Hammer & Camera

The eleventh installment of the Hammer & Camera podcast sees us dealing with the films of April. We cover Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum (along with a short overview of the filmmaker's career), Jia Zhangke's Ash is Purest White, and David Sandberg's Shazam!. We also talk about what we've been watching on video, the parallels between the Venezuelan crisis and our chosen films, and continue our debate over whether Zachary Levi is hot or not.

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For our tenth episode, we take it back to our roots; Hammer & Camera began as a spinoff of Revolutionary Left Radio's Film Vanguard series, and we're so pleased to welcome RLR's Breht to the podcast as a guest for the first time! Our topic of discussion is Jordan Peele's 2017 film Get Out, an immediate success and cultural phenomenon. We have a lively, wide-ranging discussion about the film, the filmmaker, and the various social themes the two cover.

In the seventh episode of the Hammer & Camera podcast, we dive into the M. Night Shyamalan Extended Universe, aka the Unbreakable Trilogy, aka the Eastrail 177 Trilogy. Consisting of Unbreakable (2000), Split (2017), and Glass (2019), the series is Shyamalan's attempt at interpreting and critiquing the world of comic books and comic book movies.

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In the very special 40th edition of the Hammer & Camera podcast, we're joined by friend of the pod Keith (@finncomplete) to discuss the films of Japanese master Akira Kurosawa! We've picked out six films from across Kurosawa's long career, grouped generally by the "samurai" theme: Sanshiro Sugata, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo and Ran. Join us as we learn and grow our appreciation for one of history's greatest film maestros!

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For the very first time we are giving our regular listeners a peek behind the velvet curtain of Movie Night, our monthly premium, exclusive episodes that until now have only been listened to by our loyal Patreon patrons. However, we knew we had to give everyone a chance to hear our buddy Kaleb discuss the seminal film Fight Club with us. This episode will have you thinking "...okay, where is my mind?"

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