More Than One Lesson

In this episode, Tyler and Robert discuss Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs and Franklin J. Schaffner’s Patton.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, The Hateful Eight, MTOL Survey, Tyler’s Movie Collection
00:09:30- Steve Jobs
01:12:00- Patton
02:01:50- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Robert shares his ten favorite movies of all time.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro, Top Ten lists
00:16:00- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
00:36:30- The Naked Spur
00:45:25- Only Angels Have Wings
00:50:32- King Kong (1933)
01:04:00- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
01:11:17- The 400 Blows
01:23:20- Bottle Rocket
01:44:15- Annie Hall
01:55:50- Playtime
02:06:25- E.T. 
02:27:30- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler, Robert, and Reed discuss Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:45- Intro, BP Slasher Commentaries, Reed’s articles
00:07:25- The Babadook
01:41:20- Forbidden Planet
02:11:26- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler and Robert discuss Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash and James Bridges’ The Paper Chase.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, Alpha Omega Con
00:06:49- Online Film Critics Society, Jimmy Pardo
00:18:45- Whiplash
01:24:30- The Paper Chase
02:06:45- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler and Robert are joined by comedian Vance Sanders to discuss Los Angeles stand-up, movies, and politics.

In this episode, Tyler and Robert discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master and Richard Rush’s The Stunt Man.

In this episode, Tyler and Robert discuss Steven Knight’s Locke and Paul Schrader’s Affliction.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:50- Intro
00:07:10- Locke
01:04:40- Affliction
01:47:18- Episode wrap-up

In this episode, Tyler and Robert discuss Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, International Christian Film Festival
00:20:05- Nightcrawler
01:14:25- There Will Be Blood
01:46:15- Episode wrap-up

Whether or not you are Charlie Hebdo, current events make it obvious that comedy can be a lightning rod for dubiously justified anger.  It’s always been so, as Mike Celestino’s ambitiously-scoped documentary That’s Not Funny illustrates, but the shock is that these days the expression of that anger can run the broad gamut from heckling a comedian to storming the offices of a leftist humor magazine with automatic weapons.  Perhaps perversely, one aches while watching the film, which was produced before the Paris attack, wishing Celestino had just waited a few more months so he could include that most tragic of examples.  But there’s enough grist for the mill in the history of American comedy to help him preach his sermon, and Celestino covers it all.

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In this episode, Tyler and guest host Robert Hornak discuss Tony Gilroy’s Michael Clayton and Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict.