History Lesson Part II

History Lesson Part II
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A podcast about movies about history, and (sometimes) the history of movies.

  1. 02/09/2024

    18 - The Social Network

    [Reuploaded due to audio exporting issues] Sources: Aaron Sorkin versus reality | Salon.com Why Zuckerberg should like the Facebook movie - CNN.com (archive.org) Facebook Founder Says The Social Network ‘Emphasizes Things That Didn’t Matter’ (archive.org) Mark Zuckerberg rejects his portrayal in The Social Network | Film | The Guardian Facebook Co-Founder Speaks Publicly: What I Learned From Watching “The Social Network” (cnbc.com) “The Social Network” will inspire an entirely new generation of entrepreneurs | Social Media Today (archive.org) “The Social Network” will inspire an entirely new generation of entrepreneurs (archive.org) Mark Zuckerberg rejects his portrayal in The Social Network | Film | The Guardian (archive.org)

    1h 48m

  2. 10/11/2023

    17 - The Wind That Shakes The Barley

    We discuss Ken Loach's brilliant war epic The Wind That Shakes The Barley in an unintentionally relevant episode. Plus: Jackson takes a pop quiz.

    1h 54m

  3. 08/31/2023

    15 - Django/The Great Silence w/Cody Severtson

    Cody joins us again to talk Spaghetti Westerns and the ways they channel both Italian and US politics of the 1960s and 70s.

    2h 9m

  4. 07/28/2023

    14 - Broken Arrow, High Noon & Rio Bravo w/Cody Severtson

    In part 1 of our miniseries on Westerns we discuss a trio of movies with varying degrees of Hollywood Blacklist connections with our friend and first guest, Cody Severtson.

    1h 60m

  5. 07/03/2023

    13 - Trumbo (2015) and the Hollywood Blacklist

    We discuss Jay Roach's Trumbo (2015), a pretty ok biopic about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. We also talk about a few much shittier movies about the blacklist, including The Front (1976), Guilty by Suspicion (1991), and Good Night and Good Luck (2005).

    1h 50m

  6. 06/12/2023

    12 - M3GAN and AI in Film

    We talk Gerard Johnstone's delightful horror-comedy M3GAN as well as Ex Machina, Black Mirror, and Blade Runner in a jumbo-sized ep about how much AI sucks.

    2h 5m

  7. 05/16/2023

    BONUS: Tyler and Jackson Explain Everything

    We do things a little different this time by discussing our philosophy towards film criticism and film more broadly. We also discuss the importance (or unimportance) of the artist's intent, how much we weigh the ideology of the film, and whether or not attempting to review films objectively is even possible.

    58 min

  8. 04/29/2023

    11- Matewan

    In Episode 11, we discuss John Sayles' brilliant Matewan (1987), which dramatizes the events leading up to a violent skirmish between striking miners and the Baldwin-Felts detective agency in 1920s West Virginia. This one was already long enough so no theme music this time.

    1h 53m
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A podcast about movies about history, and (sometimes) the history of movies.

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  • Creator
    History Lesson Part II
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © History Lesson Part II
  • Show Website
    History Lesson Part II