The Academy Academy

Our Feature Presentation: More Dalliances with De Palma (Greetings, and Hi, Mom!)

Don & Pat discuss Brian De Palma's earliest works on this week's The Academy Academy! Is Greetings a counter-cultural barn burner? Is Ladybugs Rodney Dangerfield's best film? Should Post Malone have made a theme song for Eddington? Does Hi, Mom! still shock and push boundaries? Tune in and find out!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com [theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social]

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Sisters)

Don & Pat continue to plumb the depths of Cinema Speculation as they discuss Sisters on this week's The Academy Academy. Discover what makes Bernard Herrmann furious! Find out which heavy metal musician is most comparable to Brian De Palma! Determine what family friendly feature was felled by The Untouchables at the box office and more!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com [theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social]

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Hollywood in the Seventies Part 4: Five Easy Pieces and Shampoo)

Is having the middle name "Eroica" a telltale sign your parents are emotionally closed-off intellectuals? Does Bill Maher think he's Warren Beatty when he's really Jack Warden? Do men love getting into jams? Are jams the juice?! All this and more is discussed on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com [theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social]

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Hollywood in the Seventies Part 3: Little Murders and Carnal Knowledge

It's a Feiffer Double Feature, folks!  Should Hollywood let Karl Ove Knausgård direct a feature film? Are shorts for quitters? Is there an intern feeding New York Times opinion columnists cold Campbell's Soup as they lie dormant?  All this and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com [theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social]

Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (New Hollywood in the Seventies Part 2: Mickey One and The Rain People)

What happens when a seemingly strait-laced Esquire Magazine Columnist-type guy smokes exactly one joint and watches a Fellini movie? Is America the original Megalopolis? And where did you get that Francis Ford Coppola's Jack Challenge Coin?!   Don & Pat discuss Arthur Penn's Mickey One and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com [theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social]