"You asked why I picked you. I didn't. You did."

For Episode 158, Brandon is joined by Ben Goertz to discuss the 2014 Academy Award-winning film, Citizenfour. They discuss the importance of the film and how it fits within the Journalism genre. 

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"I'm here because I think the story is wrong. Is it?"

For Episode 157, Brandon is joined by Amy Tippit Madrid to discuss the 1994 film The Paper. Listen as they discuss how this film is an underrated film of the journalism genre and why the flaws of the film are worth a conversation.

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"Nothing like wrestling with a moral dilemma, is there?"

For Episode 156, Brandon and Thomas continue through the journalism genre by diving into the 1987 film Broadcast News. Listen as they discuss how this film predicted our modern television news cycle and why Holly Hunter is a revelation in the film. 

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"I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic."

We kick-off Journalism Month with the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success. Listen as Brandon and Thomas discuss the making of the film, its importance, and how the film fits within the journalism genre. 

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"How's it going to end?" 

In the final episode of their Peter Weir series, Brandon and Thomas discuss two of Weir's greatest films, The Truman Show and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and the legacy they've left behind. They also discuss his final film, The Way Back, and why they want one more Weir film. 

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"You must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all."

Listen as Brandon and Thomas continue their month-long journey through the works of Australian film director Peter Weir. In Part 3, they discuss Green Card, Fearless, and one of Weir's most popular films, Dead Poets Society. 

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"He's going back to his world, where he belongs. He knows it, and you know it, too."

Listen as we continue our month-long journey through the films of Australian director, Peter Weir. This week Brandon and Thomas discuss Weir's transition to America and his underrated collaboration with Harrison Ford at the peak of his powers. 

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"What we see and what we seem is but a dream, a dream within a dream." 

For the first time ever, we'll be spending the entire month diving into the career of one director. Our four-part series will be on Australian director, Peter Weir. In the first part of our series, we'll be discussing Peter Weir's early films within the Australian New Wave Movement. 

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"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that's all some people have?"

In the final episode of our Screwball Comedy month, Brandon and Thomas dive into the life and films of Preston Sturges. They talk about the wackiness of his films, and how he realistically portrayed 1940s America.

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"I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss, the jerk."

We continue our month-long journey into the Screwball Comedy with one of the more underrated films of the genre, Ball of Fire. Directed by Howard Hawks, co-written by Billy Wilder, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper, the 1941 film has become an interesting career footnote of all of the players involved. 

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