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Every week, Paul and various people of Spout discuss all things filmy from a comfy sofa. If you've got something to share, call in and we might use it on the show. Call Gabcast at 1 800 749 0632, enter the channel 8838 and the password 1111. Or you can email filmcouch@spout.com.



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FilmCouch 81 - Comic-Con 2008 and Mardi Gras: Made in China

Keanu Reeves tells Kevin Buist–in very inhuman terms–what it’s like to be an alien getting in to...
Keanu Reeves tells Kevin Buist–in very inhuman terms–what it’s like to be an alien getting in touch with his “humanness,” just before Kevin gets melted by a cosmic glare for being near Keanu at Comic-Con. So, what’s up with all these A-list Hollywood types going to a comic book convention? Kevin tells the story of [...] 01/08/2008
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FilmCouch 80 - Wholphin 6 and Dark Knight Indigestion

WHOLPHIN 6 is a must see DVD and listeners unpack THE DARK KNIGHT (now that they've seen it).

FilmCouch 79 - The Dark Knight

This week's show is devoted to all things THE DARK KNIGHT

FilmCouch 78 - /Filmcast, Karina’s Picks, and The Apocalypse

What are our friends watching? We check in with /Filmcast's David Chen and Devindra Hardawar and...
What are our friends watching? We check in with /Filmcast's David Chen and Devindra Hardawar and our own Karina Longworth. 11/07/2008
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FilmCouch #77 - WALL-E the Snake, YouTube gets sophisticated

WALL-E = Mad Max for kids and find the next Herzog on YouTube

FilmCouch #76 - The Comedies of Our Lives

If you had to choose one comedy that depicts what you wish adulthood could be, would you pick DU...
If you had to choose one comedy that depicts what you wish adulthood could be, would you pick DUMB & DUMBER or GROSSE POINTE BLANK? 27/06/2008
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FilmCouch #75 - The Happening: Finding Humor in Horror

Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING succeeds as unintentional comedy, unlike similar films by his heroes, ...
Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING succeeds as unintentional comedy, unlike similar films by his heroes, Spielberg's DUEL and Hitchcock's THE BIRDS, which are actually good. 20/06/2008
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FilmCouch #74 - Kung Fu: Self-Mastery or Self-Discovery?

Kung Fu Panda gets us wondering about discipline, maturity, and the very essence of kung fu itself!

FilmCouch #73 - Be careful what you laugh at

Roman Polanski had sex with a 13 year old girl, but got screwed by a judge. THE PROMOTION--openi...
Roman Polanski had sex with a 13 year old girl, but got screwed by a judge. THE PROMOTION--opening tonight--is too scary to be goofball comedy. 06/06/2008
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FilmCouch #72 - Karina on Cannes, Kevin on steroids

Cheating is fair, steroids are good for you, France loves Mike Tyson and the best films at Canne...
Cheating is fair, steroids are good for you, France loves Mike Tyson and the best films at Cannes weren't in Cannes 30/05/2008
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FilmCouch #71 - Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty

Wee haw! Indy's back! What is it about that man no one can repeat? And a must-see documentary ab...
Wee haw! Indy's back! What is it about that man no one can repeat? And a must-see documentary about a chaplain who stood in the death chamber with 95 death row inmates. 23/05/2008
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FilmCouch #70

Searching for audiences online. We talk to animator Brady Neely (PROFESSOR BROTHERS, BABY CAKES)...
Searching for audiences online. We talk to animator Brady Neely (PROFESSOR BROTHERS, BABY CAKES), and Finnish director Timo Vuorensola (STAR WRECK, IRON SKY). 16/05/2008
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FilmCouch #69 - Summer Movies

The Big Ass Summer Movie Show

FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia

Maybe you don't feel paranoid, but a couple movies beg to differ as they look into our current c...
Maybe you don't feel paranoid, but a couple movies beg to differ as they look into our current culture of paranoia 02/05/2008
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FilmCouch #67 - Wisdom of Kumar

Talking to Kumar, watching KUNG FU and finding a wise sage to explain what film is all about

Tribeca 2008: Standard Operating Procedure & Conversation with Errol Morris

The night before Sony Pictures Classics planned to open Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib doc Standard O...
The night before Sony Pictures Classics planned to open Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib doc Standard Operating Procedure in two theaters the Tribeca Film Festival hosted a screening of the film, followed by a conversation between Morris and Jarhead author Anthony Swofford. Beat to the festival circuit by over a year by Rory Kennedy’s Ghosts of Abu [...] 25/04/2008
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FilmCouch #66 - Care Bears and Iraq

The Care Bears, Iron Man and Morgan Spurlock are Hollywood's new political mavericks

Moving Image Institute: The Deal

Over our five days at the Institute, we kept returning to a series of binary oppositions: print...
Over our five days at the Institute, we kept returning to a series of binary oppositions: print versus online; doing it for the passion versus doing it for the pay; criticism as consumer reporting versus advocacy for artists. With such circular questions, it’s hard to get anywhere, making it easy to lapse into what [...] 16/04/2008
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FilmCouch #65 Indiewood mashup

If you’re visiting a theater and tired of the same old movie clichés, conventional wisdom would...
If you’re visiting a theater and tired of the same old movie clichés, conventional wisdom would point you to the independent movie selection. However, a string on indiewood flicks–most recently The Visitor (opening tonight)–are caving in on their own “indie” clichés. Like rogue environmentalists tracking an invasive species in an Appalachian creek bed, we digest [...] 11/04/2008
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FilmCouch #64

Is "Iraq fatigue" a disgusting phenomenon or a natural dance between real life and movie life? T...
Is "Iraq fatigue" a disgusting phenomenon or a natural dance between real life and movie life? The new WHOLPHIN quarterly DVD magazine is out and needs to be talked about. 04/04/2008
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FilmCouch #63

Documentaries that don't suck! An interview with AJ Schnack, founder of new doc award the Cinema...
Documentaries that don't suck! An interview with AJ Schnack, founder of new doc award the Cinema Eye Honors. Plus an interview with Cinema Eye winning director Jason Kohn of MANDA BALA. 28/03/2008
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FilmCouch #62

10,000 BC vs. ONE MILLION YEARS BC: Can 990,000 years of evolution make a better movie? And spea...
10,000 BC vs. ONE MILLION YEARS BC: Can 990,000 years of evolution make a better movie? And speaking of better movies, Karina explains why we don't see good musicals anymore. 21/03/2008
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FilmCouch #61 - SXSW 2008

The SXSW 2008 Film Festival wrap up from FilmCouch

FilmCouch #60

As one festival ends, another begins. SXSW and True/False have us talking about MEDICINE FOR MEL...
As one festival ends, another begins. SXSW and True/False have us talking about MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY and FORBIDDEN LIES. 07/03/2008
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FilmCouch #59 - Brett Morgen (Chicago 10)

Interview with Brett Morgen whose CHICAGO 10 opens tonight. The Razzies decided Lindsay Lohan is...
Interview with Brett Morgen whose CHICAGO 10 opens tonight. The Razzies decided Lindsay Lohan is this years worst actress, or is she? 29/02/2008
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FilmCouch #58 - Michel Gondry (Be Kind Rewind)

Interviewing Michel Gondry (BE KIND REWIND) about his "contradictions." Also, will Diablo Cody s...
Interviewing Michel Gondry (BE KIND REWIND) about his "contradictions." Also, will Diablo Cody survive Oscar night? 21/02/2008
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FilmCouch #57

Interviewing George Romero (DIARY OF THE DEAD opens tonight), we revisit NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEA...
Interviewing George Romero (DIARY OF THE DEAD opens tonight), we revisit NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Karina visits the loneliest of movie experiences for Valentine's Day. 15/02/2008
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FilmCouch #56

Heath Ledger without the armor and JUNO, it's just a plain, old-fashioned sex comedy.

FilmCouch #55

Sometimes you just need time to process and the week after Sundance has, unexpectedly, been one ...
Sometimes you just need time to process and the week after Sundance has, unexpectedly, been one of those times 01/02/2008
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FilmCouch #54

In a hotel room in Park City, Kevin, Karina and Paul try to digest their best of the fest for S...
In a hotel room in Park City, Kevin, Karina and Paul try to digest their best of the fest for Sundance 2008. 25/01/2008
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Trade Roughage 1/23/08

A new development in the Writer's Strike, some comments on the fate of the Oscars and some issue...
A new development in the Writer's Strike, some comments on the fate of the Oscars and some issues with being nominated, Michael Moore fights for the little films (instead of the little guy) and what is going on with Terry Gilliam's latest film? 23/01/2008
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FilmCouch #53

As you may well know, the Spout team is knee-deep in Sundance, that juggernaut of American film...
As you may well know, the Spout team is knee-deep in Sundance, that juggernaut of American film festivals. For this episode of FilmCouch we present a conversation between the regulars (Paul, Kevin, Karina) and Filmspotting’s Adam Kempenaar about what we’re up to at the festival this year. Adam is looking forward to a pair of [...] 18/01/2008
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FilmCouch #52

Joe Swanberg and Ronald Bronstein talk BUTTERKNIFE. A gay film critic and a straight one get int...
Joe Swanberg and Ronald Bronstein talk BUTTERKNIFE. A gay film critic and a straight one get into an argument over I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY 11/01/2008
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FilmCouch #51

Deciphering the tradition of Top 10 lists and Karina's inaugural Boxing Helena Award.

FilmCouch, One Year and Counting…

Kevin's list of the best FilmCouch moments of 2007.

FilmCouch #50

What can't we say about THERE WILL BE BLOOD? It's diabolical, but not so disturbing as our Top 5...
What can't we say about THERE WILL BE BLOOD? It's diabolical, but not so disturbing as our Top 5 Most Demented Christmas Movie Scenes Ever. 21/12/2007
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FilmCouch #49

I AM LEGEND and SAUCY FLYER UFO PI restart the human race in totally different ways. Interviewin...
I AM LEGEND and SAUCY FLYER UFO PI restart the human race in totally different ways. Interviewing Andrew Wagner, his movie STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING is in theaters now. 14/12/2007
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FIlmCouch #48