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A filmmaker and a writer tackle the AFI's Top 100 Films and beyond to educate themselves about movies and storytelling. Welcome to Film School!... more
FAQs about Film School:How many episodes does Film School have?The podcast currently has 468 episodes available.
May 02, 2019The Genius of Audiobooks and Phillip K. Dick (Cutting Room Floor #005)Ya boys share their love of both reading books in audio form, and of the amazing writer Phillip K. Dick and his classic short novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Audio is a GREAT way to read, learn, be entertained, and we live in a time that's never been more possible!...more20minPlay
April 29, 2019Bringing Up Baby (AFI Top 100 Films #88)Leopards, and loons, and lunatics, oh my! Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant star in this truly, breathlessly fast "screwball" comedy. It's all pratfalls, bits, and vaudeville; an era and a style of comedy that we just don't have anymore, all in glorious black and white. Join us for the wild ride that is Bringing Up Baby!...more1h 7minPlay
April 22, 2019Will Time Travel Ever Exist? (Cutting Room Floor #004)If time travel is to ever be invented, at least the time travel we imagine in our stories...would we know about it? Ira shares an epiphany he had on the subject, and Josh talks about how he's always had Deja Vu, ever since he was a kid. We're glitching in the Matrix over here on the Cutting Room Floor. Come join us....more23minPlay
April 15, 2019The Sixth Sense (AFI Top 100 Films #89)He sees dead people. ALL THE TIME! This week, the AFI Top 100 list brings us our first entry that could be classified as an out-and-out horror. It's M. Knight Shyamalan's classic "The Sixth Sense" starring Bruce Will and a mind-bendingly-good 11-year-old Haley Joel Osment. It also has one of the most shocking endings in flm history. It's all about the twist! Or...is it? Does the movie work beyond it...? LET'S FIND OUT!...more1h 27minPlay
April 08, 2019Swing Time (AFI Top 100 Films #90)Old movies feel like Disneyland. This, and many, many epiphanies are brought to you by the black and white classic romance Swing Time with the lanky, debonaire Fred Astaire and the drop dead gorgeous smokeshow Ginger Rogers. It's all about The Way You Look Tonight, Cinema with a capital C, and never gonna dance, never gonna dance, only gonna love, never gonna dance....more1h 15minPlay
April 01, 2019How Blogging Every Day Changed My Life (Cutting Room Floor #003)Journaling, blogging, a diary; however you want to classify it, both Josh and Ira have found sitting down at the end of every day and taking a few minutes to write down their thoughts and feelings for the day. Is it for you? It might be! The boys break it down so you can give it a noodle....more44minPlay
March 25, 2019Sophie's Choice (AFI Top 100 Films #91)Meryl Streep is the eponymous Nazi death camp-survivor in Sophie's Choice. It's not a good choice; spoiler alert. It never is when Nazis are involved. If you want voice over, secrets, very young Kevin Kline's, and soaring muscial scores, this is the movie for you! Was it for US? Well...you'll have to listen to find out!...more1h 11minPlay
March 18, 2019Goodfellas (AFI Top 100 Films #92)We're funny? FUNNY HOW?! Martin Scorsese is in the house, dropping what could arguably be considered the greatest mob/gangster movie ever made. Joe Pesci took home an Oscar for his role as Tommy, while Robert DeNiro, Lorraine Bracco and Ray Liotta round out an astonishingly good cast. Watch out for helicopters, and mind your step going into the Copacabana. It's time to watch Goodfellas!...more1h 13minPlay
March 11, 2019The French Connection (AFI Top 100 Films #93)New York Detective "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and his partner (Roy Scheider) chase a French heroin smuggler. And believe us, it's *a lot* of chasing! Can the Hack-man and the Roy-boy get the baddies? DOES this movie have a badass car chase scene? ...well, we're not giving you spoilers, so listen and find out!...more1h 11minPlay
March 04, 2019What "Write Every Day" Really Means (Cutting Room Floor #002)"Write every day!" We've all heard the advice. How many of us have tried it and failed? How many of us are feeling shame RIGHT NOW because we have (or are currently) neglected the project we're working on? Ira and Josh have. But, dear colleagues, ya boys have learned something about that advice and shame that nobody actually tells you, and it just might be the key to true, sustainable consistency…...more22minPlay
FAQs about Film School:How many episodes does Film School have?The podcast currently has 468 episodes available.