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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 3d

hey if you're up late we've got a treat for you: we just released a brand new pod celebrating/unpacking the 30th anniversary of SEVEN, with the always wonderful Adam Nayman open.spotify.com/episode/2Oir...

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Rope (with Michael Koresky)

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The Ghost of Halloween Past @jxilon.bsky.social · 25d

Oh hell yeah! Relatively speaking Rope was a “new” Hitchcock for me first watching it like only a couple years ago. But I’ve probably watched it at least 6 times since. Might watch it again today!

The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Sep 8

New pod is here!!

Join us as we sit down with the wonderful Michael Koresky to discuss Hitchcock’s ROPE—which Michael writes about extensively in his fantastic new book, Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

Podcast Episode · The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast · 09/08/2025 · 46m

Rope (with Michael Koresky)

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 28d

an amazing scene/shot from ROPE that we highlight on the pod:

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Pollitt @pollitt.bsky.social · 28d

Oh y'all I gasped.

The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Sep 8

New pod is here!!

Join us as we sit down with the wonderful Michael Koresky to discuss Hitchcock’s ROPE—which Michael writes about extensively in his fantastic new book, Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

Podcast Episode · The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast · 09/08/2025 · 46m

Episode #66: Rope (with Michael Koresky)

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We get into: ways around the Production Code, that Technicolor sunset, Farley Granger’s offscreen persona, Hitchcock’s lost Holocaust doc, the film version of trompe l’oeil, teaching classical Hollywood in a contemporary classroom, the lesser-seen These Three (1936) and Crossfire (1947), and more...

Hello, champagne. This month we welcome back Michael Koresky, the author of "Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness," to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.

Rope (with Michael Koresky)

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Sep 8

New pod is here!!

Join us as we sit down with the wonderful Michael Koresky to discuss Hitchcock’s ROPE—which Michael writes about extensively in his fantastic new book, Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

Podcast Episode · The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast · 09/08/2025 · 46m

a man and woman are looking at each other in front of a bookshelf

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Jul 21

A new bite-sized episode of the podcast is here!

This month, Chad & Veronica take a loving look at Mike Mills’ BEGINNERS and its “melancholic smile”

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (with Bilge Ebiri)

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚨 New pod! 🚨

Your mission, if you choose to accept it:

@bilgeebiri.bsky.social—the man, the myth, the legend—joins the show to bookend his discussion of all things MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE with us from a couple of summers ago, on the occasion of the final (?) film of a nearly 30 year franchise.

Podcast Episode · The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast · 07/02/2025 · 1h 14m

a man says " i need you to trust me " in a movie scene

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Jul 2

If you’re wondering if you will have a new Mission:Impossible podcast with @bilgeebiri.bsky.social to listen to before the end of tonight, the answer is yes, yes you will

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The BW/DR Podcast, Episode #63: Trouble in Paradise (1932)

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Jun 22

Get away from it all for 20 minutes with a new mini-episode on one of the most wonderful movies ever made, Ernst Lubitsch's "effervescent and delicious" pre-code screwball comedy, TROUBLE IN PARADISE

On this month's mini-episode we zoom in on a snappy, passionate moment from Ernst Lubitsch's effervescent screwball, Trouble in Paradise.

Speed (with Travis Woods)

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Jun 4

Pod quiz, hot shot:

The inimitable @aheartofgould.bsky.social joins the pod for a lively chat about the glories of SPEED (1994)!

We get into: repetition compulsion & classical Hollywood storytelling, Keanu’s peak hotness, does Jeff Daniels close his eyes?, what it means to “become bomb” & more...

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Jun 4

SPEED pod coming your way within the hour…

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Bram Stoker's Dracula (with Angelica Jade Bastién)

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · May 19

Join Veronica & Chad for a conversation about THE PASSENGER tomorrow!

Galerie @galerie.com · May 19

Join us and @bwdr.bsky.social tomorrow May 20 at 12PM PT for a conversation about Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger. Celebrate the movie’s existentialism, impressive tracking shots, ’70s-era Jack Nicholson and the criminally underrated Maria Schneider.

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THE PASSENGER

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · May 16

Coming next Tuesday:

Join us for a live chat about Antonioni’s THE PASSENGER over at @galerie.com!

www.galerie.com/discuss/the-...

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Apr 9

New today for your ears:

A brand new episode of @bwdrpod.bsky.social, featuring @angelicabastien.bsky.social talking BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA!!!

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Chad Perman @chadperman.bsky.social · Apr 26

Had a wonderful time talking with Justin & Laura about life, parenting, music, empathy, Mike Mills, and one of my very favorite movies!

Cows in the Field @cowspod.com · Apr 26

20th CENTURY WOMEN! We sit down with @chadperman.bsky.social (of @bwdr.bsky.social) to discuss Mike Mills' ode to his mom, and parents in general. Listen below!

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Mar 24

A brand new bite-sized podcast is here! This month, we're zooming in on the spectral perspective of Thomas Vinterburg's debut film, THE CELEBRATION.

We get into: Dogme 95, family gatherings as horror movies, the generative energy of stylistic constraints, dynamic chaos, ghostly POVs, and more...

The Celebration (1998)

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Mar 20

Recording a brand new episode today with a very special guest we're VERY excited about 🧛‍♂️

#SeeMeNow #Moviesky #Filmsky

Dracula Encounters Mina | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Creature Features

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨🚨New pod!🚨🚨

This month, we're looking at the Kafkaesque body swap, A DIFFERENT MAN with critic/actor/BWDR darling @frankfalisi.bsky.social⁠.

We get into: Adam Pearson’s Oscar snub, The Substance for boys, if you want to dance the mask, the humanism of karaoke, self-image as self-esteem, and more!

A Different Man (with Frank Falisi)

Podcast Episode · The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast · 02/04/2025 · 1h

A Different Man (with Frank Falisi)

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨🚨New pod!🚨🚨

This month, we're looking at the Kafkaesque body swap, A DIFFERENT MAN with critic/actor/BWDR darling @frankfalisi.bsky.social⁠.

We get into: Adam Pearson’s Oscar snub, The Substance for boys, if you want to dance the mask, the humanism of karaoke, self-image as self-esteem, and more!

Podcast Episode · The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast · 02/04/2025 · 1h

Episode #57: Some Like It Hot (1959)

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Chad Perman @chadperman.bsky.social · Jan 22

Always happy to be talking about SOME LIKE IT HOT

The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Jan 21

A new pod for your ears!

Our first bite-sized episode of 2025 is a look at Billy Wilder’s subversive farce, SOME LIKE IT HOT. We get into: the unlikely modernity of its sexual politics, Orry-Kelly’s naked dresses, is this the greatest comedy of all time, and more...

Our first mini-episode of 2025 is a look at Billy Wilder’s subversive farce, Some Like It Hot. We get into the unlikely modernity of Hot’s sexual politics, Orry-Kelly’s naked dresses, is this the grea...

Episode #57: Some Like It Hot (1959)

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Jan 21

A new pod for your ears!

Our first bite-sized episode of 2025 is a look at Billy Wilder’s subversive farce, SOME LIKE IT HOT. We get into: the unlikely modernity of its sexual politics, Orry-Kelly’s naked dresses, is this the greatest comedy of all time, and more...

Our first mini-episode of 2025 is a look at Billy Wilder’s subversive farce, Some Like It Hot. We get into the unlikely modernity of Hot’s sexual politics, Orry-Kelly’s naked dresses, is this the grea...

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The BW/DR Podcast @bwdrpod.bsky.social · Dec 27

Our final pod of 2024 is here!

Join us as we sit down with wonderful human, podcast extraordinaire, and amateur Russell Crowe historian @oneblakeminute.bsky.social to discuss Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR (2000).

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