Paul and Corey Cross the Streams

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Paul and Corey Cross the Streams Podcast

A bi-monthly podcast in which hosts Paul Pakler and Corey Pepper watch and review streaming content - so you don't have to!

  1. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E14 [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)]

    6 DAYS AGO

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E14 [BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925)]

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 54, Sergei Eisentstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925) is one of the rare films on the list to have appeared on every Sight and Sound Poll since its creation in 1952. Eisenstein was one of a collection of Soviet filmmakers who studied and theorized over this new artistic medium of cinema in order to unlock its singular potential for communication. Eisenstein himself was a proponent of montage, which Paul and Corey discuss in terms of its impact on the film and on all films that followed. They also dive deep into the historical events that surrounded the Russian Revolution of 1905 (the subject of the film), which Vladimir Lenin famously referred to as the October Revolution of 1917's "Great Dress Rehearsal."

    1h 22m
  2. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E13 [MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)]

    SEP 5

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E13 [MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001)]

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 8, Mulholland Drive (2001) is the first film directed by David Lynch that we've discussed on PACCTS. It's been touted as the greatest American film of the 21st century, and half of the show's hosts agree! Paul and Corey discuss Lynch the artist - his methods, styles, and themes - and try to discuss what the hell the film is about.

    1h 38m
  3. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E12 [RASHOMON (1950)]

    AUG 16

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E12 [RASHOMON (1950)]

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 41, Rashomon (1950) is perhaps the most influential of the Sight and Sound films we've tackled this season - to the point that its famous narrative structure has become an adjective in storytelling. Directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, the film is a slow-burning mystery, which tackles the nearly-unattainable nature of truth...

    1h 16m
  4. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E11 [A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)]

    AUG 1

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E11 [A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)]

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 114, John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence (1974) is a tour de force. With astounding performances from Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk, Paul and Corey have a new favorite film.

    1h 38m
  5. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E10 [POSSESSION (1981)]

    JUL 11

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E10 [POSSESSION (1981)]

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked 243, Andrzej Żuławski's Possession (1981) has only recently gotten the attention it deserves. A difficult and overwhelming examination of divorce (and tentacles), the film was banned in countries, highly edited in America, and labeled as a Video Nasty in the UK. It's been difficult to find, and only recently has Possession been readily available in its entirety in the US, streaming on Shudder. Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani play a married couple in West Berlin. The film begins with him returning home from a spy mission, only to learn his marriage is over. Things don't get better from there. Both Neill and especially Adjani give some of the most intense performances committed to film. You've never seen anything like this...

    1h 6m
  6. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E9 [THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)]

    JUN 21

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E9 [THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)]

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked at 25, Charles Laughton's first and only(!) directorial feature, The Night of the Hunter (1955). The film was so ahead of its time, critics and audiences could not wrap their heads around its blending of genres, style, and themes. The Night of the Hunter has become a true American classic, influencing countless filmmakers.

    1h 39m
  7. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E08 [LA DOLCE VITA (1960)]

    JUN 6

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E08 [LA DOLCE VITA (1960)]

    Having amassed more than 100 episodes in its run, PACCTS’ sixth season will focus its sights on “the greatest films of all time” (both in the US and internationally), as assembled by the British Film Institute’s 2022 Sight and Sound Poll of industry critics. Corey will be choosing American films from the list, and Paul will be choosing international ones.  Our goal is to examine the films that are considered great, and why that may be the case.   Ranked at 60, Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) launched him onto the world's stage as an artistic force to be reckoned with. Coming from the Italian neorealist movement, Fellini began to make dreamlike, expressionist art films that were glamorous and yet explored the rot at the center of that glamor. La Dolce Vita is structurally inventive, dense with meaning, and even intimidated Paul as to how well he'd do in discussing it. (Spoiler: Paul and Corey did a great job.) Ciao!

    1h 38m
  8. Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E07 [THE SEARCHERS (1956)]

    MAY 23

    Paul and Corey Cross the Streams: S6E07 [THE SEARCHERS (1956)]

    Ranked at 15, John Ford's The Searchers (1956) has been generally touted as the best American western. German journalist Andreas Kilb called The Searchers, "The essence of American Myth in one film," and Paul (but maybe not Corey) agrees - with the caveat that that's not exactly a good thing. Ford had already made 100 films by this point in his career and worked with star John Wayne in a great number of them. The Searchers marked a maturation of the genre for Ford in which he wanted to tackle the topic of racism through an anti-hero for the ages, Ethan Edwards. Even within the film and in the context of the time of its relief, there's a feeling of deep ambivalence in how to feel about Ethan Edwards. And in 2024, the feeling has only grown more complicated (or perhaps clearer than ever). It all leads to an excellent discussion of America, settler colonialism, and racism as the ideology that allowed/s for the creation of them both.

    1h 22m
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