About From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
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.
We're here with a new season and a new director to talk about it. This is the James Cameron season. We go from his Lowest to Highest (literally). Talk about the insane productions behind each film and find out what is a James Cameron Film.
On this episode, Marley Silverband, Scott Cole and I talk about Aliens. Cameron's first direct sequel and the hardships for both Cameron and Producer Gale Anne Hurd endured while making it.
Twitter Handles: @MovieKale (https://twitter.com/Moviekale) @theyouthcritic (https://twitter.com/theyouthcritic) (https://twitter.com/weiser_david)@MarleyLovesFilm (https://x.com/marleylovesfilm) @ColeCommaScott (https://x.com/ColeCommaScott)
Bluesky Handles: @moviekale.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/moviekale.bsky.social)@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/marleylovesfilm.bsky.social)
Marley's Linktree: https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg (https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg)
Scott's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sscole929/ (https://letterboxd.com/sscole929/)
Music Attribution: Epic, Orchestral Synth Drone by RandomRecord19 -- https://freesound.org/s/737376/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
15 Dec 2025
From The Top S5 (James Cameron) Episode 2: The Terminator
We're here with a new season and a new director to talk about it. This is the James Cameron season. We go from his Lowest to Highest (literally). Talk about the insane productions behind each film and find out what is a James Cameron Film.
On this Episode, Case Kellum and I talk about James Cameron's Conical Debut film The Terminator, how he went from Flying Fish to Robots from the Future, and how one actor changed James Cameron's fate forever.
Twitter Handles: @MovieKale (https://twitter.com/Moviekale) @theyouthcritic (https://twitter.com/theyouthcritic) (https://twitter.com/weiser_david) (https://x.com/marleylovesfilm)
Bluesky Handles: @moviekale.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/moviekale.bsky.social)
Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork
Case's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid (https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid)
Town and Gown Players: https://townandgownplayers.org/ (https://townandgownplayers.org/)
Mad Scientists in Love: https://www.showclix.com/event/mad-scientists-in-love (https://www.showclix.com/event/mad-scientists-in-love)
15 Dec 2025
From The Top S5 (James Cameron) Episode 1: Piranha 2: The Spawning (aka Flying Killers)
We're here with a new season and a new director to talk about it. This is the James Cameron season. We go from his Lowest to Highest (literally). Talk about the insane productions behind each film and find out what is a James Cameron Film.
On this episode, we talk about the botch attempt at a debut film with Piranha 2: The Spawning. We talk about the one producer who fired James Cameron, how this nearly killed his career as it was starting and how The Terminator was birthed from this.
Twitter Handles: @MovieKale (https://twitter.com/Moviekale) @theyouthcritic (https://twitter.com/theyouthcritic) (https://twitter.com/weiser_david)@MarleyLovesFilm (https://x.com/marleylovesfilm)
Bluesky Handles: @moviekale.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/moviekale.bsky.social)@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/marleylovesfilm.bsky.social)
Marley's Linktree: https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg (https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg)
Music Attribution: Epic, Orchestral Synth Drone by RandomRecord19 -- https://freesound.org/s/737376/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
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Podcast Authority Score: 12 / 100
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