Six Degrees of Star Wars
Even before it became the property of a monstrously big corporation that started putting it everywhere, Star Wars was everywhere. Join us on a journey as we take the hyperspace lanes out of a galaxy far, far away and into other movies, finding all the ways George Lucas' flagship franchise surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us.
Six Degrees of Star Wars
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Ep. 80: Get out and see GET OUT
Jordan Peele uses his directorial debut to introduce audiences to the talent of Daniel Kaluuya, win a Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and try to make white liberals confront their participation in systemic racism. How well did he succeed?
Ep. 79: Sound of Metal, Hitting Hard
We mark Disability Pride Month by talking about the Oscar-winning SOUND OF METAL, featuring Riz Ahmed's big brown owl eyes, discussions about sign language subtitles, and cochlear implants, and the importance of community for disabled folx....
Ep. 78: At the End of My Rope (1948)
It's Gay Wrath Month, so let's be gay and do crimes and... wait. Wait, no, not like that, this is Alfred Hitchcock and Arthur Laurents making toxic codependent yaoi.Be Kind Rewind's Hitchcock Blondes:
Ep. 77: Miss Juneteenth > July 4th
6 Degrees of Star Wars marks the 250th birthday of the United States by discussing a movie about the people who the United States has historically excluded, starring the incomparable Nicole Beharie, whom Hollywood tried to exclude. This is Miss...
Ep. 76: Dracula's Daughter Just Wants to Go to Pride
We decided to celebrate pride by putting a bunch of queer women enjoyers into a room to talk about the first cinematic reluctant vampire who is also giving so much lesbian. The results are exactly what you think.PLUGGABLES:Gillian...
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