A collaborative exploration of cinematic rhetoric.
Throughout the month of October we'll be looking at the epic films of Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi: The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) Kwaidan (1964) (Click on a poster to watch a trailer) And although we won't… Continue reading The October Marquee: Masaki Kobayashi
Throughout the month of September we'll be looking at the career of the director known as Spike Jonze: Being John Malkovich (1999) Adaptation. (2002) Where the Wild Things Are (2009) Her (2013) (Click on a poster to watch a trailer) And although we won't be discussing these films in-depth, here is an extended watching list… Continue reading The September Marquee: Spike Jonze
Throughout the month of August we'll be looking at the directing and writing works of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) 21 Jump Street (2012) The Lego Movie (2014) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (Click on a poster to watch a trailer) And although we won't be discussing these… Continue reading The August Marquee: Lord & Miller
Throughout the month of July we'll be looking at the career of action-comedy star Jackie Chan: Drunken Master (1978) Police Story (1985) Supercop (1992) The Foreigner (2017) (Click on a poster to watch a trailer) And although we won't be discussing these films in-depth, here is an extended watching list of films that will relate… Continue reading The July Marquee: Jackie Chan
Throughout the month of May we'll be looking at the feature films produced by the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon. The four films we'll be looking at on the podcast are: The Silent World (1956) World Without Sun (1964) Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976) The Odyssey (2016) (Click on a poster to… Continue reading The June Marquee: Jacques Cousteau
Throughout the month of May we'll be looking at the feature films produced by the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon. The four films we'll be looking at on the podcast are: The Secret of Kells (2009) Song of the Sea (2014) The Breadwinner (2017) WolfWalkers (2020) (Click on a poster to watch a trailer) And… Continue reading The May Marquee: Cartoon Saloon
Throughout the month of April we'll be looking at the works and career of Golden Age director Ernst Lubitsch. The four films we'll be looking at on the podcast are: Ninotchka (1939) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Heaven Can Wait (1943) (Click on a poster to watch… Continue reading The April Marquee: Ernst Lubitsch
Throughout the month of March we'll be exploring a range of films that have gained notoriety for their accidental or intentional departure from the cinematic standards of quality. The four films we'll be looking at on the podcast are: Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957) Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) Sharknado (2013) The VelociPastor (2016)… Continue reading The March Marquee: So-Bad-It’s-Good
To kick off our new podcast season we'll be exploring the works of Jane Austen through various film adaptations. The four adaptations we'll be looking at on the podcast are: (Click on a poster to watch a trailer) Sense and Sensibility (1995) Northanger Abbey (2007) Love & Friendship (2016) Emma. (2020) And although we won't… Continue reading The February Marquee: Jane Austen
Hey fellow Filmlings, We've got lot's going on this year and a few changes to the structure of the podcast that we wanted to make everyone aware of. One of our goals with these changes is to give more time for the study and research that goes into each episode and to do that we'll… Continue reading Season 5 Updates
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