Floating Through Film

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-...

On Episode 117 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Luke, (Early) Jean-Luc Godard! We start the episode by each giving our own thoughts on Godard, what we know and don't know about his filmography going into this series, etc, before reviewing two of his movies from the early 60s, 1961's A Woman is a Woman (18:14), and 1962's Vivre Sa Vie (1:32:26) Episode Next We...

On Episode 118 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, (Early) Jean-Luc Godard! This week we're reviewing Godard 1963 political film Le Petit Soldat (01:45), and his 1965 sci-fi film Alphaville (1:02:03) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Pierrot le Fou + Made in USA Music: - Intro: from Le Petit Soldat - Break: Alphaville (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of_Am8XD9J...

On this week's episode of Floating Through Film we have guest co-host Bryan on again to help us review to crime movies this week, 1987's Hard Ticket to Hawaii directed by Andy Sidaris (8:44), and 1999's The Mission directed by Johnnie To (41:54). And as was explained at the beginning of this episode, Blake and Bryan also had to watch a "punishment" movie, the Tubi original Tw...

On Episode 115 of Floating through Film, we review two "love triangle" movies from two different eras of American film, first Ernst Lubitsch's 1933 film Design for Living, before moving to one of the best new wide releases of 2024, Luca Guadagnino's film Challengers (1:04:48). We'd also like to thank returning guest Bryan for helping us discuss Challengers! Music: - Intro: fr...

On Episode 114 of Floating through Film, we decided to come to a consensus on FTF's favorite "genre" movies. We each picked 1 movie from 10 different genre categories (Action, Horror, Comedy, Noir/Crime, Western, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Musical, Documentary), and then debated which one of our picks would be the consensus for each category. We hope you enjoy! Episode Nex...

On Episode 113 of Floating through Film, we conclude our series on Luis Buñuel. Dany starts the episode by speaking about Buñuel and Dreams, before reviewing two of his late period classics, 1972's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (33:38), and 1974's The Phantom of Liberty (1:48:32) Episode Next Week: FTF Genre Canon Music: - Intro: from The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Break:...

On Episode 112 of Floating through Film, we continue our series on Luis Buñuel. Dany starts the episode by speaking about Buñuel and his relationship with Surrealism, before reviewing two of his of more religiously themed films, 1953's Él (32:58), and 1977's That Obscure Object of Desire (1:29:43) Episode Next Week: The Phantom of Liberty + The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Music: - In...

On Episode 111 of Floating through Film, we continue our series on Luis Buñuel. Dany starts the episode by speaking about Buñuel and Religion, before reviewing two of his of more religiously themed films, 1959's Nazarin (21:56), and 1969's The Milky Way (1:23:31) Episode Next Week: El + That Obscure Object of Desire Music: - Intro: from Nazarin - Break: from The Milky Way - Outro: from Naz...

On Episode 110 of Floating through Film, we continue our series on Luis Buñuel. Dany starts the episode by speaking about Buñuel's interesting relationship to neorealism (4:40), before reviewing two of his road movies he made during his "Mexican period", 1952's Mexican Bus Ride (38:11), and 1954's Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1:21:17) Episode Next Week: Nazarin + The Milky...

On Episode 109 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Dany, Luis Buñuel! After a brief introduction on the man himself, Dany starts the episode by giving some background on Buñuel's influences/approach to Montage (14:50), before reviewing two of his classics released 21 years apart, 1929's Un Chien Andalou (40:50), and 1950's Los olvidados (1:09:09) Episode Next We...

On Episode 108 of Floating through Film, we go back and review two films we "rejected" when we did our Ozu and Tsai series', Ozu's 1959 film Good Morning (03:00), and Tsai's 2006 film I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (1:18:00). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Luis Buñuel Week 1 (Un Chien Andalou + Los Olvidados) Music: - Intro from Good Morning (https://www.youtube.com/w...

On Episode 105 of Floating through Film we conclude our John Woo series! This week we're ending with Woo's war epic he made when he returned to China, Red Cliff! Part I (0:01:32) and Part II (1:06:55) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 1990s Movie Draft Music: - Intro: from Red Cliff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvGnZye9Fvs&list=PLC73C36A0BF31C17E&index=1&ab_channel=MsOl...

On Episode 104 of Floating through Film we continue our series picked by Blake, John Woo! This week we're reviewing two of Woo's best movies from his time in Hollywood, 1993's Hard Target (0:01:44), and 1997's Face/Off (1:10:57) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Red Cliff I + II Music: - Intro: from Hard Target (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8S-lcZ9OtI&list=PLDmdF1ma6cZq...

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...