Artists Talk Movies

Get ready dear listeners to enter the dragon as Heyd and Erin discuss the action-packed Bruce Lee’s film with Dallas-based Adnan Razvi, who is drawn to the explosive energy and the philosophical mantras sprinkled throughout the film. This blockbuster sensation was influential to many creatives and set the stage for Kung-Fu as a cultural juggernaut for many generations. Listen in as we punch, kick and chop into topics such as colonialism, cultural displacement and exoticism, but don’t worry, podcasters “don’t kick back”! Tangents: gesture drawing, white-washing, Jeffrey Epstein, Tea, 4th of July, sound effects, food photography, cannabis, art critics, dangerous children’s toys For more information about Adnan's studio practice, check out his website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.mr-rzv.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mr_rzv Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@artists.talk.movies⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Heyd, I think I'll get the flowers myself! Three artists from different backgrounds, each watching a movie that features three women from different time periods. This beautiful, yet gut-wrenching movie has visual elements of contrast and contradiction that directly relates to guest artist Sookoon Ang's artistic expression. Join us and find out how Erin, Heyd and Sookoon's lives overlap in this episode about The Hours as they discuss various topics including creative lifestyles, social relevance, and artistic jealousy. Warning: This episode mentions suicide. ⁠Please take care and seek help if needed.⁠ Tangents: Fight Club, Harvey Weinstein, Cake Fail, The Awakening, OceanGate, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, The Duggars, Damien Hirst, 30 Rock For more information about Sookoon's studio practice, check out her website ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.sookoonang.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@sookoonang Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@artists.talk.movies⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Get ready dear listeners to discover this stunning psychological drama film Qala, directed by Anvita Dutt through the insightful lens of guest artist Nida Bangash. With the protagonist Qala, a talented singer who often struggles with a demanding mother with internalized misogyny, we discuss frustrations as a creative whilst surrounded by a world of inequality and double standards. One part horror, one part dream and one part beauty, this film sheds soft light on the fragility of the artistic voice and the price of breaking the creative spirit. Warning: This episode mentions suicide. Please take care and seek help if needed. Tangents: black sheep, plagues, family traditions, transgender debate, therapy, colonial propaganda, paternity/maternity leave, cheerleading For more information about Nida's studio practice, check out her website ⁠⁠⁠www.nidabangash.com⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠@nidabangash Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@artists.talk.movies⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Hey there listeners!!! We are back with artist Juan Escobedo as we wade through this sci-fi movie Gattaca, written and directed by Andrew Niccol, questioning the morality of DNA manipulation starring VERY pretty people. This dystopian futurist vision with Valid and In-Vaid members of society predetermined by their genetic make-up provides a springboard to current issues of discrimination, institutional hierarchies, and tokenism. So won't you provide us with a sample of your DNA so that we can have it...Oh...I'm sorry, the wind caught it... Tangents: Berlin Zoo, gay coding, Bechtel AND DuVernay test, CRISPR, Rand Paul, Maya Rudolph, Discount Tire, Maurizio Cattelan For more information about Juan's studio practice, check out his website ⁠⁠www.jce-art.com⁠⁠ and Instagram⁠ ⁠@x_j.esc Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠@artists.talk.movies⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Have you ever wondered what makes someone "real"? Well, we ponder that very existential question with artist Denise Prince with her influential movie choice Solaris from 1972. This Soviet science fiction drama presents alien life in the form of an ocean that seeps into our subconsciousness to artificially reveal people from our past, as the protagonist Kris is presented with his former wife who died from suicide. With Denise's interest in the organization of reality by our fantasies, we submerge into deep thoughts regarding human connections, the meaning of life and of course sex dolls! Tangents: artificial intelligence, Elon Musk, The Seven Year Itch, aging, Bechtel Test, mirrors in art, gravity, babies For more information about Denise's studio practice, check out her website ⁠www.deniseprince.com⁠ and Instagram ⁠@denise.prince.x Follow us on Instagram ⁠@artists.talk.movies⁠ ⁠Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Heyd and Erin couldn't resist PROBING this pre-Christian, ancient Roman text adapted by Federico Fellini with Richard Saja, an artist who's whimsical alterations of French toile patterns reveal subversions of an alternative reality that feeds into the Felliniesque style. Originally written during the time of Nero, its no surprise that Satyricon embraces chaos, lust and debauchery, with dream-like erotically charged imagery that follows scantily clad "blonde hottie" and brunette hottie" through a chaotic story. We loved every juicy, outrageous minute! Tangents: Lauren Boebert, Marylin Minter, Jeff Goldblum, Fight Club, Wari funerals, Mad Cow Disease, Goya, war on drag For more information about Noah's practice, check out his Instagram ⁠@richardsaja Follow us on Instagram ⁠@artists.talk.movies⁠ ⁠Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!! ⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Are you ready dear listeners to earn an honorary PhD with Erin and Heyd??? Well, get ready as we discuss this French "documentary" film that explores the very nature of images and reality with curator and writer Noah Simblist.  We talk about capitalism. We talk about politics. We talk about bread? Its a lively conversation about how media can manipulate the viewer and even find them complicit. C'est complicated!  Tangents: Freedom Fries, Instagram filters, A Clockwork Orange, Alex Jones, Zionism, Fox News, Leni Riefenstahl, Heyd's mom, Oklahoma (the musical),  For more information about Noah's practice, check out his website www.noahsimblist.com and Instagram @noahsimblist Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  Click here to watch the movie for free! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

There was a young man who became a fly I don’t know why he became a fly – Perhaps he’ll die! Who doesn't love a gruesome body horror movie staring an Adonis such as Jeff Goldbloom??? Heyd and Erin invited New York-based artist Matthew Ronay who was influenced by The Fly from 1986 at an early age. Matthew's biomorphic sculptures shift between abstraction and representation, much like Brundlefly's transformation with connections to disease, aging, pregnancy, and puberty. Won't you teleport with us through this story of decay and loss that exposes our most basic human fear of losing control of our own bodies? Be afraid. Be very afraid! Tangents: AIDS crisis, 9/11, Joseph Cornell, anxious/avoidant attachment style, toxic masculinity, bathrooms, trypophobia, cybernetics, EO, American Ivy style, Grand-Guignol For more information about Matthew's studio practice, follow him on Instagram @mysteriousfog Warning: talks of suicide in this episode. Please take care of yourself www.suicidepreventionlife.org Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Pack your bags darling listeners as Heyd and Erin journey to East Hampton to explore a guilty pleasure film called Gray Gardens, a documentary featuring Big and Little Edie, a mother-daughter duo who represent a riches-to-rags story. As outsiders in their community, the Beales have cemented themselves as camp icons with a penchant for performing their musical talents whilst swimming in the ocean of nostalgic reverie. As we dig into themes of arrested development, the aesthetics of decay, and exhibitionism, you too can have your cake and eat, chew and masticate it too! Tangents: cat lady trope, empathy, avant-garde fashion, Michael Jackson, the Kardashians,  Abstract Expressionism, Madonna, Criterion Collection, feminism, match-making, portraiture Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

God grant me vengeance. I pray that you listen to this amazingly EPIC episode with artist Celia Eberle, who watched this Biblical fan fiction film Ben-Hur at the tender age of 9, which made a great impression on her. We vow with every stroke of our oar you will enjoy this discussion which includes homoerotic undertones, world building and propaganda. So hang onto your suggestively shaped spear as we navigate these waters before we have to take if from your "cold, dead hands!". Tangents: White Christian Nationalist, Tom Cruise, Titanic, Saint Teresa, Chinese cinema, censorship, The Simpson, white washing, Maintenance Phase podcast, The Whale For more information about Celia' studio practice, check out his website www.celiaeberle.com and Instagram @eberlecelia Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Hello dear listeners...we have invited artist/photographer/librarian Chris Castillo to discuss the award-winning horror movie The Silence of the Lambs and all of its complexities that tap into our collective fears. Inspired by real life serial killers, this film addresses transgressive subjects such as cannibalism, queerness, and Nazi sympathizers, but don't worry, Chris has promised us a Buffalo Bill Spotify playlist to soothe us like the lambs to the slaughter.  Tangents: queer coding, trama bonding, Hays Code, Xipe Totec, Venus of Willendorf, stranger danger, lab grown meat, Black Dalia, cold readings Jame Gumb (aka Buffalo Bill) Spotify Playlist! For more information about Chris' studio practice, check out his website www.thatchriscastillo.com and Instagram @chrisclean Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

IN A WORLD, WHERE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON...Ricardo iamuuri Robinson, a multi-faceted artist from Pittsburg, has selected M. Night Shymalan's tale of chaos and confusion called The Happening. Though this movie has not been seen favorably by most critics, Ricardo discusses the reasons why he is drawn to this epically terrible film as a way to understand the struggles of humanity, with an invisible villain who might just be that ficus tree in your corner. Heyd and Erin dig deep with Ricardo into this "satirical" movie with themes of loss, fear and tiramisu!  Tangents: Trump's NFTs, George Floyd, glory holes, Zardoz, propaganda, Artificial Intelligence, predictive programing For more information about Ricardos's studio practice, check out her website www.sonarcheology.com and Instagram @lavenderfreddy Video for “Working Thought” exhibition at CMOA https://cmoa.org/exhibition/working-thought/ BLACKBODY, White Noise https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/wf2bp2 Radio Gulf https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/qhcaxj Checkpoint C https://traf.trustarts.org/events/4739 SPF 22 https://radioart.zone/friday-16-september Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

We invite you on this quest dear listeners to save Fantasia from the Nothing...or we will make you an egg and orange juice smoothie! Either way, we know you will enjoy this episode with artist Miranda Brandon as we explore the philosophical, psychological, historical aspects of this movie, along with the inherit creepiness of Falkor. This nostalgic inducing film provided us with many interpretations, allowing us to conquer our own fears as we reflect on themes of trauma and escape as we scream into the sky MOONCHILD!!!! Tangents: Titanic, Scientology, Nihilism, John Oliver, Art & Fear, AI art, Sol LeWitt and Yoko Ono, Benin Bronzes, Imposter Syndrome, Xanax, "usefulness" Here is the website for the Greyhound Pets of America For more information about Tabatha's studio practice, check out her website www.mirandabrandon.com and Instagram @ordinarylastname Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

What's a yute, you ask dear listener? FInd out as Heyd and Erin converse with artist Tabatha Trolli, an artist originally from Pennsylvania, who has a fondness for the 1992 hit movie My Cousin Vinny. This courtroom comedy digs into some pretty intense habeas corpus with some surprising feminist undertones that might surprise you. We might only have circumstantial evidence, but don't worry we promise it won't end with a hung jury.  Tangents: Buns of Steel, Madonna, Slums of Beverly Hills, art commission, Home Alone, the Amish, Escape from New York, Rudy Giuliani, happy accidents  For more information about Tabatha's studio practice, check out her website www.tabathatrolli.com and Instagram @tabathatrolli  Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Any cravings out there??? Heyd and Erin can help with this Halloween episode featuring culture writer Kendall Morgan who has selected The Hunger, an artsy film that is a quintessential 80's erotic horror movie with the legendary David Bowie. This movie features vampires with deep feelings who fear aging and loneliness, playing classical music to soothe their aching hearts. Join us as we pull back the sheer curtains and shoo the white doves as we dig into this film that has "the most elegantly shot lesbian scene ever committed to film."  Tangents: Starck Club, botox and fillers, vampire facials, Death Becomes Her, Instagram filters, alien abductions, faux finishes, Jery Saltz, Top Gun For more information about Kendall's writing, check out follow her on Instagram @an_uncommon_alchemy. Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Ever wonder what would happen if Wes Anderson and Mel Brooks had a baby??? Look no further as we invite you to our conversation with artist Jeffry Mitchell, a gay folk artist from Portland, who was captivated with this episode's movie Jojo Rabbit whilst working in his studio. Even though this film is a tad controversial, we hope you enjoy this deep dive on the comedic interpretation of Nazi Germany as we try not to let a hand grenade blow up in our faces! Tangents: USA Freedom Kids, Catholic Church, Mary Kelly's Post-Partum Document, Dan Savage, Inglorious Bastards, vampire sex, Nom Chomsky, Wes Anderson, Up with People For more information about Jeffry's studio practice, check out follow him on Instagram @jeffrymitchell. Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Are you ready dear listeners to explore the underwater tale (no pun intended) of Hans Christian Andersen's legend about a girl who doesn't fit in? This double-feature episode with Jessica Harvey takes on a Czech iteration titled Malá mořská víla from 1976 with its mesmerizing music and dreamy visuals as well as the 1989 adaptation produced by Disney. We explore the subliminal messages of this beloved fairytale with its themes of sadistic torture, patriarchal structures, and religious indoctrination. We know that you will be amused by this discussion because as Heyd stated "I'm talking to two 6 year olds about an animal movie!". Tangents: Little Shop of Horrors, Beanie Babies, Catholicism, guilty pleasures, sex education, queer villains For more information about Jessica's studio practice, check out follow her website thejessicaharvey.com and Instagram @thejessicaharvey. Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Get ready to throw away those rose-colored glasses as we look at this gluttonous "apolitical" film Forrest Gump with artist Gary Sweeney, our guest artist who is known for his re-examination of the past with a sharply pointed feather that will tickle your funny bone. Erin and Heyd get critical with this Academy award-winning film that did not age well, knowing full well that their observation might suffer the same fate in the future. Cuddle up as we embrace this cloyingly sweet film that melts like cotton candy with an artist who will have you wondering who the movie is actually for.  Tangents: deep fakes, public art committees, Texas textbooks, blindcasting, rap music, Woodstock '99, Gary's grandmother, patriotism  For more information about Gary's studio practice, check out follow his Instagram @garysweeneyart.  Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

Who doesn't love a good whodunit??? Settle in as Heyd and Erin nestle into this classic Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window with Patty Carroll, a photographer based in Chicago who captures the constraints of society in wonderfully composed domestic spaces. As a lover of bygone eras, Patty is enamored by this films portrayal of various types of women and how they are seen from the POV of the protagonists. We invite you to follow us as we decipher the clues of Rear Window, perhaps questioning where you see yourself within the "race of Peeping Toms".       Tangents: Technicolor, stereotypes and gender roles, social media, reality TV, Edith Head, pandemic art, thrifting, MurderCon, origins of "throwing shade"  For more information about Patty's studio practice, check out follow her website pattycarroll.com and Instagram @pattyphotosnaps.  Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies  Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!!  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support

In the parlance of our time, Heyd and Erin chat with artist Nic Nicosia who shares with us his affection for this stoner noir classic, The Big Lebowski, which was lovingly directed by the Cohen brothers. We explore the paradoxical nature of his dudeness, duder, or el dudorino as well as other memorable characters that has been a catalyst for Nic in the studio. So if you’re not into the whole brevity thing, join us as we meander our way through this film like tumbleweed, but please be careful, man, there’s a beverage here! Tangents: Pulp Fiction, Nicolas Cage, Stanley Kubrick, Hollywood industry, Church of the SubGenius, 9/11 conspiracy, sexual positions For more information about Nic's studio practice, check out follow is website nicnicosia.com and Instagram @nicnicosa. Follow us on Instagram @artists.talk.movies Help support the podcast by purchasing t-shirts, totes, mugs, hats, etc!!!! https://artists-talk-movies.storenvy.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erin-stafford/support