A podcast where two film fans go through each year in cinema history, from 1895 to present, one week at a time. We're here for learning, for context, and to discover great old films, and we hope you are too!
Big year for hard-boiled noir! Murder! Betrayal! Halloween! This episode we get into gaslamps as symbols of both love and lies, sinister insurance schemes, lonely detectives, boat escapades and serial killer old ladies!You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube!You can check out our social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1yAnd you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1944 Films Discussed playlist right here!Sarah's youtube channelSee you next year!
The world may be at war but the movies bravely carry on! This week we're joined by film programmer Ambriehl Turrentine to discuss the Citizen Kane of the cartoon canon, Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of his own films, and a groundbreaking musical comedy! Plus, we get into some WW2 propaganda cartoons, avant-garde mirror faces, extreme Britishness, Judo throws, and the original Dark Universe! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube!You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1yAnd you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1943 Films Discussed playlist right here!
1942 was a bad year for humans but a good year for Hollywood! This episode, we discuss John Ford's striking documentation of WWII, Orson Welles' follow-up to Citizen Kane, the origins of the jump scare, witchy comedy, the meaning of life through the lens of talking animals, Lubitsch spy/showbiz satire, and a little movie called Casablanca.You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube!You can check out our social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1yAnd you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1942 Films Discussed playlist right here!See you next year!
The Big Daddy of movies, Citizen Kane! We get into the most celebrated film of all time, as well as peeping werewolves, proto-Brooks/Zucker Bros comedy, formative film noir, Hays Code horniness, nostalgic coal mines, and jewel stealing robots! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on YouTube!You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1yAnd you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1941 Films Discussed playlist right here!See you next year!
The start of a new decade brings with it a cavalcade of great movies! Foundational animation, anti-Nazi comedy, screwball banter, and moody dramas all just knocking it outta the park. Its almost like the 1940s was a good decade for movies! You can watch along with our video version of the episode on Youtube or check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y See you next year!
It's time once again to reminisce and recap the last 10 years of movies! In this casual wrap-up episode, we talk about two movies that concern filmmaking in the 30s (The Aviator, Gods and Monsters) and we each count down our top 10s of the decade! Here's our Letterboxd list of our 30s Top 10s: https://letterboxd.com/criselie/list/one-week-one-year-top-10s-of-the-1930s/ And here's our list of every movie covered on the show so far! https://letterboxd.com/criselie/list/one-week-one-year-films-discussed/ You can check out our socials and our YouTube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y
Finishing out the 1930s with two of the most popular movies ever made! One is a romanticized fantasy about a place that never existed, the other is The Wizard of Oz! We're joined by video essayist/writer/former US history teacher Nats Can Fly! Be sure to check out her YouTube channel here. Also, we talk about a quintessential John Ford western, Frank Capra's most Capra-esque film to date, and a really sad Kenji Mizuguchi Kabuki drama! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1939 Films Discussed playlist right here! See you next year!
Closing in on the end of the 1930s and Hollywood is firing off wacky comedies and technicolor extravaganzas! We also cover some Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts, Eisenstein's first talkie, and a very French proto-noir crime drama! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1938 Films Discussed playlist right here! See you next year!
1937 brings us the advent of (American, cell animated) feature length animation and 3-strip technicolor catches on! Stars are born! Songs are sung! Opera and cinema join forces! Monocles are worn! Join us, along with our guest, opera singer Alan Briones, as we discuss an exciting bevy of films. You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1937 Films Discussed playlist right here! Our Feature Presentation! Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs A Star is Born Maytime Make Way for Tomorrow The Grand Illusion See you next year!
This episode we're talking about reefer (madness), so you don't want no part of this shit! No shorts this time so we get right into it with the aforementioned anti-drug "movie", Humphrey Bogart making a big splash, Fritz Lang turning his critical eye towards the USA, Frank Capra's feel-goodery, a nightmarish look into the future, and Charlie Chaplin's final film as The Tramp! All of that and more! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1936 Films Discussed playlist right here! Our Feature Presentation! Reefer Madness/Tell Your Children The Petrified Forest Fury Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Modern Times Things to Come See you next year!
Buckle up! This episode we are covering an infamous Nazi docu-ganda film, another iconic Frankenstein movie, a Rogers/Astaire tap dancing extravaganza, Marx Bros embracing their roles as birthday party clowns, Hitchcock leaning into comedy, and a swashbuckling pirate picture! Also, Micky Mouse in color, Porky Pig's first appearance, and a brief interlude about the Hays Code! Article about the etymology of "Nazi" You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1935 Films Discussed playlist right here! One Week, One Reel The Band Concert I Haven't Got a Hat Our Feature Presentation Triumph of the Will Bride of Frankenstein Top Hat A Night at the Opera The 39 Steps Captain Blood See you next year!
The last year of the Pre-Code era! This episode we talk about the Three Stooges, a steamy wig movie, a proto-French New Wave drama, the quintessential romantic comedy, a proto-Shane Black Christmas detective movie, and Peter Lorre's English language debut! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1934 Films Discussed playlist right here! One Week, One Reel Woman Haters Our Feature Presentation The Scarlet Empress L'Atalante It Happened One Night The Thin Man The Man Who Knew Too Much See you next year!
1933 was a year full of big and wild movies! Popeye! Marx Bros! Busby Berkeley musicals! Throuple rom-coms! Psychic supervillains! An invisible man and KING KONG! Pre-code Hollywood is putting out some of the most daring films made so far, and we're gonna talk about 'em! Documentary explaining pinscreen animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ3DSFv4vAg&t=608s You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://lnktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1933 Films Discussed playlist right here! One Week, One Reel Popeye the Sailor Night on the Bald Mountain Our Feature Presentation Duck Soup The Gold Diggers of 1933 Design for Living The Testament of Dr. Mabuse The Invisible Man King Kong See you next year!
We're keeping it spooky (mostly) this episode! Vampires! Mummies! Pervy Trees! Circus justice! Also, original Scarface, a chill Ozu film, and the Best Movie Title of All Time! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1932 Films Discussed playlist right here! One Week, One Reel Flowers and Trees Our Feature Presentation Vampyr The Mummy Freaks I Was Born But... Scarface Merrily We Go to Hell See You Next Year!
Iconic voices abound in this episode jam packed with classics! Charlie Chaplin and Fritz Lang both direct their best(?!) movies, Warner Bros. releases two quintessential gangster pictures, and Universal gets dark with two of the most famous horror movies ever made! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1931 Films Discussed playlist right here! Our Feature Presentation City Lights M Little Caesar The Public Enemy Dracula Frankenstein See You Next Year!
We kick off the 1930s with some European avant-garde films, more Marx Bros, tuxedo wearing cabaret singers, and both somber and bro-y WW1 epics! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1930 Films Discussed playlist right here! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:31 - The News of the Year 00:06:39 - Swing You Sinners! 00:13:41 - Dizzy Dishes 00:18:29 - Borderline 00:34:40 - L'Age D'Or 00:48:59 - Animal Crackers 01:02:29 - Morocco 01:17:53 - Hell's Angels 01:51:49 - All Quiet on the Western Font
Time to review the last 10 years of movies! And what a 10 years they were! We also discuss a few newer films/tv about the era (Episode 13 of the docuseries Hollywood, Singin' In The Rain and Babylon!) and list each of our top 10 films of the 1920s! You can check out our socials and our YouTube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y
Were talkies a mistake? Join us as we talk about the last of the silent era and the rocky start of the sound era, and possibly the worst Best Picture winner of all time! But also some cool shorts and the frenetic and creative Man With a Movie Camera! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1MTCrCrLq4 You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1929 Films Discussed playlist right here! (some are missing, copyright!) 06:12 - Skeleton Dance 13:15 - Un Chien Andalou 22:50 - Man With a Movie Camera 39:02 - Woman in the Moon 1:01:19 - Pandora's Box 1:15:12 - The Broadway Melody 1:38:05 - The Wild Party 1:49:56 - The Cocoanuts 2:04:40 - Final thoughts and Favorites See you next year!
Silent film is on its way out but we still got a few good years left! 1928 saw the introduction of a very famous rodent, two of Buster Keaton's best features, Chaplin joining the circus, the movie that inspired a Batman villain, the template for spy films, and we are joined by Cody Jackson to discuss one of the final great silent dramas! Also, this is our first episode covering films that are still under copyright, so no playlist sadly! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y -- One Week, One Reel -- The Life and Death of 9413 a Hollywood Extra Steamboat Willie -- Our Feature Presentation -- Steamboat Bill Jr. The Cameraman The Circus The Man Who Laughs Spies The Passion of Joan of Arc See you next year!
Its our longest episode so far because we are covering one of the great movie years! Robot dancing! Cartoon rabbits! Symphonies of great cities! London fog! Drunken pig chases! Airplane rivalries! Movies that, what's this, talk and sing?! All of these things and more in this monster sized episode! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1927 Films Discussed playlist right here! See you next year!
We're back! (again!) This year we take a look at an eclectic mix of French and Japanese ominous experimental films, German mythological epics, and American train crime movies, including Buster Keaton's magnum opus The General! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1926 Films Discussed playlist right here! --One Week, One Reel-- Ménilmontant --Our Feature Presentation-- A Page of Madness Faust The Adventures of Prince Achmed The Flying Ace Vox video about Jacksonville and Norman Studios The General See you next year!
Big year of big movies! Sergei Eisenstein pushes narrative filmmaking forward in a big way with the thrilling Battleship Potemkin, Charlie Chaplin further refines his balance of comedy and drama, Lon Chaney terrifies as the Phantom of the Opera, and dinosaurs cause mayhem in The Lost World! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1925 Films Discussed playlist right here! See you next year!
Back in the "studio" for another episode! As we close in on the last 5 years of silent film, we're getting some true bangers. The hits keep coming! We've got the movie that was Cris's introduction to loving silent film, Sherlock Jr., and the action adventure masterpiece The Thief of Bagdad, a movie that seems chemically engineered to be a Glen favorite. Plus Lon Chaney has a stunning turn as cinema's OG sad clown. Check it out! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1924 Films Discussed playlist right here! ---Feature Presentation--- Greed The Hands of Orlac The Thief of Bagdad Kino-Eye Sherlock Jr. The Last Laugh He Who Gets Slapped See you next year!
The first episode recorded in person! We went to Kansas to see a jam packed lineup of 1923 films, all with live score! In this episode we get to Harold Lloyd's magnum opus, Charlie Chaplin directing high drama, and Cecil B. DeMille building Egypt on the beach! Just a heads up, the audio for this one is a bit lower quality, since we recorded most of it in a car. You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1923 Films Discussed playlist right here! PART 1 The Covered Wagon The Uncovered Wagon Two Wagons, Both Covered It's a Gift Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers Luke's Movie Muddle Get Out and Get Under Safety Last! PART 2 Miles of Smiles Bell Boy 13 Little Old New York The Pilgrim A Woman of Paris The Medicine Bottle The Ten Commandments The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille See you next year!
1922 brings two more into the canon of mega-famous silent films! We've got a lot of new technology this year, from two-strip technicolor to sound on film. Our introductory mentions of Walt Disney and Lotte Reineger, and of course we needed to give you something spooky. You can watch along with our video version of the episode on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1922 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- One Week, One Reel --- Casey at the Bat Technology Connections - Sound on Film (2022) Cops Every Frame a Painting - Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag (2015) Nuts (2016) Disney Cinderella Reineger Cinderella --- Our Feature Presentation --- Foolish Wives The Toll of the Sea Nanook of the North Nanook Revisited Documentary Now: Kunuk Uncovered Häxan Nosferatu Glen's Favorite: Nosferatu Cris's Favorite: Häxan See you next year!
1921 was short on big movies, but we get into the ones which stood out. Avant Garde animation that's good to put on in the background at a party, Charlie Chaplin weaponizing cuteness, and European ruminations on death! Fun times! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1921 Films Discussed playlist here! -- One Week, One Reel -- Manhatta Opus 1/Opus 2 Rhythmus 21 -- Our Feature Presentation -- The Kid The Phantom Carriage Destiny See you next year!
YIITS BEEN two weeks actually, but whatever. This episode we watch a pair of classic comedy shorts, a pair of classic German Expressionist horror films, a pair of classic American films about oppression, and also The Flapper, a movie about being naughty. You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1920 Films Discussed playlist right here! -- One Week, One Reel -- One Week High and Dizzy -- Our Feature Presentation -- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari The Golem The Mark of Zorro Within Our Gates The Flapper See you next year!
This week is a special one-off episode (vepisode) where we're taking a look at both the 1996 film and 2022 HBO series Irma Vep with guest Jack Virnich! Heads up, its probably a good idea to watch both (especially the show) before listening. The discussion gets a bit heady and might not make a lot of sense if you haven't seen them. But you should see them anyway because they are good! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y
Time for another decade in review show! We talk about our takeaways from the last 10 years of film history, discuss some newer films about the era (Pearl, Nickelodeon, and Forgotten Silver) and go over our lists of the top 10 films of the 1910s! You can check out our socials and our YouTube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y Cris's Top 10 Glen's Top 10
The end of the 1910s goes out with a wild crop of films! Felix the Cat debuts, Lev Kuleshov invents reality TV, DW Griffith demands to be taken seriously, Mary Pickford starts a child labor protest, Abel Gance makes questionable statements about WW1, and Ernest Lubitsch makes a sex robot comedy. You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1919 Films Discussed playlist right here! -- One Week, One Reel -- Feline Follies The Kuleshov Effect -- Our Feature Presentation -- Broken Blossoms Daddy Long Legs J'Accuse The Doll See you next year!
Just like in 2020, going to the movies was a big bummer in 1918 because of a pandemic. But let's not focus on that because the movies were (mostly) fun! We look at some classic slapstick comedy shorts, early animation, stop-motion dinosaurs, ladies refusing to be told what to do, and Scandinavian trips to Mars! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1918 Films Discussed playlist right here! -- One Week, One Reel -- Take A Chance The Cook A Dog's Life Shoulder Arms The Sinking of the Lusitania The Ghost of Slumber Mountain I Don't Want To Be A Man -- Our Feature Presentation -- The Outlaw and His Wife Himmelskibet (A Trip To Mars) Mickey See you next year!
Time to get the ball rolling again with new episodes! We're gonna put them out as quick as we can, but maybe this whole "one week" thing was a terrible naming blunder on my account. Anyway, time for some Content! This year we've got one of the most famous Chaplin shorts, a DeMille/Pickford propaganda joint, and a movie about the troubles of showbiz. Sure to win best picture at how much quote unquote "Hollywood" is featured, despite it being New Jersey. On with the films! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1917 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- One Week, One Reel --- The Immigrant The Butcher Boy --- Our Feature Presentation --- Straight Shooting The Little American A Man There Was A Girl's Folly See you next year!
WE HAVE RETURNED! This week: D.W. Griffith's attempt (maybe) to convince the world he wasn't a bigot, actually. Plus, a whole lotta' talk about the film serial "Les Vampires" which contains (checks notes) zero actual vampires. Take it up with Louis Feuillade, it was his call. You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1916 Films Discussed playlist right here! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjWmIpd1Wtp2mJz1acdNcxay6a--Rn4W See you next year!
CW for this episode: Rape, suicide, and racial violence Well if that content warning doesn’t tell you what you need to know, it’s time for the not all it’s cracked up to be and as racist and more than it’s cracked up to be, The Birth of a Nation. We’re excited to have done all the first hand research and leg work to tell you that it is not the revelation in filmic style and form that its reputation has it be. Regardless, there’s a lot to talk about with it, from the specifics of its heinous racial politics to the the things that it reveals about D.W. Griffith as a person. Plus we’ve got a stone cold classic Chaplin, a proto-noir, a well put together art film, and stop-motion dinosaurs! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1915 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- One Week, One Reel --- The Tramp Pool Sharks The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy Two Knights of Vaudeville --- The Serial Bowl --- Les Vampires Episode 1: The Severed Head Les Vampires Episode 2: The Ring that Kills Les Vampires Episode 3: The Red Cryptogram --- Our Feature Presentation --- The Birth of a Nation Hypocrites The Cheat See you next year!
It’s the beginning of Charlie Chaplin and the end of the world! (not related). That’s right, World War I is breaking out and everything is falling apart in Europe. As we hear in the news segment, the Italian Socialist Party thinks this is a bourgeois war and I would tend to agree. What exactly was the point of all this?? On the other hand Charlie Chaplin is just killing it right out of the gate, he’s a screen presence like nothing we’ve seen before. Something we have seen before in our film classes is Gertie the Dinosaur, which is a lesser McCay from a visual standpoint, but a formal and technical leap! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1914 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- The Serial Bowl --- Fantômas Chapter 4: Fantômas vs. Fantômas Fantômas Chapter 5: The False Magistrate --- One Week, One Reel --- Making a Living Mabel’s Strange Predicament Kid Auto Races at Venice, Cal. Caught in the Rain Gertie the Dinosaur --- Our Feature Presentation --- Cabiria Tillie’s Punctured Romance Cris’ favorite: Fantômas vs. Fantômas Glen’s favorite: See you next year!
As we move through into new eras of film, time to move into new eras of the podcast! To wit, we're introducing our new format, broken up into serials, shorts, and a handful of features, plus we've got our first guest on the line, so welcome to Marco Rummo! In this episode we see our favorite adaptation of many of At the Telephone, with some really daring cinematography and deft direction by America's first female director, Lois Weber! We also delve into the first 3 episodes of Fantômas, a super good serialized crime thriller from our pal Louis Feuillade (I recommend the Kino restoration on Blu-ray!). Plus other stuff! Hey, podcast time! You can catch up with what Marco is up to here: https://twitter.com/fleetwoodmarco https://www.instagram.com/fleetwoodmarco/ You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1913 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- The Serial Bowl --- Fantômas Episodes 1-3 with Marco Rummo: Fantômas in the Shadow of the Guillotine Juve vs. Fantômas The Murderous Corpse --- One Week, One Reel --- Suspense The Rosary The Bangville Police Matrimony’s Speed Limit A House Divided Edison Kinetophone Experiments Gaumont Color Experiments D.W. Griffith’s Newspaper Ad The episode of Karina Longworth’s “You Must Remember This” on D.W. Griffith --- Our Feature Presentation --- Traffic in Souls Atlantis The Student of Prague Quo Vadis? Glen’s Favorite: Fantomas Cris’s Favorite: Suspense See you next year!
Well folks, it's finally time to say goodbye to our boi, our main man, and the legend himself, Papa Georges Méliès. This year Pathé angles him out of house and home and soon he burns all his films he owns in a rebellious rage. :( Meanwhile, feature films are getting started, including the earliest surviving American one, filmed in Westchestah! We also have the first narrative film with an all-Black cast, a fun one too! Listen along, folks! Also I hope you all appreciate my Joe's Apartment reference. You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter, and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1912 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- Shipwreck Disasters and Shakespearian Features --- Saved From the Titanic (lost, link to the wiki page) In Nacht und Eis The Obsession Richard III --- Glen’s Filmic Forbearers and The Beginning of Keystone --- Jekyll and Hyde The Curious Case of Jekyll and Hyde (2006, Dir. Glen Covell) The Vox video, “Hollywood almost lost to this city” At Coney Island Mabel’s Adventures --- Hello Dolly! (In and Out) --- Andalusian Superstition The Passer-By The Cameraman’s Revenge The other Vox film history video, “How stop-motion animation began” --- Cute Kids and the Booming Studio Solax! --- The Land Beyond the Sunset The Detective’s Dog Falling Leaves Making an American Citizen A Fool and His Money Algie the Miner The Sewer --- Wow, Good Job Temporarily Not Being Racist, D.W.! --- The Massacre For His Son The Musketeers of Pig Alley The New York Hat An Unseen Enemy --- A Farewell to Méliès --- Conquest of the Pole Cinderella or the Glass Slipper The Knight of the Snow The Voyage of the Bourrichon Family See you next year!
Lots of movies this time! Also what do you think of the alternate title A Morally Bankrupt Giving Tree? D.W. Griffith creates a lot of fodder for shady episode titles. We've got our introduction of Winsor McCay, some grand scale Italian and Russian historicals and mythologicals, and some steampunk that can take the place of the lost Aerial Anarchists! Listen along! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! You can check out our Instagram, Twitter and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1911 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- A Penultimate Méliès Check-in --- Baron Munchausen’s Dream The Diabolical Church Window Silent Film Party Background Playlist coming soon? --- D.W. Griffith Does More Civil War Nonsense And Also Some Not Awful Stuff --- The Lonedale Operator The Battle Swords and Hearts His Trust/His Trust Fulfilled The Miser’s Heart The Last Drop of Water --- Alice Guy returns at Solax and Louis Feuillade takes her place at Pathé --- Parson Sue Starting Something The Trust, or Battles For Money The Defect --- The Italian Epics --- L’Inferno Cris’s Haw Par Villa photos The Fall of Troy The Defense of Sevestopol (Not Italian) Pinocchio --- Potpourri --- The Pirates of 1920 The Automatic Motorist Animated Putty Winsor McCay: The Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (AKA Little Nemo) Banks of the Nile (The Letterboxd review) Max’s Tragedy Glen's Favorite: The Trust, (NOT His Trust) Cris's Favorite: Pinocchio, for its audacity See you next year!
Well now DW Griffith is beginning to "show his power level" as modern day people of his ilk call it, beginning his fascination with the Civil War. We also have some startlingly mature camera work in the Max Linder films and confident, emotionally complex, and deep storytelling in the Danish debut of Asta Nielsen, The Abyss! (unrelated to James Cameron). You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube!You can check out our Instagram, Twitter and other social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1yAnd you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1910 Films Discussed playlist right here! --- DW Griffith’s Civil War Films ---In the Border StatesThe FugitiveThe House with Closed Shutters --- Various Other Americana And Also Frankenstein ---The Unchanging SeaRamonaWhite Fawn’s DevotionFrankenstein --- Max Linder Films Being Casually Excellent ---Max Takes a BathMax’s Film Debut --- Danish Erotic Melodramas ---The AbyssThe White Slave Trade --- Potpourri ---Police in the Year 2000Aerial SubmarineThe Birth of a FlowerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz Cris’s Favorite: The AbyssGlen’s Favorite: Aerial Submarine The F. Percy Smith Articlehttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/f-percy-smith-nature-films See you next year!
Time for a decade in review show! Thought it would be about time to check in on the developments and trends over the course of the first 10 years of the 20th century! A bit of a looser, hangout episode with a juicy Top 10 at the end that you can spoil if you scroll down! We also talk about two movies about this era of film! Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) and Hugo (2011). See you in 1910! You can check out our socials and our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1yAnd you can check out our Top 10s of the decade playlists here for Glen and here for Cris --- General takeaways from our journey so far ---How early color and sound have appearedGoing on a film pilgrimage would be lovelyThe complexity and technique evolved very quickly over this decadeThe changes in favored genres and how Méliès couldn’t keep upWe have talked about over 300 films so far on the podcast!What Glen’s taken away as a filmmakerFrance is early cinema’s MVPWhat we’re looking forward to in the next decadePublic domain, the need for preservation, and the dearth of high quality material --- Contemporary movies about this era of film ---38:30 Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)46:40 Hugo (2011)The Extraordinary Voyage --- Our Top 10s of the decade ---Cris’ Top 101 A Trip to the Moon2 Legend of a Ghost3 On the Barricade4 The Great Train Robbery5 Kingdom of the Fairies6 Spring7 A Voyage to Jupiter8 The Teddy Bears9 The Hen that Laid the Golden Eggs10 Life and Passion of Jesus Christ Glen’s Top 101 A Trip to the Moon2 Kingdom of the Fairies3 Legend of a Ghost4 The Magic Sword5 History of a Crime6 The Great Train Robbery7 The Spring Fairy8 The Drunken Mattress and The Race for the Sausage9 On The Barricade10 Mary Jane’s Mishap See you next year!
Legacies begin and end! D.W. Griffith commences his second whirlwind year in filmmaking and begins developing his style. After a weak 1908 Georges Méliès has a paltry 1909, and he only has a handful of films left before his last. Segundo de Chomón continues producing amazing work, cementing his spot as a worthy successor to Méliès. Thanks for listening all the way though the first decade of the 20th Century! We'll see you in 1910! You can check out our socials and our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1909 Films Discussed playlist right here. Discussion on the MPCC and Paris Film Congress and their effects on filmmaking--- The Beginning of the End For Georges Méliès ---The Spider and the Butterfly --- The Heir to Méliès’s Goofy Throne ---A Voyage to JupiterAn explanation of PathécolorThe Invisible ThiefSlippery JimSweet Dreams Intermingled With NightmaresA Panicky Picnic --- D.W. Griffith’s “Oops, they died” movies ---Those Awful HatsA Corner in WheatThe Lonely VillaTwo MemoriesEdgar Allen Poe (sic)The Country DoctorA Trap for Santa --- Potpourri ---Custody of the ChildThe Barometer of FaithfulnessSpringThe Smoke Fairy; or Princess NicotineNero, or The Fall of RomeThe Happy MicrobesThe Airship DestroyerCris’s Favorite: A Voyage to JupiterGlen’s Favorite: The Airship Destroyer See you next year!
This time: Advances in animation, strange, dreamlike color projection, Méliès has a bum year, Segundo de Chomón makes Undead Fury Road, and the racist father of American Cinema D.W. Griffith gets his first role. So in order: cool, cool, aw sad, rad AF, booooooo. You can check out our socials and our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1908 Films Discussed playlist right here. --- Potpourri ---FantasmagorieStenka RazinThe Assassination of the Duke of GuiseThe Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (lost)The Runaway HorseA Visit to the SeasideDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (lost) --- Manuel Makes a Mess, or is it Monsieur Méliès? ---The Good Shepherdess and the Evil PrincessSideshow WrestlersTribulation, or Misfortunes of a Cobbler --- The Chomón and Only ---Excursion to the MoonThe FrogElectric HotelThe Haunted Hotel (J. Stuart Blackton, 1907)The Haunted House/The House of GhostsThe Golden SpiderLegend of a Ghost --- Enter D.W. Griffith ---Rescued From an Eagle’s NestAdventures of DollieLIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF NEW YORK LIFE; OR, THE SIGHTS AND SENSATIONS OF A GREAT CITY (The Grifter Manual)Moving Picture World, the film industry trade magazine See you next year!
A lot of great French stuff this year! They've started adapting British chase films, but adding some very French silliness. Pathé is delving into some real creepy territory, and the Americans are blowing our minds with bizarre violence. It's quite a week! You can check out our socials and our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1907 Films Discussed playlist right here. --- The Very French Man Méliès ---Tunneling the English ChannelUnder the SeaThe Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and MoonThe Skipping Cheeses--- The Zany French Chases ---The Pumpkin RaceThe Race for the SausageThe Policemen's Little Run--- Scary!!! ---The Dancing PigThe Red SpectreThe Devil Drives a Train (I'd recommend watching this at .75 speed)--- A Journey from Scaryland back to France ---Music, Forward!Madame Has Her CravingsOn the BarricadeThe Banknote--- Jeezus! Americans Are You Okay??? ---College ChumsCohen’s Fire SaleThe “Teddy” BearsA Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus Honorable Mentions:The Prodigal Son (First European feature film, now lost)Ben Hur (First adaptation, established the need to acquire rights to adapt a work) The Silent Movie GIFs twitter: https://twitter.com/silentmoviegifsGlen's favorite: The Pumpkin RaceCris's favorite: The "Teddy" BearsBut quality-wise gotta be On the Barricade See you next year!
A lot of films to talk about this week! We’re reaching around the world (but mainly to France) and finding fairies, finding Jesus, and watching cartoons, and getting rustled by outlaws. You can check out our socials and our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our Films Discussed playlist right here. --- Méliès and the Féerie tradition ---The Merry Frolics of SatanThe WitchA Desperate CrimeThe Chimney SweepThe Mysterious Retort (Mislabeled as 1897)The Tramp and the Mattress Makers --- Alice Guy and her Magnum Opus ---The Drunken MattressThe Birth, the Life, and the Death of ChristThe Consequences of Feminism --- Pathé is doing some real varied stuff! ---The Spring FairyBob’s Electric TheatreAladdin and his Wonder LampThe Bell Ringer’s DaughterThe Law of Forgiveness --- Anglophone Favorites ---The Story of the Kelly GangDream of a Rarebit FiendThree American BeautiesThe Black HandThe Secret of Death ValleyIs Spiritualism a Fraud?The “?” MotoristHumorous Phases of Funny Phases Glen’s Favorite: The Spring FairyCris’s Favorite: The Drunken MattressIntro song: Ned Kelly by Johnny Cash See you next year!
Things are picking up! And while the films (and subsequently the cast) are getting longer, they're starting to play with new ideas! Alice Guy is making sync sound phonoscènes and in the States, Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter are working with some more serious dramatic material, and also babies robbing trains! You can check out our socials and check out our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our Films Discussed playlist right here. --- Melies gettin’ New Yawwk ---Rip’s DreamThe Palace of the Arabian NightsAn Adventurous Automobile Trip (The first half is in color here)The Enchanted Sedan Chair --- The European Wonders ---Félix Mayol Performs “Indiscreet Questions”Alice Guy Films a “Phonoscène”The Hen that Laid the Golden Eggs --- American DRAMA ---The Little Train RobberyThe Night Before ChristmasThe KleptomaniacThe Miller’s DaughterThe White CapsThe Nihilist --- Potpourri ---Rescued by RoverThe Unfortunate PolicemanDown in the Coal MinesThe Taking of Rome See you next year!
One Slow Week, One Slow Year. Hey, after the absolute knockouts of 1902 and 1903, it's time for our early film pioneers to coast a bit. But there are still some diamonds in the rough and some genuinely cool things this year! Have a listen! We have a youtube version where you can watch along while we talk about these movies, plus see a little bit of our pretty mugs! Check it out here https://youtu.be/bum9f_wrLNUThere's also a playlist where you can watch these on your own accord with sound accompaniment where available right here! And finally you can catch up on all our social whatsits at linktr.ee/1w1y --- Méliès Shows us His Range ---The Impossible VoyageThe Cook in TroubleThe Christmas AngelThe Terrible Turkish Executioner --- Checking in on Our Other Europals ---The Mistletoe BoughGrand Display of Brock’s Fireworks at the Crystal PalaceAn Interesting StoryThe Strike --- You Never Have Any Clue What You'll Get Out of the Americans ---The Ex-ConvictPhotographing a Female CrookEuropean Rest CureHow a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal ColumnsPersonalThe Bold Bank Robbery See ya next year!
One More Week, One More Year, that's what I always say! Anyway time to get to another one of the big ones: The Great Train Robbery! It's been given a bit of credit it may not deserve but it is actually really good anyway! We're doing video versions of every episode now, where you can see the movies while we talk about them and also see our ugly mugs!You can catch them at our youtube page here, and this episode in particular hereHere's a link to the Films Discussed playlist if you'd like to watch along but with a soundtrack where available! You can catch up on all our social whatsits at linktr.ee/1w1y To start: A Foxy Grandpa Update--- Ambitious Whimsical Europeans ---Kingdom of the FairiesMelies sketches from HugoThe Life and Passion of Jesus ChristThe Voros Twins Saying “Da Vinki?” (2020)Diving LucyMary Jane’s MishapAlice in Wonderland --- The 1903 British Chase Films ---A Daring Daylight BurglaryDesperate Poaching AffrayRunaway Match --- Edwin S. Porter’s Lows and Highs ---Life of an American FiremanUncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Slavery DaysElectrocuting an Elephant (WARNING: Graphic)The Great Train Robbery Thanks for listening! See ya next year!
We're back after a monthlong moving-induced break! Back for the biggest grandest bestest famousest silent film in history! This will also be our first video episode, where you can watch along while we talk! Handy. You can watch the Youtube version here, which you should because I worked very hard on it. If you'd prefer the musical accompaniment, you can check out the full playlist of films discussed here as always. --- The Terrible Americans ---Jack and the BeanstalkUncle Josh at the Moving Picture ShowThe Boys Think They Have One on Foxy Grandpa, but He Fools ThemFoxy Grandpa and Polly in a Little HilarityThe 20th Century Tramp; or Happy Hooligan and his Airship --- The Oft-Ripped-Oft Europeans ---Conquering the Air / A la Conquête de l’Air (1901)The Little Match SellerAlcohol and Its VictimsAli Baba and the Forty ThievesMidwife to the Upper ClassAlfred Raymond, Agnes May, & Wilfred Sydney --- The MVP, The Main Man Himself ---An Impossible Balancing FeatThe Human FlyEruption of Mount PeleFerdinand Zecca's version, Catastrophe de la MartiniqueGulliver’s Travels Among the Lilliputians and the GiantsRobinson Crusoe --- LA VOYAGE ---A Trip to the Moon (though I'd recommend going and renting a high quality version) Thanks for listening! Check out our tweetums and youtubes here!
It's cussin' time because Glen did a swear. Also movies! We're seeing such new complexity in form this year that we had to make a long long long episode to talk about it all. Very impressive! You can see our tweetums and whatnot here!And you can see the full playlist of films discussed here! --- Aaaaah the French ---Starting with Méliès as alwaysMan with the Rubber HeadThe Dwarf and the GiantThe Devil and the StatueMéliès's lost Red Riding Hood FilmBlue Beard --- New on the scene, Ferdinand Zecca ---What is Seen Through a KeyholeDrama at the Bottom of the SeaHistory of a Crime ---- The British Invasion ---Walter R. Booth and Robert W. Paul Power TeamScrooge, or, Marley’s GhostThe Death of Poor Joe (George Albert Smith)The Over-Incubated BabyThe Countryman and the CinematographThe Magic SwordJames WilliamsonThe Big SwallowMitchell and Kenyon ActualitiesFire!Stop, Thief! --- The ‘Mericans ---Edwin S. PorterKansas Saloon SmashersWhy Mr. Nation Wants a DivorceExecution of Leon Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn PrisonDemolishing and Building up the Star Theatre Thanks for listening!
The Twentieth Century! From Joan of Arc to The Matrix, this is where we'll spend the bulk of our podcasting time! What's to come? Well what is to come in this episode is Glen said a cuss so we're now ~explicit~! A full playlist of the films discussed is available to you if you would only click this link.Likewise for our social media mumbo jumbo. --- Mandatory Georges Méliès Check-in ---Joan of ArcAutomobile Parade (Edison)The One Man BandThe Doctor and the MonkeyGoing to Bed Under DifficultiesA Fantastical MealThe Christmas Dream --- The British Invasion ---Let Me Dream AgainGrandma’s Reading GlassAs Seen Through a TelescopeThe Dull RazorAttack on a China MissionHow it Feels to Be Run OverExplosion of a Motorcar --- Alice Guy-Blaché: Gay or Just European? ---Turn-of-the-Century SurgeryDanse SerpentineAutomated Hat-Maker and Sausage-GrinderPierrette's EscapadesAt the Floral Ball --- Misc/Ernest Scared Stupid ---Uncle Josh’s Nightmare/Uncle Josh in a Spooky HotelCyrano De BergeracThe Enchanted DrawingSherlock Holmes Baffled
5 weeks, 5 years! And now it's nearing the turn of the century! People are starting to use edits to tell stories!!! What?? Find the full playlist of films discussed here on youtubeAnd find all of our social medias here! --- Méliès and His Love of Demons ---Pillar of FireThe Devil in a ConventThe Mysterious KnightThe Dreyfus AffairPhilosophy Tube's Antisemitism video, which has an in-detail rundown of the Dreyfus AffairCinderella --- The George Albert Smith cinematic advancement and a Filthy Stealer ---The Kiss in the TunnelBamforth Kiss in the TunnelThe Biter Bit --- The Lumière Boys Are Branching Out ---Lancement du “Varese” à LivourneUn TournoiParade of Flowered AutomobilesOpium SmokingÉquilibre et moulinetThe Priest and the Mannequins --- Alice Guy Blache May Party Too Hard ---Wonderful AbsintheAt the Club --- Edison is Mean to Animals ---Trick BearsFun in CampAdmiral Dewey Arriving at Gibralter --- Potpourri and Our First Negative Reviews ---The Jeffrey Sharkey Fight (lost)King JohnMomijigariUpside Down, or The Human FliesLadies Skirts Nailed to a Fence/Womens’ RightsIn the Grip of the BlizzardPanorama from the tower of the Brooklyn Bridge
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