Ranked #1
Episode 27: The 3,000 Fathers Of Tarantino Edition
Episode 27: The 3,000 Fathers Of Tarantino Edition
Despite diminished box-office grosses, laments about Hollywood’s addiction to sequels and remakes, and portents of doom ... Read more
29 Aug 2014
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44mins
Ranked #2
Episode 18: The Neat, Tidy, Acceptable Masterpiece Edition
Episode 18: The Neat, Tidy, Acceptable Masterpiece Edition
Recently, Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips made some provocative comments about Lars von Trier on the Filmsp... Read more
25 Apr 2014
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45mins
Ranked #3
Episode 4 — If I’m Winning, I’m Still Losing Edition
Episode 4 — If I’m Winning, I’m Still Losing Edition
According to Aesop, familiarity breeds contempt, but that doesn’t always hold true. In the case of filmmakers, actors, a... Read more
13 Sep 2013
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44mins
Ranked #4
Episode 3 — The Sprained Tongue Edition
Episode 3 — The Sprained Tongue Edition
What connects the new One Direction 3-D concert movie and the later films of Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang, besides... Read more
30 Aug 2013
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42mins
Ranked #5
Episode 34: The Does Ghost Blood Stain? Edition
Episode 34: The Does Ghost Blood Stain? Edition
Given that you’re almost certainly accessing this website and this podcast with some form of complimacated electronic wh... Read more
17 Apr 2015
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59mins
Ranked #6
Episode 7 — The Extreme Horror Edition
Episode 7 — The Extreme Horror Edition
With Halloween coming next week, we’ve put together the most terrifying, blood-curdling episode of The Dissolve podcast ... Read more
25 Oct 2013
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38mins
Ranked #7
Episode 13: The Grand Romantic Gesture Edition
Episode 13: The Grand Romantic Gesture Edition
But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It’s the Valentine’s Day edition of The Dissolve Podcast, and our he... Read more
14 Feb 2014
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44mins
Ranked #8
Episode 19: The Temperamental Magic Edition
Episode 19: The Temperamental Magic Edition
We’re all going to die, but how are we going to die? On this week’s podcast, the new documentary Fed Up, about the terri... Read more
9 May 2014
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48mins
Ranked #9
Episode 10: The 500-Page Handwritten Script Edition
Episode 10: The 500-Page Handwritten Script Edition
The tepid reception from critics and audiences toward Spike Lee’s recent remake of Park Chan-Wook’s dark, stylish 2003 f... Read more
13 Dec 2013
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55mins
Ranked #10
Episode 15: The Distinctive Scar Edition
Episode 15: The Distinctive Scar Edition
It took him over a quarter-century in movies, but with the profane comedy Bad Words, Jason Bateman has completed his evo... Read more
14 Mar 2014
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47mins
Ranked #11
Episode 6 — The Path Of Excess Vs. The Sublime Place Edition
Episode 6 — The Path Of Excess Vs. The Sublime Place Edition
The public conflict between the director and actors of Blue Is The Warmest Color has overshadowed discussion of the film... Read more
11 Oct 2013
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45mins
Ranked #12
Episode 26: The Produced By Jack Abramoff Edition
Episode 26: The Produced By Jack Abramoff Edition
In theaters and/or On Demand now, you can check out new films by Alex Gibney, Michael Winterbottom, Woody Allen, and Joe... Read more
15 Aug 2014
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48mins
Ranked #13
Episode 23: The Frosting On Top Of Frosting Edition
Episode 23: The Frosting On Top Of Frosting Edition
With the flourish of Scary Movie sequels and Friedberg/Seltzer productions like Meet The Spartans and Date Movie, the sp... Read more
3 Jul 2014
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49mins
Ranked #14
Episode 33: The Whipped Nuts Edition
Episode 33: The Whipped Nuts Edition
Hollywood is in love with sequels and franchises, but what happens when those sequels start to approach double digits an... Read more
3 Apr 2015
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39mins
Ranked #15
Episode 16: The Bad Time To Be A Purist Edition
Episode 16: The Bad Time To Be A Purist Edition
This week, we were repeatedly inspired by Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac, but not in the ways listeners might hope. First... Read more
28 Mar 2014
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43mins