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A chronological deep dive into the films of our favourite directors. Hosted by Reece Crothers and Bjorn Olson.

The Filmography


    • Mar 11, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 46 EPISODES


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    Bonus Episode: The Best of 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 108:20


    In the first ever Filmography Bonus Episode, Reece and Bjorn discuss their respective top 10 favourite films released in 2024.

    S2E25: The Schrader Rankings Pt. II

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 117:07


    Reece and Bjorn wrap up their Paul Schrader season with the second part of their rankings from least to most favourite.

    S2E24: The Schrader Rankings Pt. I

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 109:16


    Reece and Bjorn compare notes on Schrader's films, ranking them from least to most favourite.

    S2E23: Master Gardner

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 85:35


    Reece and Bjorn are joined with very special guest and fellow former Queen Video clerk Adam Trozzolo for a deep dive into Paul Schrader final entry in his late period "man in a room" trilogy, starring Joel Edgerton as a reformed Neo-Nazi (surprise, surprise) seeking redemption through love.

    S2E22: The Card Counter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 78:41


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 22nd picture, "The Card Counter," the second in the so-called "man in a room" trilogy, starring Oscar Isaac as a gambler with a very dark past.

    S2E21 - First Reformed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 88:37


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's comeback picture, starring Ethan Hawke as the most Schrader-esque of protagonists, a priest suffering a crisis of faith. A 180-degree-turn from his last film, "First Reformed" is a provocative and deeply moving meditation on love, guilt, grief, and God (but way more entertaining than that suggests).

    S2E20: Dog Eat Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 72:34


    Reece and Bjorn take a deep dive into Paul Schrader's wildest picture, his second collaboration with Nic Cage (doing his best Bogart) in the bonkers 2016 neo-noir, Dog Eat Dog, featuring a gleefully unhinged supporting turn from Willem Dafoe., and based on (most of) a novel by Edward (Mr.Blue) Bunker.

    S2E19: Dying of The Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 128:03


    Reece and Bjorn are joined by returning special guest and noted Cage-o-holic Mark Hanson to discuss the first of two Schrader / Nic Cage pictures, 2014's CIA spy thriller, Dying of The Light, as well as Schrader's own bootleg cut, "Dark."

    S2E18: The Canyons

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 74:15


    Reece and Bjorn discuss (and disagree on!) Paul Schrader's divisive, self-financed Bret Easton Ellis collaboration, "The Canyons," starring Lindsay Lohan and pornstar James Deen in a story about sex, jealousy, and murder.

    S2E17: Adam Resurrected

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 83:40


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 2008 psychological drama starring Jeff Goldblum as a Holocaust survivor struggling to hold onto his sanity after suffering unspeakable loss and humiliation at the hands of Willem Dafoe's Nazi officer.

    S2E16: The Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 71:39


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's return to his "man in a room" films with this 2007 crime-drama starring Woody Harrelson, as the eponymous "walker," a gay man who escorts the wealthy wives of Washington elites to social events in place of their neglectful husbands - until, as these men in rooms tend to do, he gets caught up in a murder.

    S2E15: Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 77:55


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's divisive 2005 prequel to William Friedkin's horror classic, starring Stellen Skarsgard in the role made famous by Max Von Sydow in the original. Considering Schrader was fired off the picture, replaced by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) and the film was mostly re-cast and reshot, it's a miracle that this version even exists!

    S2E14: Auto Focus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 75:10


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 2002 Bob Crane biopic about twin obsession: sex and videotape, featuring some career-best performances by Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe.

    S2E13: Forever Mine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 107:23


    Reece and Bjorn are joined by very special guest Cameron Pulley, to discuss Paul Schrader's ultra-strange 1999 noir melodrama, Forever Mine, starring Joseph Fiennes, Gretchen Moll, and Ray Liotta.

    S2E12: Affliction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 69:18


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's second feature of 1997, Affliction, an adaptation of Russell Banks' novel, starring a powerhouse Nick Nolte, and a hard-as-nails James Coburn as his abusive father. Both were nominated for Oscars (Coburn won).

    S2E11: Touch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 81:30


    Reece and Bjorn are joined by returning special guest Noah Taylor to discuss Paul Schrader's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's strangest novel, “Touch,” the first of two films Schrader released in 1997.

    S2E10: Witch Hunt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 71:36


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Scrader's strange, comic, supernatural noir, Witch Hunt, starring Dennis Hopper, as a ‘50s private dick, surrounded by magic and murder.

    S2E9: Light Sleeper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 104:07


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1992 existential crime drama, Light Sleeper, starring Willem Dafoe as a middle-aged drug dealer ready for anything but change.

    S2E8: The Comfort of Strangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 65:26


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's seductive and dangerous 1990 thriller, The Comfort of Strangers, starring Natasha Richardson and Rupert Everett as young lovers searching for passion in Venice, finding instead the not-so-comforting strangers, played by Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren.

    S2E7: Patty Hearst

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 84:33


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1988 true crime biopic, Patty Hearst, starring Natasha Richardson as the eponymous heiress who was kidnapped by and then joined (willingly?) the SLA.

    S2E6: Light of Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 70:30


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1987 family drama about a working class brother and sister chasing their rock 'n roll dreams in Cleaveland, starring Michael J. Fox, Joan Jett, and Gena Rowlands.

    S2E5: Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 75:57


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1985 biopic on the life and works of Japanese author (and wannabe fascist!) Yukio Mishima, featuring one of the greatest film scores of all time, courtesy of Mr. Philip Glass!

    S2E4: Cat People

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 69:10


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's 1982 erotic horror remake of the 1942 Jacques Tourneur film, starring Natassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, and John Heard, and a big cat!

    S2E3: American Gigolo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 95:09


    Reece and Bjorn are joined by Danny Flynn, co-host of That's Dark podcast, in a discussion about Paul Schrader's 1980 picture American Gigolo, in which Richard Gere goes looking for love while being framed for murder.

    S2E2: Hardcore

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 69:32


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Paul Schrader's second film as director, 1979's Hardcore, starring George C. Scott as a devoutly religious midwestern furniture manufacturer who descends into the underworld of hardcore pornography in search of his lost daughter.

    S2E1: Blue Collar

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 81:35


    Reece and Bjorn are back with the first episode of the second season. Focusing on the works of Paul Schrader this season, we discuss the first four produced screenplays that Schrader wrote for other directors (The Yakuza, Taxi Driver, Obsession, and Rolling Thunder), before taking a deep dive into his directorial debut, Blue Collar.

    S1E20: The Coppola Rankings

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 120:03


    In the first season finale (until Megalopolis comes out!), Reece and Bjorn finally meet up in person to rank Coppola's 22 major theatrical releases in order from least to most favourite.

    S1E19: Twixt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 67:11


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 2012 spooky ghost story, Twixt, starring Val Kilmer and Elle Fanning.

    S1E18: Tetro

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 97:03


    Reece and Bjorn are joined by special guest Mark Hanson for a discussion about Tetro, Coppola's 2009 drama about family rivalry, starring Vincent Gallo.

    S1E17: Youth Without Youth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 75:56


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's beguiling 2007 rejuvenation drama Youth Without Youth, starring Tim Roth, the first in a trio of a smaller, more personal pictures.

    S1E16: The Rainmaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 79:08


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1997 legal drama, an adaptation of John Grisham's The Rainmaker, with our first special guest: Noah Taylor.

    S1E15: Jack

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 67:47


    Reece and Bjorn try to find things to like about Coppola's 1996 dramedy Jack.

    S1E14: Bram Stoker's Dracula

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 76:45


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's glorious 1992 adaptation of Bram Stroker's Dracula, as well as Eleanor Coppola's 1991 documentary on the making of Apocalypse Now: Hearts of Darkness.

    S1E13: Godfather Pt. III

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 96:00


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's divisive 1990 finale to the Godfather trilogy.

    S1E12: Tucker and New York Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 73:38


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1988 biopic Tucker: The Man and His Dream, as well as Coppola's segment from the 1989 anthology film New York Stories.

    S1E11: Gardens of Stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 67:23


    This week Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's thoughtful, 1987 Vietnam-era military drama Gardens of Stone, as well as his "Rip Van Winkle" episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theater.

    S1E10: Peggy Sue Got Married

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 65:58


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1986 comedy-drama-fantasy Peggy Sue Got Married, in which Kathleen Turner time travels back to her high school glory days.

    S1E9: The Cotton Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 72:28


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's 1984 musical crime drama The Cotton Club, and its subsequent re-edit, Cotton Club Encore.

    S1E8: Rumble Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 74:07


    Reece and Bjorn discuss the second of two S.E. Hinton novels that Francis Ford Coppola directed in 1983 -- Rumble Fish.

    S1E7: The Outsiders

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 66:55


    Reece and Bjorn discuss the first of two S.E. Hinton adaptations that Francis Ford Coppola released in 1983 -- the star-studded teen drama The Outsiders.

    S1E6: One From The Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 63:57


    Considered a critical and commercial disaster upon its release in 1982, Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's romantic fantasy One From The Heart and question whether or not the film is due for re-appraisal.

    S1E5: Apocalypse Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 91:34


    In this week's episode Reece and Bjorn wrap up 70's Coppola with the Vietnam war movie to end all war movies: Apocalypse Now.

    S1E4: The Godfather pt. II

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 70:07


    Reece and Bjorn discuss Coppola's second masterpiece of 1974 - The Godfather pt. II

    S1E3: The Conversation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 61:31


    This week Reece and Bjorn discuss the first of two masterpieces from Coppola in 1974 - the paranoid surveillance thriller, The Conversation. Starring Gene Hackman as professional eavesdropper Harry Caul.

    S1E2: The Godfather

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 80:46


    Reece and Bjorn pull a Ken and talk about the Godfather, as well as Coppola's script for Patton.

    S1E1: Francis Ford Coppola - The Early Pictures

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 94:39


    Welcome to the Filmography. In this episode, we dive into Francis Ford Coppola's early career to examine the pre-Godfather pictures: The Roger Corman influenced low budget creep show, Dementia 13; his surprising coming-of-age comedy, You're a Big Boy Now; the re-edit of the Russian sci-fi flick, Battle Beyond the Sun; the big budget boondoggle, Finian's Rainbow; and the daringly tender romance/road picture, The Rain People.

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