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The release of a new Tom Cruise film is less about the film than it is about Tom Cruise. Ceaseless junket and red-carpet interviews with supposed journalists who were perhaps invented on the spot to ask him questions, clips of these interviews that quickly go viral, endless rankings of the movies, and between all of it the… acknowledgement, perhaps, that Cruise is connected to (or currently participates in) the horrific doings of Scientology. It doesn't take much to discern that our collective fascination is fueled by the wonder at who exactly this man is, and if that man is, for lack of a better word, evil. Thus I asked a cadre of luminaries in the film world to answer two questions. First: Is Tom Cruise evil? Second: In what film does Tom Cruise most play himself? Listen for answers from our own B-Side and Jordan Raup, Extended Clip, Jokermen, Hesse Deni, Shawn Glinis, Fran Hoepfner, Tommy Prieto, Will Sloan, and Ethan Vestby.
Dougie gets it on (or, more accurately, Naomi Watts gets HER Dougie on), guest Fran Hoepfner pitches her artisanal slime for adults (don't steal the idea), and we relitigate LOST for the hundredth time in this penultimate episode of our Twin Peaks: The Return coverage. Can adults get mono? Why is it so hard for Lucy and Andy to buy a chair? THAT is the Audrey Horne plot? Will someone please have sympathy for David Sims, who isn't going gray yet and desperately wants a cool subway-themed videogame? Listen to Slow Xmas 4 wherever you get music! The Box Office Game is Sponsored by Regal Cinemas: Sign up for Regal Unlimited today and get 20% off your 3 month subscription when using code BLANKCHECK Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won't want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this special mega episode, co-host Veronica sits down with critic Fran Hoepfner and our producer Eli Sands to postmortem the 62nd New York Film Festival. This is a mainly spoiler-free conversation! We get into: Hard Truths, Caught by the Tides, Nickel Boys, April, Harvest, The Brutalist, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, The Shrouds, Queer, Maria, Stranger Eyes, Eephus, I'm Still Here, Anora, The Room Next Door, one stray line about Misericordia, plus: wife guy directors, the surveillance motif, doing Mike Leigh homework, critic versus public screenings, do we need subtitles to understand Scottish accents, stop describing Brutalist as monumental, are movies too long, Almodóvar's secret to killing it at Q&A, what lipstick is Mikey wearing in Anora, and more. Further reading and listening: Fran's NYFF report for Bright Wall/Dark Room and her incredible piece on Dick Pope, and more of Eli on the festival at Deep Cut. Find Fran online at Fran Mag, Twitter, and Letterboxd. -- The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast is co-hosted by Veronica Fitzpatrick and Chad Perman, produced by Eli Sands, and edited by Buczar. Our theme music is composed by Chad. Please: follow, rate, review! Find all 135 issues of Bright Wall/Dark Room at brightwalldarkroom.com (and be sure to check out our upcoming November issue, Neo-Noir 2024). We're on Twitter (@BWDR and @TheBWDRPodcast), Bluesky, and Letterboxd, and welcome feedback and ad/sponsorship inquiries at podcast@brightwalldarkroom.com. -- This episode is sponsored by Galerie: a new kind of film club. Listeners can currently sign up for three months of full access to essays, curated film lists, live screenings and much more at join.galerie.com.
[Due to our last-minute addition of two episodes, the podcast feed mistakenly had S5E09a queued here for a few hours this morning - it should now be fixed!] How Would Lubitsch Do It comes to a close with a grand finale. Tim Brayton returns to discuss Cluny Brown and look back on both Ernst Lubitsch's career and the past five seasons of this show. First, we discuss everything Cluny Brown: the film's generosity and humanism, its commentary on British class society, its relationship with the second world war, its full-throated embrace of absurdism, the title character's magnetism, Adam Belinski's status as a revision on a stock villain, and the film's somewhat autobiographical and wonderfully optimistic ending. Second, we close out the show with a look back: we debate our respective rankings (Tim, Devan) of Lubitsch's filmography, highlight our favourite cast members, crew members and collaborators, discuss subsequent filmmakers who bear distinct marks of Lubitsch's influence, discuss whether or not the show's structure accurately reflects the ebbs and flows and our subject's career, and answer the key questions: why Lubitsch? Why a podcast? Edited by Griffin Sheel. A Thanks I started this quixotic project two years ago with the hope of making something that spoke to me and, if anyone else was interested, so be it. Turns out some other people were interested, and if you're reading this now, that's probably you. My endless and sincere thanks for sticking it through. Thanks to the many guests who lent their time and support throughout the show: Lauren Faulkner Rossi, Fran Hoepfner, Bram Ruiter, Luci Marzola, Jaime Rebenal, Maddie Whittle, Paul Cuff, Kristin Thompson, Stefan Droissler, Molly Rasberry, Sarah Shachat, James Penco, Dave Kehr, Julia Sirmons, David Neary, Patrick Keating, Jennifer Fleeger, Katharine Coldiron, Jonathan Mackris, Will Sloan, Lea Jacobs, Tanya Goldman, Krin Gabbard, Jordan Fish, Ray Tintori, Z Behl, Eric Dienstfrey, Scott Eyman, Imogen Sarah Smith, Chris Cassingham, Olympia Kiriakou, Griffin Newman, Kevin Bahr, Whit Stillman, Adrian Martin, Jose Arroyo, Lance St. Laurent, Tim Brayton, William Paul, Dara Jaffe, Gary Jaffe, Peter Labuza, Willa Harlow Ross, Eloise Ross, David Cairns, Noah Isenberg, Matt Severson, Mateusz Pacewicz, and Charlotte Garson. Our editors: Griffin Sheel, Gloria Mercer, Willa Harlow Ross, Sophia Yoon, Rylee Cronin, Brennen King, & Eden Cote-Foster Our location sound engineer, Anna Citak-Scott. And others who lent valuable counsel and support: the Margaret Herrick Library, the Museum of Modern Art, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and most of all to Ernst Lubitsch, who taught me more than it could possibly take the sixty-eight episodes of this podcast to describe. This entire experience - hundreds of hours of research, recording, and editing - has been among the great pleasures of my life, and everyone's contributions have meant a great deal to me. Onwards to whatever's next!
How Would Lubitsch Do It comes to a close with our grand finale. Tim Brayton returns to discuss Cluny Brown and look back on both Ernst Lubitsch's career and the past five seasons of this show. First, we discuss everything Cluny Brown: the film's generosity and humanism, its commentary on British class society, its relationship with the second world war, its full-throated embrace of absurdism, the title character's magnetism, Adam Belinski's status as a revision on a stock villain, and the film's somewhat autobiographical and wonderfully optimistic ending. Second, we close out the show with a look back: we debate our respective rankings (Tim, Devan) of Lubitsch's filmography, highlight our favourite cast members, crew members and collaborators, discuss subsequent filmmakers who bear distinct marks of Lubitsch's influence, discuss whether or not the show's structure accurately reflects the ebbs and flows and our subject's career, and answer the key questions: why Lubitsch? Why a podcast? Edited by Griffin Sheel. A Thanks I started this quixotic project two years ago with the hope of making something that spoke to me and, if anyone else was interested, so be it. Turns out some other people were interested, and if you're reading this now, that's probably you. My endless and sincere thanks for sticking it through. Thanks to the many guests who lent their time and support throughout the show: Lauren Faulkner Rossi, Fran Hoepfner, Bram Ruiter, Luci Marzola, Jaime Rebenal, Maddie Whittle, Paul Cuff, Kristin Thompson, Stefan Droissler, Molly Rasberry, Sarah Shachat, James Penco, Dave Kehr, Julia Sirmons, David Neary, Patrick Keating, Jennifer Fleeger, Katharine Coldiron, Jonathan Mackris, Will Sloan, Lea Jacobs, Tanya Goldman, Krin Gabbard, Jordan Fish, Ray Tintori, Z Behl, Eric Dienstfrey, Scott Eyman, Imogen Sarah Smith, Chris Cassingham, Olympia Kiriakou, Griffin Newman, Kevin Bahr, Whit Stillman, Adrian Martin, Jose Arroyo, Lance St. Laurent, Tim Brayton, William Paul, Dara Jaffe, Gary Jaffe, Peter Labuza, Willa Ross, Eloise Ross, David Cairns, Noah Isenberg, Matt Severson, Mateusz Pacewicz, and Charlotte Garson. Our editors: Griffin Sheel, Gloria Mercer, Willa Ross, Sophia Yoon, Rylee Cronin, Brennen King, & Eden Cote-Foster Our location sound engineer, Anna Citak-Scott. And others who lent valuable counsel and support: the Margaret Herrick Library, the Museum of Modern Art, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and most of all to Ernst Lubitsch, who taught me more than it could possibly take the sixty-eight episodes of this podcast to describe. This entire experience - hundreds of hours of research, recording, and editing - has been among the great pleasures of my life, and everyone's contributions have meant a great deal to me. Onwards to whatever's next!
With the upcoming return of Mike Leigh to cinemas with Hard Truths, we invited writer and Fran Mag creator Fran Hoepfner to join us to talk about his last theatrical effort, 2019's Peterloo. The film tells the story of the buildup to the Peterloo massacre, in which years of political movement to get parliamentary representation for the … Continue reading "305 – Peterloo (with Fran Hoepfner)"
It's a thriller. It's a Josh Hartnett vehicle. It's…a comedy? But is it the kind of trap you want to fall into, or the kind you want to avoid? Our mileage varies, but one thing is for sure: cinema yappers and movie snitches are both likely to get bonechilling glares from a MaxFilm host. We've got culture writer and film critic Fran Hoepfner along for these Shyamal-antics, plus a hotline question about memorable moviegoing experiences. What's GoodAlonso - Imane Khelif's gold medal, but really her cyberbullying lawsuitDrea - Seeing Ify in a short, but really her new movie, A New York Story!Fran - Albero dei Gelati yellow bell pepper gelatoIfy - Gundams survived the big quakeITIDICAt D23, An Announcement about…Nine Inch Nails?Dominic Sessa will play Anthony BourdainJoaquin Phoenix Made an 11th-Hour Exit from the next Todd Haynes FilmStaff PicksAlonso - The StepfatherDrea - Jackpot! (also Virgin Suicides)Fran - Rap WorldIfy - The FacultyAlonso Duralde presents No Time for Love at the Los Feliz 3Fran on LetterboxdLeave us a Hotline message! Follow us on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, or InstagramWithDrea ClarkAlonso DuraldeIfy NwadiweProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today we talk about one of the great ones: Martin Scorsese. Who's better than Marty? Dan, Conor, and guest Jake Kring-Schreifels. Our B-Sides today include Italianamerican, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead, and Silence. We talk about a lot in this one. How to pronounce Scorsese! How to pronounce Coppola! Catholicism! Buddhism! Making films about religions in your life! This is an episode with lofty ambitions, not unlike most Scorsese pictures! In examining Italianamerican we muse on Marty as documentarian, including the mention of an incredibly-underrated Scorsese documentary that's hard to find: Public Speaking starring Fran Lebowitz. We reflect on the guardedness of memory by older generations (and how that may reveal itself in this new, Covid-stung generation). We also recount the Muddy Waters - László Kovács story from the set of The Last Waltz, We parse Marty's constant wrestle with faith in Bringing Out the Dead, and how its gentler, compassionate qualities weave into Kundun and Silence, all of which feature some of the best collaborations in his career. Additional writing from Jake includes his superb oral history of The Wolf of Wall Street (also linking to Fran Hoepfner's great piece on the same movie on Bright Wall Dark Room), a recent great piece on stunts tied to the release of The Fall Guy, and a lovely interview with the director of Saved! In celebration of its twenty-year anniversary. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook at @TFSBSide. Also enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor.
Fran Hoepfner (@franhoepfner, Fran Magazine) joins gabrus to talk about the 2005 film, Serenity.Check out gabrus' other podcast, Action Boyz at actionboyz.biz.Catch 101 Places to Party Before You Die no streaming on Max.Shout out to our sponsor Factor for sponsoring this episode.Head to FACTORMEALS.com/mighty50 and use code mighty50 to get 50% off.Advertise on High & Mighty via Gumball.fm.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
We are joined by Fran Hoepfner (BW/DR, Fran Magazine) to experience the triumph and tragedy of the Von Erich family. We discuss wrestling (duh), Zac, brothers, fathers, bodies, cults, the American political circus, all while trying to figure out our wrestling names and signature moves.
Hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard join the wonderful writer and educator Fran Hoepfner. We discuss the Mann spectrum from opera to vibes, the dead zone of 21st-century cinema in the early 2000s, the shock of what Eddie Marsan is doing, and so much more.ABOUT FRAN HOEPFNERFran Hoepfner is a long-time writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Fran was a contributing writer at Gawker (laid off in February of 2023), as well as a film critic for The Wrap (reviews cut down in February 2023) and a staff writer at Bright Wall/Dark Room (still going strong for a decade, phew) as well as a regular contributor to NPR's Here & Now. Fran teaches part-time at the New School. Fran is also on Twitter rarely, Instagram frequently, and Letterboxd compulsively. Fran also has a master's degree in writing from Rutgers University.ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONSWEBSITE: ONEHEATMINUTE.COMPATREON:ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS PATREONTWITTER: @ONEBLAKEMINUTE & @KATIEWALSHSTX & @OHMPODSSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jordan and Brooke are joined for 2023's sweeping romance by the Maestro Moment creator herself, the one and only Fran Hoepfner! We discuss man vs. myth, self-proclaimed "crazy cinephile" Bradley Cooper, big swing accents, prosthetics, a marriage and the space around it, and Matthew "always in his bag" Libatique.Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd)Follow Fran on Twitter and subscribe to Fran Magazine!This episode is sponsored by Super Yaki! Use code: SUPERQQ for 10% off
The Face Podcast is your weekly cultural digest – rounding up the stories that you should care about in film, fashion and music. On this week's episode, we discuss the highlights of the Emmy Awards as well as the controversial Amy Winehouse biopic. Our Digital Director Brooke McCord reports from Milan Fashion Week and tips us off about the most anticipated shows in Paris. We also pick out our Track of the Week and debate the new single from Ariana Grande, who's finally returned to music after filming Wicked. Speaking of musicals, the journalist Fran Hoepfner calls in to chat about the bizarre Mean Girls reboot and explain why the art form is so embarrassing.
On this special episode, co-host Veronica sits down with critic Fran Hoepfner to talk high/lowlights of the 61st New York Film Festival. We get into: looking in vain for the element of surprise (All of Us Strangers), Bradley Cooper as crazy guy (Maestro), the Sunday-night-on-HBO vibes of Anatomy of a Fall, Elordi charisma (Priscilla), the biggest laughs in Last Summer, Janet Planet's perfect execution of kid perspective, why Wiseman's Menu-Plaisirs Les Troisgros is not The Bear, what to watch (or listen?) for in La Chimera, funny voices in May December and Ferrari, why we keep thinking about detesting The Zone of Interest, plus Fran's annual award for ‘altercation as a quiet film begins.' * Find Fran online at Fran Mag, Twitter, and Letterboxd, and read her omnibus dispatch from the festival here. The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast is co-hosted by Veronica Fitzpatrick and (usually) Chad Perman, and produced and edited by Eli Sands. Our theme music is composed by Chad. *This episode is sponsored by Galerie, a new kind of film club. BW/DR listeners can sign up with this special link to get two free months of access!
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? More like The Girl Who Go On Computer! The Girl with the Fruit Tattoo - Fran Hoepfner - joins us as we dive into Fincher's 2011 Nordic noir. How does Fincher's take on Stieg Larsson's international best-seller compare with the original Swedish version? What does Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander have in common with ET? Does Christopher Plummer have the greatest octogenarian acting decade of all time? WHEN WILL BEN HOSLEY MAKE HIS WITCH HACKER MOVIE? Guest Links: Subscribe to Fran Magazine Follow Fran on social This episode is sponsored by: Hatch (hatch.co/check) Join our Patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter and Instagram! Buy some real nerdy merch at shopblankcheckpod.myshopify.com or at teepublic.com/stores/blank-check
Leonard Bernstein is one of the most important musical figures of the 20th century. He is also the Maestro, as explored in the upcoming film MAESTRO, directed by noted weird guy Bradley Cooper. We wanted some more context before MAESTRO makes its way across America, so we turned to America's preeminent MAESTRO authority, FRAN HOEPFNER! Together we do some light previewing of the film, and dig into a range of Bernstein's composing works: ON THE TOWN, SYMPHONY NO. 2: AGE OF ANXIETY, ON THE WATERFRONT, and CANDIDE. Follow Fran on twitter @franhoepfner Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber
Cinephile Game Night has returned with Cinephile Summer, a brand new season featuring your favorite podcasters and filmmakers going head-to-head to see who is the ultimate cinephile. Hosted by The Film Stage's Jordan Raup, Conor O'Donnell, and Dan Mecca along with Cinephile: A Card Game creator Cory Everett, the series debuts new episodes bi-weekly on The Film Stage Show podcast feed and The Film Stage YouTube channel. For the season finale of Cinephile Summer, we were thrilled to face off against our friends at Bright Wall/Dark Room: Chad Perman, Eli, Fran Hoepfner, and Veronica Fitzpatrick. Check out the episode below and stay tuned for updates as Cinephile Game Night will return live in person at the 61st New York Film Festival!
No, we haven't become a video game podcast. We just put out a bonus episode about a video game last week, and this week we're doing a novelization of a movie based ON a video game. Back to our bread and butter. This week, we're joined by Fran Hoepfner to discuss the novelization of Assassin's Creed. She helps us to understand how the movie sheers to the video game, and Overbye accidentally says he thinks the Templars are good. Whoops! Check out Fran's work here: https://www.franhoepfner.fyi/ Check out Fran's Substack, Fran Magazine! : https://franmagazine.substack.com/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Follow us on letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ https://letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ Next Week on Authorized: Jesse Hassenger envisions A Life Less Ordinary --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/authorizedpod/support
No, we haven't become a video game podcast. We just put out a bonus episode about a video game last week, and this week we're doing a novelization of a movie based ON a video game. Back to our bread and butter. This week, we're joined by Fran Hoepfner to discuss the novelization of Assassin's Creed. She helps us to understand how the movie sheers to the video game, and Overbye accidentally says he thinks the Templars are good. Whoops! Check out Fran's work here: https://www.franhoepfner.fyi/ Check out Fran's Substack, Fran Magazine! : https://franmagazine.substack.com/ Subscribe to our Patreon!: patreon.com/authorizedpod Follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/authorizedpod Instagram: instagram.com/authorizedpod Follow us on letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/AOverbye/ https://letterboxd.com/hsblechman/ Next Week on Authorized: Jesse Hassenger envisions A Life Less Ordinary --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/authorizedpod/support
Following up the first competition title from Cannes 2023 to be released with one of the last competition titles to be released from Cannes 2022, we welcome back FRAN HOEPFNER to discuss Kelly Reichardt's latest, SHOWING UP, now available to rent on VOD. Reichardt reteams with Michelle Williams to paint a portrait of pacific northwest artistic and academic life. We talk birds, Hong Chau, and what it means to live without hot water. Plus, a few more TIFF tidbits, an early Venice announcement, and the Locarno lineup! Follow Fran on twitter @franhoepfner Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber
Episode #3 finds the podcast team sliding into the 4th quarter with the slight, exciting twinge of summer break on the horizon. We chat up students standing in line for the Friday Food Trucks; seniors share their graduation plans, the podcast crew introduce themselves. We also reached into the Borah Pridecast archives to retrieve Mr. Rose's Prep Period Cold Call with Mrs. Atkins, and a short excerpt of Rueben's interview with fiction, film criticism and former comedy writer for The Onion, Fran Hoepfner. Give it a listen! And don't forget to smash that "subscribe" button! These are Borah Voices.
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by fellow Channing Tatum enthusiast Fran Hoepfner for Mike Lane's "final tease." How does this film stack up to the magic of XXL? Are we in a new era of chill Soderbergh? How delightfully unhinged is Salma Hayek in this? And how the HELL does Channing Tatum manage to do all of that? Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd)Subscribe to Fran Magazine!
Film critic Fran Hoepfner discusses her favorite David Fincher movie, The Social Network.
Season One draws to a close in maximalist style as experimental filmmaker Bram Ruiter us for a particularly exuberant episode in which we discuss Lubitsch's grand Ruritanian comic epic THE OYSTER PRINCESS. Our discussion is wide-ranging and a little giddy due to our excitement at discussing such a thrilling and hilarious mini-epic, so prepare for a slightly looser episode than usual! Lubitsch's growth as an artist, Ossi Oswalda's indomitability, and a long digression about Berlin's film museum are all on the table. Immense to everyone that made this season possible: All of our guests: Lauren Faulker Rossi, Will Ross, Dara Jaffe, Matt Severson, Peter Labuza, Tim Brayton, Jose Arroyo, Fran Hoepfner, and Bram Ruiter. Everyone who provided invaluable content, helped find guests, or otherwise graciously lent their valuable counsel and support: Anna Citak-Scott, Dave Kehr, David Cairns, Kristin Thompson, Paul Cuff, Luci Marzola, Stefan Drössler, the MOMA, all of our soon-to-be-announced future guests, and many others. And, of course, to anyone who's listened to our show and is reading this right now: thanks for surviving the most comically esoteric season of film podcasts imaginable. NEXT SEASON: We're taking a month off! Join us in March as we enter our second season in which we'll cover the final stretch of Lubitsch's career in Berlin. If you're curious as to which films we'll be covering, check out our Season 2 Resources page. If you'd like to get a head start, check out Kristin Thompson's essential book HERR LUBITSCH GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, available here.
Writer and critic Fran Hoepfner joins us to discuss MEYER FROM BERLIN, Ernst Lubitsch's only certified Adam Sandler-style vacation comedy. This lightweight comedy of class is a jumping-off point for discussions about silent film form, comedic modes and traditions, the nature of hotels, and our ability to enjoy flawed works from a century ago. NEXT WEEK: Bram Ruiter joins us to discuss THE OYSTER PRINCESS. For details on where to find this film, check out our resources page. WORKS CITED: Fran's DESIGN FOR LIVING Retrospective on RogerEbert.com
This week Mitchell and Mia discuss their growing watchlists including Violent Night, The Eternal Daughter and Emancipation. Mia also talks about the sexification of Santa. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists and discuss watching depressing movies. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned: Transcripts of podcast episodes available Servedthendied & Lia's Violent Night reviews David Sims & Fran Hoepfner's The Eternal Daughter review Marco's Glass Onion review Ryan Silberstein's Clearcut review Lunchmoney's Angst review Jessica's When Harry Met Sally… review Gemma's Puss in Boots: The Last Wish review James Gray's Four Favorites episode Katie Rife's latest Shelf Life column Jack's Top 50 of 2022 list Credits: This episode was recorded in LA and Delaware, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘IZON' by Trent Walton.
This week Mitchell and slim discuss their growing watchlists including Bones and All, The Menu and She Said. There is also a discussion about a topless Dennis Quaid so YMMV. After a quick look back at recent releases and community reviews, they shuffle their watchlists with witchy camping trips gone wrong and Jackie Earle Haley in a wig. Weekend Watchlist – Updated Weekly list > movies mentioned in this episode. Letterboxd reviews and links mentioned: Transcripts of podcast episodes available Cory Everett's Bones and All review movie enjoyer's The Menu review shoji's The Menu review Flynn's The Menu review Gemma's She Said review fran hoepfner's She Said review Ella Kemp's EO review Joe Reid's The Inspection review Kev's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review Aeon's Falling for Christmas review scott17's The Fabelmans review Ian's The Game review Angel's Smile review Amanda Wheeler's My Cousin Vinny review Fran Hoepfner's Four Faves episode Kier-La Janisse's Four Faves episode Letterboxd's Top 50 Horror Films of 2022 Jack's Top 50 of 2022 list Credits: This episode was recorded in Philadelphia and Delaware, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Theme: ‘IZON' by Trent Walton.
Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Dan Mecca joins Bill Graham and Robyn Bahr, along with special guest Fran Hoepfner, to discuss Todd Field's TÁR, now in theaters and on VOD. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all new Patreon supporters will receive a free Blu-ray/DVD. After becoming a contributor, e-mail podcast@thefilmstage.com for an up-to-date list of available films. The Film Stage Show is supported by MUBI, a curated streaming service showcasing exceptional films from around the globe. Every day, MUBI premieres a new film. Whether it's a timeless classic, a cult favorite, or an acclaimed masterpiece — it's guaranteed to be either a movie you've been dying to see or one you've never heard of before and there will always be something new to discover. Try it for free for 30 days at mubi.com/filmstage.
“I am fed up to the teeth with all these old, dead legends.” Writer and classical music fan Fran Hoepfner joins Gemma and Mia to talk us through her four favorite films on Letterboxd: Miloš Forman's Amadeus; Merchant-Ivory's A Room With a View; Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy and Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women. Plus: why we can't stop talking about TÁR (and what Fran would love to hear Lydia conduct next); the political and economic realities of creating art; why the world needs more pink; what cinephilia owes to The Simpsons; Daniel Day-Lewis's finest underdog; our love for Simon Callow; Helena Bonham-Carter on all the kissing in A Room With a View; being unapologetic period-film fans; our favorite Mike Leigh players; the community of theater; when will we enter the Lily Gladstone rom-com-lead era?; the joys of Magic Mike XXL; and a brief meeting of the Jude Law thirst society. Lists & Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode; “obsession for perfection” by Mal, “The obsessed artist” by Laikha, “*jo march voice* women…” by BRAT, “gays who drive” by Kyle. Fran Magazine; Fran's TÁR review on Gawker; Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast's Amadeus episode; Criterion interview with Helena Bonham-Carter; Law School Podcast Reviews: The Shape of Water by Fran; Topsy-Turvy by Ashton and Ben; Certain Women by Trevor and Kat. Credits: This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, Auckland and Brooklyn, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack. Booker: Brian Formo. Transcript by Sophie Shin. Art by Samm. Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque' by Moniker. The Letterboxd Show is a TAPEDECK production.
On this very special episode, cohost Veronica sits down with beloved critic Fran Hoepfner to talk highlights of the 60th New York Film Festival–of which Fran's omnibus review for BWDR is out now. In it, Fran describes the programming slate as offering, maybe, catharsis: “a healing that can only be done in a dark room, surrounded by others, but entirely viewed through your own eyes.” Listen as we break down what we saw with our own eyes, including: wanting to go on spooky vacation (Eternal Daughter), hot finger guns (Tár), getting fits off in Master Gardener, the good boring parts of Aftersun, “journalism” in square quotes (Stars at Noon), why Armageddon Time isn't Green Book, is Triangle of Sadness's Ruben Östlund performing ‘stupid guy who thinks he gets it,' Mark Rylance in crazy mode (Bones and All), Park Chan-wook's elastic worlds (Decision to Leave), the revolutionary humanist élan of All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, and a case for why Roxy audiences need to pee before the film starts. Plus, a guest appearance by our producer-editor Eli Sands on the Rohmerian sensibility of Showing Up.Find Fran online at her mag, Twitter, and Letterboxd. The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast is co-hosted by Veronica Fitzpatrick and (usually!) Chad Perman and produced and edited by Eli Sands. Our theme music is composed by Chad.Find all 100+ issues of Bright Wall/Dark Room, including this month's trek through cinema's b-roll and Fran's fest coverage, at brightwalldarkroom.com. Please subscribe, rate, and love us up with a quick review. We're on Twitter @BWDR and @TheBWDRPodcast, and you're welcome to show support via our Patreon. We welcome listener feedback and sponsorship inquiries at editors@brightwalldarkroom.com.
Lena is back! Fresh off the Amazon release of her TIFF Debut CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY we look to none other than fan favorite FRAN HOEPFNER to join us to talk about the Year of Lena. Sundance's SHARP STICK, HBO GIRLS, CAMPING, and the pilot of INDUSTRY, all are at least mentioned. We get into her quality with actors, her sense of humor, the hologram of it all and so much more! Follow Fran on twitter @franhoepfner Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber
How did they ever make a podcast of LOLITA? Let's just say that it wasn't easy, but thankfully our guest Fran Hoepfner is in her “brave era” and was more than up for the task! If our SPARTACUS episode was full of Tony Curtis impressions, we're classing up the joint this week with plenty of James Mason bits. In this episode, Ben learns about the Hays Code, Griffin learns how to pronounce “Nabokov,” Fran learns that it is very difficult to eat a giant lollipop, and David learns what everyone thought of his and Forky's recent wedding. This episode is sponsored by: Shopify (shopify.com/check) Brooklinen (CODE: BLANK) Join our Patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter and Instagram! Buy some real nerdy merch at shopblankcheckpod.myshopify.com or at teepublic.com/stores/blank-check
In episode 1.5 of What a Year! Ethan Warren and Ryan Pollie discuss Kanye West's Graduation, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and Tana French's In the Woods with their guest correspondent, Fran Hoepfner.
Fran Hoepfner & Claire Carusillo of Gawker join us to brief us on the extremely complex and dark ongoing saga surrounding actor Ezra Miller. Which includes multiple arrests, allegedly pulling a gun on a Rastafarian over a game of Parcheesi, "rubbing" a 12 year old and grooming a child Native American activist. Full Episode and Research Dossier at www.patreon.com/yeahbutstill
Jordan and Brooke are rejoined by Fran Hoepfner (Gawker, Fran Magazine) for Matthew Vaughn's whimsical 2007 fantasy adventure. There's an all-time Robert De Niro performance, a lot of discussions on British-leaning genre cinema, and not that much titular stardust. But Fran reflects on her high school viewing of this film and convinces everyone to watch "Peaky Blinders," Jordan praises the campy excellence that is Michelle Pfeiffer, and Brooke yet again professes her love for gay pirates (these ones harvest lightning!).Follow us on Twitter! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd)Follow Fran on Twitter and Substack!
The new documentary "Citizen Ashe" tells the story of the life and activism of tennis great Arthur Ashe. Ashe's brother, Johnnie joins us. And, the 1956 comic opera "Candide" by Leonard Bernstein, inspired by Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist hearings in 1954, reflects the "undercurrent of pushing ahead in spite of everything." Classical music critic Fran Hoepfner joins us.
To salute our May theme of “Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll,” Chad sits down with deputy cohost Fran Hoepfner and our special guest, movie and music writer Sydney Urbanek, to discuss the greatest initially-PG-rated movie of all time(?): Miloš Forman's 1984 Amadeus. They get into childhood piano lessons, reading love letters in Salzburg, which composers hated their wives, modern resonance in period films, and the surprising extent of the Mozart cinematic universe, from Fernando and Carolina to Marie Antoinette. Subscribe to Sydney's newsletter here, and sample Fran's writing on classical music here.The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast is usually co-hosted by Veronica Fitzpatrick and Chad Perman and produced and edited by Eli Sands. Our theme music is composed by Chad Perman.Find all 100+ issues of Bright Wall/Dark Room, including this month's sexy, druggy, rocked out issue, at brightwalldarkroom.com. We're on Twitter @BWDR and @TheBWDRPodcast, and the best way to widen our pod's reach is to send love and lunch money via Patreon. We welcome listener feedback and sponsorship inquiries at editors@brightwalldarkroom.com. Thanks for listening.
This week on "I've Been Meaning To Listen To That", we listen to "Powerslave" by Iron Maiden with special guests Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room, Fran Magazine, Law School, Blank Check w/ Griffin & David) & Diana Peters (There May Be Ghosts)! Plus, Andrew, Sean, Fran & Diana opine about the current state of modern music consumption, contemplate whether Powerslave is effective as an anti-war satire, and manifest the idea of Fran bonding with the members of Iron Maiden over messed up history facts! Andrew's Pick: Blood on the Leaves by Kanye West Sean's Pick: Mustang by Bartees Strange Fran's Pick: Say My Name by Tove Stryke Diana's Pick: Death of Pop by The Rub New Maych Moodiness match-ups on our Instagram stories and the Facebook page each day at 11:59am Central! Edited by Stefanie Senior Follow Fran Hoepfner on Twitter (@franhoepfner) & Instagram (@franhoepfner) Follow Diana Peters on Instagram (@3amdiana) Follow Andrew Ambrose Lee on Twitter (@AundrewALee) & Instagram (@aundrewalee) Follow Michael Limentato on Twitter (@limentaco) & Instagram (@limentaco) Follow Sean Wilkinson on Instagram (@diabetictwink) Follow Stefanie Senior on Instagram (@stefmsenior) & Twitter (@stefmsenior) Theme Song by Emily Blue (Twitter: @emilybluemusic Instagram: @emilybluelovesyou) Cover Art by Olivia Jensen (Twitter: @oliviaaj22, Instagram: @oliviajensen_art) Check out the I've Been Meaning To Listen to That (And I Did!) Playlist! Check out our website ibmtltt.com Follow us at (@ibmtltt) on Facebook, Tiktok & Instagram, and email us at ivebeenmeaningtolistentothat@gmail.com Have a good daaay! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ibmtltt/message
Fifty years ago, women were not allowed to run in the Boston Marathon due to a myriad of false assumptions about the female anatomy. Sara Mae Berman ran anyway. And, Here & Now classical music opinionator Fran Hoepfner discusses Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff, and why we shouldn't "cancel" classic Russian artists during the war against Ukraine.
The great Fran Hoepfner returns to chat with us about king baby face Mike Leigh! We get into his Palme d'Or winning film SECRETS & LIES and all of the stress we feel watching Brenda Blethyn as well as his Palme d'Or losing film ANOTHER YEAR and all the stress we feel watching Lesley Manville. Read and Subscribe to Fran Magazine! Follow Fran on twitter @franhoepfner Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone
You may as well call this episode “Ode to a Whishaw” because we love that gentle gent! Fran Hoepfner joins us (and joins the Five-Timers Club!) to discuss Jane Campion's 2006 John Keats biopic “Bright Star,” a movie that prompts Griffin to wonder if he, too, would die of tuberculosis if he took a long walk in the rain in 1820. Of course we talk about Hampstead Heath (David being canonically from London), of course we wonder what the hell happened to Paul Schneider (canonically incredible in this movie), and of course Ben is obsessed with Fanny Brawne's epic Regency Era fits! This episode is sponsored by: Brooklinen (CODE: BLANKCHECK) Mint Mobile (mintmobile.com/check) Truebill (truebill.com/check) Join our Patreon at patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter and Instagram! Buy some real nerdy merch at shopblankcheckpod.myshopify.com
Here & Now music opinionator Fran Hoepfner about her music pick for Valentine's Day: Franz Schubert's "Great Symphony." She says she hears "a lot of hope" in the symphony even though the composer tragically lived a short life. And, police shot and killed 1,055 people in the U.S. in 2021, a record for police killings even in the wake of George Floyd's murder and a pandemic. Marisa Iati of The Washington Post joins us.
Kendall pitches his siblings on his vision for their future in “Mass in Time of War,” which re-establishes the emotional and material stakes of the series. The Fly Guys are joined by Fran Hoepfner to discuss the episode's centerpiece scene, its thicket of character motivations, guilt, complicity, Messiah complexes, Based Ewan, and the return of Marcia. Fran Hoepfner (Twitter: @franhoepfner) is a writer, cultural critic, and Editor-at-Large for Bright Wall/Dark Room. https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/author/franhoepfner/ Dan Sallitt on Michael Clayton: http://sallitt.blogspot.com/2008/02/michael-clayton-or-why-do-we-even.html
Music opinionator Fran Hoepfner talks about why the 19th-century French comic opera "Orpheus in the Underworld" and its famous can-can music is perfect music for Halloween 2021. And, for years, companies like ExxonMobil and Shell have fudged scientific and economic data to protect business interests. Historian Ben Franta tells us more about the industry's disinformation.
Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Fran Hoepfner to discuss Paul Schrader's The Card Counter, now in theaters. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. For a limited time, all new Patreon supporters will receive a free Blu-ray/DVD. After becoming a contributor, e-mail podcast@thefilmstage.com for an up-to-date list of available films. The Film Stage Show is supported by MUBI, a curated streaming service showcasing exceptional films from around the globe. Every day, MUBI premieres a new film. Whether it's a timeless classic, a cult favorite, or an acclaimed masterpiece — it's guaranteed to be either a movie you've been dying to see or one you've never heard of before and there will always be something new to discover. Try it for free for 30 days at mubi.com/filmstage.
David Lowery's The Green Knight captured the heart of a whole lot of our staff this summer, so for our August episode we're talking our way through the forest. Join guest host Zosha Millman as she dives deep into Lowery's latest film with special guests Fran Hoepfner and Kelsey Ford.
Classical music opinionator Fran Hoepfner dives into the rivers of the Amazon as depicted by composer Philip Glass in his piece "Águas da Amazônia." And, two people were killed by a gunman in Winthrop, Massachusetts, on Saturday in what police are investigating as a hate crime. Paulo Correia was driving in the neighborhood when the gunman got into Correia's car.
We reconvened our Jury, to discuss a selection of movies that premiered at Cannes between 2015 and 2019, this time with a returning favorite as our Special Guest President, Fran Hoepfner! Check out the eligible list of movies on our Letterboxd here, and tune in to discover who will take home the Palme! Follow Fran @franhoepfner Listen to The Law School Podcast here Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber
Jordan and Brooke charge ahead through Chatting Channing 2021 with guest Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room) to talk 2014's uber-meta sequel. Come for the self-depreciating jokes; stay for ideal undercover gigs, "meat cutes," Channing Tatum ending homophobia with a head-butt, and a detailed analysis of the "Don Jon" trailer.Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/QueerQuadrant Follow Fran! https://www.twitter.com/franhoepfner // https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/
The delightful Fran Hoepfner (a culture critic & writer currently at Bright Wall/Dark Room & a professor in the writing department at Rutgers University) & I discuss being fair to yourself, the comfort of washing dishes, teaching, virtually graduating & moving during all of this, her top 4 on Letterboxd, our last movie theatre experience & what we'd ideally see in 2021, Terrence Malick & ever-so-much more. @franhoepfner on Twitter & IG www.franhoepfner.fyi brightwalldarkroom.com
Here & Now music opinionator Fran Hoepfner says Gustav Holst's "The Planets" is the perfect piece right now to explore places far, far away. The seven-movement orchestral suite was inspired by astrology, written during World War I. And, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an outside, independent commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection. Historian Julian Zelizer talks about what's next following former President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal.
All new, all fun! Blank Check launches a brand new mini series on the animated films of John Musker and Ron Clements. Writer and Ratigan stan, Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room), joins to discuss the duo’s first project together as co-directors of The Great Mouse Detective. Topics include: the Disney renaissance, Sing-Along Songs VHS tapes, Sherlock Holmes, Steampunk, frozen rats and more! This episode is sponsored by: Stamps.com (http://stamps.com/) Hims (https://www.forhims.com/blank) BetterHelp (betterhelp.com/check (https://www.betterhelp.com/check) ) Join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/blankcheck Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter (https://twitter.com/blankcheckpod) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/blankcheckpod/) ! Buy some real nerdy merch at shopblankcheckpod.myshopify.com (https://shopblankcheckpod.myshopify.com/)
Music opinionator Fran Hoepfner explains why she thinks Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" and the "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" song are perfect listening while the days go by during the pandemic. Also, "White Christmas" by composer Irving Berlin is a holiday favorite. But as Katy Sewall reports, the bestselling song has a melancholy backstory.
Writer Fran Hoepfner joins gabrus to kick off "I Miss Movies" month by talking about the 1983 Bill Forsyth film, Local HeroCheck out gabrus' other podcast, Action BoyzAdvertise on High & Mighty via Gumball.fm.Shout out to Mack Weldon for sponsoring this episode of High & Mighty. For 20% off your first order, visit mackweldon.com/high and enter promo code: high.
Writer and culture critic Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room) joins Megan and Rob to discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018) and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin’s Free Solo (2018). Is Tom Cruise more of a high five or fist bump kind of guy? Why do we keep forgetting the name of Motherless Brooklyn? Is Alex Honnold a good cook? Does Big Chicago get mentioned in the episode? Why did we edit out a conversation about Pauline Chalamet? All of this and more!Read Fran's writing at Bright Wall/Dark RoomListen to Fran and Caroline talk Jude Law on Law SchoolFollow I-5 Cinemabound on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
All the President's Minutes is a podcast where conversations about movies, journalism, politics and history meet. Each show we use the seminal and increasingly prescient 1976 film All The President's Men as a portal, to engage with the themes and the warnings of the film resonating since its release. For minute 106, I talk to writer, teacher, editor-at-large at *Bright Wall/Dark Room* , the wonderful Fran Hoepfner. Fran and I discuss journalists as conmen, her experience working for *The Onion* , taking Hal Holbrook's lead with inflammatory movie takes and having fun talking about the fall of Richard Nixon. About Fran Hoepfner ------------------- Fran Hoepfner is a writer from Chicago. Fran lives in New Jersey where she teaches undergraduate creative writing at Rutgers University in Newark. Fran is a staff writer for the film magazine *Bright Wall/Dark Room* ( https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/ ). Fran previously worked for *The Onion* ( https://www.theonion.com/ ) ** where she wrote, edited, directed, and produced multimedia projects. Fran has a BA in English and History from Kalamazoo College and an MFA in Fiction from Rutgers University in Newark. *Twitter:* @franhoepfner ( https://twitter.com/franhoepfner ) *Outlets:* *Bright Wall/Dark Room* ( https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/author/franhoepfner/ ) *Website:* https://www.franhoepfner.fyi/ ( https://www.franhoepfner.fyi/ ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Fran Hoepfner rejoins us to talk about the first week and a little bit of this year's New York Film Festival. Films discussed include Lovers Rock, The Human Voice, Malmkrog, and Night of Kings.Follow Fran @franhoepfnerOur twitter is @CannesIKickItOur letterboxd is CIKIPodThanks to Tree Related for our theme songOur hosts are@andytgerm@clatchley@imlaughalone@jpglickwebber
We had writer Fran Hoepfner on to discuss the meeting of the cinematic minds that happened when Mr Bean's Holiday "crashed" the premiere of Pedro Costa's Colossal Youth at Cannes 2006Follow Fran @franhoepfnerRead her writing at Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdrOur twitter is @CannesIKickItOur letterboxd is CIKIPodThanks to Tree Related for our theme songOur hosts are@andytgerm@clatchley@imlaughalone@jpglickwebber
We welcome Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room, law school podcast) this week as we chat about Damien Chazzelle's sophomore effort about how far ambition will brake a person. With topics including Miles Tellers failure from becoming a leading man, the decades best villains and our personal Terrence Fletchers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/exitingthroughthe2010s/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/exitingthroughthe2010s/support
On this week's episode of Jacking Off, the two R's talk Jack's problematic *hit* comedy, Shallow Hal with Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Onion, everywhere you find writing). When Hal (Jack Black) is confronted by Tony Robbins (Tony Robbins), he begins to see the inner beauty in some really freakin ugly people. That's the whole movie! Do they have to start the podcast over because they forgot to record the first 15 minutes? Does the chaotic energy from having to start over ever really calm itself down? Did this movie make everybody's lives worse? Is there anything to like about this movie? What is Richie's favorite line? Does love go where Rosemary grows? All of these questions and more will be answered on this week's Jacking Off. Come Jack Off with us!
Fran Hoepfner (The Onion/Clickhole) and Rebecca Bulnes (Classroom Crush) return to the studio to fix the Oscar nominations with a round of Joker Roulette! They can add a nominee to any category, but every time they do, 'Joker' wins an award. Fates are tempted, friendships are tested, and 'You Were Never Really Here' is stanned! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.
It's time to look death in the eye and say NOT TODAY! Learn about Evel Knievel, Buster Keaton, Alex Honnold, and other American legends who chucked their body into death-defying situations and lived to make money from it. Unfortunately, those paychecks are typically meager - so Max and Dorian also dive into their psychology and ask: What drives a person to do this? Click here for our episode on Terror Management Theory. (https://audioboom.com/posts/6691190-terror-management-theory) Click here to read Fran Hoepfner's essay on Free Solo, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, and men with death wishes. (https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2019/01/02/mission-impossible-fallout-free-solo/)
Giddy up! It's time for a rootin' tootin' Western with ol' Ethan Hawke! That's right, we're taking on THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016), Antoine Fuqua's remake that you definitely saw posters for, but didn't see. It's our last western film with Hawke for now, until he inevitability hops on the saddle again probably by the end of 2020. With our returning guest, the Frantastic Fran Hoepfner, we talk hating Chris Pratt, when actors make choices, sweating, parallels to A Bug's Life, and roommates. Enjoy and keep Hawke-ing the skies!
Hey, folks! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and we hope that you're prepared for a very long journey through the deepest reaches of outer space. That's where we're headed for this episode, as Scott and Josh talk about the new Brad Pitt-starring science-fiction film Ad Astra. Your hosts are joined by friend of the show and Five-Timers' Club inductee Fran Hoepfner to talk about this new James Gray film, the notable action sequences in this new film, and whether or not this features the best Brad Pitt performance of 2019. Is Ad Astra worth your time? Should Disney keep making movies like this through the Fox studio? Can Scott ever scoff at Josh's bad jokes ever again? Find out now!
Chloe Bryan (Mashable, Tart Magazine) returns to the studio to recount her and Colb's schlep out to Long Island to see Lana Del Rey! Fran Hoepfner calls in to talk Ad Astra and absolutely brutalize Tim Keck! Who also calls! New RFB host Kay Edwards joins to promote her upcoming show What Would Kay Say! A true and absolute delight of an ep! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or the RFB mobile app.
Writer, Fran Hoepfner joins #thetwofriends to discuss 2009's gritty bank robber romance, Public Enemies. Together they examine the merits of the phrase dumb egg, a vaping incident, pulling a classic “Chewbacca” and was Christian Bale nominated for David’s ‘Hard to Make the 5’ list? This episode is sponsored by Noom (https://www.noom.com/check) , Petal (https://www.petalcard.com/check) and Scentbird (https://www.scentbird.com/check) CODE: CHECK. [Editor's Note: Due to equipment failure the last 30 minutes of the episode were cut. Sorry for the disruption.]
Rebecca Bulnes ('Classroom Crush' Podcast) joins Colb in the studio to talk her early days as a music writer, summertime sadness, and the ASMR community! Fran Hoepfner calls in to talk astrology apps and Teens! An ep that truly flies by! Truly! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com or on the RFB mobile app.
This week, host Bobby Finger welcomes Fran Hoepfner (@franhoepfner), writer and co-host of a Jude Law podcast called Law School, and Geoff Lapid (@geofflapid), a former blogger and Netflix user since 2007, to chat about Ava DuVernay's essential limited series, When They See Us, the delightful (if overlong) new Ali Wong/Randall Park romcom Always Be My Maybe, and the twisty, turny, gory (and gay!) new horror film, The Perfection. Skip segments you'd like to keep spoiler-free with these handy time codes:When They See Us: 11:00 - 20:00Always Be My Maybe: 20:00 - 28:50The Perfection: 28:50 - 41:00Call 754-CALL-BOB and share your current obsessions, and we may discuss it on a future episode!Once again, it's 754-CALL-BOB.
On this episode of Travis Bickle, Sean Witzke and Fran Hoepfner talk about two 2019 films prominently featuring Juliette Binoche: High Life and Non-Fiction. This is a Patreon-supported podcast, subscribing to the show can give you access to monthly rewards from the hosts.
Writer Fran Hoepfner (Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Onion) joins Colb in the studio to talk about a TON of movies, plus her writing about classical music, which Sopranos character she is, and so much more! An ep for the ages! Young Person's Radio airs every Sunday morning at 10 on Radio Free Brooklyn. Listen live at radiofreebrooklyn.com.
This week we’re back with the famous Fran Hoepfner for her THIRD appearance on the show, because of comedy rules! Jk it’s just because we like her. Fran is telling Rebecca about MIKE, a high school marching band crush and all the late night chats and long bus rides that made her act like his gf. They’re talkin projecting, “emotional labor”, crush badges of honor, Fran is volcel, a truly triggering message confession, relationship imbalances, prom drama, shooting your shot and so much more!! Follow Fran on twitter at: @franhoepfner Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @AlmondMilkHotel Follow the show on twitter at: @ClassroomCrush
Hey, folks! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and for this show, we've drawn swords and are prepared to do battle on any field, be it grassy or icy. That's going to come in handy, because we're talking about a very unique take on one of the most memorable English-language myths of the last handful of centuries: Antoine Fuqua's 2004 action film King Arthur, starring Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Ray Winston, Mads Mikkelsen, and more. Scott and Josh are joined by Bright Wall/Dark Room editor-at-large and friend of the show Fran Hoepfner to talk about this turgid, joyless film, why it failed back in the summer of 2004, the creepiness of the key romance, misogynistic marketing, and more!
Writer, Fran Hoepfner joins Griffin and David to discuss 2006’s house swap rom-com, The Holiday. But Is foreplay really overrated? Was John Krasinski in The Holiday the Adam Driver of Lincoln of 2006? Is Garden State the most iconic New Jersey movie because they go to Medieval Times and yell at a ditch? Together, they examine the careers of Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Jude “Daddy” Law; Christmas in England; loving movie scores enough to make gibberish sounds in public places and Venom being SO rude. Plus, another Romilly’s Kitchen Corner, the classic segment ‘Checking in with Fran’ and ALOT of Eli Wallach talk. This episode is sponsored by [ZipRecruiter](http://www.ziprecruiter.com/blank), [eLiquid.com](http://www.eliquid.com/check30) (CODE: CHECK30) and [Legacy Box](http://www.legacybox.com/check)! Music selections: “Family Tree” by [Jahzzar](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/) “Weather Scanning” by [Lindsheaven Virtual Plaza](http://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com) Licensed under [Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
Hey, folks! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and this week, Scott and Josh are drinking from this very special well of water they found while wandering in the forest, and you can't tell anyone! It's very secret water, and if you let anyone know about it, you'll....be in trouble! Or we will! One of those! OK, we might have just seen a movie about people who have had a sip or two from a fountain of youth. In fact, it's our movie of the week, Tuck Everlasting, the 2002 adaptation of the Natalie Babbitt novel starring Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, a very weird Ben Kingsley and more. Scott and Josh are joined by friend of the show Fran Hoepfner of Bright Wall/Dark Room to talk about the story, the film's brief running time, the heat or lack thereof between Bledel and Jackson, Kingsley being a real creeper, and lots more. Check out the new show now!
Once you check in, you can never leave. But oh, you'll want to. Welcome to Ethan's directorial debut CHELSEA WALLS, a terrible film that's really more of a mood piece. Our guest is 23-year-old internet darling FRAN HOEPFNER, who hated it. Join us as we discuss Ethan's filter choices, dire audio quality, Uma Thurman's wig, and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. And be sure to keep Hakwe-ing the skies!
This hour more of our faves, including Gloria Gaynor, a seventeen year-old retiree, and two spoofs: one microbiological and one murderous.Episode 1: A Perfect Murder by Katy Yeiser, David Sidorov, Ryan Natoli, and Fran Hoepfner for A Very Fatal Murder from The Onion In the first episode of “A Very Fatal Murder,” longtime Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall, who has searched tirelessly for the most resonant true-crime podcast that is also about middle America, heads to Bluff Springs, NE where the small town is reeling from the death of 17-year-old Hayley Price.Toccata by Mira Burt-Wintonik & Cristal Duhaime feat. the voice of Jane Lewis for Falling Tree Productions and The Essay from BBC Radio 3 Canadian producers Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime blend reality and fiction to explore a parasitic relationship.Dear Dream by Jess Shane for The Doc Project from the CBC A lot of us define ourselves by our jobs. Which is why people often struggle when the time comes to retire. They don't know who they are any more. And we're not just talking about people who stop working after a lifetime in a career — the girl at the heart of this documentary is 17. She retired from a promising rhythmic gymnastics career — she was competing at a national level and was Olympics-bound — about a year ago because of an injury. And retirement? She still hasn't accepted it.“Inside the National Recording Registry: I Will Survive” by Devon Strolovitch for PRI’s Studio360 Originally released as a B-side, so many deejays began playing Gloria Gaynor's “I Will Survive” that the record company reissued it as a single. It was immediately embraced as an emblem of women’s empowerment and soon became anthem among the LGBT community and survivors of all kinds. Music writer Vince Aletti joins Gaynor herself to tell the story of the recording.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, we're playing the first episode of Onion Public Media's* A Very Fatal Murder—it's a spot-on parody of all the true-crime programs you love to binge, from Serial to S-Town to The Staircase.I got to talk to series directors Ryan Natoli and Fran Hoepfner, and writers Louisa Kellogg and David Sidorov. Sidorov plays David Pascall, the host and protagonist of A Very Fatal Murder. We talk about the Onion pitching process, translating the techniques of short-form video to audio fiction, and Fran's Discarded Teens (a show I wish existed).Our Patreon is live! Throw us some dollars, please.* a satirical news agency, for those of you outside the United States
Could it be? Fran Hoepfner is BACK on this SHOW?? Yeah nerds, we’ve got our first returning guest and we couldn’t have asked for a better one!! No offense other past guests. This time, Fran is telling Rebecca about her first female crush, “SARAH” from college (still a classroom, bitch!). Rebecca is talking “JOEY”, an older crush that she actually went on dates with, very rare. This episode’s got it all: feeling required to prove your bisexuality, smoking weed and watching The Hobbit in 3D, college improv viral videos, coming out, Rebecca’s childhood revealed, LMFAO is an uncle and a nephew, boys vs WOMen, labels, feeling guilty, Garrett Hedlund, and so so much more. Follow Fran on twitter at: @ franhoepfner Follow Rebecca on twitter at: @ AlmondMilkHotel Follow Classroom Crush on twitter at: @ ClassroomCrush SONGS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: I Don’t Wanna Be In Love - Good Charlotte Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO Sleepyhead - Passion Pit Backwards - Oupa Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira
Hey, folks! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and it's yet another one of our Revisited titles. This time, Josh and Scott are headed to the big orchestra in outer space to enjoy the long-awaited follow-up to one of Disney's most ambitious films, Fantasia 2000. Josh and Scott are joined by two very special guests, Fran Hoepfner of The Onion and Steve Greene of Indiewire, to talk about this briefer return to the world of Fantasia, the wonder of that Quincy Jones interview, the ambition or lack thereof of this new film, and what we'd want to see out of a third Fantasia if one ever materialized. Check out the new show now!
Today I am talking to the team behind A Very Fatal Murder, the Onion’s genius true crime parody that tells the story of fictional New York podcaster David Pascall as he sets out to find and solve the perfect murder in order to comment compellingly on American society, but mostly to win himself awards. He heads to the small rural town of Bluff Springs, Nebraska to investigate the ridiculous murder of Haley Price, and the podcast he creates is complete with all the true crime tropes, pensive piano music, think accents, crying interviews, cheap poetic monologues, and amazing fake subscription box commercials, promo code Haley. I am joined today by writer David Sidorov, who also voiced David Pascall, director Ryan Natoli, and associate director Fran Hoepfner. The four of us discuss the value of parody, the podcasts and docuseries that served as inspiration, and try to answer the age old question of why is true crime so popular, and why we are so obsessed. Check out 'A Very Fatal Murder' here, and on iTunes: https://www.theonion.com/c/a-very-fatal-murder Behind True Crime is sponsored by Hunt A Killer, the monthly murder mystery subscription box service. Check them out at huntakiller.com and use the code BEHIND for 10% off your first order.
Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall. This month’s book was: The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. This month’s guests were: Fran Hoepfner, Monica Heisey, and Harris Mayersohn. Live sound and recording by Chris Medrano. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning. Artwork by Will McPhail
Book Club is a comedy variety show where hosts Colin Stokes and Blythe Roberson (The New Yorker, The Onion), along with some of NYC’s best comedians, read the books so you don’t have to. Held monthly at Union Hall. This month’s book was: The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. This month’s guests were: Fran Hoepfner, Monica Heisey, and Harris Mayersohn. Live sound and recording by Chris Medrano. Produced and edited by Shannon Manning. Artwork by Will McPhail
Rebecca is kind of bummed about her current crush, but she’s all lubed up and ready to tell the story of ENZO, and one of her most embarrassing high school moments. The hilarious Fran Hoepfner is our guest, and she’s talking about her high school crush MARK, who, no big deal, is 6’5. There’s teen drinking, a school trip to London, bad facebook messages, being horny as hell, changing yourself for a guy, and so much more. Plus, Fran gives Rebecca flirting tips! Thanks Fran!! SONGS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: “Cello Concerto in E Minor”- Edward Elgar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruB_vh1L4dQ “Right Round”- Flo Rida https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcCw1ggftuQ “Fuck Forever”- Babyshambles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOpz_3O5Lho (jesus christ) “Another F.U. Song”- Reel Big Fish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ9YVF-wyho
Bobby, Geoff, and guest Fran Hoepfner of the Onion discuss their love (or lack thereof, in Geoff's case) for Edgar Wright's much-hyped Baby Driver. Credits: Producers: Geoff George & Bobby Evers Intro music: "Elk Mountain," by Melkbelly
Hey, friends! It's time for another episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and this week, Josh and Scott are going all the way back to the beginning. We're not going back to the beginning of the Disney animated canon, but to just about the beginning of history to discuss Disney's take on the Greek myth of Hercules. The 1997 film is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, so maybe it's time to reconsider it as unfairly underrated, at least compared to the rest of the Disney Renaissance. Here to help review the film with Josh and Scott is Fran Hoepfner of The Onion, and discuss the important things: does this film feature one of James Woods' best performances? Is it truly an underrated gem? Is Hercules too dumb of a character to fall in love with? And how gross is this movie? Find out now!
Live at The Hungry Brain with Liza Treyger, Fran Hoepfner, Cleveland Anderson Esmeralda Leon for co-host Liza Treyger for Shiprocked prep Fran Hoepfner for funny writing Cleveland Anderson for sincere X-Pac love Jeremy Tromburg for house band The Hungry Brain for venue Chicago, Il for city
Fran Hoepfner (ClickHole) joins Griffin and David to discuss the 1986 horror/sci-fi sequel Aliens. But how did James go about pitching this project to studio executives? What exactly is Paul Reiser mad about? Could Private Vasquez be anymore of a badass? Together they share their thoughts on Cameron’s masterful storytelling, Sigourney Weaver’s outstanding performance, milk blood, pleasant adult flirting and more!
God damn, this edition of the Skewer was one of the all-time greats. Liz Reuss kicks it off with a look at would-be Good Wife and unfortunate victim of Carlos Danger, Huma Abedin. Kayla Lane Freeman took us on a tour of her hyper-aggressive home state of Texas, where puffy pony stickers are criminally underappreciated. Joe Anderson showed us the darker side of fandom culture through the lens of those who would defend Suicide Squad from bad reviews with their lives. Patrick Reilly made a shitton of jokes about crossbows, which was as hilarious as you're imagining (provided you image it as very hilarious). Fran Hoepfner capped off the op-eds by explaining once and for all what food to brew up like some kinda magic potion to get people to fuck, humans of course being notoriously ambivalent about sex. THE DEBATE WAS SO DOPE, with comedy monsters Stephanie Weber and Dan Sheehan competing to see what's the best way to enforce the University of Chicago's no-trigger-warnings policy: hiring scary guys to yell at students, or replacing dorms with haunted houses. People, this one is so good. What a time. PS. Patrick used both mics for his piece, which was funny in person but leads to slightly blown-out audio in podcast. Our apologies! Tom Harrison- 1:50 Liz Reuss- 10:15 Kayla Lane Freeman- 18:21 Joe Anderson- 33:41 Patrick Reilly- 44:16 Fran Hoepfner- 55:09 THE SKEWER DEBATE: Dan Sheehan vs. Stephanie Weber- 1:03:24
”Thrilled to have finally wholeheartedly enjoyed a PTA movie so now I can make some male friends.”—Today’s guest, on Phantom ThreadApocalypse is very much in the air with this episode—as Doc and Denis are whipped by newspaper-munching Santa Ana winds while learning more and more about Mickey Wolfmann, our host is surrounded by the same winds nearly 50 years later during a particularly fiery and windswept day in Los Angeles in 2019. Further, he’s sitting down with Fran Hoepfner—a brilliant writer, an insightful critic, and…someone for whom Inherent Vice simply doesn’t do much.But if you’re going to deep-dive into Inherent Vice, part of that conversation includes the many folks and freaks and friends who just…don’t…care. Or, in certain horrifying cases that may or may not now be part of the permanent record with this episode, just don’t like Bigfoot Bjornsen (gasp!).About the GuestFRAN HOEPFNERFran Hoepfner is a writer from Chicago working on her MFA in Fiction at Rutgers in Newark. You can read her work at FranHoepfner.FYI.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 117th minute (1:56:00-1:57:00) and host Blake Howard joins editor at large for independent film magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room as well as a classical music columnist for WQXR, Fran Hoepfner. Blake and Fran discuss how HEAT is another piece of evidence for the affirmative that men are crazy, needing a second viewing to let this detailed undertaking wash over you and the parallels between reading 19th-century novels and watching HEAT. Have a listen.Host: Blake HowardGuest: Fran HoepfnerRecommended Reading: BRIGHT WALL/DARK ROOM JANUARY 2019: THE YEAR OF THE DEATH WISH BY FRAN HOEPFNERSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations
In this two-part episode I'm joined by the legendary editor at large for Bright Wall Dark Room, Fran Hoepfner, to discuss loving the score before the movie and pondering Daniel Day Lewis' hair routine. To close the episode I talk to the great recovering journalist and filmmaker, Kris Tapley, about growing up in North Carolina and experiencing stunning wilderness, and pitching Mr Mann two more entries in a potential period epic trilogy.ABOUT FRAN HOEPFNER: I AM A WRITER FROM CHICAGO CURRENTLY WORKING ON MY MFA IN FICTION AT RUTGERS IN NEWARK. I’M AN EDITOR AT LARGE FOR BRIGHT WALL/DARK ROOM, AN INDEPENDENT FILM MAGAZINE, AS WELL AS A CLASSICAL MUSIC COLUMNIST FOR WQXR. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, NONFICTION INTERNET WRITING WAS MY BREAD AND BUTTER, AND WHILE I DO LESS OF IT NOWADAYS, I’M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN AND HOW TO MAKE IT 100% ABOUT ME.Twitter: @franhoepfnerABOUT KRIS TAPLEY: HUMAN. DAD. HUSBAND. WRITER. RECOVERING JOURNALIST. UNAPOLOGETIC 90S NOSTALGIST. FORMERLY: PLAYBACK PODCASTTWITTER: @KRISTAPLEYAbout the show: THE LAST (12 minutes) OF THE MOHICANS is a twelve episode limited podcast series focusing on the climax of the Michael Mann’s 1992 epic The Last of the Mohicans. The format of the podcast, which slightly differs from ONE HEAT MINUTE, utilises the entire final twelve minute climax of Mohicans as a portal to explore the themes of the movie, the cross section of political apparatuses, colonial superpower wrangling, and Mr Mann’s riff on the “great American hero.” The final episode - once again will feature Mr Mann to unpack his intentions with the film in the conception and orchestration of its grand ending.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/donations
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