Episode 153 – An Interview with Elliott Gould
Yes Dear Listener it’s kind of the holidays so it’s repeat time. But please, don’t think of it as a repeat – think of it as a treasure from the archives: our interview with legendary actor Elliott Gould on Natalie Wood, Elvis, the films of the 70′s and many other, (and quite often esoteric), subjects.
This Week in TFT
This week in The Film Talk Tony Youngblood will share his thoughts on screening TANGLED as a grown man all by himself – I say bravo to you Tony, many adult males apparently would not dream, nay dare, to go on such a dangerous quest.
Youngblood on Film: HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
In keeping with the Film Talk’s Pottermania, I sludged out to my local cineplex yesterday evening and forestalled sleep to see the penultimate Potter film. That may sound like I wasn’t looking forward to it — but I was, if memory serves correct. The actual movie wrote-over whatever I was thinking before the lights went [...]
Episode 152 – HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS / 127 HOURS
On this week’s podcast reviews Gareth and I disagree in the extreme about HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, not so much about 127 HOURS.
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
I’m not going to inspire any fainting spells by saying HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN is the best film in the franchise. I might when I say that the other six are barely watchable. Why is the Alfonso Cuarón entry so much better? Glad you asked.
This Week in TFT
This week in The Film Talk it looks like it’s gonna be a HARRY POTTER extravaganza – with posts on the latest Harry film by Tony Younblood and Brandon Nowalk as well as yours truly and Prof. Dr. Gareth Higgins featuring it on Show 152. Whoo Boy. Golly. Gee Whiz.
From THE KID to LIMELIGHT: The Humanism of Charlie Chaplin
“Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness.” — Charlie Chaplin’s unnamed protagonist in THE GREAT DICTATOR. There’s always been an air of humanism in Charlie Chaplin’s films. The sentiment is perhaps best summed up by the above quote from THE GREAT DICTATOR. [...]
Episode 151 – UNSTOPPABLE / FOR COLORED GIRLS / MORNING GLORY / HOWL / Goodbye to Dino De Laurentiis
On this week’s podcast Gareth and I speculate in some detail about which automated script software was used to write UNSTOPPABLE, realize how white we are while watching FOR COLORED GIRLS, mourn the passing of the legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis and spend barely anytime at all talking about HOWL and MORNING GLORY.
FOUR LIONS: Boom Goes the Dynamite
I admit I was a mite concerned by the concept of FOUR LIONS—a self-proclaimed “jihad comedy” about bumbling terrorists—though less for any faintworthy controversy than for the unshakable image of a Benny Hill type running around London trying and failing to blow things up, Wile E. Coyote-style. I should have known better. Chris Morris (aka [...]
This Week in TFT
This week on The Show the excitement is UNSTOPPABLE. Sorry. – – – Let me try that again.
The Greatest “Love at First Sight” Scene in the Movies
Yes, from the absurdly wonderful 1940 THIEF OF BAGDAD it’s The Greatest “Two People Fall in Love With Each Other Instantly Scene” in Movies.
Goodnight Sweet Prince
La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, Danger: Diabolik, Barbarella, Waterloo, Serpico, Death Wish, Three Days of the Condor, King Kong, Flash Gordon, Ragtime, Conan the Barbarian, Dead Zone, Dune, Year of the Dragon, Blue Velvet, Manhunter, Evil Dead 2, The Bedroom Window, Bound, Hannibal and a hundred more.
Are DUE DATE and PLANES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES the Same Film?
As many reviews will tell you, DUE DATE — the 2010 Downey Jr/Galifianakis feel-good buddy/road movie — is quite a lot like PLANES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES — the 1987 Martin/Candy feel-good buddy/road movie. More than quite a lot. I can imagine DUE DATE’s director Todd Phillips pitching the idea: “It’s like PLAINS, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES, [...]
CARLOS: Almost Legal
Is there a better symbol for our historical moment than a tabloid terrorist? I don’t mean trash-mag doodler Perez Hilton; I mean a bona fide violent terrorist whose persona is more celebrity than revolutionary, whose exploits and impact are approached with bemused spectatorship in place of active engagement. Pop history has had years to streamline [...]
This Week in TFT
This week in The Film Talk is as action packed and deeply felt as usual Dear Reader:
Episode 150 – MILLENIUM TRILOGY / WASTE LAND / MEGAMIND
On this week’s podcast Gareth and I vehemently disagree about THE MILLENIUM TRILOGY, discuss in some detail the new documentary WASTE LAND and we get a brief report on animated comedy MEGAMIND
Episode 150 Example – Vik Muniz – WASTE LAND
To help illustrate Episode 150, (recording tomorrow), in which we review the new documentary WASTE LAND: a video example of the work of Vik Muniz.
The Inaugural Jett Loe’s Friday Morning Video to You aka Coffee and Boxers
Previews of WASTE LAND and FOR COLORED GIRLS, plus hot boxer action.
Criterion Collection: PATHS OF GLORY and SEVEN SAMURAI
Hearing Stanley Kubrick’s voice on the new Criterion edition of his coruscating anti-war melodrama ‘Paths of Glory’ is like listening to a ghost; not because the director has been dead for over a decade, but because he said so little in public when he was alive. It’s one of the characteristic delights of a marvelous [...]
Reader Feedback: Favorite Halloween Movies
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE Halloween — so much that I find October to be my busiest month. This year alone, I helped organize a circuit-bending music festival and produced 4 unique Halloween podcasts for my experimental music blog Theatre Intangible. I also went through as many haunted houses as time permitted, [...]
A Slasher Halloween: CALIGARI, THE LEOPARD MAN, & HOUSE OF WAX
I know, I know, Halloween’s over and you’re all ready to start celebrating Election Day or Guy Fawkes Day or The Holiday Formerly Known as Armistice Day or something, but I could hardly have told you how I spent my Halloween before Halloween. So, without further ado, brief thoughts on the evolution of the film [...]
This Week in TFT
This week on in that little business called TFT we recover from Halloween – let’s see what that means: Our blogger Brandon Nowalk delves into Jacques Tourner’s LEOPARD MAN, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI and the original HOUSE OF WAX, (Vincent Price! and if you have to ask why I’m excited about that then well…Vincent [...]
