The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

By: Corbin Smith and Matt Ellis
  • Summary

  • A Podcast about movies from the fine folks at the Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation, with Corbin Smith (The Famous Writer) and Dr. Movies, Matt Ellis (A Professor of Movies)
    2023
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Episodes
  • NOIRVEMBER: 'Stray Dog" (1949, Dir: Akira Kurosawa)
    Nov 16 2024

    Listen to Corbin and, lesser degree, Matt, get all swoony over STRAY DOG, a police procedural by THE MASTER Akira Kurosawa. Topics include: soup, noir-and-not-noir elements at work, Kurosawa's enduring influence, and the heroic impulse vs. the rational impulse.

    Corbin reccomends a movie currently in theaters. Matt reccomends "Tokyo Vice" on HBOMAX.

    Next week's episode is about Le Jour Se Leve/Daybreak, which you will have to rent.

    Matt: "Song at end: Himiko Kikuchi- Don't Be Stupid. Famous Japanese Jazz album apparently"

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • NOIRVEMBER: "KISS ME DEADLY" (1955, Dir: Robert Aldrich)
    Nov 8 2024

    Matt and Corbin talk about "Kiss Me Deadly," a film noir about a Nietzschean superman lost in an existential world... right up until the point when it turns out he's actually in a science fiction disasterpiece.

    Our analysis of the election: wrong. Sorry!

    Corbin reccomends "BALATRO," a video game. Matt reccomends e-readers.

    Next week's NOIRVEMBER selection is "STRAY DOG," which you can watch here.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" (1971, Dir: John Hancock)
    Oct 31 2024

    Corbin and Ellis are joined by MATEA, Portland's Elvira (Letterboxd here, subscribe today!), for a conversaion about the early indie horror touchstone "Let Scare Jessica to Death." Topics include: the shifting uses of mental health care as a literary device, the bitter end of the sixties playing out on screen, the thin line between madness and a vampire invading your mind, and the movie's wild sound design.

    Corbin reccomends a movie. Matt reccomends another movie. Matea reccomends yet another movie.

    Next week's episode, which i neglected to mention, will be the first in a series of NOIRVEMBER selections: Kiss Me Deadly! Watch it here.

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    1 hr and 24 mins

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