Year: 2018

AFI Top 100 #036: The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Signals crew gets conscripted in Burma circa WWII to build (and burn) bridges of both the physical and metaphorical kind, in this AFI #36 classic. [Aggregate score: 7.5]

Film & TV: Black Panther

The Lost Signals travels to the hidden city of Wakanda as they review Marvel’s latest–and possibly greatest–superhero story, “Black Panther.” WAKANDA FOREVER! [Aggregate score: 10]

 

Film & TV: Call Me By Your Name

In 1980s Italy, The Lost Signals follow along with the tumultuous yet touching relationship of Call Me By Your Name. [Aggregate score: 8.5]

 

 

Literature: Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable

Submitted for your approval, this week The Lost Signals turns its time and attention to Lynn Venable’s short story, “Time Enough At Last.” Time is relative and podcasts are portable, take a listen. [Aggregate Score: 6.7]

Film & TV: The Post

Welcome to the new Steven Spielberg cookie cutter normal. We discuss why sub par Spielberg films keep getting nominated for Oscars and ways that this could’ve been a more interesting movie. [Aggregate Score: 4.6]

Literature: Thank You by Alejandro Zambra

The Lost Signals discuss relationships, perspective and a traumatic taxi cab ride featured in the story  “Thank You” by Alejandro Zambra.

[Aggregate score: 7]

“Benny Hill Style Theme” by Orion Williams

Film & TV: Darkest Hour

The Signals head to jolly old England to hang out with Winston Churchill. It just happens to be during the country’s Darkest Hour. [Aggregate score: 8.3]

Games & Gaming Culture: AMA With Game Designer Ara Shirinian

TLS returns to talk with our favorite guest, and yours, game designer Ara Shirinian a sort of loose AMA session. Big thanks to everyone who submitted a question, and we will be speaking with Ara again sometime in the near future, so be sure to keep and ear, and eye out.

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Film & TV: Phantom Thread

It is Oscar season and the Lost Signals is catching up on the “best” movies of the year.  Today’s episode features Daniel Day Lewis in a classy reboot of 50 Shades of Grey. [Aggregate Score: 8]

Literature: They by Robert Heinlein and Eight O’Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson

In a Lost Signals first, the crew simultaneously reviews two works that share many narrative and thematic similarities.  We are less Roger Ebert and more Henry Ford.