Films aren’t just meant to be viewed, but they’re intended to be discussed. If you’re anything like us, you love watching + talking about movies, but the problem is that sometimes there’s no one around you who gets your love for the cinema. So if you enjoy film analysis and a good conversation, then join us every other week as we discuss new or classic films. Our name comes from a filmmaking technique where the focus shifts over the course of the shot from one subject to another, known as racking focus. We chose this name because we shift our focus to different aspects of the film in review.
#101 -MOONKNIGHT - Spoiler Filled Full Series discussion and Review (and Weekly Watch)
Josiah and John finally chat about MoonKnight, one of John's favorite Marvel Comics characters. The full series conversation is chock full of spoilers, so beware. This is a show to watch without the stain of foreknowledge.
TIMESTAMPS:
1. Moonknight Conversation- 0:10
2. Weekly Watch- 30:17
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Jordan Peele inspired Josiah and John to create this podcast, and so it is appropriate that his film, NOPE, is the subject of our 100th episode. Nope is a genre breaking critique of the modern (and ultimately) human infatuation with spectacle. The film channels Jaws, the great westerns of the 1950s and 60s, a host of paranoid, alien invasion films, and Spielberg's cinematic style. All of that is supported by beautiful visual imagery, stellar acting, deep cinema history references, and a well crafted plot. Josiah and John have been waiting since seeing US to review and discuss Peele's work on the podcast and they don't skip a beat. The conversation is their reaction and unrehearsed analysis and, like the film, does not kick into high gear until midway through the conversation. It is all great fun, but the meat comes after some verbal antipasto. Check out the timestamps below to see where you want to join into the dialogue.
TIMESTAMPS:
1. Welcome to Episode 100- 0:10
2. Nope: Spoiler Free Review- 2:45
3. The Weekly Watch- Game of Thrones, Fat City - 11:30
4. Nope: Discussion Begins- 18:00
5. Just like NOPE, 30 minutes in we start hitting the real themes- 40:48
6. Closing- 1:16:30
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26 Jul 2022
#99 - Thor: Love and Thunder - Review + Discussion
Back after a hiatus filled with births and death, Josiah and John journey to the realms of the gods to explore Taika Waititi's second Thor film. This one has met with some controversy, but love it or butcher it, Love and Thunder opens a path in the Bifrost for much more MCU magic. Richly Waititiesque, Love and Thunder is both tonally inconsistent and emotionally satisfying.
TIMESTAMPS:
1. Catching Up with our Lives. 0:10
2. The Weekly Watch - 1:18
3. The Review - 10:00
4. Closing - 1:13:02
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