EPISODE 022: BAY AREA FLICKS

Featuring: Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Hollywood Chinese (2007)

It’d be difficult to talk about the Bay Area without discussing the region’s prominent Asian American community and John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China” seemed like the perfect opportunity to start that conversation. Accompanied by Arthur Dong’s 2007 documentary “Hollywood Chinese”, Ryan and Kevin examine the ways “Little China” portrays its Asian American characters before diving into the goofiness of this Kurt Russell-led fantasy action thriller.

EPISODE 021: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE

Featuring: The Shining (1980), Paper Moon (1973), Apur Sansar (1959), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)

Within the context of children and trauma, bowling with bumpers offers a safeguard against the pitfalls of gutterballing. Yet, the restrictive boundaries remain an airtight personal prison, a stronghold fortress of subconscious trauma responses eerily established as a predestined child. The newest episode of the Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle presented by Wind Reel & Print provides a glimpse into a range of genre musings on the effects of death and trauma on the child psyche. From screwball revivalists and Neorealism fanboys to former YouTube sensations and cinematic GOATs, this week’s batch of movies certainly complete the frame.

EPISODE 020: WEIRD @ WR&P

Featuring: Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Joe Dante’s “Gremlins” takes over the studio and threatens the hosts with a good time. Combining classic Spielbergian filmic language with Dante’s knack for meta-mindset, both the original and the sequel deliver on its perceived promise of weirdness.