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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and Barbarella (1968)
July 06, 2024

We continue our Camp Cinema season in our seventh episode covering The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and Barbarella (1968)Special Guest: Manish Mathur, host of the It Pod to Be You, covering romantic comedies from classics to modern hits and everything in

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and The Day of the Locust (1975)
June 27, 2024

We continue our Camp Cinema season in our sixth episode covering The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and The Day of the Locust (1975). Special Guest: scholar, artist, author, and curator Marisa C. Hayes of the wonderful Afterimages podcast and book serie

Hairspray (1988) and Xanadu (1980)
June 18, 2024

We continue our Camp Cinema season in our fifth episode covering Hairspray (1988)and Xanadu (1980)Special Guest: Gavin Mevius and Louie Rendon from the great Mixed Reviews podcastJohn Waters is the prince of camp. We simply had to choose one of his films

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) and Magnolia (1999)
June 02, 2024

We continue our Camp Cinema season in our fourth episode covering To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) and Magnolia (1999)Special Guest: Returning Guest, Rotten Tomato approved film critic, Natasha Alvar from Cultured VulturesWhen watch

Sugar and Spice (2001) and Vanilla Sky (2002)
May 19, 2024

We continue our Camp Cinema season in our third episode covering Sugar and Spice (2001)and Vanilla Sky (2002)Special Guest: Good friend and frequent guest, MollyThe early Aughts was a bizarre time in American culture. The heady surge of the late 90s into

The Love Witch (2016) and Black Swan (2010)
May 12, 2024

We continue our Camp Cinema season in our second episode covering The Love Witch (2016) and Black Swan (2010)Special Guest: Filmmakers Emily Gallagher and Austin Elston of Fishtown FIlmsAs the dust begins to settle on the 2010s, the topsy turvy decade beg

Madame Web (2024) and Pearl (2022)
April 30, 2024

Welcome to the first episode of Season 13 of Film Trace. In this season, we will explore the notion of Camp in Film. Building off of Susan Sontag's foundational 1964 essay, Notes on Camp, we will explore two films each episode we think demonstrate Sontag'

A Discourse on The Oscars 2024
March 09, 2024

We felt like doing an Oscars show, so we did:Topics of discussion1. Intro: 2023's Film Trace movies. They stood the test of time, but were they awarded upon release?2. Nominated film most obviously conceived specifically with little gold men in mind?

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
February 11, 2024

In the eighth and final episode of our Future Wars season, we discuss the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) alongside the b-movie stunner Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956).Alas we have come to the finale of our Future Wars cycle. It

Dr. Strangelove (1964) and Alphaville (1965)
January 14, 2024

In the seventh episode of our Future Wars cycle, we discuss the classic Dr Strangelove (1964) alongside a bizarre artifact from the French New Wave, Alphaville (1965)Special Guest: Good friend of the show and onscreen performer Harry Brammer, dialing in f