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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.


“Sometimes People Just Aren’t Ready for What You’re Doing.” Zakiya Dalila Harris on The Wiz

The Author of The Other Black Girl in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on Open Form
November 3, 2022  By Open Form
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Ross Gay in Praise of Kurosawa’s Dreams and Making Beautiful (and Un-Beautiful) Things

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast
October 27, 2022  By Open Form
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How Magnolia Engages with the Aftermath of Being in a Dysfunctional Family

Chantal V. Johnson in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast
October 20, 2022  By Open Form
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Dawnie Walton in Praise of Say Anything’s Gangly, Vulnerable Male Lead

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast
October 13, 2022  By Open Form
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Why There Are No Clear Heroes or Villains in Princess Mononoke

Ryan Lee Wong in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast
October 6, 2022  By Open Form
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Celebrating One-Note Men in Legally Blonde

Sophia Benoit in Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast
September 29, 2022  By Open Form
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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Elif Batuman on the Cult of Family in Get Out

This Week on the Open Form Podcast
August 11, 2022  By Open Form
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Mira Jacob on Mississippi Masala and Discovering Herself on Screen

This Week on the Open Form Podcast
June 9, 2022  By Open Form
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In Praise of John Hughes, Patron Saint of Teenagers

Rachel Yoder Guests on the Open Form Podcast
June 2, 2022  By Open Form
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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