The Important Cinema Club

It’s been a lot of run to work thru the back catalog over the past year, during which I’ve seen more good movies than during the previous decade. My favorite pod!

When I feel bad about the world (most days), I listen to this podcast and then I feel better.

I do believe I just listened to two critics who despise the art of criticism. The Kael episode in particular was confounding. I, like so many others, often disagree with Kael but nonetheless value her mind, her spine, and the broader view she urged filmgoers to consider. These two expect Kael, a sharp-minded woman pioneer in a deeply male field, not to voice her astuteness with her full throat…while they show little to no intellectual humility in their own pontifications. No thanks.

Hosts have grown insufferable over the years. Guess my parasocial relationship has ended.