I Know Movies and You Don't w/ Kyle Bruehl

Kyle
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A film history and theory podcast that delves deep into a variety of favorites and elusive gems one specific genre at a time. Join the journey and together we can learn about film, auteurs, genre, and the general art of cinema better. The title is facetious, calm down. New Episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

  1. 08/28/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - Fight Club (Episode 50)

    In the season finale of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by fellow podcasters Spro & Lee from Spro & Lee Take on the Academy to discuss the divisive and controversial film about toxic masculinity, corporate drone fealty, and the turn to violence as a form of rabid self-denial in David Fincher's assaultive adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's satirically incisive novel, Fight Club (1999).

    2h 27m

  2. 08/26/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - The Shawshank Redemption (Episode 49)

    In the forty-ninth episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by screenwriter Katy Baldwin and director Michael Willer to discuss the wide cult acclaim of Frank Darabont's earnest and soulful adaptation of a Stephen King short story that reflects on being imprisoned by fear and the road to emancipation through a parable of hope in one of the most beloved films of all time, The Shawshank Redemption (1994).

    2h 25m

  3. 08/14/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - Big Trouble in Little China (Episode 48)

    In the forty-eighth episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by actors Ben McGinley and Nick Earl to discuss the high-fantasy blend of genre, from the American western to the Shaw Brothers kung-fu epics, in John Carpenter's unapologetically wild immersion into action hero tropes, the power of community, and a commentary on the fear of the unknown in the cult sensation Big Trouble in Little China (1986).

    2h 15m

  4. 08/12/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Episode 47)

    In the forty-seventh episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by screenwriter August Gummere and editor Kristi Shimek to break down the deconstructionist comedy about Arthurian legend, extreme class division, and the false notion of god granted nobility in the exquisitely crafted and thoroughly surrealist masterpiece from the Beatles of comedy in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).

    2h 33m

  5. 07/30/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - Dog Soldiers (Episode 46)

    In the forty-sixth episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with screenwriter Katy Baldwin to discuss the B-movie concoction of soldiers with guns, practical monsters, and horror gore that defined the DIY spirit and ingenuity of Neil Marshall in his directorial debut Dog Soldiers (2002).

    1h 47m

  6. 07/23/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - The Beast (Episode 45)

    In the forty-fifth episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by screenwriter Katy Baldwin for a one-on-one conversation to discuss Kevin Reynolds' claustrophobic and thrilling tank drama in the mire of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that is the cult war film The Beast (1988).

    1h 49m

  7. 07/15/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - Donnie Darko (Episode 44)

    In the forty-fourth episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined for a one-on-one conversation with screenwriter August Gummere to discuss the blend of time travel, religious symbolism, post-Cold War hysteria, and Generation X detachment in Richard Kelly's ambitious and allegorical debut in the moody teen high concept sci-fi, Donnie Darko (2001).

    2h 18m

  8. 07/02/2025

    Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks - The Honeymoon Killers (Episode 43)

    In the forty-third episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by cinematographer Josh Carter and musician Ben Childs to discuss the gritty midnight cult film that depicted the grim falsity of the American Dream in the anti-Bonnie & Clyde true crime film from Leonard Kastle, The Honeymoon Killers (1970).

    2h 6m
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A film history and theory podcast that delves deep into a variety of favorites and elusive gems one specific genre at a time. Join the journey and together we can learn about film, auteurs, genre, and the general art of cinema better. The title is facetious, calm down. New Episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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