Welcome to Episode 11 of Film Explorers, the podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Animation August rolls on with Josh's pick, Lilo and Stitch. We talk Elvis, mosquitoes, and our versions of "ohana."

Other topics include: catching up with us after a couple weeks off, Jackson filling his Letterboxd diary with garbage, Joey learning the truth (that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a great movie), and Josh introducing us to his Scorsese Journey!

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro + What We Watched

00:27:39 Josh's Scorsese Journey Dispatch

00:34:24 Lilo and Stitch

01:10:15 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:19:15 Emails + Next Week's Pick + Outro

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Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Welcome to Episode 10 of Film Explorers, the podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Animation August continues with Joey's pick, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. We talk watercolor in animation, getting existential, and lots and lots of tears. This is an emotional one, folks...

Other topics include: Joey watching the second half of Moonfall, Jackson catching up with The Meg, and our thoughts on so-bad-it's-good cinema.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro + What We Watched

00:18:04 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

01:11:33 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:13:09 Next Week's Pick + Outro

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Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Welcome to Episode 9 of Film Explorers, the podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Animation August begins with Jackson's pick, The Lego Movie. We talk creativity on film, the worst best song ever (or best worst song ever), and Will Ferrell's best performance?

Other topics include: Roland Emmerich's Moonfall, Josh's addiction to the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, and Joey's killer pick for next week.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro + What We Watched

00:14:52 The Lego Movie Discussion

00:59:27 Final Thoughts and Ratings

01:14:53 Next Week's Pick + Outro

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Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Welcome to Episode 8 of Film Explorers, the podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Tom Cruise Month concludes with Josh's pick and our first Scorsese, The Color of Money. We talk a strangely sexy performance from Tom, the sheer power of Werewolves of London (yes, I edited it in. I had to), and Josh's fight against the name Vince.

Other topics include: the announcement of our next theme for the month of August and us going long on the Harry Potter franchise. Feel free to skip straight to our discussion of The Color of Money if that's not quite your speed.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro + Overly Long Harry Potter Discussion

00:48:35 The Color of Money Discussion

1:24:13 Next Month's Theme + Jackson's Pick

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Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Welcome to Episode 7 of Film Explorers, a podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Tom Cruise Month comes full circle as we choose to accept this mission, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One to be exact. We talk how much we love the women of this series, Christopher McQuarrie pushing his direction to new heights, and Pom Klementieff’s abs.

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

SURPRISE!!!

Welcome to a very special bonus episode of Film Explorers, a podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Happy birthday to everyone's third favorite host Josh! As a present, he made Jackson and Joey watch Suspiria (1977), one of his favorite horror films. We talk fake blood, maggots, maximalist filmmaking, and of course, Goblin.

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Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

"You just got #reached..." (maybe Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher idk)

Welcome to Episode 6 of Film Explorers, a podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Tom Cruise Month continues with Joey's pick: the first of many collaborations between our boy and Christopher McQuarrie, Jack Reacher. We talk getting #reached, Tom using his puny stature to his advantage, and Joey's unique ability to mispronounce Werner Herzog's name every time he says it.

Other topics include: Josh's trip to the theater for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, updates on Jackson's Carpenter and Ozu journeys, and Joey's love of little Stevie Spiels' The Fabelmans.

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Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Welcome to Episode 5 of Film Explorers, a podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Tom Cruise Month begins with Jackson's pick: The Mummy (no, not the good one). We talk about making a movie so bad that you kill an entire cinematic universe, Alex Kurtzman's uniquely horrible direction, and a whole lot of scientific inaccuracies.

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Welcome to Episode 4 of Film Explorers, a podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Best Picture Month concludes with Chicago, Rob Marshall's glamourous tale of fame and murder. We talk Rob Marshall's insane filmography, Joey's obsession with John C. Reilly, and supporting women's rights as well as women's wrongs.

Other topics include: the conclusion of Josh's Mission: Impossible journey, Joey's vacation to Maine, Jackson finally being In the Mood for Love, and the announcement of July's theme!

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Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd

Film Explorers on Instagram

Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Happy Pride, everyone!! Welcome to Episode 3 of Film Explorers, a podcast about exploring the bounds of cinema! Best Picture Month continues with The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro's gorgeously warped fairy tale. We talk the king Alexandre Desplat, over-the-top acting of the Michael Shannon variety, and Josh almost cries talking about how personal this story is to him. Stay tuned till the end to hear what you selected for next week's episode.

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd 

Josh on Letterboxd 

Film Explorers on Instagram