Preceding Film

A year of Preceding Film is in the books, and to commemorate the occasion, Drew and Heath rank all 88 movies that have been reviewed on the pod. We appreciate everyone listening! Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

First episode of 2025! Heath and Drew are joined by Jonah Wilcox to talk about Peter Weir's Dead Poets Society and its influences on Alexander Payne's The Holdovers. Want to contact us? Email us at precedingfilm@gmail.com 

BONUS EPISODE! Drew, Heath, and Tab share some of their favorite movies from 2024. Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Our longest and most self indulgent episode of the year! Leah Scott joins Drew and Heath to talk about the similar moral quandaries in Harold Ramis' Groundhog Day and Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life. Jimmy Stewart impressions abound.

In this episode, Drew and Heath are joined by Kate Watzke to discuss if it's necessary to add to a story or not, and the group curates their essential Christmas specials list.

Die Hard in a mall and the blueprint. Drew and Heath also discuss Timothée Chalamet's appearance on College GameDay. Plus, did they ever make and release Paul Blart: Mall Cop 3, or is there some sort of Mandela Effect going on? Contact us at precedingfilm@gmail.com

Is Elf the last great Christmas movie? What are the four holiday movies on the Mount Rushmore? Kassy Shelby joins Heath and Drew to talk about this, along with Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie.

In this episode, Heath professes his admiration for Chris Farley, while Drew recites John Candy's monologue from Planes, Trains and Automobiles near verbatim. 

Jonah Wilcox joins Heath and Drew to talk about The Batman and Chinatown, and what makes stories about corruption intriguing.

In this episode, Heath forgets the name of the two main characters from the movie "When Harry Met Sally".

Heath and Drew are joined by Bethany Malone to discuss Greta Gerwig and Gillian Armstrong's takes on the classic American novel Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott.

Both these movies came out the same day. Both these movies might not even be considered scary movies. Both these movies are directed by arguably the two top guys in the horror space currently. Also, David Lynch's mud cave is mentioned.

Drew Watzke is Re-Animated to come back to the podcast. He joins Heath and Sophie to talk Frank Henenlotter's Frankenhooker and Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator as Horror Movie Month continues on Preceding Film. At the end of the episode, Heath interviews Emma Clark about her experience at the BFI London Film Festival.

A month of horror continues, as Heath, Sophie and Jonah discuss two Frank Henenlotter cult classics!  You can contact Preceding Film at @precedingfilm@gmail.com.

Sickos Week on Preceding Film. Joining Drew and Heath is Sophie Nourani, Preceding Film's Horror Movie Correspondent. The trio discuss two body horror classics, David Cronenberg's The Fly and John Carpenter's The Thing. Want to reach us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com

Two non car guys discuss the power of racing in cinema.

Brad Bird has directed animation and live action movies alike. We talk about two of his best, one being his dip into the Mission Impossible pond, and his first Pixar movie The Incredibles .

Drew Watzke 6 hour (10 Minute) solo pod on Edge of Tomorrow, along with other time loop movies.

Ridley Scott said he dropped what he was doing to make Alien after watching Star Wars in theaters. Jonah Wilcox joins Drew and Heath to discuss the two Sci-Fi giants.

Drew and Heath will see you on the beach. 

Drew and Heath are gettin medieval this week on Preceding Film as they discuss Ridley Scott's The Last Duel along with Mel Gibson's 1996 Best Picture Winner Braveheart.

It's all about folk music this week on Preceding Film as Drew and Heath take a look at a few biopics (kind of) about two not so iconic musicians.

Two movies, one franchise, two completely different forms of storytelling. On this week's episode of Preceding Film, we discuss why the Cloverfield franchise exists in the first place.

Fast Cars, southern charm, and endearing accents. It's Redneck Cinema!

Could technically be described as an archive episode as it has been days since recording. Regardless, Drew and Heath step into the simulation and talk about the reality of movies through the lens of Free Guy and The Matrix.