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Latest Episodes
Ep 282: “A Quiet Place: Day One”
Writing & Story, suspending disbelief, theme & plot; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 281: “Godzilla Minus One”
Cinematography, revealing scale; Story & Writing, Godzilla the metaphor; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 280: “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” (2017)
Cinematography, shooting night for night instead of day for night; Story & Writing, physical comedy, character arcs; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 279: “Three Thousand Years of Longing”
Cinematography, how compositing, motion blur, and depth of field help tell the story; Story & Writing, Enzo, Storytelling; Wes rants about why this movie may not have done well in theaters; and other
Ep 278: “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Story & Writing, mercy in the wasteland, teleporting; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 277: “Fallout”
Story & Writing, Lucy's character arc, great exposition; Guest Joe Howes solves cold fusion during an offscreen scene; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 276: “The Fall Guy”
Story & Writing, great stakes, breaking the rule of repeats; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 275: “Stranger Than Fiction”
Cinematography, infinite zoom, story through shadows Story & Writing, rule of repeats, naming conventions, ticking clock and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 274: “Monkey Man”
Cinematography, camerawork, visual motifs; Story & Writing, emotional engagement, setting up payoffs; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 273: “Civil War”
Cinematography, compositions; Story & Writing, strong character arcs; Sound design, music; and other such stuff and things and stuff.