The WatchTower Film Podcast

The WatchTower Film Podcast #90 Pulp Fiction This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we cover one of modern cinema’s most coveted and favored films; Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”. Join us as we dive in to how this film solidified the indie boom class of filmmakers, the proper use of the MacGuffin in films, and whether this film is just “cool” or if it belongs in the pantheon of cinema. All th...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we jump into a recent favorite amongst film fans and pop culture enthusiasts alike. This week we discuss Todd Phillips’ “Joker”! Join us as we discuss the grounded take on a super-villain’s origin story, the use of character development on a familiar story, and whether or not Todd’s inspiration pays homage or takes from other classic works and runs with it l...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we discuss a French New Wave musical. Yes, you read that right! Jacques Demy was a prolific storyteller who chose to make cinema to the beat of his own drum during a time of exploration in French Cinema. On this episode, we discuss one of his most beautifully heartbreaking masterpieces; "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." Join us as we discuss how this w...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #87 Moneyball This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we dive into the film that makes 2 grown men on this podcast cry. . . And the other two grown men ask why?. . . We’re talking about Bennett Miller’s “Moneyball”. Join us as we discuss the breaking of the forum for sports films through, Sorkin’s clearly present dialogue, and the start for so many comedy-actors turned...

"Two dudes, One Restaurant." Did you like 'My Dinner With Andre'? This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we discuss a film that has perplexed film fans since its release. "My Dinner With Andre" is the film we're in dialogue about this week! Join us as we launch into we would call a mumblecore film with a plethora of topics that explore the human condition through r...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #85 Ready Player One This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we cover, cinema's household name of a director, the great Steven Speilerg's adventure epic "Ready Player One"! Join us as we discuss the intricacies of book adaptations, great arcs, the intentional and effective nostalgia, and just how much fun we had watching this in theaters and why it&#39...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #84 Some Like it Hot This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast WE'VE BEEN HIJACKED! TUNE IN TO FIND OUT WHY. . . Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" Is a fitting film for this pannel and for all film lovers out there! Tune in to hear the discussion about this marvelously made film that we all agree was ahead of it's time, uses filmmaking techniques fro...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #83 Asteroid City This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we talk about what (most of us) believe is this year’s OSCAR SNUB! Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” is this week’s film! Join us as we discuss the amazing all-star cast firing on all cylinders, the fantastically whimsical production design, and the ultimate layered meaning behind this behemoth of a picture. All thi...

☘️🌈🍻 HAPPT ST. PATTY’S DAY! ☘️🌈🍻 Now, while many of you might be out enjoying a cold green beer, we’re doing the same in the TowerCast Network Studio! This BONUS EPISODE we talk about Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award Winning Picture, “The Departed”! Join us as we discuss the intricacies of each performance, the masterful directing choices and whether winning this Academy Award dictates anything...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we finish our PREVIOUS OSCAR WINNER SERIES! Since this week we had the amazing Doug Jones on the show, we wanted to end with one of our favorite films, Guillermo Del Toro’d “The Shape of Water”! Join us as we discuss the timeless qualities of this film, the ability to surpass genre with great storytelling, and just how perfect we feel the casting is on every...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we focus on EDITING (among other amazing attributes this amazing film has). Join us as we explore Oscar winner, David Fincher’s “The Social Network”! Continuing our Previous Oscar Winners series, this week’s pick boasts a masterclass in editing, directing, performing, and especially, Screenwriting, yes with a capital S. Join us for this and much more on this...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast performance performance! Continuing right along our Previous Oscar Winners series, this week we dive into the deep end of Best Actor! Explore with us the intricacies, subtleties, and filmmaking miracle that is Jean-Marc Vallée’s “Dallas Buyers Club”. Join us as we discuss this masterclass in indie filmmaking, the road to the Oscars, and whether we feel then...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we continue our Previous Oscar Winners series! This episode we focus on cinematography and discuss the career, craft, and cinematic candor of one of the greatest living cinematographers, Rodrigo Prieto. We zone in on his ability to tell stories through images via Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Oscar Winning revenge tale, “The Revenant”. Join us as we deep dive on “...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we launch into our OSCAR SPECIAL EDITION SERIES! Join us as each of us picks a film that has won an Academy Award in each of our respective concentrations (Directing, Cinematography, Acting, Editing, and Best Picture). To kick us off, we talk about Bong Joon Ho’s history making tragicomedy, “Parasite”. Join us as we discuss the craftsmanship of Bong Joon Ho’...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #76 30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast is our last film of our DOCUMENTARY MONTH! We went with something off the beaten path as we jump into a fan favorite series, sports fans of course, 30 for 30. Join us as we discuss Ezra Edelman’s “Requiem for the Big East” narrated by TowerCast Alumni, Giancarlo Esposito (tag Giancarlo Espos...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we jump into another exceptional story as part of our Documentary month! Join us as we dive into the mystery of a man named Rodriguez! Despite not selling many records in the United States, this enigma of a man was highly regarded as a favorite among record executives and producers. He has been described as being bigger than Elvis in South Africa selling hal...

This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we continue our series on documentary cinema! We explore a unique film with an even more unique take on the curious topic of Taxidermy, Erin Derham’s 2019 Documentary, “Stuffed”. Join us as we discuss the strong concept versus the weak execution theory, the humane or inhumane perspective on this type of art, and the lens that this topic is presented in in ho...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #73 Side by Side 🎉🎊 HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉🎊 from the TowerCast Network! We hope your new year is full of opportunity, wonder and most importantly, more cinema. THIS MONTH IS DOCUMENTARY MONTH! We will dive in to our favorite non-narrative films for this month and this week has been a favorite to some of us for quite some time. Join us as we cover Christopher Kenneally’s 2...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #72 A Christmas Story 🎄🎄 IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE TOWERCAST NETWORK! 🎄🎄 HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD FILMMAKERS AND CINEPHILES HERE AT TOWER PRODUCTIONS!This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we wrap our holiday series with what most people regard to be the QUINTESSENTIAL Holiday Film: Bob Clark’s “A Christmas Story”. Do you agree? Join us as we...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #71 Eight Crazy Nights 🎄🎄 IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE TOWERCAST NETWORK! 🎄🎄 This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we continue our Holiday Film Series with an unconventionally charming, albeit raunchy, holiday movie, Seth Kearsley’s “Eight Crazy Nights”. Join us in discussing this overlooked Adam Sandler gem that contains various laugh-out-loud moments but also a he...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #64 Nosferatu This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we travel to Germany circa 1922 and explore a classic monster story via Silent Film German Expressionism. Join us as we discuss “Nosferatu”! We dive deep into the early uses of cinematic tools to tell a uneasy, layered, and timeless story that feels like a classically gothic piece of art. Let’s keep talking cinema in...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #62 Sweeney Todd This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we start making our way into some spooktastic selections for the month of October! Join us as we discuss Tim Burton’s 2007 Musical Drama, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”! Dive in with us as we discuss Tim Burton’s removed style, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter’s riveting performances, and the...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #61 Se7en This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we discuss David Fincher’s groundbreaking crime thriller, “Se7en”! Join us as we deep dive into Fincher’s ability to drive the plot forward effortlessly, his unique slide-of-hand as a director, and the bold performances by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman and how we may or may not agree with their execution of them. All on t...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #70 Dr Suess' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! 🎄🎄 IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE TOWERCAST NETWORK! 🎄🎄 This MONTH the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast will cover our Christmas favorites and we open up with a gem, Ron Howard’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” up first! Join us as we discuss Jim Carrey’s CIA training to endure the make-up, the scale of production in a Hollywood...

The WatchTower Film Podcast #69 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty This week on the #WatchTowerFilmPodcast we cover a developmental favorite of ours. A film we held dear when we were first falling in love with Cinema. The question that continues to be posed throughout this episode is, "Does it hold up?" because after analyzing how palletes develop, it's hard to ignore that some films ge...