Checkout Cinema

Checkout Cinema BONUS 004: Load-bearing Brain Rot

Thanks for listening to Checkout Cinema, a podcast where two librarians check out movies and review them! Today's episode is a meta episode of sorts where we discuss some upcoming guest episodes, projects, and some films we recently watched locally in Knoxville. Thanks to Darrell Winfree for editing this episode. Support your local library -- and projectionist! 00:00 Intro / "Season Preview" 01:30 Upcoming Guest: Giveaway winner Joey, discussing AMELIE (2001) 03:09 Upcoming Guest: Crew Smith, director of ANGEL OF LIGHT (2024) 04:05 Amelia's Acting Project 05:55 Knox Horror Fest / Central Cinema / Film Fest Knox shoutout 06:30 Knoxville is a film town! CHROMA and Public Cinema 07:52 CHROMA introduction by Amelia 09:28 FIREWORKS (1947, dir. Kenneth Anger) and NOWHERE (1997, dir. Gregg Araki) - CHROMA showing discussion 16:50 TWILIGHT (2008) and fandom discussion 21:17 JUPITER ASCENDING (2015) as the ultimate middle school girl wish fulfillment 22:23 Back to NOWHERE (1997) and discussing the inversion of teen movie stereotypes 25:18 Amelia's new substack: BABE CINEMA http://babecinema.substack.com/ 28:40 Checkout's new project: PERF! https://www.instagram.com/perf_cinema and discussion of film projection 34:34 Outro / Links

Checkout Cinema 017: The MILF Song (MAMMA MIA!, 2008)

Here we go again! Another episode from your two favorite film-loving librarians, Amelia and Janine! We're back to musicals as we discuss MAMMA MIA! (2008), a jukebox musical of ABBA songs starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgård. Thanks to Darrell Winfree for editing this episode. Support your local library!

Checkout Cinema 016: Americar (PLAY MISTY FOR ME, 1971)

Happy birthday Clint Eastwood! On this episode of Checkout Cinema, we checked out a copy of PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971), a psychological drama about obsessive listener Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter) and the target of her limerance, radio DJ Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood). We also briefly discuss UNFORGIVEN (1991) and other Eastwood films we've watched. You won't want to miss this one! Thanks to Darrell for editing this episode. Support your local library!

Checkout Cinema 015: Mutually Assured Destruction (WUTHERING HEIGHTS, 2026)

Thanks for listening to Checkout Cinema, a podcast where two librarians check out movies! In this episode, we discuss "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" (2026), Emerald Fennell's reinterpretation of the Emily Brontë novel starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. While some celebrated this film for its heightened sexual tension between the leads, we found the exploration of this psychosexual relationship to fall flat. We also discuss some recently watched films like HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) and UMA MUSUME: PRETTY DERBY - BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA (2024). We apologize for the gap in uploads. We had some computer issues preventing editing and uploading, but we recorded several episodes regardless meaning you'll be getting a lot more Checkout content coming your way! Thanks to Darrell Winfree for editing this episode. Support your local library!

Checkout Cinema BONUS 003: Movie Making Factory

It's Oscars season baby! 2025 had some great films, and it's time to pick the best of the best (well, from the local perspective). Amelia and Janine discuss the Oscars and the nomination process before diving into the most anticipated category: Best Picture. There are ten films nominated, so there's a lot of ground to cover! Janine and Amelia didn't watch all of the films on the list, but that has almost never stopped them from having an opinion. We have our clear front runners for the winner... what's your favorite film of 2025? Did we miss any films we should have checked out? Let us know! P.S. Darrell's computer died so Janine had to edit this one. Sorry for the lack of cool sound effects. ---- 00:00 Intro / Oscars discussion 5:52 What makes a "best picture?" 10:04: Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos) 12:52 F1 (Joseph Kosinski) 14:52 Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro) 19:20 Hamnet (Chloé Zhao) 22:45 Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie) 29:10 One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) - Be sure to listen to our episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eCiVYulmiJM41TCM0Cu7Z?si=e0d36e29926d4839] on it for our full thoughts! 30:30 The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho) 33:14 Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier) 36:24 Sinners (Ryan Coogler) 44:50 Train Dreams (Clint Bentley) 51:00 Outro