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An ECFS Productions Original Podcast: Cinema Spectator is a film history podcast that takes away the pretense that usually comes along with learning about film. Each week, we tackle a "classic" of film history but do these films actually hold up for a modern audience? Can they entertain someone who grew up on Spider-Man reboots and Jim Carrey movies, or will they forever be relics of a bygone era?
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Cameron and special guest Juzo Greenwood talk about a documentary about The Rolling Stones in the late 60s.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
The French New Wave. Will Isaac scoff at another Breathless look-a-like? Or could this heartfelt film crack a regular spectators opinion?
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
This Patreon selected horror comedy reveals Cameron's educational perspective and Isaac's straight take.
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Can a casual movie viewer handle David Lynch's breakthrough film? Will the experimental and weird creativity draw Isaac in or will it destroy his interest?
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Wild colonial love. An oversized instrument. A painful aesthetic. Can this award winning film hold the attention of a casual, contextless view? Cameron and Isaac discuss this movies place in academic analysis while also exploring if the film is any good at all!
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
One shot. One angle. One long film. Cameron sieges the 2021 with the power of Manakamana, an experimental documentary that he was subjected to in his training. Can Isaac, the casual viewer, discover enlightenment by watching this movie? Or is this film just a mechanical expedition that no one has really seen for good reason?
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Isaac and Cameron discuss the Patreon voted film of the month to close out 2020! There were some audio issues, we apologize for Isaac sounding like a Transformer.
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Can a powerful director and a blockbuster film save the established film industry? Can it even hold the attention of a causal viewer? Isaac and Cameron sit down to discuss the only movie with the guts to come to theaters during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Isaac and Cameron explore a Charlie Kaufman film that is anything but conventional. This direct-to-Netflix movie demands interpretation that could be beyond little Isaac's casual mind.