Our goal is simple: to save the world, to bring balance to the force, to cross the road, to boldly go where no man has gone before. We are dreamers—we won’t deny it. But we figure if anyone can do it, then we can too, since we are all anyone. (Don’t overt
With Josh flying solo, this week's episode focuses on the Zion International Film Festival and why Josh loves this particular event. If you love movies, consider attending this year's festival at the Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma, Washington. You can buy tickets at www.ZionFilmFest.com and receive a 20% discount using the code "FOXFIRE" at checkout. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
It's time to visit a classic movie; the sort of movie that everyone wants to have seen but somehow don't find time to watch it. Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" lies at the intersection of incredible and incredibly boring. Those who start it wish they hadn't and those who finish it are glad they did. Thanks to some prompting from a fellow film nerd, Sean de Moura, Josh and Elijah have begun to catch up on some of these cinema-defining movies starting with this one. Listen in as Josh, Elijah, and Sean think together about the meaning of "2001: A Space Odyssey". For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Stories shape our souls. So what do we do with pagan myth? This week Elijah guides us through some of the old myths and helps us understand how to best enjoy them as Christians. He and Josh also explore how mythologies shape culture and tease out the implications of this for Christian storytellers in our time. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Every movie consists of thousands of individual images flashed in front of your eyes at varying frame rates. Sometimes, those images give the illusion of motion because they are captured by a camera, and sometimes, they give the illusion of motion because an animator drew images on the page. In other cases though, the illusion of motion comes from the meticulous moving of real objects on the screen frame by frame. This technique is called stop-motion animation. In this week's episode, Josh and Elijah discuss the art of stop-motion animation and discuss what makes it so visually distinct. Along the way, they also talk through some of their favorite stop-motion movies, so be sure to listen for some new recommendations. LINKS: Josh's First Stop Motion Hidari For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Another aftershow episode! We turned the mics back on to bring you a bonus show picking up the conversation where we left off last week. We dive deeper this time into what it means to care about your work. We even wind up talking about how "Up" and insulting vegans. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
The movie "Office Space" deals with the frustration of working in overly managed corporations. In this week's show, Elijah introduces us to this quirky comedy and helps us think through how we should engage with our workplaces. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
For the first time in Foxfire Farmhouse Podcast history, we have a guest on the show. Meet Brian Du, a Tulsa-based filmmaker who writes and directs absurdist comedy short films. Listen to Josh and Brian tell about how they met and the projects they worked on together. Then hear about Brian's most recent projects - one of which landed him at the West Sound Film Festival here in Bremerton, Washington. If you would like to check out Brian's work, you can find him here: Vimeo Instagram Facebook Brian's Instagram For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Welcome to the Aftershow! A fresh new episode one week early! Here's the thing. We usually sit around and talk movies and culture long after the recorder has been shut down. This time, we decided to let the recorder roll and provide bonus content for the podcast. This time, our conversation explored Lewis and Tolkien's thoughts about Walt Disney and his classic animated feature "Snow White." You probably won't be surprised to know that Lewis and Tolkien didn't like it. However, you might be surprised at what G.K. Chesterton had to say about it. "But wait!" you shout at your phone's screen. "Chesterton wasn't even alive when Snow White was released!" You are correct! Let me first assure you that we have no evil necromancy happening today. Rather, we consult his immortal words in his short essay called, "A Defense of Penny Dreadfuls" to imagine what he might have had to say to Lewis and Tolkien as they walked out of the theater. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
If you've ever tried to create something--an innovative technology, a small business, a movie script, a sermon (you get the idea)--you know it can take an enormous amount of energy and attention and still not be any good. So how did literary giants like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien manage to produce so much and so great literature through their lifetime. Aside from their natural gifts and particular upbringings, they also had something else: each other. Thanks to the work of Diana Pavlac Gyler, the collaboration of the the literary group known as the "Inklings" has been laid out for us to examine. In this episode, Josh and Elijah explore her takeaways from years of studying this group and consider how we can apply this to our own creative endeavors today. The book is called "Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings" by Diana Pavlac Gyler. Here are some links to the movie and book Josh and Elijah recommended in today's show. Machine Gun Preacher Watership Down For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
If you smashed "The Fox and the Hound", "Ip Man", and "Braveheart" together in a blender and threw in a musical dance number for good measure, you might just get "RRR" one of Josh and Elijah's favorite films from 2022. Aside from gaining recognition for being the most expensive movie production in India at the time of its release, it also caught the attention of the Motion Picture Academy, achieving them an Oscar for best original song. Listen in to this week's episode to hear Josh and Elijah's thoughts on the movie and how it encourages virtuous brotherhood across cultures. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Welcome back to Foxfire Farmhouse: the Podcast! What exactly is Foxfire? Is it, in fact, real fire? Or is it perhaps phosphorescent fungi? Join Josh and Elijah as they answer this very question! Warm yourself by the fire and prepare to discuss all things storytelling and digital media! From Spider-verse to Russian film theory, no stone is left unturned. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at josh@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
It's almost impossible to talk about the craft and history of filmmaking without reference to George Lucas's Star Wars trilogy. And so it's time that Josh and Elijah deal with the subject head on. Sit down and listen to us discuss what we like about Star Wars and what we don't like about the Wars for the Stars. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Filmmaking takes work. It takes courage. It takes business smarts. Join Josh and Elijah as they chat about how they hope to tell stories with digital media. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
This week, we review "Top Gun Maverick." If you have movies you would like for us to review or topics you would like us to tackle, please send them to podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Thanks for listening. Cheers!
This week: an audio fail and a movie review. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
The creative process is not exactly a straight line from idea to completion. Instead, it's a zig-zag from good idea to bad idea and back again. Josh and Elijah talk through this dynamic of making things and how it applies to movie making. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
No fluff. Just another review of another animated movie: The Lego Movie. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
"Freedom!" After being mocked, canceled, egged, starved to death, tarred and feathered, and forced to run across broken glass Die Hard-style, Josh finally watched Mel Gibson's "Braveheart." Listen in to hear what he thinks of the movie and why it might be the first "R" rated movie Elijah will show his son. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Are movies dead? Some say that movies are following the dodo bird out of town; but what do the guys at the Farmhouse think? Join Elijah and Josh to think through the naysayer's claims. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
The team turns their sights on Pixar's newest flick, "Turning Red". TLDR: It's not good. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Few arts evoke emotion as potently as music. It can move your or water your eyes. It's a powerful magic that can serve both evil and good. How do we know which music reverberates truth and which turns our hearts toward evil? That's some of what Josh and Elijah attempt to understand in today's episode of Foxfire Farmhouse. For movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
No movie news. No cool things. Just a movie Review. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
The studio execs loved our Esther story so much they called and asked us to put together a pitch for a film rendition of the story of Samson. Listen in to hear Josh and Elijah toss around ideas about who should direct and star in "Samson: A Star Wars Story." For movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
What is the imagination and how does it contribute to the life of faith? Josh and Elijah think out loud about the role of the imagination in art and life in this week's installment of Foxfire Farmhouse: the Podcast. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
It's another night in Gotham. The streets are soaked in shadow and dripping with fear. Criminals hide from a masked man who wants to interfere with their dark purposes. But in a small farmhouse on the edge of town, two aspiring filmmakers fight over whether or not the Batman is all that he's cracked up to be. Specifically, if the new take on his character through the directorial lens of Matt Reeves is any good. Poor a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and listen in to our fight about "The Batman." For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Don't let the title fool you. The movie, "Calvary", is not a Sunday school adaptation of the crucifixion of our Lord. This movie is a gory depiction of someone else's crucifixion. Come along with Elijah and Josh as they follow Father James through his own passion week and attempt to unravel the threads of hope this movie offers to all those who find themselves on a cross. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Today, we take a detour on the highway of digital media to examine a video game-Bioshock: Infinite. Elijah and Josh think out loud about how video game designers tell stories and how that compares to filmmaking. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
If you watched Marvel's "Eternals" without comparing it to "Toy Story", then you are doing movies all wrong. Where "Eternals" fails, "Toy Story" shines. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
We're just in time to be a day late for Valentine's Day! To celebrate this season of flowers and chocolates and monogramed candy hearts we are here to discuss romance movies. Whether you love romance films or hate them, you cannot deny the centrality of the romantic relationship to the grand order of the cosmos. It's only fitting that so many of the stories we tell through movies get tangled up in love. But what makes for a good love story? For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
The studio execs called and they asked us to put together a story pitch for a film rendition of the book of Esther. Josh and Elijah toss around ideas about who should direct and star in "Esther: A Star Wars Story." (Okay, so it has nothing to do with Star Wars...) For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
The band is back together! Josh and Elijah kick off the second season of Foxfire Farmhouse with a look at not one, but two essays by C.S. Lewis. These two essays leave breadcrumbs for us to follow in our quest to discover just how stories shape our imaginations. "Myth Became Fact" by C.S. Lewis on C.S. Lewis Essays on YouTube "Meditation in a Tool Shed" by C.S. Lewis on C.S. Lewis Essays on YouTube For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com. Cheers!
Our first Minute Movie Review is live! Josh reviews "8 Bit Christmas" directed by Michael Dowse. If you have ideas for future Minute Movie Reviews, please email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com
It's the end. The end of season one, that is. Join Josh and Elijah as they launch an expedition into the seemingly endless jungle of children's entertainment. The dads discuss how to curate a collection of solid stories, how to think about education and offer recommendation of their own. As always, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email Josh and Elijah at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com with any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics. Cheers!
Life is rated "R"; but does that mean movies have to be? Josh and Elijah think through how Christians should approach mature content in films. How much nudity, violence, or language is appropriate in a movie? As always, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email Josh and Elijah at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com with any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics. Cheers!
National Treasure. Zorro. Pirates of the Caribbean. Beyond the Mask. Join Josh and Elijah as they break down the Burn's brothers' swashbuckling Christian action film, "Beyond the Mask." The guys will discuss the romance, the action, the production, the marketing, and much more! As always, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmhouse.com with any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics. Cheers!
Podcast…Foxfire Farmhouse: the Podcast. Join Josh and Elijah as they go undercover for their 007th episode, discussing the Craig era of the James Bond films. The boys break down their favorite moments, masculinity, and romance in the films. If you have questions, comments, or ideas for future episodes, send them to josh@bartelsproductioncompany.com
"The stage is waiting. The audience thirsts for adventure. Who am I?" Saddle up with Josh and Elijah as they discuss Gore Verbinski's animated western, "Rango" and the implications of story on our everyday lives. As always, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email Josh, josh@bartelsproductioncompany.com with any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics. Cheers!
Put on your crew shirt and grab a roll of gaff tape; we're goin' to the movie set. This week, Josh and Elijah talk about the Coen brother's movie, "Hail, Caesar!" and about the various roles played in making movies. As always, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email Josh, josh@bartelsproductioncompany.com with any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics. Cheers!
It's time to deal with the pachyderm in the basement: what is a Christian movie? The term is thrown around like candycorn at halloween but most people could not define it. Josh and Elijah attempt to give this elephant a name, to measure the unmeasurable and ask, "Is it as good as candycorn?" Visit our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com for movie recommendations and reviews.
"But how should God be rendered in the motion picture?" When Joel and Ethan Coen filmed that scene in "Hail, Caesar!" in which various religious leaders evaluated the depiction of Jesus in the movies, they forgot to write Elijah's and Josh's part. In this episode, they pull up their own seat at the table and weigh in on the controversy.
The Christ figure is a common movie trope. When all hope is lost, a messianic hero swoops in to save the day. Is this a dull cliche or does it reflect something deeper, something important about all stories? Josh and Elijah work through this question by examining some of the Christ figures found in the movies. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts For movie recommendations and reviews, check out www.Foxfire Farmhouse.com
We all know that feeling. The glow of the screen pierces your soul with guilt. Should I be watching a movie right now? There are a million better ways to spend your time than watching Jurassic Park for the 100th time, yet here you are. Do movies matter? Are they more than just escapist fantasy, luring us away from our responsibilities to be enchanted by their spell? Josh and Elijah tackle this question in the first episode of the Foxfire Farmhouse Podcast.
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