This week, a discussion about production design, costuming, lighting, and so many other aspects that get dumped under the term  mise-en-scène, as mediated through the spectacular "real artificiality" of Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge!

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This week, we get a little bit of film history about D.W. Griffith, I swear about Griffith, get uppity about documentaries, and talk about how "true" any films based on true stories can ever really be.

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This week, I talk about genres, rabbit trailing to giant monsters, Sweeney Todd, and Harry Potter films on an airplane before finally discussing the hybrid genre wonder that is The Shape of Water.

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This week. we're looking at "Principles of Film Form," Chapter 2 of Looking at Movies, using Greta Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of Little Women as our case study. You'll learn about film form, about how much I love Florence Pugh in this film, and hear me cry!

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The first lecture from my Introduction to Film Narrative course in fall of 2020, this episode uses the adventure classic Raiders of the Lost Ark to answer the question, "What's a Movie?" Raiders acts as the case study for an initial investigation into the formal elements of cinematic language. 

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In this inaugural episode, Mike explains the name of the podcast, identifies the triple blades of speculative fiction and adaptation, and argues why the 1982 B-movie The Sword and the Sorcerer isn't just a Conan wannabe.  Images referenced in the podcast can be seen over at the Triple Bladed Sword Instagram. 

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