Barbenheimer | Film Club #35

In this special episode we have a double feature: Barbie and Oppenheimer, also known collectively as Barbenheimer. 

Since it was announced that Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Mattel movie would be released on the same day, a hype began to build. The memes were endless. People made posters combining the two movies. Fans wore all pink to screenings of Barbie, or all black for Oppenheimer. Some vice versa.

Both movies made a killing at the box office. Barbie even broke the record for sales of a movie by a female director. Suffice to say, Barbenheimer is a moviegoing phenomenon.

Hosted by Ormund Alaois.

Roundtable led by Madison Knutson and AJ Schultz.

Music by Kendrick Whiteman.

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