Literate Cinephiles

Literate Cinephiles

By Jeff Rosenbaugh, Michael Perkins, & Kyle SmithTV & FilmArts
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Literate Cinephiles episodes

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré

    Duplicity, paranoia, espionage, anxiety... All that and more can be found in John Le Carré’s spellbinding Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). It’s the classic Cold War spy novel that inspired a generation...to keep their day jobs (since real spying is a lot of reading, interviewing people, and doing British old man swimming in rivers. Actually… the swimming sounds nice…)

     

    Film released in 2011.

    Director: Tomas Alfredson

    Starring: every British actor ever

     

    Show Notes

    • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré - Book
    • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) - Blu-ray
    • The author, John Le Carré (aka David John Moore Cornwell) said the following about his career: “Let me tell you a few things about myself… In the old days it was convenient to bill me as a spy turned writer. I was nothing of the kind. I am a writer who, when I was very young, spent a few ineffectual but extremely formative years in British Intelligence.”
    • Le Carré’s take on the adaptation
    • Keeping track of the characters is rough… here is some help, courtesy of Collider
    • Director Tomas Alfredson is not on social media… Maybe spam the movie studio, StudioCanal?

     

    Hosts

    • Jeff Rosenbaugh: @jeffrsnbgh
    • Michael Perkins: @perkins_michael
    • Kyle Smith: @kylejsmithers

     

    Podcast Information

    • Facebook: LC Fan Page
    • Instagram: @literatecinephiles
    • Twitter: @litcinephiles
    • Email: [email protected] 
    • Opening and Closing theme by Aesop Rock

     

    #kylejoke

    57 min
  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

    The guys tackle 2012's smash hit novel and 2014's acclaimed

    film, Gone Girl.

     

    Show Notes

    • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - Book | Audible
    • Gone Girl (2014) - Blu-ray
    • Why Reese Witherspoon wasn’t in
      • Gone Girl:  "Whenever David Fincher says he wants to do a
      project, you just sit back and say, 'Whatever you want to do.' We
      had a long conversation where he was like, "You're not right for
      it. And this is why.' And I actually completely agreed with
      him."
    • Trent Reznor on working w/ David
      • Fincher: It's very critical to sit with David and try to get
      inside his head and translate what he's saying or feeling into an
      approach. David said "some of this movie deals with the
      concept of façades and appearances – whether it be to your spouse
      or to the public. Maybe let's pursue an idea where we are
      trying to tell you either subconsciously or blatantly that
      everything's OK here, but with an insincere callousness to
      it."
    • Rosamund Pike definitely got caught up in the Fincher acting
      • method - to the point of doing some
      awkward things with a Dora the Explorer doll.

       

      Hosts

      • Jeff Rosenbaugh: @jeffrsnbgh
      • Michael Perkins: @perkins_michael
      • Kyle Smith: @kylejsmithers

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        Podcast Information

        • Twitter: @litcinephiles
        • Instagram: @literatecinephiles
        • Opening and Closing theme by Aesop
          • Rock
          42 min
        • Most Anticipated Films of 2016

          Kyle, Michael, and Jeff countdown their individual top 5 most anticipated films of 2016.  Also - Kyle picks a TV show, everyone argues about Jeremy Renner, and the guys each make a pitch for something you should read & watch.

           

          • Excuse Michael's terrible Irish and Boston accents... please...
          • Correction: the bird in "Up" (Kevin) does not die #spoiler
          • In case you want a more thorough list of movies to get excited about, Indiewire made a list of 100

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            • Jeff's Recommendations:
              • Mistborn Series by Brandon Sanderson - start w/ Mistborn: the Final Empire
              • Madam Secretary - CBS
              • Kyle's Recommendations:
                • The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
                • The River Wild
                  • stars David Strathairn, who portrays CIA agent Noah Vosen in the Renner Bourne (Bourne Legacy) and a Damon Bourne (Bourne Ultimatum) - only because we brought all of that stuff up...
                  • Note: No actor/actress has won more than 4 Oscars. Meryl Streep has won 3 (Iron Lady - 2012, Sophie's Choice - 1983, Kramer vs. Kramer - 1980). The only person to win 4 was Katherine Hepburn.
                  • Michael's Recommendations:
                    • Superman: American Alien by Max Landis
                      • Correction: the series will be 7 issues, not 8
                      • Crazy Ex-Girlfiend - The CW

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                        Hosts

                        • Jeff Rosenbaugh: @jeffrsnbgh
                        • Michael Perkins: @perkins_michael
                        • Kyle Smith: @kylejsmithers

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                          Podcast Information

                          • Twitter: @litcinephiles
                          • Instagram: @literatecinephiles
                          • Opening and Closing theme by Aesop Rock
                            • 1 hr
                          • Moneyball by Michael Lewis

                            The guys react to the Oscars and the inexcusable snub of Sylvester Stallone before jumping in to discuss Moneyball, the book and film that made us all fall in love with statistics! Or something like that...

                            Links

                            • Book - Moneyball by Michael Lewis
                            • Movie - Moneyball (Blu-ray)
                            • Sam Smith doesn't even like to sing "Writing on the Wall"
                            • George Miller on directing both the Mad Max series and the family movies Babe and Happy Feet: "People do look at me weirdly. Even my mother said, 'When you started making the Babes and Happy Feets I thought you were calming down, in some way, but then she saw the latest, Fury Road', she said, 'Sometimes I wonder what goes on in your head.'" Link to quote
                            • In reality the A’s scouts were not that ancient and out of touch. Not portrayed in the movie is J.P. Ricciardi. He was the East Coast Scouting Supervisor and then assistant to Athletics general manager Sandy Alderson before the Beane era began. Under Beane, Ricciardi (a minor league teammate of his), became Director of Player Personnel. Ricciardi certainly embraces the sabermetric analysis of the game. Link
                            • The "Anti-Moneyball" book: The Beauty of Short Hops by Sheldon & Alan Hirsch

                              Hosts

                              • Jeff Rosenbaugh: @jeffrsnbgh
                              • Michael Perkins: @perkins_michael
                              • Kyle Smith: @kylejsmithers

                                • Podcast Information

                                • Twitter: @litcinephiles
                                • Instagram: @literatecinephiles
                                • Opening and Closing theme by Aesop Rock
                                  • 53 min

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                                Three guys who love books and movies, talking about... books and movies.