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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.

Aug 28, 2014

 

In 2013, Spike Jonze released his latest feature, the first from a script he wrote about a lonely man who begins a romantic relationship with his personal artificial intelligence aparatus. The result was near-universal acclaim that culminated in his first Academy Award for his original screenplay. But did this...


Aug 20, 2014

 

On August 11th, 2014, one of the funniest men to ever live had died unexpectedly, sending Hollywood, comedians and an international fanbase reeling from shock and grief. We here at Arthouse Legends were no different, deciding to make a last-minute change to discuss an underappreciated film from the gifted comedian's...


Aug 14, 2014

 

At the height of the silent film era, German visionary Fritz Lang put together the most expensive and epic film product of that time. Set in a dystopian future city where the the prosperous and privilege live on the surface while the poor and desperate live underground and using every technical trick available, the...


Aug 6, 2014

The 1992 Sundance Class was a springboard for a few talented filmmakers, one being a New Jersey film nerd named Kevin Smith. Shooting a film while clerking at a local convenience store, his brand of off-kilter humor with stirring dialog made him an overnight sensation with the critics. But does his film about...