Podcasts about director steve mcqueen

Director Steve McQueen's new film, Blitz, is full of stunning visuals. The audio team was tasked with coming up with sounds that could match, and often exceed, the beauty of the images they are accompanying. The war surrounding our main characters is often happening off screen, as the bombs are raining down as a catalyst for the human drama happening in underground shelters and tube stations. The team had to dream up the sound design of steam trains, massive fires and explosions galore.  All of this while creating a realistic sound scape for 1940s London. James Harrison and Paul Cotterell both served as Blitz's re-recording mixers and supervising sound editors and they are joined in this talk by production sound mixer Jahn Casali. This episode is sponsored by Sound Ideas, check out their 50% off sale happening now until Jan 31st: www.sound-ideas.com Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/295-blitz/ Podcast Homepage: tonebenderspodcast.com This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Director Steve McQueen discusses his new film, Blitz, with fellow Director Barry Jenkins in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses portraying the hidden voices of all those affected by the real life London Blitz, casting the lead child actor as a silent vessel for the audience while being a distinctive character, and utilizing music and dancing throughout the film as a way to reclaim humanity in the face of war. The film tells the story of George, a nine-year-old boy who is separated from his mother, Rita, amid the devastation of the London Blitz capital bombings. As George embarks on a journey to find the family he left behind, Rita embarks on her own journey to track down her son.

Director Steve McQueen joins NYFF62 Artistic Director Dennis Lim to discuss Blitz, the Closing Night selection of the 62nd New York Film Festival. Blitz opens at Film at Lincoln Center on November 1st. Tickets are now on sale: filmlinc.org/blitz An authentic and astonishing recreation of London during its blitzkrieg, Blitz pushes the artistry of Steve McQueen to ever more impressive levels. Working on a vast scale, McQueen sets things at human eye level, telling his original tale from the parallel perspectives of working-class single mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) and her 9-year-old son, George (newcomer Elliott Heffernan), as they become separated within the labyrinth of a city under siege. Alternately overwhelming and tender, McQueen's dazzling film offers a multicultural portrait of 1940s London too infrequently seen on screens.

The first new reviews of 2024 are here, even as a few late 2023 titles sneak into the mix. 13 in all starting with Anthony Hopkins, this time not as C.S. Lewis (Freud's Last Session) and Renny Harlin dialing up some action with Aaron Eckhart (The Bricklayer). An Elvis, a Spock and a monkey go on a strange journey (He Went That Way) while Kaley Cuoco goes on a familiar one as another domesticated assassin (Role Play). MST3K's Jonah Ray tries to get ahead of his neighbor (Destroy All Neighbors) and Kevin Hart leads a team through the air on a gold heist (Lift). Steve checks out the scary swimming pool (Night Swim) while J.A. Bayona revisits the real life horror of the Andes plane crash (Society of the Snow). Director Steve McQueen connects WWII to the pandemic (Occupied City) and Jake Johnson is forced to connect with someone or die (Self Reliance). Jason Statham burns phishing scammers (The Beekeeper), LaKeith Stanfield tries to one-up Jesus as the Messiah (The Book of Clarence) and a 20-year-old teen classic gets the musical treatment (Mean Girls) 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - Freud's Last Session 7:56 - The Bricklayer 13:22 - He Went That Way 21:20 - Role Play 27:41 - Destroy All Neighbors 38:23 - Lift 49:10 - Night Swim 56:28 - Society of the Snow 1:12:35 - Occupied City 1:17:26 – The Beekeeper 1:30:40 - Self Reliance 1:39:39 - Mean Girls 1:55:18 – The Book of Clarence 2:11:00 - Outro

The director and writer of Occupied City join us this week to explain how they crafted this very particular and precise cinematic experience, which presents a unique approach to a dark chapter in world history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Occupied City" had its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its striking vision from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen ("12 Years A Slave") as he and his producing partner (and real-life partner) Bianca Stigter ("Three Minutes: A Lengthening") adapted her picture book "Atlas of an Occupied City, Amsterdam 1940-1945" during COIVD and shot on location in Amsterdam. The 262-minute long film was further screened at the Telluride Film Festival and the New York Film Festival (which is where this interview took place) and will be released by A24 theatrically this Christmas. McQueen and Stigter were kind enough to spend some time talking with me about the film, which has now been nominated for three Critics Choice Documentary Awards, including Best Historical Documentary, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. Please be sure to take a listen and check out the film, which will be playing in limited release on December 25th from A24. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

This week on Scene Stealers we give it a 10! It's the 10th episode of Scene Stealers and there's only one way to do it and that is big. In The Vault this week Leo is talking about the success of the sci-fi sequel The Matrix Reloaded and Charles is playing the right numbers with the Paramount+ film Jerry and Marge Go Large. But the main event this week we are talking about the criminally underappreciated heist movie- Widows. Director Steve McQueen's 2018 drama brought an all-star cast together, with Viola Davis leading the charge in this tense and tight drama about four women getting money before some bad guys get them first. We had to make Widows the 10th Episode of Scene Stealers because no-one thinks we have the balls to pull this off...Now listen to Scene Stealers. 

Molly Smith Metzler spent 15 years writing plays before stepping into television work. Around 2015, she got a job on an HBO limited series from Director Steve McQueen, which unfortunately wasn't picked up. As a writer, Metzler is known for working on Orange is the New Black, Casual, Shameless, and Maid, where she's also the creator. In Maid, the story follows Alex Russell (Margaret Qualley) as she tries to flee an abusive relationship with Sean Boyd (Nick Robinson). As a young mother, she finds work cleaning houses and tries to provide for her child despite the odds being stacked against her. In this interview, Metzler talks about her transition into television, her advice for climbing the ladder in television, advice from John Wells (ER, The West Wing), and how she pitched such a difficult subject matter to Netflix. If it's your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel' which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below… Follow us on Instagram: @brockswinson If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!

Director Steve McQueen's feature debut, Hunger is a historical drama about the mistreatment of IRA political prisoners by the British government, particularly centered on Bobby Sands' part in the 1981 hunger strike that led to his death. McQueen and his cast all insist this movie is meant to be apolitical and show that wrong was done on both sides. If that is true, this brilliant film failed its makers' intentions.

Director Steve McQueen set out to make a film that smelled of human excrement. Was he successful? You betcha! Do we love this poop-filled movie? YOU BETCHA! The final episode in our First Timers mini-marathon about our favorite directors' debut films is on the Michael Fassbinder and Liam Cunningham prison drama about the real-life 1981 IRA Hunger Strike at the Maze Prison... it's 'Hunger' (2008)!The NeverEnding Movie Marathon is a weekly podcastic celebration of cinema. Dive deep into fan-favorite films (#NoStinkers!), thematically curated to enhance your movie viewing by hosts Matt Detisch, Alex Logan, and Michael Rocco.Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or at neverendingmoviemarathon.com

Sean Bobbitt thinks good cinematography is composed of a series of very carefully crafted and decided upon images. He began his career as a news camera shooter, but once he began to work on documentaries and features, Sean learned that each shot is not just coverage to edit together. After working in news and documentary for several years, Sean decided he wanted to transition into working on dramatic films, so he took a cinematography class with acclaimed cinematographer Billy Williams, and it changed his life. He knew he wanted to become a cinematographer. He soon got his first feature film job working on Wonderland, directed by Michael Winterbottom. Judas and the Black Messiah is a gripping biographical drama about FBI informant William O'Neal and Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton. O'Neil is a small-time criminal who agrees to go undercover for the FBI and infiltrate the Chicago headquarters of the Black Panthers. O'Neal's tips directly result in Chairman Hampton's assassination in his bed by police in 1969. Sean found the script gripping and incredibly relevant to today's ongoing issues of racial inequality. He realized he knew little about the Black Panthers and this chapter of racial injustice in America, and he needed to help tell the story. After reading the script, Sean met with director Shaka King, who brought hundreds of stills of the Black Panthers and talked Sean through the screenplay. Together, Sean and King began to explore what they wanted to visually create. The photographs became the basis for the look and color palette of the film. All the color photos were Kodachrome or Ektachrome, so they had a slightly faded look. Sean wanted high contrasts with punchy primary colors and worked closely with the DIT to get the color grade for the look he wanted. Previously, Sean had worked on a few biopics with director Steve McQueen, such as 12 Years a Slave and Hunger. Sean finds McQueen a very unique artist and a fantastic collaborator. They've worked together for so long that they are very good at communicating on set. McQueen loves long takes, and really began exploring those with Hunger- the film features a 16 and a half minute take, based on the idealogical concept that if you simply hold the frame, the audience begins to project themselves into the action. If there's no cut, the audience can't be reminded it's a film and can't be let off the hook. Sean learned to compose very considered frames where the action happens. One of the main concepts of the movie Shame was that most New Yorkers live their lives in high rises in the air, and the characters in the film only came down for sordid reasons. Most of the takes in Shame are also very long and purposefully make the viewer feel uncomfortable. You can watch Judas and the Black Messiah in select theaters and streaming on HBO Max. https://www.judasandtheblackmessiah.com/ Find out even more about this episode, with extensive show notes and links: http://camnoir.com/ep114/ Sponsored by Hot Rod Cameras: www.hotrodcameras.com Website: www.camnoir.com Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Twitter: @ShortEndz

Our penultimate film review brings us to the toughest to watch film we've covered yet. 2013's 12 Years a Slave is a masterpiece, but shows a side of American history that all American's would rather forget. It's simultaneously moving, brutal, inspirational, and horrifying. Director Steve McQueen takes you through the forgotten journey of a free man kidnapped and placed in chattel slavery, and he doesn't shy away from the ugly. Jordan, Clay, and producer Nick covered this one alone, but still had a great time. Thanks for listening and give us a like and a follow! It helps a ton! And if you really want to help, tell a friend! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afofpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/AFOFPodcast/posts/

Mtume Gant (@sircoregant), and Warren Wade Anderson came through to chat about all of the films of Director Steve McQueen, but especially his Small Axe series. On record we got Warren to re watch the House Party film series with us. Warren Wade is low key the Professor X of Zebras https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-the-phoenix/id1076115749?i=1000366595258 Happy Holidays y’all. We have limited edition shirts- Because of technical issues we are going to kick it old school to sell this wonderful @PatrickHorvath LIMITED QUANTITY UNLIMITED QUALITY Silk screened by hand at Brooklyn Print House $33 includes shipping & handling. DM @PINNLAND_EMPIRE on twitter to buy one! reach out if you are bored/struggling both or neither We are virtually around Also, PLEASE RATE US ON ITUNES AND ANYWHERE YOU CAN RATE US Yo we have shirts and masks- rdbl.co/2AYLPah Are there other Zebras items you would like to purchase? Email us at ZebrasPod@gmail.com Also email us if you’d like us to review your movie Tweet us at @ZebrasPod Want Marcus to review your film in the written form? PinnlandEmpire.com Want Scott to score your movie? ScottThorough.com Check out Marcus’ new album marcus9.bandcamp.com/album/the-mpc-era Check out Scott’s new album- scottthorough.bandcamp.com/album/bird Scott’s new single- uddtba.bandcamp.com/album/losing-my…se-of-detention God bless everyone with shades on

Larry is joined by Steve McQueen, director of ‘12 Years a Slave,’ to discuss his latest project, ‘Small Axe,’ the Black British experience, and more. Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Steve McQueen

This episode explores the career and journey of the former Met Police Superintendent Leroy Logan who’s life has recently been shared by Director Steve McQueen in the BBC & Amazon Prime Small Axe series (with John Boyega playing Leroy!). Leroy & Business Psychologist Michael Costello draw on the inspirational moments of Leroy’s new book "Closing Ranks: My Life as a Cop" to find ways in which a more inclusive and diverse culture can be created for the benefit of an organisation & society .  The interview covers (sadly) his father’s "savage beating" at the hands of the police in the 1980s as he joined the force & his personal experiences of discrimination and prejudice in the force…testing his own safety but also what Leroy calls “his calling” to change the force from within. Many would have walked away - Michael asks "What stopped him?" The conversation also covers Leroy' experiences with the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, the founding of the Black Police Offices association, and even the tragic death of Damiola Taylor. Black Lives Matter, apologies from British comedians, the Premier league are all explored as well as the state of the current Metropolitan Police force - ending with a powerful and sincere message to Met Police Commander Cressida Dick  Podcast notes: Book: Closing Ranks “My Life as a Cop” (Leroy Logan MBE): https://spckpublishing.co.uk/closing-ranks Charity Voyage Youth: https://voyageyouth.com BBC and Amazon Prime Small Axe Series: https://www.amazon.com/Small-Axe-Season-1/dp/B08J4HRR4P Relevant Research: https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/workforce-and-business/workforce-diversity/police-workforce/latest https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/harsher-penalties-for-black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-police-officers-tn0czfzdt If you feel you have been impacted by any of the issues raised in the podcast please have a look at the link below: Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/workplace/ If you enjoyed the podcast please like and share!  If you would like to be on the podcast and have great business insights to share get in touch at admin@workplaceevolution.   Thank-you for listening! You can find out more about us at the following addresses: Twitter: https://twitter.com/workplaceevol  Michael Costello's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcostellooccpsych1/ The Workplace Evolution podcast is brought to you by Workplace Evolution Ltd - The Natural Selection For Workplace Solutions!  Michael Costello is the Managing Director of Workplace Evolution based in Lancaster, UK --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jointheevolution/message

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Director Steve McQueen won an Academy Award for Best Picture for telling the dramatic true story of a free African-American who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in his film Twelve Years a Slave.  Now he’s addressing a form of racial oppression that hits a lot closer to home for him in a new anthology of films called Small Axe, which collectively captures the lives of London’s West Indian community in the 1970s and ’80s and their force of will against systemic racism and discrimination.  Steve McQueen talks about the process of creating five thematically connected but totally different stand-alone movies - each with their own distinct looks, styles, and time periods.  He reveals how his own upbringing in London’s West Indian community and the stories he was told by family members laid the groundwork for Small Axe, and he shares how he based one of the films on his own personal experience with racial injustice as a boy in school.  He also tells the inspiring tale of the Mangrove 9 who stood up to police harassment in a British court, the true story of the West Indian police officer who tried to change things from within, and why he says that the London Metropolitan Police is still plagued with systemic racism to this day. Watch Steve McQueen's five-part anthology Small Axe on Amazon Prime TV beginning November 20. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cine-Lit team take a look at the filmmaking career of Steve McQueen, tracing the line from his art career and winning the Turner Prize, through to his film-making debut with the IRA Hunger Strike biopic Hunger, his follow up with Shame, then onto his Oscar winning triumph in 12 Years A Slave and Widows. Just ahead of his new anthology series debuting on the BBC iPlayer in November, this is the perfect time to get up to speed.Check out the Cine-Lit website for additional content and further reading: https://cinelitpodcast.wordpress.comProduced and edited by Steve Woodward at PodcastingEditor.com. Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Director Steve McQueen’s first feature film goes deep into the circumstances of a series of prisoner protests in Northern Ireland in 1981.  With a clinical and procedural examination of their bodies both as sites of victimization and instruments of protest, the film considers the cruelty, strategy, determination and oppression of modern incarceration.  Among the inmates, Bobby Sands (played by Michael Fassbender) plans a resolute and deadly hunger strike until his republican brethren have their status as political prisoners reinstated by the British government.  But instead of dwelling on the politics of the time, McQueen methodically and unflinchingly catalogues the degradation of Sands’ body to the ravages of starvation. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be reviewing and discussing Jean-Luc Godard’s Made in U.S.A. (1966).

Director Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) and screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) join forces for a gritty, realistic heist film, “Widows.” Viola Davis plays a woman whose husband (Liam […] The post Take Two: “Widows” (R) appeared first on KKFI.

Director Steve McQueen and an incredible ensemble cast take on a pulpy crime thriller idea. It's pretty awesome. Ratings System: Longneck of Melbourne Bitter - an excellent film. Sublimely entertaining, meaningful or both.  Pint of Kilkenny - a very good, highly recommended film.  Stubby of Reschs - a good film and worth your time.  Schooner of Carlton Draught - Not great aye. But perhaps an interesting idea or two.  Schooner of Tooheys New - Shithouse 

Hey everybody. Welcome back to Brutally Honest Reviews. Some of us have been looking forward to today's movie for months and others had absolutely no idea what it was. Let me tell you, Widows is a very heavily layered film. Director Steve McQueen, whom's other projects include Shame, Hunger & 12 Years A Slave, he is not afraid to push the boundaries of going where other filmmakers shy away from. This being his passion project, why not have a fully loaded cast consisting of Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson, Viola Davis and many many more. Check out what we thought and remember to always keep it Brutally Honest! Watch On Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mxz_GjWq…&feature=youtu.be Listen On iTunes: The Brutally Honest Network: Brutally Honest Reviews Listen On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-198787686/mission-impossible-fallout-2018-that-tom-cruise-can-run-really-fast Listen On Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/evan-sch…views?refid=stpr Find Us On Facebook: www.facebook.com/BrutallyHonestNe…k/?ref=bookmarks Find Us On Twitter: twitter.com/BrutallyNetwork Find Us On Instagram: www.instagram.com/brutallyhonestnetwork/ Cinematography, Recording, Editing & VFX: Hop Top Films (www.HopTopFilms.com) Studio: Hop Top Films Studios | Find Out How To Host Your Podcast Today!(evan@hoptopfilms.com)

Director Steve McQueen returns to the big screen with a heist film centered around a group of widows left to clean up their criminal husbands' mess. Alan & Chris share their thoughts on "Widows" as well as the straight-to-Netflix Cohen Brothers anthology film "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". Cinema related news items follow the pair of reviews, with film recommendations closing out the show. Reviews: "Widows", "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Recommendations: "Ozark", "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead"

Director Steve McQueen’s new thriller WIDOWS is a Chicago-set heist film that puts to good use the city’s notorious corruption, which puts it in the company of Michael Mann’s stylish 1981 feature debut THIEF. In this half of our Windy City-centric pairing, we dig into THIEF and its strangely compelling criminal protagonist Frank, played by James Caan, to see what the film says about the kind of city Chicago was (and is), and the kind of filmmaker Mann would become. Plus, still more feedback on Bradley Cooper's version of A STAR IS BORN. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about THIEF, WIDOWS, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Outro Music: Tangerine Dream, “Final Confrontation” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Director Steve McQueen discusses his film, Widows, with fellow director Dee Rees. Set in Chicago, the film stars Viola Davis as Veronica, who is widowed after her husband is killed by police following an armed robbery attempt. Veronica soon joins forces with three other widows to enact a heist that her husband had been planning. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2019/Jan2019/Widows_QnA_1118.aspx

The “12 Years a Slave” director talks about why he never shot lists, the film’s incredible opening sequence, his longtime collaboration with DP Sean Bobbitt, why Chicago is the best city to set a story, and how he identified with the widows in the original BBC series as a 13 year old black kid growing up in London.

Director Steve McQueen's fourth film, Widows, follows the lives of 3 women who are newly widowed as their husbands are killed during one of their heists. Harry (Liam Nesson), the leader of the team, leaves behind his wife Veronica (Viola Davis) who must pick up the pieces of her life. She starts to get harassed from Jamaal Manning, a local gangster who is running for alderman in the South-Side of Chicago. Jamaal demands his $2 Million dollars to be returned that Harry stole from him. Veronica must gather the other widows (Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki) together, along with a driver (Cynthia Erivo) to pull off one last heist job to get the money to pay back Jamaal and move on with their lives.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5939723/advertisement

Director Steve McQueen's fourth film, Widows, follows the lives of 3 women who are newly widowed as their husbands are killed during one of their heists. Harry (Liam Nesson), the leader of the team, leaves behind his wife Veronica (Viola Davis) who must pick up the pieces of her life. She starts to get harassed from Jamaal Manning, a local gangster who is running for alderman in the South-Side of Chicago. Jamaal demands his $2 Million dollars to be returned that Harry stole from him. Veronica must gather the other widows (Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki) together, along with a driver (Cynthia Erivo) to pull off one last heist job to get the money to pay back Jamaal and move on with their lives.

Our latest episode of Soundtracking in association with the White Company marks the first appearance for a man Edith has long admired. Steve McQueen is a British writer, director and producer. who had critical big-screen success with Hunger and Shame before scooping an Academy Award for 12 Years A Slave. His latest project is the ensemble heist thriller Widows. Based on the 1983 ITV series of the same name, The plot follows a group of women who attempt a heist in order to pay back a crime boss after their ne'er-do-well husbands are killed on a botched job. It's scored by Hans Zimmer, and also features a sumptuous Nina Simone track and brand new material by Sade, which is always cause for celebration. We also discuss David Bowie, Liza Minnelli, Glenn Gould and much more besides.

With Mark Lawson Front Row announces the category winners for this year's Costa Book Awards. The director of the Costa Book Awards, Bud McLintock, announces the winners of the novel, first novel, poetry, biography and children's book categories and literary critic Sam Leith discusses the judges' choices. Steve McQueen discusses 12 Years A Slave, a film which tells the true story of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor) who was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film has already seen McQueen named Director of the Year at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and is hotly tipped for Oscar success. With previous films including Hunger and Shame, McQueen explains what attracts him to projects, and why the subject of slavery needed to be tackled. As part of Radio 4's MINT season, Front Row begins a short series of discussions and interviews looking at the cultural life of the MINT countries. Today the focus is on Mexico: film critic Fernanda Solórzano tells Mark about the current state of Mexican cinema. Mark hears from some of Front Row's People of the Year 2013 about their plans for 2014, and their upcoming projects in the next year. Film director Clio Barnard discusses working with a writer for the first time to adapt a novel for the screen, and actress Olivia Colman talks about learning to salsa with Nick Frost for her next film. Producer Claire Bartleet.

Director Steve McQueen makes films about things that people don't really talk about, but to him, they are deafening. He says, "If you're an artist, you have to have balls."