MAMO!

Live from the Aroma Cafe in Champaign, IL, we continue to recap Ebertfest as it happens. Today we discuss the beautiful film Terri, a terrific program of shorts accompanied by the Alloy orchestra, and our thoughts on a panel about VOD vs. the future of theatrical moviegoing. http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo251.mp3

Mamo comes to you from Champaign, Illinois, the home of Roger Ebert's Film Festival - Ebertfest! We sit down on a park bench to discuss the festival and three of its films: Joe vs. the Volcano, Big Fan, and Kinyarwanda. Plus a big shout-out to the Jane Addams Book Shop. http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo250.mp3

Mamo road trip! We stop at Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a catch-up show. We talk Catching Fire, Avengers, the next Batman, James Cameron, the 3-D 48fps Hobbit, and the future of all mankind (and movies). http://rowthree.com/audio/mamo/mamo249.mp3

Mamo comes to you from ActionFest 2012 in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina! We chat up the film festival with a body count while contemplating the warm welcome our American cousins have given us all.

WELCOME TO THE SUMMER, boys and girls! Mamo's summer box office contest kicks off once again, and we give you our picks for what the top ten films of the 2012 season will be. PLEASE NOTE: the box office contest is run on RowThree.com and only entries in the comments of the Row Three thread will be eligible for this contest. Comments on mamocast.blogspot.com will NOT be eligible.

Kaboom! The Hunger Games shows up, and shows us how it's done. Haters gonna hate, but in this $150M+ teen girl prizefight, we're with Katniss.

Mamo has seen Cabin in the Woods, the three-years'-delayed Joss Whedon / Drew Goddard extravaganza that delivers on every conceivable level. We're joined by fellow Whedonite Sasha James for a roundtable discussion of the Ascension of Joss.

Will theatrical moviegoing die out, or evolve into something new? We talk to special guest stars Ned Loach and Robert Gontier from 360 Screenings, a new screening series coming to Toronto this spring, which will unite cinema and live performance to create a new level of immersion in the film's story. To support 360 Screenings, visit their Indie Go Go page here: http://www.indiegogo.com/360-Screenings/

People have been screaming "BOMB!" at John Carter for longer than is, we think, strictly germane to the potential value (or lack of same) of the franchise. Now that the movie is out - and bombing - what happened? And while we're on the subject, what happened to Eddie Murphy?

Our somewhat live Oscar podcast, 2012! We recorded our thoughts in staccato bursts throughout Billy Crystal's triumphantly comfortable return to the microphone to preside over the Kodak Theatre Battle 2012, The Artist vs. Hugo. Now all eleven segments are joined together a single downloadable episode, for your nostalgic pleasure. Remember, kids, going to the movies is great.

In which we put our stakes in the ground and say we know who will win at next week's Oscars. Spoiler: it's The Artist. Or is it?

The Phantom Menace came out in 1999 and our podcast started in 2005, so we never really got a chance to examine its seismic impact on the world of filmmaking - to say nothing of the world of Star Wars. With the film back in theatres (in threeeeee deeeeee!) we take the opportunity to put a pin in all things Lucas, and somehow manage to escape the entire procedure without once following the word "Jar" with a second instance of the word "Jar."

The Boys of Mamo return on Oscar Nomination Tuesday to talk about what the hell just happened, i.e. the same thing that happens every year.

What do Yol, George Lucas, and the Stop Online Piracy Act have in common? They have this episode of Mamo, for one thing.

With the announcement of changes to the eligibility requirements for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars, we pause for a moment to consider the health of the genre. Has a documentary ever changed the world?