Scott Phillips and Eddie O'Blivion

The Needle: A Film Podcast

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Former Forbes.com film critic Scott Phillips and filmmaker Eddie O'Blivion make the most of your streaming services by discussing and recommending the "needles" in your digital haystacks. From film fans looking to broaden their cinematic horizons to veteran cinephiles seeking festival darlings and the kinds of films not typically found in your local multiplex, The Needle has something to offer every film lover. Feel free to email us at theneedlefilmpodcast@gmail.com to recommend your favorite under-the-radar films, and we might discuss it on the show.

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Scott Phillips and Eddie O'Blivion

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Episode 4 -- Sci-Fi Mindbenders 08.07.2026 46:30

This time around your co-hosts, Scott Phillips and Eddie O'Blivion, take a look at a pair of science fiction Needles: the 2006 Cannes Film Festival disaster from Richard Kelly, Southland Tales, and James Ward Byrkit's 2013 mindbender Coherence . During their wide-ranging discussion they touch on two more non-science fiction Needles: David Robert Mitchell's trippy 2018 L.A. crime film, Under the Si...

Episode 3 -- Dance to the Music 24.06.2026 54:43

This week former Forbes.com film critic Scott Phillips and filmmaker Eddie O'Blivion take a look at the musicial Needles hidden in the digital haystacks of your streaming services. Eddie leads off the discussion with John Carney's homage to the music of the 1980's with his 2016 gem Sing Street. Scott takes a look at Born to Be Blue , the stunning 2015 Ethan Hawke biopic of singer-trumpeter Chet B...

Episode 2 -- Dixie Fried Noirs 10.06.2026 53:56

This week Scott and Eddie take a look at two underseen Dixie-fried noir gems: Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin (2013) and Jim Mickle's Cold in July (2014). Then your hosts launch into their first-ever "lightning round" offering up Needles from other genres including a feature and a pair of short films from DIY action auteur Eric Jacobis along with the fantastic Thai riff on heist films, Bad Genius ,...

Episode 1 -- What's The Needle? 27.05.2026 1:00:15

Your co-hosts, former Forbes.com film critic Scott Phillips and filmmaker Eddie O'Blivion, open this very first episode with a mission statement of sorts. What is a Needle? Why does it matter? And why should this show be added to your regular film podcast rotation? Eddie takes a look at the 1988 real-time nuclear threat thriller MIRACLE MILE, and Scott ponders why MANHUNTER (1986), Michael Mann's...