Episodes
The Suns Cinema crew is joined by Public Health expert Max Johansen. They discuss movies about viral health epidemics, why we watch them, what they get right or wrong about contagion and how we, as a society, contend with it.
Published 03/10/20
Published 03/10/20
Suns gets political for Super Tuesday. From Mr. Smith Goes To Washington to Bullworth, Jason and Ryan explore politics in cinema. They ask why elections make for good movie fodder, and how the medium has been used as a political tool to promote certain narratives. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Published 03/03/20
From Tennessee Williams to Jean Claude Van Damme, the Suns Cinema gang discusses New Orleans in the movies. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Published 02/25/20
Bong Joon Ho is King for a day, Rosie Perez and Margot Robbie fly high in Birds of Prey, Wes Anderson piques our pretentious interests, and Adam Sandler crushes his Independent Spirirt Awards speech. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Published 02/18/20
Predictions and complaints about the nominations (and snubs) for the 2020 Academy Awards. The crew comes up with their own version of the oscars of snubbed performances. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Published 02/04/20
The Suns podcast takes a look at the 1968 Best Picture nominations to look at a changing Hollywood in the wake of the counter-culture, civil rights, and revolutions of the mid 60's. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 01/21/20
The Nominations of the 92nd Academy Awards completely derail what would have been a substantive conversation about Paris' Left Bank film movement. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 01/14/20
Suns Cinema roars into the 20s with some hot takes on Uncut Gems, Ricky Gervais, and New Wave Cinema with special guest Makda Amdetsyon (Suns' best bartender). Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 01/07/20
The 2010's are coming to a close. Suns reflects on the best movies and moments of the Teens (tens?). We do our best to define an ever-changing decade that is hard to pin down. https://letterboxd.com/cauleyfilms/list/best-of-the-2010s-suns-cinema-podcast/ Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 12/18/19
The Golden Globe nominations have been announced and The Suns Cinema Podcast is here to tell them what they got wrong. They discuss the top movies to come out this year, as well as highlights from Suns' 2019 programming. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 12/10/19
The Suns Cinema podcast dishes out the hot takes on Scorsese's luke warm The Irishman, before talking about the best holiday movies to watch this season. Skip to the end to listen to Al Pacino's Dunkin Donuts musical number "Dunkaccino" from Adam Sandler's 2011 flop JACK AND JILL. https://letterboxd.com/cauleyfilms/list/suns-cinema-podcast-xmas-watchlist/edit/ for this episodes list of films. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
Published 12/03/19
The car is the most important mechanical device in cinema, besides maybe the movie camera. The Suns crew talks automobiles, as a cinematic device, a mode of transport, and a metaphor for freedom and changing times. Just in time for the thanksgiving travel season. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 11/26/19
All aboard the Suns Express, as they talk trains, and why they're so important to cinema. From The Great Train Robbery to Platform 9 3/4, trains have been a huge part of the history of the medium. Thanks for choo-choo-choosing the Suns Cinema Podcast. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 11/19/19
The Suns crew discusses air travel, and airplane movies for November's theme of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 11/05/19
Do you like Scary Movies? Do you ever rewatch those movies and realize they're not that scary? Or even worse, not even bad enough to be funny? The Suns crew explore the scary movies from their youth and compare them to the the horror hits of the last decade. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
Published 10/29/19
Jason and Ryan tackle Hollywood's latest Civil War: Scorcese/Coppola vs Marvel. We discuss "Cinema" gatekeeping, what the auters got right, and what they got wrong.
Published 10/21/19
The Suns crew takes on a few of the biggest controversies in Hollywood: Jennifer's Body vs Ginger Snaps, Megan Fox vs Michael Bay, and Joker vs Society.
Published 10/15/19
It's October and David Cabrera joins the cast to talk Villains, and this Month's calendar "Pretty Spooky... Terrifying"
Published 10/01/19
From Studio hit Double-bills to grindhouse horror nights, the great minds at Suns Cinema discuss the history and appeal of multi-feature theater screenings.
Published 09/24/19
Rambo Day is upon us and the Suns crew takes a deepdive into Balboa Productions new feature, Last Blood.
Published 09/17/19
Jason and Ryan discuss remakes in movie history.
Published 09/10/19
In honor of Labor Day, DC Comedian Andrew Bucket joins the show to talk movies about work. Discussing the Radical politics of 9 to 5, and the monotonous dread Office Space, and the trailer of Todd Philips' new DC comics movie JOKER.
Published 09/03/19
Jason and Ryan take a deep dive down the Fast and Furious cinematic universe's latest blockbuster: Hobbs and Shaw. The conversation quickly digresses into buddy action flicks.
Published 08/29/19
Local Teamster Zach Callahan joins the cast to talk Scorsese's upcoming flop THE IRISHMAN, The Friends vs Seinfeld rivalry, and Steve Buscemi's directoral work...
Published 08/20/19