Remainders

This week on Remainders, Darren and Patrick take a look at the 1969 French film La Piscine. A now pivotal piece of French cinema and neo-noir styling, the story focuses on betrayal and longing when rich people start behaving bad. Death just looks better when it's dressed in style and driving a Maserati.  more: http://www.remainderspod.com Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Twitter

On this mini-episode of Remainders, Darren and Patrick give their first reactions to Elvis, Baz Luhrmann's chaotic tribute to the King of Rock and Roll. Elvis the musician is a favorite of the hosts, and the anticipation for this one has been high. Between Austin Butler's singing and Tom Hanks' over-the-top performance, we'll see where the King lands.  more: http://www.remainde...

This week Darren and Patrick dive into 2018’s Under the Silver Lake starring Andrew Garfield as L.A.'s resident code-breaker and scumbag. A neo-noir that pays homage to Hollywood that may or may not have something profound to say – for better or worse. Other topics include the new George Carlin doc, Sarah Squirm and body-horror comedy, and Darren sings the hits of the nineties.  Website Faceb...

'This week, Darren and Patrick discuss the 2014 independent film "Buzzard" by writer/director Joel Potrykus. The story of a low-level scam artist, Marty is a petty idealist who thinks the world owes him something. Our hosts talk up this masterful and hilarious journey of what it means to barely survive as a human vulture. Bring the spaghetti and check this one out.' Website Fac...

In 2009, Sam Raimi returned to his horror roots with Drag Me To Hell. This week, Darren and Patrick talk movie curses, CGI, getting back to live shows in Chicago and California, and whether or not Alison Lohman is tougher than Bruce Campbell. Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Twitter

Join Darren as he discusses rest and how it fits within our creative recipes. Most of us are made aware of when we need to rest. Our bodies and our minds have a way of telling us. So why do some of us ignore these signs? Why do we keep going when our bodies and minds are imploring us to pause? Our host shares a first hand account of how rest has become an important part of his creative process. We...

Love them or hate them, eventually we’re all faced with a deadline in both our professional and our personal lives. If we’re forced to accept a future finish line, is it possible to still experience freedom in our work? In this episode of Remainders, we will expound upon the practice of understanding time and trusting in the process to achieve the final result whenever possible.  more: http://www....

Today and throughout this ongoing ten part season, we will be exploring the steps within the creative process. How the stories, sounds, and characters we love come to exist. Together, we’ll be exploring the steps involved and the joy that comes with fully immersing yourself in creation. There is no better way to revel in the present moment than when we are involved in creation. Whatever the medium...

Today and throughout this ten part season, we will be exploring the steps within the creative process. How the stories, sounds, and characters we love come to exist. Together, we’ll be exploring the steps involved and the joy that comes with fully immersing yourself in creation. In this episode of Remainders, we discuss pre-programming. The helpful and not so helpful behaviors that are learned ove...

Today and throughout this ten part season, we will be exploring the steps within the creative process. How the stories, sounds, and characters we love come to exist. Together, we’ll be exploring the steps involved and the joy that comes with fully immersing yourself in creation. In this episode of Remainders, we discuss what it means to be uncomfortable in our daily, and creative lives. Website Fa...

Today and throughout this ten part season, we will be exploring the steps within the creative process. How the art, music, and stories we love come to exist. Together, we’ll be exploring the steps involved and the joy that comes with fully immersing yourself in creation. In this first episode - we’re talking about inspiration and where to find it. Sometimes we’re looking for it and sometimes it fi...

On this episode of Remainders, our host explores the 2011 book "Dear Cary" by Dyan Cannon. Cannon is an accomplished actress, writer, editor and mother. She is also well known for being the fourth wife of legendary Hollywood Actor, Cary Grant. In "Dear Cary" the reader gets a rare and intimate look at what it was like to be married to (arguably) the biggest star in cinema histo...

“Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s dreams?”  On the season finale of Remainders, we discuss Tim Burton’s classic 1994 film Ed Wood. A story of creative expression and a love letter to Burton’s idol, Ed Wood’s status as “World’s Worst Director” only grows with prestige and envy over time. Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi (brilliantly played by Johnny Depp and Martin L...

Cigarettes and coffee, man, that’s a combination--Iggy Pop.  On this episode of Remainders, Darren and Patrick discuss the caffeine-fueled conversations in legendary auteur Jim Jarmusch’s 2003 film Coffee and Cigarettes. Jarmusch tells stories of social misfits experiencing the downside of the American Dream, and remains one of the most unique filmmakers working today. An ode to broken connections...

My shit's fucked up --Warren Zevon  On this episode of Remainders, our hosts discuss the life and dirty times of Warren Zevon. A gifted songwriter, outsider, cynic, and romantic, Zevon remains an underappreciated rock and roll legend. More than merely the singer behind ‘Werewolves of London,’ Zevon mastered the art of ‘song noir’ and was admired by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Martin Scorses...

The 2013 documentary Finding Vivian Maier explores the life of revolutionary Chicago street photographer Vivian Maier. A notorious recluse, Maier excelled in the art world and received massive acclaim upon her death because of a chance discovery of her work.  But Maier’s life deviates from the conventional idea of artistic aspiration: Why didn’t she share her work for the world to see? On this epi...

"I have a competition in me...I want no one else to succeed." On this episode of Remainders, our hosts discuss the fully American and borderline horror film There Will Be Blood.  Many cite There Will Be Blood as a contemporary classic largely because of Daniel Day-Lewis’ maniacal performance as quintessential capitalist and oilman Daniel Plainview. But it’s also the intricate themes of p...

“There should be more women directing. I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible. It is.”-Kathryn Bigelow.  Point Break remains a pivotal piece in our hosts’ film education largely because it asks the essential question: what more do you need than Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze surfing, skydiving, and robbing banks? The 1991 film may not have redefined movies upon...

“To all the hustlers, bastards, strugglers, and hoodlum childs who are chasing their dreams.”  On this episode of Remainders, Darren and Patrick discuss the book American Prison by Shane Bauer. Bauer is an investigative journalist who posed as a correctional officer in a private prison in Louisiana to expose the deplorable conditions for both inmates and officers. The purpose was to uncover the in...

“Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.”  The 2005 documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston truly is the story of an artist. Johnston was a cult icon whose DIY ethic and career became stuff of legends in the modern indie rock scene. He’s been championed and even covered by the likes of Beck, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Wilco, Nirvana, Fugazi, and many more. But even though he’s been often tagge...

“Do you know why this is my favorite tree? Because it’s tipped over and it’s still growing.”  The Florida Project is a 2017 film from Sean Baker that immediately caught the attention of Darren and Patrick upon its release. Willem Dafoe--Nosferatu himself--epitomizes tender masculinity with his portrayal of a welfare hotel manager caught between empathy and profit. In this episode of Remainders, ou...

“The movies are like a machine that generates empathy.”  In the debut episode of the Remainders podcast, Darren Vorel and Patrick McIntyre dive into the Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself. Ebert was a man who won a Pulitzer for film criticism, had a severe drinking problem, and was unafraid to share his excruciating crawl to death for the world to see. But what does he have to say about life? And...