Celluloid Pudding

Please join us for a very special episode of Celluloid Pudding. We were delighted to bring back our sparkling and winsome guest host Vivica Dunlap. Celine Song’s stunning debut film is thought provoking discourse on the cultural concept of In-yun — “providence or fate” —the Korean notion that some people may be tied together over the course of thousands of years and lives. Are some relationships an inevitability? Can we equate different parts of our life to merely a past life, or an era in one lifetime? We honor our guest Vivica with the official title “Bringer of Beautiful Films” and thank her for recommending this Oscar contender. Filming locations NYC https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/past-lives-greta-lee-celine-song-new-york-city-tour-1234773016/ Join us! Also, please check out our Linktree! https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=c3876001-712d-4c7a-a41d-a2d25726eca2 🌲

The Roses are bloody, their divorce is quite tragic, but dark humor rules with Devito's film magic. 🌲Please check out our Linktree! 🙏🙏 https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=49cea28b-08de-46ea-8c46-dd546ec75a26 🌲

Join Sam and Beth for this first offering for the month of February. Director Luca Guadagnino presents Andre’ Caiman’s novel set in 1983 amidst the backdrop of the lovely cities and landscapes of Lombardy, Italy. It is a film about infatuation, self-acceptance, self-truth, and risking one’s heart. Accompanied by music tracks from Sufjan Stevens, this film is a memorable and moving experience. Check out these episodes links: “Where was Call Me By Your Name Filmed” https://giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-call-me-by-your-name-filmed Sufjan Stevens Music https://www.them.us/story/sufjan-stevens-gay-god-queer-faith-javelin 🌲And please check out our Linktree! https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=38cd6fff-c7e9-4818-a77c-03aa7d8fc7b7 🌲

Hey Guys we’re back! The New Year didn’t roll out the way we planned, Covid is still a thing yo! One of us was faceplanted on an inflate-a-bed and stuffed in a closet until the meds kicked in. No biggie. We’re coping, and hope our listeners are doing well. This episode Sam and Beth review our favorite episodes and guests, and plug some of our favorites that we think deserve more love. We also plug our “coming attractions”. We’ve missed you! Come for the fun, stay for the awkward segues. And check out our Linktree https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=559b4f20-44ae-4847-83ed-bb18dd7a5d02 🌲

For Christmas this year we're circling back to the Victorian convention of talking about scary tales. Night of the Hunter (released in 1955 but set during The Great Depression) is a little gem of a film starring Robert Mitchum, Shelly Winters, and Lillian Gish. It is a film where Noir meets Magical Realism, and astonishing things happen, culminating in a tale of Christmas love most pure. We invite you this holiday season to join us as we consider this gripping and stunning piece of cinematic art. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! May you be safe, warm, and filled with good cheer. 🎄🎄🎄Here's a little featurette that shows how Charle's Laughton's only directorial vision came to fruition: https://youtu.be/VQXXEzNrsjU?si=fDgBVYNu9xC1bqYX 🎄Here's our own little Christmas Linktree. Please check it out! https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=38c544bf-83b1-41b9-b092-54aa9e3d23c5 🎄You can also find us across social media. Just search @Celluloid Pudding on Instagram (DM us!) or X, or write us at celluloidpudding@gmail.com!

Our Sam has returned! Join us as we partake of this lovely holiday confection featuring the timeless cinematic legends Spencer Tracey and Katharine Hepburn. Released in 1957, it was their first film after a five year hiatus, their first film in color, and it is also their penultimate film. While it may not have enjoyed the gushing reviews when it was released like their earlier films, Desk Set has aged well and is a resounding favorite for filmgoers looking for that perfect interlude between Thanksgiving and the New Year. Witty dialogue and beautiful art direction adorn this piece, and there are some subtle and insightful observations and predictions of the rapidly changing landscapes of mid- twentieth century business through the impact of technological evolution. This episode we cap off our discussion with our own musings about AI with some interesting takes. Episode links: Quantum Computers, Explained with MKBHD https://youtu.be/e3fz3dqhN44?si=F54OaZVVzEnsOj8G ‘Desk Set’ ; Murder and Mayhem in ‘Garment Jungle’ by Bosley Crowther, NYT, 1957 The Screen: 'Desk Set'; Murder and Mayhem in 'Garment Jungle' https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/16/archives/the-screen-desk-set-murder-and-mayhem-in-garment-jungle.html 🎄Please check out our LinkTree! https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=38810a2a-9c71-4806-8332-eb7f4cc48607 🎄

The Blair Witch Project is the ultimate "found footage" film, and one that truly launched a whole new genre of horror after it hit theaters and scared and confused the masses. We discuss and delve deeply into this scary gem. Join us as we consider Heather's thesis and how she, Josh, and Mike experience a documentary film expedition gone terribly wrong as they try to uncover the myth of the Blair Witch. Trigger warning: The film--and by extension, our podcast--depicts situations and material some viewers and listeners might find disturbing. 🦌 https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/21/how-we-made-the-blair-witch-project 🌲 Please check out our Linktree! https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=eff2d2e0-6680-4a6a-94cc-2aebf74c388b 🌲

Please help us possess the Halloween season with this phenomenal and simultaneously creepy and charming David Cronenberg film d'horreur. As we chat about the movie, we are, in turns, excited, grossed out, horrified and satisfied. Though The Fly we're covering is a remake of the the original 1958 film, Cronenberg brought it up, up to snuff in 1986 in --and with--style. Who but Jeff Goldblum could be Brundlefly? And who but Geena Davis could be his steely-nerved and leggy love interest? We also have a surprise for you concerning this year's Scary Movie Bingo. Join us! 🪰 Episode links and some think stuff on Teleportation “Transporters And Quantum Teleportation” https://youtu.be/dAaHHGHuy1c?si=foXtHYwrYXmdo5V1 “The Trouble With Transporters” https://youtu.be/nQHBAdShgYI?si=aRxqgdN2jL4AjmQ9 “How Quantum Teleportation Actually Works” Popular Mechanics March, 2017 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a25699/how-quantum-teleportation-works/ ⚛️⚛️⚛️ Please visit our Linktree! 🌲 https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=88c2808b-b186-4cd4-b4ec-cda255e15e16

Please join us as we consider and discuss this wonderful gem of a film from 1978, Coma. Dishy/ambitious Michael Douglas and dishy/brainy Geneviève Bujold headline a film that scoffs at our jaded ways and truly delivers one hell of a chilling medical mystery thrill ride. We consider everything from medical bioethics to the practicality of vertical storage of cadavers...and oh so much more! Get your spook on with us as we lead you toward October! Michael Crichton testimony before Congress https://youtu.be/dXKKCZZ6OvE?si=NssBlPfVsTM-5UhL Robin Cook TEDxWesleyanU “Fiction and Health Policy” https://youtu.be/8CdxAP_7AdU?si=WFnqHhcbGv39ZC8c “Banking On Bujold” Washington Post, Feb, 1978 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/02/02/banking-on-bujold/1d9b9d25-270a-40ca-9f0a-6946e661e467/ Fascinating article from Daily Mail on China and alleged illegal Organ Harvesting Chinese surgeon shares experience of being forced to harvest organs https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12521737/China-surgeon-forced-organ-harvesting.html?ito=native_share_article-top

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Also known as FOOTBALL SEASON —American football that is. All kidding aside Fall is probably our most favorite time of year and what better way to celebrate than covering a film starring our favorite hometown OG Florida boy, and one of our favorite actors and human beings— Burt Reynolds. No other actor can pull off what Reynolds can in his portrayal of bad boy “Paul Crewe” (Sandler does a serviceable job, but comes off as a sullen imitation by comparison). Burt Reynolds was an athletic talent in his youth and played for FSU as halfback until his football aspirations were cut short from injury. An 18 yo Burt also had the distinction of being arrested by his own father, Burton Reynolds, Sr. who was served as Riviera Beach’s Police Chief. In many ways Reynolds’s modest beginnings likely helped him develop a screen persona that was both accessible and intriguing to cinema goers. This film has some bittersweet moments and thought provoking theme’s, interwoven with America’s ardor for the world’s most violent game. In a way, it is the poor man’s SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and because it is the poor man’s version it rings a bit more true. You don’t have to love or even understand football to appreciate this film. Burt Reynolds FSU football highlight https://youtu.be/Brjf7LWF2lI?si=bsRQbMgdMtVPkSVJ “Doing Time On The Longest Yard” https://youtu.be/xW1Sxro3_2M?si=CmSuiyS_qRJa7iS0 Burt Reynolds filming The Longest Yard https://youtu.be/umpNBdVc8d4?si=24OcwzS4r7AZROId Burt Reynolds John Barbour interview https://youtu.be/BwPIW0zrpOA?si=u6Tn3wH7FlSV62Fy

"Be honest and unmerciful. That is all. ---Lester Bangs. 📝📝Here are some great links for your Almost Famous journey. 🎸📝 Cameron Crowe Unboxes … https://youtu.be/RarNk56UaGw Screen Rant “Who were the real groupies …” 'Almost Famous': Who Were the Real-Life Groupies That Inspired ... https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/almost-famous-real-life-groupies-inspired-kate-hudsons-penny-lane.html/ “Don’t Call Them Groupies” Don't Call Them Groupies: How the Band-Aids in Almost Famous Are ... https://playbill.com/article/dont-call-them-groupies-how-the-band-aids-in-almost-famous-are-dressed-for-empowerment “Gregg Allman, Cameron Crowe … Gregg Allman, Cameron Crowe, and 'Almost Famous': The Story Behind ... https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/gregg-allman-cameron-crowe-almost-famous-story-behind-story-163933933.html

Join us as we discuss John Carpenter’s cult classic from 1981, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. 🍎 This film features Kurt Russell in one of his most iconic roles--Snake Plissken-- a World War III hero, a bank robber, and the only man capable of rescuing the US president from THE maximum security prison Manhattan has become in this dystopian science fiction thriller. Carpenter's vision is dark, stylistically New Wave, and an inimitable slice of the early, the *real*, 1980's. We certainly did enjoy watching and re-watching this gem and discussing it! No John Carpenter film would be complete without a taste of his own musical synth-future stylings: https://youtu.be/Q3_QOVaBA98 🎹

Rose is displeased. What to do? 🚢 Confused about starboard and port and why the captain of the RMS Titanic called for "Hard astarboard"? Watch this! https://youtu.be/ndse8-FekEE 🚢 Here's a fascinating piece about the real Molly Brown! https://gazette.com/cheyenneedition/such-a-fine-sight-to-see-setting-the-record-straight-at-margaret-tobin-browns-lavish/article_7387007c-2bfe-11e9-bc06-f7831e5d124f.html 🚢 A most excellent documentary about the Titanic: https://archive.org/details/Titanic_Death_of_a_Dream_A_and_E_WOC_1994-07-24 🚢 Part 2 of documentary: https://archive.org/details/Titanic_The_Legend_Lives_On_A_And_E_WOC_1994-07-25 🚢 Here is a youtube video from a Titanic enthusiast and diver (Jake) who documented his trip from Newfoundland to the Titan launch site earlier this year. His trip down to the Titanic had to be scrubbed due to bad weather, and perhaps fortunately for him. The footage may be upsetting for some viewers: https://youtu.be/O-8U08yJlb8. 😔

This is our second year of podcasting and our second year of honoring the month of 🏳️‍🌈PRIDE🏳️‍🌈 on The Celluloid Pudding Podcast. We do so with great enthusiasm, terrific LGBTQ2+ films, and new and swoonworthy guests. This week we are so excited to present a lively discussion of Ang Lee's poignant, lovely and charming film The Wedding Banquet. For this episode, two brilliant guests join us and bring personal tales of romance and splendidly intercultural insight(s) to our parade of love. Thank you Thomas and George! Happy Pride, people of Earth! ✌️🏳️‍🌈💜

First things first: Woo hoo! SAM IS BACK! Please join us as we discuss this classic, this tour-de-force, this delightful film with an outstanding cast that includes Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Cutis. This is possibly the most gender-bending film of all times; it addresses so many themes that are of the utmost importance today, and it does it with heart, wit, extraordinary talent and exemplary filmmaking. Thank you Billy Wilder! As many states discriminate against and attempt to silence the LGBTQ+ community, we aim to celebrate our brothers and sisters, as well as the time-honored art form of drag performance, the complexity of our gender spectrum, the cinematic arts, and the joy such diversity brings to our lives. ✌️🔥🌈

If you watched this film back in '89 when it came out in theaters, you know from experience that this movie was a phenomenon. A grounded, truthful, timely, honest, accessible, sexy and cerebral film, the likes of which we had never seen before. This was Steven Soderbergh's breakout Indie masterpiece. And boy did it delight, inspire and grasp the zeitgeist of the time. Does it stand the test of time? Oh yes. Oh yes. Please join us as we re-discover its charm and its delights. Also, please check out our link tree! 🌴 https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=af542c82-e678-464c-8381-032a253e1bca 🌴

Sam and Beth go natural in this discussion of this 70s cinema classic. Heads up for what might be sensitive content for some listeners. It’s a thoughtful discussion about the nature of man, community, and “otherizing”. Skippity paps in canoes. Please check out our Link Tree: 🌴https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=064803b3-57bd-4026-9c85-489025b10b4f 🌴

Please join us for a wonderful episode of Celluloid Pudding wherein we discuss a spectacular cult classic from 1986, Crossroads, with our very special guests Michael and Lynda. And check out these blues links while you're at it! 🎶 The feelin' Bad Blues https://youtu.be/Ga6RAwIMxD4 🎸 Robert Johnson's 29 tracks, https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL840CCFF975230F7E 🎶 Shane Speal with a homemade cigar box "chugger" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWXKffSLGlc 🎸 Stories of the Crossroads from the National Blues Museum https://nationalbluesmuseum.org/stories-of-the-crossroads-blues-myths-did-robert-johnson-really-sell-his-soul-to-the-devil/ 🔥And for your reading pleasure and edification, Michael Hardy recommends these two books: Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition, by Adam Gussow, and Searching for Robert Johnson: The Life and Legend of the King of the Delta Blues Singers, by Peter Guralnick. 🎸🎶 ➡️ ➡️ Please check out our Link Tree! https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=554d5daa-cab1-4280-9970-f60bd6670b21 ⬅️

A fine St. Patrick's day to you all! Come one, come all for a bit of craic! We're here to tell you about a film we'll be recording next week with our special deluxe guest star to discuss a nostalgic gem of a film from 1986 called Crossroads. We also got some things off our chests (especially Beth’s opinion on a certain Florida governor’s puddin’ fingers). Go on, then. Join us! ☘️🇮🇪☘️ https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=8aaf977f-25b6-4886-ad0f-71c251eddf38 https://slippedisc.com/2023/03/leaked-letter-a-toxic-culture-of-fear-and-paranoia-at-the-bbc-from-the-d-g-down/ https://youtu.be/28mo84ZCNUM

Enjoy this Oscar Eve episode as we welcome special guest host and listener Nikayla Haupt to discuss one of the year’s most original, dynamic and profound films. Writing and Directing duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert pose some interesting questions about finding meaning in our hyperactive and hyper aware existence as we follow Evelyn Wang’s epic quest to save the multiverse. Michelle Yeoh is a cinematic living legend who blazed a trail as box office draw and action hero of Hong Kong cinema (famously performing many of her own stunts). She has given noteworthy performances in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and more recently Crazy Rich Asians. This film has received a total of 11 Oscar Nominations and is surely a favorite to take home many gold statues Sunday night. The Daniels on Creating EEAAO https://youtu.be/lye6425lIXU https://linktr.ee/celluloidpuddingpodcast