by Film School | Dec 14, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #156 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) What have I done?! Alec Guinness takes a starring turn as the unbreakable WWII Colonel Nicholson. He finds himself as a prisoner of war in a work camp tasked with building the Japanese a bridge over the river...
by Film School | Dec 10, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #155 When You’re Lying To Yourself If you’re anything like me, the voice inside your head that lies is so good at it, it doesn’t even sound like it’s lying. It sounds calm, rational, confident . . . what it’s saying even...
by Film School | Dec 7, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #154 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Coming home can be the hardest. William Wyler flexes some considerable cinematic muscle in this ensemble WWII story of three soldiers who struggle to return to their normal lives after serving in World War II. We...
by Film School | Dec 3, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #153 How to Level Up How do you know when it’s time to level up? And, when you know it’s time to take whatever that next step might be . . . how do you take it? How do you break through? Josh and Ira share how they know when that moment...
by Film School | Nov 30, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #152 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) The motherlode! John Huston pairs up with his own father plus Bogart to spin a tale of gold and greed. It was a big influence on Lucas and Spielberg when they were developing Indiana Jones, and it’s...
by Film School | Nov 26, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #151 Drawing Inspiration From Where You Live Home. How often do our stories start with where we live? Why is that? What is it about “home,” or even when we visit somewhere else and it fires up the imagination? How do we get inspired by where...
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