by Film School | Nov 18, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #437 DVD Extras Josh calls DVD Extras his film school. The interviews, commentaries, documentaries, featurettes, and other bonus material has been as valuable in his filmmaker education as any class or study. We talk about the benefits of all this extra...
by Film School | Nov 11, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #436 The Wrong Man (1956) An innocent man has nothing to fear… Alfred is doing something new this time: he’s telling a true story, every word of it, top to bottom. Henry Fonda plays Manny Balestrero, bass player at the famous Stork Club and...
by Film School | Nov 7, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #435 Strangeness Harold Bloom defined ‘strangeness’ as a mark of originality that is endemic and absolutely required for any work of literary art to be considered a masterpiece or a classic. Dan Simmons goes further to define it as a quality...
by Film School | Nov 4, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #434 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) A man… a statesman… is to be killed… Hitchcock does his one and only remake! Twenty+ years earlier, back in his British period, he did this story once before, under the exact same name!...
by Film School | Oct 28, 2024 | 2024, Episodes, Spooky Season
Episode #433 Poltergeist (1989) Let’s suck in the guts, guys. We’re the Ghostbusters… Bustin’ still makes us feel good! The boys are back and saving New York yet again from the spookies. It’s been five years, everyone has done a...
by Film School | Oct 14, 2024 | 2024, Episodes, Spooky Season
Episode #432 Poltergeist (1982) They’re here… This movie is the perfect horror film for beginners; Spooky 101, if you will. It’s not super violent, super scary, or super disturbing…but it DOES bring the noise. It IS scary, and...
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