Kael Your Idols: A New Hollywood Podcast
Kael Your Idols is a film discussion podcast focused on the "New Hollywood" era of American cinema. From the glamorized hippies and paranoid anti-heroes of the 60s and 70s, to the merchandise-driven blockbusters of the early 80s, join hosts Alana Gibson and Sam Ludwig as they dive into this wild period in studio filmmaking!
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Kael Your Idols: A New Hollywood Podcast
Latest Episodes
Four Films by Frederick Wiseman
Our series of New Hollywood elegies continues with no signs of stopping in sight! This episode we present a paen to visionary documentarian Frederick Wiseman, whose stark narratives of life within institutions provided not just education but tr...
Method and Empathy: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
To quote Roger Ebert: movies are emotion machines. And in this episode we discuss a most finely-tuned piece of emotional machinery, 1979’s Oscar juggernaut Kramer vs. Kramer. From its cast full of career best performances to the somewhat unders...
Daughters and Decor: Interiors (1978)
Welcome back to the Woody Allen show! ugh…Last ep we covered Annie Hall and for this one we’re returning right back with his immediate follow up: Interiors. If you got a problem with that, take it up with Mary Beth Hurt, whose rece...
Keenly Keaton: Annie Hall (1977)
It’s time for everyone’s favorite and not at all problematic film topic: Woody Allen! Whatever you might think of the man, we would be remiss as a movie podcast about New Hollywood if we didn’t take the time to discuss his seminal breakthrough ...
Altman’s Alt Boy: Brewster McCloud (1970)
For his follow up to MASH, Robert Altman decided to bring us all… this! The wonderfully bizarre Brewster McCloud of course stars the late great Bud Cort in the title role, but that’s hardly the only thing the movie has to recommend it. It burst...
