Show Me The Meaning! – A Wisecrack Movie Podcast

  • 2 hours 17 minutes
    The Final Episode

    Goodbye, goodbye. For our final episode of this run, Austin, Raymond & Henry talk about how they watch movies, some mailbag questions, some musings on the craft, and more. Thanks again for tuning in each week, everybody. Stay safe, and we'll see you at the movies!



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    27 March 2025, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 33 minutes
    Mulholland Drive: It Was All A Dream

    Our penultimate episode! The guys get into Mulholland Drive (directed by David Lynch) on this one. This film is a great segue for conversation as it weaves through film studies, what it means for something to be Lynchian, what it means to make movies - and more. Enjoy!

    Join the LAST Livestream of SHOW ME THE MEANING! next Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2


    In case you missed it, this iteration of Show Me The Meaning! is ending next week, March 25, 2025. Thank you all for your ears and your emails. Join us for one last ride next week!


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    @creamatoria

    @izbel (Henry)




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    20 March 2025, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    The Boy and The Heron: A Filmmaker's Legacy

    Raymond is back from filming his movie! The guys get into The Boy and The Heron - Hayao Miyazaki's swan (heron?) song. Who will take over Studio Ghibli? Does more money make a better movie? Is this film a bigger metaphor for Miyazaki's retirement? They get into these questions and more - and more! Enjoy!

    We only have TWO episodes left! So be sure to join the livestream next TUESDAY, 5pm PST for our talk on Lynch's Mulholland Drive! We're also doing a mailbag ep for the last hurrah, so send an email to [email protected]!



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    @SMTMPod

    @creamatoria

    @izbel (Henry)




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    13 March 2025, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Conclave: Catholic Camp

    Get your cigarettes out for this one - we're talking Conclave! Austin, Henry, and Michael talk the intersection of humanity and religion, the campiness of this film, pope names - and more! Enjoy!

    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2




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    6 March 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    Babygirl vs. May December: Giving and Taking

    We got another cage match: Babygirl vs May/December! Austin is joined by Wisecrack's Amanda! They get into age gap films, the philosophy of the male gaze, the role of eroticisim in this era of films, and more!


    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2



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    @izbel (Henry)




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    27 February 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Aftersun: We Got Daddy Issues

    The best movie for a cry (if you got daddy issues). Austin is joined by Producer Henry for a chat on Aftersun! They get into realizing the frailty of our parents, the nature of memory and music, some narrative structure of the film - and more! Enjoy!


    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2



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    @creamatoria

    @izbel (Henry)




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    20 February 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Hypernormalisation Explains EVERYTHING Going On Right Now

    Austin is again joined by Wisecrack's very own: Michael Burns! Join the convo on the movie that explains EVERYTHING that is happening politically right now. We get into where Hypernormlisation originated from, our changing views on the Occupy movement, a Patti Smith-Sam Shepard play - and more!

    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2


    Watch Adam Curtis' Hypernormalisation for free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM




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    6 February 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    Will The Brutalist Be Remembered?

    Today Austin is joined by Wisecrack's very own: Michael Burns! Raymond is out shooting his movie. Join the convo as they get into the commodification of art (both in the film and by the director himself), the concepts of home explored in the epilogue, some "PTA-ish" notes that the film could have used - and more! Enjoy!


    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2


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    @creamatoria (Raymond)


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    @SMTMPod

    @creamatoria

    @izbel (Henry)




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    30 January 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    Nosferatu: The Consequence of Repression

    Nosferatu. Raymond returns. Henry takes the mic. Join the crew as they talk the merits of this adaptation, the messages around desire and sexuality, viewing this film as a western, and more! Enjoy!


    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2




    Follow us on Twitter!

    @austin_hayden (Austin)

    @creamatoria (Raymond)


    and on Letterboxd!

    @SMTMPod

    @creamatoria

    @izbel (Henry)




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    23 January 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 49 minutes
    Dune: Part Two - Is Revolution In Art Possible?

    Lisan al-Gaib! Austin and Raymond get into Dune: Part Two this week! How much of this film is aesthetic versus substance? What does it say about power structures in our mythos? Does this film oversimplify revolution? Join us as we ask those questions!


    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2




    Follow us on Twitter!

    @austin_hayden (Austin)

    @creamatoria (Raymond)


    and on Letterboxd!

    @SMTMPod

    @creamatoria

    @izbel (Henry)




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    16 January 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 48 minutes
    Covering Our Best Films of 2024

    Happy New Year! Austin and Raymond get into their best films of 2024. What makes a film a "best" film? Was it your experience of watching the film? The performances? The craft? Because it was made by Sean Baker? And stick around until the end for our best performances of the year! Here are the films we get into!


    Raymond's Top 5:

    I Saw the TV Glow

    Furiosa

    Fancy Dance

    Nosferatu

    Anora


    Austin's Top 5

    Kneecap

    Anora

    The Substance

    Passages

    The Count of Monte Cristo


    Join the SHOW ME THE MEANING! LIVESTREAM every Tuesday at 5 PM PST on the Wisecrack 2 channel! https://youtube.com/@wisecrack_2



    Follow us on Twitter!

    @austin_hayden (Austin)

    @creamatoria (Raymond)


    and on Letterboxd!

    @SMTMPod

    @creamatoria

    @izbel (Henry)




    © 2024 Wisecrack / Enthusiast Gaming

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    9 January 2025, 7:00 pm
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