When we both realized that neither one of us had seen any of James Dean's three film performances, we decided we needed to fix that. In this episode we discuss James Dean's performances and what we liked and disliked about Rebel Without and Cause, East of Eden and Giant along with the state of movies during the mid-50's. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

What can happen in a day? We talk about movies set in a 24-hour period or less. How does this constrain the filmmakers? How does it help? What are our favorites? Take a listen! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

For our 50th episode, we talk about films from the 1950s. This decade saw the development of auteurs like writer/directors Billy Wilder and Akira Kurosawa, the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock and a young director named Stanley Kubrick. The 50s also saw a shift in the art of performance with actors like Marlon Brando and James Dean. We also go on a short tangent about Rodney Ascher's left-of-center documentary "Room 237" involving some extreme theories on the meaning of Kubrick's "The Shining". Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

We talk about a creepy Australian horror film that has been getting great reviews. The movie has a couple great performances that we discuss, along with an off-the-wall theory about a particular character in the movie. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

We talk about two movies that are avialable to rent right now. We get into the superb actors and some issues that we had with each of the movies. This also marks one of the first times where we completely disagree about the merits of a movie. Which one is it? Listen to find out. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

We talk about the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how it is in the unenviable position of trying to set up what will come next in their series of films while itself being entertaining. We spend time talking about Joss Whedon's crazy abilities as an auteur and superfan of this franchise. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

We talk about the directorial debut of 28 Days Later scribe Alex Garland. He gives us an original screenplay that brings up a lot of questions and doesn't offer many answers. With such a small cast, we can talk in-depth about the actors' performances and make some predictions about what may be in store for them. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

We talk about three recent television shows that we consider to be like long-form movies. We have made passing mention of House of Cards, True Detective and The Fall, but we delve deep into what we think makes each of these shows unique and exceptional. Spoilers abound! Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

We talk about our favorite biographical movies about famous musicians. From Buddy Holly to James Brown, from Mozart to Johnny Cash, we go over what works and what doesn't work when telling a story in this specific subgenre of film. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.

We profile the Mexican auteur by discussing all of his feature length films, including Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful and his most recent Academy Award winning effort, Birdman. For a more in-depth discussion on Birdman, check out episode 22 of our podcast. Subscribe on iTunes: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer.