Podcast
Northern Italy in the mid-eighties sets the scene for Timothèe Chalamet's (well-deserved) Oscar nominated performance in Luca Guadagnino's coming of age film. We will get into the performances and filming techniques of this small, seemingly simple, but complex film. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Oscar nominations AND a Paul Thomas Anderson movie all in one week! We quickly go through our predictions for the nominations and how many we got right. Then we dive into the second pairing between Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis. We got completely different things from this movie, which makes it an interesting discussion!! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we welcome Melanie Simmons, film and theater actress and costar with Paul in their most recent play! We talk about Dee Rees' new film Mudbound. We discuss the performances, writing and the uniqueness of the Netflix release model. Thanks Melanie! Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we talk about Guillermo del Toro's fairy tale about love, war, the past, the present and the romance between a mute cleaning lady and an egg-eating fish man. Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon and Doug Jones (the fish man) are all at the top of their game with parts that were written specifically for them. See this in the theater if you can! It's magical. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we see James Franco's take on the making of the cult favorite "The Room". The director and star of this film tries to bring Tommy Wiseau's eccentricities to a larger audience and it is both hilarious and touching at times. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we have an epic podcast talking about an epic movie. The biggest movie of the year actually has some thought-provoking scenes on the surface and even on a meta level. We talk about the movie, but also the role of the fan in the Star Wars ecosystem. Rian Johnson sure does give us a lot to think about! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we talk about a great coming-of-age movie that does more with the genre than just tick the boxes. Saoirse Ronan plays the title character in the relatable, hilarious and grounded film from writer/director Greta Gerwig. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we actually disagree on a movie! Martin McDonough (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) tells a unique story about a grieving mother who is fed up an decides to do something about it. Like McDonough's other character driven movies, this one has a great cast. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we move to the DC Universe and see if the joint forces of Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon can put a bunch of superheroes on screen and make it entertaining. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we are back with the newest Marvel movie. But this movie is unlike any other Marvel movie. Taika Waititi brings his hilarious sensibility to the Thor series to shake it up a bit. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we are back with our slightly delayed discussion on Denis Villeneuve's new Blade Runner movie. We talk about why it was even worth making this movie, the score, cinematography and the acting (some which was effortless and masterful). Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Happy Halloween! This is our Horror Movie episode from a few years back. Enjoy! New episodes coming soon! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
In this contentious episode, we try to figure out what writer/director Darren Aronofsky wanted to say with this surreal film without reading any reviews or interviews. We also talk about how he decided to use Jennifer Lawrence and the rest of the great cast that he attracted to this project. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
The newest adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling novel is out in the theaters and is doing really well despite the poor box office numbers this summer. We come at this from two different angles: Paul has read the book and loved it and Josh knows nothing about it. We also talk about Moviepass, Paul's play and the Episode IX director choice. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we dig into a auteur we haven't mentioned much in the past. Malick has had a unique career spanning 45 years. We look at three of his films and figure out what we like and don't like about his developed style. We talk about the following films at the specified timecode, if you want to jump to a particular film. Spoilers abound!
Badlands - 24:52
The Tree of Life - 51:29
Knight of Cups - 1:12:09
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This week we dish out our thoughts on how food is used in film, both narrative movies and documentaries. We also spend a little time at the start of the episode talking about the new MoviePass changes and what that might mean for movie-going. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
Steven Soderbergh is back! Back in the director's chair (and cinematographer, camera operator, editor, etc). We talk about his new film starring one of his regulars, Channing Tatum, along with Adam Driver, Riley Keough and introducing...Daniel Craig! Why would Soderbergh come back to directing films? We talk about that and the interesting release model that he has created with this film. Come listen! We know all the twitters! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we circle back on a film that Josh hadn't gotten around to seeing during Oscar season. This French film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Isabelle Huppert (in an Oscar nominated role) may be much more than the basic tagline. What was described as a thriller about a rape victim searching for her attacker brings up so many more questions than it answers. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week Christopher Nolan gives us an account of the British rescue mission of hundreds of thousands of men on the beach at Dunkirk during World War II. He does it in true Nolan fashion (in 70MM!) by structuring the movie to focus on land, sea and air in different time frames. We talk about why Tom Hardy would take this role, how Kenneth Branagh is great at delivering exposition and how Mark Rylance is a solid actor (as if you didn't know). Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
This week we talk about a true romantic comedy with equal doses of both. This film (based on a true story) is about a comedian who falls in love with a woman and quickly has to deal with his feelings for her when she is put into a medically induced coma and he meets her parents (played by Holly Hunter and Ray Romano). We start of the episode talking about Josh's rewatch of Baby Driver and finally seeing the new Blade Runner trailer. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.
