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We began this episode talking about Joan Didion as a Hollywood figure and the importance of John Wayne, as well as her importance as a political writer with early strong conservative political views. Didion's portrayal of Hollywood and her lesser-known film criticism also came up for discussion, followed by a consideration of the work of the legendary film critic Pauline Kael and how Wilkinson, a film critic for The New York Times, decides what films to review or critique. Alyssa Wilkinson then spoke of what she views as the job of the film critic, and she spoke of her strong admiration for "Nickel Boys," which she called this year's best film. She and Krasny spoke of blockbusters, disaster and apocalyptic films, and Spielberg's "Jaws," and the larger question of the effect on our imaginations of the so-called Hollywood dream machine.Krasny and Wilkinson discussed villains and evil in contemporary films and Martin Scorsese's notion of too many films being like thrill rides and avoiding ordinary people and nuanced drama. They spoke, too, of the Oscars and discussed the history of the Oscars, and then went on to the impact of social media and streaming platforms and technology shifts and the question of misunderstood and too-long films and the tensions between art and commerce. They returned to Didion and her overall importance and concluded with a discussion of Wilkinson's view on faith and how she became a film critic and her film critic-filled Brooklyn neighborhood.
Message from Young Communicator Weekend on July 4, 2021
Young Communicator Weekend is a weekend where we get to hear from fresh voices from our church that are up and coming communicators. Will (Production Director) and Alyssa (J-Groups Director) shared a message on faith and what to do in difficult seasons.
Author Wm. Paul Young reveals hardship behind his story Paul invites our listeners to share in his story. Paul was thrust into the spotlight in 2008 with his runaway hit novel, The Shack, but much of his journey starts years earlier when he has arguably at his most vulnerable. Join Mark P. Fisher and his co-host Alyssa Wilkinson as we explore the origin of The Shack along with how Young handles forgiveness, loss, and the questions we wrestle with that lead to growth. ______ Wm Paul Young Website ______ Inspiring Growth Website ______ Sponsored by Sackcloth & Ashes ______ JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Send me a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inspiringgrowth/message
We’ve been compiling this episode for about 6 months now and we’ve conducted interviews in New York, Bristol, The Shetland Islands and via Skype. We hope our delve into film criticism is worth the wait. Thank you firstly to our participants, so generous with their time and thoughts. A huge thank you also to our roving reporter Charlotte Crofts for the amazing interview with Tara Judah featured in the episode, and others we couldn’t manage to get in. Thank you finally to our listeners who suggested this episode. The wealth of material we got was overwhelming so look out for all the interviews being uploaded in January while we are on our winter break. That should keep you going in the cold winter months. Participants Tara Judah https://tarajudah.com/ @midnightmovies Sam Fragoso http://talkeasypod.com/ @SamFragoso Simran Hans https://www.theguardian.com/profile/simran-hans @heavier_things Ashley Clark http://www.bfi.org.uk/people/ashley-clark @_Ash_Clark Violet Lucca https://www.filmcomment.com/author/vlucca/ @unbuttonmyeyes Mark Kermode https://www.theguardian.com/profile/markkermode @KermodeMovie Prof. Linda Ruth Williams https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/film/staff/lwilliams/ @lindaruth1 Tom Shone http://tomshone.blogspot.co.uk/ @Tom_Shone Roll of Honour All the critics given shout outs across our interviews... Sophie Mayer, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Cerise Howard, Emma Westwood, Thomas Caldwell, Josh Nelson, Jack Sargeant, Dana Linssen, Kees Driessen, Rüdiger Suchsland, Adrian Martin, Catherine Grant, Cristina Alvarez Lopez, Kevin B. Lee, Michael Wood, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Robin Wood, Victor Perkins, David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, Hadley Freeman, Marina Hyde, Ren Zelen, Christina Newland, Molly Haskell, Ashley Clark, James Baldwin, Graham Greene, Cahiers Critics, Bogdanovich & Schrader, Toby Hazlet, Violet Lucca, Doreen St. Felix, Jia Tolentino, Vinson Cunningham, Hilton Als, Wendy Ide, Simran Hans, Guy Lodge, Pauline Kael, Kim Newman, Roger Ebert, Andrew Sarris, Alan Jones, J Hoberman, Anne Billson, Kate Muir, Kay Austin Collins, Ira Madison, Alyssa Wilkinson, Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robertson, Tim Grierson, Anjelica Jade, Nathan Heller, Jeremy O’Harris, Hunter Harris, Wesley Morris, Nick Pinkerton, Eric Hynes, Badlands Film Collective, AO Scott, Anthony Lane, David Edelstein, Elvis Mitchell, Amy Taubin, Christian Lorentzen, Senses of Cinema, Four Columns and Reverse Shot. The incidental music for this episode is from Giorgio Gaslini's score for Antonioni's La Notte.
We're moving our release date to Tuesdays. So keep an eye out for our interview with Alyssa Wilkinson next Tuesday. In the meantime, we're re-posting CT's interview with Cultivated's Host, Mike Cosper: "How to be Faithfully Creative in a Post-Christian World." On the show, Mike talks about Christians' place in culture, his reasons for starting Harbor, and why the imagination is an essential part of our spiritual formation. Richard Clark hosts The Calling: https://soundcloud.com/localchurch Lachlan Coffey hosted Cultivated today. Mark Owens provided additional mixing and mastering. You can find him at Resonaterecordings.com Roman Candle played our theme song. Chris Bennett designed our logos.
Michial Farmer interviews Alyssa Wilkinson and Robert Joustra about their recent book, "How to Survive the Apocalypse."
Michial Farmer interviews Alyssa Wilkinson and Robert Joustra about their recent book, "How to Survive the Apocalypse."
Michial Farmer interviews Alyssa Wilkinson and Robert Joustra about their recent book, "How to Survive the Apocalypse."