Floating Through Film

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...

On Episode 133 of Floating through Film, we continue our third annual Horror Month with Dany's picks this week, 1942's Cat People directed by Jacques Tourneur (06:02), and 1997's Perfect Blue directed by Satoshi Kon (1:09:19). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: God Told Me To + Meatball Machine Music: - Intro from Cat People (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKyZxkRuufA&list=PLhoT2qrMWNogAxC...

On Episode 132 of Floating through Film, we begin our third annual Horror Month. For this series each one of us will pick the movies for the week, and we're starting with Luke's picks, 1955's Night of the Hunter (3:06) directed by Charles Laughton, and 1975's Deep Red directed by Dario Argento (1:14:24). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Cat People + Perfect Blue Music: - Intro from Night of t...

On Episode 131 of Floating Through Film, we're drafting our favorite movies from the 2000s! Once again, the only rule was you couldn't pick multiple movies by the same director. We hope you enjoy! Luke's List: 1:37:42 Blake's List: 1:38:25 Dany's List: 1:39:15 Episode Next Week: Horror Month Week 1 (The Night of the Hunter + Deep Red) Music: - Intro from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9kVebphJFM...

On Episode of 130 of Floating Through Film, we conclude our series that was picked by Blake, Buster Keaton! This week we're doing 2 of Keaton's last features where he was able to have control of the direction, 1926's The General and 1928's Steamboat Bill, Jr. (48:02). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Top 10 of the 2000s Music: - Intro: Early Summer - Break: https://www.youtube...

On Episode of 129 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series that was picked by Blake, Buster Keaton! This week we're doing 2 of Keaton's features he directed in 1925: 7 Chances (0:47) and Go West (51:43). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: The General + Steamboat Bill Jr. Music: - Intro: Early Summer - Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d6HtjVMcVA&list=PLyU6zePFLJ-Bfvx_v...

On Episode of 128 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series that was picked by Blake, Buster Keaton! This week we're doing 2 of Keaton's features he directed in 1924: The Navigator (1:02) and Sherlock Jr. (33:47). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 7 Chances + Go West Music: - Intro: Early Summer - Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYs68oMcGdY - Outro: https://www.youtube.co...

On Episode of 127 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series that was picked by Blake, Buster Keaton! This week we start Keaton's features with two films directed in 1923: Three Ages and Our Hospitality (38:28). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: The Navigator + Sherlock Jr. Music: - Intro: Early Summer - Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42sbnQxEmw - Outro: https://www.youtube....

On Episode 125 of Floating through Film, we're coming back to review a director we all like, M Night Shyamalan, because of his new thriller Trap that is now out in theaters! We give our brief thoughts on Shyamalan at the beginning of the episode before jumping into new release Trap (05:02) first, before reviewing his 2021 film Old (1:10:13) to close out the episode. We hope you enjoy! Episode...

On Episode 124 of Floating Through Film, we're reviewing silent movies from 2 great directors, Ernst Lubitsch and John Ford. We start with Lubitsch's 1919 comedy, The Doll (3:09), before moving two Ford's exciting western, 3 Bad Men (34:19). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: M Night Shyamalan (Trap + Old) Music: - Intro: Early Summer -Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25b5TJFL...

On Episode 121 of Floating Through Film, we conclude our series picked by Luke, (Early) Jean-Luc Godard! This week we're reviewing two films that indicated Godard's sharp shift from his 60s era, 1967's Weekend (0:01:35) and 1972's Tout Va Bien (1:05:45) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: FTF Trivia Music: - Intro: from Weekend (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNFZhai6-cs&ab_...

On Episode 120 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, (Early) Jean-Luc Godard! This week we're reviewing two films Godard directed in 1967, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (09:41) and La Chinoise (1:12:40) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Weekend + Tout va Bien (Everything's Fine) Music: - Intro: from 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (https://www.youtube.com/wat...

On Episode 118 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, (Early) Jean-Luc Godard! This week we're reviewing Godard's 1965 film Pierrot le Fou, and his 1966 film Made in U.S.A (1:22:08) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her + La Chinoise Music: - Intro: from Pierrot le Fou (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Q4L3YrUn8&list=PLkAUJkbhd-...