Cinema From The Spectrum

Your guide to cinema from the eyes of autistic individuals.

Wicked

Are there people out there who mourn the wicked? Jaime and Jon talk about the film adaptation of this beloved musical in this episode.By the way, if you want to listen to more bonus content, please subscribe to our Patreon too!

05-16
39:14

Godzilla!

Jaime and Jon discuss the early Godzilla movies from the Showa Era!(Also, this episode was recorded in January, but delays have kept us from releasing it until now.)If you want to listen to these episodes as they come out of the studio, please consider subscribing to us on Patreon!

05-16
59:26

TIFF 2024: Midnight Madness #2

Jaime and Jon recap the final movies that they saw at TIFF 2024, together with their favourite films from the festival overall. In this episode: Yang Li's Escape from the 21st Century Kenichi Ugana's The Gesuidouz Rachel Kempf and Nick Toti's It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This Timo Tjahjanto's The Shadow Strays

12-03
40:36

TIFF 2024: Midnight Madness #1

Jaime and Jon look back at the films they caught during the Midnight Madness programme at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Coralie Fargeat's The Substance John Hsu's Dead Talents Society Joseph Kahn's Ick Andrew DeYoung's Friendship

12-03
54:56

TIFF 2024: The Quiet Ones, Daughter's Daughter, My Father's Daughter, Addition

Jon muses about the movies that he saw solo at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Frederik Louis Hviid's The Quiet Ones Huang Xi's Daughter's Daughter Egil Pedersen's My Father's Daughter Marcelle Lunam's Addition

11-28
31:11

TIFF 2024: Matt and Mara, Paying for It, Universal Language, Queer

Jaime muses about the great Canadian films they saw at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Kazik Radwanski's Matt and Mara Sook-Yin Lee's Paying For It Matthew Rankin's Universal Language Luca Guadagnino's Queer

11-28
36:00

TIFF 2024: Presence, Emilia Pérez, Cloud, The Room Next Door

Jaime muses together with Jon about more movies from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode: Steven Soderbergh's Presence Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cloud Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door

11-28
44:23

TIFF 2024: Nightbitch, Better Man, The Brutalist, and Saturday Night

Jaime muses over some of the most bizarre and one of the best movies that they saw at TIFF 2024. In this episode: Marielle Heller's Nightbitch Michael Gracey's Better Man Brady Corbet's The Brutalist Jason Reitman's Saturday Night

11-28
40:27

TIFF 2024: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Babygirl, U Are the Universe, The Last of the Sea Women

Jaime and Jon recap more of the films that they caught at TIFF 2024. In this episode: Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Jaime only) Halina Reijn's Babygirl (Jaime only) Pavlo Ostrikov's U Are the Universe (Jon only) Sue Kim's The Last of the Sea Women (Jon only)

11-28
31:26

TIFF 2024: Hard Truths, By the Stream, I the Executioner, Flow

Jaime and Jon start recapping movies that they saw solo at TIFF 2024. In this episode: Mike Leigh's Hard Truths Hong Sang-soo's By the Stream Ryoo Seung-wan's I, the Executioner Gints Zilbalodis's Flow

11-28
39:32

TIFF 2024: An Unfinished Film, No Other Land, Your Tomorrow, The Shrouds

From this dispatch of their coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Jaime and Jon review: Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor's No Other Land Ali Weinstein's Your Tomorrow David Cronenberg's The Shrouds

11-28
51:50

TIFF 2024: Happyend, Bound in Heaven, The Paradise of Thorns, Harbin

Another dispatch from Jaime and Jon's coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode, they cover: Neo Sora's Happyend Huo Xin's Bound in Heaven Boss Kuno's The Paradise of Thorns Woo Min-ho's Harbin

11-28
37:41

TIFF 2024: All We Imagine as Light, The End, Heretic, My Sunshine

Jaime and Jon look at another set of films from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode, they look at: Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light Joshua Oppenheimer's The End Scott Beck and Bryan Woods' Heretic Hiroshi Okuyama's My Sunshine

11-28
37:49

TIFF 2024: The Life of Chuck, Rumours, Anora, Oh Canada

Jaime and Jon review the first batch of films from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. In this episode, the films covered include: Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson's Rumours Sean Baker's Anora Paul Schrader's Oh, Canada

11-28
41:22

From Jaime's Collection: Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies and John Sayles's Lone Star

Jaime brings in some gems from their collection for Jon to watch. In this episode, Jaime brought in Secrets & Lies and Lone Star.

08-28
42:29

Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World: Egypt

Jaime and Jon travel to Egypt in this edition of Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World! In this episode, the films Cairo Station and Sheikh Jackson are covered.

08-27
32:37

Women in Action at TIFF: Terminator 2, Run Lola Run, Charlie's Angels

The Women in Action series at TIFF concludes with Jon and Jaime talking about Terminator 2, Run Lola Run, and Charlie's Angels!

08-26
01:24:41

Women in Action: Spotlight on Michelle Yeoh

Jaime and Jon take you on a journey through the films of Michelle Yeoh - in this episode the following films are covered: Royal Warriors The Heroic Trio Executioners Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Everything Everywhere All at Once

07-19
01:41:47

Women in Action at TIFF: La Femme Nikita, Mulan, Prey

Jaime and Jon cover TIFF's ongoing Women in Action series: having caught screenings of Mulan, Prey, and a 35mm screening of La Femme Nikita!

07-11
01:09:42

Cinema from the Spectrum All Around the World: Senegal

This month's edition of Cinema from the Spectrum all around the world enters the world of Senegalese cinema! Join Jaime and Jon as they discuss Ousmane Sembène's Mandabi and Mati Diop's Atlantics.

06-26
35:37

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