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Filmmakers Nicole Solomon and Sean Mannion of 4MileCircus use two disparate films as a jumping off point to discuss film, art, and the audience.
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Spring Breakers and Red Rooms (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror! Are you jacked up on Jesus? We're not, but in this episode hosts Nicole and Sean reflect on the connections between Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers and Pascal Plante's Red Rooms. This episode also features a special appearance by former guest Shawn Setaro who brings his expertise as a court reporter to our discussion of Red Rooms and his expertise in 2000s white rappers to the discussion of Spring Breakers. Nicole also makes Sean look at a concerning photo of ra
Remembering Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror! In this episode hosts Nicole and Sean reflect on the recent passing of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen. We reminisce about our own experiences with their work as well as the wide range of good things and films these three were a part of. We also discuss responses to our last episode on Distributor Censorship, and share a little bit about shooting a new short film over the weekend. To see former guest Che's full comment on the Distributor Censorship epis
Distributor Censorship (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror! In this episode we discuss a recent 4K release of Pleasantville which omits dialogue and other instances of censorship in the distribution of films. We talk about how this is reflective of media (il)literacy and consumption more broadly, and social media's influence specifically. Also discussed: seeing Jane Schoenbrun's new film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn, and our feelings about changes at that theater. Plus: why you
Ice Cream Man and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror! In this episode we discuss Paul Norman's 1995 film Ice Cream Man starring Clint Howard and Steven Spielberg's 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence starring Haley Joel Osment. Did we do this episode partly to comment on a certain other Ice Cream Man film that is currently getting torn apart by horror fans and uses generative A.I.? Yup. We briefly discuss Eli Roth's latest "efforts." We also discuss how the 1995 Ice Cream Man is a whole lot of fun, A.I. was mis-m
The Legacy of 1970s Independent Animation (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Celluloid Mirror! We're presenting something a little bit different in this episode. Sean is currently in a Screen Studies Masters program and made a video essay about 1970s Independent American Animation for class. We are sharing with you a slightly edited version of that assignment! This essay discusses American filmmakers of the 1970s who worked in animation including Ralph Bakshi, Sally Cruikshank, Eli Noyes, Don Bluth, Lillian Schwartz, and Will Vinton. Subscribe to our chann
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