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The Cinephiliacs

The Cinephiliacs is a podcast exploring the past and future of cinephelia. Film critic Peter Labuza has interviewed critics, programmers, academics, filmmakers, and more about their relationship to fi... Read more

Ranked #1

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TC - Live Sports! A Chat on Recent Non-Fiction

TC - Live Sports! A Chat on Recent Non-Fiction

Desperate for bodies in motion, five quarantined cinephiles joined Peter and a number of podcast listeners on Zoom to ta... Read more

28 May 2020

2hr 5mins

Ranked #2

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TC #22 - A.O. Scott (The Player)

TC #22 - A.O. Scott (The Player)

One year into The Cinephiliacs, Peter brings in a critic that he's read for almost a decade now: A.O. Scott of the New Y... Read more

15 Jul 2013

1hr 43mins

Ranked #3

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TC #50 - Mike D'Angelo (Buffalo '66)

TC #50 - Mike D'Angelo (Buffalo '66)

Before film criticism and cinephilia moved from print and theaters to the screen and discussion boards, Mike D'Angelo wa... Read more

8 Dec 2014

1hr 33mins

Ranked #4

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TC #72 - David Bordwell (Daisy Kenyon)

TC #72 - David Bordwell (Daisy Kenyon)

Truffaut remarked there was cinema before Godard and cinema after Godard. The academic discipline of Film Studies could ... Read more

14 Dec 2015

1hr 56mins

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TC - 2016 Favorites With Keith Uhlich (Part 1)

TC - 2016 Favorites With Keith Uhlich (Part 1)

In times of crisis, sometimes the easy answer is to escape to the cinema. But the movies of 2016 did not necessarily bri... Read more

6 Jan 2017

2hr 12mins

Ranked #6

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TC #46 - Karina Longworth (Wanda)

TC #46 - Karina Longworth (Wanda)

Peter doesn't listen to many other film podcasts, but one of his joys this year has been the transporting mysteries of Y... Read more

22 Sep 2014

1hr 11mins

Ranked #7

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TC #56 - Calum Marsh (The Last Days of Disco)

TC #56 - Calum Marsh (The Last Days of Disco)

What is the "work" of film criticism? That question takes center stage in a lively new episode of the podcast, in which ... Read more

23 Mar 2015

1hr 28mins

Ranked #8

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TC - James Agee Remembered (The Night of The Hunter)

TC - James Agee Remembered (The Night of The Hunter)

May 16th, 1955—60 years ago before this recording—James Agee died of a heart attack in the back of a New York taxi at th... Read more

18 May 2015

1hr 24mins

Ranked #9

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TC #15 - Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (The Moderns)

TC #15 - Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (The Moderns)

In 2011, a young cinephile named Ignatiy Vishnevetsky became the poster boy for new cinephilia during the return of Roge... Read more

11 Mar 2013

2hr 1min

Ranked #10

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TC #75 - Blake Williams (INLAND EMPIRE)

TC #75 - Blake Williams (INLAND EMPIRE)

What does it mean to view a stereoscopic image, to see films in a way that's at once closer to our daily life perception... Read more

29 Feb 2016

1hr 41mins

Ranked #11

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TC — This American Life: Remembering Jonathan Demme

TC — This American Life: Remembering Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme began his film career 50 years ago while working for Joseph Levine's production company in 1967, carving ... Read more

5 May 2017

1hr 54mins

Ranked #12

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TC - 2017 Favorites With Keith Uhlich (Part One — Moments Out of Time)

TC - 2017 Favorites With Keith Uhlich (Part One — Moments Out of Time)

A love of cinema does not necessitate a love of a total work. Often it is a moment—a person, a camera movement, a lighti... Read more

8 Jan 2018

2hr 28mins

Ranked #13

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TC - Life and Something More: Abbas Kiarostami Remembered

TC - Life and Something More: Abbas Kiarostami Remembered

Abbas Kiarostami, born in 1940 in Tehran, turned to filmmaking in 1970 when he helped set up the Institute for Intellect... Read more

11 Jul 2016

1hr 33mins

Ranked #14

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TC #122 - Marie-Louise Khondji (Birth)

TC #122 - Marie-Louise Khondji (Birth)

Nothing is more frustrating in our streaming era than turning on any specific app and suddenly staring hundreds of mov... Read more

3 Apr 2020

1hr 6mins

Ranked #15

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The Cinephiliacs - NYFF50 #3 (David Ehrlich)

The Cinephiliacs - NYFF50 #3 (David Ehrlich)

If there is one thing that has defined the New York Film Festival since its first year in 1963, the festival has always ... Read more

11 Oct 2012

54mins

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TC #123 - James Leo Cahill (Pom Poko)

TC #123 - James Leo Cahill (Pom Poko)

As a constant Instagram user, I find it hard not to love the numerous videos of mammals and other species in behavior ... Read more

30 Apr 2020

1hr 56mins

Ranked #17

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TC #97 - K. Austin Collins (Margaret)

TC #97 - K. Austin Collins (Margaret)

Since debuting in the fairgrounds during the Fin de siècle of the late 19th century, movies have never been inseparable... Read more

6 Nov 2017

1hr 48mins

Ranked #18

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TC #42 - J. Hoberman (Poor Little Rich Girl)

TC #42 - J. Hoberman (Poor Little Rich Girl)

While his origins as a cinephile are based largely in his interest in the avant-garde, J. Hoberman has become one of the... Read more

14 Jul 2014

1hr 31mins

Ranked #19

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TC #28 - Imogen Sara Smith (In A Lonely Place)

TC #28 - Imogen Sara Smith (In A Lonely Place)

While it can be fun to talk to critics who spend their time keeping up with contemporary cinema, Peter is glad to bring ... Read more

18 Nov 2013

1hr 39mins

Ranked #20

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TC #38 - Sam Adams (The Long Goodbye)

TC #38 - Sam Adams (The Long Goodbye)

Sam Adams may not be in the center of the criticism landscape from his home in Philadelphia, but his presence at the edi... Read more

12 May 2014

1hr 44mins

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