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What a Picture is a movie podcast where Hannah and Bryan Loomis go through the Sight and Sound 2022 "100 Greatest Films of All Time" critics' poll from the British Film Institute week by week and discuss what makes a great film great. The Sight and Sound list includes the best movies from Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Andrei Tarkovsky, Chantal Akerman, and more, spanning movements like the French New Wave, slow cinema, and New Hollywood.

New episode every Wednesday.

What a Picture Hannah and Bryan Loomis

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What a Picture is a movie podcast where Hannah and Bryan Loomis go through the Sight and Sound 2022 "100 Greatest Films of All Time" critics' poll from the British Film Institute week by week and discuss what makes a great film great. The Sight and Sound list includes the best movies from Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Andrei Tarkovsky, Chantal Akerman, and more, spanning movements like the French New Wave, slow cinema, and New Hollywood.

New episode every Wednesday.

    70. Breathless (1960) - Jean-Luc Godard

    70. Breathless (1960) - Jean-Luc Godard

    On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan and Hannah use jump cuts to cut out the boring parts of their conversations about Breathless, the 1960 movie directed by Jean-Luc Godard that ranks #38 on Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll.


    Email us at podcast@whatapicturepod.com
    What a Picture website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://whatapicturepod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠


    Bryan's Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠


    Music is "Phaser" by Static in Verona.

    • 41 min
    69. Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles

    69. Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles

    On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan and Hannah take a break from their operatic voice lessons to discuss Citizen Kane, the 1941 movie directed by Orson Welles that ranks #3 on Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll.


    Email us at podcast@whatapicturepod.com
    What a Picture website: ⁠⁠⁠https://whatapicturepod.com⁠⁠⁠


    Bryan's Social Media: ⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠


    Music is "Phaser" by Static in Verona.

    • 1 hr 3 min
    68. La Jetée (1962) - Chris Marker

    68. La Jetée (1962) - Chris Marker

    On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan and Hannah travel back to 1962 to discuss La Jetée, the movie directed by Chris Marker that ranks #67 on Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll.


    Email us at podcast@whatapicturepod.com
    What a Picture website: ⁠⁠https://whatapicturepod.com⁠⁠


    Bryan's Social Media: ⁠Bluesky⁠ | ⁠Letterboxd⁠ | ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠


    Music is "Phaser" by Static in Verona.

    • 56 min
    67. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - Sergio Leone (with Raf Stitt)

    67. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - Sergio Leone (with Raf Stitt)

    On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan and Hannah practice their quick draws before discussing Once Upon a Time in the West, the 1968 movie directed by Sergio Leone that ranks #95 on Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll.


    Our guest on today's episode is Raf Stitt, host of the Canon podcast from Screenage Wasteland.

    The Canon podcast: https://screenagewasteland.com/tag/the-canon-podcast/

    Screenage Wasteland: https://screenagewasteland.com/

    Raf's Social Media: Twitter | Bluesky | Instagram | Letterboxd



    Email us at podcast@whatapicturepod.com
    What a Picture website: ⁠https://whatapicturepod.com⁠


    Bryan's Social Media: Bluesky | Letterboxd | Twitter | Instagram


    Music is "Phaser" by Static in Verona.

    • 1 hr 34 min
    66. Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Sergei Eisenstein

    66. Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Sergei Eisenstein

    On this episode of What a Picture, instead of eating the most disgusting borscht imaginable, Bryan and Hannah discuss Battleship Potemkin, the 1925 movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein that ranks #54 on Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll.


    Email us at podcast@whatapicturepod.com
    What a Picture website: https://whatapicturepod.com


    Bryan's Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/bryanwhatapic.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/
    Bryan's Letterboxd: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/bryan_whatapic/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    Bryan's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/bryan_whatapic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/

    Music is "Phaser" by Static in Verona.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    65. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) - Jacques Rivette

    65. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) - Jacques Rivette

    On this episode of What a Picture, Bryan and Hannah discuss Céline and Julie Go Boating, forget the conversation, and suck on a candy to remember it again. Céline and Julie Go Boating is a 1974 movie directed by Jacques Rivette that ranks #78 on Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time Critics' Poll.


    Email us at podcast@whatapicturepod.com
    What a Picture website: https://whatapicturepod.com



    The replica of the victorian set from 2001: A Space Odyssey: https://mossandfog.com/an-exact-replica-from-the-surreal-bedroom-of-2001-a-space-odyssey/


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    Bryan's Letterboxd: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/bryan_whatapic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    Bryan's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/bryan_whatapic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Music is "Phaser" by Static in Verona.

    • 50 min

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