The Filmistines Podcast

Join us as we discuss Andrew Haigh’s exercise in acceptance, recalibrating a perspective, vague character setup, trauma preventing closure, telling a story from the other side, artificial conversations & sensations, Adam’s relationships, a ghostly imagination, expectations, loneliness, the performances, transitions & editing. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode's sponsor! https://...

Join us as we discuss Clint Eastwood’s exercise in hysteria, baseline films, responding viscerally, the wise idiot, a non-falsifiable hypothesis v. a hero, an invasion of privacy, incompetent v. predatory FBI, media conviction & fraudulence, a trifecta of sensationalism, and the performances. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode's sponsor! https://hempvillecbd.com/ Music from #Uppbeat...

Join us as we cast our very educated guesses for what will win at the 2024 Oscars. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode's sponsor! https://hempvillecbd.com/ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: 0IZBWPDTQHBPMAOL

Join us as we discuss Yorgos Lanthimos’ landmark film, coming into a film with your arms crossed, Emma Stone, interpreting a film, providing a second chance, a civilized evolutionary outline, micro-evolution, the importance of play, temptation, the productivity of our darkness, God’s flexibility, nature’s abominations, first impressions, God & Max, the sea of ideas & the trappings of our e...

Join us as we discuss Michael Mann’s speedy film, the meaning, where passion meets modern commercialization, the philosophy of two objects unable to occupy a singular place in space, the engineer Enzo v. the dad, car fast me like, Laura is our savior & what is wrong with Shailene Woodley, what’s Patty Dempsey doing here, bad editing, the wrecks & Portago, and class A racing. Please enjoy....

Join me as I sit down with one of the world’s leading experts in Mean Girls & musicals. We discuss who Mean Girls (2024) is for, the ensemble v. a singular protagonist, musicals v. subtext, the music video quality & best song, what’s the cautionary tale, ranking the performances, sacrificing pacing for modernity & adapting a film for the TikTokers, and can we get a cinematic adaptation...

Join us as we discuss Jonathan Glazer’s 2023 exercise in boring with horror, villains v. anti-heroes, the weight of crimes, victims’ clothes & remains, the challenge of setting the stage, the score & screams, the balance of good & evil, commerce, David Lynch, coming into films blind, and cinematography. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode's sponsor! https://hempvillecbd.com/ M...

Join us as we discuss Wim Wenders’ exercise in the ambiguity of the human condition, finding yourself in film, receptive natures, an appreciation for those who work, an anonymous service, the interactivity of foliage with itself, wind, & the negative space, vulnerability, finding the now v. living in the now, Hirayama’s childlike nature, the weight of experience & history, a trilogy of lif...

Join us as we discuss Sean Durkin’s try at achieving something more, underutilizing actors & Jeremy’s future, the finer character details, cinema’s a marathon, in defense of wrestling, establishing controlling characters & forgetting relationships, Kevin & Pam’s great character moment, when did the film lose you, brotherhood & chemistry, the burden of expectation, honing a more sin...

Join us as we discuss Savanah Leaf’s 2023 exercise in intimacy, balancing situation with accountability, naturalism v. realism, cinematic melodrama, gonzo documentarian focus & personified echoes, shout out to Atlanta, dream-like hiccups & getting lost in yourself, the quiet in film, introductions & preaching in film, a singular story challenged with a greater message, meeting Gia, imp...

Join us as we discuss bottoming & topping, the spirit of Rebel Wilson & Seth Rogen, Y2K films, cartoony nature, using Fight Club as a means, can you pass the raunch, and male fragility. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode's sponsor! https://hempvillecbd.com/ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: 0IZBWPDTQHBPMAOL

Join us as we discuss our first Hirokazu Kore-eda, the power of filmmaking, visionary manipulation, when challenged with a master storyteller, the audience perspective, what’s wrong with the kids, the mood supporting the perspective, children in film, rebirth, screaming without a voice & the score, humanizing Mr. Hori, masterclass editing, influencing children, fanning the fire, and Minato’s h...

Join us as we discuss Cord Jefferson’s feature directorial debut, swinging out of the gate, Monk’s experience v. desperation in the ghetto, the common human experience v. the imposed version, the sterile consumer narrative, self-awareness & misunderstanding your identity, means to an end, the lowest common denominator, commerce, preconceived notions of identity, the pandering agenda, pong of t...

Join us as we discuss Martin Scorsese’s 2023 beast, continuous v. punctual filmmaking, the docudrama format, a Scorsese series, justifying the runtime, Ernest’s dimwitted nature v. involvement, the most reliable perspective, Robert De Niro is king, Mollie’s earnestness, Leo/Ernest’s resistance to drive this narrative, comedy knows no evil, dad movies, the spanking scene, shock with hospitality, te...

Join us as we discuss Anthony Shim’s 2022 exercise in sensitivity, tonal coherence, naturalism v. symbolism, a humanitarian metamorphous, justifying the trope, the fundamentals of food, the power of blame via a child’s reflectiveness, what’s your name, found in translation, the visceral results of a dynamic aspect ratio & composition, heavy news, the Korean household makeup, love & respect...

Join us as we discuss Celine Song’s masterfully crafted piece, the casual nature of love & its hinged situationism, our many lives, perspective on closure, what makes someone Korean, Hae Sung’s intentions, restraint in performance & writing, what do we want out of a film, our belief systems interferences, explaining the feeling, the third wheel Arthur & sissy men, when life hands you a...

Join us as we discuss Illumination’s 2023 dumpster fire road trip, truly terrible introductions, the animated bird movie genre, flipping character traits five minutes in, slick animation, the villain, where’s the family bond, will kids even enjoy this, the paradise chicken farm, and Awkwafina’s bird fetish. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode's sponsor! https://hempvillecbd.com/ Music fro...

Join us as we discuss Disney’s wishful thinking of a film, directors in animated productions, shorter runtimes, blatant easter eggs v. mysterious ones, anti-personality, watercolor art style, Mary Sue Asha & convenient storytelling, references & homages leading to confusion, celebration v. commercialization, Disney music numbers, our sidekicks, personality through body-language, and not un...

Join us as we briefly discuss the nominations for the 2024 Oscars. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode's sponsor! https://hempvillecbd.com/ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: 0IZBWPDTQHBPMAOL

Join us as we discuss GG’s little film from 2019, lovely dress and sets, where are those funny accents, Victorian adjacent period piece v. modernists lens, Jo v. Amy (Saoirse Ronan v. Florence Pugh), rejection of man v. stubborn independent, tight editing, who’s Beth, the nonlinear storytelling & tells, the ages of the sisters, Amy turned lovable, boys have always been the same, Greta’s sense...

Join us as we discuss the most surprising production of 2023, the storybook fantasy, great & surprising performances, under the hood of Mister, what happen with Nettie’s return, accelerated setup v. lack of chemistry, a committed film, the mature messaging, The Color Purple v. Barbie, that super bizarre displacement of the men building the house, the various oppressive men, do we need more mus...

Join us as we discuss another 2023 taboo Netflix film, the nonplussed offbeat vibe, the projection of obsession, the Hollywood symbolism, the hollow nature of manufactured film, the display of a predator, what happens to prison born babes, the narcissistic cyclone, the delicate nature of Joe, the balance of pity over empathy, the use of deliberate confusion, the score & Lynchian crescendos, th...

Join us as we discuss anatomy of the storytelling, the Sandra investigation backfires, different voices for different relationships, the rocky roads of connecting, the out-of-control French court system, Justine sharply obscures her strange choices with those very choices, where is the investigation, language, the youth named Daniel, the recordings, strong women winning, the lace disguise, the mis...

Join us as we discuss Netflix’s coldest film, the singular Numa perspective, blowing up the narration, the shortcomings of telling long stories in film, our melancholic intro & crash sequence, the ultimate taboo, those amazing close quarters sequences, cinematic walking, dread & isolation, the living decay, and dealing with snow on a production. Please enjoy. Give it up to this episode&#39...

Join us as we discuss Ridley Scott’s latest sizable outing, preliminary dad films, a humanizing focus with a tinge of Maestro & Amadeus, Josephine’s confusing character, 1800’s savagery, spectacular costumes & sets, dazzling battle scenes, the fast & furious pacing, France’s motives, who exactly would want to see such funny spin on Napoleon, the original historians, the love letters, V...