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‘You Can See Everything’ Is the Documentary of the Decade
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‘The Social Reckoning’ Is Admirable and Out of Touch
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    The French Dispatch – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    November 4, 2021
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    It’s time to step back into the old Wes Andersonian time machine to explore a fondly remembered era for journalists and print magazines. In today’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we’re joined by I Can’t Unsee That Movie‘s Jeff Huston to review Wes Anderson’s new…

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    Dune – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    October 28, 2021
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    The Cinematic Schematic returns after a short hiatus to wrangle the Shai-Hulud sandworms in our review of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 1.

    The podcast can’t discuss the feud between rival houses Atrieus and Harkonnen without the proper guests. Joining the show…

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    Villeneuve’s Dune Preserves Its Source’s Ecological Plea

    October 27, 2021
    Dune

    In 1965, Frank Herbert’s Dune proposed questions few of the text’s contemporary science-fiction works considered, let alone conveyed. And arguably, why would they? When carving a path through the cosmos and pushing the human imagination to its absolute limits, why slow down?

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    The Suicide Squad – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    August 11, 2021
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    In this week’s episode of The Cinematic Schematic, we take another trip into the DC Extended Universe(DCEU) to provide our spoiler-free review of THE Suicide Squad before jumping into a spoiler-filled analysis discussion of the film.

    In August 2016 Suicide Squad became a…

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    The Green Knight – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    August 5, 2021
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    Rest your bones, listeners. Today, The Cinematic Schematic accepts a quest from a powerful and mysterious presence (also known as A24), to review and discuss David Lowery’s long-awaited film, The Green Knight. 

    Without the proper company, the quest…

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    F9: The Fast Saga – The Cinematic Schematic Review

    June 25, 2021
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    The Cinematic Schematic is back to our normally scheduled programming with a review of “the first film in the trilogy that will conclude the Fast and Furious Saga.” That’s right ladies and gentlemen, today we are taking on F9: The Fast Saga. Like all great heists,…

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    Between Waves Tells a Personal Story Through Interdimensional Travel – dCFF21

    June 20, 2021
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    It’s the final day of deadCenter 2021 and we couldn’t close out the festival without a talk about a film in one of our favorite genres, sci-fi. Longtime listeners know that we are fans of larger-than-life ideas with a personal perspective, and few films playing at…

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    “Sardis” Sheds Light on Buried Oklahoma Stories – dCFF21

    June 19, 2021
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    As the deadCenter 2021 Film Festival begins to wind down, we’re highlighting some of our favorite gems from this year’s schedule. Among the huge array of short films playing is a documentary titled “Sardis,” a story preserving a forgotten piece of Oklahoma history.

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    Furloughed Film Talks at deadCenter – dCFF21

    June 15, 2021
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    The deadCenter Film Festival is hosted here in the heart of Oklahoma, but thanks to last year’s virtual cinema that was launched as part of the festival’s COVID-19-minded approach, the scope of the audience expanded far beyond just the sooner state. 

    Last year,…

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    deadCenter 2021 Keynote #1 – What Makes Oklahoma a Great Place to Make Movies in 2021?

    June 14, 2021
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    Between out-of-state projects like the Killers of the Flower Moon, Minari, Reagan, Reservation Dogs, and Stillwater, and homegrown projects like Mickey Reece’s Agnes and Kyle Kauwika Harris’s Out of Exile, Oklahoma seems to be in the middle of a boom…

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