The Family Pictures Podcast

By: Jim Groom Michael Branson Smith
  • Summary

  • A podcast exploring the best and worst family dynamics on screen – the cinematic highs and lows of family behavior, from heartwarming moments to unforgettable dysfunction. Hosted by Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith
    2025
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Episodes
  • With no Trade to Inherit – Breaking Away
    Mar 31 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith explore the Stohler family, their friends, and the Cutters that the sons of Bloomington, Indiana, will never become.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Piazza della Famiglia – Amarcord
    Mar 28 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith spend four seasons in Fellini's Rimini, drifting from character to character in this sprawling piazza della famiglia.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Without My Parents – The 400 Blows
    Mar 17 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss the film that launched the French New Wave—François Truffaut's semi-autobiographical tale of a boy navigating parental neglect in post-war France.

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    1 hr and 1 min

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