by Film School | May 30, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #274 Cinema Paradiso (1988) Alfredo! This jaunt down memory lane is credited with reviving the Italian film industry in the late-80s and the 90s. Giuseppe Tornatore dips into his own history in spinning a tale about a young small-town boy who falls in...
by Film School | May 26, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #273 What Is Writer’s Block? Does writer’s block even exist? Some writers–a lot of writers–will tell you that it doesn’t. And yet, we have a TERM for it, so sure it must be something. What is it then? Josh and Ira break...
by Film School | May 23, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #272 The Vast of Night (2019) What’s the tale, nightingale? What a gem! It’s always such a rush to find a film that almost nobody else knows about, made by someone you’ve never heard of (because this is his first feature), acted by...
by Film School | May 19, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #271 How To Identify Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3 Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3; how do we tell them apart? What distinguishes the beginning of our story, the middle, and the end? Ya boys talk about how to sort a story into three, neat, easy-to-use parts. Also,...
by Film School | May 16, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #270 Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) Once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub. It was an indie darling that went all the way to a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Benh Zeitlin’s debut feature, set loosely in the New...
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