Preceding Film

By Heath Anderson, Drew Watzke

All film is in conversation with the cinema that came before it. In Preceding Film, Drew Watzke and Heath Anderson dissect newer films while comparing and contrasting movies that preceded and influenc... more

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The podcast currently has 132 episodes available.

Preceding Film episodes:

August 17, 2026 The Dirties/Reservoir Dogs
Drew and Heath are joined by Ken Clark to talk about Matt Johnson and Quinten Tarantino's bold, sharp and reference heavy directorial debuts The Dirties and Reservoir Dogs.
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1h 51min
August 12, 2026 Logan/Shane
Drifters and Neo Westerns. Heath and Drew talk about James Mangold's Oscar nominated Logan and the direct influence that George Stevens's Shane had on not only the film but Mangold himself.
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1h 9min
August 05, 2026 Saving Mr. Banks/Mary Poppins
Whimsy (and sadness) is back on this week's episode as Drew and Heath discuss the making of and the movie Mary Poppins.
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1h 21min
July 28, 2026 Road House/Road House
Heath and Drew take jobs as coolers at a small town bar so they can discuss the 80s cult classic Road House and the perplexing remake Road House.
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1h 10min
July 20, 2026 Holes/Cool Hand Luke
Prison movies on the podcast this week as Drew and Heath talk about Holes and the classic prison camp movie Cool Hand Luke.
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1h 6min
July 14, 2026 Interstellar/2001: A Space Odyssey
Drew and Heath are joined by Wes Anderson correspondent Lora Taylor to not talk about Wes, but discuss Christopher Nolan and Stanley Kubrick's space epics.
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1h 44min
July 09, 2026 Jojo Rabbit/Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Heath and Drew celebrate Father's Day several weeks too late and discuss one of Drew's dad's favorite movies - Jojo Rabbit, and the mother/son relationship that influenced the film in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
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1h 14min
June 29, 2026 Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked
Heath and Drew step away from their usual format to give their rankings of who they have dubbed the "21st Century Film Director".
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1h 5min
June 24, 2026 Paris, Texas/The Searchers
Jonah joins Heath and Drew for FilmBro Week on the latest episode of Preceding Film as the trio discusses the wandering in Wim Wender's beautiful Paris, Texas and John Ford's majestic The Searchers.
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1h 22min
June 15, 2026 Road to Perdition/Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Heath and Drew are joined by filmmaker and friend of the show Chase Goforth to discuss the filmmaking and thematic connections between Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition and George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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1h 24min

FAQs about Preceding Film:

How many episodes does Preceding Film have?

The podcast currently has 132 episodes available.