This Week we focus our shot on the first half of  Hayao Miyazaki's (Studio Ghibli) movie career 

Lupin III The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Castle in the Sky (1986)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)

Porco Rosso(1992)

We kick off a new season of The Focus Shot with Quentin Tarantino’s early career into movies!

Time stamps;

Intro - 0:00

Tarantino Overview - 1:44

Reservoir Dogs - 6:37

Pulp Fiction - 19:20

Jackie Brown - 38:57

Kill Bill - 57:24

Death Proof - 1:35:04

We shine our focus shot on the second half of James Cameron’s career

True Lies 00:00-15:45

Titanic 15:45-72:10

Ghosts of the Abyss and Aliens of the Deep 72:10-75:27

Avatar 75:30- 137:45

Avatar sequels, other projects and Cameron’s legacy 137:45-151:42

We focus our shot on the 1st half  of James Cameron's career including:

0:00 Introduction

2:12 Piranha 2: The Spawning 

11:40 The Terminator

17:55 Aliens

29:50 The Abyss

46:33 Terminator 2: Judgement Day

76:30 Wrap Up

This week we focus our shot on director Taika Waititi

0:00 - Intro

3:16 - Eagle vs Shark

12:25 - Boy

19:50 - What We Do In The Shadows

27:46 - Hunt for the Wilderpeople

37:40 - Thor Ragnarok

63:06 - JoJo Rabbit

80:14 - Wrap Up

We have split out the News Table portion of our podcast. This will now be a standalone segment where we discuss current film news. This week we discuss Wolfman, drive in theaters and the Batman and more.

Welcome to the Focus Shot, a film podcast focused on discussing directors, actors, and writers through their lives and films. This inaugural episode focuses on recent Oscar Best Director winner Bong Joon Ho. Tune in for a focus shot on his life and every film he has made. We also discuss the Snyder Cut, The future of Superman, and Martin Scorsese’s next film. Give us a listen and please review with your feedback!