Copaganda‪!‬ Niccolo Aeed

The terrorists are out here killing Americans while they play baseball and drink PBRs! They killed that coach from Friday Night Lights! How much do they hate America? Nicco is joined by Pratima Mani, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, to discuss the 2007 film The Kingdom and how it's a patchwork of post 9/11 action film racism.

We look at one of the best Batman films ever... The Dark Knight. Joined by talented actor, hilarious comedian, good friend and painting talker Brian Morabito we get into the tough philosophical questions. Is Batman a cop or a terrorist? What does it mean to have a realistic Batman movie? What is Batman's jurisdiction? And what war crimes did Alfred commit in Burma?

A man realizes his revolution means nothing without intersectionality in the anti-copaganda film of the week The Crying Game. It's a 30 some year old movie but spoiler alert. Joined by Katie Boyle, we discuss the Troubles, Irish history, the marketing of the "secret" of the film, depictions of trans women in the 90's vs now, state violence and terrorism and more. It's a packed episode!

You can find Katie's stand up special I'll Do It Myself at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRF7MRg060Q

Oh boy oh boy are you in for a treat! We have Alex Estrada (host of The Estate) to talk about the most whackadoodle movie we've seen yet: Samurai Cop! This 1991 movie is pure, uncut so unbelievably bad it's good. We also discuss Alex's podcast The Estate, a true crime podcast about Alex learning his father and his father's best friend were investigated for a murder in the 70's. Check out The Estate whereveer you get podcasts

The amazing Jeff Solomon, actor, writer, extraordinaire and dear friend, comes on to talk about a real puzzle of a movie: Dragged Across Concrete. This 2018 S Craig Zahler film... we just don't know what to make of it! A compelling Mamet-esque crime film? A racist vehicle for Mel Gibson? Some looney tunes style violence passed off as realistic? Unclear! But it did get us talking! Tangents include shoplifting, being a good kid, and discussions of when film is commentating on something versus when a film is simply repeating racist tropes.

We're talking about Shaft! Justin Catchens joins us to talk about the classic 1971 Gordon Parks film and discus knowing the parody before you know the original, earnest sex scenes and much more.