Marxists at the Movies

Marxists at the Movies is a radical media podcast from CineMarch Media 🎥🔨 Hosted by Edward Michael Francis (they/them/theirs)Each week, we dissect one film, TV, music, books, and gaming through a communist lens—unpacking labor, class, queer subtext, and unintentional revolutionary messaging in mainstream cinema. From camp classics to capitalist cautionary tales, we read between the reels to expose what the script doesn’t tell you 📽️🌹 New episodes drop every Saturday on Patreon, then publicly on Wednesday Visit www.cinemarchmedia.com and patreon.com/cinemarchmedia for more information.

Marxists at the Movies is a tv podcast hosted by Edward Michael Francis, with 45 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Edward Michael Francis hosts Marxists at the Movies, a tv show with 45 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  S2E6 - Cocoon (1985): Literal Alien-ation

  Jun 17, 20261h 4mS2

  🎬 Marxists at the Movies – Cocoon (1985): Literal Alien-ation 🛸🛠️Welcome back, Comrades! In this episode, we are diving deep into a pool of glowing water and 1980s nostalgia to dissect the 1985 sci-fi fantasy classic, *Cocoon*. On its surface, it’s a sweet, family-friendly tale about lovable senior citizens rediscovering their youth. But underneath? It has volumes to say about how our capitalist society treats our most cherished friends and relatives.We apply a leftist, social justice lens to the film , filtering it through frameworks like sociologist Peter Townsend's "structured dependency" , Simone de Beauvoir's "comprehensive othering of the aged" , and Erving Goffman's concept of the "total institution".From Don Ameche’s legendary breakdancing scene to Wilford Brimley’s historic, age-defying sexual agency —plus the tragic, real-world reason why this James Horner-scored film is legally missing from every major streaming platform —we uncover why Cocoon is an unintentional communist masterpiece. SUPPORT THE REVOLUTION ON PATREONWant to hear our episodes a full month before anyone else? Our **CineMarch Media Information Club** on Patreon gets early access to every single episode, plus exclusive ongoing bonus series!If you love what we do, consider joining or upgrading your tier today:The $7 Screening Committee Tier 🎟️The $12 Full Spectrum Comrade Tier 🛠️The Ultimate Leftist Media Steal: When you support CineMarch Media, you're getting TWO shows and TWO adorable mascots for the price of one single subscription! You get complete access to both Marxists at the Movies and our sister show CultFroggy (examining high-control institutional systems and cult dynamics). It is the ultimate media package.👉 Join the Cadre here: patreon.com/cinemarchmedia CONNECT WITH CINEMARCH MEDIAFind transcripts, articles, exclusive merchandise, and Myron the Revolutionary Cat's latest completely unreasonable demands over at our central hub!🌐 Website: https://www.cinemarchmedia.com🐸 CultFroggy Podcast: Available on YouTube ( @CultFroggy ) Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else you listen! FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS Instagram: @CineMarch Media TikTok: @MarxistsAtTheMovies @CultFroggy Executive Producer: Myron The Revolutionary Cat (supervising strictly from the bed).#Marxism #FilmAnalysis #Cocoon #PhysicalMedia #CriticalGerontology #LeftistPodcast #CineMarchMedia #CultFroggy #ronhoward #marxistsatthemovies

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  Episode #2

  S2E2 - The Breakfast Club (1985): The Revolution That Stayed in the Library

  Apr 22, 202649 minS2

  <p>🎬 The Breakfast Club (1985): The Revolution That Stayed in the Library</p><p>It's April, and we're crashing Saturday detention — Marxist-style. 🏫✊</p><p>Marxists at the Movies takes John Hughes's generation-defining classic through a dual-track analysis: Marxist critique meets developmental psychology and neuroscience. We're talking Baumrind's parenting styles, Elkind's Imaginary Audience, Hot Cognition, and the specific way high-control environments shape the adolescent brain — and the film that almost named all of it but flinched at the last second.</p><p>We cover the studio interference that lobotomized the original cut, the toxic relationship modeling nobody interrogated in 1985, the blinding whiteness of Shermer's...

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  Episode #43

  S1E43 - Yentl (1983): The Cost of Truth

  Mar 25, 202644 minS1

  <p>Visit ⁠⁠www.cinemarchmedia.com⁠⁠ and patreon.com/cinemarchmedia to support the work.In this episode of Marxists at the Movies, we dismantle the yeshiva as an ideological site in Barbra Streisand’s Yentl (1983) — viewing it not just as a musical debut, but as a fifteen-year cage match of attrition against the Hollywood patriarchy.While often remembered as a feminist fable or a "novelty premise," Yentl is something more rigorous: a study of forbidden knowledge and the brutal mechanics of exclusion. It is a film where the need for total control functions as both a survival strategy and a creative prison. The...

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  Episode #42

  S1E42 - Madonna - Truth Or Dare (1991): Machine of Queer Extraction

  Feb 25, 202651 minS1

  <p>Visit ⁠www.cinemarchmedia.com⁠ and patreon.com/cinemarchmedia to support the work.</p><p>In this episode of Marxists at the Movies, we step inside Madonna’s Truth or Dare (1991) — not as a tour documentary, but as a tightly engineered system of labor, intimacy, and queer visibility under capitalism.</p><p>Often remembered as scandal, provocation, or queer breakthrough, Truth or Dare is something more precise — and more unsettling. It is a machine that extracts authenticity, vulnerability, and cultural transgression, then repackages them as brand reinforcement. The camera doesn’t just observe Madonna’s orbit; it disciplines it. Desire is curated. Bo...

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  Episode #41

  S1E41 - MUSIC - New Kids on the Block - Step By Step (1990): The Backstage Bedroom

  Feb 8, 202649 minS1

  <p>We’re back — after an extended break — and truly, thank you for your patience. 🖤</p><p>Marxists at the Movies (Music) has reopened the backstage door, fluffed the pillows, and turned the camera back on.</p><p><br></p><p>Visit ⁠www.cinemarchmedia.com⁠ and ⁠patreon.com/cinemarchmedia⁠ to support the work.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we step into New Kids on the Block’s 1990 blockbuster Step by Step — an album that didn’t just dominate the charts, but perfected the pop-industrial fantasy of access, intimacy, and desire. This is The Backstage Bedroom: the carefully staged illusion where f...

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