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    Episode 035: Mental Health, Sexuality, and Suicide, Oh My! The Hours (2002) with Crystal Steltenpohl

    August 2, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Crystal Steltenpohl in a discussion of the various psychological concepts in the crushing, but a poignant look at relationships and happiness, film The Hours (2002). The film stars Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep as three women struggling with their mental health, relationships, and happiness, connected by the story written by the famous Virginia Woolf. Listen, Nicole Kidman’s prosthetic nose was great to be like Virginia, but it didn’t change color!

    Check out Crystal on Twitter! Also, don’t forget to pop over to the Open Scholarship Knowledge Base.

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    Episode 017: CinemaPsych is One Year Old! A Year in Review and a Look to the Future with Astrid Swan

    July 20, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and his wife Astrid as they discuss the first year of the podcast, her thoughts on some favorite moments and episodes, a a look to the future of the podcast, including films that are on the docket in the upcoming year! Onward!

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    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C.…

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    Episode 005: On Podcasts, We Wear Pink—Mean Girls (2004) with Olivia Aspiras

    November 11, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Olivia Aspiras in discussion of the psychological concepts in Tina Fey’s masterpiece Mean Girls (2004), starring Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams (Amy Adams), and Amanda Seyfried in her first film role. The limit does not exist on the amount of social psychology we can discuss. We thank you for being so obsessed with us!

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    Episode 004: Don’t Mess Around in Cemeteries! Phantasm (1979) with Randy Stein

    October 21, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Randy Stein on this Halloween edition of the podcast, for a discussion of the psychological concepts in Don Coscarelli’s cult horror classic Phantasm (1979), starring Angus Scrimm as the horror villain, the Tall Man, in a role so-named because imagination and originality was used elsewhere in the film.

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    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips and music are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C. (fair use; no copyright infringement is intended).…

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    Bloopers/Outtakes from Recording Ep003

    October 7, 2019 / 0 Comments
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    Episode 003: I Have Dreamed a Dream… Within a Dream? Inception (2010) with Jason Spiegelman

    September 30, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Jason Spiegelman on discussion of the psychological concepts in Christopher Nolan’s Inception (2010), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and several other actors he hires again for the Dark Knight Rises.

    Please leave your feedback on this post, the main site (cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com), on Facebook (@CinPsyPod), or Twitter (@CinPsyPod). We’d love to hear from you!

    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C. (fair use; no copyright infringement is intended).
    2. Intro and outro music by Sro (“Self-Driving”). Used under license CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    <Electronic intro music>

    ALEX SWAN: Hey everybody and welcome to another episode of the CinemaPsych Podcast!…

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    Episode 002: Is Being Stranded a Problem? Cast Away (2000) with Marc Klippenstine

    September 9, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Marc Klippenstine on discussion of the psychological concepts in Robert Zemeckis’s Cast Away (2000), starring Tom Hanks and a volleyball named Wilson.

    Please leave your feedback on this post, the main site (cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com), on Facebook (@CinPsyPod), or Twitter (@CinPsyPod). We’d love to hear from you!

    Legal stuff:
    1. All film clips are used under Section 107 of Title 17 U.S.C. (fair use; no copyright infringement is intended).
    2. Intro and outro music by Sro (“Self-Driving”). Used under license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    3. Film reel sound effect by bone666138. Used under license CC BY 3.0.…

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    Episode 001: Come Viddy, Me Little Droogies—A Clockwork Orange (1971) with Wind Goodfriend

    August 27, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Join Alex and Dr. Wind Goodfriend on discussion of the psychological concepts in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971), based on the book by Anthony Burgess.

    (Apologies for the audio issues! The crackling you hear is not your speakers/headphones, but turned out to be equalizer settings. I tried to fix it, but it led to some gaps in audio. This won’t be an issue on future episodes!)

    Please leave your feedback on this post, the main site (cinemapsychpod.swanpsych.com), on Facebook (@CinPsyPod), or Twitter (@CinPsyPod). I’d love to hear from you!

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    Episode 000: An Introduction & a Memento (2000) for the Future

    July 27, 2019 / 2 Comments

    Episode Notes:

    Hi everyone!…

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