Restrepo: No exit
Covering the war in Afghanistan from the frontlines, Restrepo (2010) is an eye-opening piece of journalism that makes CNN’s Persian Gulf coverage look like a puff piece. Directors Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger deliver verite naturalism as they embed with the US Army for fifteen months in the most dangerous region of Afghanistan, the Korengal [...]
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
More and more I wish for some sort of universal copyright/left system that would allow for easy re-use of existing material: Why Not Re-Hab Films Like We Do Houses? This occupied my mind yesterday when I screened the extremely watchable doc THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES OF WEST VIRGINIA. Documenting a year in the life of [...]
TFT 131 – PRINCE OF PERSIA / F FOR FAKE / CAT PEOPLE – CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE / [Member Bonus: The Essential Dennis Hopper]
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TFT 131 – PRINCE OF PERSIA / F FOR FAKE / CAT PEOPLE – CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE / [Member Bonus: The Essential Dennis Hopper] – – – TFT 131 running time: 58 minutes 51 seconds – 27mb mp3 PRINCE OF PERSIA starts at 3 minutes F FOR FAKE starts at 32 minutes 50 [...]
Our New Guest Reporter: Youngblood on Film
An Announcement: Jett and I are pleased to welcome Tony Youngblood, our mutual Nashville friend, to the site, with the first of what we hope will be regular dispatches from the front of his cinema-literate, emoto-passionate, and remarkably astute field of vision. (I may have just invented the word ‘emoto-passionate’, but it feels right…) To [...]
TFT 129 – ROBIN HOOD / THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS / DOGORA / [MEMBERS BONUS: WALKABOUT / CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE]
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TFT 129 – ROBIN HOOD / THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS / DOGORA / [MEMBERS BONUS: WALKABOUT / CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE] – – – TFT 129 running time: 45 minutes 16 seconds ROBIN HOOD starts at 4 minutes 21 seconds Ask The Film Talk starts at 29 minutes 03 seconds THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS AND DOGORA [...]
TFT 128 – IRON MAN 2 / TALES FROM THE SCRIPT
TFT 128 – IRON MAN 2 / TALES FROM THE SCRIPT – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: IRON MAN 2 / TALES FROM THE SCRIPT
TFT 127 – Flooded Nashville Edition: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET / CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY
TFT 127 – Flooded Nashville Edition: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET / CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET / CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY / NASHVILLE FLOOD RELIEF
TFT 125 – Kathleen McNamara / WHY ISN’T CHRIS VON SNEIDERN FAMOUS? / Fest Picks / Nashville Film Festival Day 8
TFT 125 – Kathleen McNamara / WHY ISN’T CHRIS VON SNEIDERN FAMOUS? / Fest Picks / Nashville Film Festival Day 8 – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: WHY ISN’T CHRIS VON SNEIDERN FAMOUS? / NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL GET THE iPHONE APP – FREE TILL APRIL 22ND VISIT OUR DEDICATED 2010 NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL PAGE
TFT 120 – DO IT AGAIN / Geoff Edgers / FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE / James Bigham / Javier Peña / 2010 Nashville Film Festival Day 3
TFT 120 – DO IT AGAIN / Geoff Edgers / FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE / James Bigham / Javier Peña / 2010 Nashville Film Festival Day 3 – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: DO IT AGAIN / FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE GET THE iPHONE APP – FREE TILL APRIL 22ND VISIT OUR [...]
Generation Exile and Full Frame Day One
Sun Come Up In reality, every reader is, while he is reading, the reader of his own self. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument which he offers to the reader to enable him to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have experienced in himself. And the recognition by [...]
TFT 117 – CLASH OF THE TITANS / THE DHAMMA BROTHERS / ALICE IN WONDERLAND / On Editing
TFT 117 – CLASH OF THE TITANS / THE DHAMMA BROTHERS / ALICE IN WONDERLAND / On Editing – – – DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: CLASH OF THE TITANS / THE DHAMMA BROTHERS / SABOTEUR / ALICE IN WONDERLAND / THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND
TFT 113 – THE WHITE RIBBON / ONE HOUR FANTASY GIRL / FLIGHT FROM DEATH
TFT 113 – THE WHITE RIBBON / ONE HOUR FANTASY GIRL / FLIGHT FROM DEATH – – – THE WHITE RIBBON IS CURRENTLY SCREENING AT THE BELCOURT THEATRE, NASHVILLE DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: THE WHITE RIBBON / ONE HOUR FANTASY GIRL / FLIGHT FROM DEATH / F FOR FAKE
TFT DVD/Digital Media/Miscellaneous Delivery Report: The End of the Line
‘I think that man is not going to change, and the sea going to be dead, because man is crazy’. – ‘The End of the Line’ (That’s not a photo of the ‘end’ – it’s actually a picture of Ira Levin, but that’ll make sense if you read on.) The first time I had a [...]
TFT DVD/Digital Media and Miscellaneous Delivery Mechanism Report: Herb and Dorothy
There’s something deceptively complex about ‘Herb and Dorothy’ – a film about two elderly art collectors, who appear to have bought paintings for the subversive and radical reason that they enjoyed looking at them, and apparently became an axis for the New York art world. Hitchcock might have liked the mystery of how on earth [...]
Beyond Cinema Film Event: Your Invitation
Gaia I’m helping to run what promises to be a remarkable event in a few weeks, in Beverly Hills; and I wanted the TFT audience to be among the first to know the details. If you’re in the neighborhood you’d be most welcome; I’d love to meet you*. You’re invited to Beyond Cinema: Film and [...]
TFT 103 – EVERYBODY’S FINE / PAPER HEART
TFT 103 / MP3 16.7 mb / 35 minutes / DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE: EVERYBODY’S FINE: on IMDB PAPER HEART: on IMDB OPERATION SAVE THE FILM TALK EVERY NEW MEMBER GETS A MOVIE POSTER COURTESY OF MOVIEGOODS.COM THE AUTEURS ALL LISTENER FILM GIVEAWAY JOIN TFT AT ‘THE FULLER’ LEVEL AND GET A BELCOURT SCREENWRITER MEMBERSHIP [...]
'Lioness' – There's No Telling
“Did I have female soldiers in battle? Yes. Was the intent of those soldiers to be in battle when they went? Ahh…well I don’t know. Probably not. But, did battle come to them on occasion? Yeah it did.” LTC William Brinkley, Commander, 1st Engineer Battalion – – – “There’s no tellin’ how many people we [...]
TFT 100 – An Interview with Ben Foster on 'The Messenger' / 'The Box' / Our Favourite Films of the Past 100 Episodes
[I'll be introducing 'The Messenger' at its 7:30 Premiere this Friday here in Nashville at The Belcourt Theatre] In this week’s action-packed, adrenaline-fueled thrill-ride of an episode Gareth and I talk with actor Ben Foster about his experience of making the extraordinary new film The Messenger’, why he wants listeners to write a romantic comedy [...]
'Objectified' – Design Around Us and In Us
“What people don’t realise is that from the moment they wake up almost everything that fills their world has been designed.” Alice Rawsthorn in ‘Objectified’ – – – One of the most wonderful side effects of taking up a visual artistic practice, (in my case, photography), is that it reshapes the mind – you begin [...]
'Election Day': What is Democracy?
- – – What does democracy mean? Linguists in the TFT community already know that it derives from a mashup of the Greek work ‘Demis‘ (meaning large bearded man in a kaftan) and ‘Crazy‘ (meaning a way for Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo to ensure their financial futures and colonise the hybrid brain of the human [...]
Show #98: 10 Reasons to Watch 'Paranormal Activity', Why Jett Changed His Mind About 'This is It' and Our 'What to Watch Halloween Guide'
In this week’s action-packed, adrenaline-fueled thrill-ride of an episode I give 10 Reasons why ‘Paranormal Activity’ is so good, Gareth and I delve into the Michael Jackson tribute pic ‘This is It’, (in which I change my mind mid-review!), ‘It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World’ gives us hope and we both give our Halloween [...]
For Tarkovsky Fans
The genuinely fascinating documentary ‘Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky’ by friend of TFT Dmitry Trakovsky (no relation, except in the metaphysical sense) has some Southern California screenings this weekend. Jett & I loved the film, and it should look great on the big screen. There’s a bonus in that Dmitry will be present to meet you and [...]
TFT 94 – Capitalism / Zombieland
In this week’s episode: Capitalism – A Love Story / Zombieland / Return of the Living Dead / Wizard of Oz / Dark Crystal Get TFT delivered weekly via iTunes Subscribe to our podcast Subscribe to our blog Follow us on Twitter
Prods and Pom-Poms
Watching Ben Jones and Paul Hutchinson’s entertaining documentary ‘Prods and Pom-Poms’ (available on DVD at a bargain price from Hooptedoodle Films) was a nostalgic experience. (Full disclosure: It’s set in my home town, and Paul and Ben are friends of mine. Second full disclosure: I think I’d like the film even if I didn’t like [...]
