Floating Through Film

On Episode 162 of Floating Through Film, we're trying something new by discussing our first non-film, Bazin's seminal essay, 'Ontology of the Photographic Image'! We then shift from Bazin's essay on the evolution of the image to a film from one of the early innovators of cinema, D.W. Griffith's 1919 film Broken Blossoms (36:37). We hope you enjoy! Bazin's 'Ontology...

On Episode 161 of Floating Through Film, we're doing a different take on our "Blindspots" series by doing two films by two directors we haven't discussed on the podcast yet. That led us to Dany's choice, Renoir's 1945 film The Southerner, followed by Luke's choice, Jerry Lewis's 1961 film The Ladies Man (1:00:01) Episode Next Week: FTF Theory (Bazin's Ontology...

On Episode 159 of Floating Through Film, we're drafting our favorite movies from 2010-now. We hope you enjoy! Luke's List: 1:28:15 Blake's List: 1:28:47 Dany's List: 1:29:25 Episode Next Week: Easter Movie Night (VeggieTales A Jonah Movie + Assassin 33 A.D.) Music: - Intro from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLSzTDUpHdw - Outro from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUKBRTMX_yU&...

On Episode 158 of Floating Through Film, we conclude our series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano! We're reviewing the final two movies of his Filmmakers Trilogy this week, starting with 2007's Glory to the Filmmaker!, followed by his movie about painting, 2008's Achilles and the Tortoise (56:41). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Post 2010s DraftMusic:- Intro: Kids Return (https://w...

On Episode 157 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano! We're getting into some of more Kitano's more experimental films this week, starting with his crazy 1994 comedy Getting Any, before reviewing the first of his Filmmakers Trilogy of movies with 2005's Takeshis' (1:35:39). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Glory to the Filmmaker! + Ac...

On Episode 154 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano! We start the episode by the guys giving their thoughts on what they know about Kitano so far, and Blake tells us why he chose Kitano for his next series. We then start with Kitano's 1989 debut Violent Cop (9:04), followed by his 1991 surfing drama, A Scene at the Sea (1:29:55). We hope you enjoy!...

On Episode 152 of Floating Through Film, in honor of Valentine's Day (that was over a week ago), we're reviewing 2 different kinds of rom-coms. First we're starting with a more "typical" rom-com, 2003's How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days , followed by Aki Kaurismaki's 2023's film Fallen Leaves (1:08:05). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Starship Troopers + Deja Vu...

On Episode 151 of Floating Through Film, we're talking football in honor of the Super Bowl that happened last week. We're starting by reviewing FTF favorite Tony Scott's football movie, The Last Boy Scout. We then thought it would be fun to draft movie characters as different football positions (????). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days + Fallen Leaves Music: - Intr...

On Episode 150 of Floating Through Film, we conclude our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! Just like most of the movies we did for the series, we conclude with two more great Ray films from the 50s, 1957's Bitter Victory, and 1958's Wind Across the Everglades (54:40) . We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: The Last Boy Scout + Football Player Draft Music: - Intro: Bitter Victory (https://www.yo...

On Episode 149 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! We're continuing Ray's great run in the 50s with 1955's Run for Cover, and 1956's Bigger than Life (55:38) . We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Bitter Victory + Wind Across the Everglades Music: - Intro: Run for Cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eoeZta_sW0&ab_channel=AnnyasChannelLogos2020) -...

On Episode 148 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! We're reviewing two of Ray's color films from the 50s, 1954's Johnny Guitar, and 1955's Rebel Without a Cause (1:45:05) . We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Run for Cover + Bigger Than Life Music: - Intro: Johnny Guitar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlomoZqolEI&ab_channel=MovieTh...

On Episode 147 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! We're reviewing two of Ray's black and white films from the early 50s, 1951's On Dangerous Ground, and 1952's The Lusty Men (1:08:28) . We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Rebel Without a Cause + Johnny Guitar Music: - Intro: On Dangerous Ground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvbsBUAvP4&ab_channe...

On Episode 146 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! Luke starts off the episode introducing by introducing Nicholas Ray and telling us why he picked him for this series, before reviewing two of Ray's early classics, his debut film in 1948, They Live by Night (31:45), and his 1950 noir, In a Lonely Place (1:41:09). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: On...

On Episode 145 of Floating Through Film, we're recapping our 2024 in film! We're discussing various topics related to our year in movie watching, including Worst Movie Watched in 2024, Top 3 Movies from 2024 (16:07), Top 5 Rewatched Movies (33:27), and then closing out with our Top 10 First Watches in 2024 (1:10:24). We also have our good friend Dustin on with us to help us recap. We hope you enjo...

On Episode 144 of Floating Through Film, we're getting in the spirit of Christmas with two Christmas classics, starting with another excuse to review a Lubitsch film, 1940's The Shop Around the Corner, before getting to 1993's stop-motion classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1:10:06). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 2024 Recap Music: - Intro: from The Shop Around the Corner (https://www....

On Episode 143 of Floating Through Film, we tried to come up with our consensus top 10 duos in film. We were very loose with what exactly a duo in film is, which makes for an interesting list in our opinion. We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 2024 Recap Music: - Intro: from Letter from an Unknown Woman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42sbnQxEmw&ab_channel=Rousseau) - Outro: from (https://...

On Episode 142 of Floating Through Film, we're reviewing two sci-fi films we love, the first pick was by Dany, Satoshi Kon's 2006 film Paprika, and Nolan's 2021 film Tenet (1:04:10) was Luke's pick. We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: FTF Chain-Draft Music: - Intro: from Paprika (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-QpfLV8dQw) - Break: from Tenet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE5zXLOyEOQ&lis...

On Episode #141 of Floating Through Film, we are experimenting with the movie draft format, because why not? We explain it in greater detail at the beginning of the episode, but basically we're chaining each others picks based on certain predetermined categories we have beforehand. We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: FTF Chain-Draft Music: - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8JdWs3jtcs&amp...

On Episode 140 of Floating Through Film, we conclude our series picked by Dany, Roberto Rossellini! Dany starts the episode with various discussions on Rossellini's art and method, including a discussion on his use of the zoom lens. We then review the two films for this week, 1972's Blaise Pascal (53:53), and 1975's The Messiah (1:58:58). Episode Next Week: FTF Chain-Draft Music: - Intro: from Bla...

On Episode 139 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Dany, Roberto Rossellini! Dany starts the episode with a discussion on Rossellini's shift to "Historical Neorealism". We then review the two films for this week, 1966's he Taking of Power by Louis XIV (45:37), and 1971's Socrates (1:42:38) Episode Next Week: Blaise Pascal + The Messiah Music: - Intro: from he Taking of Power...

On Episode 138 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Dany, Roberto Rossellini! Dany starts the episode with a discussion on what it means to say that Rossellini's camera explores the "enigmatic rapport between people and the world: how people relate to landscape, to each other, to the transcendent. (Bergala)". He then relates this to a discussion on Rosselini's thoughts on act...

On Episode 137 of Floating Through Film, we continue our new series picked by Dany, Roberto Rossellini! Dany starts the episode with a continuation of last week's discussion on what the term "neorealism" could possibly mean, specifically diving into what neorealism as a term meant to Rossellini personally. We then dive into two of the films he made with Ingrid Bergman, 1952's Europe '51 (40:01), a...

On Episode 136 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Dany, Roberto Rossellini! Dany starts the episode with a discussion on what the term "Neorealism" could possibly mean (3:47), before reviewing two of the three movies from his "War Trilogy", 1946's Paisan (39:48), and 1948's Germany, Year Zero (1:59:49) Episode Next Week: Europe 51 + Voyage in Italy Music: - Intro: from Ear...

On Episode 135 of Floating through Film, we conclude our third annual Horror Month with 2 somewhat random picks (our reasoning being one classic and one modern pick), Tobe Hooper's 1974 masterpiece, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (01:29), and 2022's Crimes of the Future (1:15:28), directed by David Cronenberg. Episode Next Week: Roberto Rossellini Week 1 (Paisan + Germany, Year Zero) Music: - Intro...

On Episode 134 of Floating through Film, we continue our third annual Horror Month with Blake's picks this week, Larry Cohen's 1972 film God Told Me To (01:22) and 2005's Meatball Machine directed by Yudai Yamaguchi and Jun'ichi Yamamoto (1:04:18) Episode Next Week: Texas Chain Saw Massacre + Crimes of the Future Music: - Intro from God Told Me To (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-czH_cgUowQ&a...