Hosted by Chris Flaherty · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 59 episodes
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Welcome to Movies That Matter, where our personal connections matter more than the number of Academy Awards or Box-Office returns.Join host Chris Flaherty and guests as they discuss a wide variety of films both old and new, and share the impacts they’ve had on us not just as audience members, but as human beings. Critical and commercial success aren’t the gold standard here. What’s important is the personal connection we form with what’s on the silver screen.
Chris Flaherty hosts Movies That Matter, a tv show with 59 episodes published.
Chris and Kayla Pierce aka KaylaTheShow on TikTok, discuss Disney's 2009 animated feature, The Princess & The Frog. Kayla's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kaylatheshow Watch the video version of this episode on Movies T
Hey Momma welcome to the sixtieth episode, where Chris and Giuliana Magrane discuss the 2007 adaptation of the musical comedy starring John Travolta and introducing Nikki Blonsky. Follow Movies That Matter on Youtube and
Strap in for a Pixar-packed episode where Chris and Ben Stanley, Media Analyst, Content Creator, and Pixar Enthusiast, unpack the animation studio's underrated gem from last year, Elio. Ben's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.c
Chris welcomes Sarah Eshelman, English & Journalism Teacher, back to 'Movies That Matter' to discuss the 1934 mystery-comedy 'The Thin Man'. The film is not just a favorite of Sarah's but of her late mother's. Movies can
Chris chats with Ricard Cussó, director of the new animated film 'The Pout-Pout Fish', based on the New York Times best-selling children's book by Deborah Diesen, and starring Nick Offerman, in US theaters now, on a pers
Chris chats with Nicci Kadilak, author, writer, and founder of Burlington Buzz on 2020's modern adaptation of The Invisible Man starring Elisabeth Moss. Subscribe to the Burlington Buzz: https://www.burlington.buzz Find
To coincide with the Winter Olympics, Chris and Nick Giglio discuss Disney's sports "dramedy" classic from 1993. Follow Movies That Matter on Youtube & Instagram: http://www.youtube.com/@MoviesThatMatterPodcast https://w
In the second of two episodes, Chris and John Viaes, friend, colleague in public access television and fellow Disney aficionado, discuss Pixar's original 'Toy Story' in honor of its thirtieth anniversary in 2025. Don't f
In the first of two episodes, Chris and John Viaes, friend, colleague in public access television and fellow Disney aficionado, discuss the cult-classic 'A Goofy Movie' in honor of its thirtieth anniversary in 2025. Don'
Chris and Robert Parris, Sports Reporter of Burlington Cable Access Television, celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of Home Alone. Merry, Christmas, you filthy animals! Don't forget to follow Movies That Matter on You
The holidays (and the fifth year of Movies That Matter) kick-off as Chris and Veras Connolly discuss Netflix's beloved 2019 animated feature Klaus. Subscribe to Veras on Youtube and find more of their work: https://www.y
For the special 50th episode, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jaws, Chris chats with Martha's Vineyard native and Actor Jeffrey Voorhees, who played the young Alex Kintner that became the shark's second victim. Liste
In honor of the 75th anniversary of Charles Schultz's Peanuts, Chris takes an episode to himself to talk about the significance and timeless message of their first feature film, 1969's 'A Boy Named Charlie Brown' Don't f
Veras Connolly returns to introduce Chris to the anime series Yo-Kai Watch, and its first-ever feature film, and how its artwork and premise inspires their work to this day. Subscribe to Veras on Youtube and find more of
As the title suggests, , the Movies That Matter mantra ("Entertainment is subjective, and that's not a bad thing") is on full-display this episode , as Chris and show veteran Liz Gillespie each share three films that are
Chris chats with his old mentor, Tricia L. Woods, Writer and Video Production Educator, on her new book 'Short Scripts for Film Students' and the overlooked 2015 animated-fantasy-musical from the mind of George Lucas, 'S
May 12th 2025 marked eighty years since the world was first introduced to the world of Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends. In celebration of that, Chris is joined by Brannon Carty, Director of the documentary-film "An Un
Liz Gillespie returns for her landmark eleventh episode to discuss Dreamworks Animation's 2024 masterpiece, in a super-sized summer episode that touches on everything from streaming, the Oscars, live-action remakes, pet
Stephanie Azzarello-Giglio, Ambulatory Clinic Supervisor II at Boston Children's Hospital and fellow alum of Quinnipiac University, returns to the pod to discuss Wicked. The worldwide phenomenon leaped from stage to scre
Not every film makes it out of the festival circuit. Jonathan Kasdan's The First Time premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, and while it may have only received a limit release outside of Park City, it has rema
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