An Honor to be Nominated

Today's guest fights against the idea that your favorite movie has to come from a set cannon of options. Despite the blank stares he's sometimes received over the past two decades when telling people his favorite movie is John Frankenheimer's Ronin Christopher Maziekien is a passionate advocate for this exciting heist adventure and it's incredible, all too real car chases! Join us as we discuss the history of punching Nazis going back to the action films of the '70s and '80s, looking at just how big a mess truly talented creators can make when they get it wrong and puzzle over what the MTV Movie & TV Awards could have possibly been thinking!!

Hope you're hungry as Matt and his guest Ruben take a big bite out of Queer film theory, discuss their own experiences growing up gay in the '90s and then dive into analysis of Silence of the Lambs, it's sweep of the Oscars and it's cultural controversies.

It seems a little early in the shows run but life just got into a bit of a log jam for Matt so he's taking a couple of weeks off for Thanksgiving.  See you in December!

First recorded and third broadcast, Matt's popping the champagne with guest Maggie as they discuss her incredible entrepreneurial life creating immersive media experiences, working with futurists and living life as a synesthete. From the early years of Burning Man, to being part of the Bay Area tech boom in the 90's, to unschooling her daughter in the 00's it's amazing the adventures one can fall into when you're just trying to escape your family. Then they dive into the scary similarities of sedentary Covid life and humanity stuck on a spaceship 700 years in future as two robots discover the power of love and being true to themselves in the Disney/ PIXAR masterpiece, Wall-E.

In his second episode Matt interviews Ryan and Loren from Hollywood Picture New about the miscarriage of justice that was Forrest Gump winning the Best Picture Academy Award over Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Quiz Show.  They also discuss the ups and downs of careers in and out of production in Los Angeles and the life in the pop culture fast line those two lead with their weekly informative podcast.

In the premiere episode of An Honor to be Nominated Matt discusses following the Hollywood dream from leaving home to an unexpected return with author, director and artist Endless Meghan Warner. We cover her numerous projects and creative adventures and then discuss one of our favorite spooky film favorites, The Exorcist.

Every year hundreds of movies premiere worldwide but only a small handful get sorted into the best and worst categories; notable enough to be considered “award-worthy”. And every year, despite the hype, ignoring Hollywood trends and not falling for sentimentalism, cinephiles find ourselves asking; win or lose, did they deserve it? An Honor to be Nominated host Matt Lapointe-Smith discusses the award nominations, wins and losses of a guest’s favorite movie as well as what movies have meant in their own life weekly. First episode coming soon!