In The Shining, a family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. The young son, gifted with psychic abilities, witnesses disturbing visions of the past and future.Starring Danny Lloyd, Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall and directed by Stanley Kubrick, The Shining was released May 23, 1980.Recommendations:Tim — Doctor Sleep (Flanagan, 2019)—where to watchTay — El Orfanato (Bayona, 2007)—where to watchFollow: SSC on Instagram Tim on Letterboxd
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SSC 103: Weapons (Cregger, 2025)
In Weapons, a small town is shaken when an entire third-grade class vanishes overnight, leaving only one child behind, and no clear answers as to where the children went. Starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin and directed by Zach Cregger, Weapons was released August 8, 2025.Recommendations: Tim — The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)—where to watchTay — Place Beyond the Pines (Derek Cianfrance, 2012)—where to watchFollow: SSC on Instagram Tim on Letterboxd
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SSC 102: 28 Years Later (Boyle, 2025)
In 28 Years Later, a father and son leave their quarantined community on a remote island to venture into the zombie-infested mainland.Starring Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Jack O’Connell, and directed by Danny Boyle, 28 Years Later is was released June 20, 2025.Also, don't miss our other podcast, promoting the Peaks Central Asian Film Festival. Check out the latest episode here, and follow them on Instagram here.RecommendationsTim: A Bigger Splash (Guadagnino, 2015)—where to watch.Tay: Dead/Alive (Jackson, 1992)—where to watch.Follow: SSC on Instagram Tim on Letterboxd
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SSC 101: 28 Days Later (Boyle, 2002)
In 28 Days Later, a man wakes up in an abandoned hospital to find the world devastated by a mysterious virus. He soon joins a group of survivors, they face both the infected and the horrors of what humanity has become.Starring Cillian Murphy and directed by Danny Boyle, 28 Days Later was released June 27, 2003.Also, don't miss our other podcast, promoting the Peaks Central Asian Film Festival. Check out the latest episode here, and follow them on Instagram here.RecommendationsTim: Re-Animator (Gordon, 1985) — where to watchTay: Southern Comfort (Hill, 1981) — where to watchFollow: SSC on Instagram Tim on Letterboxd
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SSC 100: Zodiac (Fincher, 2007)
In Zodiac, policemen, journalists and a cartoonist become obsessed with identifying the titular killer, whose cryptic letters and brutal murders haunt the Bay Area. As the years pass, the case consumes those chasing the truth.Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., and Mark Ruffalo, and directed by David Fincher, Zodiac was released March 2, 2007.Also, don't miss our other podcast, promoting the Peaks Central Asian Film Festival. Check out the latest episode here, and follow them on Instagram here.RecommendationsTim: Mindhunter (Fincher, 2017) — where to watchTay: All The President's Men (Pakula, 1976) — where to watchFollow: SSC on Instagram Tim on Letterboxd
Single Serving Cinema looks at one critical scene in a movie every other week. We explore how the scene is constructed, what the scene achieves, and what it can tell us about the movie as a whole. Hosted by Tim & Tay.
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