A lack of verbosity, patient direction, the influence of Jean-Pierre Melville, and comically stylish production design. Episode 309: Le Samourai »
The Beatles, Richard Lester, the continued appreciation of the film, and the surprisingly inventive visual style. Episode 308: A Hard Day’s Night »
Alex writes about The Post and Phantom Thread. »
Deciding if this is a Paul Thomas Anderson movie or an Adam Sandler movie, the on-set experimentation, and a transitional period »
Andrei Tarkovsky’s style, the legend behind the making of the film, cinema by hypnosis, and our best guesses at what »
The astounding success of Home Alone, John Hughes’ later career, shooting Goodfellas and Home Alone back to back, The Night »
Alex writes about a specific scene in Last Action Hero, because a podcast apparently wasn’t enough. »
Tales of unmitigated hubris, Arnie as an overly controlling superstar producer, the film’s brief post-production period, getting crushed by Jurassic »
Alex writes about the reception of Lady Bird. »
Martin McDonagh’s strengths as a writer and faults as a director, Frances McDormand, the film’s take on progress in the »
