The A24 New Wave Podcast

The A24 New Wave Podcast

This is the companion podcast to Aaron West's book, The A24 New Wave. In this podcast, we'll talk about A24 films, directors, academics, critics, and more. We'll discuss how modern cinema resonates with film history, and watch as this new wave progresses.

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May 13, 2025 22 mins
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Louis Hill joins to recap the CineJourneys A24 Journey that he had in April. Louis is an original Founding Member and a Kickstarter backer. He's excited about the book and he went a little extra with this journey, spending the month watching the weekly films and also seeking out others.

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Tiffany Vazquez joins to talk about Barry Jenkins, who is arguably the most impactful individual who has worked with A24. Moonlight famously won the Best Picture Academy Award, and he's been putting out great work ever since. We briefly touch on If Beale Street Could Talk, The Underground Railroad, Mufasa, and we get into his influence as a Producer. People might be surprised by how many films that he has produced and d...
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Alex Mell-Taylor from Alex Has Opinions joins to talk about A24 and representation. We talk about some of the recent examples of positive representation and compare it with some not so great examples. We also talk about how someone who is not part of a particular group benefits from seeing what their life is like when representative actually reflects that experience, and how great it feels for people to see characters a...
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Aaron is joined by Chris Haskell from They Live by Film and Punk Vacation to talk about Miramax and how they laid the groundwork for A24 to become a major independent film player.
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February 8, 2025 27 mins
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Becky D'Anna joins to talk about Alex Garland, and specifically the films that have been released by A24 -- Ex Machina, Men, and Civil War. We talk about the sense of dread that he creates and how he's such an excellent writer. Becky compares his work to Ingmar Bergman. He uses sound and photography to accomplish this, and there are parallels to Hour of the Wolf, Shame, and others.

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February 7, 2025 25 mins
Zach Bryant from They Live By Film joins to talk about Osgood Perkins, who has one film with A24 -- The Blackcoat's Daughter. He has since achieved acclaim thanks to Longlegs and has an upcoming film called The Monkey that looks to be yet another breakthrough in his career. We get into his other films, and also Bryan Bertino's The Monster, which Perkins produced.

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January 21, 2025 20 mins
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Aaron is writing an A24 book with Jill Blake editing. There is a Kickstarter campaign that is in progress right now, and this is the second episode of the accompanying podcast. Jill and Aaron talk about David Lynch first and foremost, as he is omnipresent with any conversation about modern cinema. We then get into the book and how we are approaching this topic, and where this could lead.

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January 14, 2025 24 mins
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Aaron is writing an A24 book. There is a Kickstarter campaign that is in progress right now, and this is the first episode of the accompanying podcast. This episode will appear in all podcast player apps soon, and is always available here on the website and on our YouTube channel. We are very excited about the book and looking forward to your support!

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