16mm Film Crew Podcast

This week we look at international film and the 2018 Palme d'Or winner, Shoplifters. We also discuss the latest updates on the Hollywood Strikes and Michael Oher's allegations vs his 'Blind Side' family.

This week we venture into the French New Wave movement with legendary filmmaker Jean Luc Godard's Masculin Feminin. This film has a lot to say and so do we!

This week we conclude Barbenheimer with Greta Gerwig's #Barbie!!! This Barbie and Ken have a lot of thoughts so join us as we breakdown one of the most talked about movies this year as well as the latest updates from the SAG and WGA strikes! Check it out!!!

Barbenheimer is finally here and we're breaking it down, starting with Christopher Nolan's magnum opus Oppenheimer. We also discuss how the SAG strike is shaking up the festival season and join us as we celebrate our 4 year anniversary.

This week we're taking a look at the beautiful film debut from Celine Song, Past Lives. Is it one of the best films of the year so far? We discuss that and more industry news coming from Hollywood. Movie Info: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as th...

This week we're finally discussing Wes Anderson's new cinematic offering, Asteroid City. Were we impressed??? We talk about that, Indy 5, and the firestorm currently enveloping Hollywood. Check it out!!! Movie Info World-changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in an American desert town circa 1955. Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarle...

This week we're going undercover with Marvel's Secret Invasion! We're also discussing Angela Bassett doing the thing and receiving an honorary Oscar as well as major film and tv news. Show Info Nick Fury learns of a secret invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls; Fury joins his allies, and together they race against time to thwart an imminent Skrull invasion and save hu...

This week we're looking at Judy Bloom's beloved book turned-film adaptation Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. We also catch up on some WGA Strike updates and discuss the new Kraven: The Hunter Trailer! Movie Info Eleven-year-old Margaret moves to a new town and contemplates everything about life, friendship, and adolescence. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who offers loving supp...

This week we're swinging back into the spider verse with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! We also discuss #TheFlash news and more!! Movie Info: After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. However, when the heroes clash...

This week we take a look back at Samuel L. Jackson's groundbreaking career and legacy as well as gearing up for his return as Nick Fury in Marvel's Secret Invasion!

This week we look back at the classic Hitchcock film North by Northwest. We also remember iconic Rock n Roll legend Tina Turner plus more Hollywood news. Movie Info This classic suspense film finds New York City ad executive Roger O. Thornhill pursued by ruthless spy Phillip Vandamm after Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent. Hunted relentlessly by Vandamm's associates, the harried Tho...

This week we take a look at the Sundance hit A Thousand and One starring Teyana Taylor. We also discuss the possible Strike Armageddon facing Hollywood. Movie Info Unapologetic and free-spirited Inez kidnaps her 6-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system. They set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity and stability in a rapidly changing New York City. Starring:  Teyana Taylor Direct...

This week we take a look back at an old Hollywood classic Casablanca but why is it considered a "classic" we discuss that plus news from the Cannes Film Festival and more!! Check it out!!! Movie Info: Rick Blaine, who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows R...

This week we discuss Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 and the future of the MCU. We also take a deep dive into the Writers Strike and cover the new trailers from Dune to Oppenheimer. Check it out!!! Movie Info: Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill must rally his team to defend the universe and protect one of their own. If the mission is not completely successful, it coul...

This week we return to the genre-subverting world of Ari Aster with his latest unsettling and psychological film, Beau Is Afraid Movie Info Beau is Afraid  A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster. Starring:  Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Step...

This week we discuss Hollywood's new leading man, Kelvin Harrison Jr in his new film Chevalier, a historical biopic about the earliest European musician/composer of African descent to receive widespread critical acclaim. Movie Info The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-compo...

Anticipation for the second season dropping this summer. We take a look at FX's hit series The Bear, a workplace show that marries the hell of working in a restaurant, with the social and interpersonal problems of family and community. Show Info: A young chef from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family.  Starring: ...

This week we look Air. The behind the scenes story of how Nike signed Michael Jordan, wrapped in nostalgia that ends up as a 2 hr Jordan ad. Movie Info Sonny Vaccaro and Nike pursue basketball rookie Michael Jordan, creating a partnership that revolutionizes the world of sports and contemporary culture. Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Viola Davis  Directed by: Ben Affleck

This week we look at the romcom Rye Lane which premiered last year at Sundance and we also have an in-depth discussion on patriarchy and the role in society featured in Oscar award-winner Women Talking. Rye Lane Following two youngsters reeling from bad breakups who connect over a particularly eventful day in South London. Starring: David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah Directed by: Raine Allen-Miller W...

This week we're taking a look at the BBC hit series turned Netflix film Luther: The Fallen Sun starring #Idris Elba a movie that doesn't quite live up to it's potential or its successful series predecessor. Movie Info: A serial killer terrorizes London while disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luth...

This week we're discussing HBO's newest hit The Last of Us, game-to-screen adaptations, and breaking down that intense last episode! Check it out!!! Show Info Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across a post-outbreak America. Starring:  Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey  Crea...

The Oscars are finally over and here is our quick recap.

The Oscars are a few days out, so we wrap up our watch-through with Best Picture nominee, Triangle of Sadness. We also discuss both Tyler Perry and Byron Allen's bids to purchase BET from Paramount. Movie Info Carl and Yaya, a couple of influencers, are invited to a luxury cruise ship alongside a group of out-of-touch wealthy people. The situation takes an unexpected turn when a brutal storm hits...

Fresh off Brendan Fraser's SAG Award win we take a look at his Oscar-nominated performance in The Whale.   Movie Info In a town in Idaho, Charlie, a reclusive and unhealthy English teacher, hides out in his flat and eats his way to death. He is desperate to reconnect with his teenage daughter for a last chance at redemption. Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, and Hong Chau Director: Darren...

This week we continue our run to the Oscars with Documentary Feature nominee Fire of Love. We also discuss the response to AntMan 3 and go over the BAFTA results. Movie Info Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft die in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing some of nature's most explosive imagery. D...