Anna Biller Archives

The Spectator Film Podcast

Predator (1987)

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Predator (1987)

Jun 29, 2018 • 02:02:15

An atmosphere of quiet terror gives way to morbid fascination. Austin and Maxx begin their show… This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Predator (1987) 6.28.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx Commentary track begins at 11:00
The Babadook (2014)

Jul 4, 2018 • 01:54:07

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… The Babadook (2014) 7.4.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

Jul 19, 2018 • 02:20:43

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) 7.5.18 Featuring: Austin, Drew
Tokyo Drifter (1966)

Jul 19, 2018 • 01:36:06

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Tokyo Drifter (1966) 7.11.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx
Battle Royale (2000)

Aug 1, 2018 • 02:21:41

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Battle Royale (2000) 7.26.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx
Le Million (1931)

Sep 25, 2018 • 01:37:49

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Le Million (1931) 8.2.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx — Notes — Here’s a link to the Criterion Collection release of Le Million.
What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

Oct 1, 2018 • 02:03:44

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) 9.21.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx — Notes — “No Place Like Home: The Late-Modern World of the Italian giallo Film” by Alexia Kannas. From Senses of Cinema, Issue 67, July 2013 —- Here’s a great article on the giallo subgenre,…
Dead Alive (1992)

Oct 8, 2018 • 01:50:19

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Dead Alive (1992) 10.5.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx — Notes — Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover — This is a seminal book in academic criticism on the horror genre. Highly recommended, and we discuss it…
The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Oct 15, 2018 • 01:45:29

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… The Blair Witch Project (1999) 10.12.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx — Notes — The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis by Barbara Creed — If you’re curious to learn more about the Abject/Abjection, seek this book out. Creed continues Clover’s excellent work discussing how gender can express…
Basket Case (1982)

Oct 29, 2018 • 01:49:26

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Basket Case (1982) 8.17.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx

Commentary Track

Legally Blonde (2001)

November 26, 2018 /

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Legally Blonde (2001) 11.16.18 Featuring: Austin, Maxx Commentary begins at: 33:03 — Notes — “Let’s Stop Calling Movies Feminist” by Anna Biller —- Here’s Anna Biller’s – director of The Love Witch (2016) – perceptive…

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