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The Searchers podcast is the passion of three cinephiles who seek to guide you across the potentially overwhelming and untraversed regions of cinema. After a long day toiling through the grassy knolls, dry deserts, and rocky slabs, you deserve a break. Come on down and warm yourself by the fire, crack open a beer, and join us. New episodes every other week.
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Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Kevin and Chris cover Chris Columbus' 1991 film Only the Lonely starring John Candy, Maureen O'hara, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Quinn.
Next episode will focus on Clint Eastwood, for the wondering listener(s)!
If you like what you heard, please rate us a 5/5 on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean, and review us on Apple. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. We'll read both on air.
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Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Chris is joined by Nick Langdon and Max (mushiminion) to discuss John Frankenheimer and his 1973 film Impossible Object. Don't miss this detailed deep dive into Frankenheimer... enjoy!
Follow Nick and Max on Letterboxd, HERE and HERE respectively.
If you like what you heard, please rate us a 5/5 on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean, and review us on Apple. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. We'll read both on air.
Follow us on Letterboxd.com if you'd like to see what we've recently watched and/or reviewed. Ben, Chris, & Kevin
Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Ben is joined by frequent guest Odie Arbuckle to discuss Let Him Rest In Peace from director Yôichi Sai. Odie graciously spent hours reading the book the film is based off of in Japanese to help provide context to this episode. The discussion focuses on the similarities between Japanese and Westerns filmmaking, Okinawa, Japanese regional filmmaking, and the universal themes of the film. For the episode, Odie watched many films from the late Yôichi Sai—let him rest in peace!
Happy New Year to Odie in Japan, even though this is posting on New Year's Eve in America. Time zone shenanigans are fun. Cheers everyone! Here's to a blessed 2025 filled with more movie watching and all the other good things to come.
Follow Odie on LB, HERE.
Follow us on Letterboxd.com if you'd like to see what we've recently watched and/or reviewed. Ben, Chris, & Kevin
Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Merry Christmas (and eventually Happy New Year's) from The Searchers. The three of us cover Trading Places starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy from 1983, directed by the now less-than-favored John Landis. Because of the hectic time of year and recent personal developments, please forgive the "rougher" cut that must be released, otherwise we'd have missed the release before Christmas Day. We can't have that for all the loyal listeners. Enjoy!
If you like what you heard, please rate us a 5/5 on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean, and review us on Apple. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. We'll read both on air.
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Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
To begin the Christmas season on The Searchers podcast, Kevin and Chris review the French film "Merry Christmas" aka Joyeux Noël from 2005 starring Diane Kruger, Guillaume Canet, and Daniel Brühl. We'll catch you for one more Christmas episode in 2024, and possibly a bonus episode--we'll see! Merry Christmas!
If you like what you heard, please rate us a 5/5 on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean, and review us on Apple. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. We'll read both on air.
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Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
This week Kevin and Chris cover movie-directin', wine-makin' Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation starring Gene Hackman. Happy Thanksgiving to our listeners and stay safe on the big travel days! Enjoy and we'll see you in December.
If you like what you heard, please rate us a 5/5 on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean, and review us on Apple. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. We'll read both on air.
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Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Happy almost-Thanksgiving to all you lovely listeners out there. This week The Searchers cover John Boorman's Excalibur with guest and friend o' the pod Bryant Tyler. This film features the well-known Arthurian legend with a whole lot of meaningful symbology, which we'll get into and explain on the episode. It's a fun one, and thanks to Bryant for joining the gang to discuss another classic movie that audiences need to rediscover. We'll see you in December, y'all!
Bryant can be found on Letterboxd, HERE.
If you like what you heard, please rate us a 5/5 on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean, and review us on Apple. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. We'll read both on air.
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Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Searchers hosts Ben and Chris are again joined by regular Aussie guest Nick Langdon to discuss one of his favorite movies Dark City from director Alex Proyas. Several tangents about 90s neo-noir cinema, comic book films, and Australian filmmaking (and more) ensue, but it's a fun informative ride nonetheless. Thanks for joining us again, Nick!
Video discussed during show: Similarities between The Matrix and Dark City
***Check out Kevin Chan's video essay on Top Gun 2, HERE. ***
If you like what you heard, please rate us a 5/5 on Apple, Spotify, or Podbean, and review us on Apple. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. We'll read both on air.
Follow us on Letterboxd.com if you'd like to see what we've recently watched and/or reviewed. Ben, Chris, & Kevin
Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/