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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
  • Her Breasts, Family Business – Slums of Beverly Hills

    Her Breasts, Family Business – Slums of Beverly Hills
    Oct 6 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith unpack Tamara Jenkins’s semi-autobiographical tale of a family chasing stability in the fringes of 90210.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Key Parties and Crumbling Ideals – The Ice Storm

    Key Parties and Crumbling Ideals – The Ice Storm
    Sep 29 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith dig into Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm (1997), where suburban Connecticut families freeze under the pressures of shifting social mores, crumbling marriages, and one fatal ice storm.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • An Ode to Awkwardness

    An Ode to Awkwardness
    Sep 22 2025

    Jim Groom and Michael Branson Smith discuss Todd Solondz’s 1996 indie darling Welcome to the Dollhouse. Dawn Wiener faces the brutality of junior high, the cruelty of family favoritism, and the faint promise of escape through music, fantasy, and misfit connection.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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