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Fs #315: The Tillman Story / Top 5 Fall Movie Preview / Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
Filmspotting dissects two atypical "war" movies this week: Amir Bar-Lev's new documentary "The Tillman Story," which deconstructs the narrative put forth by the U.S. military in the wake of the friendly-fire death of former NFL star-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman... and... the Powell-Pressburger Marathon begins with 1943's "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp." Adam and Matty also don their hoodies to share their Top 5 Most Anticipated Fall Movies.
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RUNDOWN
Filmspotting #315 - :34-24:23 - Review: "The Tillman Story" Music: Title Tracks, "Every Little Bit Hurts" - 25:15-27:44 - Audible Recommendation - 27:45-31:37 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: B. Merriman) - 31:38-38:37 - Notes / Polls - 38:38-53:45 - Archers #1: "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" Music: Title Tracks, "Tougher Than The Rest" - 54:57-1:04:41 - DVDs / Donations - 1:04:42-1:20:48 - Top 5: Fall Movie Preview - 1:20:49-1:23:58 - Close / Outtakes
MUSIC
- Featured Artist: Title Tracks
- Title Tracks - iTunes
NOTES / CORRECTIONS:
- We have it on good authority that the term "Kiwi" is not offensive. Adam dodged a bullet.
At last! After Hours makes a repugnant return with a Listener's Choice discussion of Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 shock and awe (and vomit) "Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom." Plus, Adam and Matty share some of the great Listener Feedback that has slipped through the cracks the past couple months.
Congratulations to all of the latest Filmspotting swag winners, chosen from donations announced on episodes #307-#314. Email feedback@filmspotting.net to claim your prize. Thanks for your continued support!
Special guest Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune sits in for Matty this week to discuss the new Australian crime drama "Animal Kingdom." Plus, Adam and Michael reveal their Top 5 Australian Films.
MUSIC
- Featured Artist: Free Energy
- Free Energy - iTunes
RUNDOWN
- :17-20:27 - Review: "Animal Kingdom"
Music: Free Energy, "Free Energy"
- 21:40-25:52 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: S. Rydman)
- 25:53-35:45 - Notes / Polls
- 35:46-41:53 - Listener Feedback (Duvall)
Music: Free Energy, "Dream City"
- 42:52-1:11:21 - Top 5: Australian Movies
- 1:11:22-1:13:43 - Close / Outtakes
NOTES / CORRECTIONS:
- Read Michael Phillips' reviews
- Massacre Theatre winner Susan Rydman is from Kearns, UTAH, not Kearns, Ohio. Completely Adam's fault.
- Andrew Bovell adapted his play "Speaking in Tongues" for the film "Lantana."
Fs #313: Get Low / Top 5 Robert Duvall Performances
Hey, sports fans! As you know, Filmspotting comes to the microphones to praise films, NOT to bury them, and usually when the film in question involves Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek and the legendary Robert Duvall, the lads find it easy to wax effusive. In this week's film "Get Low," Duvall's character, Felix Bush, invites everyone to attend his 'funeral party' and share a story about him. Oddly, in contrast to their peers at Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, your in-house elegiacal duo were left struggling for something nice to say. Luckily, the lads were able to fete Mr. Duvall properly later in the show by counting down their Top 5 Robert Duvall Performances. The guys also work in a fresh, glistening batch of Listener Feedback before Adam spends the rest of the podcast trying to convince a newly 26 year-old Matty that, no, one does NOT register for gifts for their birthday and that no matter how well-worded Matty's letter to Target may be, it probably would fall on deaf ears.
MUSIC BY
- Sarah Jaffe
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RUNDOWN
- :31-18:13 - Review: "Get Low"
Sarah Jaffe, "Vulnerable"
- 20:23-24:59 - Massacre Theatre
- 25:00-27:11 - Polls
- 27:12-39:44 - Listener Feedback
Sarah Jaffe, "Clementine"
- 40:43-49:20 - DVDs / Donations
- 49:21-1:12:07 - Top 5: Duvall Performances
- 1:12:08-1:15:49 - Close / Outtakes
NOTES / CORRECTIONS:
- "Hud" was based on Larry McMurtry's novel "Horseman, Pass By."
- Patricia Neal won the Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar for "Hud."
- Porco "ROH-so" not "RAH-so" is probably correct, huh? Thoughts on "consigliere"? Don't skip the outtake.
Fs #312: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World / Top 5 Action Movie Romances / The Sheldrakes
If you press Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, A, B, Start, during the title screen of this week's episode of Filmspotting, you'll unlock a discussion of the hipsterific new action film, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," starring Michael Cera and directed by Edgar Wright ("Shaun of the Dead"). Then, if you manage to collect all the Golden Erudite coins hidden throughout the overwrought discussion, you can warp ahead to this week's Sheldrake ceremony, wherein Adam and Matty bestow some awards to the best of their recently-wrapped Billy Wilder Marathon. Finally, listen in as the lads do battle with their dueling Top 5 Action Movie Romances ... that is, if Adam had bothered to actually include any action movies. Tron says, "Finish him."
Presenting sponsor: This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Download a free audiobook of your choice today at audiblepodcast.com/filmspotting. Massacre Theatre is presented by the Dangerous: Memories Podcast Filmspotting's Top 5 is presented by 26 Screenplays Music: Brett Shady Podcast Partner: Creative Screenwriting Podcast
Filmspotting #312 :31 - 17:22 - Review: "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" Music: Brett Shady, "Somebody Else" 18:55 - 24:19 - Mass. Theatre (Winner: Andre Cadieux) 24:20 - 27:08 - Polls / Notes 27:09 - 44:03 - Billy Wilder Marathon Awards Music: Brett Shady, "She Ain't Worth It" 44:35 -55:07 - DVDs / Donations 55:08 - 1:11:50 - Top 5: Action Movie Romances 1:11:51 -1:15:41 - Close / Outtakes
NOTES / CORRECTIONS
- Corey Atad's Top 5 Action Movie Romances at the Filmspotting Forum.
Fs #311: Farewell / Dinner For Schmucks / Top 5 Acting Performances By Directors
August 6: Matt Singer from IFC News and the IFC News podcast sits in for Adam this week to discuss the new Cold War thriller "Farewell" and the Steve Carell/Paul Rudd comedy "Dinner For Schmucks." Plus, Matt and Matty share their Top 5 Acting Performances by Directors.
Massacre Theatre is presented by the Dangerous: Memories podcast. Filmspotting's Top 5 is presented by 26 Screenplays. Music by Arcade Fire.
Fs #310: Todd Solondz Interview / Stalag 17 / Top 5 Performances Of 2010 (So Far)
July 30: There's only one thing that can top a new Filmspotting episode featuring an interview with Todd Solondz about his new film "Life During Wartime," a discussion of the final film in our Billy Wilder Marathon, "Stalag 17," and our Top 5 Performances of 2010 (So Far) ... and that's to welcome in a brand spanking new member of Filmspotting Nation. That's right, there's a new Kempenaar on the block! Congrats to Adam and Sarah on the birth of a healthy baby boy that Uncle Matty is tentatively naming Mattias Lemmon Bridges Kempenaar the II.
Massacre Theatre is presented by the Dangerous: Memories podcast. Filmspotting's Top 5 is presented by 26 Screenplays. Music by Smile Smile.
Filmspotting #310 :16-24:38 - Interview: Todd Solondz Music: Smile Smile, "Tempo Bledsoe" 25:07-29:22 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: J. Hickle) 29:23-36:28 - Poll Questions 36:29-51:54 - Wilder #5: "Stalag 17" Music: Smile Smile, "Beg You To Stay" 52:26-1:01:01 - DVDs / Donations 1:01:21-1:26:18 - Top 5 Performances of 2010 (So Far) 1:26:19-1:30:19 - Close / Outtakes NOTES / CORRECTIONS - Thanks to Sam Van Hallgren for stepping up on short notice and doing the heavy production lifting on this episode! Without Sam and Golden Joe, there truly would be no show.
- Not sure about that Isaiah Berlin essay Todd Solondz was referring to? Read about "The Hedgehog and the Fox".
- Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting podcast, which can be accessed through iTunes here.
Fs #307: Twlight Saga: Eclipse / Winter'S Bone / Top 5 Vampire Movies
July 9: This week's Filmspotting is comprised solely of a shirtless, lupine Matty and guest host, the gorgeous, sparkly Steve Prokopy (Capone, Ain't It Cool News) taking turns screaming 'Belllllllla' into the microphone. Yes, that's right, it's Twilight time here on Filmspotting with a discussion of the latest from the saga, "Eclipse." Then the boys will travel from the gloomy, sunless Pacific Northwest to the even more destitute and harrowing climes of the rural Ozarks for a discussion of the critically acclaimed thriller "Winter's Bone." Also, tying in with "Twilight's" display of the lusty young undead, Steve and Matty relate their Top 5 Vampire Films. All this and "Predators'" Louis Ozawa Changchien joins the Filmspotting Acting Troupe for a special rendition of Massacre Theatre.
Also on the show: Music from Surfer Blood.
Filmspotting #307 :13-11:12 – Review: "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" Music: Surfer Blood 12:53-21:55 – Massacre Theatre / Interview w/ Louis Ozawa Changchien - (Winner: Ben Bronsink) 21:56-27:32 – Review: "Winter’s Bone" Music: Surfer Blood 28:17-34:10 – New DVDs / Donations / Ken Kempenaar 34:13-51:37 – Top 5: Vampire Movies 51:38-55:22 – Close / Next Show NOTES / CORRECTIONS - Check out Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting podcast, which can be accessed through iTunes here.
After Hours #16: Directors Of The Decade / Romero Vs. Boyle
June 25: With Adam and Matty both doing some traveling this week, Filmspotting forgoes it's usual weekly format for a Listener Feedback-focused edition of After Hours, including more thoughts on the best Directors of the Decade. Plus, Matty goes Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on some zombie-definition obsessed listeners who take issue with his classification of Danny Boyle's "28 Days Later."
NOTES / CORRECTIONS
- Most egregious Clint Eastwood "groaner"? The decision to put the disembodied lips of Kevin Bacon's estranged wife on the phone in "Mystic River."
- Josh in Normal, Illinois corroborates our take on "28 Days Later" as a zombie movie, citing Glenn Kay's "Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide." Kay lists it as one of the best zombie movies ever. Plus, there's this - "Zombies can run: why 28 Days Later is a zombie movie after all."
- Read all about The 48 Hour Film Project... Check out this recent entry from Drew in Gaithersburg, Maryland... Mark Marshall in Boston won top prize in 2009.
- Learn more about Writers In Treatment.
- Jeff Goldsmith's Creative Screenwriting podcast can be accessed through iTunes here.
- Follow more notes and corrections at http://twitter.com/filmspotting
Monday is the last day to vote for the Podcast Awards 2009
After voting closes the People's Choice Podcast Award winners will be announced during a live Podcast Awards Ceremony on December 12th at 8pm Eastern Standard Time.
A weekly film show from Chicago featuring reviews, interviews, top 5 lists and insightful movie chatter with Adam Kempenaar and Matty Robinson
