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Patrick and Rob celebrate the release of Wes Anderson's newest movie by talking about two of their underrated favorites, The Darjeeling Limited and The French Dispatch. Download this episode here.Subscribe to F This Movie! on Apple Podcasts. Also discussed this episode: Mountainhead (2025), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023), Black Bag (2025), Mickey 17 (2025), The Age of Innocence (1993), They Call Her Death (2024),
This week Craig and Alex review The French Dispatch! Next week we're watching Tar!
We meet the feared Rail Tracer and he's a funny lil murder man. We talk about: Achewood Baccano, Cocaine Talk, Prime 3, French Dispatch, $80 Mario Kart, Moab, Netrunner, Blue Prince, Who?, Star Trek TNG Movies, Death Stranding, Kingdom Hearts, My Long Ass Time At Sandrock, The Rail Tracer Is Robin, Gore Episode, Dallas' Is Shitty, Train Journey, Doc Brown Inventions, Fast Food Murder, Joker Coded,
This week Craig and Alex review Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and look through popular Disney Channel Movies! Next week we're watching The French Dispatch!
In a blow to France's far-right, Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for office for five years. The leader of the National Rally received a four-year prison sentence, two years of which were suspended, in addition to a €100,000 fine. Accused of embezzling EU funds, her hopes of becoming President in the immediate future have been dashed. But is the ruling an attack on far-right politics or a defence of democracy? And does the defanging of Le Pen and the NR provide a roadmap for other countries dealing with insurgent demagogues?Emily Tamkin and Tom Hamilton discuss all this with Julien Hoez, a political expert and editor of The French Dispatch.Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/19/trump-tariffs-trade-farmers-agriculture-economy/https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-exorbitant-price-of-trumps-tariffshttps://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-81f71cdda271827ae281a77072a26badSubscribe below to our contributors' Substacks:ET Write Home by Emily Tamkin (via Emily's Substack you can also listen to an ad-free version of the show)India Inside Out by Rohan VenkatDividing Lines by Tom HamiltonThe Political Tricycle is a Podot podcast.It's presented by Emily Tamkin, Tom Hamilton and Rohan Venkat.Executive Producer: Nick Hilton.Producer: Ewan CameronFor sales and advertising, email nick@podotpods.comTo watch a video version of the show, go to COOLER.NEWS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we're having a ball -- scrapping, yelling and mixing it up, loving every minute with this damn crew as we close out Gene HackMarch with a regal induction into the podcast canon. It's 2001's The Royal Tenenbaums, directed by Wes Anderson, co-written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, and starring Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Danny Glover and the voice of Alec Baldwin. While Anderson launched himself to prominence with Rushmore, Tenenbaums marked the full-throated arrival of a confident new voice in American cinema, and arguably remains his best effort nearly two and a half decades later. Perfectly utilising Hackman's gruff hard-ass patriarcal screen presence, cut by the man's easily over-looked and ofter under-utilised comedic abilities, it's a redemption story for an almost historically bad dad -- a funny, feel-good movie that says it's never too late to make things right. Plus: Hayley's got another theatrical outing to report on as she headed to the cinema to catch Black Bag, while both hosts have food fixations on the brain this week. If you'd like to watch the movie before listening along to our discussion, The Royal Tenenbaums is currently available to stream on Disney+, as well as Crave and Starz north of the border. Other works discussed this week include Presence, Kimi, Ocean's Eleven, Enemy of the State, The Conversation, No Way Out, Dirty Dancing, Step Up, Center Stage, Stranger Than Fiction, Arrested Development, Hard Eight, Sliding Doors, The French Dispatch, The French Connection, Isle of Dogs, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Bottle Rocket, Asteroid City and Eastbound and Down, among many more. We don't know when we'll be back or what we'll be watching, as events in Hayley's life are making recording rather difficult over the next few months. But we will return, so don't fret! We just may be going down to a bi-weekly schedule for the next little while until things blow over. And don't worry, it's nothing bad. Updates coming on our social media feeds when we have them, but until then, we'll see you at the movies!!
We've got a new Wes Anderson movie on the horizon, so why not revisit one of his more divisive films: 2021's The French Dispatch. The film features a bursting murderer's row of cast members to fill out Anderson's ode to journalism, a triptych of stories all set within the world of a fictional magazine. Originally promised … Continue reading "334 – The French Dispatch"
pWotD Episode 2864: Adrien Brody Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 372,061 views on Wednesday, 5 March 2025 our article of the day is Adrien Brody.Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. Known for his intense roles on stage and screen, he has received several accolades including two Academy Awards, BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Awards, a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a César Award in addition to nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Laurence Olivier Award. Brody has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for his portrayal of Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002), and László Tóth, a Holocaust survivor in Brady Corbet's period epic The Brutalist (2024). The former made him the youngest winner in the category, at age 29. He is also known for his performances in films such as King of the Hill (1993), The Thin Red Line (1998), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), Predators (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), See How They Run (2022), and Blonde (2022). He has frequently collaborated with filmmaker Wes Anderson, acting in his films The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). On television, he has played Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2017), and Pat Riley in the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022–2023). He earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Harry Houdini in the History Channel miniseries Houdini (2014), and investor Josh Aaronson in the HBO series Succession (2021).On stage, he made his London theatre debut as death row inmate Nick Yarris in the Lindsey Ferrentino play The Fear of 13 (2024), garnering nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:16 UTC on Thursday, 6 March 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Adrien Brody on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Aria.
On this episode, I spoke to production designer Adam Stockhausen about his work on Steve McQueen's Blitz. Stockhausen is an… Oscar winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for West Side Story, Bridge of Spies and 12 Years a Slave Annie Award nominee for Isle of Dogs BAFTA winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for The French Dispatch, West Side Story, Bridge of Spies and 12 Years a Slave Critics Choice Award winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for Asteroid City, The French Dispatch, West Side Story, Bridge of Spies and 12 Years a Slave 2x ADG Award winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs Steve McQueen's film follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.
Try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose. Movies discussed include The French Dispatch (2021), Masculin Féminin (1966), PlayTime (1967), True Stories (1986), and Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). Listen to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or everywhere else! Twitter @wesathon featurepresentationvideo@gmail.com Patrick @patrickjregal Taylor @taylormalone @maylortalone Music by J.E. Ladd A podcast from Feature Presentation: featurepresentationvideo.com
Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2021 film The French Dispatch which details the last days of a dead magazine editor. Michael and Abe discuss Wes Anderson's distinctive style, themes, and characters. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691
In all his films, Wes Anderson turns the mundane into magic by building distinctive and eccentric worlds. But how well do you know the man behind the camera? Discover the inspirations of one of our most revered auteurs with The Worlds of Wes Anderson.Anderson's playful and vibrant aesthetic is universally admired – but how has he managed to create such a recognisable identity?From Hitchcock and Spielberg to Truffaut and Varda, there are countless homages and references scattered throughout Anderson's filmography, while his cultural anchor points go far beyond film and into the worlds of art and literature.Evocations of place and time underpin his work, from mid-century Paris in The French Dispatch to grand pre-war Europe in The Grand Budapest Hotel, while cultural institutions – such as Jacques Cousteau and The New Yorker magazine – are other touchstones.For Wes Anderson fans and cinephiles alike, this is an essential insight into the creative process of one of the world's most unique filmmakers.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/writers-on-film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Margo is joined by Annie Atkins, a graphic designer and legendary prop maker for film and television. She is known for her work with Wes Anderson on The Grand Budapest Hotel, which won the Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 87th Academy Awards. Since then, she has worked again with Wes Anderson on Isle of Dogs and The French Dispatch as well as on Steven Speilberg's West Side Story and Bridge of Spies. Annie's first book, Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps, was published in 2020 by Phaidon. In her first children's book, Letters From The North Pole, five children from all around the world write to Santa Claus with ideas for Christmas gifts and are amazed when he writes back! Through five letters from Santa that children can pull out and read, the hidden world of the North Pole is revealed, from how reindeer can sleep standing up to what snacks Santa would like left out on Christmas Eve, and how he gets round the world so quickly. This is a nostalgic and festive tale, reminiscent of the classic The Jolly Postman and Annie's iconic work on such films as The Grand Budapest Hotel. Margo and Annie discuss: How Annie's upbringing in a creative household influenced her decision to pursue graphic design and the pivotal moments that led her into the film industry Her impressive portfolio working on films and specific challenges and joys she encountered while working with distinctive styles of directors Hand-lettering vs. digital design Film prop details and some of the various intricate props she crafted Learning through mistakes, how using a 50-star flag instead of a 48-star flag in Bridge of Spies taught her to ensure historical accuracy Personal Projects vs. Commissioned Work What the job of a graphic designer on a film set typically involves and how it contributes to the overall storytelling in a movie Her captivating and interactive new children's book, Letters from the North Pole Connect with Annie: www.instagra.com/AnnieAtkins www.annieatkins.com Connect with Margo: www.instagram.com/windowsillchats www.windowsillchats.com www.patreon.com/inthewindowsill
Episode 125: Wes Anderson, Take 10: Four Random Stories for a Paper No One Read?This week on the Not Funny Guys take a hard left turn into a realm Casey didn't want to go and that is the brain of Wes Anderson. This time we follow an all star cast as they paint us images of apparently what living in France is like. Sorry France. Apparently it is full of busy city life, troubled artists, beautiful women, revolutionary youth, efficient police chefs, and lots of Expatriate American journalists talking and writing about it all. Welcome to Wes Anderson's French Dispatch.Our Political Podcast is back! Take a listen over at Not Funny PoliticsNext Week: Asteroid CityFollow us, like us, comment, share and MORE!!!Questions?Email us at: NotFunnyGuys.OffTheReels@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram: @not_funny_guys_presents Follow us on Twitter: @NotFunnyGuysPodFollow us on BlueSky: @The Not Funny GuysWant to chat?Casey:Twitter @vash_maxwellHive @caseyfranklinJon:Letterbox: esoteric_evansInstagram @esoteric_by_designSubstack: estoericbydesign.substack.comEric:Letterbox: eklyInstagram @hothoney_comics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Wiz DOES NOT RECOMMEND Asteroid City Ever since seeing Rushmore back in the 90s, I've looked forward to seeing all of Wes Anderson's films. I can freely admit: Wes Anderson is an acquired taste. You either like the way he shoots his movies and the deliberate way he has the actors perform or you don't. But if I'm being honest, his last few films have not really done much for me. Isle of Dogs felt like a mess in numerous ways, I did like parts of The French Dispatch but it's also not as tight as his best films. And now Asteroid City is also another miss for me. But what I didn't expect is that Wes Anderson's quaint, colorful, postmodern style would be the problem I would have with the film. Telling a story about loneliness, despair and depression through a large cast could possibly be done well, but two problems arise: the movie clocks in at about 100 minutes and you barely know much about any of the characters and the emotion you would expect is drained due to Anderson's style. There's also a meta-narrative involving the creation of this story (which is a play created by fictional playwrights) that felt largely pointless to me. This just resulted in a mess that, after the end of the film, made me miss his more personal, dialed back films like Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums.
This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture (Routledge, 2024) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores how films are constructed from part to whole: from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. Robert P. Kolker and Marsha Gordon demystify the technical aspects of filmmaking and demonstrate how fiction and nonfiction films engage with culture. Over 265 images provide a visual index to the films and issues being discussed. This new edition includes: an expanded examination of digital filmmaking and distribution in the age of streaming; attention to superhero films throughout; a significantly longer chapter on global cinema with new or enlarged sections on a variety of national cinemas (including cinema from Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Korea, Japan, India, Belgium, and Iran); new or expanded discussions of directors, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Oscar Micheaux, Agnès Varda, Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Jafar Panahi, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Penny Lane; and new, in-depth explorations of films, including Within Our Gates (1919), Black Girl (1966), Creed (2015), Moonlight (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Parasite (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), RRR (2022), and Tár (2022). Robert P. Kolker is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the author/editor of several books on film including The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies (2008), A Cinema of Loneliness, 4th edition (2011), The Cultures of American Film (2014), The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and the Reimagining of Cinema (2016), Politics Goes to the Movies (2018), Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film (2019), and, with Nathan Abrams, Kubrick: An Odyssey (2024). Marsha Gordon is Professor and Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. She is the author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott (2023), Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies (2017), and Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (2008), and co-editor of Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film (2019) and Learning With the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States (2012). Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers (2016), he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics, found here on the New Books Network and on X. His work also appears on Pages and Frames. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture (Routledge, 2024) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores how films are constructed from part to whole: from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. Robert P. Kolker and Marsha Gordon demystify the technical aspects of filmmaking and demonstrate how fiction and nonfiction films engage with culture. Over 265 images provide a visual index to the films and issues being discussed. This new edition includes: an expanded examination of digital filmmaking and distribution in the age of streaming; attention to superhero films throughout; a significantly longer chapter on global cinema with new or enlarged sections on a variety of national cinemas (including cinema from Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Korea, Japan, India, Belgium, and Iran); new or expanded discussions of directors, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Oscar Micheaux, Agnès Varda, Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Jafar Panahi, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Penny Lane; and new, in-depth explorations of films, including Within Our Gates (1919), Black Girl (1966), Creed (2015), Moonlight (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Parasite (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), RRR (2022), and Tár (2022). Robert P. Kolker is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the author/editor of several books on film including The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies (2008), A Cinema of Loneliness, 4th edition (2011), The Cultures of American Film (2014), The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and the Reimagining of Cinema (2016), Politics Goes to the Movies (2018), Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film (2019), and, with Nathan Abrams, Kubrick: An Odyssey (2024). Marsha Gordon is Professor and Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. She is the author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott (2023), Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies (2017), and Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (2008), and co-editor of Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film (2019) and Learning With the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States (2012). Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers (2016), he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics, found here on the New Books Network and on X. His work also appears on Pages and Frames. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film
This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture (Routledge, 2024) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores how films are constructed from part to whole: from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. Robert P. Kolker and Marsha Gordon demystify the technical aspects of filmmaking and demonstrate how fiction and nonfiction films engage with culture. Over 265 images provide a visual index to the films and issues being discussed. This new edition includes: an expanded examination of digital filmmaking and distribution in the age of streaming; attention to superhero films throughout; a significantly longer chapter on global cinema with new or enlarged sections on a variety of national cinemas (including cinema from Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Korea, Japan, India, Belgium, and Iran); new or expanded discussions of directors, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Oscar Micheaux, Agnès Varda, Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Jafar Panahi, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Penny Lane; and new, in-depth explorations of films, including Within Our Gates (1919), Black Girl (1966), Creed (2015), Moonlight (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Parasite (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), RRR (2022), and Tár (2022). Robert P. Kolker is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the author/editor of several books on film including The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies (2008), A Cinema of Loneliness, 4th edition (2011), The Cultures of American Film (2014), The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and the Reimagining of Cinema (2016), Politics Goes to the Movies (2018), Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film (2019), and, with Nathan Abrams, Kubrick: An Odyssey (2024). Marsha Gordon is Professor and Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. She is the author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott (2023), Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies (2017), and Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (2008), and co-editor of Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film (2019) and Learning With the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States (2012). Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers (2016), he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics, found here on the New Books Network and on X. His work also appears on Pages and Frames. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts
This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture (Routledge, 2024) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores how films are constructed from part to whole: from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. Robert P. Kolker and Marsha Gordon demystify the technical aspects of filmmaking and demonstrate how fiction and nonfiction films engage with culture. Over 265 images provide a visual index to the films and issues being discussed. This new edition includes: an expanded examination of digital filmmaking and distribution in the age of streaming; attention to superhero films throughout; a significantly longer chapter on global cinema with new or enlarged sections on a variety of national cinemas (including cinema from Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Korea, Japan, India, Belgium, and Iran); new or expanded discussions of directors, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Oscar Micheaux, Agnès Varda, Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Jafar Panahi, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Penny Lane; and new, in-depth explorations of films, including Within Our Gates (1919), Black Girl (1966), Creed (2015), Moonlight (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Parasite (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), RRR (2022), and Tár (2022). Robert P. Kolker is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the author/editor of several books on film including The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies (2008), A Cinema of Loneliness, 4th edition (2011), The Cultures of American Film (2014), The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and the Reimagining of Cinema (2016), Politics Goes to the Movies (2018), Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film (2019), and, with Nathan Abrams, Kubrick: An Odyssey (2024). Marsha Gordon is Professor and Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. She is the author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott (2023), Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies (2017), and Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (2008), and co-editor of Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film (2019) and Learning With the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States (2012). Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers (2016), he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics, found here on the New Books Network and on X. His work also appears on Pages and Frames. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications
This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture (Routledge, 2024) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores how films are constructed from part to whole: from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. Robert P. Kolker and Marsha Gordon demystify the technical aspects of filmmaking and demonstrate how fiction and nonfiction films engage with culture. Over 265 images provide a visual index to the films and issues being discussed. This new edition includes: an expanded examination of digital filmmaking and distribution in the age of streaming; attention to superhero films throughout; a significantly longer chapter on global cinema with new or enlarged sections on a variety of national cinemas (including cinema from Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Korea, Japan, India, Belgium, and Iran); new or expanded discussions of directors, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Oscar Micheaux, Agnès Varda, Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Jafar Panahi, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Penny Lane; and new, in-depth explorations of films, including Within Our Gates (1919), Black Girl (1966), Creed (2015), Moonlight (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Parasite (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), RRR (2022), and Tár (2022). Robert P. Kolker is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. He is the author/editor of several books on film including The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies (2008), A Cinema of Loneliness, 4th edition (2011), The Cultures of American Film (2014), The Extraordinary Image: Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and the Reimagining of Cinema (2016), Politics Goes to the Movies (2018), Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of His Final Film (2019), and, with Nathan Abrams, Kubrick: An Odyssey (2024). Marsha Gordon is Professor and Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. She is the author of Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott (2023), Film is Like a Battleground: Sam Fuller's War Movies (2017), and Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (2008), and co-editor of Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film (2019) and Learning With the Lights Off: Educational Film in the United States (2012). Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers (2016), he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen-Minute Film Fanatics, found here on the New Books Network and on X. His work also appears on Pages and Frames. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society
Comedian Gary Gulman on what it was like growing up awkward in the ‘80s. TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz takes us behind the scenes of Wes Anderson's 2021 film, “The French Dispatch.” And artist Steacy Easton makes the case for why country singer Tammy Wynette matters.
This week, we're taking up arms against the British and making moves on our dead wife's sister as we get downright independent with 2000's The Patriot, directed by Roland Emmerich, and starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson, Chris Cooper, Rene Auberjonois, Donal Logue, Adam Baldwin, Gregory Smith and a young Logan Lerman. Try as we might to tie into this week's release of Alex Garland's Civil War, this is a war epic about the War of Independence, and just like Independence Day, when America needed a rousing, slightly fascistic display of patriotism via action cinema, you need the propagandist touch that can only come from a German. This movie is also nearly three hours long, so needless to say, Hayley hated it. Meanwhile J Mo's got a theatrical field report on Sydney Sweeney's latest, Immaculate, and Hayley's getting down with some crunchy sugar cereals. Other works discussed on this episode include The First Omen, The Omen, The First Purge, The Purge, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Dark Side of the Ring, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Ghostbusters (2016), Isle of Dogs, The French Dispatch, Asteroid City, The Royal Tenenbaums, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Moonfall, Small Soldiers, Zodiac, Full Metal Jacket, Firefly / Serenity, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Princess Diaries, Waterworld, Escape From New York, the music of Queens of the Stone Age, Ima Robot and Diana Ross & The Supremes, and the video games Spider-Man: Miles Morales and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We'll be back next week as we stay in the early 2000s with a completely different type of picture: the 2004 rom-com Along Came Polly, an unseen selection from Hayley's collection that packs a dynamite supporting performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman. If you'd like to watch the movie along with us it is currently streaming on Starz in Canada at the time of publication. Until then, we'll see you at the movies!!
We've been fans of Wes Anderson for some time, so we thought we were about due for a new episode on his most latest output, Asteroid City. Here we talk about how the film further expands the border of Wes Anderson-isms, being a natural extension of The French Dispatch, the meta-contextual elements, the massive cast, and the bloat that sometimes creeps up in Anderson's most recent films. We're also drinking Ommegang's Farm Fresh Ale, Honey Conditioned! Approximate timeline 0:00-10:00 Intro 10:00-16:00 Beer talk 16:00-end Asteroid City --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bloodandblackrum/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bloodandblackrum/support
Linnea and Emilia chat The French Dispatch (2021), a Wes Anderson anthology film, and break down the historical inaccuracies surrounding corsets and the Titanic's sinking.Got a question/comment/nickname suggestion for Linnea? Email brodyfestnotquest@gmail.com.-----------Special thanks to Brad Petering of TV Girl for our theme song. Listen to TV Girl on Spotify, and follow 'em on Instagram.And another big thank you to Nats for Brodyfest's Lemon Demon mashup outro! Follow her on Instagram.Follow Linnea and Emilia, too! If you want. You don't have to.
Concebida como un laborioso sistema de ficciones que encierran a otras, el undécimo largometraje de Wes Anderson es una suerte de punto focal a través del cual observar su cine en distintos niveles. En el filme no sólo está presente la noción de mundo cerrado, la articulación el concepto de familia y la idea de la pantalla como un crisol —todos, elementos que marcaron su trabajo hasta The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)— sino que además profundiza en algo que se manifestó tanto en The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) como en The French Dispatch (2021); la mirada hacia una era, el Siglo XX, que se deja definitivamente atrás; una mirada que se vuelca intensamente sobre instituciones en proceso de extinción de cara a la actual centuria: el hotel y la revista en papel como conceptos capaces de contener al mundo entero. Ambientada en la década del '50, Asteroid City (la película) es, en rigor, la transmisión televisiva de un reciente éxito de Broadway llamado Asteroid City, en el que una minúscula comunidad desértica es conmocionada por la entrega de unos premios escolares y un contacto extraterrestre que dejará a todos los premiados y sus familias en una breve cuarentena, en la que sus traumas y anhelos saldrán a la luz. Desde su mismo inicio el filme irá combinando la transmisión de TV y el mundo de Broadway (filmados en blanco y negro), con la obra de teatro, filmada con una brillante paleta de colores que recuerda evoca el technicolor, la publicidad y las revistas de esa bullante era de posguerra y prosperidad. El barroco entrecruce de "ficción" y "realidad" y de ficción dentro de la ficción es el vehículo perfecto para que Anderson se prodigue en tres líneas paralelas: - Un post mortem de la televisión como medio de masas. - Un homenaje al mundo del teatro y los intérpretes del "Método". - Un retrato del Estados Unidos imperial. Tres fantasmas de un momento que hoy nos parece lejano y del que hablamos y hablamos en este podcast.
Berkshire-based Concept Artist, Set Designer, and Art Director, Carl Sprague, has worked in the art departments of more than 40 films, which between them have a combined total of 35 Oscar nominations and multiple wins. He's worked with directors like Steve McQueen, Martin Scorcese, Damien Chazelle, and Stephen Spielberg. His theatre work includes set design and construction for many plays and ballets, and some opera. He's worked all over the world and on regional stage productions for the Berkshire Theatre Group, Oldcastle Theatre, Shakespeare & Co., the Albany/Berkshire Ballet and the American Repertory Ballet.His most recognizable work, to date, is likely found in his collaborations with Wes Anderson.Sprague was the Art Director of "The Royal Tenenbaums," and has held positions in the art departments of the punctilious and pretty Anderson films "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Isle of Dogs," "The French Dispatch," "Moonrise Kingdom," and "Asteroid City."A collection of work is on display in the new exhibition “Carl Sprague: Setting the Stage” at The Opalka Gallery on the Russell Sage Campus in Albany, New York through February 24.
Get the full episode (and 60 more premium bonus shows) NOW @ FilmBuds.Bandcamp.com! On this bonus episode of the Film Buds Podcast, Henry tackles the films of director Wes Anderson! This episode covers Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, The French Dispatch, and Asteroid City.Total Runtime: 2:32DONATE & SUBSCRIBE: FilmBuds.Bandcamp.comMEMBERSHIP: Patreon.com/FilmBudsFollow Film Buds:Film Buds on InstagramFilm Buds on TwitterFilm Buds on FacebookFilm Buds on Bandcamp (Bonus Shows & Donations)Send Us Suggestions/Questions/Comments: TheFilmBudsPodcast@gmail.comOur Other Podcasts:Music BudsFrankenFilmsElle DeWeese Photography:Instagram: @ElleDeWeesePhotographyLLCFacebook: @ElleDeWeesePhotographyLLCWebsite: Elle DeWeese Photography LLC
Jason & Ryan get erudite with Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch
On this episode, we conclude our director's spotlight for Michael Mann with his newly released film, FERRARI.
A Tacular comes but once a year, and what a year it has been. We've Taculared non festival films (Mank once or twice) and Cannes premieres (France and The French Dispatch), but never before has a trailer so solidified the need for a Tacular. And this Tacular comes to us all the way from the opening night of Berlin. Rebecca Miller's She Came to Me is the subject. Our many thought and some thoughts from our listeners is the meat of the thing. Enjoy the She Came to Me-Tacular! Thank you for another great year, and we'll see you in 2024! 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
On this episode, we continue our director's spotlight for Michael Mann with COLLATERAL. Starring Tom Cruise and Jaime Foxx.
On this episode, we continue our Michael Mann spotlight with his 1999 thriller about the investigative journalism that brought big tobacco down a peg: THE INSIDER.
On this episode, we continue our journey through comic book film with 2010's steampunk fantasy flick: JONAH HEX.
On this episode, we continue our spotlight on Michael Mann with what very well may be his greatest work ever: HEAT.
On this episode, we continue our director's spotlight on Michael Mann with his 1986 serial-killer-thriller: MANHUNTER.
On this episode, we begin a new Director's Spotlight. Our coverage of Michael Mann starts with THIEF, his 1981 heist-drama starring James Caan. The first in a set of 5 movies in anticipation of FERRARI.
On this episode we conclude our spotlight on David Fincher with his latest release, the Netflix original THE KILLER.
On this episode, we cover THE SOCIAL NETWORK, the true story of Mark Zuckerberg's rise to the top. 2 of 3 in our David Fincher spotlight.
On this episode we begin a brand new director's spotlight. David Fincher is our next subject, and in anticipation of his upcoming film we will watch FIGHT CLUB this week.
Comedian Gary Gulman on what it was like growing up awkward in the ‘80s. TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz takes us behind the scenes of Wes Anderson's 2021 film, “The French Dispatch.” And artist Steacy Easton makes the case for why country singer Tammy Wynette matters.
On this episode we conclude our fourth directors spotlight! Martin Scorsese's newest film KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON has hit the big screen and thus, our podcast as well.
On this episode, we conclude our coverage of the newly released short films from Wes Anderson. THE RAT CATCHER and POISON.
On this episode, we continue our first ever Director's Spotlight by covering Wes Anderson's latest short films. THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR and THE SWAN are the first 2 of the four we will cover, with the next two coming next episode.
On this episode, we conclude our TOP 100 FAVORITE MOVIES EVER. Only 10 remain for the each of us, our favorites of all time.
On this episode we knock out the penultimate installment in our TOP 100 FAVORITE MOVIES EVER. These flicks just missed the top 10. Some Nolan, some Wes, some superheroes, and so much more. Enjoy.
As a Wes Anderson double feature, Henry watches for aliens in Asteroid City then reads an old magazine with The French Dispatch plus he also talks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Harley Quinn - Season 1.Update: SUBSCRIBE NOW to our Bonus Podcast Profile on Bandcamp!!!0:00 - Intro: Our New Bandcamp Subscription (See Link Above)3:15 - Review: Asteroid City10:26 - Retro Review: The French Dispatch (2021)17:13 - Picks of the Week: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem + Harley Quinn - Season 119:49 - OutroSend Us Questions/Comments: TheFilmBudsPodcast@gmail.comFollow The Buds:The Film Buds on InstagramThe Film Buds on TwitterThe Film Buds on FacebookThe Film Buds on Bandcamp (Bonus Shows & Donations)Follow Us on Letterboxd:Henry: Henry's LetterboxdElle: Elle's LetterboxdOur Other Podcasts:The Music BudsFrankenFilmsElle DeWeese Photography:Instagram: @ElleDeWeesePhotographyFacebook: @ElleDeWeesePhotographyWebsite: Elle DeWeese Photography
This week Jake is talking Roman Polanski's film history and music connections -- and the two crimes that define his legacy. Plus, Jake responds to voicemails, texts, and DMs, and dives in to the greatest movies of the seventies. What are your top five 70s movies? Did you see Asteroid City or The French Dispatch? What are your favorite Wes Anderson films? Let Jake know at 617-906-6638 or on socials @disgracelandpod - and come join the Wrap Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Team Deakins speaks with actor Benicio del Toro (SICARIO, TRAFFIC, THE FRENCH DISPATCH). Benicio expresses his gratitude to the Stella Adler Studio for serving him as a bastion in which he weathered the storm of rejections he faced early in his career. We discuss the definition of heroes on screen and what it means to play them, and Benicio considers the different demands of acting in superhero films in comparison to more grounded projects. We walk down memory lane remembering working together on SICARIO. Towards the end, we reflect that no production is the same experience and not one was the experience we thought it would be. - This conversation was recorded on May 2, 2023. - This episode is sponsored by Falca & TrueCut Motion & Dallas Film Commission Instagram: @falcagram & @truecutmotion & @dallasfilmcommission
Framing devices, whip pans, Hollywood homages...oh my, it's a new Wes Anderson movie! See how this one stacks up, for the WA-superfans, the newly initiated, and those who are somewhere in between. Plus, a hotline question about memorable angles and camerawork in film.To leave a message for the hotline, email maximumfilm@maximumfun.org or visit maximumfun.org/hotline !What's GoodAlonso - Lingvano ASL courseDrea - StrawberriesDarren - Fake Rick Dalton Coverage on The Video ArchivesIfy - Juneteenth Mini FestITIDICPixar's ELEMENTAL Set a Box Office Record…Guillermo del Toro Wants to Focus on AnimationJon Hamm Was Supposed to Star in Gone GirlStaff PicksAlonso - The BlackeningDrea - A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceDarren - The Naked SpurIfy - The Truman ShowWith:Ify NwadiweDrea ClarkAlonso DuraldeDarren FranichProduced by Marissa FlaxbartSr. Producer Laura Swisher