The Popcorn Auteur Chris Staron & Jon Dickey

Tom McCarthy co-wrote and directed Spotlight, which took home the Oscar for Best Picture. McCarthy won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The next time McCarthy returned to the director's chair was for the direct to Disney+ Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (since pulled from the platform). McCarthy has spent his career attempting to make films for grown-ups while also dabbling in children's movies, getting a story credit on Up. In this episode, we try to make sense of this ping-ponging.
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Show Notes:
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/spotlight-tom-mccarthy-film-review/414588/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/awards-chatter-podcast-tom-mccarthy-867386/
https://soundcloud.com/thedirectorscut/episode-8-spotlight-with-tom-mccarthy-and-jonathan-levine?in=ozkzeqspksam/sets/dga

In this episode, we are joined by high school teacher and wine drinker (not at the same time), Mark Staron, to discuss the films of Alexander Payne. We had a fun discussion covering everything from voiceovers and Omaha to which film made us cry the most. We also drank some wines featured in Sideways, so all in all a successful podcast.
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Show Notes/Sources:
One Man's Trash
Next Picture Show - Sideways
Next Picture Show - Election
DGA - Downsizing
Happy Sad Confused - Alexander Payne
Maltin on Movies - Alexander Payne
 
 

Happy Halloween! This October 31st, we delve into thinking-man's horror with the films of Jordan Peele. We welcome back Paul Kowalski for this fun conversation.
 
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Staff Notes/Sources:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/nope-is-one-of-the-great-movies-about-moviemaking
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/067-pt-2-get-out-people-under-the-stairs/id1057714949?i=1000382395226
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nope-with-jordan-peele/id1439252196?i=1000570855194
https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/2019/3/22/721-us-elite-8-filmspotting-madness-cassavetes-4
https://allthingscomedy.com/podcasts/episode-85-jordan-peele-is-our-goat
 

Greta Gerwig's career is firing on all cylinders. She has the biggest film of 2023, Barbie, consistent critical acclaim, and Academy love. But will she get the Popcorn Auteur badge of approval? Join us as we review Gerwig's career as a filmmaker, starting with the oft-overlooked Nights and Weekends. 
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Show Notes/Sources:
https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/2023/7/27/929-barbie-oppenheimer
https://soundcloud.com/thedirectorscut/lady-bird-with-greta-gerwig-and-spike-jonze-ep-111
https://www.theringer.com/2023/7/27/23809449/barbie-deep-dive-with-greta-gerwig
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-869-greta-gerwig
https://wondery.com/shows/smartless/episode/9280-greta-gerwig/
https://www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/greta-gerwig-little-women/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/march-madness-pt-2-little-women-2019/id1057714949?i=1000463219698 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-women-pt-2-barbie/id1057714949?i=1000623763017 

James Mangold has one of the more eclectic filmmaking careers. From indie dramas to romantic comedies to R-rated superheros and now Indiana Jones, Mangold's films run the gamut. We were excited to explore this filmography and shocked to discover that Mangold lifts the time travel dynamics directy from Kate & Leopold for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
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Show Notes/Sources:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=20000111&id=DYs0AAAAIBAJ&pg=4204,6160375
https://www.filmspotting.net/episodes-archive/2023/7/6/926-dial-of-destiny-top-5-indiana-jones-moments
https://www.andrewjupin.com/posts-native/2023/7/1/now-in-release-indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-ndwe2
https://screenrant.com/indiana-jones-dial-destiny-time-travel-antikythera-explained/
https://www.dga.org/Events/2017/Apr2017/Logan_QnA_0317.aspx
https://sites.libsyn.com/478023/james-mangold
 

Fresh off of winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Women Talking, Sarah Polley is posed to become a major voice in modern filmmaking. In this episode, we review Polley's short but impressive list of films. Warning: We also talk rickshaws.
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Show Notes/Sources:
https://www.indiewire.com/awards/consider-this/sarah-polley-women-talking-interview-oscars-1234811960/
https://www.vogue.com/article/women-talking-sarah-polley-interview
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/21/sarah-polleys-journey-from-child-star-to-feminist-auteur
https://www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/episode-106-sarah-polley-women-talking/
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1403-sarah-polley
https://movingimage.us/programs/sarah-polley/