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The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

Corbin Smith and Matt Ellis
The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast
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  • The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

    HIGH HOPES (1988, Dir: Mike Leigh)

    15/06/2026 | 1h 46 mins.
    Corbin has been intending on doing an episode about High Hopes since the show started. Why? You'll find out when you listen to the episode!!! Topics: Thatcher, the bitterness of leftists living in capital, some suprising facts about the actress who plays the mother, and the role of acting in Cinema.
    Next week's show is about "THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN!" You can watch it on Kanopy.
  • The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

    "L'Eclisse" (1962, Dir: Michelangelo Antonioni)

    28/05/2026 | 1h 57 mins.
    Corbin in has never quite understood what is going on in Antonioni's movies. Matt, on the other hand, is an an enthusiast. Can Dr. Movies use his teaching skills to enlighten his ignorant friend? Listen and learn! 
    Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. And we got a Bluesky going.
    Next episode is about "High Hopes." watch here.
  • The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

    "Magellan" (2026, Dir: Lav Diaz) w/ Ryder

    07/05/2026 | 1h 54 mins.
    Slow cinema movie about colonialism shot on a middle grade DSLR? That's like all the topics we're interested in, you know we had to crack this one open!!!! Ryder joins us. Watch it here, it's great.
    Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. And we got a Bluesky going.
    Next episode: L'Eclisse! Watch it here.
  • The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

    Johnny Guitar (1954, Dir: Nicholas Ray)

    23/04/2026 | 1h 41 mins.
    In 1954, Hollywood legend and almost blacklisted Nicholas Ray and on-the-outs-movie-star Joan Crawford got together to make a bonkers paella western melodrama for a Poverty Row studio about the terror of desire and American reaction with TruColor. it's really quite something. we discuss!
    Read Jennifer Peterson's analysis of Johnny Guitar's particular brew of gender studies and politics here. Our next episode is about "Magellan," which you can watch on Criterion.
  • The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast

    "The White Ribbon" (2009, Dir: Michael Haneke) w/ Ryder C.

    09/04/2026 | 1h 24 mins.
    Third chair Ryder Canepa joins us to talk about "The White Ribbon," Michael Haneke's exporation of the world's worst town, the horrible adults who live there, and the ways their misery warps their children. Nazi origin story, anti-patriarchal tract, or something entirely more upsetting? We discuss. 
    Check out the show on Letterboxd if you're into that thing. Matt is also on there. And we got a Bluesky going.
    Next episode: Undetirmined!
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About The Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation Moviefilm Podcast
A Podcast about movies from the fine folks at the Pacific Northwest Insurance Corporation, with Corbin Smith (The Famous Writer) and Dr. Movies, Matt Ellis (A Professor of Movies)
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