Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast

By Cole Bradley

A podcast on the career of Saoirse Ronan and the changing state of the movie star in the 21st century. Hosted by Cole & Connor.

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August 15, 2023 Hiatus Announcement
The show will be going on hiatus for the duration of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Solidarity forever.
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12min
July 29, 2023 Ondine
This week, we're shuffling the release order a little bit to talk about 2009's Ondine. Directed by acclaimed Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, the film stars Colin Farrell as a reclusive fisherman who rescues a mysterious and possibly magical woman from the sea. We talk about the film's origins as a Writer's Strike project, Colin's real life romance with co-star Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, the legacy of mermaids in films, and the career downturns that befall both Jordan and cinematographer Christopher Doyle after this film. Plus - we recorded this on the eve of Barbie and Oppenheimer's release, so you'll get a lot of our surely out of date thoughts on those and a bunch of nervous excitement. Connor pitches a Ben Mendelsohn podcast. Cole breaks down the history of Splash Mountain.
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2h 20min
July 21, 2023 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
This week, the great Rebecca Sweeney joins us for a trip into the mind as we discuss 2009's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. An attempted return to form for Terry Gilliam after a rough decade, this film's production would be halted when Heath Ledger died halfway through filming, with Colin Farrell being one of several actors bought in to replace the star. We talk about the film's difficult production, other actors who were in the mix, and the muddled but interesting work that results. Along the way we're gonna look at Gilliam's complicated legacy, the form and fiunction of CGI in the immediate wake of Avatar, and knock out four separate, increasingly contentious Mt. Rushmores. Cole tells his Scott Speedman story. Connor almost watched Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Rebecca is a recovering Johnny Depp stan.
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2h 55min
July 14, 2023 Pride and Glory
This week, we take a look at Pride and Glory, Colin's follow-up to the smash success of In Bruges. A New York City crime thriller about a family of cops tested when one of their own turns out to be corrupt, the film comes from journeyman legend Gavin O'Connor, in between his two sports classics Miracle and Warrior. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't live up to the heights promised by the premise and the director, and is mostly just a muddled, boring mess. We talk about Colin's underbaked performance, the complicated career of his co-star Edward Norton, place this movie in the lineage of NYC crime films, and discuss how the success of In Bruges ended up destroying this movie's prospects... but really we just want to talk about Warrior. Have you seen Warrior? Warrior's the best movie ever made. "Warrior but with cops" is the best pitch of all time, what even happened here? Connor pits John Klute against the Babadook. Cole explains the QAnon action movie that's the new Christian exploitation sensation.
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2h 23min
July 07, 2023 In Bruges
This week, the great Maya Dawit joins us for a freewheeling discussion of the defining film of Colin Farrell's career, In Bruges! A small, talky crime comedy from a first time director, the film would come out of nowhere and deliver Colin the best reviews of his career and major awards buzz, including a Golden Globe. We have a lot of praise to heap on his revelatory performance and why we think this is the one that made all the difference, and we have a lot of... mixed feelings about the movie at large and its blend of postmodern farce, existential dread, and very of the moment anti-PC shock humor. Along the way, we're gonna get into nepo babies, industry plants, Netflix originals, the Premiere League, and why 2008 is the year that broke Hollywood. Cole remembers when he went to Bruges. Connor hates all actresses under thirty. Maya has unsolicited career advice for Colin.
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3h 7min
June 30, 2023 Cassandra's Dream
In early 2008, after a stint in rehab and a year and a half off screens, Colin Farrell would return by pairing up with another titanic actor for a fatalistic, offbeat European crime film. But this isn't that one, this the other one, the one that fully doesn't exist - it's Cassandra's Dream! The third in Woody Allen's trilogy of London-set thrillers, this movie, about two brothers asked to commit a murder, sits so firmly in the shadow of Match Point that it never really had a chance, and mostly exists as an odd footnote in the lead-up to, well, what Colin's about to do. We get into the weird, inert, half-formed nature of this movie, but because it really isn't very interesting we mostly just touch on some Miami Vice stuff that we somehow didn't get to on that episode and take a look back at Colin's blockbuster era. Connor has basically never seen a Woody Allen film. Cole has a hot take about Matt Damon.
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2h 23min
June 23, 2023 Miami Vice
This week on Above the Title, it's the big one, it's the 2006 Michael Mann film Miami Vice. Frankly, we're both nervous to tackle it and probably don't have enough time in three hours to get out all our thoughts. But this is the hand we've been dealt at 11:47 o'clock on a Friday morning, so we're just gonna have to take it to the limit one more time. Cole wonders if he can pull of Crockett's look. Connor has some harsh words for Michael Bay.
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3h 3min
June 15, 2023 Ask the Dust
This week, we take a look at the 2006 drama Ask the Dust, a film we at varying points compare to Moulin Rouge, Calvin & Hobbes, and Sophie's Choice. The final directorial effort of acclaimed screenwriter Robert Towne, the film stars Colin as Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in 1930s Los Angeles who has a tempestuous relationship with a Mexican waitress (Salma Hayek). We debate the successes and failures of Colin's casting (and performance), wonder about the timelessness of his face, and begin to put an end to his bad boy era. Along the way we also wonder why Donald Sutherland doesn't have an Oscar nomination and just what Idina Menzel is doing in this dang movie. Connor sticks up for his Italian cousins. Cole is still in love with one particular shot from Jack Reacher.
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2h 40min
June 09, 2023 The New World
This week, the great Andrew Kinsella joins us to talk about Colin's return after a year long break from movies and Terrence Malick's return from an eight year break from movies, 2005's The New World! A dreamlike and mystical retelling of the Pocahontas story, the film finds Colin in full elemental force as a conflicted John Smith. Two of the people on this podcast adore this movie, the third is more conflicted, but amidst all the debate as we try to get our heads around this film's massive scope, beguiling structure, and (again), multiple versions, we still find time for a deep, deep dive into Christian Bale's career. Cole thinks The Artist gets a bad rap. Connor draws connections between Malick and the avant-garde. Andrew walks us through his favorite historical epics.
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3h 18min
June 01, 2023 Scrubs: "My Lucky Charm"
This week, the great Jeff Sweeney joins us to take a trip to Sacred Heart Hospital and discuss Colin's one-off appearance on Scrubs! The only real guest appearance in his career, Colin's role as the brother of a patient is primarily an excuse for warmed over Irish jokes, but we're mostly interested in the way it interrogates his tabloid bad-boy image in a way none of his movies ever did. Along the way, we salute New Jersey, debate John C. McGinley's legacy, and try to figure out why so many people find Zach Braff so annoying. Connor unveils his grand theory of television pacing. Cole pledges allegiance to Joey King. Jeff has watched six TV shows.

Note: Our apologies about the poor audio quality this week. The original recordings were unsalvageable and we were forced to rely on a low-quality, single track backup so as to have the episode come out at all. This has already been resolved for future recordings.
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1h 51min

FAQs about Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast:

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The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.