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A filmmaker and a writer tackle the AFI's Top 100 Films and beyond to educate themselves about movies and storytelling. Welcome to Film School!

Film School Ira Heinichen, Joshua McClenney

    • TV & Film

A filmmaker and a writer tackle the AFI's Top 100 Films and beyond to educate themselves about movies and storytelling. Welcome to Film School!

    Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #32)

    Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #32)

    Say it again, it keeps me awake. ...I love you...
    Ingrid Bergman and Hitchcock go back to back! This time its Cary Grant she teams up with, in a tale of international espionage, manipulation, uranium, and...love. All things Hitch has covered before, but not quite like this. Grant and Bergman heat up the silver screen. We watch and discuss!

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Good Habits (Cutting Room Floor #208)

    Good Habits (Cutting Room Floor #208)

    On this podcast, we've talked before about BAD habits and how to break them. But what about GOOD habits? What about that stuff that we know we SHOULD be doing, but it's hard to get going? Josh and Ira talk about how it works for them.
    Also, Josh recommends The Terror Season 1 (again), and Ira recommends Welcome to Wrexham, which is on Hulu.

    • 53 min
    Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #31)

    Spellbound (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #31)

    Amnesia: the trick of the mind for remaining sane...
    You see "Dream Sequence by Salvador Dali" in the credits and you get excited! Hitch is doing some things with this one. We're going super psychological with it. Like SUPER psychological. Gregory Peck doesn't remember who he is, but he's convinced he's a murderer. Ingrid Bergman is convinced that he isn't...and that he's sane. How does it all shake out? We watch, find out, and discuss!

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Does It Get Any Easier? (Cutting Room Floor #207)

    Does It Get Any Easier? (Cutting Room Floor #207)

    It's so, sooooo hard when you're starting out. We all look forward to the day where it gets easier. The thought of the work just pumping out of us, amazing and free, kinda keeps us going in those early, dark, hard days. But...DOES it get any easier? We ask each other and discuss.
    Also, Josh recommends The Terror Season 1, and Ira recommends Eurotrip, and The Three Amigos, the latter of which is on Prime.

    • 43 min
    Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #30)

    Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #30)

    Dying together's even more personal than living together...
    Hitchcock plays with setting this time around, confining his ENTIRE FILM to a single lifeboat. And it doesn't pull any punches. Dead babies, murder, suicide, paranoia, love, hate, desperation, and brutal violence...it all takes place on that tiny boat. This film really goes for it. We watch and discuss!

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Advice For An Aspiring Writer (Cutting Room Floor #206)

    Advice For An Aspiring Writer (Cutting Room Floor #206)

    So you want to be a writer. You're interested in a life of storytelling. Long term. What do you need to know? Or, as someone who's already dedicated themselves to a lifetime of spinning tales, what would you say to someone who was interested in doing the same? As a pair that fall into the latter, Josh and Ira discuss!
    Also, Josh recommends The Angry Video Game Nerd (originally The Angry Nintendo Nerd) on YouTube, and Ira recommends Baby Reindeer on Netflix.

    • 44 min

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