Podcast appearances and mentions of Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

“In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's original objective, they knew now that somehow they had done much, much more than ever they set out to do.” Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! If you love exploration books as much as we do, you'll definitely enjoy this episode. Today, we're talking about Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. Join us as we explore Shackleton's legendary expedition, where a crew of 28 men faced nearly two years of extreme conditions after their ship became trapped in ice. We cover a wide range of topics including: How Shackleton's leadership prevented descent into madness Physical vs. mental challenges in extreme survival situations Were previous generations tougher than we are today? Antarctic exploration's parallels to modern space missions The life-or-death decisions in the final rescue attempt And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat, Neil, and Adil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode. Links from the Episode: Mentioned in the Show: Equip (1:35) TrueMed (1:39) Gusto (3:15) CrowdHealth (4:16) Ross Sea Party (9:31) SpaceX 'Chopsticks' (14:20) Kerbal Space Program (15:57) Oppenheimer (22:55) Apollo 13 (40:06) The Martian (40:35) Endurance Documentary (43:50) Free Solo (44:34) JD Vance on Joe Rogan (1:14:04) Justin Mares - The Next (1:20:19) Anthony Gustin - The Feed (1:20:43) News article on Epic (1:21:43) Books Mentioned: Colony One Mars (19:21) The Fourth Turning (28:08) (Book Episode)  Dune (33:57) Musashi (34:11) East of Eden (34:12) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) Lord of the Rings (35:29) The River of Doubt (48:10) (Book Episode) Hatchet (1:02:36) The Lost Men (1:04:17) Where Is My Flying Car? (1:08:07) (Book Episode) Energy and Civilization (1:10:00) (Book Episode) (Nat's Book Notes) How the World Really Works (1:10:03) (Book Episode) The Prize (1:10:44) Oil 101 (1:11:31) The Brothers K (1:12:00) Power to Save the World (1:12:19) How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor (1:12:29) Crypto Confidential (1:29:43) People Mentioned: Ernest Shackleton Alfred Lansing (10:47) Amundsen and Scott (12:19) Alfred Cheetham (19:58) Jimmy Chin (44:20)  Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (44:24) Show Topics: (0:00) After an unintended hiatus, we're back! We begin the episode with a tangent on our favorite blender, health insurance plans, and protein powder. (5:44) We begin our discussion of Endurance by Alfred Lansing. Nat shares a unique perspective, having read the book during his own trip to Antarctica. (09:15) The timeline of Shackleton's expedition spanned from August 1914 to September 1916, marking nearly two years of survival against impossible odds. Later on, Shackleton would help rescue another stranded crew in January 1917. (11:16) Endurance draws from the crew's journal entries, a common practice during the age of exploration when survival wasn't guaranteed. We discuss how these historical records parallel potential Mars missions in the future. (13:46) We explore current Mars exploration initiatives across the globe. China aims for a sample return mission by 2030, SpaceX targets 2028 for their missions, and India continues to advance their rover program. (18:01) The core of Shackleton's story unfolds: an attempted Antarctic crossing, leading to a two-year fight for survival. Despite the world presuming them dead, every crew member survived, with many later serving in World War I, highlighting their extraordinary resilience. (22:11) "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success." Shackleton's legendary recruitment advertisement exemplified his unique approach to crew selection. Nat, Neil, and Adil also discuss whether the people of previous generations were tougher than we are today.  (30:30) Shifting the conversation to growing up in the pre-Internet era. We reminisce about outdoor adventures, early video games, and how different forms of entertainment shaped our imaginations compared to today. (35:54) The physical hardships endured by the crew were severe, with frostbite being a constant threat. Shackleton's leadership proved crucial, maintaining strict schedules and discipline to prevent the crew from succumbing to despair during their long wait trapped in ice. (39:26) We draw parallels between Shackleton's earlier failures and the Apollo 13 mission.  (42:41) The type of ship they chose for the journey actually had a huge impact on the outcome. Its specific shape made it vulnerable to being trapped within the large blocks of ice. (46:31) National parks and the preservation of nature. There are very few places left in the country where there is no light pollution at all. (49:43) After a year on the ship and another camping on ice, they modified their lifeboats for a perilous journey to Elephant Island. Shackleton's team then faced the task of scaling mountains without proper gear and navigating treacherous waters. (55:12) Nat, Neil, and Adil debate whether the physical or mental challenges were the most difficult to overcome in this expedition. Would you rather have been on the boat with Shackleton, or waiting for the boat to return for rescue?  (1:01:32) The book itself has an interesting publishing history. Though it achieved only modest sales during Lansing's lifetime, it found massive success about a decade after his death. (1:07:49) We reflect on a few other books we've read on energy. If you have any recommendations, send them our way!  (1:13:07) A discussion about current political leadership's understanding of technology and its implications for policy decisions. (1:20:55) The 'Make American Healthy Again' efforts, healthcare system incentives, and potential future programs in the U.S. What is to come under the new administration? (1:24:59) It wouldn't be an episode of MYT without a little crypto and meme coin talk! (1:34:58) That concludes this episode! If you're interested in reading Endurance, you can grab a copy of the book here. Next up on the podcast, we will be reading Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. Make sure to stay tuned to our website to see what's next and leave us a book rec! If you enjoyed this episode, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes and tell a friend. As always, let us know if you have any book recommendations! You can say hi to us on Twitter @TheRealNeilS, @adilmajid, @nateliason and share your thoughts on this episode. 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In this episode, the randomizer goes all the way back to 2021 to pick an example of everyone's favorite subgenre of Disney+ content, that's right, another NatGeo documentary! Only this time, it's NOT one of those wretched disposable televised NatGeo specials that's exactly the same as every other NatGeo special, it's a full-fledged NatGeo-branded theatrical documentary feature film from the Oscar-winning directors of Free Solo about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, an inherently compelling true story of unlikely heroes triumphantly overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds in order to save human life, which unfortunately is primarily known to westerners as "that one time Elon Musk called a guy a pedophile on Twitter for no good reason" because everything is dumb and the world is broken. Join Tony Goldmark, Kalani Mitchell, Kit Quinn and Luke Ski as they sadistically sabotage THE RESCUE!  Check out my guests' stuff! KALANI MITCHELL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kalani.mitchell  Twitter: https://twitter.com/MitchellKalani KIT QUINN  Twitter: https://twitter.com/missi0nbreakout Podcast: https://anchor.fm/krt-trio LUKE SKI Portfolio: https://www.luke.ski Bandcamp: https://lukeski.bandcamp.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegreatlukeski And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early and ad-free by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

Hello and welcome to an all new episode of Some Like It Scott! On this week's episode, the two Scotts talk about the first comedy blockbuster of the summer, with a review of David Leitch's latest behind the camera, the Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt starring action-romantic-comedy THE FALL GUY. After discussing Gosling's star power, the homage to stunt work, and the balance of the different genres, the two Scotts turn their attention to news of Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (FREE SOLO, NYAD) working on a new documentary, as well as Glen Powell (again!) being cast in a new legal drama from John Lee Hancock, MONSANTO. See time codes below:   3:48 - THE FALL GUY review  55:35 - Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's next documentary 1:02:16 - Glen Powell in John Lee Hancock's new legal drama   Next time: KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (Theaters)   Patreon: www.patreon.com/MediaPlugPods

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley interviews Director and Producer Matt Hamacheck. Matthew Hamachek is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker known for his work as a director, editor, writer, and producer. Most recently, Hamachek directed and executive produced the highly anticipated 10-part docuseries, “The Dynasty: New England Patriots.” The docuseries chronicles the rise and historic 20-year run of the New England Patriots during the Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and Robert Kraft era and is set to premiere February 16th on Apple TV+. Prior to “The Dynasty,” Hamachek co-directed and produced the Emmy-winning two-part HBO documentary “Tiger,” which offered a revealing look at the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods. He also executive produced Oscar-winning filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's documentary “Return To Space.” Hamachek has won two Sundance Film Festival Awards for editing and writing the Oscar and WGA-nominated “If A Tree Falls” and “Gideon's Army.” He also produced, wrote, and edited the acclaimed film “Amanda Knox.” In addition, he edited and produced the Oscar-nominated film “Cartel Land,” and edited the Emmy-nominated “Meet The Patels,” “The Fourth Estate,” “Mistaken For Strangers,” and “Racing Dreams.”

Oscar winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin discuss Photographer, their new documentary series that zooms in on National Geographic's greatest image makers. And Emmy nominee Carla Gutiérrez goes inside her new film Frida, about the extraordinary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley interviews Director and Producer Matt Hamacheck. Matthew Hamachek is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker known for his work as a director, editor, writer, and producer. Most recently, Hamachek directed and executive produced the highly anticipated 10-part docuseries, “The Dynasty: New England Patriots.” The docuseries chronicles the rise and historic 20-year run of the New England Patriots during the Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and Robert Kraft era and is set to premiere February 16th on Apple TV+. Prior to “The Dynasty,” Hamachek co-directed and produced the Emmy-winning two-part HBO documentary “Tiger,” which offered a revealing look at the rise, fall, and epic comeback of global icon Tiger Woods.  He also executive produced Oscar-winning filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's documentary “Return To Space.” Hamachek has won two Sundance Film Festival Awards for editing and writing the Oscar and WGA-nominated “If A Tree Falls” and “Gideon's Army.” He also produced, wrote, and edited the acclaimed film “Amanda Knox.” In addition, he edited and produced the Oscar-nominated film “Cartel Land,” and edited the Emmy-nominated “Meet The Patels,” “The Fourth Estate,” “Mistaken For Strangers,” and “Racing Dreams.”

C'est la 5ème saison d'On n'a rien préparé ! On vous retrouve avec bonheur dans ce format désormais connu des internets : entre 30 et 40 minutes d'émission (oups), 3 impros, du fun et des blagues (mais pas que) ! Aujourd'hui, nous retrouvons Laurence Katina ! Faisant de l'impro depuis janvier 2000 – pratique pour savoir depuis combien de temps elle en fait –, elle a commencé à la Fédération Belge d'Improvisation Théâtrale (tiens tiens), avant de fonder une équipe au Conservatoire de théâtre où elle faisait ses études. Elle rejoint ensuite la LIB (Ligue d'Improvisation Belge professionnelle) puis la LIP (Ligue d'Improvisation Professionnelle Wallonie-Bruxelles) en plus de faire plein de projets et de formats différents. Avec elle, dans cet épisode : 07:00 : on vous livre la conférence de presse de Banksy qui ouvre un marché bio,14:25 : on essaie d'organiser l'anniversaire d'un enfant en naviguant entre des sons différents,19:25 : on passe en revue l'armée de Némésis, de façon tragique et grecque,25:35 : on écoute le coup de cœur de Laurence. Le coup de cœur de Laurence est pour « Insubmersible », un film de Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi et Jimmy Chin (III) avec Annette Bening et Jodie Foster (https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=290953.html) . Prenez bien soin de vous et à la semaine prochaine !

In today's episode, Anna Smith talks to members of the the Girls On Film community about Nyad, starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, which tells the remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad. An athlete turned journalist, Diana Nyad made an incredible vow when she turned 60. She was determined to become the first person to swim 110 miles from Cuba to Florida, without a shark cage. She was supported by a team including her best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll. Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the film has a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Annette Bening as Diana, and Supporting Actress for Jodie Foster as Bonnie. The bond between Diana and Bonnie is beautifully depicted, whether they are sharing witty banter, second guessing each other or finding their strong friendship tested by Diana's relentless and risky ambition. It's the reason that Nyad is nominated for the Female Friendship on Screen award at the 2024 Girls On Film Awards. In partnership with Netflix we arranged a special Girls On Film screening of Nyad, the feature written by Julia Cox, adapted from the memoir Find A Way by Diana Nyad. We invited some of the Girls On Film community to watch this extraordinary true story on the big screen, followed by a discussion about some of the themes of the film, including friendships between women, achieving your goals no matter what your age, and the great pleasure of seeing the story of two complex, older lesbian characters on screen in mainstream cinema. Thanks to our partners for this episode, Netflix UK Other films mentioned in this episode are: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Blindsight Booksmart Chariots of Fire Free Solo Girl Picture How to Have Sex A League of Their Own Polite Society The Rescue She Said The Silent Twins The Swimmers Thelma and Louise The Woman King Become a patron of Girls On Film on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/girlsonfilmpodcast Follow us on socials: www.instagram.com/girlsonfilm_podcast/ www.facebook.com/girlsonfilmpodcast www.twitter.com/GirlsOnFilm_Pod www.twitter.com/annasmithjourno Watch Girls On Film on the BFI's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX…L89QKZsN5Tgr3vn7z Girls On Film is an HLA production. Host: Anna Smith Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold Producer: Charlotte Matheson Audio editor: Emma Butt House band: MX Tyrants © HLA Agency

Nyad (2023) Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin Written by Julia Cox Starring Annette Bening, Jodie Foster "Sixty-four-year-old marathon swimmer Diana Nyad attempts to become the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida." Rustin (2023) Directed by George C. Wolff Written by Dustin Lance Black, Julian Breece Starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright "Bayard Rustin, advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., dedicates his life to the quest for racial equality, human rights and worldwide democracy. However, as an openly gay Black man, he is all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build." Miller's Girl (2024) Directed by Jade Bartlett Written by Jade Bartlett Starring Martin Freeman, Jenna Ortega "A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student." The Underdoggs (2024) Directed by Charles Stone III Written by Danny Segal, Isaac Schamis Starring Snoop Dogg, Tika Sumpter, Mike Epps Flickchart and More!

Annette Bening joins the show to talk about her performance in Nyad. Based on real events, the film follows the story of sixty-four-year-old marathon swimmer Diana Nyad (Bening) as she attempts to become the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida. Bening recounts her initial reaction to the script, describes her experience meeting and working with Jodie Foster (who plays Diana's best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll), shares what it was like to be directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, and digs into the intense physical challenge that the film presented.  She also breaks down a few of the roles that had a major impact on her, reflects on the current state of the industry, and shares her favorite ways to spend her free time.  Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

Oscar-winning documentary co-directors Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi decided to go the narrative feature route with their new film NYAD starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster. Our hosts share their reviews and then ponder the recently announced nominations for the 96th Academy Awards. Recommendations: The Barber of Little Rock, The Last Repair Shop, Knight of FortuneFootcandle Film Society See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode features directing duo Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, who joined us to discuss the making of their latest film and first narrative feature Nyad. Listen now to learn about their transition from documentary to drama, the challenges of shooting in and underwater, and portraying the real Diana Nyad.

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With the holidays rapidly approaching, films related to Thanksgiving and Christmas can an offer a touch of nostalgia while telling an emotional story. Think "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and "A Christmas Story." This year, directory Alexander Payne ("Election," "Sideways," "Nebraska") brings us "The Holdovers" starring Paul Giamatti as teacher Paul Hunham, Dominic Sessa as student Angus Tully and Da'Vine Joy Randolph as school cook Mary Lamb. The story centers on students that can't go home for Christmas break and a teacher that is forced to chaperone the group. Co-host Bruce Miller gives his thoughts on the film, and we have interview clips with Payne, Randolph, Sessa, writer/producer David Hemingson and producer Mark Johnson. Miller also shares his thoughts on the Netflix film "Nyad," starring Annette Bening as endurance swimmer Diana Nyad and Jodie Foster as her coach, Bonnie Stoll. It tells the story of Nyad's swim through shark-infested waters between Havana, Cuba and Key West, Florida. The film is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. The pair co-directed the Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo." Where to watch and more coverage "The Holdovers" in theaters Nov. 10 "Nyad" on Netflix Contact us! We want to hear from you! Email questions to podcasts@lee.net and we'll answer your question on a future episode! About the show Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Headliner and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Holiday Films for Families Streamed and Screamed podcast about movies and TV from Lee Enterprises Terry Lipshetz: Welcome, everyone, to another episode of Streamed and Screened an entertainment podcast about movies and TV from Lee Enterprises. I'm Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer at Lee and co-host of the program with Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal and a longtime entertainment reporter. Bruce Miller: I'm a holdover. Terry Lipshetz: You're a holdover. You've been here forever. You are a holdover. Bruce Miller: I am. I remember when Alexander Payne wasn't making movies. How's that for a connection? But, yeah, we are getting into Thanksgiving season. So this means that you're going to get films that maybe the whole family would go to. Because, come on, what else is there to do over Thanksgiving holiday? Eat and go to the movies, right? Terry Lipshetz: Yeah. Bruce Miller: And so you're going to start seeing some of those ones that are a little more like Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Back in the day, that was a big kind of holiday. Let's go see it because it's entertaining, and that's what we'll be getting now. I think you'll be seeing some of those before the Christmas rush and then the Oscar run, so look for the fun ones. And one that I really loved was the Holdovers. That's the newest Alexander Payne film. It's set in 1970, and it's set at a private boys' school in the East Coast. And, apparently all kids didn't go home. Some had a reason. Their parents were off on a ski trip and they didn't want to take the kid home or they didn't have the ability to get them home or whatever. And so those kids were called the Holdovers. They stayed at school, and then as a result, they had to put up with whoever they threw in their face. There was usually a teacher who got punished to be with those kids because who wants to be at home during the holidays? Nobody. Terry Lipshetz: Nobody. Bruce Miller: So, the one who gets stuck, even though he did it the year before, is played by Paul Giamatti, and he plays an ancient history teacher that nobody likes. They just hate him. He gives them all F's. He thinks that they're lazy and they don't really live up to their expectations. And this is 1970. Remind you. And so the Kids that are left back think, oh, God, this is going to be just terrible. And he plans classes for them, exercise, situations for them. And then they have all the bad food that's left over, and the cook is there, and she is going to keep him occupied over the holidays when he isn't. So it's like the worst situation you could think of. And then a group of them gets the opportunity to go on a ski trip. Except one student, he's stuck at the school with the bad teacher and the cook. And so the three of them have what they call their holiday experience. Terry Lipshetz: Sounds almost like my college. I went to a smaller private university in New Jersey. so you couldn't stay over during the winter break. They closed the dorms. They basically kick you out unless you were basically stuck there because you were, let's say, a foreign exchange. Bruce Miller: Foreign students. Terry Lipshetz: Yeah, that was it. That was it. They were the holdovers, and they got to stay in the dorms through the holidays. But that was it. Bruce Miller: I never was a holdover. God, it was, like, icy as hell. And I would still force somebody to come and pick me up because I thought, the last thing I want to do is be stuck here. So I was good. I got out. But I can imagine it would be dreadful because you see this? And this was during my time. It's set during the. That's about my period. And you go, oh, my God. They have captured so many things that are so specific. They have a pinball machine. And, the young man who is stuck back wants to play the pinball machine. Now, what they did was they put their order, their dime, whatever it cost, on the top of the pinball machine. And then that meant they were next. And the kid gets in a big fight with this guy who says, no, you're not next. My friend is next. And you think, oh, that is. I remember that. Who would have thought that that would be a part of it? But they've done a great job of capturing all those little things, even down to the clothes. And Alexander Payne said that when he was casting, he was particularly looking for young actors who had the right haircuts because he didn't want them to look like they were contemporary. They needed those 70s haircuts. And they do have those 70s haircuts. Terry Lipshetz: Kind of the moppy. Bruce Miller: Yeah, it's not quite mullet yet, because that wasn't in style. Terry Lipshetz: That's more 80s. Bruce Miller: Yeah. This was just kind of a head of hair that's post-Vietnam, where you just wanted to grow your hair out in those days. Can I tell you? I had hair that was down to the back of my shoulders. I had long, long hair because I didn't want to cut it. And my dad would always make a huge stink about that hair. He says, when are you going to cut this hair? And so I pull my hair back and hide it in the collar of my shirt. And every night at dinner, he would pull the hair out and say, you got to cut this. That kind of sentiment. That hair was a big issue for people back in those days. Terry Lipshetz: It was, yeah. I've seen photos of my parents back in the. It was an interesting time with hairstyles. Now, in 1970, that would have made me, let's see, about negative five years old. So I wasn't present at that time. Bruce Miller: You were not breaking any of those rules? Terry Lipshetz: No, I was not. Bruce Miller: But I was edging into the college years. It was a different world, a much different world. And you notice that, too, how social media and the Internet and all that has changed so much here. The kids have to look things up. And do they want to look things up? No, they do not. I think that the attitudes are still the same. You still press up against authority. But it's fascinating to see how the friendships develop. And I don't know that I would ever have been friends with a teacher of mine, but when you're forced to do it, you become a little closer. Adversity breeds friendship. Maybe that's the moral of the story. Yeah. Terry Lipshetz: and it's diverse, too. You've got different people of different eras. Bruce Miller: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, she plays the head cook at the thing. And her son, you find out early on, her son went to school there. She agreed to be the cook at the school so that her son would be able to get a good education, which is what she was hoping for. And when the movie begins, you learn very quickly that her son has died. And so she's dealing with grief over the holidays. The young man is upset because his parents aren't taking him home. And the teacher is, not liked, as they openly. Nobody likes you, so why should we? So they all have a reason to fight for something. Terry Lipshetz: But ultimately, the odd couple comes together. I can only presume. Bruce Miller: I enjoyed it so much. It has been kind of testing the market throughout. Okay. And so it has had pre screenings or previews or whatever before it actually opens this week. So you can see the audience. It kind of had a little taste of what it was all about, how they react. And I think the reaction is good. It's heartfelt. And it reminded me a lot of Green book. Terry Lipshetz: Okay. Bruce Miller: Where kind of unlikely people are thrust together and how they build a friendship out of that. You remember that with, the driver and the musician. And the musician couldn't go in certain restaurants. He wasn't allowed in certain hotels. So there was definitely a different time. And you see that same reflection here in the holdovers. Terry Lipshetz: Interesting. So you mentioned at the top of this podcast, planes, trains, and automobiles, which is to me, one of my favorite movies of all time. And we did a whole episode on John Hughes movies to begin with quite a ways back. But that one in particular is one that it's almost like a tradition in the family. Got to throw planes, trains, and automobiles on. And it's in some ways because there's not a whole lot of Thanksgiving specific movies tend to get Christmas movies, not necessarily Thanksgiving, but it was that kind of story where Steve Martin's character, John Candy's character, are two very different people, but they're put in a very strange circumstance together, and they kind of come together. It almost feels like this movie takes some of that as well. Bruce Miller: Very much so. The other thing that's interesting is that those were people who wanted to get home, right. And here's ones who can't. There isn't a home, so they have to create a home, and they bring a tree, they do presents. It's very, touching how they kind of make a family, even though there isn't a family. All three of the actors are potential Oscar nominees. That's why. Terry Lipshetz: Wow. Do you see this becoming like a traditional holiday classic? The one that we pop on Christmas. Bruce Miller: Story, playing Dominic Sessa, who plays, the young man, has never acted in films before. Terry Lipshetz: Right. Bruce Miller: Found him at a school, and we're looking for somebody who kind of fit. Again, the hair was a big thing fit the identity that they were looking for. And they were blown away by how good he was at kind of capturing that attitude that's kind of there. And, you see it. He is easily the glue that holds this together and a really good young actor. I think someday we'll look back and we'll say that was his first film and look at how good he was. Terry Lipshetz: This film is directed by Alexander Payne, and he's, of course, known for doing a lot of kind of quirky movies like Nebraska. Bruce Miller: Yeah. Do you remember? Election was kind of the one that put him on the map, with Reese Witherspoon as that kind of dreadful girl who wanted to be student body know. She was determined. And the advisor to the student council, played by Matthew Roderick, did not want her to win and did whatever he could to try and derail her campaign by putting another student in her way. Chris Klein played that role. He shot it all in Omaha, which is where he's from. And it was very similar to this, where he went looking for real people to play these parts and look what happened to their careers. Reese Witherspoon, she won an Oscar. And Chris Klein had a long career. Look at American Pie. I mean, he has some pretty good credits behind. She wasn't necessarily, but the other ones that fill in the film. And if you go back and look at election, you'll see actor, young actors in that that have had lots of work. Terry Lipshetz: Right. Bruce Miller: It was supposed to be a two hander between Reese Witherspoon and, Matthew Broderick. And some of those other ones are making a real big splash in that first film. So I wouldn't doubt that we'll see the same thing happen with this one. Terry Lipshetz: Yeah. And even like a movie like Sideways, there's another one where. And he did it with Paul Giamatti, and that was Paul Giamatti. He's done so many movies and he's always so good in what he does, but it almost took until sideways to really get him out there. Bruce Miller: He was a great character actor who had bit parts or small parts in films and then suddenly blew up. And he was in John Adams and he was in, sideways. And. Yeah, now he's kind of your go to. If you want one of those kind of erudite people that are in your film, we'll call Paul. Terry Lipshetz: I know you weren't able to get any interviews with this film, but through the magic of you and the promotion, I happen to have know just out of the box right here. So we're going to go now to, Alexander Payne, the director of the film. Alexander Payne: Christmas break is upon us. And every year there's a number of boys with nowhere to know. The kids from foreign countries and the ones with divorced parents and stuff like that. And this year there's a boy, he's a junior and kind, of a troublemaker, kind of troubled. Damaged and troubled, but a smart kid underneath. And, his mother calls him last minute to say she's widowed, has been widowed. She has just remarried and they want to use this Christmas vacation as their honeymoon. You understand, don't you, darling? Stanley's been working so hard. The teacher selected this year to stay behind with the boys is a very disliked, curmudgeonly, ancient history teacher, Paul Giamatti. Through a kind of Deus ex machina, script, device, all the other boys find somewhere else to go at some point. And it's down to just this teacher played by Paul Giamatti and this boy and the head cook at the school. She's a single mom, and her, son attended this very same school on a charity scholarship. But did not have the wherewithal to go to college and has just been killed in Vietnam. So this movie is about the adventures of these three kind of shipwrecked people during a very snowy two weeks in Massachusetts in 1970. I've been an admirer of school, movies, loneliness of the long distance Runner and if and Peter Weir's movie. And I had seen a companion of those films, a somewhat underknown French film by a great director, but, from 1935 or 36 called Merloose by Marcel Panol. And it had that same basic premise. I saw that ten or twelve years ago and it never left me. I thought, you know, that's a pretty good premise for a film. But I personally didn't have the wherewithal to actually, I didn't have the life experience of a private school and so forth. I'm from Omaha. Nor did I have really the discipline to go research it. But a pilot came my way, set in a prep school, and it was a very fine pilot. And I called up the writer and said, thank you for sending me this wonderful script. I don't want to read it. Would you consider taking on an idea of mine? And so it was David Hemingson. That's how David Hemingson, the fine screenwriter, came into my life. So, typically I've written my own scripts and certainly I was involved in rewriting this one and conceiving it. But David Hemingson really, did an outstanding job writing it. That's what attracted me to it. It sounds hyperbolic and I'm sure it is, but I just think Paul Giamatti is the greatest actor. There's nothing he can't do. From the moment I first met him when he auditioned for sideways for me going on 20 years ago, I thought, this guy can make even bad dialogue work and he can, no matter what the dialogue. I had him in Omaha, for a public interview, and I said, you know, Paul Giamani, you can really make bad dialogue work. I'll bet you could even read the phone book. Like they say, read the phone book and make it compelling. And he laughed. And I leaned over and I pulled out the Omaha phone book and I handed it to him. I said, would you please just open up to a page? He started reading it and brought the house down. That's why I like Paul Giamatti. And he's just a lovely guy, brilliant guy, most well-read human I know and, a delight to work with. Terry Lipshetz: Up next, let's hear from Da'Vine Joy Randolph about her role. In this film. Da'Vine Joy Randolph: It's wonderful working with Paul Giamatti. He has such character as a human being, but also with what he brings to the table. And, he's so great because, know, when you work with actors, those who you really revere, for being so talented, can be very serious sometimes and stuffy. And, what is so amazing, and I think speaks even more to his talent is that he's able to snap in and out of the character. It's very seamless. But I love right before they say action, I'll peek a look, and you'll see him just, like, morph and fall into place into his character. Dominic is quite special, for having never done it before. I would say what's more impressive, even outside of his talent, which is quite natural and just very present, and non-stereotypical, I don't know if I could have done it to play this hurt, damaged teenager. Right. And it not just be this one dimensional screaming kid every 5 seconds. He's really found, the nuances, to all of it. But I would say what I'm the most impressed with is the human being that he is. He's so kind and gentle and, very intelligent. And there's an old soul about him where it feels as if he's been here before. You can tell there's a real desire to learn this industry and how things work, and he's very quick. I remember in the very beginning when we were just doing table reads, and we still had at least two, if not three weeks before filming, he was already off book. I was not off book, so I was very impressed. We're just seeing two, three individuals, which I wonder, if they weren't, under these circumstances, if they would have had the opportunity to really get to know one another and to be an unpredicted vessel of support for one another. And I think what's beautiful about that is, in this movie, in a way, it transcends ageism, racism, genDer, and that these three individuals, due to the loss and pain that they have, it's like sometimes when you've hit rock bottom, you're open to anything to seek relief wherever you can. Terry Lipshetz: We also have another star from the film, Dominic Cessa, talking about what turned into his first major film appearance. Dominic Sessa: I went in for my first audition, and, I was pretty relaxed because I wasn't expecting much out of it. And they called me back later that day, and I did some more reading. And, eventually Alexander came to my school to come meet me and audition, with him. And yeah, for the next two months it was a lot of just touch, and go email, Zoom calls and all that stuff. And by the time I had my last audition, I didn't know it was my last audition. I thought it was going to know do that two weeks later for the next one. But we sat there and it was me, Paul and Alexander on a Zoom call. And we just read the whole script through. And Paul would read the parts, know, in a scene where I was in, but he wasn't in. I would read parts for him in other scenes and by the end I got the role that day. So, yeah, it was really surreal and exciting and didn't really know what to think or what to expect. But, it was nice. The biggest challenge for me, working on a film for the first time would be, the turnaround on notes, personally, because I've done a lot of live theater before. It's all I've done before is the shows at my school. And we have after school, like two, three hour rehearsals. And you receive your notes at the end and you have your journal and you can go back to your room and internalize them and think about them for the next rehearsal or the show or whatever's coming. But in this, it's really a matter of coming in, knowing your lines and not really knowing. Maybe having an idea of how the scene may pan out, but not having the clarity that you might have in a theater setting. So, yeah, I mean, that was the hard, that's the hardest part for me, really doing this the first time doing something, receiving a note and then okay, rolling, go. So, yeah, for me, but I think I've adjusted pretty well to it. And obviously I have a lot of people around me who have been helping me prepare for that sort of thing. Being in a film with Alexander and working on one of his movies, it's incredible working with him personally. Having, the director who's sitting right there at the camera and sitting right next to you and comes up to you after every take and is in your ear. You can feel his presence and it's comforting in that sense. But I think. I don't know, outside of that, he just attracts a lot of professionalism to his movies and his work. I think, just him being a part of it. Everyone around him, sort of is extra professional and is extra hard at work and is really on top of it and more so excited about working on it because of the type of person he is. My character, Angus Tully, say, definitely very damaged kid. He's been through a lot. Yeah. Being at a boarding school, I can understand, how heartbreaking that would be to be ready for break and then have your own parents tell you that you can't come home for Christmas. I feel like, for him, he's got a lot of these, things in the past that have happened to him and, these experiences, obviously, with his father and his mother and his mother's boyfriend. And it's not explicitly said what goes on. But you can sort of understand that there's a broken family dynamic there that's going on behind the scenes for him. And yeah, I think that really comes out with his character and his daringness to say some of the things he says and to pull off some of the things he tries to pull off. But at the same time charming and innocent. And it's one of those people you love to hate because you love them. Terry Lipshetz: Up next, we have writer producer David Hemingson. David Hemingson: Alexander read a pilot that I wrote about four years ago that, was set in a prep school in 1980. And he kind of called me up out of the blue and having read it and was like, I love this pilot. And I was like, incredibly flattered because he's like a personal hero of mine, he's a brilliant director. So I was like, blown away. And then he said, but I don't really do TV. But I have this feature I want to do that's set in that world in 1970. I said, okay, sure. And I said, what is he? Well, basically I really want to do this sort of optically challenged, kind of odiferous professor, that gets stuck, at a prep school, over Christmas break, 1970 to 71, with a group of students, one of whom has sort of been stranded by his family, most definitely. And this relationship kind of evolves over the course of the movie. And so that was sort of. The genesis of the whole thing. He's a brilliant, brilliant director. And I kind of feel like I went to film school on Alexander's back in that he would make these references. He'd, want something kind of tonally or visually or he'd kind of want a narrative moment that as opposed to try to unpack it verbally, he'd just be like, John Garfield. All right, Michael Curtis pointed overturn 1950, midpoint. Forward click. Like what? Hello? And I'd have to figure out, oh, okay. He wants sort of tonally, this kind of thing. He wants to be able to, evoke certain moods, and I think for him, it's got to be the organic evolution of the characters over the course of the narrative. And so I think the reason he doesn't get specific in terms of distinct turns he wants is because he wants me to find it and then for him to reflect upon it, I mean, that's been our working relationship, and I hope to God it continues for many, many decades to come, because I would kill to work with him again. I think he's a brilliant guy. We're so blessed. I mean, Alexander can cast. I mean, he topped the bottom. The actors in this show are amazing. I love my holders. I love all those kids. Those kids are all amazing, and funny and genuine and real. I think reality is sort of one of the hallmarks of an. You know, it just feels real, and it's heightened. And he takes you on a journey, and there's a fun narrative. I mean, you have a good time. And I think that's one of his imperatives. Like, he wants people to be entertained, but he wants people to be entertained by the human comedy, by the reality of it, by the landscape of people's souls. Like, he wants you to take that journey. And that's kind of what we do. In this movie, I think. Terry Lipshetz: And now let's hear from producer Mark Johnson. Mark Johnson: I think it was very much a story about family. It's a very clever script. It's deceptive. It's deceptive. And then it's about much more than you would think at first. And it's also extremely funny. And for me, as a, time Alexander Payne Fan, I think it is arguably his most emotional movie to take what he does with his characters, sort of, the uniqueness of his characters and to put them in this situation, it was an undeniable script. Paul Giamatti is one of those wonderful actors, is really a chameleon. And he can play any number of people. So we've seen him a bunch of movies and television shows, but I don't know that I've ever seen Paul Giamatti play, the same character twice. And so he is somebody who can both put you off and yet bring you in at the same time. Dominic Cessa, who plays Angus. This is his first movie. He had been a drama student or in school, in boy school, but, didn't have an agent, didn't have a manager. We had this wonderful casting director, Susan Shopmaker, who decided to go out and find a discovery. And one of the smart places she went was the private boys school's drama department and say, all right, who do you have? Who do you offer up? And that's how Dominic came in. He didn't come in through any orthodox means. It was really from out of nowhere. And I don't know what the number is. She probably saw 600, 700 boys for this part. And Dominic, early on, we said, well, wait a minute. This is somebody to pay attention to. And Alexander put him through the paces. He had him, sort of try out and test a number of times. And finally he tested with Paul, Giamatti. And I think Alexander, Paul, all the rest of us said, no, this is the guy. I think Dominic's a good choice to play this part because he has no tricks. He's a very honest actor. He's playing it as honestly as he can. And consequently, he's completely believable. I never, in looking at the finished film and quite frankly, in all the dailies, I don't see any false moments. I don't see him at some point pretending to be something. He always seems to be that divine. Mark Johnson: Joy Randolph is an actress who's been around for a while. That makes it sound like she's been doing it for years. She's just somebody who is doing features and television right now at, quite a clip. And the interesting thing is she normally plays a comedic character. And not that she's very funny in the holdovers, but I wouldn't describe her character as Mary, lamb, as somebody who's comedic. She actually has quite a, quite amount of sorrow in her. And, is a mother who's gone through a real tragedy. We knew she had the acting chops not just because she'd gone to the Yale School of drama. But as soon as we tested her, it was clear that she knew how to play this character. And, it was great to watch her because as an actress, she discovered who Mary Lamb was. She started at one place and built the character. And you could see her do it. And she ended up with an accent that was quite original to divine, but also quite true to where her character came from. Terry Lipshetz: All right, Bruce. So we had an. Bruce Miller: You know, I got a chance to talk to Alexander Payne and David Hemingson and also some of the, behind the scenes people about this. It's based sort of, on the writer's life, sort of. It was not written by Alexander Payne, just directed by him. And he kind of understood the sensibility of this, but there is a tie. And if you look at this on a shelf, there is a statue that was also in sideways. And so it's one of those little spoiler things. If you look, it's on a shelf in, I believe it's Paul Giamatti's office. And you'll also remember that it was in sideways if you look very carefully. They had one hell of a time trying to find enough blazers that were from the 70s for all the boys in the film. Terry Lipshetz: Double knit only goes so far. Bruce Miller: A big challenge. Yeah, they have a big challenge. And so they look the right way. Yeah. So for them, a lot of them have worked with Alexander Payne for a number of films, and they kind of know his shorthand and what he's looking for, so they can anticipate what a potential problem might be or what might be looming. Wow. Terry Lipshetz: Good stuff. So, yeah, I'm looking forward to this. It wasn't really on my radar until I saw it was probably during the summer. One of the movies I saw at least had a trailer to it. It looked pretty interesting, but I wasn't sure. Is this going to be good? Isn't it? But now that you're singing its praises. Bruce Miller: Watch the ads for it, because the ads are done in 70s style. Terry Lipshetz: Okay. Bruce Miller: See them? It's like, is this an old film that they're just throwing up whenever you see those on TCM? Oh, look at the trailers they used to do for these things. Well, they want it to look like that so it looks like the 70s. So you get that whole vibey feeling. And there's one shot in the film that reminds me. Exactly. Of the graduate. Exactly. And you'll see that shorthand that he uses, and you'll think, yes, I get what you're. Gail. I see it. I understand what's happening here. There's another one I'd like to talk about is called Nyad. Okay. And this is going to be one of those ones that you'll hear the names bandied about for acting prizes. Annette Benning plays Diana Nyad. If you remember her, she was a long distance swimmer who wanted to swim from Cuba to Florida. And, everybody said, oh, you're crazy. You can't do it. You're in your 60s. You're not going to be able to do this. And she was determined that she needed to make her mark, so she got a crew together and tried it and failed. And she tried it again and failed. And she tried it again and failed. And you think after this many times, give up. It's not going to happen. But you see in the film, which will be on Netflix, the kind of drive and fortitude she had and determination, and a lot of that is fueled by her best friend, who serves as kind of the coach, so that she's in the boat while Diana is swimming by the side of the boat, and she's, like, feeding her, giving her any kind of, if she gets sick, if she needs medicine, hydrating her, and then when she starts to kind of wane, she's giving her those pep talks. And, Jodie Foster plays that role, and Jodie is. Where has she been all these years? It's like, let's get back to work. I want to give her that kind of a pep talk because she steals the film right out from underneath. Annette Benning. Fascinating, fascinating partnership. And the film was directed by the people behind Free Solo, if you remember free solo. it was about the mountain climber. Terry Lipshetz: Right. Bruce Miller: Won the Oscar for Best documentary. Yeah. Now, they're trying, the same kind of feel, but with a fictional film or dramatization. Yeah. With actors. And they do take, risks, and they also do take some liberties, with the reality of the Diana Nyad story, but they still are able to capture those beats that you're looking for. It's kind of fascinating to see how they can make swimming really interesting, because when you're just watching somebody swim laps near the side of a boat, are you interested? Do you care? You got to give it to Ned Benning for just being able to do the swimming that you need to do to pretend like you're falling. Diana, Nyad, is not a person that you could hug. I really do not think she's embraceable, even though she has that drive that you see in a lot of athletes. But, boy, Annette Benning captures that aspect really well. You think, why would I work with you? I don't want to do anything with you if you're going to be this kind of obnoxious and mean and kind of self-centered. Terry Lipshetz: Sure. Bruce Miller: And yet it works. And at the end of the film, they do show you actual footage, of her. And, man, she captures her. She's right there. Terry Lipshetz: Now, was this film mostly in the water, then? Bruce Miller: If there's a lot in the water, could it be in a pool? It could have been in a pool, because a lot of the scenes take place at night, and you realize that they had to worry about sharks because she did not want to be in a shark cage. She didn't feel that was bare. But there was a red light that apparently sharks know this for the future, if you need this. Terry Lipshetz: Okay. Bruce Miller: Sharks do not come near red light. They somehow see that as a warning to them. And so this red light kind of helped guide her along where they were going, but it also kept the, sharks away. Terry Lipshetz: Yeah. The most knowledge I have about avoiding sharks comes from the 1960s, Adam west classic Batman, the movie Shark, where he used Bad shark repellent. Bruce Miller: And Jaws. Terry Lipshetz: Yes. Bruce Miller: Jaws taught us so much about sharks. Were you really scared of sharks before Jaws? No, it was just another fish in the ocean. But now they can get a sharknado going like nobody's business. Right? Dominic Sessa: Yeah. Terry Lipshetz: Now, how does this film stack up to a film like Free Solo, which is a documentary? Because I always find it fascinating when you get, like, you take Peter Jackson, for instance, who's known for Lord of the Rings and all these big epics, and then he goes and directs a documentary about the Beatles. Bruce Miller: The thing that was so surprising about free solo was the cinematography. They were up on the mountains with him and the idea that they were able to get some of that stuff. Well, I got to rethink this. If I can't do it with the telephoto lens, I don't think I'm going up there. But I think that was what was so remarkable. Yes. his story, Alex Honnold, I think it is, his story is remarkable, but also remarkable is the idea that people would follow him, shoot his trek, and not get, you know, anytime. Terry Lipshetz: I see those mountain movies like that, whether it's mountain climbing or scaling Everest or going deep into the wilderness, I'm thinking to myself, you know, what if I'm the director of this film, my first hire is a really good second unit director. And you're going to go take care of these? I'm going to just handle. Bruce Miller: Yeah, I'll do from the ground. Terry Lipshetz: We'll be. Bruce Miller: Yeah, I think they do a great job of kind of making you feel that claustrophobia in the water. But because they're not dealing with huge visuals like they were before, that becomes, a different challenge. But you feel like you're in the water with her. So I guess that's the goal. But I don't know, do they want to do this? Is this the goal? Or maybe it was just one of those athlete films that they hadn't tried, and so that was the challenge for them. Terry Lipshetz: Well, it sounds good. It sounds like an interesting one. I'm not sure. I'm going to race out to the theaters to see it. But at the very least, it might be one where as soon as it hits streaming on. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Anything else of note coming up is, Bruce Miller: Can I tell you what I'm going to tease? What? Maybe we'll talk about next week. Terry Lipshetz: Okay. Bruce Miller: And that's Fargo. Terry Lipshetz: Oh, yes. Bruce Miller: Fargo is coming. And Fargo, we are not holding off with anything, but I'm going to talk to people that you wouldn't necessarily talk to again. We're doing this because we don't have the access to the actors because of the actor strike, which, knock on wood, should be ending soon, we hope. Terry Lipshetz: Please. Bruce Miller: But I'm hoping to talk to the special effects and makeup people and also the costume people and how they are able to pull off, because this has a lot of those special effects that you're going to go, wow, I can't believe it. And it's very home alone, taken to extremes and scary. Okay, so that's next week. Fargo. Alexander Payne: Fargo. Terry Lipshetz: I can't wait. There's the two shows that I've been waiting for the most recently, Fargo. And then also true Detective, which is. Coming back soon on. Bruce Miller: Well, we'll be there, hopefully, and we'll get to talk to real people. Terry Lipshetz: Hopefully. That's all we can hope for. All right, Bruce, thanks again for another great episode. And we will be back again next week. Bruce Miller: Be a holdover next week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin discusses their new film, Nyad, with fellow Director Lisa Cholodenko in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, they discuss the change in their co-directing process having gone from documentary filmmaking to their first feature film, the physical training Actor Annette Benning underwent for the role, and the inspiration behind why they were drawn to tell this story. The film tells the true story of how 60-year-old athlete Diana Nyad, with the help of her best friend and coach, committed herself to achieving her dream of completing a 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2023/December2023/Nyad_QnA_1023.aspx

On this week's Backstage we hear from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi about her new Netflix film Nyad. We also talk to Bonnie Stoll, who is played by Jodie Foster in the film.Director Christos Nikou chats about his inspiration behind Fingernails - the new Apple TV+ film starring Jessie Buckley, Jeremy Allen White, Riz Ahmed, Annie Murphy and Luke Wilson.Plus, making her feature directorial debut, Molly Manning Walker tells us about her new film How To Have Sex.Hosts: Katie Spencer, Bethany Minelle and Jayson MansarayProducer: Debbie RidgardVideo director: David GilmanVideo Editor: Dave ColleyPodcast Editor: Wendy Parker

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by  Dan Bayer & Daniel Howat. Today, we are reviewing the newest film from the Academy Award-winning directing duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Nyad" starring Annette Bening, Jodie Foster & Rhys Ifans. After their award-winning documentaries "Free Solo" and "The Rescue," the two filmmakers have made their first narrative feature for Netflix, and it carries over many shared themes and elements as the previous stories they've told. What did we think of the story, the performances, the crafts, and how Elizabeth and Jimmy made the transition over to narrative feature filmmaking? Please tune in as we discuss these talking points, the film's awards potential, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. 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

"Nyad" had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, where it received positive notices for its performances from Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, makeup, film editing, and inspirational telling of an unbelievable true story. The film marks the first time Academy Award-winning filmmaking duo Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ("Free Solo" and "The Rescue") have decided to tell a story as a narrative feature rather than a documentary. The two of them were kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in limited release and will be available to stream on Netflix on November 3rd. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com For more about Regal Unlimited and the Slasher Sale - https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/bjs99t0x New subscribers can use code REGALNBP23 for 10% off of Regal Unlimited for the first 3 months 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

(NOTAS Y ENLACES DEL CAPÍTULO: https://www.jaimerodriguezdesantiago.com/kaizen/175-el-miedo-lecciones-de-un-hombre-cabra/)A sus 31 años, el 3 de junio de 2017, Alex Honnold cometió una locura. Al menos, lo que para muchos de nosotros sería una locura. Lo que para casi todas las personas de este planeta sería una locura. A las 5 y 32 de la mañana, Alex se plantó a los pies de El Capitán, una montaña de granito con una pared vertical de 914 m de altura que se encuentra en el parque nacional de Yosemite, en California, Estados Unidos. Y decidió escalarla. Hasta ahí nada demasiado extraño, esa pared es uno de los desafíos preferidos para escaladores de todo el mundo, que normalmente tardan unos cuatro días en completar el recorrido, con su habitual coreografía de cuerdas, mosquetones y arneses que al común de los mortales nos suele parecer bastante arriesgada. Bueno, pues aquella mañana, Alex Honnold decidió hacer esa misma ascensión, esos mismos 914 m verticales… sin cuerdas. Él solo, con sus pies de gato y una bolsita de magnesio. Ole. El ascenso lo grabó otro escalador, Jimmy Chin, y les valió a ambos el Óscar al mejor documental en 2019. Las imágenes dan escalofríos. Ver a alguien tan expuesto, enganchado con sus manos a una grieta en la roca a cientos de metros del suelo es sobrecogedor. Pero, 3 horas y 56 minutos después, llegó a la cima. Sonriente, con sus pies de gato y su bolsita de magnesio en la mano. Para entonces, Alex Honnold ya era famoso. Tanto que en Estados Unidos, con esa facilidad que tienen para inventarse verbos, había inspirado uno nuevo: “to honnold”, que sería algo así como la acción de situarse en algún lugar alto y de agarre precario, con tu espalda pegada al muro y mirando al abismo. Mirando, cara a cara, al miedo. Ese verbo nació de una fotografía que le hicieron en el año 2008, también en en el Parque Nacional de Yosemite, de pie en un saliente de apenas 40 cm de profundidad y a unos 550 metros de altura, contemplando la caída que había a sus pies. Como una cabra, en todos los sentidos posibles. Durante décadas la psicología ha estudiado a los «buscadores de sensaciones». Así llaman a aquellas personas que se sienten atraídas por experiencias intensas y que son capaces de asumir riesgos para sentirlas. Se estudian, entre otros motivos, porque con frecuencia se traducen en comportamientos descontrolados, como adicciones al alcohol o al juego. Obviamente, las hazañas de Honnold llamaron la atención de algunos de esos científicos, que vieron en él una oportunidad única para estudiar a un súper buscador de sensaciones. Alguien capaz de alcanzar los límites más extremos del riesgo, pero manteniendo el control en todo momento. Querían saber cómo era el cerebro de alguien que parecía no sentir miedo. Su hipótesis era que su amígdala cerebral, la parte del cerebro encargada de procesar y almacenar nuestras reacciones emocionales, no funcionaba. Y algo de eso sucedía. Tras distintos experimentos, los escáneres cerebrales de Honnold mostraron que su amígdala no se activaba. No encontraron actividad alguna en la región del cerebro responsable del miedo. Nada. Incluso comparado con otros escaladores, su cerebro parece ser diferente. A Alex, todo esto de que su cerebro es distinto le irrita. Dice que ha pasado mucho miedo en sus escaladas. A lo largo de los años, le ha sucedido de todo: se han desprendido las piedras a las que se agarraba, se le han resbalado los pies, se ha perdido en mitad de la montaña o le han sorprendido pájaros y otros animales. Si responde distinto a los demás al miedo, dice, es porque ha pasado décadas entrenándose para dominarlo. Pero… ¿cómo se aprende a dominar el miedo?

DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded on June 22nd, prior to the SAG Strike. In this episode, Jen and Dyana talk with Champion Swimmer, Author, Public Speaker, and National Icon, Diana Nyad.  On September 2, 2013, at the age of sixty-four, Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming 111 miles in fifty-three hours from Havana to Key West. In the 1970s, she became known as the world's greatest long-distance swimmer with her open-water achievements, including a record-breaking swim around Manhattan. For the next thirty years, Nyad was a prominent sports broadcaster and journalist. She is the author of her memoir, Find a Way, and three other books, and later this year a film will be released starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi spotlighting Diana's complex, wild, and incredible life story. Connect with Diana - Website  - www.diananyad.comEverWalk - www.everwalk.comInstagram - www.instagram.com/diananyadWhere to find and support Bush & Banter: Follow Bush & Banter on Instagram: @bushandbanter Visit Bush & Banter's website: www.bushandbanter.com Join Bush & Banter's Patreon community: patreon.com/bushandbanter E-mail Bush & Banter: bushandbanter@gmail.com Follow Dyana on Instagram: @dyanacarmella Follow Jennifer on Instagram: @thewhimsicalwoman

Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi's new film, ‘Wild Life,' captures the saga of Doug and Kristine Tompkins, whose devotion to conservation and each other led to the creation of extraordinary national parks in Chile and Argentina. For Chin, the origins of the documentary go back more than 20 years, when he was first welcomed into a group of climbers who were friends of the Tompkinses, including Rick Ridgeway and Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Eventually, Chin met the Tompkinses and learned about their ambitious vision for conserving millions of acres. In this episode, Chin talks about the incredible journey behind the making of ‘Wild Life,' and Kristine shares her experience of opening up in front of the cameras and where Tompkins Conservation goes from here.

Melissa interviews Arlene Nelson, director of the gripping three-episode docuseries ANGEL CITY (HBO MAX - 16 May 2023) The show goes behind the scenes and onto the pitch of the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based professional women's soccer team, Angel City Football Club. Pulling back the curtain on the origin story through the 2022 inaugural season of the female-founded and led team, the series reveals the passion and grit needed to build a franchise from scratch and blaze a bold trail in the world of professional sports. The series is directed by Arlene Nelson and executive produced by Academy Award®-winners Natalie Portman, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Sophie Mas, Anna Barnes and Christine O'Malley. Show Notes: ANGEL CITY - Trailer Arlene Nelson's website Arlene's Instagram @a.full.nelson HBO Facebook HBO Instagram @hbo  Hashtag: #angelcityhbo In Her Voice is a Woman and Hollywood Podcast, hosted by Melissa Silverstein (Founder of ⁠Women and Hollywood⁠ and Co-Founder of the ⁠Athena Film Festival) and produced by ⁠⁠Leonie Marsh⁠⁠. Subscribe to this podcast on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts. ⁠Join Substack ⁠for Melissa's weekly curated list of content made by women. Twitter ⁠@melsil⁠ and ⁠@womenahollywood⁠ Instagram ⁠@womenandhollywood

What's the difference between mortal and venial sin? How do I know when I've committed a sin? What does it mean to be a virtuous person? In this episode, we discuss the personal dimension of our relationship with God. This episode covers Part Three, Section One, Chapter One, Articles7 and 8 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (pts 1803-1876).Contact the podcast: crashcoursecatholicism@gmail.com.Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crashcoursecatholicism/.....References and further reading/listening/viewing:Ethics Finder. 1 Corinthians 13Matthew 5:21-23Matthew 22:34-40Kevin Vost, The Seven Gifts of the Holy SpiritThe Catholic Encyclopedia. "Sin". The Catholic Encyclopedia. "Virtue". C.S. Lewis. Mere Christianity. G.K. Chesterton. Orthodoxy. Kevin Vost. The Seven Deadly Sins. Fulton Sheen. The Seven Capital Sins. Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. The Rescue. Catholic Answers. "When is drinking a mortal sin?" Stacy Mitch. Courageous Virtue: A Bible Study on Moral Excellence for WomenCatholicSaints.Info. "Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori"Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird. The Thomistic Institute. "Virtue". YouTube.Bishop Robert Barron. "Seven Deadly Sins; Seven Lively Virtues". YouTube.Fulton Sheen. "Sin and Penance." YouTube.Philippa Foot. Virtues and Vices: And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy.Candace Vogler. "The Place of Virtue in a Meaningful Life."The University of Chicago. "Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life". YouTube.

Friend of the show Paris Marx is back to talk about the phenomenon of SpaceX propaganda on our beloved streaming platforms. Return to Space, directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, chronicles the quest of SpaceX to privatize space travel by sending two dads to the International Space Station. ReComradations:Evan: watching Hong Sang-soo movies, and notably Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)Paris: Night Raiders, dir. Danis Goulet (2021) Listen to Tech Won't Save Us! Rate + review the show on the podcatcher of your choice! Join the Kino Lefter DiscordJoin the Kino Lefter Facebook group "Kino Lefter VIP Cinema Experience"Get access to Primo Lefter, our weekly bonus show on our Patreon for just $3 per month. 

Encore un podcast où je râle contre les râleurs!! The Rescue (2021) , Meru (2015) & Free Solo (2018) par Jimmy Chin et Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. L'adulte méfiant envers lui-même? Prises de risques acceptables (ou pas) en temps de crise? La solution parfaite n'existe pas...

Return to Space is an American documentary film made for Netflix and directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Its story follows Elon Musk's and SpaceX engineers' two-decade mission to send NASA astronauts back to the International Space Station and revolutionize space travel.●Surprisingly good.●The storytelling, ●editing and flashbacks are fantastic.I am no expert, but I love to look at stars, moon, clouds and sunset. I have never had a conversation involve Elon Musk and thought this document about him. But it wasn't. With some appearances here and there, Elon Musk appears to be very passionate, funny, charming and driven. I also like how they allow the scientists and other astronauts to share their thoughts, families rather touching.well done. I learn a lot. I feel smarter too. HahahTruly heart touching and overwhelming to watch spaceX achieve this kind of milestone and gaining a great success in the history of human space flight.i really hope one day flying through space would be accessible to everyone,which is still a dream of many space lovers.Amazing! If all the wealthy people would aim for perfectionism, would have passion for science, respect for humankind, and hunger for knowledge...●Just goosebumps every minute, ●it has emotions, ●mystery and everything packed in for a nerd of space.Some cool facts and theory ▪︎The Space Shuttle program finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011, retiring the final Shuttle in the fleet. The Space Shuttle program formally ended on August 31, 2011.▪︎While reentering Earth's atmosphere, Columbia broke apart, killing the entire crew. All of these factors — high costs, slow turnaround, few customers, and a vehicle (and agency) that had major safety problemsAstronauts often say the reasons humans haven't returned to the lunar surface are budgetary and political hurdles, not scientific or technical challenges. ▪︎Private companies like Blue Origin and SpaceX may be the first entities to return people to the moon▪︎SpaceX was formed by entrepreneur Elon Musk in the hopes of revolutionizing the aerospace industry and making affordable spaceflight a reality. The company entered the arena with the Falcon 1 rocket, a two-stage liquid-fueled craft designed to send small satellites into orbit.▪︎SpaceX scored its first big headline in 2010, when it became the first private company to launch a payload into orbit and return it to Earth intact—something only government agencies like NASA or Russia's Roscosmos had done before. Its upright landing and recovery of the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on Dec.▪︎Since 2010, SpaceX has been flying Falcon 9, a rocket with a reusable booster that has become one of the most dominant launch vehicles in global spaceflight. Starship is the next generation, designed as a gigantic and fully reusable rocket system that could cost less and fly more often▪︎Blue Origin has been flight testing the New Shepard rocket and its redundant safety systems since 2012. The program has had 18 successful consecutive missions including three successful escape tests, showing the crew escape system can activate safely in any phase of flight.▪︎Douglas Gerald Hurley is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot and former NASA astronaut. He piloted space shuttle missions STS-127 and STS-135, the final flight of the space shuttle program▪︎ Karen LuJean Nyberg is an American mechanical engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Nyberg became the 50th woman in space on her first mission in 2008. Nyberg started her space career in 1991 and spent a total of 180 days in space in 2008 and 2013 (Doug and Karen are a married  and are astronauts.)▪︎Katherine Megan McArthur is an American oceanographer, engineer, and NASA astronaut. She has served as a Capsule Communicator for both the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Megan McArthur has flown one space shuttle mission, STS-125 and one SpaceX mission, SpaceX Crew-2 on Crew Dragon Endeavour. ▪︎Robert Louis Behnken is a NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office. Behnken holds a Ph.D in mechanical engineering and the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served before joining NASA in 2000(Rob and Katherine  are married  and are also Astronauts) Check out the episode  visuals on YouTube ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Offering rare inside access to NASA and SpaceX, this is the thrilling story of the nearly 20 year journey to send American astronauts back to space aboard U.S. rockets, from filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.

Ya Da'nın bu bölümünde hobilerden, beyne faydalarından ve ikigai felsefesinden bahsediyoruz. Kullandığımız referanslar: The Rescue - Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (2021) Okçu'nun Yolu - Paulo Coelho (2017) How Playing an Instrument Affects Your Brain - BrainFacts.org (Youtube) İkigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life - Francesc Miralles, Hector Garcia (2016)

On se rapproche doucement de la fin de l'année 2021 dans 24FPS, le podcast ciné avec ou sans spoiler, mais on a encore quelques coups de cœur et coups de gueule à vous partager ! Voici la liste des 23 films évoqués sans spoiler par Julien et Jérôme dans cet épisode : Candyman de Nia DaCosta (à partir de 0:07:10) Eiffel de Martin Bourboulon (à partir de 0:18:48) Till Death de S.K. Dale (à partir de 0:21:25) Halloween Kills de David Gordon green (à partir de 0:26:52) Venom - Let There Be Carnage de Andy Serkis (à partir de 0:35:53) The Guilty de Antoine Fuqua (à partir de 0:46:27) Lui de Guillaume Canet (à partir de 0:54:31) L'Intrusion de Adam Salky (à partir de 0:57:20) Army Of Thieves de Matthias Schweighöfer (à partir de 1:01:35) Cousteau - De l'Homme À La Légende (à partir de 1:10:20) Les Éternels de Cloé Zhao (à partir de 1:19:48) Paranormal Activity Next Of Kin de William Eubank (à partir de 1:46:41) Pig de Michael Sarnoski (à partir de 1:57:17) Aline de Valérie Lemercier (à partir de 2:07:07) The Rescue de Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi et Jimmy Chin (à partir de 2:14:14) Red Notice de Rawson Marshall Thurber (à partir de 2:25:55) The Harder They Fall de Jeymes Samuel (à partir de 2:41:50) Spencer de Pablo Larrain (à partir de 2:48:57) Cry Macho de Clint Eastwood (à partir de 3:00:00) Resident Evil - Bienvenue À Raccoon City de Johannes Roberts (à partir de 3:09:21) Désigné Coupable de Kevin Macdonald (à partir de 3:32:36) Last Night In Soho de Edgar Wright (à partir de 3:44:35) Le Dernier Duel de Ridley Scott (à partir de 4:08:22) Bonne écoute, et n'hésitez pas à nous dire ce que vous pensez de l'évolution de la chronologie des médias ! Crédits musicaux : Downtown (uptempo) de Anya Taylor-Joy, issu de l'album Last Night In Soho - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021), et Eloise de Barry Ryan, issu de l'album Barry Ryan Sings Paul Ryan (1968) 24FPS est un podcast du label PodShows

The Rescue is the story of the rescue mission that gripped the world in 2018, when a young Thai football team found themselves trapped at the end of an underground river. Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.

در این اپیزود در مورد فیلم مستندFree Solo  صحبت کردم که در سال 2018 برنده جایزه اسکار برای بهترین فیلم مستند شد. این فیلم یکی از بهترین مستندهای ورزشی تاریخ است و داستان صعود خارق العاده الکس هانولد، صخره نورد معروف امریکایی، به دیواره عظیم ال کپ را روایت میکند. الکس هانولد با روش فری سولو، یعنی به تنهایی و بدون استفاده از هیچگونه تجهیزاتی به دیواره 900 متری ال کپ صعود کرد. Free Solo, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2017, 100 min, Netflix تمامی قطعات موسیقی که در این اپیزود استفاده شده را نیما جواهری بطور اختصاصی برای این اپیزود ساخته و اجرا کرده. پادکست نیما  اسپانسرها: نگاه شاپ نشر مهرگان خرد

Wolf & Cub take a look at two documentaries centred around masculinity and personal growth. First up is 'Free Solo' (2018) directed by Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi about rock climber Alex Honnold's attempt to become the first person to climb El Capitan, a giant rock face in Yosemite National Park without ropes. Next up is 'The Work' (2017) directed by Jairus McLeary & Gethin Aldous where 3 men from the outside join inmates on the inside at Folsom Prison for 4 days of group therapy. In their chat about the films Wolf & Cub talk compromise in relationships & fatherhood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi were hot off of their Best Documentary Oscar win for "Free Solo" when the real-life story of "The Rescue" occurred. Using archival footage from the daring 2018 mission, new interviews, and thrilling reenactments using the actual cave divers involved in the rescue, Jimmy and Elizabeth have once again created one of the most intense and inspirational documentaries of the year. The two of them were kind enough to spend a few minutes talking with us about the film, which is now playing in theaters from National Geographic Documentary Films. Take a listen down below and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

From Academy Award-winning (Free Solo) filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, THE RESCUE chronicles the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand. Award-winning directors and producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin keep viewers on the edge of their seats as they use a wealth of never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews to piece together the high stakes mission, highlighting the efforts of the Royal Thai Navy SEALs and US Special Forces and detailing the expert cave divers' audacious venture to dive the boys to safety. THE RESCUE brings alive one of the most perilous and extraordinary rescues in modern times, shining a light on the high-risk world of cave diving, the astounding courage and compassion of the rescuers, and the shared humanity of the international community that united to save the boys. Co-directors and co-producers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo, Meru) join us for a conversation on the many challenges they faced telling a story the world witnessed in real-time and how bringing in the remarkable story of a team of “weekend” cave diving specialist implemented a high risk plan that not only saved the lives 12 young boys and a soccer coach but turned the headlines into a deeply human story of courage, compassion and selflessness. National Geographic Documentary Films is committed to bringing the world premium documentaries that cover timely, provocative and globally relevant stories from the very best documentary filmmakers in the world. films.nationalgeographic.com For news and updates go to: films.nationalgeographic.com/the-rescue Watch in LA area at landmarktheatres.com/los-angele /the-rescue

"The Rescue" profiles the cave diving hobbyists who came from around the world to help save a Thai boys soccer team trapped underground. Oscar winning filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin ("Free Solo") gain access to extraordinary footage from inside the mission.   

The world's first malaria vaccine marks a historic move in global healthcare. The marvels of modern science and our battle against diseases such as Covid continues to wreak havoc. Dr Sanjay Gupta is out with a new book, “World War C” about lessons learned and how to prepare for the next pandemic. Rep. Michael McCaul is the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs committee. In his talk with Bianna Golodryga, he calls for a bipartisan response to possible war crimes in Ethiopia. Then to the depths of Northern Thailand where back in 2018, 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach were trapped in a flooded cave. Our Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Academy Award-Winning co-directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin about their documentary “The Rescue” that showcases unseen footage. Retired NASA astronaut, Chris Cassidy talks about his final space flight featured in Disney+ new series "Among The Stars". To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

On this episode Matt & Eric review Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin's The Rescue at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.Matt's Rating: 4/5 Eric's Rating: 4/5

This week we watched the 2019 Best Documentary Picture winner Free Solo! This death-defying film was the most adrenaline pumping documentary we've ever watched. Next week we will be watching Zach Snyder's Justice League (directed by Zach Snyder), so be sure to watch it this week in preparation. Or don't, it's your call. It's currently available on HBO Max. If you would like to contribute your thoughts to a future episode, leave us a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/david-black9/message or email us at ampdaboutmovies@gmail.com. You can also leave a review on Apple Podcasts, which helps us out a lot! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-black9/message

This week we watched the 2020 Best Picture winner Nomadland! The film gave us a lot to talk about as it took us on a trip through a different side of America. Next week we will be watching Free Solo (directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi), so be sure to watch it this week in preparation. Or don't, it's your call. It's currently available on Disney+. If you would like to contribute your thoughts to a future episode, leave us a voice message here: https://anchor.fm/david-black9/message or email us at ampdaboutmovies@gmail.com. You can also leave a review on Apple Podcasts, which helps us out a lot! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-black9/message

On this episode of On Air with Israel Fehr and Alex Blair The European Super League Collapse- How the collective supporters changed the course of the worlds biggest sport and reminded sports owners globally, the power of the fan. Have the Canucks ever had such a promising collection of talent on the ice? While at the same time never having had this much disfunction off it. This weeks fan uprising is a reminder that if you are not happy with the decisions being made by the team/ownership of the club you like, voice your displeasure by closing your wallet. A look at two of the heavy favourites for NHL awards - Connor McDavid and Kirill Kaprizov. In our weekly media content spotlights - Israel recommends the 2018 book "The Club" by Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg on the creation and formation of the English Premiership. Alex looks back at one of his favourite documentaries - Free Solo directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

This time, our focus is on the 1992 Disney film ALADDIN. After some reviews, we discuss how this is a movie about people pretending to be something they're not; we talk about what ‘diamond in the rough' means (both to a 10-year-old Rob, and today); and we think about media depictions of class, from country-house dramas to inner-city soap operas. Next Up Next time (sticking to the format!), our focus turns to the 2019 live-action remake of ALADDIN. Recent Media THE DAWN WALL (2017): Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Tommy Caldwell FREE SOLO (2018): Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Alex Honnold THE ROCK (1996): Michael Bay, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018): Bob Persichetti, Stan Lee, Shameik Moore Recommendations MOANA (2016): Ron Clements, Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson AMADEUS (1984): Peter Shaffer, Milos Forman, F. Murray Abraham TREASURE PLANET (2002): Ron Clements, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Gordon-Levittt GALAVANT (2015–16): Dan Fogelman, Joshua Sasse, Timothy Omundson Footnotes Here's more about the Disney Renaissance, if like Sam (not Rob) you weren't an aficionado: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Renaissance. When talking about the animation at the start of the film, Sam mentions STEAMBOAT WILLIE; if you don't know about this Disney milestone, then this Wikipedia is worth reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie. As Rob makes the connection between the two films, I Googled ALADDIN + DEADPOOL, and there is actually a nice line in (slightly NSFW) t-shirts: www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/591238257328225429. While we're on the subject of ‘I can show you the world', this is hands down my favourite version of this song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8S1TxCihvk (I challenge you to watch past two minutes). Finally, here's that famous ‘class' sketch, illustrating some of the ideas we talk about this week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppv97S3ih14. Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - https://www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - https://www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - https://www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - https://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/

Writer and culture critic Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room) joins Megan and Rob to discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018) and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin’s Free Solo (2018). Is Tom Cruise more of a high five or fist bump kind of guy? Why do we keep forgetting the name of Motherless Brooklyn? Is Alex Honnold a good cook? Does Big Chicago get mentioned in the episode? Why did we edit out a conversation about Pauline Chalamet? All of this and more!Read Fran's writing at Bright Wall/Dark RoomListen to Fran and Caroline talk Jude Law on Law SchoolFollow I-5 Cinemabound on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Episode Notes This week we're discussing the insanity that is the Free Solo Documentary. Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Notes go hereSupport Podumentary by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/podumentary

Where the unsettling illness metaphor at the center of Todd Haynes’ 1995 film SAFE tendrils out in a manner that defies easy resolution, Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ newly released debut SWALLOW tracks a similarly metaphorical affliction toward a more finite ending point. But within those two very different arcs, the two films explore complementary ideas about isolation, gender roles and archetypes, and societal expectations about sickness and recovery, all of which we get into following an in-depth discussion of SWALLOW’s successes and failures as both film and metaphor. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about SAFE, SWALLOW, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730.  Show Notes Works Cited: • “Op-ed: Ban the backstory!” by Noel Murray (thedissolve.com) • “Safe: Nowhere to Hide,” by Dennis Lim (criterion.com)  Your Next Picture Show: • Genevieve: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s FREE SOLO • Scott: Crystal Moselle’s SKATE KITCHEN • Keith: John Sayles’ EIGHT MEN OUT • Tasha: Bernard Rose’s CANDYMAN Outro music: The Wailin’ Jennys, “Swallow” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MDC ep.80 สัปดาห์นี้รีวิว . นคร-สวรรค์ (พวงสร้อย อักษรสว่าง, 2018) Free Solo (Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2018) Aladdin (Guy Ritchie, 2019) . ขอให้มีความสุขกับการรับชมภาพยนตร์ครับ :) #MoviesDelightClub

When Free Solo was released last fall, it was an instant sensation—the movie that everyone was telling their friends they had to see. The picture, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature chronicled Alex Honnold’s quest to climb the 3,000-foot sheer rock face ofYosemite's El Capitan without a rope. It also captured his emotional growth as he fell in love with Sanni McCandless, a relationship that made his goal much more complicated. One giant reason Free Solo was so special was the husband and wife directing team of Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, whose unique backgrounds made them the perfect duo to tell the story. In this conversation with Outside’s Michael Roberts, recorded earlier this month at Summit LA, they open up about the life and work that they’ve created together—and where it goes from here.

MDC ep.80 สัปดาห์นี้รีวิว . นคร-สวรรค์ (พวงสร้อย อักษรสว่าง, 2018) Free Solo (Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2018) Aladdin (Guy Ritchie, 2019) . ขอให้มีความสุขกับการรับชมภาพยนตร์ครับ :) #MoviesDelightClub

Ohne Netz und doppelten Boden: In Episode #132 sprechen Sascha Brittner (pewpewpew.de) und Lucas über den oscarprämierten Dokumentarfilm "Free Solo" von Jimmy Chin und Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Dabei geht es um Technologie und Extremsport, das "intensive Leben" und die Ethik des Dokumentierens. Für Feedback oder Fragen schreibt uns auf facebook.com/longtakepodcast oder @longtakepodcast. Wir freuen uns sehr über jegliches Feedback via Mail, Kommentarfunktion oder Facebook und Twitter (@longtakede) und auch über jegliche andersartige Unterstützung, vielen Dank fürs Zuhören! An den Mikrofonen: Lucas (@kinomensch) Sascha Brittner (@reeft)

Rob hangs from his fingertips as Ben slowly peels them away from the rock one by one. They also watch the Oscar winning documentary Free Solo. It was directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Solo

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Class of 2000, has produced and directed award-winning documentaries all over the world, most recently the jaw-dropping “Free Solo,” for which she won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Film. In the film, Chai documents the physical and emotional journeys of world-class climber Alex Honnold as he attempts to summit Yosemite’s … Continue reading "Chai Vasarhelyi: On making a difference through film — and winning an Oscar"

Pas grand-chose à se mettre sous la dent en mars 2019 pour 24FPS, le podcast ciné avec ou sans spoiler. Heureusement qu'il y a eu l'introduction d'un nouveau personnage Marvel ainsi qu'un film d'horreur qui créé l'événement aux Etats-Unis pour provoquer des débats !Voici les 10 films abordés (sans spoiler) par Jérôme et Julien dans cet épisode : Le Chant Du Loup de Antonin Baudry (à partir de 0:02:50) Stan & Ollie de Jon S. Baird (à partir de 0:06:52) Triple Frontière de J. C. Chandor (à partir de 0:16:39) Mirage (Durante La Tormenta) de Oriol Paulo (à partir de 0:42:10) The Dirt de Jeff Tremaine (à partir de 0:54:37) Dragon Ball Super - Broly de Tatsuya Nagamine (à partir de 1:33:26) Free Solo de Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi et Jimmy Chin (à partir de 1:51:58) Serenity de Steven Knight (à partir de 2:13:03) Captain Marvel de Anna Boden et Ryan Fleck (à partir de 2:28:16) Us de Jordan Peele (à partir de 03:21:07)Ainsi que des spoilers sur Captain Marvel à partir de 3:39:13 et sur Us à partir de 4:23:27 pour pouvoir prolonger le débat.Bonne écoute, et n'hésitez pas à nous dire ce que vous avez pensé du fait que Jordan Peele s'occupe de la nouvelle version de La Quatrième Dimension (The Twilight Zone) !Crédits musicaux : Just A Girl de No Doubt, issu de l'album Tragic Kingdom (1995), et Orion de Metallica, issu de l'album Master Of Puppets (1986)

In June of 2017, rock climber Alex Honnold climbed El Capitan, a granite rock formation about 3,000 feet high in Yosemite National Park without any ropes. His journey to achieve that climb was captured and made into a beautiful, Academy Award-nominated documentary by filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Aside from being incredibly talented filmmakers, Jimmy and Chai are married with two small children.

What's Up Cinemaniacs! Check out our review for the National Geographic documentary and Academy Award nominated film "Free Solo", which was directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi! "Free Solo" is the true story of the life of wall climber Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000ft high El Capitan Wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock climbing history and became an icon in extreme sports. Catch your breath and tune in to our review! #FreeSolo #MovieReview Follow us: Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Spotify 

'Free Solo' directors Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi join us. The couple tell us about their film and capturing Alex Honnold climbing the 3,000-foot vertical rock known as El Capitan at Yosemite National Park.   Hosted by Bonnie Fuller Produced by Nicolas Gonzalez 

You better get free for Episode 54. Free Solo that is. I apologize for those first two sentences. The 30 for 30s won't return until early next year, but in this episode Bob Sham and Drew talk about one of the most dangerous sports out there. Drew and Bob went to the local theater to watch Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin's new documentary "Free Solo". Alex Honnold may not emote very much, but he climbs like Spider-Man. His big dream is to free solo climb the face of El Capitan in Yosemite. Free Solo means no ropes, no buddies, no safety equipment. No one has scaled this rock without safety equipment, and to pro climbers it's scary as hell. Will Alex accomplish this extreme physical test, or will he fall to his death in the worst North Face commercial ever? Drew and Bob take us through all the tension. Check to see if this flick is available at your local independent movie theater. Kick rocks and Keep on Doccin'®.

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Meru. Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. With Conrad Anker, Grace Chin, and Jimmy Chin. Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese with Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Meru The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (With Caveat) • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • "Rise Up" by Andra Dey Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com • voicemail: 1 (760) 575-4879

Episode Description: In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller review Meru. Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. With Conrad Anker, Grace Chin, and Jimmy Chin. Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing. Show Notes Hosts: • Christopher Schnese with Stephen Miller Featured Review: • Meru The Verdict: • Stephen: Recommend (With Caveat) • Christopher: Recommend (with Caveat) Music for this Episode: • "Rise Up" by Andra Dey Contact the show: • email: fans@thespoilerwarning.com • voicemail: 1 (760) 575-4879

Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, and Jon Krakauer discuss their rock-climbing documentary, Meru, and take questions from the audience.

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi'a film: Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love, opened with much success July 31 in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been held over at United Artists Stonestown Twin and the Osio in Monterey, and expanded to other venues beginning August 7: The Roxie Cinema in San Francisco and The Cerrito in El Cerrito, as the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival comes to a close. I was able to speak to two directors whose films screen today, Thursday, August 6 and Saturday, August 8: Beth Toni Kruvant, dir, "Heart of Stone" (JCCSF 8/8, 4:45 PM) & Shai Carmelli Pollack, dir. "Refugees" (Berkeley Rep, Roda Theatre, 2:30 PM, 8/6). Part 2 of this series will feature directors: Simone Bitton, dir. Rachel, which is an investigative film about the death of American peace activist, Rachel Corrie, and Helmer Pablo Trapero, dir. "Lion's Den," which explores Argentine prisons where women are allowed to keep their babies. I am trying to secure an interview with Ada Ushpiz, dir. "Desert Brides." Another film I'd recommend from the SFJFF is "Zrubavel," dir. Shumuel Beru. Beru is Israel's first Ethiopian film director. It's final screening is at Smith Rafael Aug. 9, 4 PM.

As a musician, Youssou N'Dour has always been about faith. In the documentary I Bring What I Love, director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (A Normal Life) follows him on the journey committed to that goal.