The Film Snobs

Yoyoyo Snobbies! We are very excited about this episode of The Film Snobs. Today, we have Ricky's pick for Princess Month, and are diving head first into the beautiful, serene, and peaceful land of Studio Ghibli. Director Isao Takahata brings us a stunning and perfectly simple tale in "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya." Somehow, we manage to make our way through this movie without crying and talk a...

Welcome back Snobbies! Whoa, you are in for a trippy treat with this one. This week we watched Caleb's pick involving a princess that is going to be betrothed to her father...yeah. After his wife dies and says he can't re-marry unless it's with someone as beautiful as her...YEP! Okay! We are getting into it with, well...incest issues, the skin of a Donkey, Musical pig bands, helicopters, slow-moti...

Hello and WELCOME to Princess Month. GUEST STAR Jeremiah Harris! Today we have a special treat from director Hsiao-Hsien Hou in a movie that was very under noticed in 2015. The film is "The Assassin." This month we wanted to feature princess in a different light. Not your run of the mill Disney Princess Month, nooooo. This is gonna be an education! We had both a lot to say and we were still left s...

Hey SNOBBIES. We are excited to release our yearly talk about the films that gave us goosebumps, tears, snooze, boos, and everything else. We share our top 10 of the 2020's and what films in 2021 blew us away. Ricky decided to show up 40 minutes late, but he manages to give his picks as well. Top shot, best scene, best performance (male or female), overrated, underrated, and hidden gem. This episo...

WELCOME Snobbies….to the end of a JOURNEY! It has been quite the trek that you’ve taken with us for our fifth and final film of the “Going on a Journey) podcast selection! This week we have Jared’s pick as he chooses Bi Gan's unbelievable masterpiece, "Long Day's Journey into Night." In this film we discuss a variety of topic that include this filmmaker's style, his vision, and his unprecedented t...

Caleb's pick for this lane of the "Going on a Journey" highway is Kevin Lima's, "A Goofy Movie." (1995). A Disney classic of the 90's kid in all of us. For those who grew up on this movie, it is a stroll down memory lane. For those who didn't, it's probably not that great. We have enough of a mix in this episode as guest star Sammie Wickham join's us on the pod to discuss murder, Powerline, Father...

Eric's pic for the week takes us on.....yep....A JOURNEY! Three brothers take a train to find their mother in the vast and beautiful landscape of india in Wes Anderson's "The Darjeeling Limited." In this episode we discuss the pretty as a picture film style of Wes and how he weaves a touching narrative about brothers finding their relationship with each other and reconnecting in brotherly love. Th...

Welcome back Snobbies! Sorry for the brief hiatus. This movie was LOOOOONG. Today we have Ethan's pick for a journey film and he went with Wim Wender's four hour director's cut epic "Until the End of the World." The original cut is 2h 38m, but we watched the LOOOOONG version. It is the superior cut for sure, as we found out. In this episode, we follow our characters on an EPIC globe trotting journ...

SNOBBIES! You are in for a TREAT! We have something in Film Snob lore called, "The Lost Episodes." In a hard drive mishap, we have unfortunately lost the first three episodes of The Film Snobs Podcast. We are proud to be releasing one of those lost episodes today, fully recovered. Next week we will be continuing on our topic of "Going on a Journey." With Ethan's surprise pick. But for now, Enjoy....

Hey there Snobbies. Welcome to SEASON 5 of this podcast. Today we start a new topic all about Going on a Journey. Movies that deal with a journey that the main character takes...in whatever form. Today, Ricky navigates us down the ski hill of life with a chimpanzee in tow. That's right, we watched Robert Vince's, "MXP: Most Xtreme Primate." On this episode, the Snobbies are short one Ethan, but ma...

In this episode, Jared takes us down the delightful path of Joe Wright's "Pride and Prejudice." You know the players in this movie so I wont even begin to insult you. The gang make their way through this lovely film as they discuss life, love, awkward social moments, strong independent women, and even Kiera herself makes an appearance! Enjoy our commentary on this beautiful period piece from Jane...

Hey there Snobbies! Today we continue on our topic of "Feeling Lonely." Join us as we talk about Derek Cianfrance's "The Light Between Oceans." This is a good one folks. Guest star Andy Harding joins us for our discussion on motherhood, miscarriages, enduring love, and ethical choices. Whooo! Enjoy! Film Discussed: The Light Between Oceans (2016) Letterboxd: Eric Peterson: https://letterboxd.com/E...

This week we are taking a lonely stroll through one of Krzysztof Kieslowski's three part series titled the "Three Colors trilogy." This lonely episode delves into the first color, Blue. Juliette Binoche’s Julie journeys down the awfully lonely road of grief, discovering how to love again. Here we are going to talk about dragging hands against stone walls, blue, completing music, blue, yellow, help...

Welcome back Snobbies! We missed you. Today we continue on our February film topic, “Feeling Lonely”. In this episode Caleb captains the ship of narcism and individualism that director Pietro Marcello created in the lovely and sad "Martin Eden." In this episode we get political and discuss things like socialism, communism, Ricky's turtle and dolphin adventures, bad Italian accent impressions, and...

Well Snobbies, it’s that time again..we are moving on from the cold outside to explore the coldness in our hearts with the new film topic, “Feeling Lonely”. In this episode Ricky takes us into the world of director Wong Kar-Wai with the critically acclaimed Chungking Express. We discuss the big questions in life, like why the leaves are brown and the sky is grey. We further discuss why the leaves...

Welcome to the end of a journey. In this episode, we conclude our trek through the Czech snowscape and land in Frantisek Vlácil's, "Marketa Lazarová." Here, the snobs dig into the finer details of this religious allegory? Nationalistic propaganda? 5 chapter EPIC about a family feud? We pick our understanding of this incredible film and give our final COLD MOVIE rankings for all five freezing films...

In this week's episode, The Snobs travel through the unforgiving Siberian wilderness as they watch Letter Never Sent. They discuss nature, communism and love. But the greatest of these is love. Ricky Wickham also recites a poem he wrote that was never sent. Grab your hammer and sickle as they unpack this 1960 Soviet Union survival drama. Film Discussed: Letter Never Sent (1960) Letterboxd: Eric Pe...

The Snobs continue their arduous journey through the cold and make their way to the deeply powerful and tender tale of Wind River directed by: Taylor Sheridan, writer of acclaimed films like Hell or High Water and Sicario. In this episode, the snobs discuss the films deeper meanings behind the murder mystery backdrop. Join us on another cold journey as we unpack Indigenous issues, Jared sing's a r...

The Snobs continue on their journey through "Movies Where It's Cold Outside" as they make their way towards The Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." In this episode, the snobs really delve into the more subtle sides of The Shining. Enjoy this deep dive into Kubrick's vision and his take on this Stephen King classic.  Film Discussed: The Shining (1980) Letterboxd: Eric Peterson: https...

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Welcome to True Snob Theatre, the first spin-off series in the same podacastic universe of The Film Snobs. Here, only the highest art films are allowed to be discussed. Only the truest snobs are allowed, and two special guests who change the podcast game forever.  We open with one of the top 10 feature films of 2020: The Bachelorette: Tayshia's Hometowns. Who had the best hometown date? What...

As the The Snobs start their next section of movies (Movies Where It's Cold Outside) they embark on a journey across the Russian countryside as they watch The Ascent (1977). In one of their deeper episodes, they discuss war, faith, the human condition and Vladamir Putin's favorite movie. Film Discussed: The Ascent (1977) Letterboxd: Eric Peterson: https://letterboxd.com/EricLPeterson/, Jared Klopf...

Jared Klopfenstein wraps up the "FFF Month" (Favorite Film Family) with Babe. The whimsical story of an orphaned swine who finds his family and purpose in very unusual places. Caleb, Ethan, Ricky, Eric, and Jared all chime in this week from another socially distanced episode. We are also joined by special guest Sammy Wickham, Ricky's sister. We discuss why people need to watch this movie and what...

Caleb Zehr continues our "FFF Month" (Favorite Film Family) with one of the easiest, loveliest, most heartwarming 199 minutes we've seen yet in "Anne of Green Gables" by Kevin Sullivan. Caleb, Ethan, Ricky, Eric, and Jared all chime in this week from another socially distanced episode. In this episode we take a look at a classic coming of age story as Anne, an orphan, finds her voice, confidence,...

Eric Peterson continues "FFF Month" (Favorite Film Family) with an lovable, odd ball family in "You Can't Take it With You" directed by Frank Capra. In this episode we take a look at what it means to live a fulfilled life. Two families from opposite ends of the social structure meet when lovers from each family decide to get married. Hilarity ensues, but mostly a sobering look at what happens when...