Preceding Film

Heath and Drew celebrate Father's Day several weeks too late and discuss one of Drew's dad's favorite movies - Jojo Rabbit , and the mother/son relationship that influenced the film in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Heath and Drew step away from their usual format to give their rankings of who they have dubbed the "21st Century Film Director". Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Jonah joins Heath and Drew for FilmBro Week on the latest episode of Preceding Film as the trio discusses the wandering in Wim Wender's beautiful Paris, Texas and John Ford's majestic The Searchers . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Heath and Drew are joined by filmmaker and friend of the show Chase Goforth to discuss the filmmaking and thematic connections between Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition and George Roy Hill's  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath are off this week, so a timely decision was made to release a commentary episode featuring Ray and Tab watching Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones that was recorded as a companion piece for the Megaloplolis/AOTC episode recorded a few months back. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath set sail on the seven seas to discuss the undersaturated pirate movie genre by highlighting Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl , and The Crimson Pirate , a swashbuckling adventure from the golden age of Hollywood.

Drew and Heath discuss   Sidney Lumet's masterpiece Dog Day Afternoon and it's influences on several films including Nick Cassavete's Denzel Washington starring  John Q .  Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew, Heath and Jack Yarid viewed 14,000,605 alternate futures and determined they could only discuss Avengers: Infinity War if they paired it with the 1996 LA crime film 2 Days in the Valley . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath break down their top five Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Number THREE might shock you! Also, Brian Finley, MCU correspondent, reveals his favorite MCU movie. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath host the Mike Judge episode as they talk about the cult classic  Office Space and  Extract which Mike Judge himself called a companion piece to the first film. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew, Heath and Jonah solve the Zodiac case and discuss the true crime genre as they dive into David Fincher's Zodiac and Bong Joon-Ho's Memories of Murder . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Heath and Drew jump on the 3:10 to Yuma to talk about the 2007 3:10 to Yuma and the original 1957 version.  Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew sets up an elaborate noir cop roleplaying exercise to help Heath find out the meanings in Gore Verbinski's A Cure For Wellness and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Heath and Drew talk Academy Awards, Steven Spielberg, Heat, Dune 3, Train Dreams, PTA and more on their not so instant Oscars reaction episode. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath are joined by Ray Cotolo to discuss big swings in digital filmmaking as they breakdown the influences George Lucas's  Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones has on  Francis Ford Coppola's  2024 epic,  Megalopolis . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

We at Preceding Film felt it necessary to put a disclaimer about not taking medical advice from this episode as Heath and Drew are joined by first time guest Allie Easter to trace the deadly viruses in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion and Wolfgang Peterson's Outbreak . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Airplane! is one of the most acclaimed comedies of all time, but did you know it follows the exact plot and even shares several lines of dialogue with the 1957 film Zero Hour! ? Drew and Heath talk all about on this episode! Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew, Heath and Jonah have passed their baseline tests and have been authorized to talk about Denis Villeneuve's sequel Blade Runner 2049 , and Ridley Scott's influential sci-fi noir cult classic Blade Runner . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Lora Taylor joins Drew and Heath to talk Steven Spielberg, broadcasting and how to make political thrillers. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

The buddy comedy is one of the most tried and true subgenres in storytelling, and in this episode of Preceding Film, Drew and Heath talk the dynamics between Woody and Buzz in Toy Story along with Jack and The Duke in the direct influence Midnight Run. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Montages and inspirational music. Jack Yarid joins Heath and Drew to talk about the third and fourth installments in the Rocky franchise, and filmmaking's transition from the 1970s to the 1980s through these movies. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Drew and Heath are trapped at their respective residences, so they hop on a conference call to discuss their picks for what movies they like watching on a chilly, snowy day. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

What is a rat's purpose? Drew and Heath are joined by Emily Stokes to talk about Brad Bird's  Ratatouille and the 11th grossing movie of 1971,  Willard . Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Year two of Preceding Film is finished, and to celebrate, Heath and Drew rank all 82 films they paired together over the past year.  Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Heath and Drew are joined by a number of guests to talk about some of their favorite (and sometimes not so favorite) movies of 2025! Guests include Tabish Ilyas, Lora Taylor, Jonah Wilcox, Kate Watzke, Kassy Shelby and Brian Finley. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com