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Episode 11: Eula Biss on Purple Rain

Welcome to Open Form a new weekly film podcast hosted by award-winning writer Mychal Denzel Smith Each week a different author chooses a movie a movie they love a movie...

Episode 10: Jason Diamond on Beetlejuice

On this episode Mychal talks to Jason Diamond about the film Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton Geena Davis Alec Baldwin Catherine O'Hara Jeffrey Jones and Winona Ryder and directed by Tim...

Episode 9: Jordan Kisner on The Rider

On this episode, Mychal talks to Jordan Kisner about the 2017 film The Rider, directed by Chloé Zhao.

Episode 8: Kali Fajardo-Anstine on Sunshine Cleaning

Welcome to Open Form a new weekly film podcast hosted by award-winning writer Mychal Denzel Smith Each week a different author chooses a movie a movie they love a movie...

Episode 7: Kiese Laymon on Rocky III

Welcome to Open Form a new weekly film podcast hosted by award-winning writer Mychal Denzel Smith Each week a different author chooses a movie a movie they love a movie...

Episode 6: Hermione Hoby on Daisies

On this week's episode, Mychal talks to Hermione Hoby about the 1966 film Daisies, starring Ivana Karbanová and Jitka Cerhová and directed by Vera Chytilová.

Featured Episodes

Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in <em>Purple Rain</em>

Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in Purple Rain

April 15, 2019  By Open Form
Jason Diamond on the Yuppie Nightmare of <em>Beetlejuice</em>

Jason Diamond on the Yuppie Nightmare of Beetlejuice

April 15, 2019  By Open Form
Jordan Kisner Talks Pain, Masculinity, and Cowboys in Chloé Zhao’s <em>The Rider</em>

Jordan Kisner Talks Pain, Masculinity, and Cowboys in Chloé Zhao’s The Rider

April 15, 2019  By Open Form