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THEY LEFT FOR WAR AS BOYS NEVER TO RETURN AS MEN.



This week, we're going back to our first ever theme with Sutherland picking one of the first Best Picture winners ever, All Quiet on the Western Front from 1930. We spend a ton of time comparing and contrasting with the 2022 German adaptation that's become rather polarizing between the four of us, break down the Classic Hollywood of it all, and Josh talks about a book for maybe the first time ever? We also talk about Challengers, Family Guy Star Wars, and Josh starts binging Dimension 20 and really wants to play Dungeons and Dragons.



Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show!



Chapters:

00:00:00 Pink Floyd talk for some reason?

00:05:00 Next Week's Pick

00:08:03 What We Watched

00:21:51 All Quiet on the Western Front

00:59:55 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:05:58 Outro



Links:

⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠

Sutherland on Letterboxd



Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

This week, we've got what may be the biggest show in Explorers history as we welcome on previous guest Sutherland as the official fourth Film Explorer! Applaud alongside us as we also dive into a long discussion of the existential conversations of MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, our first Louis Malle and one of the biggies of the time period. We go long on our personal journeys with mundanity, meditation, and spirituality, our perspectives on living a life of chaos, and the semantics of filming Wallace Shawn eating a bowl of potato soup. Also discussed are a theater trip to see Abigail, Jackson reconciling with Avatar, and Josh falling head over heels for Willem Dafoe yet again.



Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show!



Chapters:

00:00:00 BIG NEWS!!!

00:05:37 What We Watched

00:20:54 Next Month's Theme

00:23:55 My Dinner with Andre

01:27:50 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:33:21 Sutherland's Pick for Next Week



Links:

⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠

Sutherland on Letterboxd



Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

WHERE HAPPILY EVER AFTER IS JUST A DREAM



This week, we're tapping into the insane fantastical world of THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN! We talk finding Terry Gilliam vibes where we least expect it, our disappointment at us not getting ten of these movies every year, and maybe Ron Perlman's best performance? We also break down Josh's complicated thoughts on Civil War, some Little Miss Sunshine thoughts, and William Friedkin's Sorcerer.



Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show!



Chapters:

00:00:00 Next Week's Plans

00:04:15 What We Watched

00:29:26 The City of Lost Children

00:49:09 Final Thoughts + Ratings

00:58:52 Outro



Links:

⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠



Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Ohayō, everyone! This week we're covering one of the all-time greats, Yasujiro Ozu, and his postwar comedy GOOD MORNING! We work through the film's relationship with Western culture and consumerism, the gorgeous use of color alongside the immobile camera, and of course, the abundance of fart jokes (guys, there's so many). We also break down our thoughts on Monkey Man, Josh dives headfirst into the world of John Waters, and we litigate Alex Garland's Men.





Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show!



Chapters:

00:00:00 Guest Appearance from Louis Armstrong

00:02:28 Joey's Pick for Next Week

00:05:20 What We Watched

00:29:06 Good Morning

00:54:51 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:02:10 Outro



Links:

⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠

⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠



Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

...DON'T EXPECT TO LIKE 'EM.



This week we go to the streets of Philly and explore maybe the most broken male relationship of all time in MIKEY AND NICKY. We talk about Elaine May's career, Peter Falk's eye acting, queering male friendship, and if we can even qualify this as a friendship. We also talk about some more Todd Haynes, Godzilla x Kong, and a big name director for next week!



Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show!



Chapters:

00:00:00 Emails from our Friends 3

00:05:19 Jackson's Pick for Next Week

00:09:52 What We Watched

00:26:06 Mikey and Nicky

01:17:20 Outro



Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd



Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

WHAT IS THE KEY TO LIFE - POWER, PRESTIGE OR PEACE?

Akira Kurosawa's arrival on the pod with his final collaboration with one of the all time greats,
Toshirō Mifune, RED BEARD. We talk humanism, films that feel literary, random slapstick fight scenes, building a whole town for literally no reason other than the fact that you're Akira Kurosawa, and much more. We also go through the films we're most excited for this year, from I Saw the TV Glow and Furiosa to Nosferatu and Sasquatch Sunset.



Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show!



Chapters:

00:00:00 Josh's Pick for Next Week

00:05:45 What We Watched

00:18:21 Most Anticipated of 2024

00:34:22 Red Beard

01:02:44 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:11:45 Outro



Links:

Jackson on Letterboxd

Joey on Letterboxd

Josh on Letterboxd



Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)