All the Film Things

The Oscars countdown continues! On the thirteenth episode of All the Film Things, I am joined by brothers, filmmaker Freddy Burgos and artist Bernardo Goya to talk about Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon ! This episode is explicit and spoiler- filled. Killers of the Flower Moon is an epic crime drama film based on a true story depicted in the book by David Grann, about the betrayal of t...

On the twelfth episode of All the Film Things, I am joined by my friends photojournalist Cole Echevarria and director Craig Pedroza to talk about a #FilmTwitter trend where we each name our favorite film from a list of highly acclaimed directors. The directors listed were: Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, and...

The first episode of the new year! On the eleventh episode of All the Film Things, I am joined by Samy- El Kamel to look back on 2023 in film! This episode is explicit and spoiler- filled. 2023 was a good year for film, especially when compared to recent years. Acclaimed directors such as Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig, and Ridley Scott released new films! It was a big year for t...

On the tenth episode of All the Film Things I am joined by my good friends, Cole Echevarria and Joshua Smith, to celebrate the holiday season by talking about Frank Capra's 1946 Christmas classic I t's a Wonderful Life . This episode is spoiler- filled. Not only is this episode on a Christmas- focused film, this episode has a very Christmas-y feel. The holiday season is a time where friend...

On the ninth episode of All the Film Things, we are continuing to focus on likely Oscar contenders! I am joined by my friend and cinematographer, Josie Cruz, to discuss and analyze Celine Song’s instant classic debut feature film, Past Lives . This episode is spoiler- filled. Past Lives is a romantic drama that explores the deep connection between childhood friends, who are also each other’s first...

On the eighth episode of All the Film Things, we are celebrating Noirvember! I am joined by my friend, and host of the podcast Red Room Radio, Cristina Santiago, to discuss Louis Malle’s 1958 noir film, Elevator to the Gallows . This episode is spoiler- filled. Elevator to the Gallows is a crime thriller film set in Paris and with the events unfolding within 24 hours.   The film follows two couple...

On the seventh episode of All the Film Things, I am joined by my friend, Dina Vo, to discuss the film that took this summer (well... year) by storm: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie . This episode is spoiler- filled. Barbie is a comedy/ fantasy film focused on the famous variety of the Barbie (and Ken) dolls. The film was written by two of the best working American filmmakers today: Greta Gerwig and Noah Bau...

On the sixth episode of All the Film Things, I am joined by my friend, Lina Smith for this special Halloween episode as we talk about horror films! Whenever October comes around, many people watch their favorite horror films to be fully immersed in the Halloween season. Lina is a horror film aficionado while I am the exact opposite. Aside from a few exceptions (specifically The Shining), I can’t e...

On the fifth episode of All the Film Things, I am joined by one of my close friends, Katelin Fitzpatrick, to discuss Dennis Hopper’s 1969 film Easy Rider starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. This episode is spoiler- filled. Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider is a road/ drama film focused on two hippies riding motorcycles across state lines “looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere….”  Although...

On the fourth episode of All the Film Things, I talked with cinematographer and videographer Graham Zielinski. Graham's dream has been to work in film production… but for a few years, he wasn’t sure if that would be his path. Graham spent two years in Los Angeles trying to make it as an actor. When he returned home to Florida, his parents wanted him to get a college degree. It is then he asked...

On the third episode of All the Film Things, my friend and fellow film aficionado Cole Echevarria returns for an episode of Film Finds!  The “Film Finds” segment is ATFT in its most casual, spontaneous form as we talk about recent films we've watched with almost nothing prepared. In this episode, we mostly focused on the new summer releases such as Oppenheimer , Mission: Impossible- Dead Recko...

On the second episode of All the Film Things, I talked with my friend and fellow film aficionado Cole Echevarria about Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 film The Wrong Man starring Henry Fonda. This episode is spoiler-filled. Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man is a docudrama/ noir based on a true events that Hitchcock describes as "stranger than all the fiction that has gone into many of the thrillers&qu...

On the first episode of All the Film Things, I talked with film historian/ author/ lecturer Max Alvarez. Max credits developing his passion for film to his parents and seeing François Truffaut's The 400 Blows in theaters as a child. His first job in film started with indexing film reviews for the Variety newspaper. From there, Max takes us through his decades- long career from his work as a fi...