The Alien Movie Project

Kate and Aaron Donaldson

The Alien Movie Project is a weekly podcast that examines the narrative and affective politics of alien movies. And sometimes we talk about plaid.
AMP is hosted by Kate and Aaron Donaldson and produced by Matt Campbell.

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93 episodes
Updated Sep 7, 2017
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Oct 5, 2016 · 1 hr 37 min
EP 71 - Pacific Rim (2013)
Ginormous robots, nowhere space and more to fear from the bottom of the sea.
Sep 27, 2016 · 1 hr 30 min
EP 70 - Evolution (2001)
Suds, duds, microbes and rectal probes. Get ready to shampoo some aliens...
Sep 20, 2016 · 1 hr 36 min
EP 69 - The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Goggles, menthol cools, necromongers and why hard body masculinity means never having to say you care/are sorry/have emotions/really meant to rescue that damsel...
Sep 13, 2016 · 1 hr 50 min
EP 68 - The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
Tip, tip, tip, tip, tip! Confounded by stairs, stymied by doors, aliens from outer space with a pet mutant on the loose. If only he had hands. Moon spoons, teaspoons, tablespoons of science and the best parody of 50's B movies we've ever watched for the Alien Movie Project. Joined by special guest Charles Horgan.
Sep 8, 2016 · 1 hr 54 min
EP 67 - Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1951)
Aliens playing hey cows, Mrs. Scientist and more flying saucers than you can point an ultrasonic gun at... perhaps the saucer-iest movie of all time? The amazing Robbie Graham joins us for another interview.
Aug 31, 2016 · 1 hr 37 min
EP 66 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
The emotional economy of plants... er, men, the Victorian sensibilities of extraterrestrials, still more monstrous femininity and whether "get em!" constitutes cool rational logic.
Aug 23, 2016 · 1 hr 27 min
EP 65 - The Thing from Another World (1951)
Intellectual carrots, coffee and Arctic board meetings.
Aug 17, 2016 · 1 hr 29 min
EP 64 - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I will spend the rest of our lives... am I right? Misogyny, misguided "that'll learn ems" and general shenanigans.
Aug 10, 2016 · 1 hr 26 min
EP 63 - Spaced Invaders (1990)
The upside: we found Kevin Middleton's Halloween costume. The downside: we watched Spaced Invaders.
Aug 3, 2016 · 1 hr 40 min
EP 62 - Super 8 (2011)
A pinch of magic, a minor fear of mortality... and the power of children's tears.
Jul 29, 2016 · 1 hr 41 min
EP 61 - Flash Gordon (1980)
It's kind of about football... and it will leave you feeling concussed. We watched Flash Gordon.
Jul 20, 2016 · 1 hr 28 min
AMP - EP 60 - Batteries Not Included (1987)
You guys, they've figured out intergalactic travel... do they reallllly need batteries?
Jul 5, 2016 · 1 hr 35 min
EP 58 - 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Crop dusters, the return of the quack and the female space invader.
Jun 27, 2016 · 1 hr 32 min
EP 59 - Attack the Block (2011)
Hooligans, shenanigans and goings on. Monstrous femininity, feral children, racism, sexism and city scapes.
Jun 27, 2016
EP 57 - Space Milkshake (2012)
Intergalactic janitors, plug and play robots, rubber ducks gone awry annnnnd Scrabble.
Jun 21, 2016
EP 56 - Mac and Me (1988)
If the human body is over 50% water, it apparently stands to reason that alien bodies are 100% Coca Cola. Not sure what to make of that statistic? Grab a cheeseburger and dance it out with the world's most terrifying alien in a bear suit. Product placement, advertising targets and questionable child safety standards.
Jun 14, 2016 · 1 hr 28 min
EP 55 - Under the Skin (2013)
Humanity, femininity, nowhere spaces and the undeniable privilege of walking fearlessly into a dark, abandoned house with a stranger.
Jun 7, 2016 · 1 hr 43 min
EP 54 - The 4th Kind (2009)
The Blair Witch Project meets Unsolved Mysteries... with a 10 million dollar budget. Mythmaking, humanity, visual and political rhetorics of possession. A movie within a movie within a movie...
Mar 23, 2016 · 1 hr 36 min
Ep. 53 - What Did We Learn?
A recap of AMP Season 1 and a quick look at what's next! We're still not so good at the maths. And what did you learn?
Mar 10, 2016 · 1 hr 43 min
Ep. 52 - Out of the Blue (2002)
The only movie to give Kate nightmares is a documentary. So there's that. Joining us for a conversation about ufology, government influence and Hollywood is none other than Robbie Graham, author of Silver Screen Saucers.