The Academy Academy

Don & Pat discuss Brian De Palma's earliest works on this week's The Academy Academy! Is Greetings a counter-cultural barn burner? Is Ladybugs Rodney Dangerfield's best film? Should Post Malone have made a theme song for Eddington? Does Hi, Mom! still shock and push boundaries? Tune in and find out!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social   

Don & Pat continue to plumb the depths of Cinema Speculation as they discuss Sisters on this week's The Academy Academy. Discover what makes Bernard Herrmann furious! Find out which heavy metal musician is most comparable to Brian De Palma! Determine what family friendly feature was felled by The Untouchables at the box office and more!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social   

Is having the middle name "Eroica" a telltale sign your parents are emotionally closed-off intellectuals? Does Bill Maher think he's Warren Beatty when he's really Jack Warden? Do men love getting into jams? Are jams the juice?! All this and more is discussed on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social   

It's a Feiffer Double Feature, folks!  Should Hollywood let Karl Ove Knausgård direct a feature film? Are shorts for quitters? Is there an intern feeding New York Times opinion columnists cold Campbell's Soup as they lie dormant?  All this and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social   

What happens when a seemingly strait-laced Esquire Magazine Columnist-type guy smokes exactly one joint and watches a Fellini movie? Is America the original Megalopolis? And where did you get that Francis Ford Coppola's Jack Challenge Coin?!   Don & Pat discuss Arthur Penn's Mickey One and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social   

We're actually finally back for real this time, folks! Don & Pat catch up and list some films they've watched during the pod's absence. Japanese cinema, David Simon joints, blockbusters- all genres are covered on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social   

This is an episode, ostensibly a Patrick's birthday episode, that was recorded way way back in April. Apologies for the hiatus. Please enjoy a pod filled with soda intrigue, Eric Roberts fantasy casting, and thumb shenanigans.   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social   

It's the antiestablishment post-sixties auteurs vs the cinema brats! Cauldrons of creativity! Laps of luxury! Was Dennis Hopper the next Orson Welles? Which famous director was beaten up by members of the Hell's Angels MC? Did you get to be Vinnie Barbarino when you played Welcome Back, Kotter on the playground? All this and more will be assessed and addressed as Don and Pat discuss Easy Rider and M*A*S*H on this week's The Academy Academy!   If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social 

It's our final episode of Don and Pat's miniseries within a miniseries delving into he exploitation world of Kevin Thomas! Does Tubi have the best commercials? Does a person make a hole in the earth shaped like themselves when they fall from an incredibly high distance? Is there any any figure in Hollywood more likeable than Paul Bartel? Probably not!    The fundraising campaign for Don's Short Film Long Time, No See is still underway! To support the campaign: https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-time-no-see To follow our progress on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longtimenoseemovie/  Follow Don on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social  If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.

Lusty Austrian Wives! Giant Sewer Gators! Shari Eubank! Robert Forster! These movies have everything!! Don & Patrick assess Kevin Thomas' assessment of Supervixens and Alligator on this week's The Academy Academy! The fundraising campaign for Don's Short Film Long Time, No See is still underway! To support the campaign: https://seedandspark.com/fund/long-time-no-see To follow our progress on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longtimenoseemovie/  Follow Don on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social  If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at [email protected] or message us on Twitter at @TheAcadAcad.