Red Rose Film Club

Hal & Craig
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Red Rose Film Club

Each episode, hosts Hal and Craig break down a film and examine its component parts from a leftist perspective. Red Rose Film Club is a movie podcasts for leftists of all stripes that don't know what to talk about at parties other than movies and politics!

  1. Reagan (2024) | Well....This Movie Sucks

    26 NOV

    Reagan (2024) | Well....This Movie Sucks

    We did one of Craig's favorite kind of episodes: making Hal watch a terrible conservative movie! This time, we watched Sean McNamara's 2024 film, and shameless hagiography, REAGAN. Discussion also includes: Recent watches: CONCLAVE (2024), HERETIC (2024), ANORA (2024), KAMIKAZE HEARTS (1986), ALTERED STATES (1980), and THE NIGHT PORTER (1975) Matt Gaetz nomination for (and subsequent withdrawal) Attorney General Alex Jones losing Infowars to the Onion Is notorious Republican monster Dana Rohrbacher actually a cool surfer guy? (no) Follow us online! Follow us on Twitter at @RedRoseFilmPod Follow our Facebook Group Follow Hal on Twitter at @shestructured Follow Craig on Twitter at @KegFreighter Follow Hal's Letterboxd Follow Craig's Letterboxd   SOURCES & LINKS: Debord’s the Society of the Spectacle on Marxists.org: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm

    1 h y 32 min
  2. Candyman (2021) | America's Legacy of Violence Against Black Bodies

    9 NOV

    Candyman (2021) | America's Legacy of Violence Against Black Bodies

    Spooky season concludes with Nia DaCosta's 2021 sequel Candyman. We discuss America's legacy of violence against black bodies and the undue burden put on black artists to represent black pain "the right way".  Discussions also include: Our two-year pod-iversary. Hal's book club reading of D.H. Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE; Craig saw Damien Leone's Christmastime masterpiece: TERRIFIER 3; How Candyman builds on the original film, while staking its own place in horror history. NOTE: We recorded this episode on November 5th, just three days before the news of Tony Todd's untimely passing. Rest in peace to horror icon Tony Todd. Follow us online! Follow us on Twitter at @RedRoseFilmPod Follow our Facebook Group Follow Hal on Twitter at @shestructured Follow Craig on Twitter at @KegFreighter Follow Hal's Letterboxd Follow Craig's Letterboxd SOURCES & LINKS: Amendment 4 financial impact statement: https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/florida-supreme-court-allows-financial-impact-statement-next-to-abortion-amendment/  Stop Cop City ballot measure: https://theintercept.com/2024/11/04/atlanta-cop-city-voter-turnout-democrats/  Kara Walker: https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s2/kara-walker-in-stories-segment/  Kara Walker: https://mcachicago.org/collection/items/kara-walker/2695-presenting-negro-scenes-drawn-upon-my-passage-through-the-south-and-reconfigured-for-the-benefit-of-enlightened-audiences-wherever-such-may-be-found-by-myself-missus-k-e-b-walker-colored

    1 h y 38 min
  3. Vote YES ON 4 for Reproductive Justice in Florida!

    30 OCT

    Vote YES ON 4 for Reproductive Justice in Florida!

    We had a delay recording our next episode. So in lieu of a new episode (coming soon, but after the election...), here's Hal encouraging you to VOTE YES ON 4 for REPRODUCTIVE JUSTIVE in Florida. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/desantis-administration-florida-amendment-4-abortion  https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article294142144.html https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/florida-desantis-abortion-ad-amendment-4-john-wilson-rcna176580 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-surgeon-general-restraining-order-abortion-ad-tv-stations-rcna176124  John Wilson affidavit: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759/gov.uscourts.flnd.527759.29.1.pdf

    4 min
  4. The People Under the Stairs (1991) | Slumlords, Gentrification, and the Gimp Daddy-ing of America

    26 OCT

    The People Under the Stairs (1991) | Slumlords, Gentrification, and the Gimp Daddy-ing of America

    Spooky season continues and Hal and Craig watched Wes Craven's 1991 horror-comedy The People Under the Stairs. We discuss how the economic policies of Ronald Reagan (and his putrid Wormtongue Milton Friedman) led to our current housing crisis. Discussion also includes: Our favorite Wes Craven films; The bombing of the Al-Aqsa hospital in Gaza and Palestinian martyr Shaban Al-Dalou; Some books we're reading: "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein and "When the Clock Broke" by John Ganz; Other recent viewings including "The Apprentice", "The Substance", and "Wolfs"; and Ving Rhames' all-time great lines. Follow us online! Follow us on Twitter at @RedRoseFilmPod Follow our Facebook Group Follow Hal on Twitter at @shestructured Follow Craig on Twitter at @KegFreighter Follow Hal's Letterboxd Follow Craig's Letterboxd Sources & Links https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/the-great-eliminator-how-ronald-reagan-made-homelessness-permanent/article_92c9b2ac-e881-502a-ae9d-5266cac03404.html https://archives.hud.gov/hud50/hud50.hud.gov/hud_history_timeline/index.html https://www.thezebra.com/resources/home/housing-trends-visualized/ https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-annual-meeting-national-alliance-business https://nlihc.org/explore-issues/why-we-care/problem https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/15/shaban-al-dalou-the-palestinian-teen-burned-to-death-in-israeli-bombing

    1 h y 31 min
  5. Society (1989) | The Shunting of America's Poor

    13 OCT

    Society (1989) | The Shunting of America's Poor

    We start spooky season by discussing Brian Yuzna's 1989 body-horror satire SOCIETY. We use this film (where a man's face emerges from his own butthole) to have a serious discussion about Reaganomics and how America subsidizes the rich at the expense of the poor. Discussion also includes: Our other recent watches: The Substance, Rebel Ridge, Blink Twice, and Oddity; Feeling collective despair over the recent climate disasters in Florida; Hal's trip to the High Museum in Atlanta; The Batman and Robin of hating poor people: Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman; and Some of our other favorite body horror films and gags. Follow us online! Follow us on Twitter at @RedRoseFilmPod Follow our Facebook Group Follow Hal on Twitter at @shestructured Follow Craig on Twitter at @KegFreighter Follow Jared on Twitter at @jjoconno  Follow Hal's Letterboxd Follow Craig's Letterboxd   Sources & Links Hal's Art Discussion Links: Titus Kaphar A Puzzled Revolution 2021: https://gagosian.com/artists/titus-kaphar Nina Chanel Abney: Catfish 2017: https://ninachanel.com/exhibitions/ Nabil Kanso's America series: https://www.instagram.com/nabilkanso/p/C1MlYHjuFjN/?img_index=1 https://jacobin.com/2023/04/trickle-down-economics-arthur-laffer-wealth-inequality-ronald-reagan-margaret-thatcher https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/the-presidency/economic-policy/?srsltid=AfmBOopneyw43jqnuR4WiB5ZU1-QcSIqecxLP1_NFYuxvsIB2v7yjzjW https://www.levernews.com/rise-of-the-insurance-apocalypse/

    1 h y 18 min
  6. Salò, or 120 Days of Sodom (1975) | Fascism & Italian Filmmakers (w/ guest Jared O'Connor)

    22 SEPT

    Salò, or 120 Days of Sodom (1975) | Fascism & Italian Filmmakers (w/ guest Jared O'Connor)

    For the final episode in our series on Fascism and Italian Filmmakers, we watched Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial 1975 film SALO, OR 120 DAYS OF SODOM, and discuss the depravity of 1940s fascist Italy. (TW: this film, and our discussion of it, features graphic depictions of sexual assault and human degradation). Discussion also includes: How does Paosolini define fascism; Fascism and Nietzche; Salò as both atrocious and sublime; Art that is antithetical to capitalism. Follow us online! Follow us on Twitter at @RedRoseFilmPod Follow our Facebook Group Follow Hal on Twitter at @shestructured Follow Craig on Twitter at @KegFreighter Follow Jared on Twitter at @jjoconno  Follow Hal's Letterboxd Follow Craig's Letterboxd Sources & Links Gideon Bachmann. 1975. “Pasolini and the Marquis de Sade” originally published in Sight & Sound; included as part of the Criterion DVD  Roland Barthes. 1971. “The Life of Sade.” https://supervert.com/elibrary/marquis-de-sade/roland-barthes-life-of-sade H. James Burgwyn. 2018. Mussolini and the Salo Republic, 1943-1945: The Failure of Puppet Regime. Springer.  Naomi Green. “Breaking the Rules” included as part of the Criterion DVD  https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-moral-political/  Mario Sznajder. 2002. “Nietzsche, Mussolini, and Italian Fascism” in Nietzsche, Godfather of Fascism? On the Uses and Abuses of a Philosophy. Princeton University Press.  https://archives.evergreen.edu/webpages/curricular/2005-2006/sacredmonsters/readings/sade.pdf Fabio Vighi. 2007. “Liberation Hurts: Violence, Masochism and AntiCapitalism According to Pasolini” Italian Studies, 62:1, 61-77

    2 h y 24 min
  7. The Conformist (1970) | Fascism and Italian Filmmakers

    8 SEPT

    The Conformist (1970) | Fascism and Italian Filmmakers

    It's the second episode in our series about fascism and Italian filmmakers. This time, we watched Bernardo Bertolucci's THE CONFORMIST. We discussed the fascist desire for "normalcy" and the fascist's urge to supress their sexuality. Discussion also includes: Tallahassee Film Fest; Ecuadorian AG attempts to blame leftists for a cartel assassination; Terrible A.I. in ALIEN: ROMULUS; and Why does Nic Cage look like Miss Piggy in the new horror film LONGLEGS? Follow us online! Follow us on Twitter at @RedRoseFilmPod Follow our Facebook Group Follow Hal on Twitter at @shestructured Follow Craig on Twitter at @KegFreighter Follow Hal's Letterboxd Follow Craig's Letterboxd Sources and Links Escape from Freedom (1941) by Erich Fromm  Gramsci, Antonio. (1921) “The Two Fascisms” https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/1921/08/two_fascisms.htm  Italian Fascism: Its Origins and Development (1982) by Alexander J. De Grande  Fascism, Vulnerability, and the Escape from Freedom: Readings to Repair Democracy (2022) by C. Jon Delogu The Anatomy of Fascism (2004) by Robert Paxton  McLaughlin, Neil. 1996. “Nazism, Nationalism, and the Sociology of Emotions: Escape from Freedom Revisited” in Sociological Theory 14(3): 241-261.  https://www.intercept.com.br/2024/08/29/ecuador-us-backed-prosecutor-attacks-left/

    1 h y 41 min
  8. The Damned (1969) | Fascism and Italian Filmmakers

    25 AGO

    The Damned (1969) | Fascism and Italian Filmmakers

    We begin a new three episode series on Italian filmmakers and their depictions of fascism. We start with Luchino Visconti's 1969 film THE DAMNED about an industrialist German family and the depravity they engage in as they navigate a working relationship with the ascendant Third Reich. Discussion also includes: Homosexuality during the rise of the Nazis; The United Auto Workers who are suing Trump and Elon; Alachua County's efforts to divest from corporate interests; The Alien franchise and why it's great. Follow us online! Follow us on Twitter at @RedRoseFilmPod Follow our Facebook Group Follow Hal on Twitter at @shestructured Follow Craig on Twitter at @KegFreighter Follow Hal's Letterboxd Follow Craig's Letterboxd Sources and Links Robert Beachy’s 2010 article “The German Invention of Homosexuality” in the Journal of Modern History Samuel Clowes Huneke’s 2019 article “Death Wish: Suicide and Stereotype in the Gay Discourses of Imperial and Weimar Germany” in New German Critique Susan Sontag’s 1989s chapter “Fascinating Fascism” from Under the Sign of Saturn Erich Fromm’s 1964 article “Creators and Destroyers” in The Saturday Review Eleanor Hancock’s 1998 article “'Only the Real, the True, the Masculine Held Its Value": Ernst Rohm, Masculinity, and Male Homosexuality” in  Journal of the History of Sexuality. https://uaw.org/uaw-files-federal-labor-charges-against-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-for-attempting-to-intimidate-and-threaten-workers/

    2 h y 9 min
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Each episode, hosts Hal and Craig break down a film and examine its component parts from a leftist perspective. Red Rose Film Club is a movie podcasts for leftists of all stripes that don't know what to talk about at parties other than movies and politics!

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    Hal & Craig
  • Años de actividad
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodios
    46
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