Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying all 4 Episode of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “teen”.
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Donnie Darko
May 12th, 2025 | 2 hrs 18 mins
drew barrymore, high school, jake gyllenhaal, maggie gyllenhaal, patrick swayze, scifi, seth rogen, teen
It's the end of the world as we know it, and we feel fine. Donnie Darko's convoluted sci-fi narrative is beside the point, as it's the emotional core of Richard Kelly's film about how our lives interweave and that we are not truly as alone as we may suspect that makes this an enduring classic. Guest podcaster and possible imaginary rabbit Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) joins us to discuss this mad world, why it still haunts us, and why it deserves to be part of our Patrick MAYze month of movies.
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90s Movies - Part 2
June 3rd, 2024 | 2 hrs 50 mins
1990s, 90s, action, cinema, clueless, comedy, david fincher, disney, fight club, film, high school, horror, jim carrey, matrix, movie, movies, scifi, teen
We conclude our survey course of 90s movies by revisiting the late teens of our crew of guests (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) for those films that challenged us and shaped us into who we are. Once again, our lists feature fan favorites and hidden gems alike.
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Dazed and Confused
April 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 48 mins
1970s, 420, 70s, affleck, anthony rapp, ben affleck, classic rock, high school, linklater, matthew mcconaughey, mcconaughey, parker posey, richard linklater, rock, stoner, teen, teen comedies, teen comedy
We get older and this classic teen comedy stays the same age. Our bud Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) joins us to revisit our nostalgia for Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused", the 1976 it depicts, its killer soundtrack, and our foolish teen years where everything seemed so important and, maybe, was.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Series)
July 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
1990s, 90s, angst, anthony head, comedy, demons, dracula, halloween, horror, nostalgia, sarah michelle gellar, satan, scooby, teen, television, tv, vampires
Slayers gonna slay as paranormal fiction writer Betsy Allen joins our Scooby Gang to revisit TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", where our heroes face off against the undead, the unholy, and all the awkward emotional garbage the life slings at you as you grow from teens to adults.