More Than One Lesson

Tyler and Josh bring their Top Ten minisode series to a close with a discussion of Michael Curtiz’ Casablanca, Josh’s favorite film of all time.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Francis Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Billy Ray’s Shattered Glass.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Christmas songs
00:14:00- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
00:55:45- Shattered Glass
01:39:40- Episode wrap-up

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Tyler’s favorite film of all time, Robert Altman’s Nashville.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss the film content that Christians avoid.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro
00:06:10- Jim’s Top Ten
00:11:30- MTOL Store
00:23:55- The R rating, drug use
00:39:25- Violence
01:02:45- Language
01:13:25- Sex/Nudity
01:39:15- Episode wrap-up

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Josh’s second favorite film of all time, the Coen Brothers’ Fargo.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly and Michael Corrente’s American Buffalo.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, My Son review, The Televerse
00:06:35- Killing Them Softly
00:47:35- American Buffalo
01:31:20- Episode wrap-up

In this minisode, Tyler and Josh discuss Orson Welles’ masterpiece Citizen Kane.

If you’ve heard about Jarod O’Flaherty’s new film My Son, it’s probably for one reason. The film is making headlines because it’s a Christian film produced by a church in Burleston, TX; a film the Motion Picture Association of America slapped with an “R” rating. The stir over such an anomaly has spread as far as the major news networks. The situation raises lots of questions. Should a Christian film be rated “R?” How should Christians respond to ratings? Is it a publicity stunt? Is the church that produced the film being persecuted? Is the film even worth seeing, and does it stand out from other Christian films? Or from other films at all?

[…]

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss George Lucas’ Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope.

In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by Reed Lackey to discuss William Friedkin’s The Exorcist.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:47- Intro, Halloweentimes shirt
00:04:00- BP Top 50 Horror, MTOL Amazon store
00:06:30- Podcast Awards
00:08:00- Reed Lackey
00:15:40- What scares us
00:31:15- The Exorcist
01:32:50- Episode wrap-up