Mid-century African American newspaper presses, heros, love stories and newly discovered black artists, what more could you ask for? On today's epidode, Jared interviews Dr. Brooks Hefner who discusses his new book Black Pulp: Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow.   https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/black-pulp Instagram: @thelastscholarpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-last-scholar/message Support this podcast:...

UNM losing the Black Panther Archives, the start of Noir cinema, critical race theory and a look at Spike Lee's current work, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Dr. Finnie Coleman discusses the cinematic adaptations of the African American Novel.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-last-scholar/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-last-scholar/support

Dr. Costantino clarifying concepts, Jared muddying them and more talk from Plato's cave, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Jesse returns to discuss New Hollywood, the L.A. Rebellion, the truth about indie film making, and the critical tradition of film theory. https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last Scholar. [email protected] --- Send in a...

Fear of technology, film making in a war-free era and gore in the 80s, what more could you ask for? In today's episode, Dr. Higgins returns to discuss The Matrix, Johnny Depp going broke, Magnum, P.I. and film making in the 80s and 90s.   Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last Scholar. https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ [email protected] --- Send in a voice message:...

Collage, hero-making and the triumphant return of Dr. Higgins, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Dr. Scarlett Higgins returns to discuss American cinema in the 1970s.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last Scholar. [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-last-scholar/message Support this podcast:...

Stocks, cameras and action, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Dr. Costantino discusses film fetish, The Frankfurt School and more film theory!  Dr. Costantino received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where he specialized in American literature and film and media studies. He is currently completing his first book, Fighting Form: Boxing, Race, and Media in American Modernism, in which he connects the seemingly disparate histories of new media technologies,...

An iconic soundtrack, mobsters getting thrown out windows and plenty of Shaft, what more could you ask for? On today's episode, Jared and Eva discuss race, noir and genre making in Gordon Park's Shaft, filmed in 1971.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last Scholar. [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ --- Send in a voice message:...

The infamous return of George C. Scott, 7 academy awards and a load of unnecessary shouting scenes, what more could you ask for? In today's podcast, Jared and Eva discuss performance, the war opera and the sci-fi genre in Franklin J. Schaffner's Patton, filmed in 1970. This continues our movie theater segment.   Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Japanese culture and cinema, conflicts, counterpoints and disproportions, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Jared and Eva discuss Japanese ideograms, dialectic and dynamism in Sergei Eisenstein's Film Form, published in 1949.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last Scholar. [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ --- Send in a voice message:...

Sharks, Mobsters and the brilliance of Fredric Jameson, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Jared and Eva discuss utopia making, mass culture and repetition in Jameson's article "Reification and Utopia Making in Mass Culture," written in 1979. This is part of our ongoing film theory series.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Insights from Dr. Scarlett Higgins, confusing additions by Professor Valdez and talks about The Enterprise, what more could you ask for? In today's podcast, Dr. Higgins discusses culture, gender and genre in 1960s film. This is the second episode in our interview segment.  Scarlett Higgins teaches classes in contemporary American literature and film, including Postmodernism, Contemporary Literature, The Culture of the Cold War, Avant Garde in America, Contemporary Literature and Gender, and...

Tools of terror, chainsaw wielding killers and a brilliant examination of the horror genre, what more could you ask for? In today's episode, Jared and Eva discuss gender identification, horrific formulas and psychoanalysis in Carol J. Clover's chapter, "Her Body, Himself," written in 1992.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Pythagorean sects, a visit from Freud, and discussions of God and the Mother, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Jared and (T.A.) Nigel discuss the auditory, the visual, the acousmatre and de-acousmatization in Michel Chion's chapter "The Acousmêtre," written in 1981. This is the first episode in our ongoing segment: film theory.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Eva compiles all of the intros from the 1960s for your musical entertainment. Enjoy.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last Scholar. [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-W62u-y3Ww_niNW588B6vA https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thefirstscholar https://www.facebook.com/last.scholar.3 thelastscholar.com --- Send in a voice message:...

Choppers, grass smoking and Jack Nicholson getting murdered while camping, what more could you ask for? On Friday's podcast, Jared and Eva discuss racism, the future of 70s Americana and the end of an era in Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider, filmed in 1969.  [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-W62u-y3Ww_niNW588B6vA https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thefirstscholar https://www.facebook.com/last.scholar.3 thelastscholar.com ---...

Stanley Kubrick, Hal 9000 and a star baby, what more could you ask for? On Thursday's podcast, Eva and Jared discuss religion, the cyborg-human and the meaning of human evolution in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, filmed in 1968. Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Seduction from Mrs. Robinson, Simon and Garfunkel and Dustin Hoffman, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Jared and Eva discuss coming to age, the comedy genre and victimhood in Mike Nichol's The Graduate, filmed in 1967. We also discuss our upcoming list of films from the 1970s.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, mass amounts of alcohol, 5 Oscars and a story about "bourgon," what more could you ask for? On Tuesday's podcast, Jared and Eva discuss performativity, the hetoronormative shakles of the confines of marriage and more game-play in Mike Nichol's, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Filmed in 1966. Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Murder by candle-stick, Polanski's first english film and rotting rabbit, what more could you ask for? In today's podcast, Eva and Jared discuss madness, sexual assault and place/space in Roman Polanski's Repulsion, filmed in 1965. We also go over this week's schedule.  Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Beer with professor Fabbro, jokes from professor McHugh, and more scholarly talk about Hustling, what more could you ask for? In today's extra credit podcast, Jarad and Andrea discuss gender, state, parenting and signifiers in Robert Rossen's The Hustler, filmed in 1961.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-last-scholar/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-last-scholar/support

Sean Connery, Oddjob, Shaken Martinis and Shirly Eaton, what more could you ask for? On today's podcast, Jared and Eva discuss police brutality, masculinity/femininity, Stargate SG1 and (of course) GOLD, in Guy Hamilton's Goldfinger, filmed in 1964. We also look towards next week! Jared and Eva live on teacher's wages (a.k.a they are broke), please like, subscribe, comment and download The Last...

Alfred Hitchcock, a hoard of attacking birds and the return of Rod Taylor, what more could you ask for? On todays podcast, Eva and Jared will be discussing Hitchcock's influence on cinema, the horror genre and politics in The Birds, filmed in 1963. [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-W62u-y3Ww_niNW588B6vA https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thefirstscholar https://www.facebook.com/last.scholar.3 --- Send in a voice message:...

3h 48m running time, 7 academy awards and Peter O'Toole, what more could you ask for? On todays podcast, Eva and Jared discuss race, colonization and exoticization in David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, filmed in 1962. [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-W62u-y3Ww_niNW588B6vA https://www.instagram.com/thelastscholarpodcast/ https://twitter.com/thefirstscholar https://www.facebook.com/last.scholar.3 --- Send in a voice message:...

Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Jackie Gleason and pool, what more can you ask for? On today's podcast, Eva and Jared will be discussing capitalism, commodities and femininity/masculinity in Robert Rossen's The Hustler, filmed in 1961. This is the second movie in our current decade, the...