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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
  • Playing Happy Family – Fatal Attraction

    Playing Happy Family – Fatal Attraction
    Apr 6 2026

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith examine how a single act of infidelity fractures the illusion of stability in an upper middle class family in Adrian Lyne’s Fatal Attraction.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Roles That Wouldn’t Hold – The Birds

    The Roles That Wouldn’t Hold – The Birds
    Mar 30 2026

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith trace the transformation of Melanie Daniels in The Birds, as she moves from carefree socialite to something like a daughter, a mother, and finally a broken figure in a family that cannot hold.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • A Boy's Best Friend is his Mother – Psycho

    A Boy's Best Friend is his Mother – Psycho
    Mar 23 2026

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith unpack how Hitchcock stages the collapse of respectability in a world where sex is visible but not yet accepted.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
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