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38. Nick Beaulieu on 'My Omaha' and the Distance Between Realities
38. Nick Beaulieu on 'My Omaha' and the Distance Between Realities
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Everything we do is filtered through entertainment. If it’s not entertaining, there is a good chance that nobody is paying attention. So, to understand the world, you have to not only look at your screen but comprehend what is on it. Where does our entertainment come from? Why? How is it shaped by the world around us and how is it shaping that same world?
This is the focus of The Entertainment. Each week, Tom Knoblauch explores an element of our culture through conversations with creators and consumers of film, television, music, art, and more.
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- 38. Nick Beaulieu on 'My Omaha' and the Distance Between Realities · 54 minA new documentary attempting to put both a personal and a political perspective of Omaha on screen is the aptly titled My Omaha, directed by Nick Beaulieu, which embarks on its…
- 37. The State of the Race · 54 minSome years, one film locks in early as a popular, unbeatable favorite to win all of the major awards at all of the major ceremonies, such as last year’s Oppenheimer, which…
- 36. Guy Maddin on 'Rumours' and the Collapsing World Order · 54 minGuy Maddin, director of My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World, and Brand Upon the Brain is a filmmaker who seemingly operates by no rules and often merges the surreal, the…
- 35. The Best of 2024 Roundtable · 54 minIt’s the time of year where awards bodies, critics, and audiences alike are all finally able to catch up on the notable releases of the past year, to look in retrospect at…
- 34. The Case for Physical Media · 54 minSomething that has changed drastically about our relationship with screens over the course of the past few decades has been the shift from reliance on physical media to…
- 33. Zia Anger on 'My First Film' and the Pressures of the Debut · 54 minFairly or not, there’s a huge amount of pressure placed on the way an artist chooses to debut. The first film, album, book–it has potential to launch, and sometimes even define…
- 32. The Rick Steves Philosophy of Travel · 54 minOne of the things we’re not doing when we’re buried in our screens is soaking in the world around us. Sometimes that’s intentional—a way of hiding from an often ugly and…
- 31. Will There Ever Be Another Spielberg? · 54 minFor decades now, outlets and scholars have been predicting who the next Spielberg might be, including names like J. J. Abrams or M. Night Shyamalan. But what does it mean to be…
- 30. Beck/Woods on ‘Heretic,’ Making Hugh Grant Scary, and the Meaning of Life · 54 minToday we’re looking at a movie that is about exploring more than just meaning in culture but meaning in general. What is meaning? How do we know? What do we believe and why? This…
- 29. What Happened to the Blockbuster Documentary? · 54 minOften, when we look at our screens, we’re looking for distractions, But just as often, we want to be informed. This election weekend, maybe a frantic mixture of both. If we can…
- 28. The Dawn of Post-Roe Horror · 54 minLast week, we started a two part series exploring the way horror films in 2024 seem to feature significant overlap, often manifesting through a woman losing control in a…
- 27. Why We're Still Watching 'Rosemary's Baby' · 54 minThe 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby works as psychological thriller, satanic horror, and social satire all at once. Closely adapted from Ira Levin’s novel of the same name, Roman…
- 26. India Donaldson on 'Good One' and the Universal Disappointments of Growing Up · 54 minOne of the most popular genres of the past several years, one you’ve probably seen on the screen, on the page, in music, and just by living through various stages of life is the…
- 25. Kurt Andersen's Plan to Save the World · 54 minFor a lot of people over the past decade, the nonstop campaigning and chaos of our political system has instilled a kind of constant dread about the future, compounded by looming…
- 24. Moon Zappa Tells Her Story Her Way · 54 minOver the past few months, we’ve done several episodes that return again and again to the word genius. What is a genius? Is it something objective we can all agree on? Is it a…
- 23. The Man Behind 'The Twilight Zone' · 54 minFew people have made an impact on our screens as profound and lasting as Rod Serling, creator and host of The Twilight Zone, in which he and his team would interpret anxieties…
- 22. The Kubrick Mystique · 54 minWhether you’re a fan of classic cinema or, say, just saw Barbie last year and wondered what that opening sequence was all about, you’re living in a world that is unmistakably in…
- 21. Donald Sutherland's Smile · 54 minDonald Sutherland passed away in June at the age of 88 after a long, unusual, and widely celebrated career. His performances range from M*A*S*H to Invasion of the Body Snatchers…
- 20. What is the Best Movie of 2024 So Far? · 54 minWe’ve talked before on this show about the concept known as the paradox of choice—that having infinite choices across infinite streamers and live channels is less of a utopia of…
- 19. Ishtar: Money Well Spent · 54 minIn part four of our four part series on Elaine May, it’s finally time to talk about her final directorial effort and what has become a cultural punching bag as the worst film of…
