
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 t... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 51 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TV & FilmFilm Interviews | |||

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.
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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'
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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.
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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 not exactly universally loved... more
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, 'Strange Magic'.
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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 Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of T... more
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 ownership, and is Cars 2 overr... more
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 screen last year, and its held a s... more
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