69 episodes

Short reviews of classic and contemporary films every two weeks, hosted by Joel Bocko (creator of Journey Through Twin Peaks and other video essays)

Lost in the Movies Joel Bocko

    • TV & Film
    • 4.6 • 7 Ratings

Short reviews of classic and contemporary films every two weeks, hosted by Joel Bocko (creator of Journey Through Twin Peaks and other video essays)

    PATREON preview - The Lighthouse (w/ guest Riley MacDonald), The Master, The Florida Project, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Toni Erdmann, The Turin Horse, Amour, Moonlight, The Act of Killing, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Fabelmans

    PATREON preview - The Lighthouse (w/ guest Riley MacDonald), The Master, The Florida Project, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Toni Erdmann, The Turin Horse, Amour, Moonlight, The Act of Killing, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Fabelmans

    Episode Notes
    Patreon link to listen to all films clipped here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/final-episode-w-92097278 (also includes Twin Peaks Cinema section covering The Tree of Life)

    Browse films in focus (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-in-focus.html & film capsules (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-capsule.html
    Browse political topics https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/podcasts-politics.html & random topics (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/podcasts-random.html

    Visit Twin Peaks Cinema public feed including Patreon previews https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-cinema/id1587597259 (or search for "Twin Peaks Cinema" on your preferred podcast platform)

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    • 11 min
    PATREON previews - The Decades Series: Desperately Seeking Susan, Top Gun, Red Dawn, Do the Right Thing, Hail Mary, Klute, Pulp Fiction, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Weekend, The Apartment, All That Heaven Allows

    PATREON previews - The Decades Series: Desperately Seeking Susan, Top Gun, Red Dawn, Do the Right Thing, Hail Mary, Klute, Pulp Fiction, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Weekend, The Apartment, All That Heaven Allows

    Episode Notes
    Patreon links to listen to...

    Desperately Seeking Susan & Top Gun (+ 80s capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-94-80s-71329778
    Red Dawn & Do the Right Thing & Hail Mary (+ more 80s capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-95-part-72895154
    Klute (+ 70s capsules) & Pulp Fiction (+ 90s capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/72895423
    Bram Stoker's Dracula https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-96-90s-73826674
    Week End (+ 60s & more 90s capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/75339414
    The Apartment (+ 60s Christmas capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-98-60s-3-76262809
    (00s capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/75340316
    All That Heaven Allows (+ 50s & more 00s capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/78855351
    (10s capsules) https://www.patreon.com/posts/78889983

    Final Episode 100 includes more 10s + 20s capsules https://www.patreon.com/posts/final-episode-w-92097278

    Browse films in focus (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-in-focus.html & film capsules (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-capsule.html
    Browse political topics https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/podcasts-politics.html & random topics (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/podcasts-random.html

    Visit Twin Peaks Cinema public feed including Patreon previews https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-cinema/id1587597259 (or search for "Twin Peaks Cinema" on your preferred podcast platform)

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    • 14 min
    PATREON previews - The Last Jedi, Army of Shadows, Carnival of Souls, Rogue One, A Man Escaped, Seraphine, Radio On, Steamboat Willie & 9 other Mickey Mouse cartoons, The Morning Show, Coffee and Cigarettes

    PATREON previews - The Last Jedi, Army of Shadows, Carnival of Souls, Rogue One, A Man Escaped, Seraphine, Radio On, Steamboat Willie & 9 other Mickey Mouse cartoons, The Morning Show, Coffee and Cigarettes

    Episode Notes
    Patreon links to listen to...

    The Last Jedi https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-1-last-16232215
    Army of Shadows https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-3-army-16365721
    Carnival of Souls https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-8-of-17115462
    Rogue One https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-10-rogue-17178309
    Seraphine https://www.patreon.com/posts/17552449
    Radio On https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-21-twin-18926624
    Steamboat Willie & 9 other Mickey Mouse cartoons https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-46-90th-22787966
    The Morning Show https://www.patreon.com/posts/67390683
    Coffee and Cigarettes https://www.patreon.com/posts/70148769

    Browse films in focus (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-in-focus.html & film capsules (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-capsule.html
    Browse political topics https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/podcasts-politics.html & random topics (scroll down for Patreon) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/podcasts-random.html

    Visit Twin Peaks Cinema public feed including Patreon previews https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-cinema/id1587597259 (or search for "Twin Peaks Cinema" on your preferred podcast platform)

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    • 13 min
    Sight & Sound #14 Stalker

    Sight & Sound #14 Stalker

    Episode Notes
    Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show!

    You can explore all of my podcasts, including over 200 hours of Patreon content, on my website https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-in-focus.html & https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-capsule.html

    Sight & Sound miniseries intro: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/09/the-sight-sound-top-100-films-which.html

    Comparison to Twin Peaks at 24:59

    OTHER LINKS

    Sight & Sound Critics' Top 250 (Stalker at #43) https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time & Directors' Top 100 (Stalker at #14) https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time

    Best Feature and Best Score for 1979 in my Alternate Oscars https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/blog-page_13.html
    (also features other Tarkovsky)

    Other Tarkovsky coverage on my site: Favorites entry on The Mirror https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2016/10/the-favorites-mirror-13.html (+ described on list http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2011/12/100-of-my-favorite-movies.html & read aloud for Opening the Archive https://www.patreon.com/posts/26753245 podcast section) / My review of The Sacrifice https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2010/01/sacrifice.html / Andrei Rublev, Solaris, and The Mirror are featured in my Cinepoem video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8wDMyO7NI4 + screenshots https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2020/03/cinepoem-what-soul-desires-full.html#more / Screenshots from Ivan's Childhood here https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/02/10-auteurs-in-day-missing-director.html & here https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/02/what-remains-of-watchlistscreencaps.html / Ashley Brandt discusses his work in our Twin Peaks Conversations episode https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/06/twin-peaks-conversations-21-w-twin.html / 32 Days of Movies clip series features Solaris https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2011/10/dispersed-into-seventies-1970-1972-32.html & The Mirror https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2011/10/welcome-to-arthouse-1972-1974-32-days.html (in teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTratWY1YUE & screenshots https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2011/11/cinema-in-pictures-complete-directory.html as well) / Several of his screenshots on Allan Fish's countdown round-up (w/ links to Allan's own entries) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2010/07/century-of-wonders.html

    RECENTLY ON THE SITE my final public written review: 63 Up https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/63-up.html & The Unseen: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/harry-potter-and-half-blood-prince.html & The Unseen: Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button.html & announcement about film writing/podcasts https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/reaching-finish-line-for-public-film.html

    RECENTLY ON YOUTUBE A very quick update on Journey Through Twin Peaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO7Xt0row0s & Conversation w/ Sam Juliano of Wonders in the Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3so6XCVuzI

    RECENTLY ON PATREON $5/month tier EXCLUSIVE Star Trek - "The Man Trap" & The Clone Wars - "Ambush" https://www.patreon.com/posts/92099881 & $1/month tier EXCLUSIVE FINAL Episode 100 - Concluding the 10s & Reaching the 20s w/ 12 Films in Focus https://www.patreon.com/posts/92097278

    PREVIOUSLY ON THIS PODCAST Sight & Sound #11 Sunrise https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-11-sunrise-lost-in-movies.html / #9 Close-Up https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-9-close-up-lost-in-movies.html / #7 Beau Travail https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-7-beau-travail-lost-in.html / #1 Jeanne Dielman (w/ Ashley Brandt) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/09/sight-sound-1-jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du.html

    This episode's home page on my site is https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-14-stalker-lost-in-movies.html

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    • 39 min
    Sight & Sound #11 Sunrise

    Sight & Sound #11 Sunrise

    Episode Notes
    Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show!

    You can explore all of my podcasts, including over 200 hours of Patreon content, on my website https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-in-focus.html & https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-capsule.html

    Sight & Sound miniseries intro: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/09/the-sight-sound-top-100-films-which.html

    OTHER LINKS

    Sight & Sound Critics' Top 250 (Sunrise at #11) https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time & Directors' Top 100 (Sunrise at #33) https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time

    Cities of the Imagination (my essay including city/country dream imagery) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2010/06/cities-of-imagination.html

    Previous brief mentions on my site: screenshot for #WatchlistScreenCaps https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2013/09/watchlistscreencaps-91-98-favorite-from.html / clip in 32 Days of Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2011/10/32-days-of-movies-day-2-jazz-age.html w/ screenshot alongside Nosferatu https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2011/11/cinema-in-pictures-complete-directory.html + awarded feature, director & cinematography in my Alternate Oscars (which also features The Last Laugh & Faust) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/blog-page_13.html

    My Favorites entry on Faust https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2015/09/the-favorites-faust-91.html

    Nosferatu clip in 32 Days of Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2011/10/32-days-of-movies-day-1-1913-1926.html & inclusion on favorite characters list https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2009/04/just-because-you-are-character-doesnt.html

    Several Murnau screenshots on Allan Fish's countdown round-up (w/ links to his entries) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2010/07/century-of-wonders.html

    RECENTLY ON PATREON (may be public on my main site as soon as today): $5/month tier ADVANCE - "The Unseen" 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & 2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince https://www.patreon.com/posts/5-month-tier-of-91084365

    PREVIOUSLY ON THIS PODCAST Sight & Sound #9 Close-Up https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-9-close-up-lost-in-movies.html / Sight & Sound #7 Beau Travail https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-7-beau-travail-lost-in.html / #1 Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (w/ Ashley Brandt) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/09/sight-sound-1-jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du.html

    This episode's home page on my site will be (as of tomorrow at 8am) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-11-sunrise-lost-in-movies.html

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    • 31 min
    Sight & Sound #9 Close-Up

    Sight & Sound #9 Close-Up

    Episode Notes
    Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show!

    You can explore all of my podcasts, including over 200 hours of Patreon content, on my website https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-in-focus.html & https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/film-capsule.html

    Sight & Sound miniseries intro: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/09/the-sight-sound-top-100-films-which.html

    OTHER LINKS

    Sight & Sound Critics' Top 250 (Close-Up at #17) https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time & Directors' Top 100 (Close-Up at #9) https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time

    Close-Up: Prison and Escape by Godfrey Cheshire (The Criterion Collection) https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1492-close-up-prison-and-escape

    RECENTLY ON MY SITE: October status update: what's left for public film/TV commentary https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/october-status-update-whats-left-for.html

    PREVIOUSLY ON THIS PODCAST Sight & Sound #7 Beau Travail https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-7-beau-travail-lost-in.html & #1 Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (w/ Ashley Brandt) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/09/sight-sound-1-jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du.html

    This episode's home page on my site will be (as of 8am) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2023/10/sight-sound-9-close-up-lost-in-movies.html

    This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

    • 30 min

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