Before Sunset (LOST IN THE MOVIES podcast #2)

My public podcast continues its three-part Before trilogy and seven-part Ethan Hawke coverage with Before Sunset, Richard Linklater's sequel to the mid-nineties which finds how now-thirtysomethings rediscovering one another and perhaps rekindling their romance against the backdrop of Bush-era international tensions. What are the characters keeping from one another? What does it mean when the "end of history"...ends? I explore the macro and micro aspects of this ever-evolving narrative in this discussion, alongside an update on my work elsewhere and, as always, an invitation to...

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In two weeks, the Before focus will wrap with Before Midnight although the general Hawke coverage will continue (with some interruptions) through his fiftieth birthday in November.

LINKS FOR EPISODE 2

The era of Before Sunset

My original Patreon coverage of this film was part of a podcast episode that discussed a retrospective documentary on the 2000s decade as well

+ read my 2008 polemic on the pop culture of Bush's America

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Update: Journey Through Twin Peaks, my new podcast & more

New guest appearance

Twin Peaks Unwrapped 225: Season Three Madness

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Lost in Twin Peaks #18: S2E10 (Dispute Between Brothers/"Episode 17")

Twin Peaks Unwrapped - Season 3 Madness (w/ Josh Minton)

Last year, I joined Ben, Bryon, and rotating guests on the Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast to undertake a ridiculous (and ridiculously enjoyable) attempt to "rank" David Lynch films, as well as the episodes of Twin Peaks seasons one and two, using a "March Madness" style bracket system (see below). Now they are tackling season three, and the results may surprise you; as I put it on Twitter, "I voted correctly...but did everyone else??" This time Peaks commentator Josh Minton - who has written extensively about the Showtime season in his book Skeleton Key to Twin Peaks - is on the panel, often providing the decisive vote after much discussion. You can watch the whole Zoom call above (apologies for my distant gaze, I couldn't find the eyeline on my phone's screen and didn't realize I was visible when I wasn't talking...) or listen to the audio version from iTunes or pretty much anywhere else you download podcasts.

Thanks to the pandemic, the Unwrapped schedule for 2020 has been thrown into disarray. They originally intended to conclude their half-decade run at the end of the year, following months of community rewatches, "Madness" rankings, and other frequent episodes but now they've committed to extend themselves into 2021, the rewatch episodes are delayed (I've already recorded a killer's reveal discussion which is still several steps back in the backlog), and after initially offering a new contest every calendar season, the "Madness" is now finally reaching its last entry. Well, almost its last entry; the final four will get their own face-off with a massive line-up of all the former participants making the call. That should be fun! The contestants, based on previous victors, will be Lost Highway, episode two, episode fourteen, and....well, you'll have to listen to the above conversation to find out.

Before Sunrise (LOST IN THE MOVIES podcast #1)

I originally planned to provide a podcast update once a month - patron, public, everything - but instead I've decided to create individual episode posts. My first official episode reviews Before Sunrise (originally recorded in 2018, although I cleaned them up a bit for public re-issue), kicking off both a one-month Before trilogy review and a four-month Ethan Hawke retrospective. This cross-post also marks the 12th anniversary of this website which first published on July 16, 2008. Here's to another dozen years! (If you'd like to learn more about my work in that time, check out the 10th anniversary podcast episode I released publicly a couple years ago.) Please offer your own thoughts on the episode if you have any, and I'll share them on the next episode. Most importantly, if you like what I'm doing please...

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In two weeks, I'll continue the theme with Richard Linklater's follow-up Before Sunset in which the Sunrise characters meet up again after nine years.

LINKS FOR EPISODE 1

Before Sunrise

Amy Lehrhaupt: The Girl Who Inspired Linklater's "Before Sunrise" (video by Jeff Rowan)

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Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 36: The Return

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Four Worlds in Pinocchio: a visual tribute

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Episode 68: Twin Peaks cinema - Peyton Place (+ Twin Peaks Reflections: Nancy, Harold, Harold's house, the woods, Harold and the diary/The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, La Dolce Vita & more)

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Lost in Twin Peaks #17A: S2E9 (Arbitrary Law/"Episode 16"), Part 1 & #17B: Part 2

Four Worlds in Pinocchio: a visual tribute

Images from the shop, the town, Pleasure Island, and the sea

Launching a public podcast - introductory episode

Update: The podcast is now available on iTunes. Please rate/review here if you've enjoyed my previous audio work - it helps others find it!

Yesterday I finally created a public podcast. Throughout 2020 it will open up episodes created for my Patreon show of two and a half years, with an emphasis on Ethan Hawke vehicles (beginning with the Before series and ending with First Reformed around his fiftieth birthday in November). I also plan to release a few preliminary episodes of "Left of the Movies" (covering political cinema) and "Twin Peaks Cinema" (connecting Twin Peaks to various films) - eventually to be spun off with their own feeds - before the year is out. I discuss all of this and more in my short introductory episode. I don't have an embeddable version of the podcast yet (most of the platforms are still processing my submission), but it's available on the hosting site Pinecast as well as the Spotify directory if you click on the following links:

Listen to "Welcome to Lost in the Movies"

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When a player is available I will embed the episode here. From now, on my monthly podcast updates/cross-posts will include not only my Patreon episodes but also my public ones. When it's up on iTunes, please consider downloading, rating, and reviewing so that others will be exposed to it as well!