405 episodes
Film School Ira Heinichen, Joshua McClenney
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- 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!
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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! -
Advice For An Aspiring Writer (Cutting Room Floor #206)
What advice would you give to someone who was interested in a life as a storyteller?
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Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #29)
The cities are full of women...
Alfred transports us to small-town America this time, a land of unlocked doors, everyone knows everyone, and the world is full of innocence. But then Uncle Charlie comes home, and all that idealism starts to unravel. Uncle Charlie is hiding something. He might not be who young "Charlie" (Charlotte) thought he was. Hitchcock is on record as saying this is his personal favorite of his films. We watch and discuss! -
A Good Kick In The Ass (Cutting Room Floor #205)
An ass-kicking never feels good! It hurts every time. And yet, especially in the creative sense, we all need to be told when we're doing something wrong; we all need to be humbled. So...how can getting your ass kicked be a good thing? If the pain is the same either way, how can you tell constructive criticism from just a plain whoopin'? We discuss!
Also, Josh recommends Rifftrax on Pluto TV, and Ira recommends Fallout on Prime. -
Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #28)
Must I remind you that *you* are the fugitive from justice and not I?
It's The 39 Steps: Part 2! Hitchcock returns to what is clearly a favorite premise: an innocent man on the run from a criminal conspiracy with the fate of the country at stake. This time, we're in American, and there's a real-world war going on. So...how does it shake out? Does Alfred raise the bar from his first go-round? What has he learned since the last time he did this story? We watch and discuss! -
Remembering Greatness, Forgetting the Rest (Cutting Room Floor #204)
400 episodes! Wild. This week, we're tackling the question of bad vs good vs great from the angle of seeking out new books, TV, and Film. It can be a hard road! Most stuff out there isn't great...so, how does one keep going, keep up the enthusiasm? We discuss what's worked for us.
Also, Josh recommends Robodoc, which is currently on Tubi, and Ira recommends The Terror on AMC+ (and Blu-Ray/DVD).