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Movies About
Movies About... Music, Places, and other things. Starting with Season 2, we widen our scope for a more inclusive series of discussions about the meeting points of movies, art and culture. CeCe is a professional singer, songwriter and voice actor. James is a philosopher, drummer and film theorist. Ta...
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Hunger (2023)
Issues of class, ambition, nihilism and family permeate our discussion of the Netflix movie Hunger (2023). We found it entertaining but cliché and lac...
The Wedding Singer (1998)
We return to the 1980s, sort of, with the 1998 hit comedy The Wedding Singer, starring Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. We talk wedding gigs, 80s cult...
95th Oscars Special Part 2
Part 2 of a Movies About / Now It’s Dark crossover edition for the 95th Academy Awards. Tim Paugh and I discuss all 10 of the Best Picture nominations...
95th Oscars Special with guest Tim Paugh (Part 1)
With CeCe on holiday in Australia, Tim Paugh and I decided to do a crossover podcast for the 95th Academy Awards. Tim is a filmmaker and host of the e...
Music - Tár (2022)
As we approach the Oscars, we return to Movies About Music to discuss the Todd Field film Tár. Cate Blanchett gives a stunning performance as the titu...
MA Places - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
We visit Spain in our second Movie About Places—specifically, the titular locale of our film Vicky Christina Barcelona, directed by Woody Allen. It wa...
Movies About Christmas - Home Alone (1990)
Jim had never seen this movie. He was too busy trying to be cool. So we decided to uncork this masterpiece of millennials for our first Movie About Ch...
Movies About Places: Seoul - Parasite (2019)
Movies About Places: Seoul. After a long break, we’re back with Season 2 of our podcast, which is now named “Movies About.” Our first episode is in th...
Singles (1992)
September 18 marks the 30-year anniversary of Singles, a movie that dramatized the grunge and dating scene in early ‘90s Seattle. It’s a movie about a...
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
For our 21st episode, we discuss Honeysuckle Rose, which… there’s no other way to say it… Cece absolutely hated. But as we talked through it, an inter...
Sister Act (1992)
Fresh off our return from a three-week trip to California, we watch the only movie about music set in San Francisco that we could think of: Emile Ardo...
A Star Is Born (2018)
We’re back after a longer than anticipated break to fulfill a promise we made to discuss the 2018 version of A Star Is Born, directed by and co-starri...
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
May 23, 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the Alan Parker helmed film Pink Floyd The Wall. We mark this moment with CeCe’s deflowering experience of...
Round Midnight (1986) with Gordon Bazsali Jr
Special guest Gordon Bazsali Jr joins us for our 17th episode to discuss the 1986 film Round Midnight, directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It stars famed...
Amadeus (1984)
Episode 16 is a discussion about the popular 1984 movie Amadeus, directed by Miloš Forman. We focus on the cultural impact of the film, its very ‘80s...
Studio 666 (2022) plus Taylor Hawkins and Will Smith v Chris Rock
Our 15th episode centers on FooFighters horror comedy Studio 666. But the episode is much more than this. The film, the loss of Taylor Hawkins, and th...
2022 Oscar Special pt. 2: The Nominees
We conclude our two-part Oscar special with a wildly undisciplined but mostly spoiler-free discussion of all the major nominees for the 2022 Academy A...
2022 Oscar Special pt. 1: CODA (2021)
Welcome to Part 1 of our two-part Oscar special. In this first part, we heap lavish praise on CODA (2021), a beautiful, emotional movie about music no...
Love Lies (2016)
In our 12th episode, we take our first look at a Korean film about music, 해어화 or “Love, Lies” by director Park Heung-sik. Available on Netflix, thi...
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Fellow musician, podcaster and friend Gino Brann joins us for a discussion of the Coen Brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). We talk about folk mu...
A Star Is Born (1976)
A theme of death and loss looms over our 10th episode as we discuss A Star Is Born—the 1976 version starring Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson...
9 Movies About Music – Tick Tick BOOM (plus Kieslowski’s Veronique)
We discuss two very different movies in our ninth episode. The main film under discussion is Tick… Tick… BOOM (2021) by Lin-Manuel Miranda, a Netflix...
8 Movies About Music – The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Our New Years’ episode is a discussion of Steve Kloves’ movie The Fabulous Baker Boys from 1989. Our talk centers around the dynamic between Jack and...
7 Movies About Music – White Christmas (1954)
We call an audible for our seventh episode and discuss the closest thing to a Christmas movie-about-music we could think of: Paramount/Michael Curtiz’...
6 Movies About Music – Whiplash (2014)
In our sixth episode, we express our total hatred of the very popular and widely acclaimed movie Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle. We wonder what...
5 Movies About Music – Hustle and Flow (2005)
In our fifth episode, we discuss Hustle and Flow, directed by Craig Brewer. As Jim displays his total ignorance, CeCe is there to take him to school o...
4 Movies About Music – Mr Holland's Opus (1995)
For our fourth episode, we discuss Mr. Holland’s Opus, directed by Stephen Herek. We talk about the white man’s journey, a familiar theme in movies fr...
3 Movies About Music – Almost Famous (2000)
In this episode we watch and discuss Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous. We talk about rock music of the 1970s, the magic that is Penny Lane (and Kate...
2 Movies About Music - Sound of Metal (2019)
In this episode, we discuss Sound of Metal, directed by Darius Marder. We dig deep into the two lead characters and what it means to fully live the mu...
1 Movies About Music - Introduction
Welcome to the first episode of Movies About Music, where we introduce ourselves and the aims of the show. This is a re-upload for our migration to Re...