Movies We Like

“You think I’m an enchantress, don’t you?” Talking About Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu with our guest, production designer Yôhei Taneda In this episode of Movies We Like, we are thrilled to have production designer Yôhei Taneda join us to discuss his fascinating career and one of his favorite films, Kenji Mizoguchi's 1953 classic, Ugetsu . Taneda shares his journey into the world of production design,...

“Wise up, folks. We're all alone out there and tomorrow we're going out there again.” Talking About The Big Chill with our guest, writer/director Mandy Fabian In this episode of Movies We Like, hosts Andy Nelson and Pete Wright are joined by the multi-talented writer/director Mandy Fabian to discuss her fascinating career journey and the classic 1980s ensemble dramedy, The Big Chill . From her ear...

“Have you ever fired two guns whilst jumping through the air?” Talking About Hot Fuzz with our guest, filmmaker Nathan Blackwell In this episode of Movies We Like, filmmaker Nathan Blackwell (and co-host of TruStory FM’s own The Most Excellent 80s Movies Podcast ) joins Andy Nelson and Pete Wright to discuss Edgar Wright's comedic action film, Hot Fuzz . Nathan shares his love for the movie and ho...

“If we win, on our budget, with this team... we'll have changed the game. And that's what I want. I want it to mean something.” Talking About Moneyball with our guest, filmmaker Mark Pellington Andy and Pete welcome acclaimed filmmaker Mark Pellington to discuss his remarkable career as well as one of his favorite films, Bennett Miller’s Moneyball . Mark takes listeners on a journey through his di...

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Talking About Ferris Bueller’s Day Off with our guest, dialect coach William Conacher In this episode of Movies We Like, Andy Nelson and Pete Wright are joined by renowned dialect coach William Conacher to discuss his fascinating career and the beloved classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off . Conacher shares...

Learn more about Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements and sign up on our website . Subscribe in your favorite podcast app! In this inaugural episode of Cinema Scope, host Andy Nelson is joined by professors Leon Hunt and Chris Hamm to explore the captivating world of wuxia, a Chinese film genre that blends philosophy, action, and legend. They discuss the key elements that define...

“You call it luck. I call it destiny.” Talking About John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King with our guest, actor Patrick Fabian In this engaging episode of Movies We Like, hosts Andy Nelson and Pete Wright are joined by special guest Patrick Fabian to discuss John Huston's epic adventure film, The Man Who Would Be King . Fabian, known for his roles in numerous TV shows and films, including his s...

“A surge of love – an urge to help mankind – comes over her.” Talking About Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amélie with our guest, Costume Designer Antoinette Messam On this episode of Movies We Like, we speak with costume designer Antoinette Messam about her incredible career in film and one of her favorite movies, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's magical 2001 film Amélie . We have a fascinating conversation with Antoi...

“Life isn't like in the movies. Life... is much harder.” Talking About Cinema Paradiso with our guest, Special Effects Supervisor Chris Reynolds In this magical episode, we chat with veteran special effects artist and supervisor Chris Reynolds about his storied career bringing movies to life through innovative engineering and technology. Our focus is the classic Cinema Paradiso , a nostalgic ode t...

“You may think you know what you’re dealing with, but you don’t. Believe me.” Talking About Chinatown with our guest, Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir Chinatown is regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. In this episode, we're joined by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt to discuss this masterpiece of cinema. We start by talking to...

“This is something that happens.” Talking About Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1999 film Magnolia with our guest, cinematographer Lyn Moncrief On this episode of Movies We Like, hosts Andy Nelson and Pete Wright invite cinematographer Lyn Moncrief to discuss his career and one of his favorite films, Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling 1999 drama Magnolia . We talk with Lyn about how he first got interested i...

“I think I could turn into you if I really tried.” Talking About Persona with our guest, writer/director Sophie Barthes On this episode of Movies We Like, we speak with writer/director Sophie Barthes about one of her favorite films, Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 psychological drama Persona . We also discussed Barthes' own directing career and thoughts on filmmaking. We have an in-depth discussion about Be...

“If might is right, then love has no place in the world.” Talking About The Mission with our guest, Academy Award-winning costume designer Deborah L. Scott Andy and legendary costume designer Deborah L. Scott dive deep into Roland Joffé’s 1986 masterpiece The Mission , an intense and emotional story of faith, colonialism, and redemption. Set in 18th century South America, this Best Picture Oscar n...

“Any vampires around these parts, Pa?” Talking About The Reflecting Skin with our guest, storyboard and concept artist Anson Jew There’s a lot going on in this story of childhood. It’s a story about vampirism and nuclear devastation. It’s about a town’s secrets and the perspective of children. Homosexuality in a time when it was far from being accepted. Dealing with loss. Growing old. Finding love...

“We're living in a world that's blowing itself to hell as fast as everybody can arrange it.” Talking About Terrence Malick’s 1998 film The Thin Red Line with our guest, cinematographer Ross Riege While Terrence Malick’s war film The Thin Red Line came out five months after Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan , it couldn’t be more different. They’re both exceptional films, but Malick’s takes a m...

“You don’t get anywhere in this world by waiting for what you want to come to you. You make it happen.” Talking About Working Girl with our guest, writer/producer Rachel Lewis Mike Nichols’ film Working Girl has been in all of our lives for decades now, and there are reasons it stands out as a classic. It’s a Cinderella story dealing with the sexism in the 80s workplace, and how one woman proves s...

“I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.” Talking About Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 film There Will Be Blood with our guest, filmmaker Uwe Boll There are many films filmmaker Uwe Boll could’ve picked to discuss with us on the show, but the most recent film that’s affected him as much as some of his all-time favorites is Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 film There...

“Your mother can’t be with you anymore.” Talking About Bambi with our Guest Todd Alcott, Screenwriter When released in 1942 during WWII, Walt Disney’s Bambi struggled to find its audience. It still did well enough for itself, but it wasn’t until its subsequent releases over the decades when Disney would bring its classics back to theatres where it really found its audience. Since that time, it’s o...

When we started our very first movie podcast, the original name was Movies We Like . Eventually, as we began talking about some movies we didn't like, we figured we should rebrand. Hence, The Next Reel Film Podcast was born. But we never could let go of the name Movies We Like . We just didn't have a place for it at the time. Then, as we were looking at rebranding The Speakeasy—this podcast—as we...

“You think there’s something wrong with me or something? You think I’m wacko or something?” Talking About John Cassavetes’ 1974 film ‘A Woman Under the Influence with our guest Tami Reiker In this episode of Movies We Like, we’re joined by award-winning cinematographer Tami Reiker to talk about one of her favorite movies, John Cassavetes’ 1974 film A Woman Under the Influence . This is a film Tami...

"You brought music back into the house. I’d… forgotten." The Next Reel’s Speakeasy is an ongoing series of ours in which we invite an industry guest to join us and bring along one of their favorite movies to talk about. In this month’s episode, producer Catherine Hand joins us to talk about one of her favorite films, Robert Wise’s 1965 film The Sound of Music . We talk about how the story made it...

"I think we just lost the family audience." The Next Reel’s Speakeasy is an ongoing series of ours in which we invite an industry guest to join us and bring along one of their favorite movies to talk about. In this month’s episode, cinematographer and inventor Nic Sadler joins us to talk about one of his favorite films, Bob Fosse’s 1979 film All That Jazz . We talk about the incredible honesty wit...

"I’m watching the sky, sir, and it’s doing some amazing things!" The Next Reel’s Speakeasy is an ongoing series of ours in which we invite an industry guest to join us and bring along one of their favorite movies to talk about. In this month’s episode, one of the many Andy Nelsons in the film world — specifically Andy Nelson the re-recording mixer — joins us to talk about one of his favorite films...

"We let you all down, didn’t we?" The Next Reel’s Speakeasy is an ongoing series of ours in which we invite an industry guest to join us and bring along one of their favorite movies to talk about. In this month’s episode, cinematographer Toby Oliver joins us to talk about one of his favorite films, Christopher Nolan’s 2017 film Dunkirk . We talk about Nolan’s decision to shoot on IMAX 65mm largely...

“I can’t apologize. I’m not going to apologize for this. You know what I will do? I will apologize on behalf of Ernest Hemingway because that’s who’s to blame here." The Next Reel’s Speakeasy is an ongoing series of ours in which we invite an industry guest to join us and bring along one of their favorite movies to talk about. In this episode, film composer Harry Gregson-Williams joins us to talk...