Floating Through Film

On Episode 103 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Blake, John Woo! This week we're reviewing two of Woo's early 90s movies, 1990's Bullet in the Head (00:01:02), and 1992's Hard Boiled (1:22:00) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Face/Off + Hard Target Music: - Intro: from Bullet in the Head (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zc82qOtDLg&ab_channel=Chann...

On Episode 102 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Blake, John Woo! This week we're reviewing two all-time John Woo classics, 1986's A Better Tomorrow (0:00:50), and 1989's The Killer (1:17:24) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Bullet in the Head + Hard Boiled Music: - Intro: from A Better Tomorrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCp7icTCcuM&list=PL_iuvtT...

On Episode 101 of Floating through Film we begin our new series picked by Blake, John Woo! After Blake tells us why he picked the Hong Kong master, and the other two also give their thoughts on him, we jump into two early Woo movies, 1979's Last Hurrah for Chivalry (13:21), and 1982's Plain Jane to the Rescue (1:01:19) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: A Better Tomorrow + The Killer Mu...

For Episode #100 of Floating Through Film, we decided to take a look back through all of the series we've done, and then pick a single "canon" movie from each series. We thought it would be a fun way to look back, and talk about our opinions on the different directors. Because this was kind of a checkpoint episode, we also decided to spend the second half of the episode going through...

On Episode 99 of Floating Through Film, we draft our favorite movies from the 1980s! Once again, the only rule was you couldn't pick multiple movies by the same director for your own list. We hope you enjoy! Dany's List: 1:27:44 Blake's List: 1:28:37 Luke's List: 1:29:08 Episode Next Week: FTF Canon Episode (Episode 100) Music: - Intro from Blade Runner (https://www.youtube.com/wat...

On Episode 98 of Floating through Film we conclude our series picked by Luke, John Cassavetes! We're reviewing two of his 80s movies this week, 1980's Gloria (2:08), and 1984's Love Streams (40:45). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 80s Movie Draft Music: - Intro: from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBoWN6Ia9P8&ab_channel=verycoolsound - Break: from https://www.youtube.com/wat...

On Episode 97 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Luke, John Cassavetes! We're still reviewing two of Cassavetes movies this week, but this time we're doing one film he only starred in, 1976's Mikey and Nicky directed by Elaine May (1:03). We then review a film he directed and appeared in, 1977's Opening Night (38:41). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Glo...

On Episode 95 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Luke, John Cassavetes! We are reviewing two of Cassavetes's early 70s movies, 1970's Husbands (2:10), and 1971's Minnie and Moskowitz (45:43). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: A Woman Under the Influence + The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Music: - Intro: from Husbands - Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js...

On Episode 96 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Luke, John Cassavetes! We're reviewing two of Cassavetes's mid 70s movies this week, 1974's A Woman Under the Influence (1:42), and 1976's The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1:12:20). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Opening Night + Mickey and Nicky Music: - Intro: from The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (https...

On Episode 94 of Floating through Film we begin our new series picked by Luke, John Cassavetes! After Luke tells us why he picked Cassavetes, and the other guys give their thoughts on what they know about him, we start with 2 of his earlier films, 1958's Shadows (15:12), and 1968's Faces (58:28). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Husbands + Minnie and Moskowitz Music: - Intro: https://...

On Episode 93 of Floating Through Film, we're picking our 10 favorite supporting roles! This was an idea that Luke had, and it ended up being a great way to talk about all types of roles and movies. We hope you enjoy! Series We're Starting Next Week: John Cassavetes (Shadows + Faces) Music: - Intro from Chaplin's score for City Lights (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kiqpl4KW7i8&li...

On episode #92 of Floating Through Film, we're recapping our 2023 year in film! This was a fun episode as we each go back through our independent journeys of film this year with a few different lists. We start the episode talking about our worst movie of 2023 (4:48), then move to our top 3 of 2023 (14:51), our top 5 most impactful rewatches of 2023 (41:39), our top 10 first watches of 2023 (1:...

On Episode 91 of Floating Through Film, we continue our break with Luke and Blake each picking a musical to review! We start with Luke's pick, Vincente Minnelli's 1951's film The Band Wagon, before getting to Blake's pick, Makoto Tezuka's 1985 film, The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (53:43). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Year End Review Music: - Intro: The Band Wagon...

On Episode 90 of Floating Through Film, we continue our break before starting our next series by reviewing three short films, each one picked by one of us. We start with Luke's pick, the Tati short Evening Classes (2:42), then move to reviewing Dany's experimental short film Chronopolis (18:44), before finally reviewing Blake's pick, the animated short film The Man Who Planted Trees (3...

On episode 89 of Floating Through Film, we draft our favorite movies from the 1970s! Once again, the only rule was you couldn't pick multiple movies by the same director for your own list. We hope you enjoy! Luke's List: 1:25:47 Dany's List: 1:26:17 Blake's List: 1:26:49 Episode Next Week: Short Films - Evening Classes + Chronopolis + The Man Who Planted Trees Music: - Intro from A...

On Episode 88 of Floating through Film we conclude our series picked by Dany, Robert Bresson! After Dany starts the episode with a discussion on what Bresson could mean when he values "Relations > Images" in film (4:04), we review 1977's The Devil, Probably (27:13), and 1983's L'argent (1:41:13). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 70s Movie Draft Music: - Intro: from Th...

On Episode 87 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Dany, Robert Bresson! After Dany starts the episode with a discussion on the concept of "Presentation vs. Representation" in film (4:01), we review 1971's Four Nights of a Dreamer (24:31), and 1974's Lancelot of the Lake (1:20:58). We hope you enjoy! Two videos of Mani Kaul discussing Presentation vs. Represe...

On Episode 86 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Dany, Robert Bresson! After Dany starts the episode with a discussion on "The Mysterious" in Bresson (4:05), we review 1967's Mouchette (35:06), and 1969's A Gentle Woman (1:11:22). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Lancelot of the Lake + Four Nights of a Dreamer Music: - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/wa...

On Episode 85 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Dany, Robert Bresson! After Dany starts the episode again with a discussion on Bresson's "Models" (3:10), we review 2 of his most popular movies, 1959's Pickpocket (37:06), and 1966's A Man Escaped (1:43:30). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Mouchette + A Gentle Woman Music: - Intro: https://www.yout...

On Episode 82 of Floating through Film, we finish our horror month with Blake's picks this week, 1991's Hiruko the Goblin (1:25), and 2003's Gozu (40:47). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Bresson Week 1 (Diary of a Country Priest + A Man Escaped) Music: - Intro from Hiruko the Goblin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM9k7Ff1RkU&ab_channel=DEVILMAN666) - Outro from Gozu (https:...

On Episode 81 of Floating through Film, we begin our horror month again for the second year in a row. For this series each one of us will pick the movies for the week, and we're starting with Luke's picks, 1960's Peeping Tom (09:55) and 1977's House (54:14). We hope you enjoy! P.S. If you listened to last week's episode, it ended with a punishment of having to watch The Human C...

On episode 79 we conclude our series on the great Tsai Ming-liang with two of his slowest, but also most interesting feature films, 2013's Stray Dogs (2:23), and 2020's Days (1:10:37). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Rapid Fire Questions, Etc Music: - Intro from Stray Dogs - Break from Days - Outro from Days Hosts: Luke Seay (https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/), Blake Tourville (https:...

On Episode 78 we continue our Tsai series with two of Tsai's more experimental films, 2005's The Wayward Cloud (3:52), and 2009's Visage (1:06:17). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Stray Dogs + Days Music: - Intro from The Wayward Cloud (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak27LeQJ64I&ab_channel=CS) - Break from The Wayward Cloud (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak27LeQJ64I&ab...

On Episode 77, we continue Blake's pick, Tsai Ming-liang! This week we're reviewing two Tsai films that pair extremely well together, 2001's What Time Is It There? (0:01:05), and 2003's Goodbye, Dragon Inn (1:29:22). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: The Wayward Cloud + Visage Music: - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFeyqjRhY_Q&ab_channel=filmnerd - Break: Dragon In...

On Episode 76, we continue Blake's pick, Tsai Ming-liang! This week we're reviewing two different Tsai fillms, 1997's The River (1:36), and 1998's The Hole (1:10:26). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: What Time Is IT There? + Goodbye, Dragon Inn Music: - Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41vF3wYN9S4&ab_channel=Mandarin%26Bananas - Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...