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Josh on the Sequelcast

23 Aug

Josh was recently a guest on the Sequelcast, discussing the 2011 film The Muppets.

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Episode 66: Take Shelter

21 Aug

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter and John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under The Influence.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:42- Intro, Sermon Recommendation, MTOL reviewed
00:03:53- Take Shelter
01:21:55- A Woman Under The Influence
02:04:27- Episode wrap-up

Episode 64: Crash

24 Jul

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Paul Haggis’ Crash and Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:46- Intro, Aurora
00:08:50- Crash
01:07:00- Do The Right Thing
01:49:25- Episode wrap-up, Josh’s Crash article

Episode 63: No Country For Old Men

4 Jul

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men and David Fincher’s Seven.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:54- Intro
00:04:05- No Country for Old Men
00:47:17- Seven
01:25:00- Faith and Geekery
01:52:15- Comic-Con meetup

Episode 62: The Avengers

19 Jun

In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by Shawn Richardson to discuss Joss Whedon’s The Avengers and John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro
00:09:10- The Avengers
01:24:15- The Magnificent Seven
02:24:00- Episode wrap-up

Episode 61: The Films of Tom McCarthy

5 Jun

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss the films of writer/director Tom McCarthy.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro
00:05:00- Tom McCarthy
00:09:00- The Station Agent
00:34:35- The Visitor
00:55:30- Win Win
01:24:37- Episode wrap-up

Episode 60: Into The Wild

14 May

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Sean Penn’s Into The Wild and Wes Anderson’s Rushmore.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro, football
00:08:42- Into The Wild
01:12:55- Rushmore
01:45:30- Episode wrap-up

Episode 59: Blue Like Jazz

19 Apr

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Steve Taylor’s Blue Like Jazz and Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro
00:02:30- Blue Like Jazz
01:12:00- Paris, Texas
01:33:02- BP Video, episode wrap-up

Episode 58- The Proposition

13 Apr

In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by actor Jeff Newburg to discuss John Hillcoat’s The Proposition and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:50- Intro, The Unemployed Mind
00:03:00- Jeff Newburg, career, acting
00:33:25- The Proposition
01:33:45- The Godfather

01:58:50- Episode wrap-up

The Best of Pictures: The Artist (2011), by Josh Long

3 Apr

THE ARTIST (2011)
Written and Directed by: Michael Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, James Cromwell, John Goodman

Do we remember silent film? There are lots of us cinephiles who have watched many great silents, sometimes out of genuine enjoyment, and other times out of curiosity. But the further we get from the era of Chaplin and Murnau, the less likely it seems that the casual movie-goer has ever seen a silent movie. When Michel Hazanavicius brought the genre back into the limelight with The Artist, audiences revisited their feelings about this long-lost style of filmmaking.

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