Upper Middlebrow
A podcast in which we discuss high-craft works of popular culture
Follow Our Podcast
Recent Episodes
Episode 81: “LA Light, LA Darkness,” or Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye w/Professor Peter Lunenfeld
UCLA professor Peter Lunenfeld joins us to talk about Robert Altman's neo-noir based on Raymond Chandler's novel. Some reviewers call the film "satirical"...
Episode 80: “Frames, Trains, and Burning Automobiles” or Wim Wenders The American Friend
The American Friend is loosely based on Patricia Highsmith’s third Tom Ripley novel Ripley’s Game. But Wim Wenders plays fast and loose with the...
Episode 79: “A Creeping Tom,” or René Clement’s Plein Soleil
Chris and Jesse charge into our next group of works, Ripley en Filmes, beginning with René Clement's visually stunning 1960 film Plein Soleil, an adaptation...
Episode 78: “Our Robot Friends, Part II,” or Ted Chiang’s Exhalation
Our favorite education researcher joins us to talk about Ted Chiang’s collection Exhalation, which includes the story “The Life Cycle of Software...
Episode 77: “A Soup of Dreams,” or James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes, Part II
The Lads finish out James S.A. Corey's 2011 novel Leviathan Wakes, a huge success that powered The Expanse, the SyFy and then Amazon Prime space opera....
POWERED BY BLUBRRY
