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t's hard to imagine someone who radiates love and positivity as much as Sterling K. Brown . As I entered the room to speak with the " This Is Us " star about his latest film " Waves " for Episode 14 of The Fourth Wall ,  he was glancing at his phone all giddy, cheering with excitement. Naturally, it being a Saturday, I simply assumed his college football team scored, however, it was something...

There’s a way of reading Martin Scorsese ’s first-person mob epics—“ Goodfellas ” (1990), “ Casino ” (1995), and “ The Irishman ” (2019)—as three stages of criminal life. So on a new Be Reel , Noah and Chance look back through this spiritual trilogy for its groundbreaking style, the sometimes goofy repetitions of that style, and the shadow history of America created by 10 hours of mafiosos, teamst...

"There has to be a sense of what the angst of the city is," says Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman . The actor contemplates the ingredients that make up a successful depiction of New York City while joining me to discuss his new film " 21 Bridges " for Episode 13 of The Fourth Wall over a cappuccino.  "We don't get to feel the pedestrian level of New York because this movie's [21 Bridges] m...

With over a hundred acting credits to his name, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more productive actor in the business than Willem Dafoe . From superhero blockbusters to prestige pictures, to anime adaptations, to video games, to a nautical descent into madness, Dafoe has done it all, and now the actor joins me for this special episode of The Fourth Wall to discuss his incredible year between " The...

Writer/Director Trey Edward Shults joins me for Episode 12 of The Fourth Wall to talk about his third feature "Waves" (my FAVORITE film of the year) discussing the critical moments in his own life that directly inspired the events of the film. As A24 's " Waves " comes crashing into select theaters this Friday, it's astounding to think that such a profoundly human, visceral, and heartwrenching tal...

With “ Parasite ” poised to become 2019's highest-grossing foreign film within the US  and already among the year's most lauded features, Be Reel is taking this week for an episode entirely focused on  Bong Joon-ho and his two decades of routinely stellar work. In addition to the "Parasite" deep-dive, longtime listeners might notice the Be Reel guys breaking a cardinal rule: they once sw...

" Motherless Brooklyn " marks a twenty-year journey for writer, director, producer, and star Edward Norton and Norton joins me to discuss the film on Episode 11 of The Fourth Wall. Norton is truly one of the great talents of our generation whose diverse body of work has spanned across films such as “ Primal Fear ” and “ American History X, ” both of which earned him Academy Award Nominations, “ Fi...

1991's "Terminator: Judgement Day" is finally getting a proper sequel in the highly anticipated "Terminator: Dark Fate," and my guest for Episode 10 of The Fourth Wall is the film's director Tim Miller. Tim has become somewhat of a rising star given the breakout success of 2016's "Deadpool." While the filmmaker sadly departed the sequel due to creative differences (see Tim's original plan for "Dea...

Charlie Chaplin lampooning Hitler’s bombast and fragility in “The Great Dictator” (1940) marked one of film comedy’s all-time “truth to power” moments. But 80 years after WWII, how best to laugh at fascists when they seldom don the brownshirt? With the release of Taika Waititi’s “ Jojo Rabbit ”—a would-be charming comedy about a Hitler youth whose imaginary friend is der Führer—Chance and Noah ask...

"The Bourne Legacy," "Jason Bourne," and "Treadstone" producer Ben Smith joins me for Episode 9 of The Fourth Wall to talk about expanding the World of Jason Bourne in the Bourne spin-off series. Making for the perfect blend of "24" meets "Heroes," the series marks an almost decade long journey for Smith as he's had his heart set on expanding the world that Robert Ludlum created. Perhaps much of t...

We speak to director/producer/actor/dancer Carolina Monnerat about Brazil and the movies she's made, including the new "Queen of Lapa."

Andy Muschietti joins me for Episode 8 of The Fourth Wall to discuss "IT Chapter Two" in full spoilers! Andy first garnered the attention of many with his 2013 debut " Mama ." The film was based on his three minute short of the same name which also piqued the interest of Guillermo del Toro who went on to executive produce the feature. Muschietti's work and success on "Mama" proved him to be a real...

Nobody tells you about the bonus round after the million-dollar question—the one where we ask, "Why have we obsessed for 70 years over the TV game show in all its inherent fakeness, exploitation, and only a lottery ticket's chance of paying the common person their money?" This week, BE REEL is buzzing in, to reappraise "Quiz Show" on its 25th anniversary, "Slumdog Millionaire" one decade after it...

Bill Hader is one of the most exciting creatives working in Hollywood and today, we welcome him to Episode 7 of The Fourth Wall! Bill became a comedic icon entering people’s homes every Saturday night during his eight-season run on Saturday Night Live  birthing such beloved characters as Stefan and numerous impressions ranging from Vincent Price , Al Pacino , Alan Alda , James Carville and mo...

Ryan Oliver and Jenny Nulf (No Excuses) look back on Summer 2019: the up's, the down's, the winner's, the loser's, and the existential dread about what theatrical moviegoing will look like over the next couple years. The two discuss a myriad of titles that did not get a proper review on The Discourse over the summer, starting with films they both saw, then moving to ones only one of them saw. 0:00...

For Episode 6 of The Fourth Wall, we head to the studio of composer Bear McCreary to discuss his diverse body of work! From the age of five, Bear developed an incredible passion for film and film music which started him on the path to becoming a film composer eventually leading him to become one of the final prodigies of Hollywood legend Elmer Bernstein. Bear's distinct blending of traditional and...

Ryan Oliver and Playlist Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez dedicate the entire episode to the Disney/Sony fallout regarding Spider-Man in the MCU, and contextualize it to show that there are no villains in this story: it's just business. 

The new Cate Blanchett/Richard Linklater film "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" launches Noah and Chance into a Be Reel category about mothers who reject motherhood. All in vastly different life situations, the protagonists of "Bernadette" (2019), "Ricki and the Flash" (2015) and "Second Act" (2018) find a common bond in pursuing much more than what society (real or imagined) tells them they deserve. I...

Aisling Franciosi stars in " The Nightingale ," which is the summer's bravest drama or toughest watch depending whom you ask. It could be both, which is fitting of Franciosi's character, Clare, a very complicated woman out for justice against British Army officers in 1825 Australia. In this interview with Chance Solem-Pfeifer , Franciosi discusses how 'Nightingale' director Jennifer Kent would pus...

Episode 5 of The Fourth Wall is a special one as we welcome famed James Bond composer David Arnold !  Arnold recently received two Emmy nomination for his work on the BBC and Amazon adaptation of Neil Gaiman ’s “Good Omens” which features some of the composer’s most unique and diverse orchestration to date. Arnold is no stranger to working with the BBC and showrunner Steven Moffat as he also...

Robert Daniels (812Reviews, MediaVersity) returns to The Discourse this week to join Ryan Oliver in discussing two difficult, yet worthwhile films slowly expanding through the month of August: Jennifer Kent’s “The Nightingale” and Julius Onah’s “Luce.”   0:00-3:23: Recommendations Robert: “The Angry Birds Movie 2” 3:24-11:40: “The Nightingale” Review 11:41-20:10: “The Nightingale” ***SPOILERS...

Check out this interview with filmmaker Christopher Good, director of the films "Crude Oil" and "Brad Cuts Loose" and various music videos including Mitski's "Nobody."

After smaller roles in shows such as "Endeavor" and "Medici" and films such as "Fury" and "The Imitation Game," actor Jack Bannon is taking DC Television by storm as Alfred Pennyworth in the new Epix Original Series "Pennyworth." Bannon just also happens to be my guest on Episode 4 of The Fourth Wall. During our conversation Jack talked about the daunting task of joining the likes of Michael Caine...

Every so often a "Be Reel" category arises that makes us wonder if we didn't unknowingly orchestrate the films ourselves, solely to podcast about them later. Today we discuss three films all from 1989 about deep-sea divers encountering alien life. While James Cameron's technically unparalleled "The Abyss" is the headliner (happy 30th this week), "DeepStar Six" and "Leviathan" may have their lower...

He's been the stunt double for Brad Pitt, Jean-Claude Van Damm, and his stunt credits span across a multitude of films including "The Matrix Trilogy" and "V for Vendetta." He was a co-director on 2014's "John Wick," directed film such as "Atomic Blonde" and "Deadpool 2," and now, David Leitch joins the "Fast & Furious" franchise with "Hobbs & Shaw." Leitch is my guest on Episode 3 of The F...