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Auteur Theory

Jan 16, 2020

Well, we made it. The Future: 2020. That glimmering utopia of progress and innovation -- ehhh, well, it's the year 2020 now. But what of the decade that came before?

On this special bonus episode, Nick and Chris will be presenting their Top 10 Best Of the Decade 2010-2019. Find out which films (and other media, because...


Jan 1, 2020

From the imagination of George Lucas, a boy with a thirst for adventure must leave his humble home on an epic quest - aided by a charming outlaw, a princess, and a wise old wizard - to master a magical power in order to defeat an evil dark sorcerer. Are there lightsabers, spaceships, and robots? No. But this one has a...


Dec 17, 2019

This week, Nick and Chris are joined by Jeff Gordon of Zia Records to take a look at Ron Howard's re-teaming with Michael Keaton for the 1986 comedy Gung-Ho. A slapstick-satire of the culture clash between working-class heartland Americans and the emerging Japanese corporate culture - this one was a staple of VHS video...


Nov 25, 2019

So in our exploration of the film work of director Ron Howard, why are we doing an episode on this forgotten 1985 animated Disney opus? We don't really know either. But why not, here it is.

Nick and Chris are joined once again by podcaster Heidi Schilling (Campfire Curmudgeon, A Schilling for Your Thoughts) to...


Nov 20, 2019

Alright, so this was mostly a conversation that happened off-air, but I think we just need to get out in front of it. Our co-host, Nicholas Edward Jones, has a deep hatred for chartered boats. I don't know what happened to him in his past to ingrain this in him; but he especially hates them when the captain on board is...