Remainders

“There should be more women directing. I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. It is.”-Kathryn Bigelow.  Point Break remains a pivotal piece in our hosts’ film education largely because it asks the essential question: what more do you need than Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze surfing, skydiving, and robbing banks? The 1991 film may not have redefined movies upon...

“To all the hustlers, bastards, strugglers, and hoodlum childs who are chasing their dreams.”  On this episode of Remainders, Darren and Patrick discuss the book American Prison by Shane Bauer. Bauer is an investigative journalist who posed as a correctional officer in a private prison in Louisiana to expose the deplorable conditions for both inmates and officers. The purpose was to uncover the in...

“Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.”  The 2005 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston truly is the story of an artist. Johnston was a cult icon whose DIY ethic and career became stuff of legends in the modern indie rock scene. He’s been championed and even covered by the likes of Beck, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Wilco, Nirvana, Fugazi, and many more. But even though he’s been often tagge...

“Do you know why this is my favorite tree? Because it’s tipped over and it’s still growing.”  The Florida Project is a 2017 film from Sean Baker that immediately caught the attention of Darren and Patrick upon its release. Willem Dafoe--Nosferatu himself--epitomizes tender masculinity with his portrayal of a welfare hotel manager caught between empathy and profit. In this episode of Remainders, ou...

“The movies are like a machine that generates empathy.”  In the debut episode of the Remainders podcast, Darren Vorel and Patrick McIntyre dive into the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself. Ebert was a man who won a Pulitzer for film criticism, had a severe drinking problem, and was unafraid to share his excruciating crawl to death for the world to see. But what does he have to say about life? And...