Podcasts about For Sama

In another loaded double-guest episode, Kenny and Robert begin the show chatting with World Soundtrack Awards Film Composer of the Year nominee Nainita Desai (The Reason I Jump, For Sama, American Murder: The Family Next Door) about her early years working as an engineer and mixer, overcoming "imposter syndrome," the art of writing music for documentary and keeping the authenticity of true stories and why she was caught by surprise when she learned she was nominated by the WSA. Subscribe to MORE SCORE on Patreon for year-round interviews, film music talk and even cool merch: http://Patreon.com/MoreScore Later, award-winning composer and record producer Dan Romer (Luca, Beasts of the Souther Wild, Beasts of No Nation, Wendy, Superman and Lois) joins the show to sharing what he learned about scoring Italian influenced music, revealing what motivated him to create unique sound palettes for his scores, and details what happened with No Time To Die and why being replaced on that film only made him stronger. This episode is presented by Spitfire Audio Follow us on Twitter @ScoreThePodcast or send Kenny and Robert your questions for the mailbox at ScoreTheMailbox@epicleff.com Hosts: Robert Kraft & Kenny Holmes Executive Producer: Matt Schrader Coordinator: Carol Kuswanto © 2021 Epicleff Media --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/score/support

Here’s my 2019 conversation with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts of the Oscar-nominated documentary, For Sama, and with Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, who ran the last hospital in East Aleppo. The film takes us inside Aleppo during the long siege by al Assad and the Russians. In the course of the film, Waad al-Kateab falls in love, gets married, and has a baby - all as bombs fall around them.

10 years ago last week pro-democracy protests began in Syria as the latest front in the - at the time still hopeful - Arab Spring. Here’s my 2019 conversation with directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts of the Oscar-nominated documentary, For Sama, and with Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, who ran the last hospital in East Aleppo. The film takes us inside Aleppo during the long siege by al Assad and the Russians. In the course of the film, Waad al-Kateab falls in love, gets married, and has a baby - all as bombs fall around them. You can learn more and watch this remarkable film at forsamafilm.com

The composer Nainita Desai is a master of innovative thinking in scores for film, television and games. She is best-known for her documentary work – including music for the Oscar-nominated ‘For Sama’ and a new Sundance-winning documentary that’s soon to be released called ‘The Reason I Jump’ – but her career has been multi-faceted. Desai has a background in maths and has also worked as a sound designer, which gives her a unique approach. In this episode, Desai discusses the techniques she came up with to reflect the experiences of autistic teenagers in ‘The Reason I Jump’ (from water-filled clarinets to improvising on cellos), how working with Peter Gabriel early in her career inspired her and why her job is to manipulate a viewer’s emotions.

Sama talks about her quest for deeper intimacy and healthy sexuality in relationships and how this quest led her on a womb awakening journey, where reclaiming the power of our menstrual cycles as sacred and healing plays a central role. She also elaborates on the collective trauma response we are currently living through and how each and every one of us can support a global healing process by reconnecting with our own cycles and the cycles of nature and by releasing our own individual trauma patterns. For Sama's gift, a free womb wellness assessment, click here: https://www.samamorningstar.com/book-onlineTo interact with Sama, Emmi and like-minded listeners, join us as at https://web.facebook.com/groups/SacredFemininePowerPodcast

This episode features Ben de Pear, the Editor of Channel 4 News in the UK. Ben started his career in local journalism and then joined Sky News in 1994. From 2000-2005 he was based in Johannesburg as Africa editor for Sky and in 2005 he joined Channel 4 News as a foreign producer. He became foreign editor in 2008 and was appointed editor in August 2012. Ben has won numerous Royal Television Society awards, FPA awards, BAFTAs and Emmy awards. He was also part of the 'For Sama' team that was nominated for an Academy Award.

This RTS award-winning composer is also an Ivor Novello, BIFA, and Cinema Eye Honors nominee; a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, and the IFMCA Breakthrough Composer of 2020. Amongst various BAFTA, Oscar, Emmy acclaimed productions, her recent projects include critically acclaimed Oscar 2020 nominated film For Sama, Sundance 2020 winning feature The Reason I Jump, American Murder Netflix's most watched documentary feature to date, Annapurna Interactive Film-Game Telling Lies and BBC drama series Unprecedented. She's one of my favorite composer/sound designer hybrids and I'm very excited to meet her today!

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In this special bonus episode brought to you in collaboration with the Oxford Human Rights Festival. In this episode, David reviews the BAFTA Award Winning documentary film For Sama (2019).

Waad is an award-winning Syrian filmmaker. She became a citizen journalist in 2011, after protests broke out across Syria against the Assad regime, and in January 2016 she began documenting the horrors of Aleppo for Channel 4 News in a series titled, “Inside Aleppo.” Waad’s first feature documentary, For Sama, documented her life over five years in Aleppo. The film, directed with Edward Watts, received worldwide critical acclaim, winning numerous awards, including the Prix L'Œil d'or for best documentary at Cannes Film Festival, Best Documentary at the BAFTAs and a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Academy Awards. After fleeing Aleppo in December 2016, Waad, her husband, and their two daughters now reside in London, United Kingdom. Waad continues to work with Channel 4 News and dedicates time to her advocacy campaign, Action For Sama.

In the third episode of TALK DOC TO ME, Matt and Leah discuss the 2019 Academy Award nominated best feature documentary, FOR SAMA. This doc is an intimate and epic journey into a mother’s journey during the uprising in Aleppo, Syria. They discuss the ethics of filming during a war, the impact it’s made on their lives, and why this film is a must-see.

Mariayah Kaderbhai talks to the BAFTA-winning documentary directors of For Sama; Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts as well as composer Nainita Desai. They talk about the evolution of the project, the global impact of Waad & Sama’s story, and the soundtrack that places you right in the middle of the Aleppo.

Waad has documented her life on camera in war torn Aleppo, Syria. While conflict, violence, death and cruelty raged around her, she fell in love, got married and had a baby daughter.Her film, ‘For Sama’, is a love letter from a young mother to her daughter - and in this conversation with Annie, she reveals the moments of change in her eventful life, capturing stories of loss, laughter, sacrifice and survival.You can follow @waadalkateab on twitter and instagram - and watch For Sama, for free, right now on All 4.Go to actionforsama.com to help make a change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For Sama' es un documental sobre los horrores de la guerra y cómo afectan a las mujeres, sobre el amor de una madre a su hija y las decisiones imposibles de tomar. ... Por la vida de Waad pasan el amor y la miseria, al risa y el llanto, cuando la mujer debe decidir si huir del país para salvar a su hija o quedarse.

When it comes to documentary film - and really film, in general - one of the forgotten heroes is often the film's music composer. And yet, it's often the music that truly elevates a film from good to greatness, making the storyline and all of its visuals just a bit more rich, complex, and emotional. In today's episode I'll take a look at 5 Considerations for Music for Your Doc. This will be followed by a deep dive discussion with world-renowned film composer, Nainita Desai, the multi-award winning and internationally recognized composer of 2019 Academy Award nominee, For Sama.   Topics Discussed five considerations for music for your documentary how a background in both sound and film brought Nainita Desai to composing for film how she immerses herself in the material of a doc project that she will be scoring best practices for the doc director to approach their working relationship with a music composer Additional Resources  The WorkshopsDEAL - $50 WORKSHOPS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL! Did you know that we now have https://thedocumentarylife.com/workshops/ (workshops)? Check out our full https://thedocumentarylife.com/workshops/ (roster) and reserve your seat today!   Sponsors & Thank Yous Music Vine 15 PERCENT OFF!Music Vine https://musicvine.com/ ()Thank you to music licensing platform, https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine) for contributing the wonderful music that we've used in this week's episode. We've used many music licensing platforms over the years for commercials, corporate videos, and documentaries and these guys are definitely different. Their music catalogue is truly fresh, diverse, full of character, their search engine is as straight forward and user friendly and their licensing fees? Unlike anywhere else we have come across. If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend https://musicvine.com/ (Music Vine). And make sure to use our promo code to get an additional 15 percent off of any subscription!! PROMO CODE: doclife15   ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today!   Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!

On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great English poet William Wordsworth, Juliet Stevenson reads some of his most famous poems and Michael McGregor, Director of the Wordsworth Trust, explains why Wordsworth is particularly relevant today, at a time of crisis. As Front Row begins a week of celebrating the joys of listening - to radio, podcasts, audiobooks, music and drama - radio critic Gillian Reynolds talks about the joys of entertainment for the ears. Actor Kerry Shale discusses his radio drama, The Kubrick Test, which tells the true story of his encounter with one of cinema’s most influential figures. For many years, the great director’s methods were shrouded in mystery. So when, in 1987, a young actor gets an invitation to enter Kubrick’s hidden world, he leaps at it. And, of course, gets more than he bargained for. The Kubrick Test will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Wednesday at 2.15 pm. Composer Nainita Desai is a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, and is the International Film Music Critics Association Breakthrough Composer of 2020. She has scored many TV and film dramas as well as video games, and she discusses her score for For Sama, Waad al-Kateab’s Oscar-nominated film that won the BAFTA for Best Documentary this year. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Simon Richardson

Vi har sett på utvalget av påskekrimserier på NRK og TV2, nemlig «Tilståelsen», «Deadwater Fell», «Vera» og «Agatha Christie: Den fjerde rytteren». Britiske «Cobra» er en fråtseverdig serie om å håndtere et land i krise med Robert Carlisle i hovedrollen. Og den svært sterke dokumentarfilmen «For Sama» skildrer liv og død ved et provisorisk sykehus i Aleppo under den syriske borgerkrigen. Programledere er Birger Vestmo, Sigurd Vik og Miriam Folland.

Dorothy Byrne is the head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4, and has worked in journalism for more than four decades. In 2018 she received the Outstanding Contribution Award at Royal Television Society Journalism Awards, and her recent commissions include the Channel 4 News investigation into Cambridge Analytica, the Michael Jackson expose Leaving Neverland and the BAFTA-winning documentary For Sama, about one family’s life under siege in Aleppo, which also won an Oscar nomination. She began her career in journalism in her mid 20s on the Waltham Forest Guardian, after writing a cheeky letter to 50 local newspaper editors - just one responded. She later moved into television, joining the acclaimed World in Action team at Granada, where she argued that the programme's agenda was male-dominated and needed to change. Dorothy gave the MacTaggart Lecture at the 2019 Edinburgh International Television Festival, in which she argued that the scrutiny of politicians through broadcast interviews is important for the health of democracy. She also described herself as 'just about the oldest female TV executive working for a broadcaster'. DISC ONE: Greatest Living Creature by John Grant DISC TWO: Non-Alignment Pact by Per Ubu DISC THREE: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, composed by George Frideric Handel, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and performed by Dame Joan Sutherland and London Symphony Orchestra DISC FOUR: Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense by Fela Kuti DISC FIVE: Dido's Lament: When I'm Laid In Earth, composed by Hendry Purcell, conducted by Raymond Leppard and performed by Jessye Norman and English Chamber Orchestra DISC SIX: World in Action by Matt Berry DISC EIGHT: The People United Will Never Be Defeated by Igor Levit BOOK CHOICE: Physics text books LUXURY ITEM: The back catalogue of In Our Time / the voice of Melvyn Bragg CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, composed by George Frideric Handel, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and performed by Dame Joan Sutherland and London Symphony Orchestra Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Sarah Taylor

This week on the show we discuss the thrilling launch of our new YouTube channel and drink beers from Jester King (Austin, TX) and 2nd Shift Brewing (St Louis, MO). The first is a Belgian Farmhouse Ale called Noble King and the second, abbreviated "LSD" is an imperial stout called Liquid Spiritual Delight. After our first beer we kick our movie talk off with the harrowing "For Sama." It's an Oscar-nominated documentary about the Syrian conflict from the perspective of a journalist and mother and then, we transition into a discussion of the psychological thriller "Horse Girl." Episode Timeline: 0:00 Intro & "Noble King" 12:38 "For Sama" 20:45 "Horse Girl" (Spoiler Free) 31:45 Hot & Bothered vol. 1 33:32 "Liquid Spiritual Delight" 42:22 Hot & Bothered vol. 2 47:40 "Horse Girl" (DANGER ZONE)Please rate & review us wherever you listen to podcasts and, if you're so inclined, consider donating to the show via our Patreon page. Find our entire collection of episodes as well as written reviews of movies and beers at our virtual podcast mansion www.freshhopcinema.com. Thanks to all our patrons, and the Handlebar Chico for their constant support and to Bailey Minardi, without whom, this show wouldn't be what it is.

Recorded - 2/16/20On this episode of the Almost Sideways Podcast, Zach and Terry lament the announcement their alma mater is closing before Todd leads a recap of the Oscars.  We review the latest comic book movie to hit theaters and start our year-long quest to count down everything about the last decade.  Here are the highlights:RIP Concordia-Portland (0:00)Oscars Recap (7:00)Review: Birds of Prey (2020) (29:40)Anniversary Review: Vatel (2000) (47:20)Power Rankings: Directorial Debuts of the 2010's (51:45)Trivia Review: The Up Series (1:35:18)Trivia Review: For Sama (2019) (1:42:45)Trivia: Parasite Oscar Lists (1:44:40)Quote of the Day (1:52:40)Subscribe on iTunes!If you can't subscribe on iTunes, listen here.Find AlmostSideways everywhere!Websitealmostsideways.comFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/AlmostSidewayscom-130953353614569/AlmostSideways Twitter: @almostsidewaysTerry's Twitter: @almostsideterryZach's Twitter: @pro_zach36Adam's Twitter: @adamsidewaysiTuneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almostsideways-podcast/id1270959022

Well, the 2020 Academy Awards may have come and gone, but that’s no reason to stop watching the nominated films, even the ones that did not win. In this week’s episode, returning guest host Patricia Aufderheide joins Bart and Chris to discuss all 5 of the Oscar-nominated short documentaries, after which Chris interviews co-directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts (along with al-Kateab’s husband, Hamza) about their collaboration on the (also Oscar-nominated) documentary feature For Sama. Group Review Short Documentaries: IN THE ABSENCE (Yi Seung-Jun, South Korea, 28 min.) Available in select theaters or at www.fieldofvision.org *LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) (Carol Dysinger, UK, 39 min.) Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/ *This year’s Oscar winner LIFE OVERTAKES ME (John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson, Sweden/USA, 39 min.) Available in select theaters or on Netflix LOUIS SUPERMAN (Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan, USA, 28 min.) Available in select theaters or through shorts.tv/theoscarshorts/ WALK RUN CHA-CHA (Laura Nix, USA, 21 min.) Available in select theaters or at www.nytimes.com/video/op-docs   Film Featured in Interview Portion: FOR SAMA (Waad al-Kateab/Edward Watts, 2019) Still playing in select theaters and on PBS   Other Films/Shows Mentioned: BoJack Horseman (Raphael Bob-Waksberg, 2014-2020 Netflix series) Cheer (Greg Whiteley, 2020 Netflix series) Collective (Alexander Nanau, 2019) The Kingmaker (Lauren Greenfield, 2019) Les Misérables (Ladj Ly, 2019) Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (Doug Shultz, 2020 Netflix series) Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul (Orlando von Einsiedel, 2011) A Thousand Cuts (Ramona Diaz, 2020)   Links to reviews by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Hammer to Nail reviews of all 2020 Oscar-nominated short films Film Festival Today review of For Sama Film Festival Today interview with Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of For Sama   Timestamps: 00:37 – Intro 03:27 – Group discussion of the Oscar-nominated documentary shorts 25:55 – Chris interviews Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts and Hamza al-Kateab of FOR SAMA ­­41:07 – Doc Talk   Website/Email: www.fogoftruth.com disinfo@fogoftruth.com Credits: Artwork by Hilary Campbell Intro music by Jeremiah Moore Transitional music by BELLS (thanks to Christopher Ernst) Editing and shownotes by Christopher Llewellyn Reed

THE MOVIE PODCAST is a film news and entertainment podcast that covers the week's biggest movie stories and a unique topic of the show. You can catch Daniel, Shahbaz and Anthony in a new episode every Monday! Please be sure to rate the show and subscribe.Got a topic request? Have a movie suggestion? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at ThisTimeWith.com/talk EPISODE #45: Parasite Wins Best Picture and Everything That Happened at the 2020 Oscars - February 10, 2020 NEWSWarner Bros. Pictures Group and HBO Max Announce Warner Max, the Feature Film Production Arm for the New Streaming Service - Warner Bros / Media ReleaseKirk Douglas, Icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103 - Mike Barnes / THR‘Knives Out' Sequel Officially A Go As Lionsgate Hints At Franchise - Patrick Hipes / Deadline BOX OFFICE‘Birds Of Prey' Continues Warner Bros' Troubling Box Office Slump - Scott Mendelson / Forbes NEW TRAILERSThe Way BackSpiral: From the Book of SawRadioactiveThe Jesus Rolls OUT THIS WEEKDownhillSonic The HedgehogOlympic DreamsPortrait of a Lady on Fire WHAT WE'RE WATCHING [00:38:10]Anthony: Birds of Prey, Band of Brothers, The New PopeDaniel: Boy Meets World, Harley Quinn, The First Avenger, Birds of Prey, Brooklyn 99, Birds of Prey, Mythic Quest, Knives OutShahbaz: Harley Quinn, Inception, The Wolverine, Birds of Prey, Mythic Quest, Midsommar TOPIC OF THE SHOW [00:59:33]Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony recap everything that happened at the 2020 Oscars.THE 92ND ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS FOLLOW US:Follow Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and YouTube  

It's Oscar Week! The Way Too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast returns for another super-sized episode. Pop Break's Film Editor Marisa Carpico and Senior Editor Matt Taylor look at the potential winners for Best Documentary, Best Animated Feature, and Best International Feature. Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, I Lost My Body, Klaus, Missing Link, Toy Story 4  Best International Feature: Corpus Christi (Poland), Honeyland (North Macedonia), Les Misérables (France), Pain and Glory (Spain), Parasite (South Korea) Best Documentary Feature: American Factory, The Cave, The Edge of Democracy, For Sama, Honeyland

On a special bonus episode of Cinemaholics, we pick our own winners for the 2020 Oscars ceremony. Inspired by the Siskel and Ebert classic format, we go through the nominees of almost every category and explain our favorites. Theme Music: sound recorded live during the taping of "Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked The Winners" on March 1, 1990. Want to cut to the chase? Below are our consolidated picks, voted on by just Jon Negroni, Sam Noland, and Will Ashton. VISUAL EFFECTS The Lion King CINEMATOGRAPHY 1917, Roger Deakins INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Parasite DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) For Sama ANIMATED FEATUREFILM Klaus MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away”from Toy Story 4, Randy Newman MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) Marriage Story, Randy Newman FILM EDITING Parasite SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Sister SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) A Sister DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) In the Absence COSTUME DESIGN Once Upon a Time In...Hollywood PRODUCTION DESIGN Parasite SOUND EDITING Ford v Ferrari SOUND MIXING Ad Astra MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 1917 WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) Little Women WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) Marriage Story ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Florence Pugh, Little Women ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story DIRECTING Bong Joon Ho, Parasite BEST PICTURE Parasite Support the show.

The Oscar-nominated documentary “For Sama” takes a personal journey through the war in Syria. Waad Al-Kateab became a citizen journalist, capturing the siege of Aleppo and events of her own life. We watch her fall in love and get married to a doctor, Hamza, who shares her commitment to stay in Aleppo. The film is […] The post 114: “For Sama” Inside Syria appeared first on Pure Nonfiction.

This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy Awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- and, today, with a pair of 2020 nominees.  They are Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, the co-directors of For Sama, which is up for Best Documentary Feature.  It's a movie pieced together from more than 500 hours of footage shot by Al-Kateab, a young mother in rebel-controlled Aleppo, Syria, as government troops closed in.  For Sama is about what it's like for an ordinary, middle-class family to conceive and raise a child in a city under siege.  As the San Francisco Chronicle puts it, "For Sama is a film made with the instincts of a journalist, the passion of a revolutionary, and the beating heart of a mother."  Watts, Waad, and Waad's husband, Dr. Hamza Al-Kateab, joined Alec at a live taping of Here's the Thing at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Waad al-Kateab was a college student in Aleppo when she picked up a video camera to document the Syrian revolution. She kept filming when she met and married her husband and had her first child. She kept filming when the Assad regime laid siege to her city, and when the Russian Air Force started bombing hospitals. Waad's husband, Hamza al-Kateab, became the last doctor running the last hospital in Aleppo. Waad's footage became the Oscar nominated film, For Sama, which tells the harrowing story of the siege of Aleppo in the form of a letter from mother to daughter. Jen talked with Waad about why she started filming, and why she and her husband chose to stay. To learn more about Waad al-Kateab's advocacy, visit ActionforSama.com. For more information about the film visit ForSamaFilm.com

This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy Awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- including one new interview, coming tomorrow, with the creative team of 2020 Best Documentary-nominee For Sama.  Today, on Day 4 of our Oscars series, it's our live event with Spike Lee at the TriBeCa Film Festival.  The two movie-veterans came prepared for a serious discussion about Place in the Sun and On the Waterfront, but get distracted very quickly.  As BET put it in their roundup of the conversation, "The iconic director held nothing back."  Spike Lee's first Oscar, shockingly, came last year for his BlacKkKlansman screenplay.

This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- including one new interview with the creative team of 2020 Best Documentary-nominee For Sama, coming Friday.  For Day 3 of our series, we bring you our Julianne Moore episode, in which she and Alec bond over their shared past in soap operas.  Moore won her Oscar in 2015 for playing an Alzheimer's patient in Still Alice.

This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- including one new interview with the creative team of 2020 Best Documentary-nominee For Sama.  For our second installment, we bring you the Here's the Thing episode that may have generated our most enthusiastic listener feedback.  That's Alec's conversation with director, screenwriter, and Rolling Stone journalist Cameron Crowe -- punctuated with great songs from Crowe's films.  Crowe won his Oscar in 2001 for his screenplay for Almost Famous.  

THE MOVIE PODCAST is a film news and entertainment podcast that covers the week's biggest movie stories and a unique topic of the show. You can catch Daniel, Shahbaz and Anthony in a new episode every Monday! Please be sure to rate the show and subscribe.Got a topic request? Have a movie suggestion? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at ThisTimeWith.com/talk EPISODE #44: Super Bowl Trailers and Oscar Predictions: 2020 - February 3, 2020 MAILBAGOscar Predictions (During Topic of the Show)Derrick says: Anthony's Mr. Peanut hot air balloon story from last week's episode was hilarious. I can't remember laughing so much while listening to your podcast and you guys are quite funny in general. Thanks for the weekly entertainment and Happy Oscars! NEWSKobe Bryant, NBA Superstar and Oscar Winner, Dies in Helicopter Crash - Mike Barnes / THRStudios Re-up Kodak Deals to Keep Celluloid Film Alive - Carolyn Giardina / THR BOX OFFICEBad Boys For Life Becomes Biggest January Release After 17.1 Million Weekend - Erik Childress / Rotten Tomatoes NEW TRAILERSF9: The Fast SagaA Quiet Place Part IIMortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's RevengeSonic The HedgehogMulanSpongebob Squarepants: Sponge on the RunFree GuyTop Gun: MaverickBlack WidowOnwardNo Time to DieMinions: Rise of GruFalcon and the Winter Solider/WandaVision/Loki OUT THIS WEEKBirds of PreyThe LodgeCome to Daddy WHAT WE'RE WATCHINGAnthony: The Outsider, New Pope, 1917, The Art of Self Defence, Band of Brothers, Uncut GemsDaniel: The Outsider, Aaron Hernandez, 1917, Bad Boys For Life, Don't F with Cats, The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Lamp Life, Invincible, Uncut Gems, A Few Good Men, The Jinx, Remember the TitansShahbaz: The Carter Effect, Bad Boys 1/2 for life, Hot Fuzz, 21 Jump Street, 1917, Little America, Contagion, Uncut Gems, Game Night TOPIC OF THE SHOW [01:22:27]Daniel, Shahbaz, and Anthony give their predictions for the 92nd Academy Awards! FOLLOW US:Follow Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and YouTube  

This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- including one new interview coming Friday with the creative team of 2020 Best Documentary-nominee For Sama.  We begin, however, with a reprise of one of the HTT team's all-time favorite episodes, in which Alec enjoys a little miso soup at the home of Barbra Streisand in Malibu.  Streisand has won two Oscars:  first in 1969 for her turn as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, and then again in 1977 for her Best Original Song “Evergreen” from A Star Is Born.

Hi everyone! We’re closing out the week with another entry in our ongoing series, Under the Kanopy. Kanopy is a library and university funded streaming service that grants card holders six free streams per month from a variety of classic, mainstream, independent, and international releases. They also have streaming agreements with excellent distributors, like A24 and Kino Lorber, who often produce and distribute the critically acclaimed, if not commercially successful films. Today’s film, FOR SAMA, was originally available on Kanopy, but has also recently become available on Amazon Prime, YouTube, and PBS after this year’s nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars. It is not an easy watch, as it deals with the siege of Aleppo in Syria, from the perspective of a journalist and doctor raising a child in a makeshift warzone hospital. We’ve previously covered Syria in our review for LAST MEN IN ALEPPO (Episode #032), which tackled the noble White Helmets, a community-organized first responder squad which rescued civilians from bomb sites and transported them to hospitals like those in FOR SAMA. Both documentaries are very powerful, but also very graphic, as one might expect. Before the review, we’ll have a promo from our good friend Rory Mitchell, from the Mitchell Report Unleashed podcast. They were gracious enough to have yours truly on as a guest recently, which you can check out in Mitchell Report Unleashed Episode #173. You can follow Rory on Twitter @officallyrory, on Facebook @mitchellreportunleashed, and on Instagram @re3684. You can also subscribe to the podcast at anchor.fm/rory-mitchell8. Don’t miss a single episode of his insightful interview-driven show. Subscribe to stay current with the latest releases. Contribute at Patreon for exclusive content. Connect with us over social media to continue the conversation. Here we go! ///// > ///// Today’s movie is FOR SAMA(2019), the powerful documentary directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. Set within the city of Aleppo, FOR SAMA is a love letter from Waad Al-Kateab to her daughter Sama, born during the brutal siege after the revolution. It is comprised of video shot by Waad Al-Kateab, centered around the makeshift hospital operated by her husband, Hamza Al-Kateab. No spoilers, but a very serious content warning for graphic violence. FOR SAMA is video taken within a war zone, showing the true horrors of modern warfare. It is an important film, but the destruction is very real, and therefore may not be suitable for all viewers. If there’s one blind spot I had last year, it was documentaries. I used to do a regular feature here at One Movie Punch called Documentary Thursdays, and I loved using the opportunity to keep up with theatrical documentaries, or to take in something I wanted to learn more about. 2019 was a very busy year for the podcast, so before today’s film, I had only reviewed one of the current Oscar nominees, AMERICAN FACTORY (Episode #585). Jon-David will be up next week with his review of THE CAVE (Episode #706), another documentary from Syria about another makeshift hospital. We’ll pick up the other two in the coming weeks, but many suspect the award with go to one of these three documentaries. We know AMERICAN FACTORY has reached many viewers thanks to producers Michelle and Barack Obama, but why are there a surprising two documentaries about Syria? Well, because the situation in Syria is horrific. In the early 2010s, the so-called Arab Spring spread across North Africa and the Middle East, a series of popular uprisings against existing governments and dictators, starting in Tunisia, and spreading in large measure to five countries: Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria. Without getting into the politics of each specific situation, the governments each responded in different ways, most with extreme forms of violence. Syria’s situation, in particular, is horrific thanks in very large part to their current dictator, Bashar al-Assad, and his use of chemical weapons and other forms of collective punishment against the people. This brutal response brought condemnation from the international community, but apparently not enough to push forward with another regime change. This internal conflict would be enough to create a terrible situation, but Syria is also involved to some degree in three external conflicts: sitting next to a volatile situation between Israel and Palestine; a larger regional power struggle with new factions formed out of the chaos of the US occupation in Iraq; and perhaps the most volatile of all, a growing perceived cold war between the United States and Russia, both of which are involved on the ground in Syria for dubious, sometimes confused reasons. The news cycle, especially in the United States, flips between scenes of extreme destruction and very privileged pundits talking about the situation like a geopolitical chess game. They rarely discuss the effect on the actual people on the ground, because they refuse, or are not allowed, to send reporters. So when video evidence is smuggled out, as with FOR SAMA, the truths they reveal become all the more important. That’s the key strength of FOR SAMA: it’s very human focus. Nearly everything we see in FOR SAMA is being captured by Waad al-Kateab, using a decent video camera, and whatever software was available. Waad is a journalist before a documentarian, but FOR SAMA blurs that line a great deal. While news outlets tend to use aerial photos, maps, and staged interviews to discuss the situation, Waad is capturing everything from a very human perspective. Not just bringing her eye to the events around her, but literally capturing things at eye-level and in real-time, during bombings, emergency room trauma, and other regime-induced horrors. Simply put, there is no other record for the horrors taking place in Aleppo except for the footage being captured inside, which is exactly why both FOR SAMA and THE CAVE are very important documentaries, not just for last year, but for the larger historical record. For me, this ground-level focus of FOR SAMA is as important as other works that look at or discuss the horrors of war for everyday citizens. Last year, One Movie Spawn covered IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD (Episode #562), which looked at the horror of bombing Japanese civilians during World War II, which was a different take on similar themes in 1983’s BAREFOOT GEN, set in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Or the impact of reading Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse Five”, based in part on his experience being a prisoner of war in Dresden during the Allied bombings. All these works show the perversely described “collateral damage” of war, waged in our names, and for which we bear responsibility in equal measure for our support of said actions. And all of which should give us caution in pursuing war at all. Finally, what’s especially important about FOR SAMA is that it is told from a female perspective, and further, from both a mother’s and a daughter’s perspective. I don’t mean this in the sense that crimes against women and children are categorically worse, even if they are in nearly all cases. I mean this in helping men to understand a basic question asked right now, not just in war-torn regions, but in looking towards the coming climate catastrophe: Why bring any life into this world at all? It’s a decision every potential mother will have to make going forward. And yet, when Waad looks at Sama through the camera, and when Sama looks back at her, and through that same camera at us, we know instinctively why. Women have the incredible capability to bear children, and as such, bear the truly awesome responsibility of answering that specific question about bringing life into this world. There is no universal answer to that question, but by the end of FOR SAMA, we all can understand a little more about Waad’s answer. And I suspect mothers will understand her decisions a lot more, in ways I can understand as a father, but also in ways I cannot as a man. FOR SAMA is a poignant, effective, and necessary addition to the historical record, capturing a ground-level look at the siege of Aleppo, from the point of view of director Waad al-Kateab. While capturing the real-life horrors of modern war, it also meditates very well on the larger question of bringing life into a destructive world, provides at least one answer to that question, and importantly all from a mother’s perspective. Documentary fans, or folks who want to learn more about the effect of war on civilians, should definitely check out this film. But please heed all the graphic content warnings! Rotten Tomatoes: 99% (CERTIFIED FRESH) Metacritic: 89 (MUST SEE) One Movie Punch: 10/10 FOR SAMA (2019) is rated TV-PG and is currently playing on Amazon Prime, Kanopy, PBS, and YouTube. Check the show notes for a link to the full film on YouTube. FULL FILM: youtu.be/8jFHbo0Cgu8

Filmmaker Waad al-Kateab spent years documenting the horror and humanity of life in Aleppo, Syria. When she fled with her family, she smuggled 12 hard drives of footage past a Syrian checkpoint. That footage became the Oscar-nominated documentary “For Sama.” Al-Kateab and her collaborator Edward Watts tell us how they crafted an intimate 90-minute film dedicated to al-Kateab’s daughter. 

First the Podcast, we lovedADAM BUXTON INTERVIEWS BILLY CONNOLLY Adam Buxton, the other half of UK comedy duo Adam and Joe; talks with legendary Scottish comedian, actor, musician and artist Sir Billy Connolly. This in-depth exploration of Billy's life and memories is both life-affirming, humorous and moving, as Connolly recounts the heartbreaking final conversation he had in person with the late, great Robin Williams before the latter's death in 2014. Find some time for this one. In light of the tragic accident and loss of basketball legend Kobe Bryant along with his daughter Gianna and the other seven victims, we recommend listening to Cal Fussman's interview with Kobe from 2018. It's a wonderful insight into the mind of this exceptional athlete and leader and it reinforces what a loss https://www.calfussman.com/podcasts/2020/1/28/kobe-bryant-rememberedWe found this online YUVAL HARARI'S BLISTERING WARNING AT DAVOS In case you missed author and historian Yuval Noah Harari delivering a stark and blistering warning to the great and (not so) good at last week's World Economic Forum at Davos you need to read or listen to his talk. He set out the immediacy of the three biggest existential threats to humanity this century, Nuclear Warfare, and Ecological Collapse and why Technology risks dividing the world into wealthy elites and exploited "data colonies” where digital dictatorships develop the ability to hack humans. You won't read or watch a more explicit and dystopian vision of what could lie ahead. Recommended to usYOUR LIFE AND NETWORK EFFECTSWhat city you live in. Who you date or marry. Which job you choose. What clothes you wear.We all think we make these choices ourselves. It certainly feels like we're in full control. But it turns out that our choices — both in our startups and in our lives — are more constrained than we think. The unseen hand in them all is the networks that surround us and the powerful math they exert on us. You'll need some quiet time and focus for this extensive and thought-provoking pieceFilm of the weekFOR SAMA It's Oscar's Season. If you have not seen For Sama, please try. This documentary has just received an Oscar nomination. It's a unique piece of work that shines a light on Aleppo in Syrian and gives an insight into the brutality of this horrific war. This deeply human story deserves to be widely seen and shared, so please try and find some time to watch and share.For our American listeners check it out on PBS, and for those outside the US, I am sure it will be getting indie screen time and appear on Netflix soon.Social Impact SMART CITIES This more utopian vision of what a Smart City could become from visionary novelist, activist, and theorist Cory Doctorow in the Guardian. “Smart city” is one of those science fiction phrases seemingly designed to make you uneasy, like “neuromarketing” or “pre-crime”. It's impossible to be alive in this decade... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Co-directors of the Oscar-nominated documentary “For Sama.”

Only on the "CBS This Morning" podcast, Syrian refugee and filmmaker Waad al-Kateab discusses her Oscar-nominated documentary "For Sama" with CBS News' Anne-Marie Green. Al-Kateab shares how she began filming protests against President Bashar al-Assad's government as a university student — before being thrust into a revolution for freedom. During the five year siege eastern Aleppo, al-Kateab fell in love, got married, had a child and helped run a hospital for the civilians injured from the constant bombardment. Al-Kateab calls the Frontline film a "love letter" to her daughter, Sama.

The DGA Awards have spoken. We review the winners, & what it means for Oscar Sunday. Mike1 also finally blows his stack about Tarantino’s awards season, and he goes pro wrestling on all our candy asses. Recapping the DGA Awards - Top of Show (Where’s MMOW? - 2:39) Will Mike1 Ever Be Wrong? - 4:22 TRADITIONAL MMO CATEGORY REVIEW FORMAT: BEST DIRECTOR: Snubs - 4:54 (Including AlsoMike’s Takes on For Sama) Category Review Format - 13:33 Bong Joon-Ho: Why He’ll Win - 14:03 Why He Won’t/Why Sam Mendes Will Win - 18:35 Sam Mendes: Why He’ll Lose - 25:30 Todd Phillips: Why He’ll Win - 31:00 Why He Won’t - 33:50 Martin Scorsese: Why He’ll Win - 36:30 Why He Won’t - 38:47 Quentin Tarantino: Why He’ll Win - 42:15 Why He Won’t - 46:48 PERFECTING PERFECTION: RE-RANKING THE NOMS: What is Perfecting Perfection? - 48:44 The Re-Rank - 49:15 Your Homework/Our Socials - 54:14 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 54:50 Post Episode Kobe Thoughts - 56:00 We begin the episode with a recap of the Directors Guild of America Awards. Alma Ha’rel wins Best First Feature, and we end our opening segment by talking about all our snubs. American Factory won for Best Documentary, and we discuss how it stacks up next to other contenders like For Sama, which we review here as well. But we also breakdown the main event as Sam Mendes won his second DGA Award and what it means for 1917, Mike1’s predictions this awards season, and how predictive the DGA Awards are for the Oscars. After our snubs segment, we go into our traditional category overview format of why each nominee will win or lose before counting down how we’d rank the nominees. Will the technical achievements of 1917 win over the directors branch the way they did the DGA? Could Bong Joon Ho’s movie of the moment pull off an upset? Will a perfect storm erupt for Todd Phillips? Or could Scorsese or Tarantino defy the precursors and the stats to do the impossible? If you enjoyed this episode, then we also hoped you had fun watching the Royal Rumble. So do please leave us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts. Let us know your thoughts on Best Director or anything & everything we debated in this episode. We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thanks for listening.

Hi everyone! Welcome back for another week of reviews. This week, we have a wide variety of films for you, truly something for everyone this week, and maybe at least one or two films for nobody. Today, I’ll be reviewing another feel-good family film, this time on Amazon Prime, followed by my review for Guy Ritchie’s latest film, THE GENTLEMEN, tomorrow. On Tuesday, the How I Met Your Friends podcast will be covering CATS, the film everyone loves to hate. On Wednesday, we’ll be dropping Episode #700, and it’ll be a doozy called ZOMBIE WITH A SHOTGUN. On Thursday, One Movie Spouse returns to unleash a rant like no other over BOMBSHELL. Andrew Campbell returns on Friday with his review of the upcoming THE LODGE, recently picked up by Neon for a limited release. And on Saturday, I’ll be reviewing FOR SAMA, another difficult documentary about the situation in Syria. Over on our Patreon page, we have an interview with Alexander Cooper, writer/director of last week’s SANDOW (Episode #693), where we talk extensively about that film, another feature film he produced called PARALLEL, and even a little bit about FIRST BLOOD. You can listen to the full interview publicly for a limited time at patreon.com/onemoviepunch. While you’re there, sign up at any level to maintain access to our exclusive content, along with becoming eligible for Sponsor Sundays. All contributions go to paying our expenses and will help us to grow with our audience. A promo about Sponsor Sundays will run before the review. Subscribe to stay current with the latest releases. Contribute at Patreon for exclusive content. Connect with us over social media to continue the conversation. Here we go! ///// > ///// Today’s movie is TROOP ZERO (2019), the feel-good family film directed by Katie Ellwood and Amber Templemore-Finlayson, who go by the moniker Bert & Bertie, and written for the screen by Lucy Alibar. The film follows Christmas Flint (Mckenna Grace), a misfit girl in 1970’s rural Georgia, who learns about an opportunity to be recorded for NASA’s Golden Record, and sent out with Voyager 1, as long as she is the winning Birdie Scout troop at the upcoming talent show. After being rejected by the local troop, she assembles a ragtag group of kids to form Troop Zero, and take their shot at interstellar glory. No spoilers. Feel-good films are important. We probably don’t review enough feel-good films here at One Movie Punch. Part of that is because our critics, on the whole, tend towards dramas and genre films, at least genres that aren’t explicitly feel-good. But a larger part of that is the lack of quality feel-good cinema being produced. I mean, there are plenty of family films being produced, especially for the streaming markets, but very few of the classic feel-good family films make it to the big screen anymore, outside of the animated features from the big name distributors. The question is why? I think that falls into two categories. First, the old theater to VOD to streaming pipeline is in the middle of another shakeup as the remaining streaming giants are brought online. Even as theaters are offering their own versions of the MoviePass model, more and more features that don’t require a theatrical experience are being moved to streaming services. In some cases, like last week’s TOGO (Episode #690), it might be the case of leaving money on the table, since at least two scenes would have been incredible on the big screen. But perhaps with today’s film, it might have saved money that would otherwise have been lost in distribution. That’s not to say TROOP ZERO is a bad film, just not a great candidate for the theater, but still an excellent feature for the streaming market. TROOP ZERO feels built off the template of feel-good family features of the 1980s and 1990s, especially the immense family film home markets. It has a predictable, heartwarming story about misfits finding acceptance. It is driven by unique characters who have forgivable flaws, with the exception of any specific villains. And it doesn’t have any high stakes conflicts, at least from an adult perspective, even if the story has plenty of low-stakes conflicts, often played to comedic effect. And, thematically, it deals with both universal pre-teen and adolescent concerns (including trauma, bedwetting, and social inclusion) and specific concerns from the time period (gender roles and expectations). Casting is a huge highlight of this film. Mckenna Grace, probably the only actress that will ever play both a young Carol Danvers and a young Tonya Harding, continues her impressive filmography with another solid role, playing off her natural charm and extensive experience. Her troop is comprised of equally enjoyable characters, including: her flamboyant, fashion-conscious best friend Joseph (Charlie Shotwell), neighborhood bullies Hell-No Price (Milan Ray) and her muscle Smash (Johanna Colón), and well-meaning evangelical Christian Anne-Claire (Bella Higginbotham) who only has one working eye. They are supported by Christmas’ father Ramsey Flint (Jim Gaffigan), who is apparently a good old boy lawyer with a heart of gold, and his assistant at the law practice, Miss Rayleen (Viola Davis), who eventually helps with the troop activities. Opposite Troop Zero, of course, is the local troop lead by social gossip Miss Massey (Allison Janney) and headed up by ultra-snot Piper Keller (Ashley Brooke). The storytelling remains focused mostly on the children, and their aspirations, but the viewer is also treated to a few scenes involving the adults. Visually speaking, TROOP ZERO works with the late 1970s color palettes very well, especially for rural Georgia. The natural dark greens, browns, oranges, and yellows of Georgia are complemented well by the period-appropriate costuming. Everything looks great, but also sounds great, with the right mix of film scoring and period-specific tunes, including a lovely number by Troop Zero at the competition. However, I did have some issues with the story, especially for the time period. I’m not sure about the specific politics of rural Georgia in the late 1970s, but I do know that racism and homophobia were still overt issues, especially in rural areas, and in many cases still are. Clearly, a feel-good family film should stay away from dealing with the worst of these period-specific concerns, but I can’t shake the feeling that many members of Troop Zero would have faced much greater concerns than some light bullying. Also, I was pretty shocked at how snotty the Birdie Scouts could be towards the misfits. It’s a great juxtaposition, but since One Movie Spouse is a Girl Scout leader, I am obliged to say that most of the behavior by the other troops is reprehensible, and would have resulted in a lot of troop leaders screaming at their scouts. Most of that behavior goes unchallenged, though, for the sake of making a larger point about what’s important in life. TROOP ZERO is a heartwarming, feel good family film, set in a necessarily sanitized version of late 1970s Georgia. While written off the feel-good family templates of the 1980s and 1990s, the film delivers a solid viewing experience, with a few unexpected fun moments, and frankly, one of the strangest denouements I’ve seen in a while. Feel-good family film fans (say that three times fast) will definitely enjoy this film, especially pre-teens and adolescents. Scout leaders, however, may find last year’s review for LITTLE MONSTERS (Episode #639) a tad more cathartic. Rotten Tomatoes: 66%  Metacritic: 58  One Movie Punch: 7.5/10 TROOP ZERO (2019) is rated PG and is currently playing on Amazon Prime.

The festival's opening night featured a film about a 1970s camp for disabled teens, some of whom became activists in the disability-rights movement; the Grammys' problem du jour; the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "For Sama."

Episode 171 Hosts: Tony Brian Our main review this week is Bad Boys for Life! We also have a loaded Stream Warrior segment including Troop Zero, My Hindu Friend, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Dr. Sleep and more! Casting Couch, Hollywood News and our DC/Marvel segments have great info while we also breakdown the SAG awards.  Our latest poll results throw love to the nostalgia. Be sure to check our socials often to interact with our hosts daily and vote on our weekly polls! socials: twitter: @taketoopodcast email: taketoopodcast@gmail.com web: taketoopodcast.com hotline: 434-602-1931 follow our pages on Instagram and the Facebook.   Be Kind; Rewind: Intro - :35, Box Office - 4:35, Poll Results - 10:10, Bad Boys - 13:30, Stream Warrior - 18:30, My Hindu Friend - 18:45, Aaron Hernandez doc - 22:45, Troop Zero - 27:00, Dr. Sleep - 30:25, Jay & Silent Bob - 35:30, Goldman vs Silverman - 39:20, Missing Link - 40:25, For Sama - 42:25, Casting Couch - 47:40, PodRec - 53:15, What's in the Glass - 54:30, Trailer Talk - 55:55, Hollywood News - 1:01:30, DC Discussion - 1:23:45, Marvel Minute - 1:26:30, Going Forward - 1:28:30

FOR SAMA MOVIE REVIEW The Screener Squad got a chance to watch one of the nominees for Best Documentary at the Oscars with For Sama. The majority of the story follows Waad Al-Kateab, a young woman in Syria during the Syrian Civil War. Over the course of five years, we see her fall in love,… Read More »Screener Squad: For Sama

This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we discuss Greta Gerwig's Little Women and we conclude our Ingmar Bergman Movie Series with his 1960 film The Virgin Spring! JD also gives his thoughts on Richard Jewell, For Sama and 6 Underground. - Review: Little Women (5:54) - Notes / Richard Jewell / For Sama (50:24) - Ingmar Bergman: The Virgin Spring (1:17:11) Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud or TuneIn Radio! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/insession-film-podcast/id605634337 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5LIi40D5BTFnsRMP57O5nG IHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-insession-film-podcast-30916083/ Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/It5foal422yoktioaclalk3ykyi Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/insession-film Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/insession-film TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/The-InSession-Film-Podcast-p522717/ Listen Now: http://insessionfilm.com/insession-film-podcasts-listen-now/

Marriage Story & Awkwafina have a big night at the Gotham Awards, NBR picks The Irishman, the Annie Awards don’t love Frozen 2 & Toy Story 4 enough(?), Atlanta joins the #BongHive, & Adam Sandler loses then wins & we get a new Black Widow trailer! Programming Announcement - Top of Show GOTHAM AWARDS RECAP/ANALYSIS: Specialty Award Highlights - 2:20 (Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Ava DuVernay, Laura Dern, Greta Gerwig) Oscar Categories - 7:28 Gotham Specific Categories - 17:01 OTHER AWARDS RESULTS/NOMS: BIFA Results - 20:34 Atl Film Critics Association - 21:48 Goya Awards - 25:07 AARP Movie Noms - 26:28 Annie Award Noms - 30:12 Satellite Award Noms - 31:19 AWARDS SEASON NEWS: HFPA Rejects Uncut Gems as a Comedy/Musical - 35:00 National Board of Review Results - 36:27 Golden Globe Gervais Promos Drop - 40:51 CONTROVERSIES: The Banker Actors Release Statement - 42:10 Olivia Wilde Defends Her Richard Jewell Character - 44:30 CONTENDER TRAILER REACTIONS: Just Mercy Trailer 2 - 47:00 Black Widow Teaser Trailer - 48:29 HOST NEWS: Tiffany Haddish Oscar Host Rumors - 51:27 Your Homework/PLEASE LEAVE US 5*’S - 56:00 What’s Next From MMO/Words of Wisdom - 57:08 OMG, there was so much Awards Season news this past week, and we cover it all! The Gotham Awards lead off the show as Marriage Story swept, Ava Duvernay & Olivia Wilde won our hearts and minds, and Awkwafina owns New York. We correlate the Gothams to the Oscars and breakdown all kinds of potential Academy fallout. But we’re just getting started. For Sama takes home all kinds of hardware at the British Independent Film Awards, Atlanta loves Parasite, Pain & Glory has a strong showing at the Goya’s, The Two Popes are beloved at the AARP Movies For Grown Ups, the Annie Awards tab the animated feature contenders, and the Satellite Awards are full of snubs & surprises. Uncut Gems is declared unfunny by the HFPA, heading into next week’s Golden Globe announcements before Mike1 breaks from his editing to report on the National Board of Review winners, including The Irishman, Quentin Tarantino, Renee Zellweger & Adam Sandler, YES, that Adam Sandler. We also react to the Golden Globe promos for Ricky Gervais, follow up on the controversy surrounding The Banker, & discuss Richard Jewell & Olivia Wilde before breaking down the new trailers for Just Mercy and why not, Black Widow. Then we end with a story about Tiffany Haddish as a potential Oscars host. It’s a jam-packed Oscar Race Checkpoint that we drove through the snow day to record for you all, and if you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts. Just click on our logo, scroll down a few seconds, and click that fifth star. And as always, please let us know your thoughts on any of these winners & noms in this O.R.C. We’re @MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & listen to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you listen to podcasts. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar!

This week we discuss the party leaders Question Time, the tragic murder of Grace Millane (and what we have learned and still need to learn about BDSM), the incredible documentary that is For Sama and the upcoming shortage of middle-class foods. Hold on to your halloumi...And we cover the news that Victoria's Secret have axed their catwalk show - a pop-culture institution that cost £12 million to produce - after sales continue to dive at the lingerie brand. We talk choice feminism, body diversity, the underwear market and models in the age of social media.E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.comTweet @thehighlowshowLinks@sendb00ks on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sendb00ks/?hl=enMUBI.com for international cinemaOnloan clothing rental: https://onloan.co/73 Questions with Cardi B, for US Vogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qTROr7cgCYMy Wild and Sleepless Nights: A Mother's Story, by Clover Stroud https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116784/my-wild-and-sleepless-nights/9780857525901.htmlFor Sama, on Channel 4od https://www.channel4.com/programmes/for-samaBroken: Jeffrey Epstein podcast https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sony-music-podcasts/broken-jeffrey-epsteinDolly Parton's America: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america/episodes/only-one-me-jolene Jane Garvey on How To Fail: https://play.acast.com/s/how-to-fail1/howtofail.podbean.com%2Fhow-to-fail-jane-garvey-256a07c04edf0b34828bd1ad62d2a867Sophie Wilkinson on the murder of Grace Millane, for The Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grace-millane-bdsm_uk_5dd57b30e4b0fc53f20cde5eHalloumi Hell, by Séamus O'Reilly for The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/24/the-halloumi-crisis-supplies-of-one-of-britains-best-loved-imports-are-running-lowThis Be The Worst, by Adrian Mitchell: http://aotearoasunrise.blogspot.com/2013/09/tuesday-poem-this-be-worst-by-adrian.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For today's Remembrance edition of the programme, Outlook is re-visiting this remarkable story of love and family in a war-zone. Hamza and Waad al-Khateab lived in Aleppo through some of the most intense moments of the Syrian war. Hamza was a doctor and Waad a citizen journalist. Through the siege and bombardments they fell in love. So, how do you start a family in a warzone? Waad has made a documentary about their life in Aleppo called For Sama. The film is produced by Channel 4 News and ITN Productions. This interview was first broadcast in May 2019. Presenter: Jo Fidgen Producer: Andrea Kennedy Image: Hamza and Waad al-Khateab with daughter Sama Credit: Courtesy of Hamza and Waad al-Khateab

Marvin Rees, the mayor of Bristol, discusses the 1963 Bristol bus boycott – a protest few may have heard of, but which proved to be a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. And: Waad al-Kateab, the director of the documentary For Sama, on life in Aleppo. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

If you were subjected to daily bombardment from the air, you were entrenched in a make-shift hospital, and you'd just recently had a baby, would you still be able to pick up your camera and film events? Well, if you're Syrian doc filmmaker, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/25/for-sama-documentary-interview-waad-al-kateab (Waad Al-Kateab), you would. And she did, while living in the basement of a hospital, with her husband and baby in the besieged city of Aleppo. Eventually, she would be forced to leave her homeland behind, and headed to England to meet up with fellow conflict zone filmmaker, https://www.edwardwattsfilms.com/ (Edward Watts). The two poured over her twelve hard drives of footage, and the resulting documentary film – quite possibly the most talked about documentary of 2019 – https://www.forsamafilm.com/ (For Sama), was made. And speaking of documentary filmmaking abroad, not surprisingly, our resident doc filmmaker and podcast host, has a few things to say on the subject as well! Whether you are on your own or with your family, there are going to be a number of important items that you must consider before documentary filmmaking overseas.  In our first segment, Chris draws from his own experiences documentary filmmaking abroad and comes up with 5 Tips for Doc Filmmaking Abroad with Your Family.   Topics Discussed filmmaking while under siege filmmaker, Waad Al-Kateab's conscious decision to bring her own thoughts & emotions to her filmmaking process and to her film how Al-Kateab risked her life to transport 12 hard drives out of Syria to meet up with fellow doc filmmaker, Edward Watts Watts' belief that sometimes the filmmaker must choose a subjective approach in their docs when it's for the benefit of humanity tips for documentary filmmaking abroad with Chris G. Parkhurst   Additional Resources FOR SAMA TRAILER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsvBqtg2RM0 Sponsors & Thank Yous  ° http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) – Special Thank You to recording artist, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dlay/ (Dlay) who supplied music for this week's episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artists' music by going to http://freemusicarchive.org/ (Free Music Archive) today! Subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-documentary-life/id1112679868 (Apple) | https://open.spotify.com/show/0wYlYHJzyk3Y7fHzDDwvmp (Spotify) | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thedocumentarylife/the-documentary-life (Stitcher) |  Rate and ReviewIf you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/documentary-life-filmmaking-documentary-films-documentary/id1112679868?mt=2 (link) and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!  

This week's episode is a live show which sees the Empire Podteam - Chris Hewitt, Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Terri White - embark upon their first-ever tour, starting in the far-flung city of... London. Kings Place, to be precise, just around the corner from the Empire office. Not exactly clocking up the air miles, huh. Recorded as part of the London Podcast Festival, this typically raucous live show sees the quartet review Downton Abbey, For Sama, and Hustlers (complete with eye-watering tale of real live strip clubs), then discuss the week's movie news, before being joined by a brand-new member of the team: director Colin Trevorrow. There might be talk of his brand-new Jurassic World short film, Battle At Big Rock. And he might even stick around for the audience Q&A. We couldn't possibly say either way. Please accept our apologies in advance. Enjoy.

Hugh Bonneville talks about Downton Abbey. Plus reviews of Night Hunter, Hustler and For Sama, the UK Box Office top ten and TV Movie of the Week. Box Office Top 10 00:20:56 Hugh Bonneville Interview 00:41:00 Downton Abbey Review 00:55:32 Hustlers Review 01:04:47 For Sama Review 01:12:43 Night Hunter 01:25:10 Honeyland 01:30:37 The Shock of the Future 01:35:17 Phoenix 01:36:46 Midnight Cowboy 01:38:05 Download the Kermode and Mayo podcast from the BBC Sounds app. Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment A Somethin' Else production.

Susan Sontag, the American essayist, novelist and critic rose to fame in the 1960s. She became an iconic cultural figure and during her life she was linked with figures like Andy Warhol and Annie Leibovitz. Fifteen years after her death, Benjamin Moser has written a new biography about her which digs beneath her public image. He discusses her life, her work and how her life charts the changes in women's lives over the last 60 years. It’s 30 years since the concept of intersectionality was introduced by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw. The Women’s Budget Group, who are also marking their 30th anniversary, thought it apt to address the way feminist economics has embraced the idea that there is no single universal experience of inequality shared by all women. Next week, the Director of the group Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson will chair a panel on Intersectionality in Feminist Economics. She joins Jenni along with Dr Zubaida Haque from the Runnymede Trust and Angela Matthews from the Business Disability Forum to discuss why a one size fits all policy doesn’t work. Waad al-Kateab has documented her life on camera in war torn Aleppo, Syria. While conflict, violence, death and cruelty raged around her, she fell in love, got married and had a baby daughter. She captures stories of loss, laughter, sacrifice and survival. She joins Jenni to discuss her film, ‘For Sama’, a love letter from a young mother to her daughter. And, listener Val Dawson talks about the photograph that captures her best day. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Ruth Watts