GATEWAY CINEMA is a multi-part series of conversations centered on key ideas in film studies. In these conversations, we interpret and celebrate a set of eclectic feature films from across generations and from around the world, including “La Haine”, “Drum”, “Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)”, “Come and See”, “Perfect Days”, “Sweet Smell of Success”, “The Swimmer”, “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)”, “Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”, “Friday”, “Marie Antoinette”, “The Night of the Hunter”, “Crank” and “Crank 2: High Voltage”, “Portrait of a Lady Fire”, “The Fabulous Baron Munchausen”, “Joker: Folie a Deux”, “Welcome to the Dollhouse”, “Heathers”, and “The Death of Stalin”.

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Referenced media in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 13:

• “One Battle After Another” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)
• “Kill Bill: Volume 1” (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
• “Kill Bill: Volume 2” (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
• “Night and Fog” (Alain Resnais, 1956)
• “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)
• “Amadeus (Director’s Cut)” (1984/2002)
• “Marie Antoinette” (Sofia Coppola, 2006)
• “The Meg” (Jon Turtletaub, 2018)
• “The Meg 2: The Trench” (Ben Wheatley, 2023)
• “Gamer” (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, 2009)
• “Battleship Potemkin” (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
• “The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone” (Francis Ford Coppola, 2020)
• “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
• “The Godfather Part II” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
• “Scarface” (Brian De Palma, 1983)
• “Miami Vice” (Anthony Yerkovich 1984-1990)
• “Licensed to Drive” (Greg Beeman, 1988)
• “The Lost Boys” (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
• “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (David Zucker, 1988)
• “The Naked Gun” (Akiva Schaffer, 2025)
• “The Swimmer” (Frank Perry, 1968)

Audio quotation in GATEWAY CINEMA, Episode 13:

• “Crank” (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, 2006), including “Don’t Stop” by Paul Haslinger, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42C18193F6C62450, and “Bring Us Bullets” (2002) by Rocket from the Crypt; and “Turn Me Loose” (1980) by Loverboy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogx0ZcjZCHQ&list=PLyFcnFZyFXeVx3B9pjQanSrShZMf8kFuU
• “boing sound effect 1”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-3qnJxEYmc
• “Galaga Theme”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ie4U89t7Cs&list=RD0ie4U89t7Cs&start_radio=1
• “Crank 2: High Voltage” (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, 2009), including “Kickin’” and “The Hammer Drops” by Mike Patton, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyFcnFZyFXeVx3B9pjQanSrShZMf8kFuU