The Good, The True, and The Cinema

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This is The Good, The True, and The Cinema, a film podcast in pursuit of the good, the true, and the beautiful. Join Joshua Johnson, cultural critic and host of Shifting Culture, Craig Detweiler, filmmaker, author, and president of Wedgwood Circle, and John Dougherty, writer, educator, and film critic for America Magazine. Together, they review new releases, revisit the classics, and have a lot of fun along the way.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Ep. 6 You Can See Everything and The Battle Over Narnia

    Thirty-five days before Elizabeth Holmes reported to federal prison, she let Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim into the rented house outside San Diego that she shared with her partner, Billy Evans, and their two children. The result is You Can See Everything, a documentary about a woman the world had already made up its mind about, and about whether a camera can show anyone as they really are. In this episode, Joshua, John, and Craig review You Can See Everything. They talk about truth and perception, what a documentary can and can’t capture, and whether a film about deception can still be a pursuit of truth. Each host brings a Double Feature pick that blurs the line between record and recreation. Then the hosts take up the backlash over Greta Gerwig’s The Magician’s Nephew and Meryl Streep’s Aslan, and ask what makes an adaptation faithful. John reports from opening weekend of the Philadelphia Film Festival, and a listener writes in about seeing The Tree of Life for the first time. Can we see everything and still understand nothing? Now Showing 00:00 Intro 01:35 You Can See Everything (spoiler-free) 17:30 You Can See Everything (spoilers) Double Feature 53:12 The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012) 56:08 American Vandal (Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, 2017) 58:54 Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950) Movie News 1:01:15 Greta Gerwig’s Narnia and the adaptation debate Philadelphia Film Festival 1:11:00 Opening weekend update Listener Mail 1:15:25 The Tree of Life Support the show Email goodtruecinema@gmail.com for any thoughts or feedback Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema: Instagram Joshua: Instagram, Letterboxd Craig: Instagram, Letterboxd John: Instagram, Letterboxd Produced and Edited by Joshua Johnson Music by Steve Slagg The Good, The True, and The Cinema is a part of The Shifting Culture Podcast Network

    Ep. 6 You Can See Everything and The Battle Over Narnia

  2. Oct 14

    Ep. 5 - The Social Reckoning and a Good, True, and Beautiful Review of The Tree of Life

    A Facebook data scientist has the files to prove the company knew its algorithm was feeding outrage, and a Wall Street Journal reporter wants the story. Sixteen years after The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin returns to Facebook with The Social Reckoning. In this episode, Joshua Johnson, John Dougherty, and Craig Detweiler review Sorkin’s whistleblower thriller, starring Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. Then each host brings a double feature in conversation with it, and Joshua offers a Good, True, and Beautiful review of The Tree of Life. When the truth lands on a tech giant like a paper cut, what can courage still accomplish? Now Showing: The Social Reckoning  (01:52) The Social Reckoning: spoiler-free review  (14:39) Spoiler section Double Feature  (29:29)  His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)  The Post (Steven Spielberg, 2017)  Dark Waters (Todd Haynes, 2019) A Good, True, and Beautiful Review  (44:16)  The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011) Support the show Email goodtruecinema@gmail.com for any thoughts or feedback Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema: Instagram Joshua: Instagram, Letterboxd Craig: Instagram, Letterboxd John: Instagram, Letterboxd Produced and Edited by Joshua Johnson Music by Steve Slagg The Good, The True, and The Cinema is a part of The Shifting Culture Podcast Network

    Ep. 5 - The Social Reckoning and a Good, True, and Beautiful Review of The Tree of Life

  3. Oct 7

    Ep. 4 - Digger and Our September Watchlist

    It's the near future. Methane under a new Greenland drilling field ignites, and an ice shelf the size of Maryland breaks loose and drifts toward Norway. Oil magnate Digger Rockwell and his friends in the White House have three days to warn the world, and they choose silence. Alejandro González Iñárritu's Digger turns it up to 11 and never lets up. In this episode, Joshua Johnson, John Dougherty, and Craig Detweiler review Iñárritu's big swing of a satire: Tom Cruise in prosthetics, foaming at the mouth; Riz Ahmed as the scientist who tells the truth; and a film that shouts its ideas instead of telling jokes. Then each host brings a double feature in conversation with it, and they close with their September watchlist. When the real world already reads like satire, what is left for satire to do? Now Showing: Digger (01:08) Digger: spoiler-free review (08:44) Spoiler section Double Feature  (44:15)  Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023)  Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)  The Mosquito Coast (Peter Weir, 1986) September Watchlist  (1:02:20)  Blue Heron · Tuner · Natchez · Don't Say Good Luck · I Swear · Teenage Wasteland · Catherine Called Birdy · I Love Boosters · Mayday Support the show Email goodtruecinema@gmail.com for any thoughts or feedback Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema: Instagram Joshua: Instagram, Letterboxd Craig: Instagram, Letterboxd John: Instagram, Letterboxd Produced and Edited by Joshua Johnson Music by Steve Slagg The Good, The True, and The Cinema is a part of The Shifting Culture Podcast Network

    Ep. 4 - Digger and Our September Watchlist

  4. Sep 30

    Ep. 3 - Primetime plus a Good, True, and Beautiful Review of The Princess Bride

    It's 2006. Post-9/11 America is hungry to see justice served, and Jeff Zucker hands To Catch a Predator the 9 p.m. slot. Lance Oppenheim's Prime Time follows Chris Hansen and his crew as decoys lure men into a staged house on camera, and it asks what happens to the soul of anyone who deals in darkness every night for ratings. In this episode, Joshua Johnson, John Dougherty, and Craig Detweiler review Oppenheim's fever dream of a film: Robert Pattinson playing the meme of Chris Hansen more than the man, a story built on true events but told as fiction, and whether all that restless style ever reaches the substance underneath. Then each host brings a double feature in conversation with it, and John offers a Good, True, and Beautiful review of The Princess Bride, one of his favorite films of all time. When we tune in to watch someone get what's coming to them, what happens to us? Now Showing: Prime Time (01:49) Prime Time: spoiler-free review (24:03) Spoiler section Double Feature (41:18) Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976) Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015) Close-Up (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) A Good, True, and Beautiful Review (57:30) The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987) Support the show Email goodtruecinema@gmail.com for any thoughts or feedback Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema: Instagram Joshua: Instagram, Letterboxd Craig: Instagram, Letterboxd John: Instagram, Letterboxd Produced and Edited by Joshua Johnson Music by Steve Slagg The Good, The True, and The Cinema is a part of The Shifting Culture Podcast Network

    Ep. 3 - Primetime plus a Good, True, and Beautiful Review of The Princess Bride

  5. Sep 23

    Ep. 2 - The Weight plus a Good, True, and Beautiful Review of Casablanca

    Eugene, Oregon, 1933. The Great Depression is four years old, a widowed veteran has lost his home and his daughter, and a warden offers him a way out: six days on foot through the forest with a pack full of gold. Padraic McKinley's The Weight is a film about desperate people carrying other people's fortunes, and everyone on the trail is there because there was nowhere else to turn. In this episode, Joshua Johnson, John Dougherty, and Craig Detweiler review McKinley's directorial debut: Ethan Hawke's quiet, physical performance, Russell Crowe's warden, a rope bridge that earns its cliché, and an ending that may pull its punches. Then each host brings a double feature in conversation with it, and Craig opens the show's first Good, True, and Beautiful review with one of his all-time favorites. How far would you carry someone else's burden to get back to the people you love? Now Showing: The Weight (00:58) The Weight: spoiler-free review (20:03) Spoiler section Double Feature (35:58) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2000) Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) A Good, True, and Beautiful Review (52:47) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942) Support the show Email goodtruecinema@gmail.com for any thoughts or feedback Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema: Instagram Joshua: Instagram, Letterboxd Craig: Instagram, Letterboxd John: Instagram, Letterboxd Produced and Edited by Joshua Johnson Music by Steve Slagg The Good, The True, and The Cinema is a part of The Shifting Culture Podcast Network

    Ep. 2 - The Weight plus a Good, True, and Beautiful Review of Casablanca

  6. Sep 16

    Ep. 1 - The Uprising and Our Favorite Movies of the Summer

    England, 1381. The Black Death has taken half the population, a boy king is tormented by dreams of demons, and the council decides the peasants will pay. Paul Greengrass's The Uprising is bathed in religious language amidst a culture of rage, and everyone in it believes God is on their side. In the first episode of The Good, The True, and The Cinema, Joshua Johnson, John Dougherty, and Craig Detweiler review Greengrass's deliberately ugly film about the Peasants' Revolt: Andrew Garfield's Ploughman, Jamie Bell's John Ball, and a film that can't decide what it believes about violence. Then each host brings a double feature in conversation with it, and they close with their favorite films of the summer. When the powerful promise a miracle, where should the rest of us place our faith? Now Showing: The Uprising (01:14) The Uprising: spoiler-free review (17:40) Spoiler section Double Feature (37:02)  The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach, 2006) Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995) Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014) Summer Watch List (53:07)  The Odyssey Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Disclosure Day Spider-Man: Brand New Day The End of Oak Street The Rivals of Amziah King Obsession Coyote vs. Acme The Invite Support the show Email goodtruecinema@gmail.com for any thoughts or feedback Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema: Instagram Joshua: Instagram, Letterboxd Craig: Instagram, Letterboxd John: Instagram, Letterboxd Produced and Edited by Joshua Johnson Music by Steve Slagg The Good, The True, and The Cinema is a part of The Shifting Culture Podcast Network

    Ep. 1 - The Uprising and Our Favorite Movies of the Summer

  7. Sep 10

    The Good, The True, and The Cinema

    This is The Good, The True, and The Cinema, a film podcast in pursuit of the good, the true, and the beautiful. Join Joshua Johnson, cultural critic and host of Shifting Culture, Craig Detweiler, filmmaker, author, and president of Wedgwood Circle, and John Dougherty, writer, educator, and film critic for America Magazine. Together, they review new releases, revisit the classics, and have a lot of fun along the way. Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema anywhere you get podcasts. Support the show Email goodtruecinema@gmail.com for any thoughts or feedback Follow The Good, The True, and The Cinema: Instagram Joshua: Instagram, Letterboxd Craig: Instagram, Letterboxd John: Instagram, Letterboxd Produced and Edited by Joshua Johnson Music by Steve Slagg The Good, The True, and The Cinema is a part of The Shifting Culture Podcast Network

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This is The Good, The True, and The Cinema, a film podcast in pursuit of the good, the true, and the beautiful. Join Joshua Johnson, cultural critic and host of Shifting Culture, Craig Detweiler, filmmaker, author, and president of Wedgwood Circle, and John Dougherty, writer, educator, and film critic for America Magazine. Together, they review new releases, revisit the classics, and have a lot of fun along the way.

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