{"podcast":{"title":"Alternate Ending - Movie Review Podcast","slug":"alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029","podcast_index_feed_id":485029,"rss_url":"https://alternateending.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.alternateending.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/2/7/d/127d8e250899a507/podcast-square.png","author":"Timothy Brayton","episode_count":485,"summary":"Alternate Ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid. What makes Alternate Ending different from other film podcasts? Well, we're not 5 dudes in a room talking about our passion for Fight Club and Braveheart. We're two dudes, and a lady, of which our tastes are quite varied. Rob, the film-school dropout, has seen an absurd amount of movies, and if we're being honest, rounds out our Fight Club fan-base. Tim Brayton, our seasoned film critic, shares a more critical view of film, an appreciation for vintage cinema and perhaps limited-release movies that we might otherwise miss. Carrie, our casual movie-goer, reminds us all that cinema is in fact supposed to be fun and entertaining and that sometimes, just sometimes, happy endings are good. Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at Alternate Ending is diversity: diversity of opinion, diversity in belief about what film should do and how it sh…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T02:18:41.960875+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029"},"episode":{"title":"Moulin Rouge! at 25","slug":"moulin-rouge-at-25","published_at":"2026-05-12T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029/moulin-rouge-at-25","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029","url":"https://alternateending.libsyn.com/moulin-rouge-at-25","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alternateending/May_2026-2.mp3?dest-id=333866","summary":"Baz Luhrmann's maximalist jukebox musical Moulin Rouge! turns 25 years old this month, which seems like the perfect opportunity to revisit the film and contemplate its impact on the musical genre in the years since. Tim is joined by resident music expert Zev Burrows for a spectacular, spectacular conversation about a film that had a major impact on both of them, sometimes to break it down, sometimes just to gush. Before turning to Moulin Rouge! , Zev catches up with the 1985 feminist coming of age drama Smooth Talk , while courtesy of Patreon supporter Maxwell Jacobson, Tim is grappling with 2023's romantic thriller Eileen . Also, Zev has a new website! Be sure to check it out!","meta_description":"Baz Luhrmann's maximalist jukebox musical Moulin Rouge! turns 25 years old this month, which seems like the perfect opportunity to revisit the film and co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5117,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029/episodes/moulin-rouge-at-25/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alternate-ending-movie-review-podcast-485029/moulin-rouge-at-25.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}