The Popcornhead Podcast

This week continues our exploration of John Ford's The Searchers.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

This week we’re looking at Edward Zwick’s Glory, which follows the true story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army’s first African-American regiments during the American Civil War.We also talk about the historical context of the build up to these events, Matthew Broderick’s driving, some of the myths surrounding the Civil War, the supposed Lost Cause of the Confederacy, among other BURNING topics.Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube!Please rate, review, and subscribe wherever you can!Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

In this weeks episode we’re looking at David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai.Set during World War II, in a Japanese POW camp, Colonel Nicholson and his men are tasked with building a railway bridge over the River Kwai for the Japanese army. What might appear as a typical WWII film on the facade becomes a compelling psychological drama that explores the futility of war.Some of this episodes hot topics include; David Lean’s controversial casting choices for Alec Guinness, Japan being sly during WWII, my love of hentai and yaoi, the characters of Nicholson and Saito and their respective journeys, if the film could be considered a satire of the British Empire and the class system.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

In this weeks episode, we’re looking at Alexander Payne’s Sideways. A film that follows two pathetic, middle aged friends as they navigate wine country in Santa Barbara.We also had ourselves a little wine tasting, sampling some of the popular grapes that feature in the film!Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

This week we’re doing our 2nd Popcornhead Special, taking a look at some of the most iconic soundtracks from the 90’s, from hit singles, to original scores and songs, to bangin soundtracks.We’ll be taking a break for a couple of weeks and will be back with some iconic slasher stuff in time for Halloween!Thanks for listening, things are certainly on the rise! If you want to help us out, subscribe, rate, and review wherever possible.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

In this weeks episode we’re looking at Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.The film follows Rick Dalton, a walking piece of nostalgia, struggling with the changes in his acting career in 1969. We also see a day in the life of his stuntman Cliff Booth, and actress Sharon Tate.We also look at the historical context of the Tate murders, Tarantino’s revisionist history, and go deep down the Charles Manson wormhole.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

This week we’re looking at Happiness!One of the most controversial films of the 90s, this film will absolutely split the room believe me.The film is about emotionally isolated individuals, desperate for some sort of fulfilment in life. What makes the film so interesting and controversial is how it tries to find the humanity in, for the most part, the worst kind of people.If you’re a fan of very very dark humour, this is for you, but good luck.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

This week we are looking at David Lynch’s Blue Velvet!Blue Velvet is a film that’s hard to categorise in the traditional sense. There are various elements going on when you look at it from mystery, Neo-noir, psychological horror, thriller, surrealist, dreamlike, but when you take all these elements and cook them up in David’s signature style you’re left with Lynchian.Blue Velvet was arguably the film that would set the tone for the remainder of David’s filmography, including of course the TV series Twin Peaks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

This week we are looking at Thomas Vinterberg's psychological drama, The Hunt.We also talk witch hunts, conspiracy theories, satanism, among other weird stuff!Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod

We’re back with a bang, or should we say stab?This week we’re looking at Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.One of the founding fathers of the slasher genre, Psycho shocked audiences worldwide, and changed cinema forever.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @popcornheadpod