Good Film Hunting

Introducing the newest podcast in the "Hunting for Good" Media World - "Anne Hunting Love." Anne, one of the creators and producers of Good Film Hunting is going on a new journey... into the world of online dating! Follow along as she goes on 21 dates in 30 days!

Our friend Brie picks Disney's animated take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) to discuss as an important film from her childhood, and we dig into how it has made a broader impact on how we approach injustices and reach out to people whom society views as outcasts.

Our talented friend Katie Melody dives into her passion of food and cooking with her favorite movie Julie and Julia (2009). Along with her take on Julie's and Julia's very different forays into cooking, we learn a lot about Katie's career of choice and about food styling and food in media in general. Find Katie at @kindnesswithkatie on Instagram!

Lizzie McGuire was one of many great Disney Channel original TV shows during our childhood. Our friend Chelsea joins us to discuss her love of The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) that came out of that show, even though she'd never watched the show beforehand.

We dedicate our final holiday episode of the year to Nurse Sheila by talking with her daughter Colleen Hughes about Christmas Vacation (1989). Find out what we think our families' most Christmas Vacation-like memories are and why we think this classic can make every generation laugh year after year.

This week we switch gears away from older, more classic Christmas movies, and toward Netflix's new holiday rom-com The Princess Switch. We talk with our friend Ashley about the merits of this movie and whether it's worth the watch.

Holiday classic Home Alone (1990) touches on enduring themes while highlighting crazy antics by a clever kid and some bungling thieves. We talk with our friend Erin in this episode, who is a huge fan of all things Christmas and shares her love of the holiday spirit and lets us know why October 17 is the right day to begin listening to Christmas music.

Our cousin John has a lot of opinions about Tom Hanks and his body of work. We discuss picks and pans with him, with plenty of decade-plus old spoiler alerts along the way. (If you have somehow managed to not watch Castaway as of 2018, you're on your own.)

In our re-release of this episode on a classic Katharine Hepburn film, we talk with Anne Kelly about The Philadelphia Story (1940). Anne sure knows her stuff, as she previously watched all of Hepburn's films chronologically and documented this experience (thefilmexperience.net/blog/tag/a-year-with-kate), and she schools us on some other fun facts, too. Something about the approaching holidays makes us suckers for a good classic film!

Our guest this week, filmmaker AJ Berna, grew up watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since he was three. He schools us on some of the history and origin of the TV show and movies, and we learn if he or either of our hosts were ever tempted by some of the "bad" behavior from the movie. Cowabunga, dude!

It's not uncommon for two year olds to throw fits when they can't watch their favorite movie; what's unusual is for that movie to be Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). We talk with our friend Jon about this Southern story and its underlying, though not very obscured, romance between two of the main female characters.

We switch gears in this week's episode, where we discussed the British historical drama series Downton Abbey with our father, Bob Huntington. If you can guess what Bob's favorite storyline in the series is, you might also be a Huntington. Hope you enjoy our conversation from this summer!

We attack true (and false) crime stories with our friend Meghan in a conversation from this summer about The Great Mouse Detective (1986).

Our guest Ryan surprises us with his depth of Pixar knowledge as we discuss their first feature length film, Toy Story (1995). We mention the significance of the timing of this movie's and its sequels' releases in our generation's lives, and how well we think the recently announced Toy Story 4 might gain traction with younger audiences.

We wrap up September's Back to School theme with the story of a girl who moves to a new high school in Save the Last Dance (2001). We discuss with our friend Dara how the movie addresses (or doesn't address) themes such as race and cultural appropriation, and how this approach might be problematic, in addition to what made it feel like such a fresh and exciting film when it was released.

Continuing our Back to School theme, we discuss this summer’s documentary on the creator of one of the most beloved children’s educational series of all time. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (2018) gives viewers an inspiring look into the life of Fred Rogers, and we discuss this with friend Susie Hoesly in today’s episode.

As we return from a summer vacation, we return and kick off our Back to School series with a re-run from earlier this year of the classic John Hughes film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

The Phantom of the Opera is here... We talk with fellow Domer and current Marine Rory about 2004's Phantom of the Opera and also learn about his own foray into performing in musicals in high school.

We pick up our conversation on The Aristocats where we left off, so if you haven't listened to Part One we'd recommend starting there. We continue exploring themes within The Aristocats including problematic gender roles and more in this episode, and we also learn what movie is our guest Marty's favorite of all time!

In the first episode of a two-part series, we talk with special guest and listener of the podcast, Martin Merritt, about Disney animated film The Aristocats (1970). We are very excited to feature such an interesting listener-guest to discuss topics such as the meaning of the color palette of this film, whether The Aristocats is as genderized as other Disney films of its time, and much more.

For this week's episode we discuss the 1995 film Clueless with media studies scholar Stefania Marghitu. Though Clueless may barely pass the Bechdel test, it still has a lot to say about the primary motivations of its female characters, even if a lot of the discussion still involves the opposite sex! You can follow Stefania on Twitter at @DearStefania (https://twitter.com/DearStefania)

Guest Sarah DeMarais talks about Baz Luhrmann's 1992 film Strictly Ballroom with us, and we also find out what unrelated movie is everyone's favorite physics-related comedy. Learn more about Luhrmann's early film and where it fits in with his other works.

We talk with Tiye, Jared, and Bobby about this year's A Quiet Place from John Krasinski with wife Emily Blunt. Our discussion ranges from criticism of plot holes to ideas for the sequel; John, if you're listening, we've got some great ones! Listen in for more. To learn more about what our friend Tiye is working on, you can also check out: https://www.theblackeducator.com https://www.feminessay.com

We discuss the John Hughes classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, with friend Chris Majsak. We were inspired as kids by his superior skills at faking sick, and while we may not be able to use that advice now, we'll always remember, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

We talk to Casey Carney (MD, may we add) about A Night at the Roxbury (1998)and whether we thought back in the day that Will Ferrell's and Chris Kattan's characters were actually "cool" or just plain weird...Or are we the weird ones now?

This week we talk with Anne Kelly (twitter.com/WeRecycleMedia) about one of her favorite Katharine Hepburn films, The Philadelphia Story (1940). Anne sure knows her stuff, as she previously watched all of Hepburn's films chronologically and documented this experience (http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/tag/a-year-with-kate), and she schools us on some other fun facts, too.

We talk with Margaret Healy about A Wrinkle in Time. Though it may not have been a box office hit, it was a hit with many of Margaret and Anne's students for reasons we discuss in this episode. (Don't worry, we also discuss Oprah's amazing costumes.)

This week we discuss the wonderful 1996 film The Birdcage. While it isn't generally known as a childhood classic for most people, it is a favorite from our guest Jess Mahon's early years as it was a big hit in the Mahon family. Join us in our discussion of this thoroughly enjoyable movie and as we ponder how it would fare in today's environment!

Listen in as we discuss the 90's classic George of the Jungle! And how we are collectively losing the memory of Brendan Frasier's film career.

ARE YOU READY FOR OSCAR SUNDAY? This is Eleanor's Christmas/Superbowl Sunday/New Year's Eve all rolled into one too! Annie has feelings too, I guess. She also needs to learn how to pronounce names. #babysteps

WAKANDA FOREVER! We delve into the current Box Office champion, Black Panther! Our returning guest, Anna Ogunkunle, explains why this movie is so relevant and analyzes the differing opinions on Killmonger as the villain/hero. Also featuring returning guest Sara Bakerman!

On this week's edition, we discuss live-action Disney film Follow Me, Boys! with Rachel Herman. In it, we delve into the role of the maiden spinster aunt. Join us!

Listen in as we discuss the new Paddington movie with the delightful Jenn Metz!

Listen as we talk with the amazing Katie Dunn about one of her favorite movies from childhood, Robin Hood!

Zovaira Rodriguez, of Instagram @zovairarodriguezbeauty, indulges us as we replay childhood games of Clue with the 1985 classic, Clue!

With travel buddy and co-teacher Tracy Merwin, Eleanor and Anne explore a recent obsession -- The Greatest Showman!

TAKEOFF with our latest podcast with travel buddy Lourdes Valdez, who braved over a week of travel with your co-hosts Eleanor and Anne! The three discuss the political implications and gendered representations in Steven Spielberg's 2004 film, The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, and Eleanor's crush, Diego Luna.

Coming from you live in Mexico, we talk about the recent Disney Pixar movie, Coco, with our wonderful hosts and dear friends Sofia and Benjamin!

On this episode, we delve into one of Maria Lattouf Abou Atmi's favorite films from her youth -- She's the Man! Annie and Maria bond over their shared appreciation of gouda.

Listen as we talk to another pair of sisters about one of the newest movie productions from Netflix, A Christmas Prince! We discuss the thorny issues of coronations and differing locales.

Listen in as we discuss the latest superhero movie with our new chief Comic Book Correspondent, Jason Race!

Eleanor and Anne talk with Skye Ellis, one of the creative forces behind the upcoming web series GROWN about her favorite movie as a kid: Fern Gully! We talk about urban environments, the Paris Climate Accords, and the laying blame on fantastical creatures in children's films. Learn more about GROWN and contribute to the Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1530316947/grown-the-web-series

Listen in as we discuss the classic nineties movie "A League of Their Own" with our very dear friend and former roommate, Ceanna!

Join us as we talk about the classic 90's jerk movie, First Kid, with Kalika Price!

Enjoy this episode with film professor, Denise McKenna, who discusses the classically creepy children's movie, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!"

Listen as we talk with our friend Russell about the 80's classic, "Back to the Future!" And learn about Russell apparently wants to go to all the extremely hard places in the world to go!

In our latest episode, we chat with Mary Kenny and Jason Liang about their joint favorite childhood film, and a film near and dear to our hearts, Mulan! (We also throw serious shade on Mulan II... just don't do it, except as a drinking game).

Listen in as we talk with special guest, Lily Herman, about one of her favorite movies from childhood, "Cheaper by the Dozen!"

Listen as we talk all things LOTR with Mike Tita! This is only the beginning, as we say at the end, you can never talk enough about the LOTR world!

Listen as we get our GROOVE on with wonderful Jess Reber discussing the low-key Disney classic, "The Emperor's New Groove!"

Listen in as Eleanor and Anne talk with their good friend Cara about the classic musical, "My Fair Lady!" Lots of the discussion centers around how different it is to watch this movie in particular as an adult...