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- Ep 123 // 20yr Film Retro: ‘American Movie’ / ‘Luce’"J. McVay is joined by Jacqueline Soller and Charles Hinshaw to continue an ongoing project in which they look back on movies from 1999 to discuss how they hold up 20 years later. Fourth in the series: ‘American Movie,’ directed by Chris Smith.Later in the episode, Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss the recently released movie, ‘‘Luce,’ directed by Julius Onah and starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, and Tim Roth -- out now from Neon.And we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by Brooklyn band Lapêche, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:15 - START /// 20yr Film Retro: ‘American Movie’ w/ J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, & Charles Hinshaw02:24 - Did you see this when it came out?02:55 - What was your take on it? Does it hold up? Has it been influential?24:10 - Have the people involved in the film been successful since then?25:37 - Do you think the movie will continue to stand the test of time?27:27 - Favorite scenes or elements / wrapping up /// END34:28 - 1st Person: Kristen // On Being Wrongfully Accused39:14 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘Luce’40:38 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)52:38 - “Stone” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Lapêche57:06 - Outro / Credits57:57 - Finish."58 min
- Ep 122 // ‘Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood’"J. McVay is joined by Jacqueline Soller and Charles Hinshaw for a special feature-length discussion of the latest film from Quentin Tarantino, ‘Once Up A Time… In Hollywood,’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie -- out now from Columbia PicturesAnd we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by New York duo, Verdigrls, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:06 - START /// ‘Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood’ w/ J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, & Charles Hinshaw02:20 - SPOILER ALERT! / initial reactions… and gripes12:00 - The Rick Dalton/Leonardo DiCaprio storyline17:36 - Film editing / sudden narration20:00 - The Cliff Booth/Brad Pitt storyline… and Bruce Lee?28:57 - The Sharon Tate/Margot Robbie storyline… and using real people as characters35:14 - The climax of the film52:48 - Wrapping up /// END53:21 - 1st Person: Gil // Forgiving The Worst Betrayal59:38 - “Women In Fiction” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Verdigrls65:01 - Outro / Credits65:49 - Finish."1 hr 6 min
- Ep 121 // 20yr Film Retro: ‘The Sixth Sense’"J. McVay is joined by Jacqueline Soller and Charles Hinshaw to continue a new ongoing project in which they look back on movies from 1999 to discuss how they hold up 20 years later. Third in the series: ‘The Sixth Sense,’ directed by M. Night Shyamalan.And we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by New Jersey’s Dead Swords, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:06 - START /// 20yr Film Retro: ‘The Sixth Sense’ w/ J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, & Charles Hinshaw03:28 - Did you see this when it came out?05:04 - What was your take on it then?08:55 - What’s your take on it now? Does it hold up? Has it been influential?20:30 - What stands out now that didn't stand out then? / vs. ‘Fight Club’ + ‘American Beauty’25:32 - Have the people involved in the film been successful since then?32:07 - Do you think the movie will continue to stand the test of time?37:13 - Favorite scenes or elements / wrapping up /// END45:08 - 1st Person: Devin // Dealing With Rejection49:38 - “Ender” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Dead Swords60:14 - Outro / Credits61:03 - Finish."1 hr 2 min
- Ep 120 // Joe Zimmerman on Relationship Attachment Styles w/ Matt Ruby / ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ + MCU Phase 4"Contributor Matt Ruby and guest Joe Zimmerman discuss the concept of relationship attachment styles as discussed in the book, ‘Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find-And Keep-Love.’ Matt then takes the compatibility quiz on the book’s website.Later in the episode, Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home,’ directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, and Marisa Tomei -- out now from Sony Pictures. They also discuss the announcements out of San Diego Comic Con about the upcoming Phase 4 of the MCU:May 1, 2020 // ‘Black Widow’ (dir. Cate Shortland)Fall 2020 // ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ (on Disney+)Nov 6, 2020 // ‘The Eternals’ (dir. Chloe Zhao)February 12, 2021 // ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ (dir. Destin Daniel Cretton)Spring 2021 // ‘WandaVision’ (on Disney+)Spring 2021 // ‘Loki’ (on Disney+)May 21 // ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ (dir. Scott Derrickson)Summer 2021 // ‘What If…?’ (on Disney+)Fall 2021// ‘Hawkeye’ (on Disney+)November 5, 2021// ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ (dir. Taika Waititi)And we’ll take exclusive early listen to a performance by Portland, Oregon musician Anna Tivel, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:19 - Matt Ruby chats w/ Joe Zimmerman about Relationship Attachment Styles30:10 - Matt takes the ‘Attached’ Compatibility Quiz, administered by Joe44:25 - 1st Person: John // On The Influence Of Films And TV47:40 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’49:16 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)62:05 - MCU Phase 4 Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay97:05 - “Figure It Out” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Anna Tivel102:03 - Outro / Credits102:52 - Finish."1 hr 43 min
- ‘Fight Club’ // a 1999 film retrospective
With this, their second episode in a series, J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, and Charles Hinshaw continue to look back on movies released in 1999, discussing how they stand up 20 years on…
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk (“Paula-nick”) and directed by David Fincher, ‘Fight Club’ stars Edward Norton as a never named narrator who’s more or less fed up with his life and suffering from severe insomnia as he travels from place to place examining auto-accidents. He begins to find cathartic solace through attending support groups for people suffering from various ailments and conditions, before his routine is interrupted by a woman named Marla Singer (Helena Boham Carter), who is also attending these groups for less-than-honest purposes. Eventually, Norton’s character meets Tyler Durden on one of his flights. Played by Brad Pitt, Durden seems to be as free of conformist societal pressures as the Narrator is bound by them. Immediately after this seemingly chance encounter, the Narrator’s high rise condo is destroyed by an explosion, leaving him with nowhere to turn but his new acquaintance. After an evening of bonding and trading personal philosophies, the two decide to have a fist fight free of animus just to see what it feels like. High on the resultant feeling, they end up founding a club of men looking for the same experience. This balloons first into a secret underground network of similar clubs that extends to an unknown size, then to the beginning of Project Mayhem in which men dedicate their entire lives to following Durden’s call to upset the materialist, corporate nature of the society around them.
The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 10th, 1999. It drew both praise and criticism, with many referencing ‘A Clockwork Orange’ as a precedent case of a film that both portrays violence and, it was worried, could also inspire violence. It opened commercially in the US on October 15th and came in first in box office rankings with just over $11 million. Despite this, the film was considered a bit of a financial disappointment by its studio, Fox. However, it was such a popular DVD release that it went on to become one of the studio’s top selling home media items and eventually turned a profit.
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Episode Credits:
Producer/Host: J. McVay
Guests: Jacqueline Soller, Charles Hinshaw
Music: Hansdale Hsu
Originally released as part of a previous podcast on 7/19/19
Now released and distributed by Stereoactive Media
48 min - Ep 119 // 20yr Film Retro: ‘Fight Club’ / ‘Midsommar’"J. McVay is joined by Jacqueline Soller and Charles Hinshaw to continue a new ongoing project in which they look back on movies from 1999 to discuss how they hold up 20 years later. Second in the series: ‘Fight Club,’ directed by David Fincher.Later in the episode, Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss the recently released movie, ‘Midsommar,’ directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, and Will Poulter -- out now from A24And we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by Queens, New York artist Juan Wauters, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.[youtube]https://youtu.be/tzCCtl1nWvE[/youtube][youtube]https://youtu.be/qtRKdVHc-cE[/youtube][youtube]https://youtu.be/1Vnghdsjmd0[/youtube]00:00 - Intro01:11 - START /// 20yr Film Retro: ‘Fight Club’ w/ J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, & Charles Hinshaw05:07 - Did you see this when it came out?05:50 - What was your take on it then?08:29 - What’s your take on it now? Does it hold up? Has it been influential?11:00 - What stands out now that didn't stand out then? / vs. ‘American Beauty’ / the effect of Columbine / 9/11 & terrorism / portrayal vs. endorsement31:35 - Have the people involved in the film been successful since then?38:35 - Do you think the movie will continue to stand the test of time?42:27 - Favorite scenes or elements / wrapping up /// END46:28 - 1st Person: Grace // On Her Phobia of Noodles50:31 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘Midsommar51:58 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)75:34 - “A Volar” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Juan Wauters80:06 - Outro / Credits80:57 - Finish."1 hr 21 min
- Ep 118 // Raanan Hershberg w/ Matt Ruby, on Silent Meditation Retreats / ‘The Farewell’"Contributor Matt Ruby and guest Raanan Hershberg discuss their experiences with silent meditation retreats (and comedy).Later in the episode, Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss the new movie, ‘The Farewell,’ directed by Lulu Wang and starring Awkwafina and Zhao Shuzhen -- out now from A24.And we’ll take exclusive early listen to a performance by Indian singer/songwriter Prateek Kuhad, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:07 - Matt Ruby chats w/ Raanan Hershberg about Silent Meditation Retreats31:22 - 1st Person: Justin // Breaking Through The Illusion of Reality35:11 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘The Farewell’36:27 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)54:36 - “Fighter” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Prateek Kuhad59:13 - Outro / Credits60:04 - Finish."1 min
- Ep 117 // ‘Yesterday’ / ‘Toy Story 4’Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss two new movies out now in theaters:‘Yesterday’ (Universal Pictures) - directed by Danny Boyle and starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joel Fry, Kate McKinnon, and Ed Sheeran.‘Toy Story 4’ (Walt Disney) - directed by Josh Cooley and starring Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, Tim Allen, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Christina Hendricks.And we’ll take exclusive early listens to performances by Be Forest and Ames, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:10 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘Yesterday’02:35 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)22:29 - 1st Person: Kim // Remunerating Academic Labor26:26 - “You, Nothing” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Be Forest30:52 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘Toy Story 4’32:33 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)59:34 - “Old Hero” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Ames63:48 - Outro / Credits64:38 - Finish.0 min
- Ep 116 // 20yr Film Retro: ‘American Beauty’ / ‘Maiden’J. McVay is joined by Jacqueline Soller and Charles Hinshaw to begin a new ongoing project in which they look back on movies from 1999 to discuss how they hold up 20 years later. First in the series: ‘American Beauty,’ directed by Sam Mendes.Later in the episode, Charles Hinshaw and J. McVay discuss the new documentary, ‘Maiden,’ directed by Alex Holmes, about the first all-female yacht crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989 -- out now from Sony Pictures Classics.And we’ll take an exclusive early listen to a performance by Los Angeles artist Meg Myer, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:15 - START /// 20yr Film Retro: ‘American Beauty’ w/ J. McVay, Jacqueline Soller, & Charles Hinshaw03:43 - Did you see this when it came out?04:25 - What was your take on it then?05:48 - What’s your take on it now? Does it hold up? What stands out now that didn't stand out then?30:39 - Have the people involved in the film been successful since then?39:48 - Do you think the movie will continue to stand the test of time?41:26 - Favorite scenes or elements / wrapping up /// END50:05 - 1st Person: Sam // Dealing With A Bad Teacher54:19 - Movie Review: Charles Hinshaw on ‘Maiden’55:32 - Movie Chat w/ Charles Hinshaw & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)73:07 - “Constant” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Meg Myers76:25 - Outro / Credits77:14 - Finish.0 min
- Ep 115 // ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ / ‘The Souvenir’Jacqueline Soller and J. McVay discuss two new movies out now in theaters:‘The Dead Don’t Die’ (Focus Features) - written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Selena Gomez, and RZA‘The Souvenir’ (A24)- written and directed by Joanna Hogg and starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, and Tilda Swinton.And we’ll take exclusive early listens to performances by Divino Niño and Munya, from their upcoming BTR Live Studio session.Music composed by and show edited by Hansdale Hsu.00:00 - Intro01:17 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘The Dead Don’t Die’02:32 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)30:54 - 1st Person: Mareda // On Her Past As A Well-Connected Preschooler35:22 - “Foam” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Divino Niño38:54 - Movie Review: Jacqueline Soller on ‘The Souvenir’40:18 - Movie Chat w/ Jacqueline Soller & J. McVay (Spoiler Alert)58:08 - “Hotel Delmano” (BTR Live Studio, 2019) - Munya62:47 - Outro / Credits63:38 - Finish.0 min
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