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Arthouse Legends Podcast

Welcome to Arthouse Legends Podcast - Where High Art and Geek Culture Collide! The goal of this podcast is to take a look at critically acclaimed and well-received films and consider if these films truly deserve their revered status in the cultural zeitguest. Using our combined film knowledge, geeky obsessions and general fart jokes, we take a bite out of much-beloved films, sometimes in love, other times in scorn, but never out-of-bounds.

Nov 4, 2013

In the year 1984, a rockumentary shocked the world more fundamentally than even George Orwell could have predicted. Acclaimed director Marty DiBergi followed the legendary rock band Spinal Tap on it's latest American tour and caught both the sad and bewildered face of fallen fame. What was more shocking was that...


Aug 10, 2013

In 1999, it seemed that a new revolutionary film was coming out. Some were successfull blockbusters such as The Matrix, others weren't nearly as accepted upon arrival like Fight Club. But visionary music video director Spike Jonze made his feature film debut with sitcom writer Charlie Kaufman's strange, twisted...


Aug 1, 2013

Arthouse Legends has become associated with the Gonna Geek Network, a band of podcasts united in giving you the best of geekdom. For a list of the affiliated podcasts, here's a sample of what you will find on Gonna Geek. For more information, go to www.gonnageek.com. Stay tuned for a new episode of Arthouse Legends very...


Jul 17, 2013

In 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, audiences were seeking an escape from the woes of the world. This might be sufficient reason why the latest Marx Brothers comedy, Duck Soup, a slapstick social comedy attacking politicians and political systems alike tanked at the box office, driving one of the brothers...


Jun 29, 2013

1939 was the dawn of a whole new generation of films that stretched the boundries of film. At MGM, two projects would change the world forever. The first took audiences to the fantasy world of Oz. The second, overseen by legendary producer David O. Selznick, would become one of the largest epics of all time: Grounded...