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The Family Pictures Podcast
A podcast exploring the best and worst family dynamics on screen – the cinematic highs and lows of family behavior, from heartwarming moments to unforgettable dysfunction. Hosted by Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith
Episodes
The Family Pictures PodcastKinfolk and Cons – Paper Moon
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith ride shotgun with Addie and Moze, tracing how necessity forges family in Paper Moon.
The Family Pictures PodcastThe Shadow of Family Past – Vengeance is Mine
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith trace the emotional hauntings of Vengeance is Mine the almost forgotten 1984 film directed by Michael Roemer.
The Family Pictures PodcastWith no Trade to Inherit – Breaking Away
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith explore the Stohler family, their friends, and the Cutters that the sons of Bloomington, Indiana, will never become.
The Family Pictures PodcastPiazza della Famiglia – Amarcord
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith spend four seasons in Fellini's Rimini, drifting from character to character in this sprawling piazza della famiglia.
The Family Pictures PodcastWithout My Parents – The 400 Blows
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss the film that launched the French New Wave—François Truffaut's semi-autobiographical tale of a boy navigating…
The Family Pictures PodcastFather Knows Death – The Stepfather
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith talk family murder in the suburbs and the cost of fetishizing the perfect 50s family.
The Family Pictures PodcastFather Figures of Balance vs. Brutality – The Karate Kid
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss the influence of surrogate fathers with competing philosophies of discipline vs. domination in The Karate Kid.
The Family Pictures PodcastWhen Chaos Moves In – Firstborn
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith explore the under-appreciated 1984 portrayal of a single mom and her two sons as their household adapts to the arrival of…
The Family Pictures PodcastIt's a Fargin Family Picture – Johnny Dangerously
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith talk you fargin bastiges about the 1984 gangster satire–a family picture?–Johnny Dangerously.
The Family Pictures PodcastEscaping Family Destiny – At Close Range
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith visit the 1970s Pennsylvania gothic crime family of Bruce Whitewood Sr. as he draws his son into the business in the 1986…
The Family Pictures PodcastThe Stories We Tell – A Christmas Story
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith step into 1940s Northern Indiana to join the Parker family in this timeless 1983 holiday classic, which becomes the…
The Family Pictures PodcastSisterhood in the Apocalypse – Night of the Comet
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss sibling rivalry at the end of the world in downtown LA, with Night of the Comet.
The Family Pictures PodcastThe Roles We Play – Mr. Mom
The family pictures podcast spends some time with a family living the suburban life in the outskirts of Detroit during the 80s recession.
The Family Pictures PodcastThe Family We Make – The Outsiders
This week The Family Pictures Podcast spends some time on the northside of Tulsa Oklahoma with the extended Curtis Family
The Family Pictures PodcastThe Family Road Trip with National Lampoon's Vacation
Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss the Griswold's misadventures across America in this premiere episode of the Family Pictures Podcast.