Part 1: Zach, Swaff, Grace, and Michael talk about movies they saw this week, including: Obsession and Backrooms.

Part 2 (50:30): The group kicks off their summer Patreon Picks series with 1995's Heat.

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Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the seventh, and final, episode.

Films that depict the livestreaming era and the earliest forms of generative AI.

Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies.

We're All Going To The World's Fair: (2:50)

Charli XCX: Alone Together: (35:10)

Baby Invasion: (1:01:40)

RachelOrmont.com: (1:35:25)

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the sixth episode.

Violent genre films that explore surreal scenarios of internet brain poisoning: trendy social media challenges, deepfakes, targeted advertising, cancel culture, and going viral.

Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies.

Nerve: (2:50)

C.A.M.: (31:40)

Possessor: (54:05)

Dream Scenario: (1:18:25)

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the fifth episode.

Four films about using the internet to skirt the law – and enact it.

Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies.

The Bling Ring: (4:20)

Zola: (34:40)

Blackhat: (1:06:00)

Eye in the Sky: (1:40:10)

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the fourth episode.

It's now entering real life.

These are four documentaries that capture the early 21st century’s evolving concerns about what the internet is doing to us: empowering fraudsters, obliterating our privacy, rotting our brains, destroying truth, and – eventually – emboldening fascists.

Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies.

Catfish: (22:40)

CitizenFour: (48:45)

Feels Good Man: (1:19:15)

A Glitch in the Matrix: (1:42:05)

Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music

License code: WILJUUC5LT2CH26N

Artist: : Theatre Of Delays

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the third episode.

Be careful what you open.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Japanese filmmakers saw the horrors of the internet first – namely, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Satoshi Kon. The latter understood the internet perhaps more deeply than any filmmaker of his time, and it’s a pity he didn’t live to help us understand it for much longer.

Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies.

Perfect Blue: (19:40)

Pulse: (1:01:10)

Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music

License code: WILJUUC5LT2CH26N

Artist: : Theatre Of Delays

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the second episode.

Click "Windows '95." The cinematically crystalized moment in 1995 when computer tech thoroughly becomes a cool thing for cool dudes who surf the net and hack the system, maaaaan.

Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies.

Johnny Mnemonic: (21:15)

The Net: (44:25)

Hackers: (1:07:10)

Strange Days: (1:34:30)

Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music

License code: WILJUUC5LT2CH26N

Artist: : Theatre Of Delays

Welcome to Internet Movies. You've logged into the first episode.

Here, we enter "real life." This episode features movies from across five different decades that depict the oldest forms of computing (way back when it was considered clerical “women’s work”), the birth of blogging/vlogging, and the way the internet technologies have impacted ordinary people’s day-to-day lives.

Note: The clips featured in this episode are not owned by Cinematary and are being used for educational purposes, not for sale. All rights owned by their respective companies.

Desk Set: (11:40)

WarGames (36:45)

You've Got Mail: (1:00:00)

Julie & Julia: (1:21:55)

Eighth Grade: (1:44:00)

Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music

License code: WILJUUC5LT2CH26N

Artist: : Theatre Of Delays

Cinematary is back!

After nearly a year of being dormant following our 500th episode, the gang is back with our new series: Internet Movies.

Here's what to expect:

A vision for our first post-500 series: seven episodes, each centered around a particular aspect of the internet and loosely grouped by historical time period to trace the evolution of both the internet itself and its differing cinematic representations.

Before we get to that first episode, enjoy our chat from our monthly Patreon series, Movies We Watch This Month. In August, we discussed Eddington and felt like this would be a good primer for what you can expect with the series. Looking for more from Cinematary? Consider joining our Patreon for $5 and get bonus content.

First episode will drop on Feb. 6 with a new episode every week after.

On this bonus episode, the group recaps their recent trip to the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

(45:12): Grace's picks

• The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
• If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You
• Maddie's Secret

(59:22): Andrew's picks

• Sacrifice
• Hamnet

(1:18:07): Zach's picks

• It Was Just An Accident
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• The Christophers

(1:39:21): Michael's picks

• Sentimental Value
• No Other Choice
• Miriors No. 3

Zach, Andrew, Grace and Michael celebrate the 500th episode of Cinematary with a live podcast about 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel at Central Cinema in Knoxville, Tennessee. In part two, they are joined by Darren Hughes to reflect on 11 years and 500 episodes of the podcast.

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