The Golden Briefcase

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by Brian Salisbury, of Spill, Movies.com and Film School Rejects, to go through their latest Picks of the Week, the newest DVD/Blu-Ray releases, talk about trailers for David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, Hotel Transylvania and French thriller Sleepless Night, and more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the career and legacy of effects legend Ray Harryhausen, in honor of Wrath of the Titans hitting theaters this weekend. The guys discuss some of their favorite Ray Harryhausen monsters, his impact on modern creature effects and plenty more.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by Drew Tinnin, of Gordon and the Whale and Dread Central, to go through their Picks of the Week, the newest DVD/Blu-Ray releases, talk through the new trailers for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows and Zal Batmanglij's Sound of My Voice, and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on this past week's 2012 SXSW Film Festival down in Austin, Texas (find Jeremy's coverage here). Drew and Jeremy go through their favorites and least favorites of the fest, the new Mondo Gallery opening and talk about this year's festival as a whole. Listen in!

Today on a very special interview edition of The Golden Briefcase, host Tim Buel interviews The Silent House co-directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lua (of Grind and Open Water previously) regarding the making of the remake of Uruguayan original, La Casa Muda. The two directors speak with us about some of the filmmaking techniques employed to create the film's "real time" non-stop feeling and talk about using a little known actress (at the time) such as Elizabeth Olsen as the lead and primary character through the whole film. Silent House is already playing in limited theaters now. Listen to, or read, the interview below.

On this epic 100th episode of The Golden Briefcase, hosts Tim and Jeremy are joined by long-time friends and guests of the show Kevin Carr, of Film School Rejects/Fat Guys at the Movies, and Elisabeth Rappe, of Film.com, for a discussion on their Picks of the Week, the newest in DVD/Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Barry Sonnenfield's MIB3 and Richard Lanklater's Bernie, and more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the most iconic characters in film, in honor of John Carter hitting theaters. The group goes over some of the most name-worthy characters in history and what makes them so memorable.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by Hollywood.com and Operation Kino co-host Matthew Patches, to go over their latest Picks of the Week, the newest DVD & Blu-Ray releases, talk through new trailers for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie and Joss Whedon's epic The Avengers and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the career of legendary Academy Award winning actor Robert De Niro, in honor of Being Flynn hitting limited release this weekend. The guys talk over his filmography periods and debate on what the best course of action is for his acting career.

On this episode of The Golden Briefcase Breakdown, Tim & Jeremy are joined by Film Crit HULK (from TGB Episode 98) to go over an extremely spoiler-filled discussion on Evan Glodell's indie sensation of last year, Bellflower (out on DVD/Blu-Ray), featuring Medusa. The main purpose of these Breakdown episodes is to to ponder, discuss and challenge the films that we feel often need more talk than just a simple review. We breakdown the film to discuss plot devices, theories and endings in order to better understand the director's vision and hopefully to challenge listeners at home to re-evaluate the way they watch cinema.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by special guest Film Crit HULK (@filmcritHULK) to go through their latest Picks of the Week, the newest DVD & Blu-Ray releases, talk over new trailers for Stephen Elliot's Cherry and Darren Bousman's new musical The Devil's Carnival, and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on propaganda and recruitment agendas of films, in connection with the SEAL movie Act of Valor. The guys go over war films and other examples that truly represent how film is a very powerful medium and how it is often misused to showcase an agenda.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by director Darren Lynn Bousman (of Saw II-IV, Mother's Day, 11-11-11) to go over their Picks of the Week, new DVD & Blu-Ray releases, new trailers for Drafthouse Films' The FP and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and more. The main topic was a discussion on new directors taking over franchises (in honor of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance). Darren gets into detail about his experience taking over the Saw franchise and some of the hardships he faced. They also go over their favorite new franchise directors and discuss if it's good or bad.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by James McCormick of The Criterion Cast to go through their Picks of the Week, the newest in DVD & Blu-Ray releases, talk through the new trailers for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man and Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy and much more! The main topic of the night was a discussion on re-releasing films in theaters in honor of Episode I: The Phantom Menace getting a re-release in 3D starting this weekend. The guys go over some notable re-releases of the past and talk over their feelings about Star Wars returning again to theaters near you.

On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim & Jeremy are joined by Ryland Aldrich of Twitch Film to go through their latest Picks of the Week, the newest in DVD & Blu-Ray releases, talk through new trailers for the upcoming thrillers Takashi Shimizu's 7500 and Rodrigo Cortes' Red Lights and much more! The main topic of the night was a discussion and recap of last week's Sundance Film Festival. The guys are also joined by FirstShowing's own Alex Billington to go over some of Ryland and Alex's favorites of the fest and talk about the hopeful futures of some of the greatest films they saw out there this year. Listen in!