by Film School | Nov 6, 2023 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #359 Blackmail (1929) Morning, Alice. ‘Eard about the murder? The talkies have arrived! Alfred Hitchcock has the distinction of making Britain’s very first. So, how does Hitch do with a full-on script, and TALKING actors? The subject...
by Film School | Oct 30, 2023 | 2023, Episodes, Spooky Season
Episode #358 Aliens (1986) Get away from her you bitch! Cameron drags us back, kicking and screaming, to the world of the Aliens. And yes, this time, there is more than one. There’s a whole outpost full of them. But we have marines! Guns! Explosives!...
by Film School | Oct 23, 2023 | 2023, Episodes, Spooky Season
Episode #357 The Ring (2002) Before you die, you see…the ring Spooky season 2023 bringing the noise. US gets hit with its own version of The Ring. So, how similar is it to the Japanese version? What did they change? The movie was a sensation at the...
by Film School | Oct 16, 2023 | 2023, Episodes, Spooky Season
Episode #356 Alien (1979) In space, no one can hear you scream. This movie. THIS. MOVIE. It’s one of those unicorns–it could have been so bad, so cheesy, so forgettable. And yet, through that incredible collision of luck and execution, we got a...
by Film School | Oct 9, 2023 | 2023, Episodes, Spooky Season
Episode #355 Ringu (1998) You will die in one week… The original. This was one of–if not THE–films that kickstarted a renaissance in Japanese (and Korean, and Hong Kong, and more) horror. Old world ghosts and curses meet new world anxieties...
by Film School | Oct 5, 2023 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #354 Editing, Rewriting, and Killing Your Darlings The book is written. The film is shot. Now, it’s time to edit, it’s time to rewrite, it’s time to turn it into the finished product that you send out to your audience. So, how do you...
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