Goodtrash Genrecast

We interrupt your regularly scheduled GenreCast content to bring you our Best Movies of 2019 episode! That's right, it's the one of the few times a year we break from tradition and focus on the now in movie culture! We've finally caught all of the 2019 releases we could and locked in our lists of the best movies of 2019. We're giving you our top 10s, we're talking highs and lows, and we're even highlighting some under seen gems, great performances, and story concepts! So, did your favorite movies make the cut? Tune in to find out as we countdown the best movies of 2019! 

The shuttle is touching down for AntiTrash 2020, this week. We're bringing the ship in with a movie from 2019 that opened on the 20th day of September! Arthur made it work. He did it. The crazy son of a gun did it. This week, we're talking all about the Brad Pitt vehicle Brad Astra, sorry, Dad Astra, sorry, Ad Astra. Yep, everyone else has made those puns, so we're running them into the ground! This week, we're talking homage and intertextuality, dads, humanism, and so much more as we break open Ad Astra en route to our Best Movies of 2019 episode next week. 

Things get fuzzy on episode 352 of the GenreCast as we try to recall the details of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Made on a budget of $20 million dollars, this cult classic tragicomedy has become heralded as one of the great films of the 21st century. Based around two lovers who wipe their memories of the other from their minds, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind dives into the surreal. We talk all about memory wiping, relationships, authorship, and the films approach to masculinity, manic pixie dream girls, and love.

On Episode 351, we dance our way into week three of AntiTrash 2020 to discuss the musical classic Singin' in the Rain. This week's movie sits at #20 on the Sight & Sound Top Movies list last released in 2012. As we look at this movie about the movies, we dive into questions of cultural appropriation given Kelly's history. Topics of camp, structural shifts, and femininity also come up. So, grab your dance partner and hit that play button while we look for our towels.

As awards season moves full steam ahead, we're back with week two of AntiTrash 2020. As Arthur's shenanigans also continue, we look at a movie from TWENTY years ago. That's right, we're looking at Ang Lee's international smash hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. One of the few non-English language international films to really penetrate the American market place, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon inspired new affection for the wuxia genre, paving a pathway for several international hits in the years to follow. This tale of honor, responsibility, forbidden love, and cool swords is sure to strike your fancy. We talk all about honor and responsibility, Freud, and the Wuxia genre. So, grab your favorite blade and tune in as we continue AntiTrash 2020, and stick around to hear our next TWO upcoming picks.

It's January. It's award season. And that means it's time for AntiTrash! That's right, we're going to be talking about the movies you should discuss in a film studies class. And Arthur's gone off the deep end with conceptual marathons this month. Each week, he's picking movies that have a tie to the number 20. And we're starting with a movie from 1920! That's right, we're talking about the horror classic of German Expressionism. And, a bonus gift, this is the first silent film Dalton has ever seen in full! So, tune in now as we dive deep into this classic film. 

It's the end of the year as we know it, and we feel fine. We're wrapping up 2019 like we do every year — The Shelvies! The Shelvies are our chance to sit down and reflect on the year in GoodTrash. This is specifically tailored to the movies we watched for the podcast. Our best of 2019 episode will be out in January. This week, we're awarding our Best Worst Movie, dropping the Hebrew Hammer, revisiting the Once More With Feeling, and finally we'll add titles to the Platinum Shelf. 

We finish our 2019 retrospective with a look at the highest grossing film of the year. To absolutely nobody's surprise, Avengers Endgame took the number one spot. The cultural event became the highest grossing film of all time, edging out Avatar. This week, we explore the final chapter in the Infinity Saga and discuss spoiler culture, cinema, the Disney machine, Lacan, failure narratives, and much more. So tune in now as we talk the biggest movie of 2019. 

As our 2019 retrospective begins winding down, Arthur kills the mood by choosing Jennifer Kent's follow up to The Babadook, The Nightingale. This Tasmanian period piece is a brutal, realistic take on the revenge thriller. Kent crafts a beautiful film that is increasingly harder and harder to watch. This week, we take a look at the three big Es on the eye chart: racism, colonialism, and assault. Before any of that business, we expand our syllabus and break down what we like and don't like about the movie.

Hello! Happy December! We're back after eating all the turkey to continue our 2019 retrospective. This week, we're looking at Dalton's pick, The Kid Who Would Be King. Joe Cornish made a little splash with what has become a cult hit in Attack the Block. But, its been EIGHT years since that little cult hit came out. And he's back with an adolescent take on King Arthur lore. This week, we talk all about nationalism, King Arthur, absent fathers, and chosen ones. Tune in now to hear our thoughts on this little seen fantasy adventure. 

Episode 2 of TwiLit is finally here! Don't try to hold them to a schedule, they're busy. On this week's show, Kirsten and Erin are breaking down all things vampire lore. From history to iconography to biology, it's all on the table. But, they're not alone. This week, GoodTrash's resident vampire expert, Dustin Sells, stops by to help explore the history of the vampire as we've come to understand it. Dustin hosts his own show on vampires in media: The BorgoCast, go give it a listen on iTunes. While you're there, make sure you subscribe to the GenreCast so you can keep up with new TwiLit when it drops.

The GenreCast 2019 Retrospective continues this week with Dustin's blind bag special: Kill Chain. This Nicolas Cage-starring noir-inspired thriller attempts to pull off a gimmicky narrative wherein a number of hit men, spies, and assassins try to make it through a night in an unknown town in Colombia. The little known straight-to-streaming film is Cage's seventh collaboration with Millennium films. On this week's episode, we get into what noir means to us, looking at mode, style, and genre. We spend time discussing form and function of film. We also get into a discussion of the film's gimmick and if it works or not. But, before all of that, we expand the syllabus to discuss B-tier trash movies, studio cycles, and Baroque Noir. Tune in now!

Ep. 344 continues a look back at 2019 with the Robert Rodriguez manga adaptation, Alita: Battle Angel. This futuristic action story focuses on an amnesiac cyborg and the engineer that rebuilds her. As she tries to find her purpose, she learns she was built for something dangerous. This week, we're talking cleanly shot action, uncanny valleys, possible political and theological readings, and more.

As the year begins winding down, its time for us to start playing catch up with the movies we missed. Episode 343 kicks off our look at 2019 as we take on the critically-acclaimed Parasite from Bong Joon-ho. What makes this episode even more special? We got to go to the picture show together to watch the movie! This story of class struggle takes many twists and turns, and we do SPOIL the movie after our initial reviews and syllabus expansion. So, if you haven't seen it or don't want to be spoiled, you've been warned. We talk class and capitalism, form and function, and much more as we break open the 2019 Cannes Palme D'or Winner, Parasite.

In episode 342 of the GenreCast, we travel back to 1999 to take a look at Kevin Smith's fourth feature film, Dogma. This month marks its 20th anniversary since opening wide. An all-star ensemble leads a religious satire of biblical proportions! We take a look back on Kevin Smith's career and his attempts at earnest stories through his shortcomings. We also talk about how hard this film is to find. As we bring our trademark style of analysis to Dogma, we find ourselves endeared to how personal the film seems to be and how much heart it has. Don't miss out on this episode of the GenreCast!

Episode 314 sees the GenreCast boys get together to cover another total blindspot in Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence. A project initially undertaken by Stanley Kubrick, A.I. Artificial Intelligence passed to Spielberg following Kubrick's death in 1999. The film's thirty-year journey finally was completed in 2001 when it opened to middling box office and mixed-to-positive reviews. A.I. Artificial Intelligence is the story of a mecha named David, modeled after a child, who goes on a journey of discovery. In doing so, David encounters mechas, humans, his maker and much more. We talk all about authorship, saccharine stories, what it means to be human, and that ending. Tune in now to see where we land on this divisive movie.

The GenreCast wraps up Shocktober 8: The Ocho (AKA Dead Spots) with Dalton's blind spot, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. In a fun twist, this was a blind spot for all three hosts. After a few film festival showings, Henry fought the odds and finally received a release and helped anchor the NC-17 rating. The film is an intimate character study about a serial killer, his sidekick, the girl that creeps into his life. Featuring an early A+ Michael Rooker performance, Henry shocks and saddens as it plays its tragic tale out. We discuss serial killer and true crime fascination, production, realism in film and how it factors into fear. So tune in as we pull the train into the station and discuss Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. 

Welcome to the world's weirdest venn diagram where vampires, YA fiction, and movies meet. It's TwiLIT a brand new podcast coming at you. Kirsten "The Frightful Femme" Therkelson and Erin "Bad Girls Die First" DeMoss are throwing it back to 2009 and the height of Edward-mania. Each month, your fearless hosts are going to dive deep into the Twilight universe and adjacent topics to highlight what makes the series so fascinating.  In Episode 1, your hosts are splitting open the first film in the series, while also looking back on the books as well. They discuss Edward and Bella, the Cullen, Stephanie Meyer and all the usual suspects you're hoping to hear about it.  If you've been looking for a movie podcast devoted to all things Twilight, well things are about to get lit. 

Hello Dear Listener! Shocktober: The Ocho rolls on with a very special guest. Alexandra Bohannon is here and she brought with her the best blind spot of all: Psycho. That's right, we're moving things along with one of the heaviest of hitters as we talk all things Hitchcock, including voyeurism, auteurism, production, feminism, spoilers and much, much more. So, whether you've seen Psycho or not, go ahead and tune in because we had a lot of fun with this one. Don't forget to rate and subscribe and follow us on social media!

Arthur is up with his horror blindspot as Shocktober 8 continues. He dives deep into the annals of Hollywood and comes back with the 1935 classic and OG sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein from James Whale and starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester. Picking up immediately after the events of the first film, The Bride of Frankenstein sees Victor tempted back into his dark practices and coerced into creating a mate for The Monster. Another successful hit for Universal, The Bride of Frankenstein is still recognized by many as a stronger film than the original. The gang sit around to discuss tragic monsters, the many possible readings of this film, industrialization, and much more.