Podcast Archives - Bright Wall/Dark Room

On this very special episode of the pod, Veronica sits down with beloved critic Fran Hoepfner to talk highlights of the 60th New York Film Festival, which they both attended last month, including Tar, Triangle of Sadness, Armageddon Time, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Decision to Leave, Stars at Noon, Showing Up, and more.

Episode #17: Cat People (1942)

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Issue 112: B-Movies Podcast

For our B-Movies issue–just in time for spooky season–we’re casting an eye back toward RKO darling Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur’s Cat People (1942), one of the studio’s most successful forays into low-budget, low-runtime horror, with film critic and curator Miriam Bale.

Episode #16: Looper (2012)

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Issue 111: Time Travel Podcast

This month on the show, we’re doing a little time traveling of our own. On the heels of the growing buzz for Rian Johnson’s new genre love letter Glass Onion, we’re discussing his 2012 sci-fi thriller, Looper.

Elaine May's ISHTAR (1987) | original poster by Tony Stella

Episode #15: Ishtar (1987)

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Issue 110: 1987 Podcast

This month, we're waxing ecstatic about the humor and humanism at the heart of Elaine May's Ishtar. We match May’s compassion for the brashly stupid Chuck and Lyle (Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, respectively) with special guest Frank Falisi, who lays out his theory that Ishtar is actually a high musical à la Vincente Minnelli.

Episode #14: The Conversation (1974)

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Issue 109: Voyeur Podcast

This month on the show we’re talking one-on-one about Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation through the lenses of surveillance and seclusion, Gene Hackman and Walter Murch, Catholic guilt and cool jazz.

Episode #13: I Am Love (2009)

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Issue 108: Melodrama Podcast

This month on the podcast, we discuss Luca Guadagnino’s 2009 melodrama I Am Love with author, critic, and Wesleyan film professor Lisa Dombrowski.

Episode #12: Amadeus (1984)

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Issue 107: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Podcast

To salute our May theme, Chad sits down with deputy cohost Fran Hoepfner and movie and music writer Sydney Urbanek, to discuss the greatest initially-PG-rated movie of all time(?): Miloš Forman’s 1984 Amadeus.

Episode #11: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

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Issue 106: Paul Newman Podcast

Lock the door: for our April devotional to Paul Newman, we’re revisiting Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi.

Episode #10: Moments

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Issue 105: Moments Podcast

Break out the tissues: this month on the show Veronica and Chad are swapping a medley of their most memorable, formative movie scenes and moments.

Episode #9: Down With Love (2003)

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Issue 104: Opulence Podcast

This month on the podcast, we’re at the juncture of maximalism and mid-century modern, tackling Peyton Reed’s rom-com Down With Love with special guest Fran Hoepfner.

Episode #8: The Power of the Dog (2021)

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Issue 103: Best of 2021 Podcast

This month on the show, we’re diving deep into Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog with film critic and Quorum (Film Quarterly) editor Girish Shambu.

Episode #7: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

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Issue 102: FUBAR Podcast

This month on the show, we're joined by poet, educator, and original BW/DR co-conspirator Elizabeth Cantwell to discuss Stanley Kubrick’s (now) beloved psychosexual Christmas thriller, Eyes Wide Shut.