Cinematic Breadcrumbs – Details, episodes & analysis

This week since your host Elise Hernke spent all of her free time catching up on the highly bingeable dating show Love Island (USA), this weeks episode exchanges movie history for a little pop culture & we are talking about the show. 

In this episode, you can expect a breakdown of why this is the best dating show on television, what has happened so far, speculations and comments about all of the Islanders so far, predictions about what will happen next and general thoughts and ramblings about the show. Listen before tonights episode: ITS CASA AMOUR!!!!! 

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Celine Song's follow-up to her beloved "Past Lives" stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal in a rom-com about the commodification of modern love, "Materialists." The film had a lot of promise, especially considering who was cast, but it falls short of packing a real punch. In this weeks episode, your host Elise Hernke breaks down what didn't work, but also dissects some of interesting themes that the film presents. 

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No show notes this week -- just my thoughts :) 

Elise Hernke, your host, breaks down the third season of White Lotus, a favorite show & the top talk of the moment, thanks to it's elongated release and surprising storytelling by Mike White. The thesis of this deep-dive is to reflect on the ways that his writing style mimics themes of Greek tragedy and Shakespearean irony. 

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Sources/Further Reading:

• GQ: S3 Ending was Pure Mike White
• Business Insider: Mike White's Stealth Move 
• Cosmopolitan: Mike White Stans White Lotus All Stars 
• New Yorker: Mike White profile
• Time Magazine: White Lotus Cast Interview
• Mens Journal: Fight over theme song

This week your host Elise Hernke takes a look at both the musical and the 1982 movie version of the class "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. The bulk of the discussion is focused on comparing the two adaptations based on a TRUE STORY and how I think it holds up against todays current cultural and political landscape (It holds up tremendously well). 

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Check out some of the clips from the movie version here: 

• A Lil Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place (Introduction to the Chicken Ranch; song played at credits of episode)
• Hard Candy Christmas (the gals leaving the Chicken Ranch) 
• Watchdog Report 
• The Sidestep (Politician avoiding hard questions...) 
• Aggie football team on their way to the Chicken Ranch 

On this weeks episode, your host Elise Hernke watches the new "Snow White and the Evil Queen" (2025), so you don't have to. Or maybe you want to and now you just want to hear my takes. Either way, we're looking at the controversies leading up to the premiere, the movie itself and remake fatigue. 

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For further listening, ModernGurlz does really thorough dives into both this movie & also a ton of other Snow White adaptations here:

• Ranking 9 different versions of snow white by Moderngurlz 
• Snow White by ModernGurlz

Sources/further material:

• https://youtu.be/RZBsA3XdPAM?list=TLGGpsAQM0WunxUyNTAzMjAyNQ
• https://youtu.be/jHK8FVsD_Vw?list=TLGGI5XlT59nRyMyNTAzMjAyNQ
• https://youtu.be/fZoFhBngnZk?list=TLGG3pAOkzq0wjoyNTAzMjAyNQ
• https://youtu.be/ub6aSccHWt0?list=TLGG3ckLQ7Or4UwyNTAzMjAyNQ
• https://youtu.be/gsF7SMd3CF8?list=TLGGTXAlQ2pmCMUyNTAzMjAyNQ
• https://youtu.be/N7diarukx4M?list=TLGGZMoeCqStAQ4yNTAzMjAyNQ
• https://youtu.be/9ZczMKaX9AU?list=TLGGP8zJddU6oDQyNTAzMjAyNQ
• https://youtu.be/iBenwH64aok?list=TLGGEi2CQaI_-WwyNTAzMjAyNQ

This week your host Elise Hernke breaks down one of her favorite movies, the George Cukor classic "The Philadelphia Story" starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart -- after getting to see it on film at the New Beverly this past week. 

After being declared "box office poison," Hepburn scored the rights to this story and used it to revitalize her career. Jimmy Stewart won an Oscar for his performance. This movie is full of rich characters, rich storylines and even richer history. 

Episode notes:

• Theo Von x Alexandr Wang 
• Anora drama re: the unions summary
• Disney removes trans storyline full story
• Chinese movie passed $2 billion 
• Box office poison? 

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In this weeks episode, your host Elise Hernke talks about the 97th Academy Awards, but mostly focuses on the "controversy" surrounding Sean Baker and what it says about media literacy, why 007 attended the Oscars, and the most notable speeches of showbiz's biggest night of the year.

Show Notes:

• Critical Thinking Cheatsheet
• Taylor Lorenz talking about AI Slop
• Pop Apologist profiles Demi Moore
• Sean Baker haters: Example 1, Example 2, Example 3, Example 4
• Will Ferrell & Ana Gasteyer singing Not Like Us
• Conan entrance (feat: The Substance) 
• James Bond Tribute
• The Journal podcast episode about the James Bond drama
• The Town with Matthew Belloni episode about the James Bond drama
• Kieran Culkin speech 
• Adrien Brody speech 
• In Memoriam 
• Emilia Perez winner breaking out into song
• Emilia Perez backlash explained
• Trailer for Flow, best animated feature

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We're back! On this weeks episode of Cinematic Breadcrumbs, Elise Hernke returns to the pod with hopes of more consistently releasing episodes from here on out, to talk about "Gattaca." 

Currently streaming on Hulu & Criterion, "Gattaca" is a 1997 sci-fi thriller starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law. It takes place in a "not so distant future" dystopian society where predetermined gene modification becomes the status quo and those who do not partake are forcibly left behind. In this episode, we discuss some current talking points like the rise of pro-natalism happening in the tech community, how AI is being used in the film world and what was happening in the 90's to lead to a movie like this. 

Show notes links: 

• Power User with Taylor Lorenz: The Rise of the Billionaire Baby Boom
• Aze Alter: AI Creator YT Channel
• Escape.ai: Hub for current AI film 
• Source article: https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/educational-resources/timelines/eugenics
• Source article: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/epdf/10.2105/AJPH.87.11.1767
• The Brutalist controversy

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In this episode, we embark on a series called TENDER IS THE FLESH (inspired by my recent reading of the book of that title by Augustina Bazterrica) where we will explore the varied portrayals of cannibalism in film -- FUN -- starting with "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover" a 1989 deeply disturbing cinematic masterpiece by Peter Greenaway.

Other films (probably) coming this series (if you want to get ahead): "Bones and All" (2022), "Fresh" (2022), "Society of the Snow" (2023), "Silence of the Lambs" (1991). 

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Sources/Further reading: 

• Trailer for the film
• Megalopolis fake reviews via AI- article
• Alien Romulus using AI to bring back the dead
• Couples Therapy show
• Girls, Guts & Giallo episode on The Cook, The Thief... 

As part of this podcast, I will be including some episodes related to my adventures in theater-going and this week is all about Sharon Tate, after seeing a Double Feature of her films at the New Beverly Cinema this week. We look at her life, her tragic passing and deep-dive the films "The Fearless Vampire Killers" (1967) & "The Wrecking Crew" (1968).

We also discuss Demon Copperhead (the book I just finished), Cher's new memoir, NYFF updates and this article by my friend Tomris Laffly: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/robin-williams-death-anniversary-memories

Sources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpLJxB3jJho
• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001790/trivia/ 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W527bf_qpqM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeTvyXXccCU&t=1s
• Book: Sharon Tate and the Manson murders by Greg King
• "Sufferings are the great seducer"  article by Peter Evans for The Sunday Times