Missing Frames: Catching up with Cinema

The 2020 Atlanta Film Festival coverage continues! The filmmakers behind Beast Beast joined Shawn for an extensive, exciting and exhilarating chat for the ages. The roster includes the film's writer/director Danny Madden, producers Matt Miller and Benjamin Wiessner and a special cameo appearance by Pete Ohs, one of the film's editors. The group discusses how they started working with one another, achieving the film's youthful, naturalistic vibe, the challenges faced and the lessons learned.

To learn more about the film and when it will be released, make sure to follow Vanishing Angle and Beast Beast on social media.

VANISHING ANGLE
Twitter/Instagram: @vanishingangle

BEAST BEAST
Twitter: @ornanafilms
Instagram: @beastbeastmovie

Beast Beast Synopsis:
In a quiet southern town, popular and charismatic theatre kid Krista finds herself increasingly drawn to Nito, the new student in her high school who catches her attention with his impressive skating videos. The two share an easy rapport and quickly grow close. Unbeknownst to her, their lives and that of her gun-loving neighbor, Adam, will soon become intertwined—until they reach a breaking point.

To learn more about the Atlanta Film Festival, visit atlantafilmfestival.com.

Shawn chats with Martin Von Krogh, the filmmaker behind the remarkable documentary Cinema Pameer, which premiered at the 2020 Atlanta Film Festival. They discuss Martin's career as a photographer and how he decided to make the jump to film, as well as the dangers he and his crew faced filming in Afghanistan.

Plot Summary:
A film about a cinema, the passionate people working there, and their unrelenting love of film in a harsh conflict-ridden city. CINEMA PAMEER explores everyday life in a country torn apart through a cinema in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan – a place for escape, inspiration, and refuge in a city still trying to find its footing after decades of war, poverty, and religious fundamentalism. This feel good story follows the well-meaning denizens of the cinema in their everyday struggle to provide a safe haven for their countrymen.

To learn more about the Atlanta Film Festival, visit atlantafilmfestival.com.

Lessons from the Screenplay creator Michael Tucker returns to Missing Frames to introduce Shawn to one of his all-time favorite films: David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Despite being well received upon its release in 2008, Benjamin Button is considered something of an outlier in Fincher's filmography due to its whimsical and romantic subject matter. Because of this, the film has almost become something of a punchline, often dismissed as 'The Bad David Fincher Movie.' It's for this reason that Shawn has never gotten around to watching it. But does Benjamin Button really merit this reputation, or is it an under-appreciated gem that deserves film fans' respect?

(For more thoughts on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, be sure to check out The Nerd Party's Fincher focused podcast House of Fincher.)

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Michael Tucker

Now that Sarah is finally caught up on the Bill and Ted franchise, she and Shawn watch the series' long-awaited sequel Bill and Ted Face the Music. Find out whether or not it lived up to their expectations and where it ranks with the other two films.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Sarah Eastridge

One year ago, Shawn introduced his wife Sarah to Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and she loved it. Now they're finally getting around to watching Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey to prepare for the long-awaited threequel Bill and Ted Face the Music. Does Bogus Journey live up to Sarah's high expectations? And stay tuned to this channel to find out what they think of Bill and Ted 3 at a later date!

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Sarah Eastridge

Missing Frames celebrates its 90th episode with one of its strangest entries yet. Brad Gullickson returns to introduce Shawn to the first Tales from the Crypt cinematic effort Demon Knight, directed by Ernest Dickerson. Released in the early 90s, Demon Knight is far better than it has any right to be and features an incredible cast including the likes of William Sadler, Billy Zane (by his own admission, this is his personal favorite of his performances), Jada Pinkett Smith and Thomas Haden Church.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Brad Gullickson

At long last, Lindsey Kendrick, one of Missing Frames' original guest hosts, returns to the show for her first-ever viewing of Sergio Leone's other OTHER masterpiece The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Lindsey Kendrick

At long last, John Mills returns to Missing Frames to discuss his first-ever viewing of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. He and Shawn discuss how it compares and contrasts with the rest of Leone's filmography, whether or not its pacing is too slow to be enjoyable and if it does indeed merit being labeled Leone's masterpiece.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
John Mills

Princess Mononoke is arguably Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, but Scott Russell, a huge Miyazaki fan, has yet to see it. In this episode, he joins Shawn to discuss his first-ever viewing of the animated classic. They discuss its brilliant, unconventional storytelling and where it ranks in the rest of Miyazaki's remarkable filmography.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Scott Russell

Shawn and Sarah have never seen Hamilton. They haven't heard the soundtrack. They barely know the REAL Alexander Hamilton story. So, to celebrate the 4th of July, they decided to check the original Broadway performance out on Disney Plus. Did it make all of their dreams come true? Do they FINALLY get all the hype? This...is the podcast episode about the film that captured the production...of Hamilton.

HOSTS
Shawn Eastridge
Sarah Eastridge