Pivotal Film

By Films, Beers, Talking with Mario and Tom

Mario Ponzio and Tom Nolan have each made a list of their 100 most pivotal films. Each week they will discuss another pair and break-down how they influenced them as film-goers and as people until the... more

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The podcast currently has 237 episodes available.

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December 22, 2018 Episode 79 - "Component Parts"
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This week Mario and Tom spend an hour talking about the terrific “Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse,” (4:25), Alfonso Cuaron’s disappointing “Roma,” (14:49), and “At Eternity’s Gate,” the absolutely breath-taking new feature from Julian Schnabel (42:10). They then try to untangle the web of deceit surrounding their number 79’s (Tom 1:01:24, Mario 1:16:29).
Emergency On Tap!
The not quite local Dogfish Head Brewery’s delicious Wood-Aged Bitches Brew (Imperial stout aged on oak and one thread of Tej - a native African honey beer - aged on Palo.) (https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/wood-aged-bitches-brew )(2:00)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 46min
December 17, 2018 Episode 80 - "Mowgli and the Mogwais"
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This week Mario and Tom open the show by thinking out loud about the release of Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind,” and its accompanying documentary “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” (6:45). They then discuss the best way to build a bridge between their number 80’s (Tom 30:25, Mario 44:07).
On Tap!
Banded Brewing Company’s (Biddeford, ME) Jolly Woodsman (Coffee Stout) https://bandedbrewing.com/beers/jolly-woodsman/ (1:57)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 13min
December 08, 2018 Episode 81 - "Expletive is F*ck"
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This week Mario and Tom open the show by beating up on the recent Golden Globe nominations (5:33). Next, they talk about Alice Rohrwacher’s excellently mysterious “Happy as Lazzaro,” now playing on Netflix (12:47). They then discuss the inappropriate relationships they have with their number 81’s (Tom 35:59, Mario 57:02).
On Tap!
Groton, CT’s Outer Light Brewing Company’s Libation Propaganda (Stout with Coffee Added) http://www.outerlightbrewing.com/our-beers/ (3:09)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 23min
December 01, 2018 Episode 82 - "Alternate Sleep Method Recording"
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This week Mario and Tom open the show with a few moments of rejoicing for Steve McQueen’s “Widows” (5:09). Then Tom and Mario blast off into outer space in the hopes of closely-encountering their number 82’s (Tom 34:15, Mario 58:12).
On Tap!
East Rock Brewing Company(https://eastrockbeer.com/beers/black-lager-winter/ (2:20)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 24min
November 29, 2018 Bonus Episode - Lars Von Trier's "The House That Jack Built"
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Mario and Tom take an hour to discuss the director’s cut of Lars Von Trier’s “The House that Jack Built.”
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h
November 24, 2018 Episode 83 - "Hellfire, Children and Hellfire"
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This week Mario and Tom start the pod by talking about MORE Netflix movies: The Coen Brother’s “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”(7:10), and David Mackenzie’s period misfire “Outlaw King” (26:56). Tom and Mario then have a gun fight in a hole full of their number 83’s (Mario 48:15, Tom 1:03:10).
On Tap!
Keegan Ales’ Mother’s Milk (Stout)(http://www.keeganales.com/the-beers/) (3:02)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 24min
November 17, 2018 Episode 84 - "Dear God"
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This week Mario and Tom get derailed by snow so Tom delivers a quick review of Paul Dano's wonderful new flick Wildlife starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal (5:30). They then ask God to reveal to them their number 84's (Mario 12:12, Tom 29:45).
On Tap!:
Brooklyn Brewery's Brown Ale (https://brooklynbrewery.com/brooklyn-beers/perennial-brews/brooklyn-brown-ale)(2:32)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 12min
November 10, 2018 2018 Documentaries (Vol. 1)
Mario and Tom take the week off from their lists and instead spend a good hour talking about some documentaries from 2018:
Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane - 3:10
Three Identical Strangers - 14:15
RBG - 30:02
Free Solo - 36:16
Won't You Be My Neighbor - 50:00
WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH OUR NUMBER 84'S
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 13min
November 03, 2018 Episode 85 - "The Great Sadness of Mario and Tom"
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The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck - https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/the-great-sadness-of-ben-affleck
Mario and Tom begin this week’s episode by talking about Marielle Heller’s complexly pleasurable new film "Can You Ever Forgive Me," written by Nicole Holofcener and starring a terrific Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant, before the conversation devolves into a meditation on how the movies one loves are not always the movies that everyone loves (5:40). They then discuss the violent origin stories of the number 85s (Tom 35:05, Mario 1:06:10).
On Tap!
Two Roads Ok2berfest (https://tworoadsbrewing.com/beers/view/ok2berfest (1:57)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 31min
October 27, 2018 Episode 86 - "A Rough Oktober"
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This week Mario and Tom start the pod by talking about David Gordon Green’s Halloween starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer (4:57) and David Lowry’s The Old Man and the Gun starring Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek (23:55). They then try to avoid Comanches and bears while trying to launder their number 86’s (Tom 46:20 , Mario 1:08:30).
On Tap!
Relic Brewing’s Oktoberfest(http://www.relicbeer.com/) (2:10)
Music Credits: "Her Eyes Play Tricks on the Camera" Robert Pollard, “Blues Run the Game” Jackson C. Frank "Pivotal Film" Guided By Voices, “The Revenant Theme 2.” Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto "Ovetones" Johnny Greenwood, "Ghost" Neutral Milk Hotel
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1h 37min

FAQs about Pivotal Film:

How many episodes does Pivotal Film have?

The podcast currently has 237 episodes available.