Episode 228 – IRON MAN 3
Our thoughts on IRON MAN 3, especially on how it could have been fixed gosh-darn-it. Includes spoilers for the film as well as STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS. Running time: 26 minutes and 13 seconds – 25.2mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook
Brave “New World”
Do you love movies? More specifically, do you love deeply felt, authentically authored, micro-budgeted, lived-in, sweated-over, passion project movies? But have you grown somewhat weary of Kickstarter with its Zach Braffs and Veronica Marses and creeping corporate influence? Would you rather support the first breath of a new voice than fatten the coffers of Viacom [...]
2013 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL — My Top 10 Films
Here are my 1o favorite films from the 2013 Nashville Film Festival. I’m not including the retrospective screenings, otherwise I KILLED MY MOTHER, SAFETY LAST, and KICK OFF would appear high on my list. #10. NAIROBI HALF LIFE #9. FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY #8. PARADISE: LOVE #7. A LETTER TO MOMO #6. AFTER TILLER #5. A RIVER CHANGES COURSE #4. STORIES [...]
2013 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Days 6 – 8
After 30+ films in 8 days, I’m glad to say the Nashville Film Festival is officially over. But, boy, was it fun while it lasted! I had a great time, and I rated more films 5 out 5 than any year prior. Here’s what I saw on days 6 through 8. IN THE FOG is WW2-era [...]
2013 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Days 4 & 5
I’m back with a few quick blurbs about the films I screened during days 4 and 5 of the 2013 Nashville Film Festival. Part of the Kurdish cinema series, IN THE LION’S DEN explores the paths of two young men in post-Hussein Iraq. One signs up for the U.S. backed Iraqi National Guard, the other a resistance cell. Both [...]
2013 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Days 2 & 3
I’m starting to feel the mid-festival shakes — that period when I realize my eyes were way bigger than my stomach. It’s one thing to sit down at the computer and work out a schedule. It’s another thing to live through it. Some of today’s insights: “Interesting. I forgot to schedule lunch and dinner breaks.” [...]
Episode 227 – From the Archive: TRASH HUMPERS / Harmony Korine Interviewed
Oh hell, we need a show of some kind. Let’s go with a ‘Treasure from the Archives’, our thoughts on TRASH HUMPERS and an interview with it’s maker Harmony Korine. Running time: 32 minutes and 32 seconds – 31.3mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on [...]
Episode 226 – A Hiatus from the Hiatus
Gareth and Jett address where the hell they’ve been for the last two months as well as offer brief thoughts on the current state of cinema. Mentioned on the show: Untold LA Email Gareth about Cinematic States Running time: 16 minutes and 37 seconds – 16mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT [...]
2013 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Day 1
Nashville may be internationally-known for music, but I’ll let you in on a little secret: Our film community is top notch. We have one of the best art house cinemas in the country, The Belcourt; a strong film and television industry that produces shows like ABC’s Nashville; and residents such as director Harmony Korine and actor Nicole [...]
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp/Once Upon a Time In America
There’s a challenge faced by characters in two great recently restored films – Powell & Pressburger’sThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (available in an exquisite Criterion edition), and Sergio Leone’sOnce Upon a Time in America (alas prematurely released, for the restoration work is incomplete, and copyright reasons mean it can only be bought on BluRay in Italy. [...]
Wreck-It Ralph
Not much was made of the rules that Disney broke last year, but if you look closely enough, it’s clear that 2012 was a ground-breaking moment for the myths it ascribes. ‘Brave’ and ‘Wreck-It Ralph‘ are two sides of a rather elegant coin: one a revisionist fairy tale in which a princess shakes off [...]
Episode 225 – ZERO DARK THIRTY
Thoughts on the ZERO DARK THIRTY torture controversy, its efficacy as a film and Jett’s briefest of all reviews of BULLET TO THE HEAD. Running time: 27 minutes and 49 seconds – 25.6mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook
Episode 224 – MOVIE 43 / BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Jett has some surprising thoughts on MOVIE 43 and Gareth waxes eloquent on BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD. Plus, if you’re in LA on February 1st don’t forget to meet up with Jett at Cinema Speakeasy for PIXELSCHATTEN! Running time: 28 minutes and 21 seconds – 27.3mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a [...]
Episode 223 – The Oscar Nominations / SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Oh my, there’s a vast disagreement between Dr. Higgins and myself over SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and the 2013 Oscar Nominations are gone through in some detail. Running time: 35 minutes and 29 seconds – 34.1mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook
Episode 222 – DJANGO UNCHAINED
Here it is – Almost a full hour on what may be Quentin Tarantino’s best film: the magnificent DJANGO UNCHAINED. Running time: 56 minutes and 10 seconds – 54mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook
Episode 221 – Thoughts on 48fps / THE HOBBIT / HOLY MOTORS / KILLING THEM SOFTLY
Here it is – Thoughts on the new medium of 48 Frames Per Second, THE HOBBIT, HOLY MOTORS and KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Running time: 46 minutes and 36 seconds – 44.8mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone App / Get the App for [...]
Episode 220 – ARGO / SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS Redux
Here it is – Ben Affleck’s disappointing ARGO is discussed and Gareth gives me seven reasons not to walk out again on SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS. Running time: 31 minutes and 28 seconds – 30.3mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone App / Get the [...]
Episode 219 – LIFE OF PI Part 1
Here it is – The first part of our podcast review of LIFE OF PI. Running time: 21 minutes and 47 seconds – 21mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone App / Get the App for Android
Episode 218 – LINCOLN
Here it is – Steven Spielberg’s Life of Christ? Podcast review of LINCOLN. Running time: 31 minutes and 21 seconds – 30.1mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone App / Get the App for Android
Episode 217 – SKYFALL
Here it is! Our action-packed SKYFALL episode – warning spoilers abound for Skyfall and other Bond films. Running time: 40 minutes and 48 seconds – 39.2mb You can also get our unavailable for 6 years(!) Casino Royale episode combined with our Quantum of Solace, License to Kill and A View to a Kill show for [...]
Episode 216 – Norman Lloyd on Working with Hitchcock
The great Norman Lloyd discusses his career, his accent and the American Cinematheque’s special night of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Running time: 15 minutes and 08 seconds – 14.6mb
Episode 215 – Presidential Election Special, Our Favorite Political Films
Running time: 30 minutes and 1 second – 28.9mb
Episode 214 – CLOUD ATLAS / SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS / Lucasfilm and Disney
Running time: 49 minutes and 54 seconds – 49.4mb
