{"podcast":{"title":"Popcorn Podcast","slug":"popcorn-podcast-640780","podcast_index_feed_id":640780,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400","website_url":"https://www.popcornpodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400/1751837291167-cf736706-5580-4668-8897-7ef893e3051b.jpeg","author":"Leigh Livingstone","episode_count":588,"summary":"Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie expert Tim. Got a few minutes? Help us out by filling in this survey: http://bit.ly/popcornpodcast-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:21:35.231471+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780"},"episode":{"title":"Mother Mary: big swing cinema and its place in art","slug":"mother-mary-big-swing-cinema-and-its-place-in-art","published_at":"2026-05-16T23:15:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/mother-mary-big-swing-cinema-and-its-place-in-art","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780","url":"https://shows.acast.com/popcornpodcast/episodes/mother-mary-review","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62e06099a16d940014076400/e/69d02b49d2e95f5131f11d31/media.mp3","summary":"Freelance critic and filmmaker Andrew Fraser joins Popcorn Podcast to talk David Lowrey's Mother Mary. Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer, Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel), on the eve of her comeback performance. Tim and Andrew interrogate the film at a cellular level, uncovering the many layers behind the two-hander between an artist in crisis and her creative collaborator. Does the film stick the landing as it juggles allegorical messages, healing deep wounds and a ghost story that connects it all? From the identity of a pop star to the films Gothic aesthetic, Tim and Andrew unpack it all. More Popcorn: Parker Finn joins Popcorn Podcast to talk Smile 2 Popcorn Podcast takes Todd Field's Tár to task Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your friends. Keep Popcorn Podcast on the air by  shouting Leigh and Tim a movie snack . Visit  popcornpodcast.com  for movie reviews, celebrity interviews and giveaways. Popcorn Podcast interviews the biggest stars on YouTube:  Popcorn Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Freelance critic and filmmaker Andrew Fraser joins Popcorn Podcast to talk David Lowrey's Mother Mary. Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2945,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcorn-podcast-640780/episodes/mother-mary-big-swing-cinema-and-its-place-in-art/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/mother-mary-big-swing-cinema-and-its-place-in-art.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}