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 119 episodes available.

Preceding Film episodes:

May 11, 2026 Avengers: Infinity War/2 Days in the Valley
Drew, Heath and Jack Yarid viewed 14,000,605 alternate futures and determined they could only discuss Avengers: Infinity War if they paired it with the 1996 LA crime film 2 Days in the Valley.
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1h 28min
May 05, 2026 Avengers:Infinity War Preview Episode
Drew and Heath break down their top five Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Number THREE might shock you! Also, Brian Finley, MCU correspondent, reveals his favorite MCU movie.
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44min
April 27, 2026 Extract/Office Space
Drew and Heath host the Mike Judge episode as they talk about the cult classic Office Space and Extract which Mike Judge himself called a companion piece to the first film.
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1h 8min
April 21, 2026 Zodiac/Memories of Murder
Drew, Heath and Jonah solve the Zodiac case and discuss the true crime genre as they dive into David Fincher's Zodiac and Bong Joon-Ho's Memories of Murder.
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1h 36min
April 13, 2026 3:10 to Yuma/3:10 to Yuma
Heath and Drew jump on the 3:10 to Yuma to talk about the 2007 3:10 to Yuma and the original 1957 version.
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57min
March 30, 2026 A Cure For Wellness/Shutter Island
Drew sets up an elaborate noir cop roleplaying exercise to help Heath find out the meanings in Gore Verbinski's A Cure For Wellness and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.
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1h 25min
March 25, 2026 Instant Oscars Reaction Show One Week Later
Heath and Drew talk Academy Awards, Steven Spielberg, Heat, Dune 3, Train Dreams, PTA and more on their not so instant Oscars reaction episode.
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42min
March 18, 2026 Megalopolis/Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Drew and Heath are joined by Ray Cotolo to discuss big swings in digital filmmaking as they breakdown the influences George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones has on Francis Ford Coppola's 2024 epic, Megalopolis.
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1h 48min
March 09, 2026 Contagion/Outbreak
We at Preceding Film felt it necessary to put a disclaimer about not taking medical advice from this episode as Heath and Drew are joined by first time guest Allie Easter to trace the deadly viruses in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion and Wolfgang Peterson's Outbreak.
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1h 17min
March 02, 2026 Airplane!/Zero Hour!
Airplane! is one of the most acclaimed comedies of all time, but did you know it follows the exact plot and even shares several lines of dialogue with the 1957 film Zero Hour!? Drew and Heath talk all about on this episode!
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1h 1min

FAQs about Preceding Film:

How many episodes does Preceding Film have?

The podcast currently has 119 episodes available.