe a double espresso, because Tom and Azed are taking on the Toronto International Film…
- 032: The Odyssey Cage Match: NOLAN v. HOMER · 54 min · Episode 107Christopher Nolan’s imprimatur is such that every new release is met with an enthusiasm usually reserved for professional sports. As an auteur, Nolan is akin to a "gifted" kid…
- 031: The Radical Empathy of Jonathan Demme · 50 min · Episode 106This week, hosts Azed Majeed and Tom Alexander step into the frame to track the erratic, brilliant orbit of Hollywood’s ultimate populist chameleon. From his raw, Roger…
- 030: Gen Z Takes Hollywood: Obsession & The Backrooms · 60 min · Episode 105Not since the cultural phenomenon of Barbenheimer has the cinema seen a box office boom quite like this. But this time, the revolution isn't coming from legacy directors or…
- 029: Criminally Forgotten Movies-Chilly Scenes of Winter/The Seventh Victim · 50 min · Episode 104If cinema is the closest thing we have to time travel, then watching "old" movies is our most direct portal into the psyche of the past. These films do more than just capture a…
- 028: HOTEL MOVIES · 1 h 32 min · Episode 103Once again it is confirmed that a large hotel is a world unto itself and that this world is like the rest of the large world. The guests here roam about in their light-hearted…
- 027: Oscar's Wrap Up · 28 min · Episode 102The Acadamy Awards is known for being a self-congratulating, elitist, popularity contest soaked in cringe inducing segments and usually that is an accurate description. The 2026…
- 026: Oscars Bitch-Fest 2026 · 1 h 0 min · Episode 101The spate of films being considered for this year’s Oscars is among the best we’ve seen in a long time. With titles like The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, and One Battle After…
- 025: MAVERICK JOHN CARPENTER · 1 h 26 min · Episode 100Arguably most famous for spawning the self-evolving Halloween franchise, John Carpenter is a true cinema maverick. Crossing genre boundaries usually adhered to strictly by…
- 024: FRANKENSTEIN · 53 min · Episode 99Few works of art have ascended to the level of universal archetype, even fewer by 19 year old women in 1818, but Mary Shelly's Frankenstein has achieved this place of distinction…
- 023: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER · 1 h 11 min · Episode 98On this episode of Out There in the dark, we take a deep dive into PT Anderson‘s latest epic, weird, and thrilling One Battle After Another. At a time when our world is being…
- 022: NOTES FROM THE TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL 2025 · 1 h 2 min · Episode 97Toronto hosts one of the world's most prestigious film festivals and this year Tom and Azed managed to move off their respective couches and see a few films. The festival has…
- 021: EDDINGTON · 40 min · Episode 96Ari Aster’s latest film, EDDINGTON, has polarized critical intelligentsia. While a few have hailed it as a “masterpiece” many others have decried it as at best an ambitious flop…
- 020: TOP 25 OF 25 · 1 h 41 min · Episode 95EXCLUSIVE! WE HAVE THE LIST! That's right, the list of the best movies of the past 25 years. Putting aside our usual snobby pooh-poohing of so called "best of..." lists, Azed and…
- 019: Outsiders, Strangers and Artists in the Films of Jim Jarmush · 1 h 21 min · Episode 94As the world slides inexorably towards xenophobia, authoritarianism, and flat out racism, the cinema of Jim Jarmush offers a crucial counterpoint to the dehumanizing of the other…
- 018: The Rehearsal and Sinners · 49 min · Episode 93Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal is probably the most brilliantly strange "reality" show to date. An uncanny mixture of documentary, memoir, comedy show, and adventure movie, The…
- 017: The Roger Corman Film School · 39 min · Episode 92Roger Corman (April 5, 1926 -May 9, 2024)—an iconic figure whose influence on Hollywood is nothing short of legendary—traversed the cinematic landscape from the late 1950's to…
- 016: The Great Gene Hackman · 57 min · Episode 91The recent and tragic news of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, has left movie fans around the world reeling. While the unsettling details surrounding their passing may…
- 015: The Punk Radicality of Alex Cox's REPO MAN · 58 min · Episode 90One of the least explored subgenres in cinema is the short-lived, radical category known as "punk film." This genre emerged in response to the rise of punk music in the late…
