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The Oscar for Best Picture is usually given to films that are epics or biographies. On the rare occasion maybe a western or a thriller. But it is extremely rare for a film that is sweet and somewhat small in scope.  But in 2021 there was a film that grabbed the attention of audiences, and film critics got on board as well. That film was Sian Heder's sweet movie about a young girl trying to find herself in a world outside of the confines of her parents and brother who happen to be deaf.  That film of course is CODA.  It's a movie that has a lot of heart and manipulates your heart ... but in a good way.  Do you think that it still deserves to still be regarded as the best of 2021?Listen to film critic Jack Ferdman's take on it as he analyzes everything about West Side Story, as well as many other films from that year, and hear which film he gives his Rewatch Oscar of 2021.Download, listen, and share ALL Rewatching  Oscar episodes.SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW Rewatching Oscar:Website: https://rewatchingoscar.buzzsprout.comApple Podcasts/iTunesSpotifyGoogle PodcastsiHeart RadioPodchaserPodcast AddictTuneInAlexaAmazon Overcasts Podcast Addict Player FMRSS Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1815964.rssWebsite: https://rewatchingoscar.buzzsprout.comSocial Media Links: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, BlueSkyShare your thoughts and suggestions with us through:Facebook Messanger or email us atjack@rewatchingoscar.com or jackferdman@gmail.comMusic by TurpacShow Producer: Jack FerdmanPodcast Logo Design: Jack FerdmanMovie (audio) trailer courtesy of MovieClips Classic TrailersMovie (audio) clips courtesy of YouTubeSupport us by downloading, sharing, and giving us a 5-star Rating.  It helps our podcast continue to reach many people and make it available to share more episodes with everyone.Send us a text

Welcome back to the Spun Today podcast where we weave creativity into the everyday fabric of our lives. In this episode for you comedy aficionados we'll dissect the success of stand-up specials like Akash Singh's "Gaslit" and Fahim Anwar's "House Money," examining the innovative ways these comics are delivering their content directly to fans, bypassing the traditional platforms. Then we're getting cinematic as we discuss the Oscar-winning film "Coda," exploring how the movie's heartwarming family dynamics, a passionate protagonist, and its small-town nostalgia may stir the storyteller within you. So whether you're into the art of storytelling, looking for some inspiration, or just need a good laugh, tune in as we unravel these threads on episode 257. The Spun Today Podcast is a Podcast that is anchored in Writing, but unlimited in scope.  Give it a whirl.    Time Stamps 00:00 - Start 05:33 - Akash discusses polarized and extreme political ideologies. 08:56 - Tony explores how Comics innovate by offering free YouTube specials. 12:32 - Tony suggests adding one promo ad before, during, after the special. 15:26 - Fahim Anwar's decides to leave behind an engineering career, for stand up comedy. 16:50 - Fahim speaks about being in relationships. 20:14 - The first Deaf actor wins Oscar for best supporting role. 22:15 - Josh Dubin is the Executive director of Perlmutter center for Legal justice. 25:16 - The protagonist of CODA is the only hearing member, translator in her family. 31:33 - In CODA the family starts successful business, but Ruby wants out. 34:33 - In CODA the family supports daughter's singing dream at audition. 38:39 - Promo for the Fire Breathing Kittens podcast.   Twitter: https://twitter.com/spuntoday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spuntoday/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spuntoday   Website: http://www.spuntoday.com/home Newsletter: http://www.spuntoday.com/subscribe   Links referenced in this episode: Akaash Singh - GASLIT (2024) Full Special https://youtu.be/p_HqJyq2SYU?si=KHL_RFId_Z7SDqmk   Fahim Anwar: House Money Extended Version FULL SPECIAL: https://youtu.be/lbQczAcZb_0?si=e2Fumi9e_-X3YPtI     CODA https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366460/fullcredits JRE episode with Josh Dubin & Sheldon Johnson: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3nsOv2Bl6OVvTcjUrJ1GUa?si=okU9cvVFSvKFcldj6Jv06A   Article about the murder charge: https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/08/sheldon-johnson-arrested-torso-new-york   FireBreathingKittens Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/firebreathing-kittens/id1459051634 https://www.youtube.com/@firebreathingkittenspodcas3139   Get your Podcast Started Today! https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=SPUN (Use Promo code SPUN and get up to 2-months of free service!)   Check out all the Spun Today Merch, and other ways to help support this show! https://www.spuntoday.com/support   Check out my Books Make Way for You – Tips for getting out of your own way FRACTAL – A Time Travel Tale Melted Cold – A Collection of Short Stories http://www.spuntoday.com/books/ (e-Book, Paperback & Hardcover are now available).   Fill out my Spun Today Questionnaire if you're passionate about your craft.  I'll share your insight and motivation on the Podcast: http://www.spuntoday.com/questionnaire/    Shop on Amazon using this link, to support the Podcast: http://www.amazon.com//ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?&tag=sputod0c-20&camp=216797&creative=446321&linkCode=ur1&adid=104DDN7SG8A2HXW52TFB&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spuntoday.com%2Fcontact%2F   Shop on iTunes using this link, to support the Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTop?genreId=38&id=27820&popId=42&uo=10   Shop at the Spun Today store for Mugs, T-Shirts and more: https://viralstyle.com/store/spuntoday/tonyortiz   Background Music: Autumn 2011 - Loxbeats & Melody - Roa   Outro Background Music: https://www.bensound.com   Spun Today Logo by: https://www.naveendhanalak.com/   Sound effects are credited to: http://www.freesfx.co.uk   Listen on: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Website   Download Transcript [00:00:00] What's up folks what's going on and welcome to the spun today podcast the only podcast that is anchored in writing but unlimited in scope I'm your host Tony Ortiz and I appreciate you listening this is episode at 257 of the sponsor a podcast and in this episode I speak about a couple of hilarious stand up comedy specials that I watched recently the first one being Akash sings Gaslit and the second one being Fahim Anwar's House Money. And I also speak about watching a little late to the game here, but watching the Oscar winning film in 2018, I believe, sorry, that's 2021, the Oscar winning film Coda. Stick around for all that good stuff. But first I wanted to tell you all about a way that you can help support this show. Your support absolutely means a ton and is definitely fuel for the fire that motivates me to continue to put out These episodes as well as [00:01:00] my writing content So if you can't support the spun today podcast, it is greatly appreciated Here is one way you can do just that and then we'll jump right into the episode comedian Akash Singh released his 2024 stand up comedy special gas lit two weeks ago as of the recording of this episode And it is already up to 1. 5 million views on YouTube. Absolutely. Round of applause. Amazing feedback on that comedy special Akash Singh. For those of you who don't know is a standup comic, obviously, but he's also one half of, or I actually shouldn't even say one half. He's a co host of the flagrant podcast alongside Andrew Schultz, Mark Gagnon, and Alex media. flagrant is a dope podcast. If you guys aren't familiar with it, definitely check it out. It's probably one of my [00:02:00] favorite podcasts. Not probably. It is one of my favorite podcasts. I would say probably second, maybe behind Rogan's, but I definitely appreciate all the laughs from it, as well as the different perspectives of Schultz, Akash, Mark, and Alex. And the rest of the crew over there on a flagrant. They all have their unique personality reflected within the questions that they ask guests, for example, while maintaining an awesome chemistry amongst all of them. And that is definitely dope to see. But yeah, Akash put out this latest comedy special on YouTube. I'll link to it in the episode notes for you guys to check it out. It's absolutely hilarious. He opened it up for, with a traditional Indian dance, which was cool. That was, that was definitely fun to watch. And cool to see, you know, whenever anybody's, you know, big enough, their, their culture, where they're from, their roots. And the special was just really funny, really good writing, precise writing, had some really good misdirects that makes you anticipate the punchline that much more. [00:03:00] Akash has a way of being really animated in my opinion, and maybe animated is not the right, the right term, but I can't think of a better one right now. But he's very , , cause you know, animated makes me think of more like Jim Carrey and physical humor, type of thing. And it's not that, but he's more spunky, lively. And I liked that about his comedy and that definitely shows within this set as well. He's recently ish married, I think a couple of years ago maybe. And if I'm not mistaken, he's in his thirties, mid to late thirties, I would say. So definitely within my generation or close to it, I'm 39, so I can definitely appreciate the, a lot of the content that he speaks of within his special related to marriage, starting to pay more attention to politics and culture as we do as we grow older and start becoming washed. Now, let me stop. I can definitely appreciate his more [00:04:00] centered type of view is more objective view on both sides. When it comes to politically, he was born and raised in Texas, grew up comedy wise in New York, and I believe still lives in New York. So his POV is definitely framed. I would imagine by those two experiences. And he has a large chunk in this special of liberals versus conservatives, which was definitely fun to watch. Like a cosign on a lot of it, if not all of it, in terms of him highlighting how I felt and feel about a lot of those topics. And he was essentially saying, and literally said, that us normal people, which is most of us in the middle, are just being gaslit by the fringes of both political parties. So we're being gaslit, meaning, you know, felt, psychologically felt, you know, made to feel crazy. essentially by the both extremes of each party of the Democratic party on the left [00:05:00] and the Republican party on the right. And it's from, for most of us in the middle, from a gut instinctual type of feeling, we look out to both of those sides. Like nah, you motherfuckers are the ones that are crazy. Not us. Like some shit just say isn't normal. It has a hilarious joke about Some people in Texas believe that they can catch gay, catch a gay as if it were like catching a cold or something like that. And he acts out this part of the bit where he's just groping his stomach and he's like, Oh shit, I feel terrible. Fuck. I got to sit down. I, fuck, I must've sat next to a homosexual in the subway or something, which again is meant to highlight that fringe, ultra conservative. thought process of some folks on the right. And then while, while staying on that gay theme, flipping it back to liberals on the left, who have, in my opinion, an equally crazy thought in [00:06:00] saying and thinking things like this piece of the bit where he says, liberals in New York just be like, Oh, you think cause a dude fucks another dude that means he's gay. It's like, yeah, motherfucker. That is the definition of gay. But he highlights these two, polar opposite, but equally crazy situations. And I appreciate shit like that. I appreciate honest comedy like that. He also had a bit about genders and saying how he looked it up at some point in time, I think pre pandemic. And there were 30 something genders. And then he looked it up two years later, post pandemic, and there were 72 genders, and as of, you know, the most recent count, there's 118 genders, and he goes off on this whole rant of saying that Essentially 72 or 118 or whatever of anything is too much. We should just pick a number and stick to it. It's not to, you know, he agrees, you know, you know, gender dysphoria and [00:07:00] different, you know, folks from different, from different paths in life or just wired differently that all exists. Okay. Agreed. He can concede that, but 118. Come on. And then when some of the crowd, , Ooh, they're not or whatever, he was like, all right, anyone who's offended, just name nine. He spoke a lot about family and being married and as comics do just men in general, even in just, just like ragging their wives a bit. And he was saying how dad jokes, like the term dad joke, which are just corny jokes exist. Because moms ruin the dads and take away, , them being funny, just with, , all the judgment and criticism constantly thrown their way. And he highlighted an important point, I thought, that all men really want in life is a vacation. And by vacation, what they mean is for the wife to go on a trip and give them some solitude. Hehehehe The last thing [00:08:00] I'll say is that the guys over at Flagrant are definitely innovators of just this whole comedy medium space,  Namely with Andrew Schultz being the first one or one of the first ones to really break the mold of comedians only chasing the large streaming platforms and platforms in general, like HBO's, Netflix. Comedy Central, Amazon, et cetera, to put out their specials. He was the one that really broke the mold and figured out how to put content out more for free in, in not just like the podcast, but actual standup comedy in the form of clips and on YouTube clips on social media to drive ticket sales, which is the bread and butter for most comedians, if not all. Well, most, and they definitely continue to innovate within that space in, [00:09:00] you know, putting out comedy specials on YouTube for free, monetizing through there to the point where many, many, many other comics, including Akash, for example, have followed suit with putting their specials out through YouTube and famously. And by famously, I mean here within the spun to the universe, as I, as I speak to the half a dozen of you listening to this. I inducted Andrew Schultz into the Spun Today Goats Doing Goat Shit list many episodes ago related to the last special that he put out where he wound up getting a deal with one of these platforms and then wound up putting up his own money to buy it back from them so that he can put it out himself. And I forget the platform it was that he used, but definitely look up the goats doing goat shit. Playlist of mine on YouTube and look search for the Andrew Schultz one. And he essentially put the special out on pay per view form [00:10:00] on demand for a couple of weeks, made his money back threefold, I believe it was, as he broke down on the pot one day. And then after the fact was able, you know, since he retained those rights, able to put it out. On YouTube again for free and able to monetize that way and had so much of a, an impact on the following that the next time around for his next special, I imagine all the large streamers are going to come back around, but with a much larger bag this time around and make it make sense for him to go on a Netflix or Amazon, et cetera. And I say all that to say that. This is the ecosystem that Akash is coming from, right? And a, an inch intricate part of, and they continue to innovate and something very innovative that I saw for the first time that I saw here in Akash is special was that the special had a podcast style [00:11:00] promo. It was presented by price picks, which is one of the sponsors of flagrant and other podcasts. Okay. but it's the first time that I've seen it seen a sponsored ad within a comedy special, which was very interesting to see. And again, innovative and I'm sure other podcasts or other comedians that put out their content themselves will follow suit. There are already when you put out your special on YouTube, the way that you monetize it, they're all ads. There are ads sprinkled throughout, but having a presented by. And an ad read essentially by the comedian himself is a whole another layer of monetization that they figured out and that Akash did with this special. And they were good in my set, in my opinion, in that by the time you realize it the first time that that's what it is, it's halfway through. So at first you're kind of , is this another bit? What's going on? Cause he's kind of still on stage, but you could tell something's [00:12:00] different. And he speaks about prize picks. They're , Oh shit, this is a promo ad. So it kind of takes you out of the comedy special a bit, but then it goes right back into it. Cause it's not a long, two minute promo. And he also made it funny. In that he had his mom in one of one of the drops and had his wife, I believe in one of the others. I do remember thinking though that it does, I think one is good. Obviously, you know, whoever's, you know, presenting and sponsoring are, they're going to want two or three or maybe even more for an hour long special. But I think more than one takes you more so out of the special, maybe in the beginning before it starts, maybe one mid roll and one at the end type of thing. So that, yeah. Aside from the interruptions that are already coming from the YouTube ads, adding this one more within the confines of the special itself makes more sense just in [00:13:00] terms of retention and stuff like that, I think. But again, that's just, that's just my opinion. Regardless of that, it was done tastefully. And more importantly, from a business standpoint, such a dope layer that they figured out. Of monetization to add to standup comedy specials that comedians put out themselves on YouTube. So hat off to Akash and team for figuring that out and again for putting out such a cool special Akash sings Gaslit. Available now on YouTube. A link to indie episode notes for folks to check out Faheem Anwar's House Money Standup comedy special. Fahim Anwar is a very funny comic. I first learned about Fahim through, I believe, Brian Redban. I always remember him referencing Fahim Anwar, mentioning him in passing. I just don't remember if it was the old Death Squad podcast or just like early [00:14:00] episodes of Rogan. But either way, I've always enjoyed him and his personality when I've heard him on Rogan, which he's been on a bunch of times. And other pods as well. Like you might be drunk, I'm sure Ari's podcast, the old podcast, skeptic tank he has since, by the way, for fellow Ari Shafir fans out there finally put out the, or started putting out the UB tripping episodes, his new pod, which is interestingly under the YMH studios umbrella, which is Tom Segura and Christina P's company under the. Serious slash stitcher deal that they did over there, which were also by the way, featured in the goats doing goat shit segments of the spun today pod. Again, check that playlist out on YouTube if you're interested. But yeah, I've always enjoyed Fahim's take on things. He was funny, interesting dude. That was an engineer for Boeing by trade and decided to leave that behind that stable, well paying. [00:15:00] Any parents from any walk of life would be proud of career behind and decided to be a stand up comic instead, which incidentally worked out for fans of Fahim such as myself, because we got to enjoy his content, but could have really went left. Yeah, I checked out his older special, which is also available for free on YouTube, as is this one. His older special is called Hattrick, which he filmed at. The Comedy Store. The world famous Comedy Store. Where, if I remember correctly, it's called Hat Trick because he edited together sets that he performed in all three of the Comedy Store rooms. The Belly Room, the O. R., and I forget what the other one is. The O. R. is the original room, the Belly Room. Whatever. And there's another room at the Comedy Store. And he filmed in all three rooms, edited it together and made that his hat trick special. Three rooms, hence the term hat trick. And then this [00:16:00] special, which is his latest, he put out two different versions of a tighter full version and then an extended cut version about two to three weeks ago, two weeks ago on one, three weeks ago on the other, and. It already has a close to 150, 000 views shout out to Fahim Anwar and his house money comedy special. A couple of really funny bits that I wanted to highlight was him speaking about relationships and he says that being in a relationship for most folks is the reason to be in the relationship or a reason to be in a relationship is so that you have someone to tell things to. That are not interesting enough to tell anyone else and slightly more interesting Than to keep it to yourself I thought that was a pretty funny distinction there also playing on [00:17:00] the whole relationship theme He says how as men We can't cry and express our emotions When we feel we want to We can't come when we want to, until at least the woman does. And our whole lives are all about just suppressing liquids. So that was pretty funny. He does a bit about different TV high school drama shows. If I remember correctly, he does them separately. Has, you know, jokes for each within them. But then, like, cross pollinates. The bit where he speaks about the Cobra Kai kids and the euphoria kids. And how funny it would be if one of the Cobra Kai kids transferred to the euphoria high school, and he just walks into an party where they did doing drugs and having an orgy or some shit. And one of the Cobra Kai kids is , Hey guys, what do you do? Karate around here? By the way, a Cobra Kai fan I've done. episodes and segments [00:18:00] of previous seasons of Cobra Kai. Euphoria, I've heard is dope, but I haven't seen it, but I know, you know, it's definitely a darker high school experience and drugs and sex. And it's where Zendaya popped off from, but that was just a funny concept. Oh, he does this hilarious bit, which I related to a bit about flying business class versus first class. And I've never flown first class, but I have flown business class a few times. And I have actually spoken about it here on the pod in the past. If you guys want to check out the India episodes, I think there's three, at least three, maybe even four or five episodes where I broke down my trips and especially the first one where it was my first experience of flying business class at that point. And I really broke down the nuances of like the differences between coach and. business class and just a cool shit that I experienced. So if you're interested, definitely check it out. But he's doing a similar thing within this bit for him and Juarez and based [00:19:00] comparing business class, the first class. And when you find business class, you're like, you know, you, you go in even from the airport experience, you go in and in a different line, it's usually emptier. You go straight through security is super seamless. The plane you could lay down in and you get these more gourmet ish type foods and all the snacks you want and liquor and drinks and in the bit he's describing that experience and then saying, how could first class be better than this? , what, what could be better than this? But, you know, it's such a big jump from coach to business. And in the bit, in the bit he says how he. opens the curtain from business class to first class just to peek in to see what the difference is and he said everyone's just like naked and fucking with fox masks on and then he goes back to his business class seat and continues eating his snacks and i just thought that was hilarious but it was a dope special i definitely recommend folks checking it out it is [00:20:00] available on youtube i will link to it in the episode notes And it is once again, Fahim Anwar's House Money. Check it out. CODA is the Academy Award winning film of 2021. Actually, let me correct that. It came out in 2021, but it won the award for the Academy Award, AKA Oscar for best motion picture of the year in 2022. Best performance by an actor in a supporting role. to Troy Katsur, who became the first deaf actor to win an Oscar, and also best adapted screenplay by writer Sian Heder. I hadn't watched the film until now, or until recently rather, but it was definitely a dope watch. Spoiler alert if you haven't seen it. Here is the official synopsis. As a CODA, which is the acronym for Child of Deaf Adult, Ruby is the only hearing person in her family. When [00:21:00] the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion of going to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents. And as we like to do here on the Spun Today podcast, because if we don't do it, who will? And like to shout out the writers, the writers of CODA were Sian Heder, I'm not sure if that's pronounced it. Sian Heder. Apologies, which was also the director also Victoria Bedos. And I'm definitely going to butcher this other one, which is Stanislas Carré de Malberg shout out to each and every one of the writers that put this film together. And a very quick aside. Okay. I probably want to circle back to the story in a later episode, but speaking of Coda, which made me think of this, Rogan had on his podcast in [00:22:00] early February episode, 2096, he had Josh Dubin on who has been on the podcast several times. Dope, dope, dope to listen to, to Josh Dubin and all he does. Working with the Innocence Project. He's the executive director of the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice. He works within this realm of criminal justice reform and helps get out wrongfully convicted or excessively convicted folks from prison. He's an attorney that's dedicated his time to that. And not all the times, but often when he goes on Rogan, he goes on with a specific guest that has been recently released to tell their story. And share their insights about prison and the criminal justice system and just shed light on this whole taboo usually topic. And the only reason why I'm mentioning this now is because he recently had or brought on a guest that also was a CODA, a child of [00:23:00] death adults by the name of Sheldon Johnson. Fast forward to a couple of weeks after the episode aired, My brother sends me an article where one Sheldon Johnson recently released from prison, not from, and they started the episode at the outset saying that he was definitely guilty for what he did which was assault, but they were able to commute his time because it was an excessive sentencing, if I remember correctly, which in this case, time showed that it definitely wasn't excessive for in this particular case, but. I'll circle back to that at a later date, but this dude, Sheldon Johnson comes out in this article with surveillance footage showing him coming in and out of an apartment with, or where he lived, I guess, with a wig on and different clothing and different disguises almost. He had a blonde wig on. This is a, you know, tall, skinny black dude with a bright yellow blonde wig.[00:24:00] In one surveillance photo, then different clothing in another surveillance photo, all within the span of like the same day and carrying different things. And it turns out this motherfucker had a torso, which he had been amputating in his apartment. And taking out body parts piece by piece. How fucking sick is that? Sorry, the whole CODA thing made me. Okay. Remember that but I definitely want to put a pin in that circle back to that story at a later date if you guys haven't Heard of it Till this point definitely check it out the episode. You can listen to the Rogan episode 2096 with Josh Dubin and Sheldon Johnson for reference and if I remember I'll link to the episode to the article Well, this is broken down In this episode, and if not in a future episode, when I break this down fully, cause I also want to circle back with the Rogan feedback after the, this news came out, et cetera. But now let's [00:25:00] shift gears back to the movie Coda. It was a beautiful story, very well written, very well told. It's full of a lot of heart, family at the center of it, sacrifice at the center of it. And it's this family that has, it's a family of four. You have the two parents, which are deaf, the oldest son, which is also deaf. And then the youngest daughter, which is not deaf. She's the only one that can hear and, and, and speak. And she's a senior in high school. So, you know, older teenager, but having this responsibility of, which has an immigrant kid I'm sure myself and I'm sure other folks can identify with being the, , translator for your family or for your, or your parents or older relatives or other relatives that don't speak English. Imagine that reality, but like on steroids because you're literally the interpreter, not just from language to language, but the interpreter of sound, if you [00:26:00] will. Like you're translating everything and anything. for your parents, for your brother, from doctor's visits to school, to parent teacher conferences, all from English to sign language, which has to add just a whole other layer of complexity to it. And it makes you realize it definitely made me realize in the movie, when they masterfully cut from just , you know, we're seeing and hearing what's going on in the movie, but at times it switches POV. To no sound so you can see how the character the other characters the three main characters of The father Frank Rossi played by Troy Katsura The son Leo Rossi played by Daniel Durant The mother Jackie Rossi played by Marlee Maitland how they feel and take in the space around them with silence It definitely made me appreciate of how much we take just our five senses for granted. But in this story, the main [00:27:00] character Ruby Rossi played by Amelia Jones is balancing that responsibility with just being a teenager and sometimes wanting to, you know, fuck off and go do something with your friends and dealing with bullies in school and pursuing her passions, which she stumbled upon singing And joining the school chorus. And in that chorus class, her professor, her teacher is better now, better not though. Via logos played by Eugenio Derbez. And he does an amazing job in the, in this film. He's an accomplished musician. He went to that Berkeley college of music that she wants to go to. And he's really her, he plays the mentor role. In the film. And that's from a story structure perspective, he's funny and inspiring and really pushes her to chase that passion, chase that dream of being a singer and getting into that school. And he tells her this dope line in the [00:28:00] film that supposedly David Bowie said about Bob Dylan. He said that Bob Dylan's voice is like sand and glue at the same time. And that there's a lot of people with pretty voices, but they don't have anything to say Versus Bob Dylan's for example, which is like a raspy sand deer sounding voice, but has so much to say And then he goes on in the movie to start start calling her bob instead of by her name And then ultimately tells her that her voice is not like sand That it is pretty but that it's also more like glue And she emotes having something to say, having a story to tell, which is obviously informed from her upbringing and being a CODA. The music in the film was really cool, especially all the choir practice moments. A lot of classics, really cool to listen to the cinematography throughout the movie was beautiful. It was really well shot and some parts of it, [00:29:00] wherever they filmed from reminded me of the Hudson Valley here in New York, where I've done a couple of bike marathons, which the season's about to kick off again. It's about that time. But just aesthetically, visually it looked similar, reminded me to, to that town. Cause as a lot, a lot of like scenic areas, But anyway, so Ruby and her family, Ruby, you know, from the perspective of Ruby, she's dealing with all of this. And the life is the day to day is essentially that the family has a fishing boat. They, the way they make money is, you know, they go out fishing every single day, wake up at three or four in the morning or something like that. Go out, fish, come back to the docks, sell the fish to the distributors that are there who are negotiating and low balling all the fishermen. And then they buy the fish from them and then, you know, sell and distribute from there on. And that's how the family makes its living. And it's all of them. It's The father, the father, the [00:30:00] brother, and Coda. And then from there, she , rides her bike, goes to school, and, you know, falls asleep in school often. Kids tease her saying that she smells fish. She's dealing with the dynamics of, you know, again, in every situation, having to be the one to look after her family, her father, her older brother. that can't hear. You know, legally having someone on the boat that can hear for when the coast guard reaches out or for any updates on weather and stuff like that. It's essential slash mandatory and also negotiating for the father and brother for the fish that they all call it. And hearing and listening around to the other, other fishermen that are selling their fish, for example, for a higher price. And then they try to low ball the deaf crew cause they can't hear. And then her having to stick up for them and just dealing with all this type of shit, right? All this extra stuff because of the fact that she's a quota. And that's the day to day [00:31:00] dynamic. And then the older brother kind of feels like, you know, it's my job to be, you know, to be this for our family. You're not supposed to do is, you know, go to school. You like singing, pursue the singing shit, leave this to me, you know, and he feels kind of like being babied along. Cause you know, his kid sister has to look out for them in these kinds of ways. And then she, they get into an argument and she's telling him, she's like, yeah, but how are you going to, how are you going to deal with the selling and the other people and stuff like that. And the brother makes a salient point. He's, he's like, let them figure out how the fuck to deal with deaf people, not us figure out how to deal with them. And ultimately they decide to, as a family, start their own distribution because they're being undercut so much by the folks purchasing their fish and business starts picking up, they're doing really, really well. But then at that point she wants to exit and, you know, the brother's coming into his own. The father, the mother is helping with the, with the business now. And she wants the exam and really pursue the singing thing. But the family's like, how the [00:32:00] fuck, you know, can you do that now? Especially at this time when we're literally just pivoting, put all of our eggs in this one basket of starting this business. And it's actually doing well. , why would you want to leave? And, you know, the fact that they also need someone there that, that can literally hear. And then on the flip side, she's being pushed by her mentor. She's the course teacher to, to definitely pursue this. Ultimately, she decides not to and she has this talent show at school that the family goes to where she sings and stuff like that. But she kind of in her head, she has resigned to the fact that this is going to be her last hurrah in terms of singing and putting on this, this, this show for all the families that came to watch the You know, the senior class course, and this was one of those scenes that were really great in that, you know, she was able to sing and perform, but just from a storytelling perspective, how they did that POV shift and, you know, the, the, the parents are there and they can see all the people around, you know, clapping and giving standing ovations and stuff like that, but they can't hear anything [00:33:00] then us as the audience watching the film. This town goes silent and we see them on stage dancing and smiling and singing, but we don't hear anything and shows just from their perspective, the family perspective, how they're taking in this experience. And Ruby sings this song that she's been practicing with her love interest throughout the film leading up to this moment, which is you're all I need to get by. Shout out to the Method Man and Mary J. Blige version, though. And, you know, she sings it. Everything goes great. And the song throughout has this, has one meaning, you know, in the whole, you know, love interest application event, if you will. And then when she gets home, the dad stays outside in the yard. He's looking up at the stars and he, he, she stays. And he asks her to sing the song for him and he puts his hands by [00:34:00] her throat, by her vocal cord and moments like this, like with dads and just like father, son stuff, or even father, daughter, daughter stuff, chokes me up almost instantly, even now, just rethinking about the moment. But it's such a touching moment between them. And he asks her to sing it for him. And he's feeling her voice as she sings it. And in that moment, that's the same exact song, same exact lyrics takes on such a different meaning. And it's so applicable to their relationship, the father, daughter, and family dynamic relationship. That was such a dope creative choice. I thought in the telling of this story. Then from there, the father pretty much pushes her now to pursue her singing dream. And there's this audition at the Berklee College of Music that they have to race to, to make the next day when the father makes this decision. And they all go as a family and it's a [00:35:00] private audition. So the family can't go in, they can't see her perform. So they're standing outside. She's a little bit late. So the person, and you know, didn't bring sheet music or anything like that for the person that's there to play the piano for her to sing in front of the folks that ultimately decide if she makes it into the school or not. So she's a little bit lost cause the song that she's been practicing for that audition. Now the person doesn't know the music and you know, she's kind of stuck, but The mentor, the choir teacher walks in in that moment, being an alumni of the school and offers and asks if he can play for her, cause he knows the song, they all agree. And then she goes on to start, she starts off pretty flat. He pretends that he fucks up on the piano and apologizes and asks if he could restart just so she has a minute to compose herself. And then around this time, the family, which is waiting in the hallway, sees a different entrance for the [00:36:00] balcony of the theater. And they sneak into it and go up just so they can watch her perform. You know, it's completely empty. There's three judges sitting in center orchestra and watching her on stage. And then the mentor playing the piano, they sneak into the crowd. She sees them and lights up. Begins to sing her ass off. And then in remembering that, obviously they can't hear her begins to sign the song as well, which wasn't like the hoity toity, you know, proper way to audition. But in that moment, she was like, fuck it. I'm doing this for the fam. And this is me take it or leave it. And ultimately they wound up taking her because she had that unique Story to tell. But yeah, it was a really good, really dope movie. Really enjoyed it. I'm sure you folks have, if you've seen it already, and if not, definitely check it out. And one last thing that I saw a [00:37:00] meme of online, which really made me think, and I could just Google it to see if there's an answer out there, but I haven't. So instead I'm going to ask it and pose it to you folks just for some food for thought. Which is, what language do people that are deaf think in? Interesting, right? If you're born, you've never heard anything. We form our thoughts around the language or languages that we speak. If you're born deaf, what do you think in? But yeah, that aside, definitely a film that is worth a watch. And I highly recommend it. CODA, check it out. And that folks was episode 257 of the spun today podcast. Thank you very much for rocking out with me. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Maybe even learned something, maybe took some morsels of entertainment from it. I really, really appreciate each and every one of you that take the time to listen before I let you go though. I wanted to tell you guys about a really cool podcast that you should [00:38:00] check out. It's the Fire Breathing Kittens podcast. Fire Breathing Kittens is an actual play one shot podcast that plays various tabletop role playing games with a season long plot because there's a beginning and an end to each week story. You can start at any episode. Every week has a different combination of four from the same rotating cast group of people. Join Fire Breathing Kittens as they solve detective mysteries, attempt comedic banter, and enjoy friendship. And you can check out the Fire Breathing Kittens podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, on YouTube, or wherever it is that you get your shows. I'll add a couple of links to the episode description of this podcast episode. And last but certainly not least, I wanted to tell you guys about a few different ways you can help support the sponsored a podcast. If you so choose, [00:39:00] as I said before, as I've said in the past, and as I will absolutely say again, in the future, I appreciate each and every one of you for listening. It's definitely motivating for me and means a lot that folks out there get some sort of benefit or appreciation from me putting out these episodes. If you'd like to support the sponsor a podcast, here are a few different ways that you can do just that. And then I'll check you all out next time. Peace.

For this cycle's "Mise-Unseen" entry, Madeline, Emilio and Julian finally pony up for Apple TV Plus subscriptions and see 'CODA', Sian Heder's 2021 Best Picture winning film.  Like the Joni Mitchell classic at the heart of this film, the trio can't help but see both triumphantly good and puzzlingly frustrating aspects to 'CODA'.  For all the powerful and winning scenes with the Rossi family (that scene on the pickup truck!), there are clunky and shallow ones with most every other peripheral character.  For all the great ways this film centers and empowers its deaf actors and main characters, it also short changes the viewer with an overly predictable narrative.  And this group of musicians can't help but weigh in on the music plot line.  From up and down, and still somehow, there is genuine appreciation for this film, but not without some nits to pick.    For those who are deaf or hearing impaired, a full written transcript for this episode can be found on this episode's Buzzsprout link!https://www.buzzsprout.com/2269866/14621363And If you enjoy our podcast, please consider writing us a positive review on your podcast platform of choice.  It really helps us be shared and enjoyed by others!Follow us on IG and Tik Tok! @sleeplesscinematicpodSend us an email at sleeplesscinematicpod@gmail.com!On Letterboxd?  Follow Julian @julian_barthold and Madeline @patronessofcats

Random movie 2 on our list of Best Picture Oscar winners was Coda, released in 2021, and directed by Sian Heder, it is a drama that dives into the life of Ruby, a hearing daughter in a deaf family, played by Emilia Jones, who discovers her passion for singing. Alongside Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur, who deliver compelling performances as her parents, the film explores themes of family, ambition, and the bridge between two worlds. Will Ruby's dreams harmonize with her family's expectations, or will she have to choose one world over the other? Listen on and find out. Follow, rate, and review our podcast on all audio platforms here: https://linktr.ee/15krandommoviereviews Follow us on Tiktok to see our favourite (and least favourite) scenes: https://www.tiktok.com/@15krandommoviereviews We are Colin and Niall, two movie enthusiasts from Ireland who wanted to take a different approach to movie watching and reviewing. So we came up with the idea to randomly choose a movie from Metacritic's all time movie list (which at the time of starting our podcast was over 15,000 movies, hence the title!). We take pleasure in bad movies as well as good! We hope you enjoy our podcast and follow us on your favourite podcast platform (or Youtube). Follow, rate, and review our podcast on all audio platforms here: https://linktr.ee/15krandommoviereviews Follow us on Tiktok to see our favourite (and least favourite) scenes: https://www.tiktok.com/@15krandommoviereviews See all our review ratings for all our movies in all our episodes in spreadsheet form! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BLin0MnPslu13i003F9PE9c6CBOCs4RQfWcblt65PhI/edit?usp=sharing --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/15krandommoviereviews/message

This week, host June Thomas talks to Sian Heder, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film CODA and now works on the Apple TV Plus series Little America, which tells stories that are based on real immigrant experiences. In the interview, Sian discusses the success of CODA and shares what it was like to win an Oscar. Then she digs into her work on Little America and discusses the challenges and joys of telling other people's stories.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Sian talks about growing up with a Welsh mother and a Hungarian father and explains how her upbringing informs her work.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.   Podcast production by Cameron Drews and Kevin Bendis. __ Make an impact this Women's History Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to Sian Heder, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film CODA and now works on the Apple TV Plus series Little America, which tells stories that are based on real immigrant experiences. In the interview, Sian discusses the success of CODA and shares what it was like to win an Oscar. Then she digs into her work on Little America and discusses the challenges and joys of telling other people's stories.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Sian talks about growing up with a Welsh mother and a Hungarian father and explains how her upbringing informs her work.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.   Podcast production by Cameron Drews and Kevin Bendis. __ Make an impact this Women's History Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to Sian Heder, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film CODA and now works on the Apple TV Plus series Little America, which tells stories that are based on real immigrant experiences. In the interview, Sian discusses the success of CODA and shares what it was like to win an Oscar. Then she digs into her work on Little America and discusses the challenges and joys of telling other people's stories.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Sian talks about growing up with a Welsh mother and a Hungarian father and explains how her upbringing informs her work.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.   Podcast production by Cameron Drews and Kevin Bendis. __ Make an impact this Women's History Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, host June Thomas talks to Sian Heder, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film CODA and now works on the Apple TV Plus series Little America, which tells stories that are based on real immigrant experiences. In the interview, Sian discusses the success of CODA and shares what it was like to win an Oscar. Then she digs into her work on Little America and discusses the challenges and joys of telling other people's stories.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Sian talks about growing up with a Welsh mother and a Hungarian father and explains how her upbringing informs her work.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.   Podcast production by Cameron Drews and Kevin Bendis. __ Make an impact this Women's History Month by helping Macy's on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A spicy episode this week as we argue about the merits of the most recent Best Picture winner, Sian Heder's CODA. It's ranked number 59 on our countdown of the best Best Picture Academy Award winners. For more information on the countdown we're using, check out our Description or give a listen to our Trailer. Segments by timestamp: 0:00 - Introduction 3:16 - The other nominees 35:36 - Discussion of CODA 1:18:00 - What's next and conclusion

This week's episode is pretty special, most of the time when my guests choose a film or a tv show, it's picked because they enjoy it or they've been wanting to check it out. My friend that is on here this week is actually a CODA, Child of Deaf Adults, her sister is also deaf, so this film was a lot closer to her than others we've done. The film was released in August of 2021 and is available to stream on Apple TV+, Apple bought the distribution rights for a record (at the time) $25 million after premiering at Sundance. It went on to win Best Motion Picture of the Year (the first movie produced by a streaming service to win Best Picture), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Troy Kotsur became the first deaf actor to win an Oscar), and Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. The film was written and directed by Sian Heder (it was adapted from the French-Belgium film La Famille Bélier that was written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Éric Lartigau, and Thomas Bidegain, and was directed by Éric Lartigau) and stars Marlee Matlin (first deaf actress to win Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God), Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, and Eugenio Derbez. I highly recommend checking the film out, it was very well deserving of winning Best Picture. CODA Cocktail (https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/things-to-do/best-picture-nominee-cocktails-at-fannys): Ingredients 2 squirts saline tincture (5% salt:filtered water) 1 tsp Mommenpop Seville Orange 1 tsp Benedictine 1/4 oz Varnelli Caffé Moka 1/2 oz Giffard Banane du Bresil 1 1/2 oz Fortaleza Tequila Blanco Drinking Game (drinkwhen.ca): Anyone says “Ruby” Anyone sings A song begins You see fish The family bickers As always, drink responsibly. Follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @Line_Drunk, follow/subscribe on your favorite streaming platforms, tell your friends about the podcast, and check out linedrunk.wordpress.com and patreon.com/linedrunk for bonus episodes. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/linedrunk/support

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 94: CODA (2021) Released 28 December 2022 For this episode, we watched the 2021 Best Picture winner CODA, written and directed by Sian Heder. It's a remake of the French film La Famille Belier and the stars are Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant and Troy Kotsur who won Best Supporting Actor and Heder also won for the screenplay. With this film, we're going to press pause on the podcast, but we do have a few ideas about other things we might want to do, so watch this space… https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Life-Hanya-Yanagihara/dp/1447294815 BEST PICK – the book is out now from all the usual places, including… From the publisher https://tinyurl.com/best-pick-book-rowman UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3zFNATI US Amazon https://www.amzn.com/1538163101 UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781538163108 US bookstore https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-pick-john-dorney/1139956434 Audio book https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Best-Pick-Audiobook/B09SBMX1V4 To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky. You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new episode is released. Just follow this link: http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n. If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as £2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people who have already done that. Alex Frith, Alex Wilson, Alison Sandy, Amanda Grey, Andrew Jex, Andrew Straw, Ann Blake, Anna Barker, Anna Coombs, Anna Elizabeth Rawles, Anna Joerschke, Annmarie Gray, Anthea Murray, Ben Squires, Carlos Cajilig, Caroline Moyes Matheou, Cathal McGuire, Catherine Jewkes, Charlotte, Charlotte M, Craig Boutlis, Daina Aspin, Dave Kloc, David Gillespie, Della, Drew Milloy, Drogo Danderfluff, Elis Bebb, Elizabeth McClees, Esther de Lange, Evelyne Oechslin, Fiona, Flora, frieMo, Gavin Brown, Helen Cousins, Helle Rasmussen, Henry Bushell, Jane Coulson, Joel Aarons, Jonquil Coy, Joy Wilkinson, Judi Cox, Julie Dirksen, Kate Butler, Kath, Katy Espie, Kurt Scillitoe, Lawson Howling, Lewis Owen, Linda Lengle, Lisa Gillespie, Lucinda Baron von Parker, Mary Traynor, Matheus Mocelin Carvalho, Matt Price, Michael Walker, Mike Evans, Pat O'Shea, Peter, Rebecca O'Dwyer, Richard Ewart, Robert Heath, Robert Orzalli, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott, Sharon Colley, Simon Ash, Sladjana Ivanis, Tim Gowen, Tom Stockton, Wayne Wilcox, Zarah Daniel.

In this episode, Tim, Ian, and Aaron discuss the 2021 film “CODA”, from director Sian Heder. Music by Elijah Delgado and Aaron Negron Art by Tyler Berryhill Produced by Parker Berryhill

Do you need to raise money for your film? Maybe you 're looking to attract a production company to your pilot or film script?  In this episode Leslie speaks with Literary Agent and Producer John Beach about how to develop projects and what stands out when he's looking for a scriptJohn has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years – starting as a literary agent at Paradigm and later with ACME Talent & Literary, where he was instrumental in the sale of Oliver Stone's WORLD TRADE CENTER w/ Nicolas Cage and YOUTH IN REVOLT w/ Michael Cera. After ACME, John and 2 producers created Fortress Features, where he aided in the raise of Fortress' development fund. As the Director of Development, John sought out property for Fortress to acquire and develop into rich film/television projects. In 2011, John opened the Angeles office of INDYCAR where he invited and managed celebrities (Dan Aykroyd, Howie Mandel and Gladys Knight to name a few) at INDYCAR events and races. Mostly, John produced Branded Integrations for TV shows like MYTHBUSTERS, LET'S MAKE A DEAL, HOW IT'S MADE and many others.In 2015, after surviving cancer, John started Gravity Squared Entertainment, a Los Angeles based management/production company. Gravity Squared has over 170 books/treatment/scripts under management, many being Pulitzer Prize winners and New York Times bestsellers. They currently have over 25 projects in various stages of development/production - including: sold and developed a Primetime TV Sitcom to ABC based on a Chicago comedienne's life; developing and producing a project with Mosaic & Legendary Pictures with Will Ferrell starring and Adam McKay producing; optioned a book to DreamWorks Animation TV about a unicorn being raised by narwhal, which is in production at Netflix; and they just optioned Judith Heumann's memoir, BEING HEUMANN to AppleTV+, which they will produce with David Permut and the Academy Award winning writer/director of CODA, Sian Heder, at the helm.

In this tenth and final episode of the Stanford d.school spotlight; Sam Seidel hustles up valuable guiding principles for building a network - people - practice template for creation. A clear recipe, with enlightening examples, of people who have been successful with via more ‘alternate' means, with side hustles becoming front and centre! Sam is an author of the illustrated dschool guide Creative Hustle.What is a side hustle and why are they becoming so common? How might we extract the most value and fulfilment from a side hustle? Is there a recipe, template, or examples to follow to enable a hustle of creation?ABOUT CREATIVE HUSTLESam Seidel is a human. a friend. a son. a brother. an uncle. a husband. an education nerd. a hip-hop nerd. a writer. a designer. a collaborator. sam co-directs the K12 Lab at the Stanford d.school, teaches, reads and writes books, speaks publicly, consults with foundations and organisations, builds crossword puzzles, and is a recovering sneaker fiend.A vibrant, illustrated guide to blazing a unique and fulfilling creative path, from the Stanford d.school.Humans have always been creative hustlers—problem solvers who seek to live beyond the limits suggested by society. Yet we live in a world where the place you were born, the amount of money you have, and the level of melanin in your skin indicate the precise path you are expected to follow. Too many of us silence our creativity and let our hustle calcify as we settle for the roles assigned to us.Now Olatunde Sobomehin and sam seidel, co-teachers of the Creative Hustle course at Stanford University, help you identify and navigate your own creative path that leads from your gifts—your unique combination of skills—to your goals, where you make a living doing things that matter.You'll learn about other creative hustlers, like Bryant Terry, who merged his passions for social justice and African American cuisine to become an award-winning eco-chef and cookbook author; Sian Heder, who used her desire to deeply understand herself and others to make award-winning films that add to the cultural conversation; and author/TV host Ayesha Curry, who aligns her professional and personal decisions with her core values. Taking inspiration and lessons from these creative problem-solvers and using activities from the Creative Hustle course, you will begin to see and shape your own path—and follow it to the fulfillment of your goals.Hosted by The Learning Future's very own Louka Parry, indulge your cortex in some modern thinking at the forefront of educational design with our amazing guest.Transcription upon request - e-mail hello@thelearningfuture.com

Does anyone really care if a movie wins an Academy Award for Best Picture anymore? Well, Jason Furie and Adam Roth figured the winner has to be at least a half-decent movie right? With that theory in mind, they check out last year's winner CODA (2021), which stands for Child of Deaf Adults,  about a young woman who is the only hearing person in her family. Simply put...this movie deserves any award that comes its way.Visit Website | Join Newsletter | Support | Facebook | Instagram

It's hard to argue with the fact that CODA is a heartwarming and inclusive film about a family of fishers. Sian Heder's cast of legitimately deaf actors (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Daniel Durant) gel well with the only hearing member of their family (Emelia Jones). As for Heder's story, it's a well-worn one about strife between people who truly love each other, despite the disputes. You also can't argue with the fact that the critics liked CODA. It's nice and it's safe. But that's the problem. When a movie wins the Oscar for Best Picture, it really should be a lot more remarkable than this is. It's not even the best picture in recent years about this subject. Sound Of Metal and the short documentary Audible are just plain better. So while you can't hate CODA, we failed to see why so many loved it as much as they did. Anyway, fire up our 447th Ellises' Analysis to hear us grade a nice movie on a steep curve, but order a batch of Sparkplug Coffee too. They'll give you a 20% discount if you plug in our promo code ("top100project"). Oh, and tweet us (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis) while also taking a gander at Ryan's sports film podcast (Scoring At The Movies).

In this episode of INCOGNITO the podcast, we speak with Willa Taylor! Willa has a fascinating background and is currently the Walter Director of Education and Engagement at The Goodman Theatre where she has developed many exciting new programs such as InterGens, the August Wilson Youth Intensive, and Stage Chemistry. She is an adjunct faculty member at DePaul University and is recognized nationally as a storyteller and workshop facilitator on a number of theatrical and educational topics. Willa and I discuss both her successful and challenging experiences as a theater educator, the complexities in showing up as your full self, and the transformative power of stories. Suggested tools: -Find ways to interrupt the assumptions -Sometimes you have to get out of the way of the mutual benefits of an alliance -Create a safe space to talk -Share stories and allow yourself to be changed by them -Show up for others, not asking anything of them -Finding and bringing your authentic self to different spaces is a work in progress -Ask what is needed -Share a meal; food can allow space for sharing culture and stories with people different from you Willa's Media Recommendations: Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by Bell Hooks (Book) Coda by Sian Heder, 2021 (Movie) West Side Story adapted by Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg, 2021 (Movie) How to Catch Creation by Christina Anderson (Play) __ Thanks to Ned Doheny for providing our podcast music! You can find him and his music on Spotify. Editing and co-production of this podcast by Farrah Sklar. Email info@incognitotheplay.com with questions or comments about the show!

The film CODA, written and directed by Sian Heder, was released at the Sundance film festival in 2021, and was purchased for distribution by Apple TV. The movie is set on the coast of Massachusetts, and tells the story of Ruby, a 17 year old high school student who is the only hearing member of her family; her mother, father, and brother are all deaf. Ruby spends her mornings helping with the family business, fishing, but longs for a time when she can escape to follow her passion, singing.The film stars Emilia Jones as Ruby, Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur as her parents Jackie and Frank, Daniel Durant as Leo, Ruby's brother, and Eugenio Derbez as the choir director Mr. V.CODA won numerous awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kostur, and Best adapted screenplay.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We have a really special one for you this week! We are discussing CODA (2021), directed by Sian Heder and have a very special guest - Troy Kotsur who played Frank Rossi in the film. Troy won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance in the film, and made history as the first ever deaf actor to win an Oscar. CODA also stars Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant.The film follows Ruby, a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), who is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby is torn between pursuing her passion of singing at college and her fear of abandoning her parents.In this episode we discuss deaf culture, accessibility in film and Troy's aspirations of directing.CODA is available to watch on Apple TV.Next week we are chatting about the indie comedy classic What We Do In The Shadows (2014) written, directed by and starring Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement. What We Do In The Shadows is available to watch on Amazon Prime.Episode transcript available here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us this week as we chat about the Oscar, BAFTA and SAG winning film CODA (2021), directed by Sian Heder. We are also so excited to be joined in the main episode by Troy Kotsur who won the Best Support Actor Academy Award for his performance in the film.Premise: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.CODA is available to watch on Apple TV.Episode transcript available here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are chatting about the Oscar and BAFTA winning documentary Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) directed by Ahmir ‘Questlove' Thompson.During the same summer as Woodstock, a different music festival took place 100 miles away. More than 300,000 people attended the summer concert series known as the Harlem Cultural Festival. It was filmed, but after that summer, the footage sat in a basement for 50 years. Only now has that footage been shown to the world.In this episode we discuss the erasure of history, how the unseen footage came to be found and how the performances brought up different subject matters.Summer of Soul (2021) is available to watch on Disney +.Next week we'll be looking at the Oscar winning film CODA (2021), directed by Sian Heder. We will also be joined by Troy Kotsur, who won Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards for his performance in this film. CODA is available to watch on Apple TV.Transcript available here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Editor - Geraud Brisson CODA editor, Geraud Brisson wasn't completely unprepared when he took on the challenge of cutting a movie where forty percent of the dialogue is delivered in American Sign Language (ASL).  In 2018 he edited a series called THIS CLOSE whose creators and stars were deaf.  But it was another series he worked on, LITTLE AMERICA, that would have the biggest impact on him becoming the editor for CODA.  While working on that series, Geraud would meet CODA director Sian Heder and discuss her ideas for the indie coming-of-age story she was adapting from the French film, La Famille Bélier. CODA tells the story of a seventeen-year-old girl named Ruby (Emila Jones) who is the only hearing member of a deaf family from Gloucester, Massachusetts.  Ruby works mornings before school to help her parents (Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur) and brother (Daniel Durant) keep their fishing business afloat.  But in joining her high school's choir club, Ruby finds herself drawn to both her duet partner and her latent passion for singing. Editing CODA In our discussion with CODA editor, Geraud Brisson we talk about: When to introduce subtitles into editorial Why you still need to lav mic actors who are speaking with ASL How dialogue delivered as ASL affects shot choices and cut durations What silence sounds like Why the best directors are also the best knitters The Credits Get your free 100GB of media transfer at MASV Visit ExtremeMusic for all your production audio needs See which model of Avid Media Composer is right for you Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube

¿Hasta qué punto afectan los premios a la percepción de una película? Hoy hablamos de CODA, la cinta ganadora del Oscar a Mejor Película de 2022 dirigida por Sian Heder.

"If I were blind would you want to pain?" CODA (2021) directed by Sian Heder and starring Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant and Eugenio Derbez. Next Time: Bicycle Thieves (1948)

On part 2 of the High School Slumber Party AP discussion on CODA co-hosts Brian Rodriguez and Aislinn Addington chat all about the Best Picture winning film. Brian and Aislinn discuss the inclusivity and impact of the deaf cast including Oscar winners Troy Kostur and Marlee Matlin, the amazing performance of Emilia Jones as well as the direction and writing of Sian Heder. If you missed part 1, don't forget to check out the wonderful interview with Rian Gayle wherever you get your podcasts or at the link here.

Brenna and Joe are late to the (Oscar) party, but we're finally checking out Sian Heder's delightful film CODA (2021).Yes, we recorded this episode before CODA won several significant Oscars, but the conversation about why the feel good film featuring multiple underrepresented actors from the deaf community wound up resonating with audiences. We celebrate Troy Kotsur's performance, Brenna wants more of Daniel Durant's Leo and Joe just wants more of the family (despite appreciating Emilia Jones and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo having great chemistry, we've seen this story before).Plus: why populist isn't bad, comparisons to the French original and how Oscar splitting works.Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod:Brenna: @brennacgrayJoe: @bstolemyremoteHave something longer to say or a comment about banned book club? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com or tweet us your responses before the following deadlines:April 19: George (or Melissa) by Alex GinoMay 19: Go Ask Alice by Anonymous See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

yeah sure, CODA (2021).

Honestly, we couldn't have timed talking about this movie any better AND we're so lucky to be able to talk about historic Oscar seasons back to back! Tune in to hear what we thought about CODA and the oscars season in general. https://www.podpage.com/femme-noir/ instagram/tiktok: @femmenoirpodcast email: femmenoirsv@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femmenoir/support

Még szeptemberben beszéltünk Sian Heder filmjéről, amely most a legjobb film, legjobb adaptált forgatókönyv és a legjobb férfi mellékszereplő Oscarját is megkapta.

Alberto Mielgo ha hecho historia con su Óscar al mejor cortometraje de animación por El limpiaparabrisas, el primero para España en una categoría de animación. CODA, de Sian Heder, una emotiva película sobre una familia sorda y la comunicación intergeneracional, es la gran triunfadora de los galardones al lograr el Óscar a la mejor película. Jessica Chastain (Los ojos de Tammy Faye) y Will Smith (El método Williams) ganan los premios de interpretación, en una gala que estuvo marcada por la agresión que Will Smith propinó a Chris Rock tras una broma del cómico sobre la mujer del actor. Escuchar audio

This Sunday, the beleaguered Oscars will hold their 94th Academy Awards ceremony. I will be attending, as I have for the last several years. I get my one ticket that is usually on the highest tier. I put on a fancy dress. I drive myself to the ceremony, park in the garage, and take the escalator to the Dolby Theater, which is located in the same mall as the Mann's Chinese, where I used to visit as a kid to look at the footprints and handprints of all of the stars.I love going to the Oscars, even if the only people I have to talk to are the wait staff and bartenders. Each floor has two full bars outside each of the tiers of the theater. You are allowed to go in and out of the theater as long as you do it during the commercial breaks. One of the most thrilling things about attending the live show is listening to the waves of applause that ripple through the room when an award is announced, or a film clip is shown. It looks very different on TV than it does live. I am usually way way up in the nosebleeds so I can't see much of what is going on unless I look at the flat screens provided for us. I can go out and have a drink and watch the show on the TV monitor. Then you can see it better. But it is still fun to go. I feel really lucky to be invited every year as a member of the press.How did I ever get here?I have been blogging about the Oscars for 22 years. It never occurred to me in all of that time that the Oscars could go extinct. Now I think there is a good chance they probably will. Sooner rather than later. The Oscars, like the Democratic Party, have created a fantasy world for themselves, an insulated, isolated utopia. It plays out in everything they do. They believe they solved the problem of racism that erupted in 2020 with Biden's directive, and by forcing everyone who wasn't a willing participant, across the country and in every institution to go along with their “antiracism” policies. They are now trying to make sure this ideology is taught in schools because it isn't some obscure scripture studied in law school. It is the entire world view of the Left, and that includes the Oscars.I used to be a true believer. Back when Critical Theory in race and gender was being taught at my daughter's high school, I was spending my days on my website advocating for people of color and women to be nominated and to win. I was like every social justice scold you see on Twitter now. I believed I was doing the right thing. I believed that there was no purpose to the Oscars if they couldn't change their history of awarding all white men all of the time. My perspective would start to shift in the last few years as I watched the accusations of racism and the push for equity to be ultimately detrimental to the goal of what the Oscars are supposed to be about. It isn't that I still don't feel that the awards should be open to everyone, not just white men, it's that I can't go along with using the awards as a way to pat ourselves on the back and fake-pretend we've changed anything. Have we? Or is it all a show? Film critics and Oscar voters seem to be okay pretending they are awarding on merit. But it doesn't seem that way to anyone not inside their utopian bubble. They want to be rewarded for having made change - with their museum, with their casting choices, with the films they award, with how they staff their awards shows. They give the impression that things have changed. But they haven't really. The Academy, and most institutions in this country, remain mostly white. The Academy is still 80% white, above the nation's white majority, which is in the high 60s at the moment.Watch any film or television ad produced by Hollywood and you would imagine that we live in a country that has an equal share of people of color and white people. But we don't. Whites are still the majority. But on the Left, they feel bad about this and thus, they must prove their worth every time they take the stage, every time they put out a movie, every time they give out an award, every time they make a film. The majority in this country, no matter their skin color, has about had enough. They've had enough of Hollywood lecturing them. They've had enough of their ideology and their strange new religion being foisted upon them and they are slowly pulling away from both the Democrats and the Oscars.Although everything was already starting to be about race before 2016, it wasn't until Trump won that things would start to radically change on the Left, on the Right - everywhere. There are many reasons for the drop in ratings - the rise of superhero movies, the rise of great television and flat screens, but it also can't be a coincidence that they really started to dip after November 2016. Trump's win upended almost everything on the Left, especially the film industry and the Oscars. They became overtly political, taking the side against not just Trump but half the country that voted for Trump. Almost immediately, the mass hysteria began, starting with the frontrunner the year of the 2016 election, La La Land.Because no one could do anything about Trump being the President, and because they could not hurt anyone on the Right with their moral outrage, their disgust, their constant dehumanizing and shaming, they began to eat their own. La La Land was accused of being racist, not just because it was a film that was about to win Best Picture, but because the film features a white man in it who loves Jazz. I could feel the awkward silence every time the film's name was mentioned. When they called it for La La Land at the end, I had already left the building because I too was caught up in the frenzy that a racist film was about to win Best Picture. I didn't find out until a phone call from a friend that Moonlight, the film about a black gay man finding love and acceptance, had won instead. Everyone assumed Trump caused it because no one could take a movie like La La Land seriously when the whole world had so dramatically changed. The following year, another controversy hit the film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. In it, Sam Rockwell (who won the Oscar) plays a cop who has a history of police brutality. The film didn't properly address it, according to critics and journalists. They believed it redeemed Rockwell. Even though the movie kept winning awards the outrage kept simmering. This time I argued against the smear. That was the first time I was called out and swarmed on Twitter. Despite my having advocated for years and years for Black filmmakers on my site, now I was being called a racist, in so many words, for defending Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Though it won the Golden Globe, the SAG ensemble award, and the BAFTA, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri would lose Best Picture to The Shape of Water. It must have been such a surreal experience to the film's director, Martin McDonagh, to be suddenly branded a racist and a police brutality apologist. This was, for me, a major turning point. I could see that a mass hysteria event was unfolding but I could do nothing to stop it. By far the worse event, though, was the next year when the film Green Book was up for the Oscar. It was so well-liked by everyone who saw it that it immediately won the Audience Award in Toronto. It won the Golden Globe. Then, when it won the Producers Guild it looked like it might win Best Picture and that is when all hell broke loose. It's a film about a working-class New Yorker who drives a Jazz musician across the country during Jim Crow. Mahershala Ali played the musician who was also gay.Not only was the film viciously and repeatedly attacked, but the filmmakers involved had their pasts upended and exposed. Director Peter Farrelly was accused of being a sex offender for once flashing someone on the set as a joke. The Screenwriter Nick Vallelonga who wrote the story about his own father was apparently a Trump supporter and had tweeted something criticizing Muslim immigrants. He was banned from the ceremony and never showed his face again during the race.I went on a massive counteroffensive to defend Green Book, even getting interviewed in the Wall Street Journal. Green Book was such a warm-hearted crowd-pleaser that the attacks against it backfired and it did end up winning Best Picture. Green Book's win, however, would push the Oscars past the point of no return. The “Green Book effect” would ultimately lead the Academy to turn inward, to manufacture a reality they wanted to be true because that was their only option. They had to bow to the activists pressuring them to make change. The following year, despite films like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Irishman and 1917 being nominated for Best Picture, they would opt to give their top prize to the first film from a different country, Parasite from South Korea, to win Best Picture and Best Director. Sam Mendes' 1917 had won the Golden Globe, the Directors Guild, the Producers Guild, and the British Film and Television Academy's prize but lost the oscar to Parasite. Had 1917 won instead, however, all of the top prizes would have gone to white people - all of the actors and the filmmakers. That was early in 2020. A few weeks after the Oscars that year, COVID would hit. By the Summer, the country would explode with the George Floyd protests. That the Academy walked away from the 2020 Oscars with rapturous headlines at their having awarded the first “International Feature” Best Picture meant that they had finally won the approval of the loud chorus that demanded them to stop being #oscarssowhite. After the Summer of 2020, however, there was no further resistance from the industry. Big changes were implemented. The British Film and Television Academy (BAFTA) brought in a jury to select the nominees for the acting and directing category. Voters were ordered to choose half women and half men in Best Director. They kept the policy in place year which meant that not a single BAFTA nominee for Best Actress was also an Oscar nominee. The Academy already had an inclusion mandate in place to take hold in 2024, so there was nothing more they had to do officially, but they did decide to display their history at their museum to almost completely erase everything about the Oscars, the film industry and Hollywood. They had not only erased their Jewish mogul origin story, but they had almost completely eliminated the Oscars that everyone knows. But of course, no one could say anything. They were too afraid.As I walked around it I saw one person frantically pacing the rooms of the beautifully designed luxury museum saying into his cell phone, “none of it is here, not a single studio, no Warner Brothers, no Paramount.” And he was right. After Green Book won in 2018, there has not been a film by a white man to win Best Picture. And there won't be this year. Voters seem to understand this. I came to the Oscars at a time when great directors made great movies. But now, from the Sundance Film Festival onward, the priority of inclusivity has completely overwhelmed the whole point of awarding films in the first place. Whatever is happening now in Hollywood isn't about finding the best of anything or anyone. It is simply another arm of the Democratic Party's new religion.I imagine if Joseph McCarthy came back today and saw just how influential the political movement of the Left is having on everything from education, to science, to history, and yes, to the Oscars he'd think the Communists finally won. This year, we're down to two movies for the top prize. Both are directed by women - Jane Campion for Power of the Dog and Sian Heder for CODA. Both are competing to be the first film by a streaming platform, not a studio, to win Best Picture. Netflix (Power) vs. Apple (CODA). Neither film made money at the box office, with CODA bought for $25 million at the Sundance Film Festival, earning just $1 million at the box office. CODA is a heartwarming story about a hearing child with deaf parents and is acted by a predominantly deaf cast. Normally, the idea of awarding Apple or even Netflix their top prize, to give up entirely on that hard line between theatrical and streaming, the Academy voters would go a different way. But Apple made them an offer they could not refuse. A chance to make history by awarding the first film with a deaf cast as Best Picture. The cast was recently seen at the White House, as the guest of Joe and Jill who love the movie so much. Even though you have to be an Apple subscriber to watch it and it only made $1 million at the box office, this win will tell you everything you need to know about the Academy in 2022.CODA earned just three Oscar nominations, the lowest of all ten nominees. If it wins on Sunday it will be the first film since the 1930s to do so with just Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor. In any other time in most of their history, this would be unheard of. But in 2022, no one can stop them from making history and looking like the good guys one more time. Teenagers aren't going to pay to see Oscar movies any time soon. They did go to see Spider-Man: No Way Home which is fast on its way to becoming the highest grossing film of all time. The Oscar voters aren't going to vote for a movie like that. When you do the math, it's hard to see any future for the Oscars. Now that the Oscars, like the Democrats, have decided that skin color, gender, and equity matter more than merit there is no point in having a competition. Maybe it's time to simply hand out certificates of achievement to those they believe deserve it most. Pretending like people are winning, though, is something the public can see through and something only the most privileged utopians find appealing. None of the movies nominated this year are bad. Some of them are very good. It's just that it's an isolated world, a magic mirror, a Shangri-la that touches almost no one else outside of its atmosphere. Sunday will be Oscar's 94th year. They've had a good run. Most of us would be lucky to live that long. Get full access to Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone at sashastone.substack.com/subscribe

Hola Gerardo con las nominaciones 2022 a los Oscares; Tenemos esta semana la selección de CODA, una película de comedia/ dramática del 2021 escrita y dirigida por Sian Heder. Recibió tres nominaciones en la 94ª edición de los Oscares, incluyendo Mejor Película. Espero que lo disfruten ;)   Información adicional del podcast: Enlace del website official de Filmic Notion Podcast: https://filmicnotionpod.com/ Enlace a nuestra página de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fnpod

This episode comes to you today with thanks to our new friends at Plantiva. Learn more at http://www.plantiva.com/killercasting and use the promo code KC25 to get 25% off your next order !******************************** Here in the final week before the 94th Academy Awards, we share this redux of Episode 048 celebrating the wonderful film CODA. Deservedly, it is up for THREE awards. Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for the brilliant Troy Kotsur.  If you missed it first time, jump in now and if you heard it last year ...  listen again ! Full transcript: https://www.killercastingpod.com/podcast/episode/23cd3f8a/048-coda  ******************************** SHOW NOTES: Every once in a while a film comes along that simply transports you with its sheer brilliance — the brilliance of the sea shining on a bright, crisp Gloucester morning  CODA is one such film that approaches perfection. CODA (Children Of Deaf Adults) is many things at once, a coming of age story of a child finding her way into adulthood and independence; a rollicking chronicle of a loving hard working family; a damn funny movie that will in turn, touch, move, inspire and awe you. The success of a film like this hinges not so much on the story (it is a tale we have seen often), but on the casting of these wonderful roles who inhabit a world most of us have never experienced.  Ruby is the only hearing member of her family where her dad Frank, her mom  Jackie and her older brother Leo are all deaf. Those three roles are played by actors who are deaf in real life — which may seem like obvious casting choices, but in reality, actors who are deaf rarely get a chance to play roles this beautifully drawn. They rarely get to show off their astonishingly talent. But in this film, Troy Kotsur (who Lisa is starting a campaign right now for an Academy Award for this performance), Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant all get a chance to shine brightly. The precocious Ruby is portrayed in a tour-de-force by Emilia Jones. As final treat, look out for the spellbinding performance of Eugenio Derbez as Bernardo Villalobos, Ruby's music teacher.  In lesser hands, this film could easily have wallowed in mediocre cliche, but under the assured direction of Sian Heder and with that stellar cast, what shouldn't work does. What should be hackneyed, soars and what could easily be mawkish, will move you to tears. Joining us to give a true perspective on the portrayal of deaf characters in this film, is the amazing actress/writer/producer Antoinette Abbamonte who is also part of the deaf acting community in Hollywood. And a special shout out goes to our ASL interpreter Nicole Pancino who joined us for Antoinette's interview.   We could go ON for hours about this exquisite film .. in fact we almost do !   Enjoy

Hector Becerra, Cristi Sesma, Miguel Alejandro, Adrian Murra y Fernando Veloz platican sobre los nominados y predicciones en los Premios de la Academia 2022.Hablaremos de:Belfast, de Kenneth Branagh, El poder del perro, de Jane Campion ,Duna, de Denis Villeneuve, West Side Story, de Steven Spielberg,Licorice Pizza, de Paul Thomas Anderson, CODA: Señales del corazón, de Sian Heder,Rey Richard: Una familia ganadora, de Reinaldo Marcus Green, No miren arriba, de Adam McKay, Drive My Car, de Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, El callejón de las almas perdidas, de Guillermo del Toro, Jane Campion – El poder del perro,Kenneth Branagh – Belfast,Steven Spielberg – West Side Story,Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza,Ryûsuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car,Will Smith – Rey Richard: Una familia ganadora,Benedict Cumberbatch – El poder del perro,Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick … Boom!,Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth,Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos,Kristen Stewart – Spencer,Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter,Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos,Penélope Cruz – Madres paralelas,Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye,Recomendaciones:Cristi Sesma: Ver todas las películas de los Oscar 2022Hector Becerra: Turning Red (Disney)Adrian Murra: Coda (Apple Tv +)Fer Veloz: Spencer (Hulu)

Admir and Fahad get together to continue talking about the Best Picture nominations with CODA. The duo discuss how the film expertly crafts a narrative around music without it being overbearing, consider Troy Kotsur's chances of picking up a Best Supporting Actor win and contemplate whether the film leans too much into "feel good" territory that it damages its own message.

Happy Friday everybody! With the Academy Awards coming up on the 27th, we wanted to re-introduce our discussion of one of our favorite films of 2021; "Coda." It's an absolutely brilliant film from director Sian Heder. We also had a blast drinking and talking about beers from Burley Oak Brewing Co out of Berlin. No. Not that Berlin. Enjoy! **** This week on Fresh Hop Cinema; Beer 1: "Cheeseburger Picnic" from Burley Oak Brewing Co (Berlin, MD). Style: IPA. ABV: 7.4% Ratings: Jonny - 7.9, Max - 7. Film: "Free Guy" directed by Shawn Levy. Ratings: Jonny- 8.9, Max - 8. Beer 2: "Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake J.R.E.A.M." from Burley Oak Brewing Co (Berlin, MD). Style: Fruited Sour ABV: 7.5% Ratings: Jonny - 7.2 Max: 6 Inside Hot & Bothered: - Max - Mopeds (The motorcycle of the safety-inclined man) - Jonny - "Cats and Kneecapps; An Update" // Actual time off. ------ Episode Timeline: 0:00 - Intro , Ads, & Shoutouts 4:19 - "Cheeseburger Picnic" 17:35 - “CODA” (No Spoilers) 29:57 - “ CODA” (DANGER ZONE) 44:05 - "Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake J.R.E.A.M." 54:36 - Hot & Bothered Please leave us a rating and/or review on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts! Got a few bucks to spare? Support us on Patreon for as little as a dollar per week at www.patreon.com/freshhopcinema.

A short, spoiler free review on CODA followed by a post viewing discussion. Written and directed by Sian Heder, based on French foreign film La famille Belier, starring Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Amy Forsyth, and Eugenio Derbez. As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When her family's business is threatened, Ruby finds herself choosing between pursuing music in college or remaining to help her family. Rated: PG-13 REEL-View Rating: ⭐️ 9/10 Length of film: 1hr 51m Time Stamps for this episode: 0m 0s - 4m 5s Spoiler Free 4m 6s - 11m 4s *Spoiler Alert* Viewable In/On: Apple TV+ Rent or Buy on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3zfetye TRANSCRIPTION IN PROCESS Show Notes: · Transcription via Descript · Intro music by Wataboi / Outro Music by TimTaj – Pixaby - https://pixabay.com/music/ · Contact me by email at klchaney@reel-film-reviewed.productions or message me on Twitter @reelfilmpkc · Check out the REEL Film Reviewed Website: https://reel-film-reviewed.productions/ for episode releases, episode transcriptions, exclusive Merch from the REEL Merch, upcoming films, advertising opportunities, and much more, thank you for supporting! · Subscribe to REEL Film Reviewed for exclusive access to all episodes and membership benefits such as live chats with me and REEL Merch discounts - https://reel-film-reviewed.supercast.com/ · If you're enjoying REEL Film Reviewed, visit https://linktr.ee/REEL_Film_Reviewed to see how you can support the show and see multiple listening platforms!

Esta semana estaremos comentando un film pedido por nuestra comunidad. Aunque no es una película de #romcom nuestros CrazyLovers la encontraron digna de ser analizada por estas dos humildes fanáticas y acá estamos cumpliendo. hablamos de Ël diablo se viste a la moda"(2006) con la actuación de Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt y Stanley Tucci. De cuál team seremos? del novio o de la jefa explotadora?. Caeremos en la disputa de quién es el verdadero villano de la historia? Todo esto y mucho más estaremos desgranando en este episodio. En los Romcomendados, estaremos hablando sobre el documental "La Once"de Maite Alberdi y la película recientemente nominada al Oscar CODA de Sian Heder. Recuerda que nos puedes dejar tu comentario en nuestras redes sociales instagram o tik tok, búscanos como @crazystupidpodcast Nos escuchamos!

written and directed by Sian Heder. An English-language remake of the 2014 French film La Famille Bélier, it stars Emilia Jones as the eponymous CODA (child of deaf adults), the only hearing member of a deaf family, who struggles to balance her attempts to help her family's struggling fishing business and her own life aspirations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drzeusfilmpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drzeusfilmpodcast/support

Chris and Taylor review the coming-of-age comedy drama film "CODA" written and directed by Sian Heder. As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing member of her deaf family who struggles to balance her family's struggling fishing business with her own life aspirations. The film stars Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Amy Forsyth and Kevin Chapman.

Troy Kotsur is a study in perseverance. The Arizona native spent years honing his craft on stage at the National Theatre of the Deaf and the Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles—all the while wondering if Hollywood could ever fully embrace a deaf actor. “It's almost like a hair in my beard, just this one hair, and that represents the opportunities that I was given,” he says. But that drive—or “stubbornness,” as he himself puts it—has finally paid off on a historic level. For his role in writer/director Sian Heder's “CODA,” Kotsur has been the one constant of this year's awards season, snagging wins at the Gotham Awards, the SAG Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards on the road to the 94th Academy Awards, where he is nominated for best supporting actor. A win would mark the first for a deaf male actor, and just the second for a deaf actor ever behind the trailblazing footsteps of Kotsur's “CODA” co-star, Marlee Matlin. In this “In the Envelope” episode, Kotsur walks Backstage through every stage of his winding journey, from the lessons learned from live theater, to a brief pitstop in the “Star Wars” galaxy, to the significance of his belated “CODA” breakthrough. Along the way, he offers invaluable advice to all actors—deaf or hearing—on the power of on-screen silence, scene partner eye contact, and never giving up. Read Backstage's cover story Matlin, here: https://bit.ly/35Lhhcb This interview was conducted with the help of ASL interpreter, Justin Maurer. --- Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage's podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today's most noteworthy film, television, and theater actors and creators. This is your guide to every aspect of acting, from voiceover and commercial work to casting directors, agents, and more. Full of both know-how and inspiration, In the Envelope airs weekly to cover everything from practical advice on navigating the industry, to how your favorite projects are made, to personal stories of success and failure alike. Join host Jack Smart, Awards Editor at Backstage, for this guide on how to live the creative life from those who are doing it every day: https://bit.ly/2OMryWQ Follow Backstage and In the Envelope on social media: - https://www.facebook.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/intheenvelope - https://www.instagram.com/backstagecast Looking to get cast? Subscribe here: www.backstage.com/subscribe Browse Backstage casting listings: https://bit.ly/3mth68e Check out our community-driven virtual programming, The Slate: https://bit.ly/2WDNXf0 Backstage stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: https://bit.ly/3cuMBt5 Special thanks to... - Host: Jack Smart - Producer: Jamie Muffett - Social media: Katie Minard, Karen Jenkins - Design: Mark Stinson, Caitlin Watkins - Additional support: Kasey Howe, Samantha Sherlock, Benjamin Lindsay, Oriella St. Louis

Child of Deaf Adults, a CODA. One thing I have to say, so far my favorite movie of the best picture nominees; is by far the film CODA directed by Sian Heder. A relatable film about a young high school senior. Who grows up in a deaf family, while she herself has able hearing.

Después de ponerle los puntos sobre las íes a 'Belfast', Raquel Piñeiro (de estreno con un podcast especializado en 'Sexo en Nueva York') vuelve a a La Sexta Nominada para hablar de otra de las candidatas más emocionales en esta carrera al Oscar. 'CODA' dio la sorpresa en el Festival de Sundance de 2021, donde hizo historia ganando más premios que ninguna otra película en los casi 50 años del festival, y desde entonces no ha hecho más que dar alegrías a su distribuidora en casi todo el mundo: Apple TV+ (en España se estrena en cines). Hablamos en profundidad de este remake de la película francesa 'La familia Bélier'. ¿Por qué resulta extrañamente más satisfactoria que la autoficción de Kenneth Branagh? ¿Ha dirigido Sian Heder un telefilmazo? ¿Tiene sentido que Troy Kotsur sea el favorito para ganar el Oscar? ¿Puede llevarse el premio gordo 'CODA'? Todo eso y más en poco más de una hora.

On this week's show, DRAMA between Will & Ian and Special Guest ADRIENNE Kropkowski. Not angry drama, just a drama movie! And really, they all try to just... Communicate, you know, cut through the bullshit, the noise, the Silence! To REALLY Communicate with each other about their opinions on- CODA (2021) Directed by Sian Heder. Starring- Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman, John Fiore, Lonnie Farmer and many other talented people! 00:01:00- Special Guest Introduction! Ian's Sister, Adrienne! 00:01:08- How Ya Been? 00:05:50- Whatcha been Watchin'? (Ian- The Eyes of Tammy Faye, most of Tck Tck Boom. Adrienne- Free Guy, Murderville (S1), Snowpiercer (S3), Love is Blind (S2). Will- MacGruber (S1), The Tragedy of Macbeth, Half Brothers) 00:13:30- THE QUESTIONS w/ Adrienne 00:23:00- Will Gets to know ya (Adrienne) a little bit better 00:27:55- Let's Talk New Hampshire 00:28:50- PITCH/FIX!- MONEY PLANE (2020. directed by Andrew Lawrence. Starring Adam 'Edge' Copeland, Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane, Denise Richards and all 3 Lawrence Brothers) 00:41:20- Ian 00:43:40- Will 00:48:45- A New Champion is Chosen 00:49:40- CODA (2021) 01:08:30- Ray Review 01:09:10- Thank you Adrienne! Next week, another guest!? Maybe? And Good bye. Who is the new PITCH/FIX Champion!?!? only one way to find out... Enjoy! Instagram: @TheLastActionCritics Twitter: @THE_Lastcritics email: Thelastactioncritics@gmail.com Adrienne instagram: @yo_adrienne88 Next Week: The Batman (Pitch/Fix- Fistful of Vengence)

Discutimos mais dois filmes indicados ao Oscar 2022: os dramas familiares "No Ritmo do Coração" e "King Richard: Criando Campeãs". - Visite a página do podcast no site e confira material extra sobre o tema do episódio - Junte-se ao Cineclube Cinematório e tenha acesso a conteúdo exclusivo de cinema Nesta edição, o podcast cinematório café analisa mais dois filmes indicados ao Oscar 2022: os dramas familiares "No Ritmo do Coração" (CODA, 2021), dirigido por Sian Heder e estrelado por Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin e Troy Kotsur; e "King Richard: Criando Campeãs" (King Richard, 2021), dirigido por Reinaldo Marcus Green e protagonizado por Will Smith. “No Ritmo do Coração” foi indicado a três estatuetas no Oscar: Melhor Filme, Roteiro Adaptado e Ator Coadjuvante (Troy Kotsur, primeiro homem surdo indicado a um Oscar de atuação). O longa é uma refilmagem da produção francesa "A Família Bélier" (2014) e acompanha uma jovem que se vê em um impasse quando tem a oportunidade de mudar de cidade para estudar canto. Para isso, ela terá que deixar seus pais e o irmão mais velho, que são surdos e contam com a ajuda da caçula da família como intérprete. Já "King Richard: Criando Campeãs" concorre a seis estatuetas: Melhor Filme, Roteiro Original (Zach Baylin), Ator (Will Smith), Atriz Coadjuvante (Aunjanue Ellis), Montagem (Pamela Martin) e e Canção Original ("Be Alive", de Beyoncé e Dixson). A cinebiografia retrata o início da trajetória das irmãs tenistas Venus e Serena Williams (interpretadas por Saniyya Sidney e Demi Singleton) pelo ponto de vista do pai delas, Richard Williams, que enfrentou preconceitos e usou de muita disciplina e persistência para colocar as filhas nas quadras. Sentam-se à mesa conosco neste podcast: Larissa Vasconcelos, jornalista e redatora do cinematório, e Karina Amélia, jornalista e uma das criadoras das Shoshannas. O cinematório café é produzido e apresentado por Renato Silveira e Kel Gomes. A cada episódio, nós propomos um debate em torno de filmes recém-lançados e temas relacionados ao cinema, sempre em um clima de descontração e buscando refletir sobre imagens presentes no nosso dia a dia. Quer mandar um e-mail? Escreva para contato@cinematorio.com.br. A sua mensagem pode ser lida no podcast!

The heartwarming tale of a child of deaf adults (CODA) who is torn between her love and responsibilities to her family and the dreams she has of pursuing a singing career. Oscar buzz surrounds the surprise hit at Sundance and took home SAG awards for the cast and supporting actor Troy Kutsur. The film stars also stars Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin and directed by Sian Heder. ** Deep Dive Movie Reviews contains spoilers ** 0:00 - Intro 1:47 - Why I adore CODA? 7:12 - What you depend on keeps you from flourishing 13:15 - The breakthrough moment in the film 17:07 - The hit at Sundance 18:20 - Real deaf actors make for real authenticity 24:49 - The audition scene nails it 29:45 - A sequel TV show focused on the family 30:45 - Troy Kutsur for the Supporting actor award 32:00 - Final Score34:45 - James gives some film critic scoring thoughts

24 de noviembre | Nueva YorkHola, maricoper. Hoy cumple un año Wenta, mi perra, y debo decir que desde que vive conmigo… la vida es mejor. Tener un perro implica asumir responsabilidades con las que nunca había lidiado en el pasado, pero siento que cuidar de ella me ha hecho crecer. En un momento de mi vida en el que todo ha cambiado tan rápido, Wenta ha sido el factor de equilibrio, la que siempre me esperaba al llegar a casa. No todo es siempre bonito. Ni las cagadas, ni las meadas que todavía me deja por casa (si alguien tiene consejos para solucionar eso, bienvenido sea). Pero siento todo el amor que sabía que sentiría por ella. Y tengo muchas ganas de que comparta conmigo todo lo que esté por llegar en los próximos lustros. Felicidades, Wentita.Bienvenido a La Wikly diaria, una columna de actualidad y dos titulares rápidos para pasar el resto del día bien informado. Si quieres comentar las noticias en nuestra comunidad privada de Discord, puedes entrar rellenando este formulario.Puedes compartir esta newsletter a amigos y familiares que *no* estén suscritos. No podrán escuchar el podcast, ¡pero sí leer la newsletter! Y así nos ayudas a que nos conozca más gente. Puedes hacerlo con este botón:Leer esta newsletter te llevará 6 minutos y 34 segundos.Chicas, un consejo. Bienvenido a La Wikly.🏆 Buscando la gloriaPor Emilio DoménechLo importante: la temporada de premios en Hollywood va cogiendo forma conforme las películas favoritas a llevarse estatuillas de los Oscar se estrenan en cines. Entre ellas, King Richard, con Will Smith, o Licorice Pizza, de Paul Thomas Anderson.¿Y cómo lo sabes?, te preguntarás.Explícamelo: cada año, los estudios de Hollywood y las productoras independientes estrenan sus películas con más opciones para los Oscar en los festivales de cine que ponen fin al verano, principalmente Venecia, Telluride y Toronto.El objetivo es conseguir momentum con buena recepción de crítica y público, que se hable de la película, algo difícil de lograr en los festivales de Sundance (enero), Berlín (febrero) o Cannes (mayo).Contexto: la temporada de premios no se reduce de forma exclusiva a los Oscar, sino que a la gala le preceden citas en las que vota la crítica, como los Globos de Oro o los Critic’s Choice, o en las que votan los miembros de los gremios más importantes de Hollywood, como el de actores (SAG) o el de directores (DGA).Y como todos esos grupos votan en el tramo final del año o a primeros de 2022, estrenar la película en un festival a finales de verano y después estrenarla en cines en los meses siguientes es la mejor táctica para estar en boca de todos en el momento oportuno.Además, conforme una película tenga más presencia en las listas de lo mejor del año, en los premios de los grupos de críticos o en las nominaciones de los gremios, más posibilidades tendrá luego de que los académicos que votan en los Oscar la tengan en cuenta.El otro factor importante recae en los expertos, generalmente periodistas y apasionados de la industria que se pasan *todo* el año haciendo predicciones de qué películas y qué actores suenan como favoritos para llevarse una estatuilla.Nuestros amigos de Premios Oscar son esa clase de cracks.¿Entonces? Basándonos en lo que dicen los expertos de la temporada de premios, y según la media de Gold Derby, los diez filmes con más posibilidades de ser nominadas a la Mejor Película son:The Power of the Dog, de Jane Campion.Belfast, de Kenneth Branagh.King Richard, de Reinaldo Marcus Green.Dune, de Denis Villeneuve.The Tragedy of Macbeth, de Joel Coen.Licorice Pizza, de Paul Thomas Anderson.Nightmare Alley, de Guillermo del Toro.CODA, de Sian Heder.West Side Story, de Steven Spielberg.Being the Ricardos, de Aaron Sorkin.Todas las mencionadas salvo CODA, que se estrenó en Sundance el pasado enero, se vieron por primera vez en los últimos tres meses o tienen todavía pendiente llegar a los cines, como es el caso de West Side Story y Nightmare Alley.¿Y la favorita? Cabe tener en cuenta que el Oscar a la Mejor Película se reparte desde hace años según un sistema de voto preferencial que suele premiar filmes de consenso, con lo que las sorpresas son menos habituales que antaño.Quizá la única excepción fuera el año de La La Land, pero solo por la confusión con los premios, puesto que Moonlight era un filme que ya había logrado anotarse tantos importantes para ser considerada la favorita.Eso nos deja con películas como Belfast o King Richard, trabajos que no solo han tenido una buena rececpción crítica, sino que además responden bien a ese adjetivo tan anglosajón: crowd-pleaser. En español, un filme capaz de deleitar al público.Como Moonlight, su principal obstáculo será la taquilla, donde ninguna ha podido destacar. Sea porque su mercado de autor es pequeño, como es el caso de la de Branagh, o porque ha decepcionado en su llegada a las salas, como le pasó a la de Will Smith el fin de semana pasado.Ahí es donde entra The Power of the Dog, una película que cuenta con el consenso de la crítica y que está dirigida por una Jane Campion que no dirigía un largometraje desde 2009 —y que se quedó a las puertas de ser la primera directora con un Oscar tras su nominación en 1994 por El piano (ganó La lista de Schindler de Spielberg).A la espera de ver qué recepción tienen las incógnitas de Del Toro y Spielberg, la otra alternativa es Licorice Pizza, de Paul Thomas Anderson, aunque parece difícil que la Academia quiera premiar una de sus películas menos ambiciosas, por mucho que cuente con el consenso de los críticos estadounidenses.¿Y tú qué opinas? Solo he visto tres de las diez favoritas (Dune, Belfast y King Richard) y todas me han gustado en mayor o menor medida, pero creo que la de Branagh y la de Marcus Green tienen muchos enteros para ser la opción de consenso.Las dos lo hacen prácticamente todo bien, pero tampoco arriesgan. Y no sé si la Academia está en el mood de premiar otra Green Book.Más información en Premios Oscar.🛂 La misma historiaLo importante: la administración de Biden podría volver a implementar la polémica política de Trump “Remain in México” (en inglés, Permanecer en México) en la frontera sur del país a partir de la próxima semana.Explícamelo: la medida, también conocida como Protocolos de Protección al Migrante (MPP), obliga a muchos solicitantes de asilo a refugiarse en México hasta que los tribunales de inmigración de Estados Unidos procesen sus solicitudes.En realidad, la administración de Biden ha intentado eliminar esta política fronteriza, considerada inhumana para muchos, pero la Corte Suprema confirmó un fallo de un tribunal inferior que la restablece.¿Y ahora? El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional dijo en un comunicado que estaba trabajando para reanudar el programa "lo antes posible", pero que no podría hacerlo sin el acuerdo de México.Durante las negociaciones bilaterales, México ha abogado por retornos más controlados y que se excluya a los migrantes particularmente vulnerables y a los menores no acompañados.Más información en Business Insider.🇩🇪 Tripartito semáforoLo importante: el socialdemócrata Olaf Scholz negoció un acuerdo de coalición tripartito junto a las fuerzas liberales y verdes que lo convertiría en el próximo canciller de Alemania.“Nos une nuestra fe en el progreso y la voluntad de mejorar el país”, dijo Scholz en el acto de presentación del acuerdo.El plan de gobierno que la coalición presentó en Berlín, un documento de 177 páginas, incluye en grandes líneas:Descarbonización de la economía y modernización del país. Incluye favorecer activamente un desarrollo más acelerado de energías alternativas, con el objetivo de cubrir el 80 por ciento de la demanda eléctrica con fuentes renovables para 2030.También aumentar las inversiones en proyectos de hidrógeno verde.Protección social. Incluye subir el salario mínimo, actualmente en 9.6 euros por hora, a 12 euros, construir 400.000 nuevas viviendas al año y otras medidas como la legalización del cannabis.Todo esto sin traducir los gastos gubernamentales en una subida de impuestos, una de las exigencias de los liberales y promesa de campaña de su líder, Christian Lindner.Más información en El País.👾 En el DiscordUn retazo de Maricopa Land@angiempradas entró en racha este miércoles después de que nuestras majísimas Secretarias de Ocio propusieran hacer memes sobre la comunidad de Maricopa Land. Procedo a compartir uno que entenderás si ves mis directos en Twitch:En otro orden de cosas, este miércoles estuve en mi canal de Twitch reaccionando en directo a la recreación que el youtuber MrBeast ha hecho de El juego del calamar (es impresionante y muy sorprendente), repasando las nominaciones de los GRAMMYs y analizando el veredicto del juicio de Ahmaud Arbery.Puedes ver el stream completo aquí.La Wikly es una newsletter joven e independiente que se mantiene con el apoyo de los suscriptores. Súmate al proyecto:Feliz jueves, This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.lawikly.com/subscribe

This week we discuss the new film ‘CODA,' which stands for “child of deaf adults.” And joining us is the hilarious comedian, and real-life child of deaf adults, Moshe Kasher. Moshe explains how accurate the film was at portraying the life of a “CODA,” as well as pointing out some of the more interesting American Sign Language translation choices. Plus, we answer a question on the ‘Hotline' about bad movie recommendations. And, as always, we've got ‘Staff Picks.'In news, Patty Jenkins says streaming movies look like “fake movies” and Michael K. Williams passes away.Explore Story Blocks' library and subscribe today at storyblocks.com/MAXFILMGo to Soylent.com/maxfilm and use code MAXFILM to get 20% OFF your first order.Staff Picks:Ify – Untold: Malice at the PalaceAlonso – Come From AwayDrea – Language LessonsMoshe – Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Blood Red SkyWith Ify Nwadiwe, Alonso Duralde, Drea Clark, and Moshe Kasher.

If there's any hope that writer-director Sian Heder has for her Sundance-winning film "CODA," it's for her actors to get the recognition they deserve. It's a fair hope that her actors, including deaf performers Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, and Daniel Durant, would receive accolades that so rarely come to performances like these. The Oscar-winning Matlin is one of the rare exceptions, though Heder notes Matlin still hasn't had the career she deserves. "CODA" centers on Ruby, a hearing child of deaf adults, played by newcomer Emilia Jones. Roughly 40% of the film is comprised of ASL, something that brought unique challenges for Heder. In a conversation with Next Best Picture, Heder discusses the missed opportunities she sees when creators avoid casting actors with a disability and why she wants the world to see Troy Kotsur and Daniel Durant as major stars. Speaking of Troy Kotsur, watching "Children of a Lesser God" as a 17-year-old, he promised his friends that he would work with Marlee Matlin one day. Thirty-five years later, he's made good on that promise in "CODA." Kotsur still recalls the impact of seeing Sign Language on screen all those years ago. Though films like "Sound of Metal" and "Feeling Through" were nominated for Academy Awards just last year, it's still a rarity to see deaf representation at the movies, which is why Kotsur is honored to star in a film that could inspire a new generation of young people. In a conversation with Next Best Picture, Kotsur discussed how the story of "CODA" parallels his own family and how he collaborated with director Sian Heder to bring authenticity to the film. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

In the second season premiere, “Amplifying Deaf Representation,” Marlee Matlin joins the show (1:01:13) to share about her unparalleled career as a deaf actor, from her Oscar-winning screen debut in 1986's Children of a Lesser God to her latest performance as the mother of a hearing daughter in writer-director Sian Heder's family drama CODA, which was released on Apple TV+ on Aug. 13. Deaf producer and film executive Delbert Whetter also joins Hollywood Remixed to explain how authentic portrayals of deaf characters enhance storytelling and simplify the filmmaking process, as well as to shed some light on some of the cultural nuances and differences among people who are deaf. ”Hollywood Remixed” is a topical, diversity-focused podcast from The Hollywood Reporter, hosted by Rebecca Sun. Each episode will be dedicated to a single theme – a type of character or story that has been traditionally underrepresented or misrepresented in pop culture – and feature an expert co-host as well as a special guest whose latest work exemplifies a new breakthrough in representation. We'll revisit groundbreaking classics and introduce listeners to hidden gems, in order to better understand how film and television in the past has shaped progress in the present. Hosted by: Rebecca Sun Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices