The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

This Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) biopic includes an interesting hook that spends just as much time with the FBI informant (LaKeith Stanfield) who contributed to his death. We talk about their performances and the revelatory performance of Dominique Fishback as Hampton's fiancee. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on t...

This week we wade into the discourse on Malcolm & Marie, differentiating it from a play adaptation, talking about specific shots, music usage and two BIG performances by Zendaya and John David Washington. Is here where I say something about mac and cheese? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer

This week we talk about Regina King's Golden Globe nominated feature directing debut. We talk about the difficulties of characterizing iconic public figures and some interesting shot selections in the film. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts   Here  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer

Emerald Fennell's hyper-stylistic revenge tale has Carey Mulligan in a role that she can really sink her teeth into. We go through the film and analyze the shots, the music, the performances and the overall themes that this dense, but propelling film showed us. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on t...

This week we talk about the loud and powerful performances by Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke and Paul Raci in this quiet film about a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing and has to figure out how to move forward. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer

We talk about the Denzel Washington produced adaptation of August Wilson's play which features Viola Davis and Chadwick Bozeman in his last on-screen performance. We get into the performances, underlying themes, how this differs from the play and Oscar prognostications. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follo...

Armed with not enough time and way too many questions, we discuss Christopher Nolan's newest movie Tenet, how it's release may have affected movie-going in the future, what he expects out of his audiences, the mechanics of inversion and John David Washington's spin on a confident spy who is just trying to figure it all out. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Faceb...

We are looking back a couple of years to a time before Jessie Buckley was in everything (I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Fargo, Judy, Chernobyl). Wild Rose puts her center-stage, literally, as a young mother struggling with family who has singing aspirations half a world away. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and...

It's time to dive deep into David Fincher's long-gestating passion project, Mank. He get's Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried and a great cast of supporting characters to bring his father's incisive screenplay centering on the downward-spiralling screenwriter of Citizen Kane to reality. 2020 just got a little better. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  ww...

Ron Howard, Glenn Close, Amy Adams. Hillbilly Elegy has most of the ingredients of a good movie, but we try to figure out why it didn't land for either one of us. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer

This week we wade into the ocean that is Stanley Kubrick. We talk about Kubrick's use of music, lighting and camera moves in this film to create a sense of dread that is more haunting than any gore-filled horror movie. All of this tied with the masterful performance of Malcolm McDowell create a piece of art that forces the viewer to engage with it. Viddy well... Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https:...

Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1955 film Diabolique (or Les Diaboliques) may be seen as a proto-Psycho, but it is worth evaluating on its own merits. We extend Halloween out a bit to talk about a creepy and tense film that inspired many suspense films that came after. Oh, and one last thing, keep an eye peeled for the inspiration for Columbo! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check o...

The Wicker Man is a classic horror movie that neither one of us has seen or knew much about. Needless to say, this early 70's cult (in more ways than one) horror film was shocking, trippy and just plain creepy in some places. Who knew that folk music could be so menacing? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and fol...

This week we talk about Aaron Sorkin's new film based on the real case against a group of activists charged with inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in 1968. We discuss how much truth is necessary for a narrative film like this and break down some of the actor's portrayals of real people. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www...

This week we talk about another new Netflix film based on a novel. The Devil All The Time has a murderer's row of acting talent (including our favorite, Riley Keough), and Spider-Man gets to take on the Batman!! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer

We look at the similarities and differences between Charlie Kaufman's new film and it's source material and try to decipher how they each struck us. Jessie Buckley puts in another great performance with her experienced costars setting a high bar. Come join us for a Brrr at TulseyTown! (Nope, too cheery) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebo...

This new Netflix documentary brings to the forefront the battle for our attention and the battle to change our perception and behaviors, all while showing us cute puppy videos. We try to take a peek into this world without completely shoving our heads in the sand. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on...

We talk about our favorite prison escape movies, including The Grand Illusion, Stalag 17, Cool Hand Luke, The Great Escape, Escape from Alcatraz and The Shawshank Redemption.  Get Busy Listening or Get Busy Dying (did I get that right?) Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer

This week we catch up on what we have each seen recently and talk about preparing for our next episode (Prison Escape Movies). We also get into the new Oscars Best Picture rules that will come into effect in a few years. Let us know what your favorite Prison Escape movie is!! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and...

Judd Apatow's new film pulls from his lead's (Pete Davidson) real life history to focus on another character that is forced to deal with  the past and start living his future. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer

This week we talk briefly about the new "The Batman" trailer. Then we look back to John Huston's Oscar-winning screenplay and direction of his dad and Humphrey Bogart in a film about obsession, mistrust and gold. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer

We look back 20 years to a year after what many people consider one of the greatest movie years in history and find out that there were actually some great movies that came out in 2000! Soderbergh comes up big, comic book movies get a new start and Josh tries to relate In the Mood for Love to Drive. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.c...

This week we talk about two epic movies that at least one of us hasn't seen before. Paul sees Ben-Hur and Josh sees Lawrence of Arabia for the first time. We know! How did we go this long without seeing these films? We talk Oscars, epic shots, epic scores and problematic casting. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer...

Finally we get to take a detour from serious matters and talk about a light-hearted romp that just deals with nihilism, indeterminism, infinite regression, love and the meaning of life! And drinking lots of beer in a pool. Enjoy! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengineer  and follow us on twitter  @actorengineer

This week we talk about Chinonye Chukwu's Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film centering on a veteran death row prison warden at a psychological and emotional crossroads. Alfre Woodard and Aldis Hodge give great performances and Chukwu gives them room to put real emotion on screen. Subscribe on  Apple Podcasts:  https://itun.es/i6gB67Y  Check out our Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/actorandengi...