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Bible overtones, CGI babies, and Terrence Malick. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!
Today's guest is Senior Video Editor at BioWare and co-host of Beyond The Screenplay, Alex Calleros. Listen to our initial conversation with Alex and gain brand new insights on Children of Men you haven't heard anywhere else!
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Edited by Fernando Queiroz
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Original Music by Matt Gordeuk
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What does it mean for a movie to have integrity?
It’s an interesting question because, before the conversation you are about to hear today, you likely have never heard that word used to describe a movie before.
Maybe you've heard it used to describe characters in a movie, or filmmakers themselves. But never extrapolated to all facets of a movie, and especially not things like production and sound design, or even extras in the background.
But that’s how Alex Calleros, Senior Video Editor at BioWare and co-host of the film podcast Beyond The Screenplay, describes his all-time favorite movie, Children of Men: a movie with integrity in all aspects of its filmmaking.
What exactly does this mean, and where can find in every nook and cranny of Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi masterwork? Listen to this week's episode to find out!
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Acapella, documentaries, and Jaws: The Board Game. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!
Today's guest is storyteller and host of the Film Nuts Podcast, Taylor D. Adams. Listen to our initial conversation with Taylor and gain brand new insights on Jaws you haven't heard anywhere else!
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How do we conquer our fear of the unknown? We’ve discussed a number of horror films on this show and, at the end of the day, almost all of their scariest elements come down to fear of the unknown.
Cannibal families, demonic cults, seeing dead people, they’re all really bizarre and frightening because of it. But sometimes, even things closer to home can be just as elusive. Say, something we share our oceans with?
Spielberg understood this when he ignited his career with Jaws, one of cinema’s first ever blockbusters, but there’s more to it than just fear. In fact, according to today’s guest, it’s a movie about facing your fear.
Taylor D. Adams is a fellow storyteller and podcaster who hosts the Film Nuts Podcast, where he talks to artists of all backgrounds and concentrations about their favorite movies and television shows. Today, the turns have tabled, and now he will be talking about his favorite movie, Jaws, and how it taught him, and can teach us, the key to conquering our fear of the unknown.
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Mars Attacks!, Prometheus, and...Mouse Hunt?? All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!
Today's guest is podcaster and educator, Marlin Williford. Listen to our initial conversation with Marlin and gain brand new insights on Independence Day you haven't heard anywhere else!
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It's the Fourth of July! And yet, it doesn't quite feel like a time to celebrate. Regardless of wherever you stand on whatever issue, our country is just in a really weird place, more divided and isolated than ever. So it might sound weird to suggest that an antidote to all of these feelings might just be...Independence Day.
No, I'm not talking about the holiday this time. I'm talking about Roland Emerick's 1996 landmark blockbuster. The movie is certainly patriotic, but more in a 1996 kind of way, rather than a 2022 kind of way. It was pre-9/11 after all, and that often makes the film feel more like an oddity or a time capsule than a modern masterpiece.
But I recently heard a perspective that had me reconsidering all of that, courtesy of podcaster and educator, Marlin Wilford. He is the host of his own solo podcast, Marlin's Corner, as well as one of the co-hosts on the roundtable podcast, Geek Force. Both shows focus on pop culture, media, and politics through a POC lens.
When Marlin explained his take on sci-fi and aliens and Independence Day, I was floored. It was inspiring to hear that even a movie as massive and as 90s as Independence Day could still speak to the current cultural moment and imbue it with hope. He completely reshaped the way I saw this movie and by the end of this episode, it's gonna do the same for you.
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The Village, The Babadook, and The Mummy. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!
Today's guest is director, actress, and screenwriter, Anna Chazelle. Listen to our initial conversation with Anna and gain brand new insights into The Sixth Sense you haven't heard anywhere else!
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Original Music by Matt Gordeuk
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TW: Child Abuse, Child Neglect
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Very few filmmakers can honestly, and accurately, portray the plight of very young children on screen. But one of those filmmakers has always been M. Night Shyamalan. Despite his divisive reputation, he has often featured young characters at the heart of his stories while always maintaining a sensitivity in how he has them interact with the horror and thriller elements of his movies.
This all started from the jump with The Sixth Sense, M. Night's directorial debut. His fall from grace has shrouded this movie in the past, but its honest portrayal of childhood, not to mention its iconic twist, keeps it just as memorable as it was over twenty years ago.
But how does M. Night place someone so young at the center of something so tragic without turning them into a martyr? Why is he still one of the only filmmakers who can take such a vulnerable age group and treat them with such respect and dignity?
To answer this, I brought in a Sixth Sense superfan and a horror lover through and through: Anna Chazelle. She is an incredibly talented triple threat--an actor, writer, and director--whose directorial debut, Narrow, proved that she knows what goes into making an effective psychological horror story.
Today, she's going to share with us her insight into how the The Sixth Sense's central relationship, gripping performances, and terrifying ghosts make for one of cinema's most effective stories on childhood trauma.
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Original Music by Matt Gordeuk
Additional Original Music by Daniel Grunberg
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Volunteering with the youth, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and acting with tennis balls. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!
Today's guest is screenwriter, author, podcaster, and Jurassic Park expert, Tricia Aurand. Listen to our initial conversation with Tricia and gain brand new insights into Jurassic Park you haven't heard anywhere else!
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Have you ever heard the phrase "they just don’t make ‘em like they used to?" I'm sure you have. Maybe you've even caught yourself saying it once or twice. There are certain creative mindsets that have been abandoned by studios in the franchise era that we’re living through right now.
Back in the 80s and 90s, visionary filmmakers were taking bold story ideas that, on paper, sounded a little bizarre but, in execution, became all-time classics. Nobody did this kind of film better than Steven Spielberg, and one film proves it more than any other--Jurassic Park.
There are plenty of reasons why the film was so successful but, when you break it all down, there’s really only one. And in today's episode, accomplished screenwriter, author, and podcaster, Tricia Aurand, is going to share that one key reason. It uncovers exactly why Jurassic Park remains one of the greatest films of all time and how maybe…just maybe…we can start making them like we used to.
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Purple lightsabers, R2D2 bleep-bloops, and finally realizing what "Binary Sunset" means. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!
Today's guest is host and creator of Lessons From The Screenplay, Michael Tucker. Listen to our initial conversation with Michael and gain brand new insights into Star Wars you haven't heard anywhere else!
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Star Wars. Just those two words evoke so much in so many of us: distant planets, unforgettable characters, and a battle of good versus evil spanning generations. But it's important to remember where it all began–with a young snarky farm boy from a desert planet who was destined to save the entire gallery.
The original Star Wars remains to this day a very simple and accessible story. But it's also pretty damn complex, and for all that has already been said about it, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what that complexity is. So what is it? And how can a movie be simple and complex at the same time?
Michael Tucker, the creator and voice behind Lessons From The Screenplay and Beyond The Screenplay, is here to crack the code on how the first installment in pop culture's most beloved space opera is actually simpler and more complex than you remember.
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F*cked up families, No Children of Old Men, and the ending of Hereditary you didn't get to see. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!
Today's guest is illustrator and medical professional Senary Autumn. Listen to our initial conversation with Senary and gain brand new insights into Hereditary you haven't heard anywhere else!
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Deptford Cinema's Analysis on Hereditary
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Original Music by Matt Gordeuk
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TW: Abuse, suicide, starvation
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Any passionate movie fan will tell you that deciding your all-time favorite movie is a painstaking process. But what happens when somebody's favorite movie isn't their favorite by choice?
When I invited illustrator and medical professional Senary Autumn onto my show, she knew she had to talk about Hereditary, even if it didn't make her happy to do so. It's a devastating family drama that taps into an entirely new generation of horror and exposes it from the inside out. It spoke to her struggles and anxieties so deeply that the film became a part of her and changed her life.
When I say "horror," you're probably thinking of a slasher or a creature feature, maybe even a ghost story. But today's film is none of those things. In fact, by stripping itself of all of those tropes, it became something more terrifying than anything Senary has ever seen. So what makes Hereditary scarier than any horror movie that came before it?
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Letters of Transit NFTs, scumbag Louis, and sharing Casablanca with Tom Hanks. All of this and more on our first official edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round, a fun spinoff segment from our regular show in which we ask our guest a series of fun, sometimes silly questions to gain more insights into their all-time favorite movie and why they love it.
Today's guest is screenwriter and YouTube video essayist Sean Capdeville. Listen to our initial conversation with Sean and gain brand new insights into Casablanca you haven't heard anywhere else!
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Casablanca is considered by many to be one of the greatest films of all time. There's very little that anybody could say that hasn't already been said. But what if I told you that I found the exception to that rule?
Sean Capdeville is a screenwriter and host of the YouTube video essay series "Franchise Forum." He has an incredible attention to detail and a knack for understanding world-building, which he learned from his favorite movie of all time, Casablanca. It's a screenplay that taught Sean you can effectively build your world by accounting for every detail you can.
But how does Casablanca make every detail matter? How do all of these details strengthen the story world? And how does all of this work to inspire Sean every day to keep writing and keep telling stories? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more this week on "My Favorite Movie is..."
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My Favorite Movie is... RETURNS on Sunday, April 17th with WEEKLY uploads wherever you get your podcasts. In this brief update, Larry talks about the new upload schedule, the new "Bonus Round" segment, transitioning to a new podcast host, and how you can prepare for our Season 2 premiere!
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Back To The Future Parts II and III often sit in the shadow of their predecessor. But there are plenty of fresh, new story ideas that only deepen and reaffirm the themes, characters, and relationships of its predecessor. They may just be two of the greatest sequels of all time. On our season finale, and our second ever double header, host Larry Fried joins screenwriter and TikTok creator Steven Reyes, and filmmaker-EB Indie Film Festival co-founder Kevin Lin to give these films due justice. From the iconic interpretation of 2015, to the charming recreation of 1885, we break down everything that works in these hilarious, these movies can teach us a lot about what makes a great sequel.
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What the heck is a Daisies? You may have never heard of this film from the Czech New Wave, but it was a monumental exploration of female friendships, paving the way for modern classics like Lady Bird and Booksmart! Actress and filmmaker Anna Dale Robinson joins Larry on the show this week, diving deep into the complex female friendship at the center of Věra Chytilová's 1966 surrealist comedy masterwork.
For those who haven't seen Daisies, it is available to stream on Criterion Channel and HBOMax!
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