Piecing It Together Podcast

On the 121st episode of Piecing It Together, filmmaker Michael Keene joins me to talk about one of the most ridiculous movies you can stream from home during your quarantine: Glenn Danzig's Verotika. Based on his line of borderline-porn horror comics, starring mostly porn stars with fake French accents and lots of blood... It's a crazy movie, and depending on the crowd you watch it with, a great t...

On the 1st episode of a new side series of Piecing It Together called Missing Pieces, Adam Wells joins me to discuss 2013's This Is The End from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. With the Coronavirus bringing an end to Hollywood's planned release schedule for the rest of the year, This Is The End is a fitting way to kick off a look back at movies that were released before the creation of our podcast!...

On the 120th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black joins me to talk about one of his favorite actors, Ben Affleck, and his new film The Way Back. An inspirational drama from writer/director Gavin O'Connor, The Way Back tells the story of an alcoholic who finds the way to recovery through coaching a high school basketball team. Puzzle pieces include Hoosiers, Yes Man, Half Nelson and A Star Is...

On this special mini-episode for 3/9/2020, host David Rosen checks in with you, the listeners, about the status of Piecing It Together as it enters year 3, as well as his other podcasts Bird Road , Awesome Movie Year and All Rice No Beans . He also provides some news about a surprise new album release that's coming out THIS month! More news about the upcoming album can be found at this blog post o...

On the 119th episode of Piecing It Together, Robert Yaniz Jr. from the Crooked Table Podcast helps me kick off year 3 of our podcast by looking at The Invisible Man. This modernized take on the classic Universal Monster movie from Blumhouse and director Leigh Whannel is totally surprising and does the long tradition of monsters proud. Puzzle pieces include Terminator 2, Ex Machina, Sleeping With T...

On the 118th episode of Piecing It Together, Adam Wells joins me to talk about the latest Nicolas Cage freak out, the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Color Out Of Space. Directed by Richard Stanley, it's a wild cosmic horror family drama and is out now on VOD. Puzzle pieces include The Thing, Annihilation, Suspiria, and Ordinary People. As always, SPOILER ALERT for Color Out Of Space and the movies we d...

On the 117th episode of Piecing It Together, Jason Harris joins me to talk about Taika Waititi's Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit. We recorded this way back when it came out in theaters, long before it won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars and before it came out last week on VOD. Jojo Rabbit is kind of a love it or hate it movie, but we didn't really love it or hate it. Puzzle pieces include South Park...

On this Special Episode of Piecing It Together, I’m joined by returning co-hosts Ryan Daugherty and Chad Clinton Freeman to discuss all the movies we’re most looking forward to in 2020. Our most anticipated movies of 2020 include everything from indies and horror to super-hero movies and sequels. As always, SPOILER ALERT for all the movies we discussed! Chad Clinton Freeman is the founder of...

On the 116th episode of Piecing It Together, Chad Clinton Freeman joins us (two in a row!) to talk about the latest in his beloved DC Extended Universe of films, the Harley Quinn solo movie Birds Of Prey. Following up on the disaster that was Suicide Squad, Birds Of Prey sees a newly single Harley Quinn getting into all kinds of crazy adventures in an uneven but fun comic book movie. Puzzle pieces...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, we are revisiting Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (which we covered back on episode 78 ), Quentin Tarantino's ode to the golden era of Hollywood. Ever since its release the takes were coming fast and hard from every end of the spectrum. On opposite ends... Both of our guests Joe Black (who loved it) and Chad Clinton Freeman (who hated it). As always, S...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, filmmaker Kris Krainock joins us again (as he did last year) to discuss our predictions for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. The Oscars are a bit under fire (what else is new) for continuing to not be diverse, but we give our predictions, hopes and some wishes for what should have been nominated. As always, SPOILER ALERT for any of the movies we dis...

On the 115th episode of Piecing It Together, Chad Clinton Freeman joins us to talk about one of his favorite filmmakers, Guy Ritchie and his new film The Gentlemen. A return to his crime film roots, The Gentlemen is a sometimes problematic but always fun classic crime romp. Puzzle pieces include Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Sexy Beast, Seven Psychopaths and The Player. As always, SPOILER ALERT f...

On the 114th episode of Piecing It Together, my buddy David Quinones from Bird Road Podcast joins me to talk about possibly the most talked about movie of 2019, Parasite. Bong Joon-ho's timely social satire about two families on different sides of the wealth gap surprised everyone and has been cleaning up awards over the last couple months. Puzzle pieces include Us, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Eating...

On the 113th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black and Adam Wells return to the podcast for a conversation about all things Kevin Smith, touching on lots of moments from throughout his View Askewniverse right up until the brand new Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. We recorded this back when the film was toured around the country and it's now finally out on VOD. Puzzle pieces include O Brother Wher...

On the 112th episode of Piecing It Together, Brian Garth from the band Black Camaro returns to the show... This time in a private meeting room in the West Sahara Library to talk about Terminator: Dark Fate, recording directly into his monstrous digital creation known as The Monarch. It's kind of a weird episode, but bringing Arnold Schwarzenegger back to play an old man version of the Terminator m...

On the 111th episode of Piecing It Together, Catherine Gonzales joins me to talk about the Roger Deakins cinematography extravaganza that is 1917. The war film is shot in a way that makes it seem like one long take and is probably going to win Best Picture. Puzzle pieces include Birdman, Saving Private Ryan, Dunkirk and We Were Soldiers. As always, SPOILER ALERT for 1917 and the movies we discuss!...

On the 110th episode of Piecing It Together, Joe Black, quite possibly the only man with Tom Hooper's film adaptation of Cats in his Top 10 Films of 2019 list, joins me to talk about this can't-look-away train-wreck of a film. I call it a train-wreck, but really, I kind of also loved it for what it is... Pure madness. Puzzle pieces include The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Avatar, Meet The Feebl...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell from Awesome Movie Year joins me to countdown our Top 10 Favorite Films of the Decade. Yes, the decade... It's quite the undertaking to try to even remember the hundreds of movies I've seen in the last ten years, let alone try to come up with a meaningful ranking of them... But we did it. Josh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen...

On the 109th episode of Piecing It Together, Kris Krainock joins me for the first episode of 2020, a movie that was probably my #1 most anticipated of 2019... Uncut Gems. After the Safdie Brothers blew my mind with their film 2017 film Good Time, they return with an anxiety inducing story set in the NYC diamond district starring Adam Sandler. Puzzle pieces include Punch Drunk Love, Requiem For A D...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, Josh & Jason from Awesome Movie Year stop by to countdown the Top 10 movies of 2019. Continuing a tradition we began all the way back in 2018, we countdown our favorites as well as some favorite movie moments of the year. Josh Bell is a film critic whose work has been seen in the Las Vegas Weekly, Film Racket and more. Check out his website at&nb...

On the 108th episode of Piecing It Together, journalist Heidi Kyser joins me to talk about Bombshell, the story of Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson and sexual harassment at Fox News. It's a heavy topic but Jay Roach managed to balance the incredibly accurate performances from the likes of Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman with a story that needed to be told. Puzzle pieces include Vice, The Post and B...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, composer TJ Kross joins me to take a look back at 2021 and some of our favorite film scores of the year! We both come from a background of composing music for film, so we thought it would be a fun chance to talk about some of the best of last year including The Power Of The Dog, The Green Knight, The Last Duel and more! As always, SPOILER ALERT for a...

On the 107th episode of Piecing It Together, it's time for another super-episode! I'm joined by JC, TJ, David Michor, Adam Wells, The Lady-Wan and Joe Black to talk about the epic conclusion to the 9 film Star Wars story in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Of course it won't really be the end, but it's still Star Wars so the only proper way to cover it is with multiple guests. As always, SPOILER...

On this special episode of Piecing It Together, it's a cross-over episode with my other podcast Bird Road ! Q and I love talking about TV, even though I rarely make time to watch any of it... So he was the perfect person to talk about the best shows of the last decade. Along with our Top 10s we also get into some specific extra categories and it's a great, long conversation. David Quinones is a wr...

On the 106th episode of Piecing It Together, Chad Clinton Freeman joins me to talk about one of his favorite subjects... Shia LaBeouf and his new film Honey Boy. Directed by Alma Har'el from a story written by LaBeouf about his own life, and starring him as his own father... It's a weird one. And a great one. Puzzle pieces include Private Parts, Adaptation, American Honey and Birdman. As always, S...