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A House of Dynamite Blows Up the Cinephile Hissy Fit

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The hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast fashion themselves as being two prepared things when it comes to the recent Netflix film A House of Dynamite. The first trait is being automatic fans of the words of Kathryn Bigelow. If a film has her name on it, the movie becomes appointment viewing for a cinephile. The second is being prepared for when open endings occur in a picture. They, as astute critics, feel patient, eager, and accepting of an artist’s vision, yet Bigelow’s new film ends up testing some limits for the podcast hosts.

The cover photo of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast episode for Sinners

For their 217th episode, two analytical  film critics, two saber-rattling dads, and two missile-dropping teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, hop into a little bit of the simmering 2025 awards season with a hotly debated contender from Netflix. The gentlemen share a great divide for the political thriller A House of Dynamite, the latest white-knuckle film from The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow. Podcast bombs are exploding everywhere! Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!

Cinephile Hissy Fit is an Astra Award-losing Film Obsessive media podcast, brought to you by the Ruminations Radio Network, and a member of the Critics Choice Podcast Network. Please visit, rate, review and subscribe. If you enjoyed this show, we have more where that came from, with interesting hosts, and wonderful guests. All are available on iTunes, Spotify, and anywhere you find your favorite shows. Follow the show on Twitter at @CinephileFit and on Facebook. Also, find both Will Johnson and Don Shanahan on Letterboxd as they accumulate their viewings and build their ranks and lists. Lastly, check out their TeePublic store for merchandise options from stickers to t-shirts!

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Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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