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The Family Pictures Podcast

The Family Pictures Podcast

By: Jim Groom Michael Branson Smith
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 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 Smith2025 Art
Episodes
  • Blood, Kin, and the Frontier Father – The Searchers

    Blood, Kin, and the Frontier Father – The Searchers
    Nov 24 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith take a journey into the West’s darkest myth—where family, race, and vengeance shape the American imagination.
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • I Don't Get Mad Anymore – One Battle After Another

    I Don't Get Mad Anymore – One Battle After Another
    Nov 17 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith dive into Paul Thomas Anderson’s absurdist epic One Battle After Another, tracing how a botched revolution, an absent mother, and a very tired dad collide into a father–daughter story about surviving the fallout of ideology.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • The Human Project Lives – Children of Men

    The Human Project Lives – Children of Men
    Nov 5 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith look at Children of Men as a story about the memory of family at the end of time—a world where nostalgia replaces birth, and the smallest spark of new life becomes a collective act of faith.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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