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Soderbergh is back with another heist movie with a bunch of characters and an interesting choice in lenses. We talk about what we thought worked, what is and isn't "chewing the scenery" and why Don Cheadle is awesome. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
MCU feature films are back! We talk about the Cate Shortland's new film with Scarlett Johansson playing Black Widow one last time. We talk about her chemistry with her on screen sister Florence Pugh, the brutality of some of the action and why this was the right time for a Black Widow film to come out in the MCU. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
In A Quiet Place Part 2, Writer-Director (and sometimes actor) John Krasinski returns with the second of what is destined to be at least three movies set in this apocalyptic world where Emily Blunt and children are just trying to survive, this time with the help of Cillian Murphy. We talk about the increase in special effects, difference in character arcs between the two movies and the most effective jump scares. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
In this episode we talk about the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's first big Broadway hit and point out a few great performances (Jimmy Smits!) and some ingenious, character driven special effects. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we conclude our 300th episode focusing on Spike Lee by discussing 25th Hour and other films he directed but didn't write, his Four Little Girls documentary and how Bamboozled hit us. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
For our milestone 300th episode, we look at one of America's most prolific and important filmmakers, Spike Lee. In this first part of our episode we get into a few of his earlier films including Do The Right Thing, Crooklyn, She's Gotta Have It and Malcolm X with Part 2 coming next week! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we look back at MASH, Robert Altman's first big feature film. Set during the Korean War and released in 1970, we discuss how it uses comedy to comment on war, how particular scenes have aged and the massive impact that Altman's overlapping dialogue, editing choices and shot selections have had on directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Soderbergh. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we finish the countdown of our favorite films of 2020. Enjoy!! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
We look back over a unique Oscars experience and start to dig in to our favorite movies of the extended 2020 film year. We each count down from 10 to 6 this episode, leading up to our favorites of the year next week! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we put on our prognosticator's hats to try to sift through the awards season and figure out who will win at the Academy Awards this year. We also talk about who we would love to win. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we talk about The Father where playwright Florian Zeller's feature debut drops us into the mental space of a man experiencing dementia. We get into Anthony Hopkins' powerful performance, why Olivia Colman is always great and some bold lighting choices by the new director. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we talk about Thomas Vinterberg's Oscar-nominated directing of this Danish film starring Mads Mikkelsen. We get into the Dogme 95 movement and why it's hard to act drunk. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This is the first Tarkovsky film for either of us and we get thrown into the deep end with Stalker. We talk about how the film hit each of us and talk through a few theories about The Zone, Tarkovsky working within the Soviet system and why there is so much water everywhere! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This Lee Isaac Chung film does what it does really well. It keeps its focus on a family and their journey. This week we talk about the editing, acting and some pretty emotional scenes in this film that is definitely in the Oscar conversation. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we talk about how Chloé Zhao captures the journey of Frances McDormand's Fern as she acclimates to a roving lifestyle brought on by the loss of her job and her partner. We also get into the use of non-professional actors and specifics on how the film was shot. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) biopic includes an interesting hook that spends just as much time with the FBI informant (LaKeith Stanfield) who contributed to his death. We talk about their performances and the revelatory performance of Dominique Fishback as Hampton's fiancee. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we wade into the discourse on Malcolm & Marie, differentiating it from a play adaptation, talking about specific shots, music usage and two BIG performances by Zendaya and John David Washington. Is here where I say something about mac and cheese? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we talk about Regina King's Golden Globe nominated feature directing debut. We talk about the difficulties of characterizing iconic public figures and some interesting shot selections in the film. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-actor-and-the-engineer-podcast/id894458776 Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
Emerald Fennell's hyper-stylistic revenge tale has Carey Mulligan in a role that she can really sink her teeth into. We go through the film and analyze the shots, the music, the performances and the overall themes that this dense, but propelling film showed us. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
This week we talk about the loud and powerful performances by Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke and Paul Raci in this quiet film about a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing and has to figure out how to move forward. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/actorandengineer and follow us on twitter @actorengineer
