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A podcast about movies, hosted by award-winning author Mychal Denzel Smith. Each week, a different author chooses a movie: a movie they love, a movie they hate, a movie they hate to love.

Make More Children’s Movies Like My Neighbor Totoro, Please

Chelsea Martin in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

September 22, 2022 By Open Form

How MC Hammer Helped a Classic in Asian American Cinema Get Made

Elaine Hsieh Chou Talks Whitewashing in Hollywood and Better Luck Tomorrow on the Open Form Podcast

September 15, 2022 By Open Form

On the Quiet Radical Black Politics of the 1976 Film Car Wash

Deesha Philyaw in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

September 8, 2022 By Open Form

On Hal Ashby’s Progressive Portrayal of Disability in Coming Home

Chloe Cooper Jones in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

September 1, 2022 By Open Form

“This Is What Making Art Should Feel Like.” Ada Limón on Flashdance

The Author of The Hurting Kind in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

August 25, 2022 By Open Form

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Watching a Film About Memory Loss While Experiencing Memory Loss

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

August 18, 2022 By Open Form

Elif Batuman on the Cult of Family in Get Out

This Week on the Open Form Podcast

August 11, 2022 By Open Form

Mira Jacob on Mississippi Masala and Discovering Herself on Screen

This Week on the Open Form Podcast

June 9, 2022 By Open Form

In Praise of John Hughes, Patron Saint of Teenagers

Rachel Yoder Guests on the Open Form Podcast

June 2, 2022 By Open Form

Is The Godfather the Greatest Story of US Immigration Ever Committed to Film?

Laila Lalami in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

May 26, 2022 By Open Form

Is Pearl Harbor a Film of Propaganda?

Joseph Han in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

May 19, 2022 By Open Form

Chelsea Bieker on the Problematic Use of Pursuit in Sleeping With the Enemy

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

May 12, 2022 By Open Form

Leslie Jamison on the Role of the Graspy Grad Student in Midsommar

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

May 5, 2022 By Open Form

Maybe Don’t Try to Play the Withnail & I Drinking Game

Adam Haslett in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

April 28, 2022 By Open Form

What Does It Mean to Cook Dinner Under Occupation? Rewatching The Time That Remains

Randa Jarrar in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

April 21, 2022 By Open Form

How Wolf Girl Speaks to the Communal Experience of Marginalization

Melissa Lozada-Oliva in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

April 14, 2022 By Open Form

In Praise of Tobey “Mopey” Maguire, Middle School Hero

Danya Kukafka in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

April 7, 2022 By Open Form

How Baldwin and Jenkins Capture Communal Black Love in If Beale Street Could Talk

Farah Jasmine Griffin in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

March 31, 2022 By Open Form

What Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion Teaches Us About Friendship Dynamics

Kristen Arnett in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

March 24, 2022 By Open Form

Why Moonstruck Made Marie-Helene Bertino Proud to Be Italian-American

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form

March 17, 2022 By Open Form

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