29 episodes

The definitive show about filmmakers and their films. Each week, we'll take a look at a film from a director's filmography and deep dive into the film by analyzing it, talking about the history of the film, the connections between the film and its director's life at the time. We'll go through it all. For each episode, we'll have a rotating door of Podcasters, Film Aficionados, and bloggers bring their sensibilities and tastes to each episode. Stick with us as we analyze each film.

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Kale Smith

    • TV & Film
    • 5.0 • 1 Rating

The definitive show about filmmakers and their films. Each week, we'll take a look at a film from a director's filmography and deep dive into the film by analyzing it, talking about the history of the film, the connections between the film and its director's life at the time. We'll go through it all. For each episode, we'll have a rotating door of Podcasters, Film Aficionados, and bloggers bring their sensibilities and tastes to each episode. Stick with us as we analyze each film.

    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) episode 14 Season Finale: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) episode 14 Season Finale: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

    This week on the podcast; It all ends! Well the George Lucas Season that is. We're here to wrap things up with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We talk about how Palpatine somehow returned, how this is more controversial then The Last Jedi and most importantly we talk about Dyads. Join me, Jacob Suggs, David Weiser, Marley SilverBrand, and Kyle Arking as we finish this season on a high note.









    Come back here on May 15th for the epic season 3 premiere featuring the works of Sofia Coppola.



    Twitter Handles: ⁠@MovieKale⁠ @theyouthcritic @jtimsuggs ⁠@ReelLoversPod⁠ ⁠@ArkingKyle  ⁠⁠@weiser_david⁠ ⁠@FilmAssessment⁠



    Kyle's Youtube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠⁠⁠

    David's Blog: ⁠http://filmassessment.blogspot.com⁠

    Marley's Linktree⁠: https://linktr.ee/reelloverspod⁠

    Jacob's Lightspeed Youtube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lightspeedskipper⁠

    Massive Movie Maniacs:

    https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8?si=8d29cd0c39854255

    • 2 hr 51 min
    From the Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 13 Bonus Episode: Solo: A Star Wars Story

    From the Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 13 Bonus Episode: Solo: A Star Wars Story

    This week on From the Top; Case Kellem joins me this week to talk about the spin off movie that may have cracked the iron clad that was Star Wars. We talk about the production, the movie that was going to be, and the movie we ultimately got.

    Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @CaseofSpades32

    Case's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid

    • 1 hr 1 min
    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 12: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 12: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

    This week on the Podcast; Seth Vargas, Marley Silverbrand, Jacob Suggs, and David Weiser talk about the Never-ending Controversial film (I'm not joking), the making of said film, the fanbase, the cultural impact, the film itself and more with this week's MASSIVE Review on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Leave your comments below the description...



    Twitter Handles: ⁠@MovieKale⁠ @theyouthcritic @jtimsuggs ⁠@ReelLoversPod⁠ ⁠@ohsethy⁠⁠ @MovieFriendsPod⁠ ⁠@ArkingKyle  ⁠⁠@weiser_david⁠ ⁠@FilmAssessment⁠

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    Kyle's Youtube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠⁠⁠

    David's Blog: ⁠http://filmassessment.blogspot.com⁠

    Marley's Linktree⁠: https://linktr.ee/reelloverspod⁠

    Jacob's Lightspeed Youtube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lightspeedskipper⁠

    • 3 hr 22 min
    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 11: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 11: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    This week, Marley and I are joined by Jacob Suggs from LightSpeed is with us today to talk about the Cultural Juggernaut that is Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

    Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @MarleylovesFilm @ReelLoverPod @jtimsuggs

    Jacob's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FrameByFrameFilmCo

    Light Speed's Youtube Channel:

    https://www.youtube.com/@lightspeedskipper

    • 2 hr 11 min
    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 10 (Bonus): The Clone Wars Movie

    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 10 (Bonus): The Clone Wars Movie

    This week on the podcast; Kyle Arking and I discuss Star Wars's TV era where they tried and failed to release Underworld and Detours. Why Clone Wars made it through despite a rough theatrical start and the legacy of The Clone Wars TV Show.



    Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @TheChewDefense @ArkingKyle

    Kyle's Youtube Channel: ⁠www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠

    Massive Movie Maniacs: https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8?si=e5b58bab3dca4744

    • 1 hr 41 min
    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 9: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

    From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 9: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

    This week on the podcast; We wrap up our discussion on the prequels with Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith as we talk about Alternate General Grievous (s), Lucas being done with Star Wars, and Where is Jar Jar?



    Joining me this week is Ryan B and Kyle Arking.

    Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @TheChewDefense @ArkingKyle

    Kyle's Youtube Channel: ⁠www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠

    • 2 hr 24 min

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