Do the Film Thing
A film appreciation and analysis podcast hosted by Victor Omoayo! A seasonal show with new episodes posted on Sundays. Find DO THE FILM THING on various platforms via Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing. Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com
Episodes
April 27, 2025 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the classic 1961 film The Hustler, starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie and George C. Scott.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
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April 13, 2025 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the body horror satire The Substance, written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.
SOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE
Gates, Marya E. “Female Filmmakers in Focus: Coralie Fargeat on ‘The Substance.’” Roger Ebert, 2 Oct. 2024, www.rogerebert.com/interviews/female-filmmakers-in-focus-coralie-fargeat-on-the-substance.
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April 6, 2025 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones-starring romantic drama Claudine, directed by John Berry.
SOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE
Booker, Teresa A. “Teaching Note Explaining Internalized Oppression Using the Film, Claudine.” Radical Teacher, no. 114, July 2019, pp. 87–89. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.5195/rt.2019.557.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
March 30, 2025 - In this audio essay, Victor explores Gina Prince-Bythewood's 2000 debut feature Love & Basketball, starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps.
SOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE
"Love & Basketball: For Your Heart" by Roxane Gay. Criterion Collection Essay, Sep. 23, 2021. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7534-love-basketball-for-your-heart
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March 23, 2025 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the cynical journalistic drama Ace in the Hole, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
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March 16, 2025 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the exquisite romantic drama Phantom Thread, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Kreips and Lesley Manville.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
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March 9, 2025 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the Akira Kurosawa classic Ikiru, starring Takashi Shimura.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
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March 2, 2025 - In this SEASON THREE PREMIERE, Victor explores the critically acclaimed 2023 romantic drama Past Lives, written and directed by Celine Song, starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
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Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing
August 11, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores two poignant and biting satires on race and media, Robert Townsend's 1987 debut film Hollywood Shuffle and Spike Lee's 2000 feature Bamboozled.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:
Barlowe, Jamie. “‘You Must Never Be a Misrepresented People’: Spike Lee’s Bamboozled.” Canadian Review of American Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, Jan. 2003, p. 1. EBSC...
July 28, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the themes of identity, motherhood and masculinity in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:
Jenkins, Barry. Audio Commentary. Moonlight, A24, 2016.
Tracy, Maurice. “Moving through Trauma: Black Queer Vulnerability in Moonlight.” QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, vol. 9, no. 1...
July 21, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the characters and themes of two heist thrillers, F. Gary Gray's Set it Off (1996) and Steve McQueen's 2018 adaptation of Widows.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: Bell, James. “Thieves Like Us.” Sight & Sound, vol. 28, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 22–26. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=132175783&sc...
July 7, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores writer-director Todd Field's third feature film Tár (2022), starring Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Mark Strong, Nina Hoss, Julian Glover, and Sophie Kauer.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Email the show at dothefilmthing@gmail.com
Find DO THE FILM THING on various podcasting platforms and Instagram via LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dothefilmthing
June 23, 2024 - SEASON TWO PREMIERE! In this audio essay, Victor explores Ridley Scott's two Alien prequel films, Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017) by focusing on their themes of creation and two central characters, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and David (Michael Fassbender).
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: Bolea, Stefan. "Alien: Covenant." Philosophy Now, 2018. https://philo...
March 10, 2024 - SEASON ONE FINALE! In this audio essay, Victor explores the multiverse-spanning film Everything Everywhere All at Once, written and directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, starring Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Googly eyes, tax forms, and hot dog fingers - OH MY!
**SEASON TWO will debut June 2024!**
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Sources for thi...
March 3, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 2007 horror film The Mist, written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1980 novella by Stephen King.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: "The Mist - Box Office Mojo." Box Office Mojo, www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0884328/?ref_=bo_se_r_1. Accessed 9 Feb. 2024.
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February 25, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 1985 cult classic comedy The Last Dragon, directed by Michael Schultz, starring Taimak, Vanity, and Julius Carry.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: The Last Dragon. Audio Commentary by Michael Schultz, directed by Schultz, TriStar Pictures, 2015.
Smalls, Shanté Paradigm. “Eating Popcorn with Chopsticks: Revisionary Black Masculinity ...
February 18, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores Martin Scorsese's 1985 comedy After Hours, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, and Verna Bloom.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: Ebert, Roger. Scorsese by Ebert. The University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edwards, Ivana. "The Essence of 'Kafkaesque'." The New York Times, December 29, 1991...
February 11, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores David Lynch's mesmerizing 2001 neo-noir Mulholland Dr., starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring and Justin Theroux.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: Rodley, Chris (edited by). Lynch on Lynch. Revised Edition. London: Faber & Faber, 2005.
Lynch, David and Naomi Watts. "David Lynch and Naomi Watts." Mulholland Drive, Criterion Collection...
February 4, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the 1997 film Eve's Bayou, the directorial debut of Kasi Lemmons.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: Lemmons, Kasi. "Kasi Lemmons" [Interview] Eve's Bayou, Directed by Kasi Lemmons, Criterion Collection, 2019
Allen, Nick. "Ebertfest 2016: Kasi Lemmons Presents a Director's Cut of 'Eve's Bayou'.", April 16, 2016, https://www.rogerebert.com...
January 28, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores Spike Lee's incredible third feature film, 1989's Do the Right Thing, highlighting specific characters and the film's examination of racism.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode: “A Conversation With James Baldwin.” 1963-06-24. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web...
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