Episodes
Monday Aug 22, 2016
CinemaVille 7: Akira
Monday Aug 22, 2016
Monday Aug 22, 2016
Today, we reach one of the definitive anime experiences of the past 30 years, Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira. Along with that, some musings on what it means to predict the future, and what we're best left looking forward to in all tomorrow's apocalypses.
Friday Aug 12, 2016
CinemaVille 6: Revenge of the Sith and the Legend of Billie Jean
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Friday Aug 12, 2016
When George Lucas made the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, he had to contend with the undue hype placed upon it by nostalgia-addled fans who wouldn't accept anything that didn't show up in their rose-colored glasses. Now, nostalgia has all but become its own cottage industry, with television series like Stranger Things and Mr. Robot making use of that instinctual pull towards the past to both win praise and deconstruct their subject matter. Today on CinemaVille I tackle the questions of both Lucas' final Star Wars film, Revenge of the Sith, and my own little nostalgic favorite, The Legend of Billie Jean.
Tuesday Aug 09, 2016
CinemaVille 5: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Tuesday Aug 09, 2016
Tuesday Aug 09, 2016
From Joel Bocko: "The End of Evangelion" is an unusual spin-off of a TV series (only "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" might be more unusual). It both concludes and subverts the series, veering way into experimental territory while still wrapping up the narrative which the show "Neon Genesis Evangelion" began. I've covered the film in almost every form imaginable - reviews, written conversations, visual tributes, and video essays - so I decided to take a new appraoch this time. With Bob Clark's permission, I stepped in as a guest host on the CinemaVille podcast and together we analyze the film, exploring its connections not just to the series but to the Czech play R.U.R., and Dante's Divine Comedy. There's a lot to dig into here, some grab some popcorn and get ready to start tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down...
Wednesday Aug 03, 2016
CinemaVille 4: Neon Genesis Evangelion and Angels in America
Wednesday Aug 03, 2016
Wednesday Aug 03, 2016
Hideaki Anno's "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is one of the true masterpieces of anime and science fiction as a whole, so it's little wonder it popped up on the Wonders in the Dark Sci Fi countdown. But what does it have to do with Tony Kushner's landmark "Angels in America"? I talk about this and a number of other things with fellow Wonders contributor Joel Bocko on the latest CinemaVille