Middlebrow Madness

This one is weirdly suicide-heavy, so maybe know that going in?Another podcast means another four contenders step up to the plate! Our long march to the finals continues as we take our first trip to India (and it is a doozy), talk about how cool Bogey is, and take sides in the eternal Keaton/Chaplin debate.–This week’s matchups: 3 Idiots v. Sherlock Jr. Modern Times v. The Maltese Falcon–Drop us a line: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @middlebrowpod Follow Michelle on Twitter: @spacejamfan Follow Derek on Twitter: @derek_g

Well, we’re here, sports fans. We have to contend with who is possibly the biggest boil on cinema’s ass to date, and possibly of the whole bracket. But not before we screw up the names of fantasy dudes and silent film pioneers and generally just make a mess of things. But fear not, we gets some pretty good joke in there too! Four new cinematic combatants enter the cage, but only two can come out victorious on the long, long road to the finals.–This week’s matchups: Unforgiven v. The Bridge on the River Kwai Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship…

Onward and upward through the IMDb Top 250 bracket we go! Two reprehensible Hollywood leading men go head to head in the director’s chair, and Michelle continues the great podcasting tradition of Derek’s co-host cursing him out. Which of these movies deserved their Oscars? Which ones didn’t? The answers may shock and confound you!–This week’s matchups: Braveheart v. Into the Wild Cinema Paradiso v. Million Dollar Baby–See the empty bracket Drop us a line: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @middlebrowpod Follow Michelle on Twitter: @spacejamfan Follow Derek on Twitter: @derek_g

Our intrepid bracketeers have returned to take on the next two matchups in the IMDb Top 250 tournament. Which classic film will hang its head in shame? Which kind of neo-noir is superior? How many times is Derek going to assert that a movie “fucks?” Listen and find out!–This week’s matchups: L.A. Confidential vs. The Wolf of Wall Street Paper Moon v. Seven–See the empty bracket Drop us a line: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @middlebrowpod Follow Michelle on Twitter: @spacejamfan Follow Derek on Twitter: @derek_g

And they’re off! Michelle and Derek cover the first two matchups of the IMDb bracket’s first round. They also talk about movies from their childhood, Letterboxd pranksters, and that sexy sexy so-and-so Paul Newman.–This week’s matchups: A Clockwork Orange v. Cool Hand Luke Back to the Future v. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid–See the empty bracket Drop us a line: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @middlebrowpod Follow Michelle on Twitter: @spacejamfan Follow Derek on Twitter: @derek_g

It all begins here. Michelle Arf and Derek Godin of Dim the House Lights have decided to take on the Herculean task of plugging the Internet Movie Database’s Top 250 films (plus six wild cards) into a single elimination bracket and finding out which one is the real middlebrow champion. In this inaugural episode, they lay out the rules of the tournament, talk about the eccentricities of the list itself, and parse their own biases.–See the empty bracket Drop us a line: [email protected] Follow us on Twitter: @middlebrowpod Follow Michelle on Twitter: @spacejamfan Follow Derek on Twitter: @derek_g