Tripod

It's Christmas Eve and Tripod is back for one last holiday gift...but this one is more like a lump of dang coal! In the (merciful) final instalment of the trilogy, Tyrie, Matt and his brother Ben take Disney's Noelle to task, lamenting it's missed opportunities, under-utilised talent and wondering who it's actually for. The mouse certainly has a lot to answer for. In any case, Merry Christmas and Happy Hoglidays everyone, we'll see you next week for our final ep of 2025! Oh and please don't sue us, Peter Combe. We love you.

Ho, Ho, Huh? That's right, Tripod is back for their third and sweatiest Christmas trilogy yet! It's the I'm Related to Santa Trilogy - three films no one asked for all packaged up in a beautiful holiday gift from Matt and Tyrie to you, dear listener. This week, the boys channel their inner Grinch's to talk (and scream) about 2007's family(?) film, Fred Clause. At one hour and forty minutes of pure pod, you better believe they go on some Tripod tangents in this one folks! Happy holidays!

Giddy up, listeners! Bronco Bridges is back for this week's Reel Quick to help Matt and Tyrie celebrate a whopping one-hundred episodes of Tripod! And what better way to celebrate this milestone than with a motion picture classic that everyone saw and everyone remembers...Crazy Heart. Wait...is that right? No seriously...they did Crazy Heart for their one-hundredth? Are they trying to lose listeners? Good lord. Anyway, pour yourself a sobering glass of ginger ale and enjoy as the boys chat about the state of music biopics (many of which they have failed to see) and the ups and downs of Crazy Heart, and Matt's perfect surprise gift to his podbrother, Tyrie. Thanks for riding with us these past 100 folks!

Wow guys. What a journey. We had some laughs. We had some yucks. But here we are at the end of Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy with Germany Year Zero. It's his less heralded entry in the trilogy, but still a powerful one. The movie is a prayer for empathy and understanding. And the two bozo clowns who host this pod are gonna drool and blubber about it for an hour. Enjoy! Oh and stay tuned to the end to find out what movie we'll be covering next... You might say it's a little... Crazy...

This week, Classic Tripod continues it's deep dive into Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy. Four-time guest and recent Italian tourist Simon Harvey joins Matt and Tyrie, ready to discuss 1946's Paisan - a feature made out of six 'episodes', each chronicling the liberation of Italy by the allied forces of World War II. Being such an important film which tackles some incredibly bleak subject matter, you'd be forgiven for thinking this episode is without bits, goofs, gags and laughs. But you'd be dead wrong. Enjoy!

Hey folks, for the next three episodes we are gonna be running... ehhh CLASSIC Tripod... That's right we're doing old black and white movies can you believe it. But these films aren't just black and white, they're also super important. I'm talking of course about Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy! Three films made in the immediate aftermath of WWII. First up is Rome, Open City, a film that not only broke the rules, but completely rewrote the book on how films are made for decades to come. "All roads lead to Rome, Open City." John Luc Goddard. Enjoy!

Hey man! Like, welcome back, man. Today Tyrie and Matt are breaking into the grid, with their discussion of Tron: Ares. The boys ponder why Disney keeps going back to this neon world of one's and zero's (especially when none of the three films have ever made the company any actual one's or zero's) as well as the state of Jared Leto's career, and more importantly, the seemingly lost art of blockbuster movie-making and what Tron: Ares has to say about A.I., grief, connection, and what it truly means...to be cool.

Feeling existential? GOOD! Because this week the boys are back to close the book on Takeshi's Kitano's Yakuza Trilogy. The final instalment, Sonatine, follows Beat and his boys as they lay low at the beach, play some games, throw some disc and then go out in a blaze of...glory? Tune in to find out, and get ready for another classic Tripod disagreement, because clever boy Tyrie loved this film and big ol' dummy Matt ultimately found it boring. Shocker!