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In this episode of Journeys to Leadership, we explore the journey of Jennifer Dorian, President and CEO of WABE, Atlanta's NPR and PBS affiliate. From her early beginnings at Pizza Hut and Coca-Cola to her dynamic leadership at Turner Broadcasting, where she launched the award-winning streaming platform, Filmstruck, Jennifer reflects on her path to success. She emphasizes the importance of embracing change, advocating for innovation, and cultivating resilience. Through her leadership at WABE, she amplifies Atlanta's diverse cultural and media landscape, striving to inform, inspire, and empower the community.

While the streaming media landscape is crowded, it could be worse. In this episode, we look at some streaming services that didn't stand the test of time. From platforms that were a bad idea from the start to ones that were victims of corporate mergers, we find out what went wrong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are joined by Marya E. Gates, self-professed "professional cinephile" who has worked with TCM, FilmStruck, Netflix, Criterion, and many others. The post CineJourneys – Episode 4 – The History of #Noirvember first appeared on CineJourneys.

We are joined by Marya E. Gates, self-professed "professional cinephile" who has worked with TCM, FilmStruck, Netflix, Criterion, and many others. The post CineJourneys – Episode 4 – The History of #Noirvember first appeared on .

This week Brandon and Lorin explore the winners of the Cannes, Tribeca, and American Black Film Festivals, and what the future film season will look like during the SAG-AFTRA strike. Plus Comic-Con '23, the Emmy nominations, and winners and losers of the week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/astreamablelife/message

Front Row Classics is delighted to welcome Turner Classic Movies' host, Alicia Malone to the podcast for the first time. Alicia has been a long time wish list guest and she was worth the wait. She and Brandon discuss he classic film origin story as well as he background in media. We also cover topics such as her hiring at TCM, some favorite films and women finding their place in film study & criticism. NOTE: This episode was recorded before the recent news about TCM's re-structuring.  Alicia Malone is a host on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the host of TCM Imports, showcasing cinematic treasures from around the world each Sunday. Malone is an authority on classic, independent, and foreign films, and is passionate about supporting women in film. As an author, Malone's three books – Backwards and in Heels, The Female Gaze, and Girls on Film: Lessons From a Life of Watching Women in Movies – explore the accomplishments and obstacles women have faced throughout cinema's history. She has also given two TEDx talks on the subject. Malone's dedication to film history and supporting women filmmakers saw her named one of LA Weekly's People of 2019, and one of 100 #WorthyWomen of 2016. She can also be seen on the Criterion Channel and as the host of Focus Features 'Reel Destinations' series. Malone is on the board of directors of The Strand Theatre, a historic movie house in Rockland, Maine. Previously, Malone was the host of FilmStruck, TCM's streaming service for movie lovers, and was the host and creator of Fandango's series ‘Indie Movie Guide.' Malone began her television career two decades ago in her native Australia, working behind the scenes as a writer, producer, and editor for movie-centric television shows. Her expertise in film saw her transition to host, interviewer, and film critic for television, radio, print, and online. In 2011, Malone moved to Los Angeles, and since then has appeared as a film expert on a variety of television channels and programs, including CNN's ‘The Movies' documentary series, MSNBC, Access Hollywood, E!, Entertainment Tonight, MTV, and ABC's 2019 ‘Live from the Red Carpet' Oscar pre-show. In high school, Malone was voted “Most Likely to See Her Name Up in Lights.” She campaigned hard for that title because she thought it would look good in her future biography.      

While the streaming media landscape is crowded, it could be worse. In this episode, we look at some streaming services that didn't stand the test of time. From platforms that were a bad idea from the start to ones that were victims of corporate mergers, we find out what went wrong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we welcome film critic Marya E. Gates to the studio to talk about Mississippi Masala (1991), directed by MIra Nair and starring Sarita Choudhury, Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth, and Sharmila Tagore. Mississippi Masala tells the story of Mina, and Ugandan-Indian woman whose family has settled in Greenwood, Mississippi after being displaced by General Idi Amin, and her budding romance with Demetrius, a local Black self-employed carpet cleaner. Along with chatting about the movie, we interview Marya on her past jobs in marketing for Film Struck and Netflix, the importance of yearning and Eros in romance, and how she's working to dispel the myth of a lack of women-directed films. This week's recommendations: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Mo' Better Blues (1990) + bonus recs!: Devil In a Blue Dress (1995), Salaam Bombay! (1988), and The Thin Red Line (1998) Where you can find Marya: Substack — https://oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/ Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/oldfilmsflicker/ Tumblr — https://oldfilmsflicker.com/ Twitter — https://twitter.com/oldfilmsflicker Support your girls with a ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials (including our BRAND NEW WEBSITE!!!) at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

At the end of classic 007 pictures, the words "James Bond will return" filled the screen. And although there is no actual screen available on Watch With Jen because it isn't a video podcast, James Bond has indeed returned for the second time in our series run so far, following the success of our very popular Roger Moore episode in season two. And once again, my lovely, funny, crackerjack guest Julia Ricci is back. A Film Programming Manager at Heartland Film in Indianapolis, Indiana, which organizes the Heartland International Film Festival, and the Academy Award-qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Julia has been part of the programming team since 2018. Selecting films for the festival's shorts, features, and retrospective slates, she has programmed 17 short films that went on to become Oscar nominees and winners in the Live Action, Documentary, and Animated Short categories. Prior to Heartland Film, Julia was a researcher for Turner Classic Movies and The Criterion Collection's former streaming platform FilmStruck, and appeared on TCM as a Guest Fan Programmer. She has a degree in History from Ball State University and is a regional Emmy nominee for the documentary short LEGACIES OF PERFECTION: AUBURN, CORD, DUESENBERG, from 2013. While we will definitely continue these conversations about James Bond with the latest man to wear the suit in the form of Daniel Craig in the future, we decided to have some fun traveling back in time to the '90s to when Pierce Brosnan picked up Timothy Dalton's shaken-not-stirred martini in what can best be described as the second Roger Moore era. Taking a look at every single Brosnan entry, in this lively hour-long conversation, join us as we dive deeply into the actors, the action, the songs, and the way the franchise has evolved in the films GOLDENEYE, TOMORROW NEVER DIES, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, and DIE ANOTHER DAY. Logo: KateGabrielle.com Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive Originally Posted on Patreon (3/27/23) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/80618553

On today's podcast – I've got broadcasting sales, negotiating, and operations guru – Coleman Breland. Here are a few headlines involving Coleman - From the LA Times – 2018 - “The killing of FilmStruck shows that AT&T's defense of its Time Warner takeover was a lie” And here's another from Reuters – 2019 - “U.S. fights AT&T deal by citing Time Warner's clout with cable companies” (BTW – Breland saved this history making $85 billion dollar deal with a court appearance – Much to President Trump's chagrin) And one more from Variety – 2019 - “AT&T-Time Warner Trial: DOJ Focuses on Turner's Negotiation With YouTube TV” Each of these articles shows the range and the elasticity of Coleman Breland's role with one of the worlds' largest and most influential media companies --- Now – lets' talk to Coleman….

This week, we're welcoming back a woman I had so much fun dissecting Roger Moore's Bond era with the last time she appeared on the podcast towards the end of Season 2. Julia Ricci is a Senior Programmer at Heartland Film in Indianapolis, Indiana, which organizes the Heartland International Film Festival and the Academy Award-qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival. She has been part of the programming team since 2018, selecting films for the festivals' shorts, features, and retrospective slates, and has programmed 17 short films that went on to become Oscar nominees and winners in the Live Action, Documentary, and Animated Short categories.Prior to Heartland Film, Julia was a researcher for Turner Classic Movies and The Criterion Collection's former streaming platform FilmStruck, and appeared on TCM as a Guest Fan Programmer. She has a degree in History from Ball State University and is a regional Emmy nominee for the documentary short "Legacies of Perfection: Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg," from 2013.Returning to celebrate three classic underdog sports stories set in Indiana, in this episode, we look at beloved family favorites Breaking Away, Hoosiers, and Rudy, and also investigate our relationships to these films and sports in general, and discuss what makes the genre so timeless and compelling.Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music ArchiveLogo: Kate Gabrielle (KateGabrielle.com)Originally Posted on Patreon (9/2/22) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/71424071

With Australian writer and pop culture aficionado Maria Lewis in tow, the gang gets some glitz in their eyes, marvels at some really tricky old-age makeup, and takes in some history with a big grain of diamond crystal salt. What's GoodAlonso – Only Murders in the Building Season 2Drea - Vegas, baby! (kinda)Maria - Reebok Alien Stompers High-Tops Ify - Being a part of the Universal Studio TourITIDICTheater Box Office Makes a Summer ComebackCAA Has Acquired ICM for $750 millionNatalie Portman Worked Out for 2 Hours a Day for 10 Months for New Thor Staff Picks:Alonso - Women He's UndressedDrea - The JanesMaria - MenIfy - The Ladykillers William Bibbiani's Elvis Movie RankingMaria's latest book, Her Fierce CreaturesMaria's The Phantom Never Dies Podcast***With:Ify NwadiweDrea ClarkAlonso DuraldeMaria LewisProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher

Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 63.  We hope you enjoy the show! Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and on our new website: www.heilmanandhaver.com!   IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Alicia Malone Alicia Malone is an authority on classic, independent, and foreign films, and a passionate supporter of women in film.  She has given two TEDx talks on the subject and her first two books, Backwards and in Heels and The Female Gaze – explore the accomplishments and obstacles women have faced throughout cinema's history.  Her latest book, Girls on Film: Lessons From a Life of Watching Women in Movies, was released in March and connects film analysis with her own journey of self-discovery—from growing up as a nerdy film lover in Australia to finding her voice as a woman on television. Malone began her television career two decades ago in her native Australia, working behind the scenes as a writer, producer, and editor for movie-centric television shows. Her expertise in film saw her transition to host, interviewer, and film critic for television, radio, print, and online. In 2011, Malone moved to Los Angeles, and since then has appeared as a film expert on a variety of television channels and programs, including CNN's The Movies documentary series, MSNBC, Access Hollywood, E!, Entertainment Tonight, MTV, and ABC's 2019 Live from the Red Carpet Oscar pre-show.  She is a regular on Turner Classic Movies and the host of TCM Imports, showcasing cinematic treasures from around the world each Sunday.  Her new show Follow the Thread airs on TCM (June 4) and HBO Max (June 17) and will explore the synergies between fashion and film, and cover a variety of topics at the intersection of the two, inspired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's new exhibition, In America: An Anthology of Fashion.   Previously, Malone was the host of FilmStruck, TCM's streaming service for movie lovers, and was the host and creator of Fandango's series Indie Movie Guide.  Her dedication to film history and supporting women filmmakers saw her named one of LA Weekly's People of 2019, and one of 100 #WorthyWomen of 2016. She can also be seen on the Criterion Channel and as the host of Focus Features' Reel Destinations series.  Alicia joins us from her home in Maine and you can connect with her on Instagram at @aliciamalone.

Warner Bros executive George Feltenstein and Hong Kong Cinema expert and Warner Bros archivist Jeff Briggs join the podcast to discuss Hong Kong Cinema and the Golden Harvest library of films owned by Warner Bros.  Jeff Briggs provides a brief history of Hong Kong Cinema, starting with the Shaw Brothers and then the development of Golden Harvest in the 1970s and 1980s.  George Feltenstein provides background on the partnership between Golden Harvest and Warner Bros with Bruce Lee's “Enter the Dragon” in 1973 and how that later led to the purchase of a portion of the Golden Harvest Library.  He also discusses the release of some of the Golden Harvest films on DVD and on the now-defunct Warner Archive streaming service, FilmStruck, before diving into a review of the two films that have been released on Blu-ray, the Jackie Chan films “Mr. Nice Guy” and “Drunken Master II.”  George details the restoration that went into these films and Jeff corrects the misperceptions that have surrounded the “Drunken Master II” subtitles and language selections.  And finally, George briefly discusses some of the future release plans for the Golden Harvest titles through the Warner Archive.Purchase on Amazon: https://amzn.to/34UOzVEVisit our website:  www.theextras.tv

Steve Denker, most recently Vice President of Marketing and Digital for Turner Classic Movies, chats with Rob at the virtual 2021 South by Southwest. In this interview, he gives his perspective on what he looks for when “working with agencies.”  In the mid-90s, Steve worked for Aramark at Fulton County Stadium/Turner Field, managing relationships with the brands and products that were part of that stadium experience. He observed how fans interacted with Coca-Cola and highlighted opportunities for Coke to increase sales and strengthen the link between the experience and the product. Coca-Cola liked his approach and brought him onboard to develop the experiential look and feel of Coca-Cola in a wide variety of venues.  After a while, Steve understood that Coca-Cola was large enough that it would be a long time before he would have the opportunity to manage people, explore the emerging field of digital marketing, and gain product sales experience.  He took a position with RentPath, leading the marketing and advertising outreach for apartment guide publications at Apartment.com. From 2001 to 2008, Steve worked directly with companies that “touched” the rental process . . . selling digital advertising to utilities, renters' insurance companies, and movers and helping people find the right place to live. “Moving is an incredibly stressful time,” Steve says. In 2011, Steve joined Relocation.com, doing lead generation and business development out of New York. He connected with an individual who owned the Beach.com domain. Together, they planned to build the world's largest and most comprehensive database of beach and beach destination information. When heavy competition from Travelocity and Expedia prevented Beach.com from getting the desired level of traffic and sales, Steve decided it was time to move again. He values his involvement in this “failed venture.” “I can't tell you the lessons learned from that experience I have taken through everything else I've done, both personally and professionally.” All that “good stuff” found its place when Steve joined a consulting firm in Atlanta. (Steve's Beach.com partner still manages the reimagined site.) In 2016, an old buddy from his Coca-Cola days invited him to build a marketing department at Turner Classic Movies. Steve was at TCM for 4-1/2 years. Outsiders may think large organizations have such a wealth of internal resources that they don't need help from agencies. Far from the truth, Steve says. Agencies are important for their unique talents, expertise, efficiencies, and ability to help “execute the vision.” Steve describes what he looks for in agencies. Once agencies get past the first cut of “Do they have the ability to do what we need them to do?”, he needs to know that they “either already understand our business and who our customers are or have the capacity to understand that in a very short period of time.” He thinks organizational leaders need to have a laser focus on what they are trying to accomplish and understand both functional and emotional business priorities. Steve recently started thefasttimes.net, a weekly culture e-zine for Gen-Xers and wannabes, and reaching out on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter. Transcript Follows: ROB: Welcome to the Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Kischuk, and continuing in our South by Southwest series, I am speaking today with a friend, a friend of the podcast, and not an agency owner but a marketer with a tremendous history that I think we will all benefit greatly from. My guest is Steve Denker. Steve was most recently Vice President of Marketing and Digital for Turner Classic Movies. He's based in Atlanta like me, but we are still in COVID quarantine, talking online. Welcome to the podcast, Steve. STEVE: Thank you, Rob. Thanks for having me. It's been great running into you at local marketing and industry events over the past probably 8+ years, and at South by. Hopefully I'll have a chance to work with Converge and/or Bellwood Labs in the future. ROB: I appreciate that. I think I met you one fine day when you wandered into the Flashpoint Startup Accelerator here in Atlanta in the season of Beach.com. At least, that's a memorable moment in your career. But you've done a great deal of things. Why don't you start off by running through your journey and path in marketing, to give us an idea of the context you come to us from? STEVE: Sure, thank you. And I do remember that day when we met downtown. I started out – I'll back the train up a couple of stops. I grew up in Philadelphia and went to school in New York and came down to Atlanta in the mid-90s for a company called Aramark that was responsible for the concessions, the merchandise, and general operations at stadiums and arenas around the country, among some other businesses that they're in. I started working at Fulton County Stadium and eventually what became the new Turner Field. My position really was more in an operations role, but I was responsible for the relationships with all of the brands and products that were part of that stadium experience. I was working with the Budweisers and Starbucks and Bluebell Ice Cream, Coca-Colas of the world. Any product that was looking to get in front of those fans. It's interesting how I eventually used that relationship to transition to a role at Coca-Cola because I was watching the fans and seeing what they were doing at every game. I had the opportunity to watch their behaviors and see their traffic paths and their buying habits and so forth. So when Coca-Cola brought a team down once or twice a season to take a look at their assets, I had the opportunity not just to nod my head and say, “Yeah, the umbrellas are faded” or “We need new menu boards,” but really share with them what was going on and how the fans were interacting with Coca-Cola and how it was part of the experience to watch a Braves game. By putting together some plans and sharing with them where I thought they could not only accelerate sales, but also make the brand more part of the experience, I caught the attention of a few folks within that sports and marketing group, at the time called Presence Marketing. Not long after the Olympics, I transitioned over to that group at Coca-Cola and was then part of that experiential look and feel of Coca-Cola at stadiums and arenas, Disney, Universal, and so forth, in a creative capacity. It was a terrific move. The group was run by Steve Koonin, who is just Atlanta royalty and the CEO of the Hawks and State Farm Arena. He really was bringing so many innovations to this group and to the way that Coke was marketed. I was really fortunate to be part of that team and that group. From there, a couple of years later, I had an opportunity to go to a company most recently called RentPath. At the time it was called PriMedia. Also here in Buckhead. What was missing at Coke at that time when I left – I think there were three things I was really looking for that were going to take a while. I was looking to manage people and learn how to do that. I felt that was a good next step for my career. That would've taken a while within that multinational structure. Digital was something that, in the early 2000s, was really the forefront of what the next part of marketing was. Coke wasn't paying as much attention to it as other companies were. Then finally, I was looking for something that would give me real sales experience, not just internally and working with other groups, but actually selling products. Again, I thought that would be something at the early stage of my career that I would learn and use for the rest of my days in terms of working in any capacity. So RentPath offered those and more, and I went over and led the marketing and advertising for the apartment guide publications at Apartment.com. This was early on lead gen and getting folks into and around their apartments, their living situations. It was really interesting, because it was working directly with any company that has to do with that process, whether it's your utilities and your phone, renter's insurance, physically moving – anything like that were opportunities for myself and my team to sell advertising to. These were the early days of digital advertising, if you can imagine: banner ads with CPMs of $60-75 and relatively no accountability. Not even serving accountability. Forget about click-through rates; did you actually serve the ads I just paid for? That was even, at the time, a little murky. Companies just wanted to be part of it. As long as they went onto the website and saw their ad, they said, “Keep serving it.” It was really interesting to see the growth of the industry from, again, banner ads and text ads to what it is today – particularly at that time of 2001 through 2008, when it really exploded into the framework of what we see today with data and analytics and accountability. It was exciting to see that grow. I left for a company called Relocation.com, which was lead generation and business development out of New York. I'd spend a week a month in New York and then back to Atlanta again. I connected with someone in New York who owned the Beach.com domain, and we had plans to build the world's largest database of beach information. Not just every beach in the world, but hotels, vacation rentals, restaurants, activities, local information, local concierge services – really anything that would have to do with a beach destination or vacation, and build out this massive portal. At the time in 2011, this is when people really were using Travelocity and Expedia. There was heavy competition from these other sites. We went ahead and raised some money, built a plan, and it just didn't take off. It didn't get to the level in terms of traffic and converting users into revenue and sales that we had hoped for. All shook hands a few years later, back in 2013, and the site is still live right now. My partner at the time is still running it with a couple of different objectives. But I can't tell you the amount lessons learned from that experience I have taken through everything else I've done, both personally and professionally. I look back at that and have no regrets on taking that business risk. I think if we had done a couple of things differently – many things differently – we would've had a different outcome. But again, we pivoted. A lot of key learnings from that that I've been fortunate enough to share with other folks. That's what I did after that at a consulting firm here in Atlanta and had some great client relationships with companies like PDS and a company called AGRO Merchants Group, a healthcare company, we did some work with Blackstone. Eventually, one of my earliest relationships from Coca-Cola, a woman named Jennifer Dorian, who is a mentor and a friend and could not be a bigger rock star – she's now the CEO over at Atlanta Public Broadcasting & Radio. She was on Steve Koonin's team as well. I worked with her in the Coca-Cola days and had stayed in touch with her really for 20 years. We were having coffee or lunch once or twice a year just to catch up and so forth. She at the time was general manager of Turner Classic Movies and gave me a call and said, “Hey, we're looking to build a marketing department and expand what we've been doing.” This was in late 2016. She said, “Would you like to come over and interview with a bunch of people?” I did that, and a couple of months later I had moved over to Turner and had an amazing four and a half years there. ROB: It's quite a journey. I think it's interesting to point out that all the way through Beach.com, and probably a little bit after that as well, you were in early on the customer journey. Moving, to an extent, is kind of the ultimate customer journey. You combined that in the digital space. You mentioned the high CPM, but the customer lifetime value is also quite high if you can get somebody into an apartment for a couple of years. STEVE: Absolutely. That's a great point. Not only is it part of that initial customer journey – wherever that came from and whatever company claimed to own that verbiage and so forth, it was the beginning of that – but it was also, I think, a very critical time when working with customers. I was working in industries where you really can't screw it up. In other words, moving is an incredibly stressful time. If someone doesn't find the right apartment, if you haven't given them all the information – and again, we were the connector. We weren't the apartment complex, but we were certainly helping them find that right place. But if they didn't move into the right place, if they found out it was an hour commute from where they worked and they didn't realize that, or if they moved into a place in Alpharetta and their friends were all in Buckhead and they didn't realize it was a 45-minute drive, not 10 – all of these different things, they looked back and they were upset with us and the recommendations we made. And on the moving side, same thing. Again, it's very stressful. If that moving truck doesn't show up on time – think about all the things physically connected to moving your stuff. You're trying to time everything out on a particular moving day. It could be hooking up utilities or having to be out of one place and into another. If something isn't right and you realize that all of your possessions are now on an 18-foot U-Haul and that is broken down on the side of a road, it's not good. So I think it's understanding how important it is to take care of the customer and really understand what it is emotionally they're going through when they're finding a place to live, when they're physically moving. At Beach.com, it was your vacation. Most people have two weeks a year, and that vacation is very important for them to recharge and connect with family or friends. It's an important part of your life. If somehow I was part of an organization that screwed that up, it was on me, and it was something that I took very seriously. ROB: Definitely a lot at stake there. Steve, one thing I think you can shed particularly interesting light on is maybe your time at TCM. You have a unique perspective for a guest on this podcast. You're kind of on the other side of the table from the marketing agency, so I think it would be interesting to explore TCM through the lens of what that brand–agency relationship can look like. STEVE: Sure. Absolutely, I'd love to do that. At TCM, we really looked at ourselves as part of the larger Warner Media portfolio. I think every brand looks at themselves as their own business, and we were certainly no different in that we had a very clear set of objectives and goals in terms of growing our brand to the audience, making sure that people not only tuned in and watched, but also couple participate in other ways if they didn't have TCM on cable. Now there's HBO Max and ways to watch, but also, there are a lot of other events and other enterprise businesses that TCM was a part of. Running all these events, I think some people from the outside may look at a company like Warner Media, AT&T being the parent, and say, “Oh, there's got to be so many resources within the company that there wouldn't be a need to tap into agencies.” That couldn't be further from the reality. I've worked with agencies for a very long time; they bring unique talent to a company like Warner Media and particularly TCM. We would work with agencies for their expertise, for their efficiencies, and for them to help us execute the vision. They were a very important part of what we did. We had a couple of different ways we could structure relationships. Certainly, there were some contractors or freelancers that could come in for some very small projects or very specific projects that maybe had to do with production or one part of a creative execution. But for the most part, working with agencies was something that we did, and we worked with a couple of Atlanta agencies that really knocked it out of the park for us. On the TCM side, early on when I started, we had a product called FilmStruck, which was this amazing streaming service of independent, foreign, and arthouse films. It was the first streaming service that Turner had launched, and eventually it was shut down to make way for HBO Max. But as we launched it, we worked with Nebo here in Atlanta. This team really dove into that customer journey and what the needs were, really end-to-end, of generating subscriptions and long-term value from those users, and ways to distribute and share what we were offering and get it out there. Again, these were not things that internally we had access to. I think a lot of us had pieces of the puzzle in our backgrounds and we had some very good folks internally that had acquisition experience, subscription acquisition experience even. But tying it all together – if you think about every customer touchpoint from copy for the website, both the frontend and the backend, things like thank you emails, things like the weekly newsletters and drip campaigns to get people excited about new content and new programming coming, ways to reengage folks, knowing how much time they're spending on the service and ways to get them excited about spending more time, sharing with friends, seasonal deals like “Hey, get this for someone for Mother's or Father's Day or a holiday subscription” – all of these different occasions to buy and reasons to stay are things that they helped us with in terms of those campaigns. ROB: How did you think about the agency selection process? Did you have a bake-off of some sort? Did you know what direction you were leaning? Because knowing the Turner/Warner Media ecosystem – I know local shops who have built web games for Falling Skies; I know global agencies on the PR side who've done analytics work for TBS and TNT. So you could really run the spectrum. How did you approach that selection process? STEVE: Right now – and this wasn't available for a couple of years while I was there, but has come on – there's now a database within Warner Media. Folks that work with agencies all around the country or international ones put in – it's not a scoring process and you look for the 90s or above, but it's more or less, “Hey, I had an experiential agency work on a large outdoor event with us. They did an amazing job. Here's the contact information, here's what they did, here are some pictures.” That exists now. So that's certainly a tool that I think some folks at Warner Media are using. When we selected Nebo – and more recently 9Rooftops, which has a great office here in Atlanta, that did some great work for us as well – so much of it is word of mouth and being in the Atlanta community, being part of AMA. That's exactly what I did. I reached out to a good friend of mine, Joe Koufman, at a company called Setup, and said to Joe, “Listen, I'm looking for an agency. This is what we need them to do. This is an outline of the project. What do you recommend?” He came back with three or four really strong recommendations, and that's where I started. Then from that, we sat down with the agencies – and I'm not a fan of having agencies do work for free. I don't think that's right. I don't think that's a way to start the relationship. So we didn't ask any agency to produce work; we really just had conversations with them to share ideas. We said, “Here's what we're looking to do. Come with some ideas.” Each of them got a time slot, and we, again, just had a conversation with them. For Turner Classic Movies – and I imagine this is the case with a lot of either networks or other brands – the number one thing that I look for in an agency is that they either already understand our business and who our customers are or have the capacity to understand that in a very short period of time. Certainly the agencies that I spoke with all got it. They came to the table with ideas around that. Now, they don't know all of our business, and that's completely to be expected. We didn't expect anyone to understand some of the internal ways that we connect with our audience. Those are things that as soon as we awarded the business, very early on we sat down and shared that. It may have even been at a late stage pitch that we shared it. But we're looking for an understanding of what we do and why we do it. If an agency gets that – because every agency we're talking to already has the technical capabilities. There's no doubt. There's a ton of talent. But it's a matter of, do you understand what we're trying to do? And then really understanding the logistics of who's going to be working on this and your process, the best way to establish how we communicate together, how we discuss the deliverables together, and who leads that on each side. ROB: That's a great client-side perspective. The empathy required, the value of reputation, the value of community engagement. It's so interesting. I'm in this mode now where people we're talking about working with – people still want to get together for lunch. In spite of, and maybe especially because we've all been in our houses for the most part for the past year, people are like “Let's catch lunch outdoors.” That's in bounds for me right now; some people are holed up. But geography, it seems, is still going to matter quite a lot. At least people will say, “I want a company with a local presence.” Nobody really even knows what that means sometimes, but it's what we want. STEVE: Again, there's so much talent in Atlanta. I think looking outside of Atlanta in most cases is really not necessary. The talent is here. It is really nice to have face-to-face meetings. We all know they'll be coming back. Even now, I've had several meetings outside at large picnic tables at a park or a restaurant with folks. That's really how you get to connect with people you're working with, especially on these types of relationships where it's really important that everyone understands what the objectives are together. I'm just a believer in face-to-face when it comes to things like that. I know certainly working remote right now has worked for many people, and even if agencies are local, they may have folks on your account that are in other cities. We worked with a company and that was the case; someone happened to be very talented on the digital team that worked out of South Carolina. And that worked out fine as well, but it was still nice to be able to have some reviews together in person. Again, I'm such a believer in Atlanta being this epicenter of culture and talent and tech, and that's who I want to work with. ROB: That's something for us all to think about as we start to emerge. Steve, you had some thoughts on some key lessons you've learned along your journey as a leader, as a marketer, as an executive. What would you reflect on if you could talk to your younger self about what to think about as you develop? STEVE: [laughs] I don't know where I'd start. That's funny. I think looking back, Rob – and it's such a great thing to do every once in a while, even if you're not talking about it to other people, but just to reflect on things you've learned. I can think of several in particular, and a lot of them are coming out of the Beach.com experience I had, but I think some of these apply throughout my career. Certainly engaging with customers to understand what it is they want, how they want to receive your information, when they want to receive it – you remember the beginning of that whole integrated marketing push? That's what people said integrated was. I think there's a through-line to everything we do now. There are so many different ways to receive information, so many platforms. But at the end of the day, if you don't understand what your customer wants and how they're going to react to what you're sharing with them, what that call to action is, then I think there's always going to be a miss. That's something I've learned that I took with me from those days on throughout the consulting and throughout my time understanding our audience at Turner Classic Movies and HBO Max. Next, I would say having someone that has either domain or IP expertise on your team or advising your team is so critical because again, that's the type of experience – when I was at Beach, we really would've benefited from having someone in the travel and hospitality business being a close advisor to us. I think we all thought because we were customers, we knew what other customers wanted, but we weren't seeing the big picture. I was just seeing it at the time for myself, married and two young kids, “This is how I vacation so everyone probably vacations like this. This is how we plan,” not knowing that that's a very small segment of how it's done. So I think having that advisor or having someone baked into the company that really understands – that domain expertise is critical. I would say probably the most important thing I've learned over time is just having a laser focus on what it is you're working on and really understanding both the functional and the emotional priorities of the business. And that focus isn't just for entrepreneurs; I think it's just as important in mid-size and large multinational companies. It's a challenge when you manage high-achieving and creative people. They always want to bring new ideas and new innovations to the table, and that's a great thing. That's what you look for as a leader. But I can't tell you how many times I said to my manager at Turner, “Look, this is only going to take 5 minutes” when nothing takes 5 minutes. What a lot of people don't realize, and it took a while for me to learn, is that it doesn't just take time away from what you're currently working on; there's an opportunity cost as well when you try to veer off the course – even to do something that wasn't necessarily in your plans, but eleventh hour, something popped up and you thought to yourself, “We should add this in.” Sometimes you need to make concessions and figure out a way to make it work, but I would say most of the time, all it's going to do is create a distraction. It's easy for that to happen. You could have marketing plans and then something like Clubhouse pops up and you're like, “We need to be on Clubhouse. We should create a room and get some experts to join us and talk about our product or service.” That might be a great part of the strategy, but if that's not what you were initially planning to do, then 9 times out of 10, it's better to continue to focus on what it is you were doing and then work that in as your next objective. I think that focus – I had on a whiteboard in my office at Turner the word “focus” for all 4 years before we got shut down and everyone worked from home. The word “focus” was in my office, and I saw that word every single day. Of everything that was written and erased and written and erased on the whiteboard, that was the one consistent thing. Never erased it. That was my constant reminder that nothing takes 5 minutes and that you've got to really keep driving those clear objectives and deliverables and not create unnecessary distractions. ROB: Right. It's such a good practice to, number one, not do something that's going to blow up in your face, and number two, not discard the thing you've already been very intentional about putting together. Steve, we normally wrap these conversations with a couple of different questions. I think they tie together for you. Number one is typically “Where should people connect with you?”; number two is “What are you excited about that's coming up marketing-wise?” I think you have those things linked together where we can get a much bigger dive into your mind and connect with you as well. STEVE: Sure. Again, this has been such a fun conversation. I would say in terms of the future and what I see, I don't think marketers should be thinking about things ever going back to normal. I think how we play and consume media, entertainment, food, healthcare, all of this, this whole sense of community is being redefined in front of our eyes. It's a generational opportunity that's going to impact customer behaviors from now on. It's not a trend; it's really a seismic shift that's going to resonate across the culture and economy and all of our personal and professional relationships. It opens up an opportunity to be more creative and more innovative than ever before, and I think there's going to be some things we've done in the past that we're going to have to decide to let go. Other things we're going to hold on to. Those are some of the things that excite me right now. I do think as a society, we need to get a little bit higher up right now. I think we need to work on making people feel less isolated and part of a community. I don't think that's going to go away when people can start gathering in small groups. The pandemic has exposed a real ripple in people feeling alone, and that's something that I think marketing can play a big role in: really helping people find their community or communities. Personally, I've had a lot of meaningful conversations since I left TCM and Warner Media, exploring high growth in entrepreneurial opportunities, looking to where I can create long-term value at scale and really do good. So that's what's on the horizon for me in terms of what I'm looking for. And then on the side, I started something really fun with my wife and some good friends of ours. We started an e-zine called The Fast Times. We always talk about how Generation X, which I'm a part of, sometimes gets the short end of the stick. We weren't born with a cellphone in our hands, and we certainly didn't save the world like the Greatest Generation. We just listened to really cool music and watched really fun movies and were latchkeys and came home to an empty house and made the microwave dinners and so forth. So we thought, what could we do to really have some fun with Gen X and the fringe on each side of younger Boomers or older Millennials? So we created this e-zine. We're sending it out once a week, and then a special edition on Mondays. It's taking a look at culture and how it intersects with both nostalgia from the '80s and early '90s and having this modern lens on things that are happening today. It's kind of with this smart snark, I would call it. It's the fun voice of the '80s, voice of that Gen X. Lots of sections in it like “We Got the Beat” and “Channel Z” and “Parents Just Don't Understand,” all very brand-driven throughout it. Ultimately, this may be a vehicle for sponsors and advertisers as our subscription base grows. But right now, we're doing it – I love reading. I read probably at least an hour a day and love writing, and it's a fun way to stay sharp and create something. Again, we'll see where it goes. ROB: Congratulations on that launch. Where do we go to find that? STEVE: You can sign up for that at thefasttimes.net. Even the address is nostalgic, the .net. Go ahead and sign up and give it a shot. We also are having a little bit of fun on social platforms, on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter. We hope you like it. ROB: That's excellent. Steve, thank you for coming on the podcast. Thank you for sharing. I certainly look forward to connecting back in person. I look forward to seeing what else you take on next. It seems like it'll be a natural continuation of a really good story, so thank you for sharing with us. STEVE: Thanks again, Rob, for having me. As I said, I really believe you're the epitome of this. Everything that people are reading about in terms of the surge in Atlanta, in the tech space, in the companies interested in coming to Atlanta, you're the epitome of this. You started Converge bringing in outside investment and then growing it here in Atlanta and being part of the innovative labs and teams here. This is exactly what it's all about and what everyone is hoping this unwritten story of Atlanta is, and you are a very early author of it. Thanks for having me. ROB: I appreciate that. You're very kind. There is a lot of good stuff going on here in Atlanta, and we'll keep on sharing it. Thanks so much for coming on, Steve. STEVE: Thank you. ROB: Take care. Bye. STEVE: Bye. ROB: Thank you for listening. The Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast is presented by Converge. Converge helps digital marketing agencies and brands automate their reporting so they can be more profitable, accurate, and responsive. To learn more about how Converge can automate your marketing reporting, email info@convergehq.com, or visit us on the web at convergehq.com.

I'm so delighted to welcome one of my oldest Twitter friends - Marya E. Gates - to the podcast for what I hope will be the first of several episodes.A writer, film lover, and former editorial manager for Netflix, Marya was also the social media manager for Rotten Tomatoes and Film Struck. Additionally, she created such viral film movements as A Year with Women, where she spent a year watching and logging films made by female directors, and Noirvember, where movie buffs spend the month of November watching and learning about the noir genre.Now a freelance writer for such outlets as MovieFone and RogerEbert.com, Marya is also a podcaster currently working on getting her new show Prog Save America (about progressive rock) out to listeners soon. As a fellow Dylan and Springsteen fan, I can't wait to tune in because - with her passion behind it - I know it'll be awesome.In this breezy, spirited chat, we dissect Daisies, Foxfire (1996), and Skate Kitchen - three films about rebellious girls made in three different eras by three different female filmmakers. Sharing our own funny stories about getting in fights, teen medical drama, coming-of-age in the '90s and '00s, and finding our tribe, we follow the conversation wherever it leads, including a cool digression about Surfer Zen and the wisdom of Ethan Hawke. If any of that appeals (and how could it not?), you're bound to dig this one.Originally Posted on Patreon (3/22/21) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49067826Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive

I've been tweeting sparsely on my own account, and retweeting vigorously on my account, Taiiku's account, and Manga In Your Ears' account of the current events, but Black Lives Matter. I reserve this space for sports ramblings, but this is more important. I don't know what reach we have here at my little podcast, but whatever we have, I will use for this. Please donate if you can, keep tweeting about everything, call your legislatures, protest, and vote. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) and I continue our journey through Kurosawa solo with Kurosawa's only majority non-Japanese language film, Dersu Uzala! Then, Chris, Basil (@itsbasiltime), and I talk about Cross Manage, the lacrosse manga! For more Cross Manage content, check out our Manga In Your Ears episode on it. Also Chris, @antoniuspius Chris, is not on this Kurosawa episode because Chris and I recorded this way back on December 10, 2017 back when we thought the Filmstruck was going down and we thought we'd never be able to watch Dersu Uzala otherwise. So we jumped on the recording, and by the time we got here in podcast time, the Criterion Channel exists, and you can watch it there. Listen Show notes: 0:30 - Chris and I talk about Dersu Uzala! 46:07 - Chris, Basil, and I talk about Cross Manage! 1:17:57 - Questions! Next time is Kagemusha and Kono Oto Tomare!

In this annual special, Nate and Matt choose one classic and one contemporary film they would like to see inducted into the Criterion Collection. Oh, and they talk about some niche non-controversial thing called FilmStruck.

Dave and Alonso prefer an old pre-Code movie to the remake and the sequel, and Dave finally gets around to The Miseducation of Cameron Post. Subscribe (and review us) on Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, pass out the marshmallow tray. Join our club, won't you? Dave and Alonso's DVD pick of the week: TRUE STORIES

On the November 16, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest film and tv news, including William Goldman, Creed II, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Thor, FilmStruck, and A24.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: How does Brad edit the weekend? In The News: Ben: William Goldman, Oscar-Winning Writer of ‘The Princess Bride' and ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', Dead at 87 Brad: ‘Creed II' Early Buzz: Not As Good as ‘Creed', But Still a Solid Sequel Ben: ‘Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge' Hotel Details Revealed; First Look at Disney's New ‘Spider-Man' Ride Brad: Sam Raimi Almost Made ‘Thor' in 1991, Originally Didn't Want Stan Lee in ‘Spider-Man' Ben: Is FilmStruck Saved? “New Iteration” Coming to Warner Media's Streaming Service Ben: Apple Teams With A24, Distribution Company Behind ‘Moonlight' and ‘Hereditary', For New Movies All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

On the November 15, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest film and tv news, including FilmStruck, Blumhouse, Bosch, Bad Robot, Captain Marvel and Jack Black. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: News is starting to dry up as Thanksgiving week approaches. In The News: HT: Spielberg, Scorsese, Nolan and More Are Trying to Save FilmStruck Ben: Amazon Will Stream Eight Exclusive Blumhouse Features From Diverse Directors Peter: Amazon Orders ‘Bosch' Season 6, Because People Can't Get Enough of ‘Bosch'! Ben: Bad Robot Announces Six New Movies, Including a Thriller From ‘The Good Place' Writer Megan Amram HT: Why Nick Fury Waited To Call Carol Danvers, According to the ‘Captain Marvel' Prelude Comic Ben: Jack Black Doc ‘The Insufferable Groo', About a Tommy Wiseau-Style Filmmaker, Finds U.S. Distribution All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

流媒体网站 FilmStruck 以收录标准收藏公司（The Criterion Collection）的作品而欢迎。被影迷们津津乐道、简称“CC”的标准收藏是一家专门制作和修复经典电影的公司，推出了包括费里尼、希区柯克、黑泽明、王家卫等名家的作品。推出 FilmStruck 的华纳宣布，FilmStruck 将于 11 月 29 日停止运营。2016 年 11 月才上线的 FilmStruck 拥有共计 1800 部经典电影的库存，并且是标准公司作品的独家平台。用户每个月花上 10.99 美元，就可以看到各类名家的作品，如果他们不是冲着标准公司而来，那么花上 6.99 美元可以观看华纳名下的一些经典电影，比如《卡萨布兰卡》《公民凯恩》等。标准收藏官方发表声明称，公司对 FilmStruck 关闭感到失望，会尽快寻找新的平台。FilmStruck 即将关闭的消息也在社交网站上引发了许多影迷和电影人的感慨。奥斯卡最佳影片《月光男孩》的导演巴里·詹金斯在推特上称，FilmStruck 那里工作的人是一群真的在乎自己职业的人，并且真诚对待那些拍摄和喜欢电影的人。《水形物语》的导演吉尔莫·德尔·托罗则说，我们会找机会让它重新回来。

流媒体网站 FilmStruck 以收录标准收藏公司（The Criterion Collection）的作品而欢迎。被影迷们津津乐道、简称“CC”的标准收藏是一家专门制作和修复经典电影的公司，推出了包括费里尼、希区柯克、黑泽明、王家卫等名家的作品。推出 FilmStruck 的华纳宣布，FilmStruck 将于 11 月 29 日停止运营。2016 年 11 月才上线的 FilmStruck 拥有共计 1800 部经典电影的库存，并且是标准公司作品的独家平台。用户每个月花上 10.99 美元，就可以看到各类名家的作品，如果他们不是冲着标准公司而来，那么花上 6.99 美元可以观看华纳名下的一些经典电影，比如《卡萨布兰卡》《公民凯恩》等。标准收藏官方发表声明称，公司对 FilmStruck 关闭感到失望，会尽快寻找新的平台。FilmStruck 即将关闭的消息也在社交网站上引发了许多影迷和电影人的感慨。奥斯卡最佳影片《月光男孩》的导演巴里·詹金斯在推特上称，FilmStruck 那里工作的人是一群真的在乎自己职业的人，并且真诚对待那些拍摄和喜欢电影的人。《水形物语》的导演吉尔莫·德尔·托罗则说，我们会找机会让它重新回来。

Alicia Malone of TCM and FilmStruck joins Dave and Alonso to talk about her new book, and our cup runneth over with new (and new-ish) releases. Subscribe (and review us) at Apple Podcasts, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, she uses tangerines. Join our club, won't you? Dave's streaming pick of the week: NOT RECONCILED Alonso's DVD pick of the week: ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

Following up to last week's cancellation chat around “Iron Fist” … turns out “Luke Cage” got pummeled by Netflix, too. Nick sends word of Filmstruck's crazy response to people who like movies who aren't in the United States … and predictably, it sucks. So, you should check out Kanopy, which isavailable outside the US, but not in very many places, allowing you to access some of these great films with your library card. Pete tracks his TV with Television Time. But there's also TV Time. So, you know… competition. Finally, go watch Rejected, per Steve… it'll take you nine minutes. Pete's Trailer: The Upside Steve's Trailer: Five Feet Apart THE LIST! Blinded by Science! Steve's List Real Genius • All brain, no penis The Manhattan Project • Trailer My Science Project • Brian the Drummer Pete's List Flatliners Firestarter Altered States

Following up to last week's cancellation chat around “Iron Fist” … turns out “Luke Cage” got pummeled by Netflix, too. Nick sends word of Filmstruck's crazy response to people who like movies who aren't in the United States … and predictably, it sucks. So, you should check out Kanopy, which isavailable outside the US, but not in very many places, allowing you to access some of these great films with your library card. Pete tracks his TV with Television Time. But there's also TV Time. So, you know… competition. Finally, go watch Rejected, per Steve… it'll take you nine minutes. Pete's Trailer: The Upside Steve's Trailer: Five Feet Apart THE LIST! Blinded by Science! Steve's List Real Genius • All brain, no penis The Manhattan Project • Trailer My Science Project • Brian the Drummer Pete's List Flatliners Firestarter Altered States

Lucas and Matt discuss the demise of FilmStruck, a "business decision" made in the aftermath of the ATt&T and Time Warner merger. The fat cats continue to swallow up all that sweet, premium content, limiting our imaginative and cultural possibilities. Then, we take a look at Monica Hileman's review of Michael Lewis's book The Fifth Risk, and talk about the importance and shortcomings of all that red tape. Matt then gives us a long read of Jay Atkinson's review of the thrilling documentary film Free Solo, about Alex Honnold's attempt to climb El Capitan with no ropes.

It sounds dark in Arizona this morning. Steve and Pete lament the loss of FilmStruck and Time Warner's streaming aspirations. Bird Box is coming. So is the theatrical version of Natalie Portman's SNL Shorts character. And this week's list celebrates movies in malls. Pete's Trailer: Vox Lux Steve's Trailer: Bird Box THE LIST! Movies in Malls! Steve's List Blues Brothers — Mall Scene Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Galleria Scene Night of the Comet — Random Dance Scene Pete's List Police Story — Mall Fight Bad Santa — Santa's Having Lunch Eight Legged Freaks — Town Survivors Regroup in Mall

It sounds dark in Arizona this morning. Steve and Pete lament the loss of FilmStruck and Time Warner's streaming aspirations. Bird Box is coming. So is the theatrical version of Natalie Portman's SNL Shorts character. And this week's list celebrates movies in malls. Pete's Trailer: Vox Lux Steve's Trailer: Bird Box THE LIST! Movies in Malls! Steve's List Blues Brothers — Mall Scene Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Galleria Scene Night of the Comet — Random Dance Scene Pete's List Police Story — Mall Fight Bad Santa — Santa's Having Lunch Eight Legged Freaks — Town Survivors Regroup in Mall

[ep.60] Our now world-renown Recast segment returns with the classic cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants. We also assemble our dream post-2000 Saturday Night Live cast, and talk spoilers for Spider-Man on PS4. Plus, thoughts on mid90s, Universal Halloween Horror Nights, the end of FilmStruck, and more. WBAM! E-mail us: weboughtamic@gmail.com Follow WBAM: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review. Twitter: @caldernest @HuntMobley @DrewDietzen letterboxd: letterboxd.com/caldernest/ letterboxd.com/hearshot/ letterboxd.com/drewd/ Ep 60 Shownotes News RIP FilmStruck (00:03:43) Netflix cancellations (00:12:47) Playing Spider-Man The Game SPOILERS (00:21:06) Watching Universal HHN (00:34:49) Mid90s (00:38:49) Mount Rushmores: SNL cast members (00:51:55) Hill To Die On (01:12:55) Recast: Spongebob Squarepants (01:23:04) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/weboughtamic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weboughtamic/support

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On the October 26 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Clueless, My Hero Academia, Mice and Mystics, Boba Fett, American Vandal, Film Struck, Streaming Services and The Jinx. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). In The News: HT: DreamWorks is Turning ‘Mice and Mystics' Board Game Into an Animated Movie Chris: As If! ‘Clueless' Remake in the Works for Some Reason HT: ‘My Hero Academia' May Be Getting Turned into a Live-Action Movie Ben: Lucasfilm's Boba Fett Movie is 100% Dead, Says Kathleen Kennedy Chris: Is ‘Arrested Development' Ending on Netflix? We Can Only Hope HT:  ‘American Vandal' Canceled By Netflix, But It Could Find Life Elsewhere Chris: FilmStruck Shutting Down Next Month Because We Can't Have Nice Things Ben: Streaming Services Are Destroying Hollywood's Middle Class Ben: ‘All Good Things' DVD Commentary Might Be Used as Evidence Against ‘The Jinx' Subject in Court   Other articles mentioned: Board Game Movies Hollywood Should Make Next   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

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On this episode of "Andrew Watches Movies", Andrew revisits M Night Shayamalan's "The Village", finding it more accommodating than the first time. Andrew disagrees vehemently with critics about the remake of "Death Wish", and revisits a film that he himself didn't like in theaters "Last Flag Flying". Andrew and Jess watch the classic "It Happened One Night" which has a very limited run on Filmstruck, so get on with watching it. The Wheel led us to the weirdness of "Eraserhead". If you joined us on that journey, we hope you survived. Finally we explore another chapter of "The Cage Files" with Brian De Palma's "Snake Eyes".

On this episode, Jess and Andrew check out a pair of foreign language films; "In the Fade" starring Diane Krueger, and "A Fantastic Woman" which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film last year.  We watched Richard Linklater's "Boyhood", and Andrew checked out the only Martin Scorsese film that had he hadn't seen (mostly due to length), "Silence".  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/

Despite Andrew's aversion to most comic movies, he must admit that the last 3 Marvel releases (Spiderman: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, and Black Panther) were all pretty good. Giving respect to the previous work of the directors of those, we did a pretty deep dive into "Clown", "Hunt for the Wilderpeople", and "Fruitvale Station". We explore HBO's entertaining ode to the Eighth Wonder of the World: Andre The Giant. Only one film can say it introduce Warren Beatty to the screen, and that one is streaming on Filmstruck now. Jess and Andrew take a look back at "Splendor in the Grass".  After a couple rough weeks in a row with the wheel, Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie's Gothic classic "The Hunger" was a welcome assignment.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/    

Sifting through the horror on Netflix, Jess and Andrew were treated to the Ouija nightmare Veronica. Curious about the new Al Pacino HBO movie, Paterno was given a chance.  20th Century Women is streaming on Amazon, and a film that we are ashamed we missed when it first came out. Maybe it was the title, maybe the advertising, but we made a mistake passing up on it before. Andrew revisits "The Misfits", Marilyn Monroe's last film, and a classic that is expiring from Filmstruck soon.  Paying off the wheel can be painful sometimes, and Irreversible packed a nasty gut punch for us.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/  

Jess and Andrew tackle a very divisive filmmaker: Lars Von Trier. Notorious as he may be, he gets some of the best collaborators imaginable. Nicole Kidman's performance in Dogville is all the more breathtaking for the lack of a physical set to work with; Kirsten Dunst found new levels of representation for depression in another performance that blew us away in Melancholia; and Bjork gives the best performance of all in the working class musical Dancer in the Dark. Love him or hate him, Lars films are able to provoke conversations like no other.  AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film diary:  https://letterboxd.com/andrewmartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Mike Dietrich's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/

Join us for our first commentary track! One of two ways to play along:1. Just listen to the episode like a regular podcast! (Trust us, it totally works with the edit) OR...2. Pull up the film HAUSU (available on Criterion physical media or digitally via Filmstruck), pause when the Criterion logo pops up...press play on the pod and follow the instructions provided by host Mike and Sarah following the opening skit and theme song. It's that easy!On the lineup this show:a. SCREAMING PODS STINGERb. NPRELB w/ Elbee and Andrew Bargeronc. OPENING THEMEd1. Mike and Sarah introd2. HAUSU (1977) COMMENTARYe. Gratuitous SIMPSONS referencef. Gratuitous Stephanie Crawford dropg. SOUNDTRACK SOUND FACTS w/ Tom Nixh. An Appreciation from DOWN UNDERi. RECOMMENDATIONSj. TRAILERk. OUTRO STINGERFollow us on twitter at @splathouseprGuests are:@BedeJermynAndrew Bargeron @gimetzcoEric S. Habel @ericshabelHausu TeamSarah Coykendall @sarahsplathouse (producer/co-host)John Terrell @Terrell_Splat (actor)Elbee Bargeron @ghoulieschool (NPRLB)Sarah Jane @FookThis (recommendations, cinema guru)Tom Nix @TheTomNix (music writer, researcher)Stephanie Crawford @scrawfish (writer/performer)Mike Delaney @miked_splat (producer/co-host)We are back in two weeks with SPLATHOUSE: Flesh + Blood! Be sure to visit us online at www.splathouse.com

Over the last month, Jess and I explored a couple Akira Kurosawa Samurai epics, the genre that he is known best for, but not the only type of movies he did. In today's episode, we explore 4 of his post-war, modern Japanese films. Drunken Angel (1948), Stray Dog (1949), Ikiru (1952), and High and Low (1963) kept us completely captivated. Each of these films is streaming on Filmstruck.com, and we think everyone should do themselves a favor, and check some of them out.....or at least check this episode out.  Website: AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film Diary: https://letterboxd.com/AndrewMartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Our Artist's (Mike Deitrich) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/  Some Nothing Left from Brad: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nothing+left-at+the+bottom+of+my+glass

Alex Billington (firstshowing.net) and Mike Eisenberg (@Eisentower30) discuss their favorite movies of 2017 and a few to look forward to in 2018, featuring special guest Alicia Malone (@aliciamalone, Filmstruck, Fandango, Backwards & In Heels).

This episode, get up close and personal with Peter Hollens. This singer/producer is best known for his YouTube a cappella songs and more - with over 2 million subscribers. Check out "A Hollens Family Christmas - Deluxe Edition." Next, it's 6x Dove nominated singer songwriter Andrew Greer. He talks his new film series podcast, "Dinner Conversations with Mark Lowry and Andrew Greer” - where they interview acclaimed celebrities on a broad range of thought-provoking topics. Also, download his album, "An Angel Band Christmas." Then, TCM host Alicia Malone gives you the scoop on the most anticipated films of the holiday season. She also talks FilmStruck as a potential gift for movie lovers and a special free Roku offer. Finally, it's a guy who made his music dreams come true. Tom Grula of the HIx Brothers put together his ultimate Christmas project that he has always dreamed of doing. Get inspired by this story of following that dream that's been lurking in the back of your head!

You can find Varda's past work on Sundance Now and Filmstruck.On Twitter: @facesplacesfilm @jrart @thompowers @purenonfictionPure Nonfiction is distributed by the TIFF podcast network.

FINALLY, it's here! For episode 50, former co-host Windy returns to the podcast for an episode about Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity! We highly recommend you watch the film before listening to the episode, because we dive right into the plot. The film is readily available on streaming with a subscription to FilmStruck, and is available … Continue reading The post Episode 50: Double Indemnity appeared first on A Reel Education: Noir.

Johnnie Jungleguts ("L3t's Gay") joins Dave and Alonso to talk Amazon princesses and the nature of the butt. Subscribe (and review us) on iTunes, follow us @linoleumcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, you're so pretty the way you are. Join our club, won't you? Johnnie's DVD pick of the week: ATTACK THE BLOCK Dave's DVD pick of the week: THREE SISTERS Alonso's DVD pick of the week: "Gay & Lesbian Cinema" on Filmstruck

Oscar nominated director Daniel Raim shares his insights on the NEW documentary Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Executive Produced by Danny DeVito. The documentary opens Friday, May 12th at Laemmle Monica Center in Santa Monica and other Laemmle theatres in Los Angeles. Learn more from http://haroldandlillian.com https://www.laemmle.com/ You can learn more about Director Daniel Raim's work at http://adamafilms.com/ and his NEW series on TCM's streaming platform FilmStruck https://www.filmstruck.com/ A fascinating and moving account of the romantic and creative partnership of storyboard artist Harold Michelson and film researcher Lillian Michelson: two unsung heroes of Hollywood's Golden Age. Harold and Lillian worked on hundreds of renowned films including The Ten Commandments, The Apartment, The Birds, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, Rosemary's Baby, Fiddler On The Roof, Scarface, Full Metal Jacket and many more. Although the couple was responsible for some of Hollywood's most iconic examples of visual storytelling, their contributions remain largely uncredited. Through an engaging mix of love letters, film clips and candid conversations with Harold and Lillian, Danny DeVito, Mel Brooks, Francis Ford Coppola and others, this deeply engaging documentary from Academy Award®-nominated director Daniel Raim chronicles their remarkable marriage and extraordinary careers through six decades of movie-making history. Follow us on Twitter @JogRoad Follow us on Instagram @jogroadproductions Subscribe to Jog Road Productions and Road to Cinema on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/jogroadproductions Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jogroad http://jogroadproductions.com/roadtocinemablog/    

This week, we watch the amazing Rita Hayworth in Gilda! We highly recommend you watch the film before listening to the episode, because Rita Hayworth truly must be witnessed. The film is readily available for rental on streaming services such as Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, and YouTube. It is also available with subscription to FilmStruck. Note: … Continue reading The post Episode 48: Gilda appeared first on A Reel Education: Noir.

In this week's episode, we have MANY THINGS TO SAY about Sweet Smell of Success! We highly recommend you watch the film before listening to the episode, because it has one of the sharpest, most cynical scripts in all cinema history. This film can currently be seen streaming on FilmStruck, iTunes, and DirecTV. Please join us again on January … Continue reading The post Episode 40: Sweet Smell of Success appeared first on A Reel Education: Noir.

In this episode, Nate and Matt each select one classic and one contemporary film they would like to see inducted into the Criterion Collection. Something different for their 7 listeners. Oh, they also talk about the new streaming service Filmstruck.

Chris and Jake are joined by the recently returned from exile Hunter to discuss two films - the Sundance favorite The Birth of A Nation and the Land of the Rising Sun sensation Shin Godzilla! Chris picks a brew that's "barely a beer" for the tale of Nat Turner, plus a cheeky pick for the kitschy pic. *PLUS* The Dudes discuss FilmStruck, a new cinephile-centric streaming service from Criterion Collection and TCM! *PLUS Pt. II* The latest results from Fantasy Movie League - and wouldn't you know it,