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From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
Kale Smith
54 episodes
1 week ago
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.
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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.
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From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S5 (James Cameron) Episode 3: Aliens

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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @ColeCommaScott


Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marley's Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠⁠

Scott's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sscole929/


Music Attribution: Epic, Orchestral Synth Drone by RandomRecord19 -- https://freesound.org/s/737376/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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3 weeks ago
1 hour 53 minutes 57 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social 

Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork

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

Town and Gown Players: ⁠⁠https://townandgownplayers.org/⁠⁠

Mad Scientists in Love: https://www.showclix.com/event/mad-scientists-in-love

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4 weeks ago
1 hour 53 minutes 13 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marley's Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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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4 weeks ago
1 hour 11 minutes 4 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 15: The Beatles: GET BACK

On this podcast; we've come to the season finale of the Peter Jackson season with Case Kellum and Marley Silverbrand (joining us at this timecode 42:22) for our Beatles Documentary "The Beatles: GET BACK".



Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marley's Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠

Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork

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

Town and Gown Players: ⁠https://townandgownplayers.org/⁠

Winter in Boulevard Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/winter-boulevard



Music:

Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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1 month ago
2 hours 24 minutes 10 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top Podcast S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 14: They Shall Not Grow Old

On the podcast today; Marley Silverbrand and I talk about Peter Jackson's restoration documentary based on World War I footage found in the movie They Shall Not Grow Old.



Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marley's Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠

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1 month ago
1 hour 5 minutes 44 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 13: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

On this Episode, we have Kyle Arking on to talk about the ending of The Desolation of Smaug movie that wraps up here and The Battle of the Five Armies...


Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠ @theyouthcritic ⁠@ArkingKyle  ⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Bluesky: ⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠l  ⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠⁠


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




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2 months ago
1 hour 53 minutes 48 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 12: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

On this week's Podcast; Kyle Arking and David Weiser join me to talk about The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and how they made one movie into two movies.

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

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

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


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2 months ago
2 hours 17 minutes

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 11: The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey

This week on the podcast; Kyle Arking, and I talk about the long journey that was The Making of the Hobbit trilogy and how went from Guillermo Del Toro (what his duology was) to Peter Jackson's impromptu trilogy.


Bluesky: ⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠l  ⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠


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

Massive Movie Maniacs: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8⁠

Twitter Handles: ⁠@MovieKale⁠ ⁠@theyouthcritic⁠ ⁠ ⁠@ArkingKyle⁠


Music:

Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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2 months ago
2 hours 8 minutes 45 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 10: The Lovely Bones

This week on the podcast; Fahad and I talk about Peter Jackson's adaptation The Lovely Bones.

Content Warning: We talk about the content of the movie which features themes of Sexual Assault and Murder of young women.


Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  @AllAboutFKK

Fahad's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allaboutfkk/


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8 months ago
1 hour 41 minutes 4 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 9: King Kong (2005)

This week on the podcast; Brandon Cooley, Kyle Arking, and David Arking join me to talk about Peter Jackson's long gestating passion project King Kong.



Bluesky: 
@moviekale.bsky.social  @kylearking.bsky.social


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

Massive Movie Maniacs: https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8


Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @weiser_david  @ArkingKyle

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


Music:

Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0



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9 months ago
2 hours 12 minutes 12 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 8: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

This week on the podcast; Diego Crespo (Via The Waffle Press Podcast) join me for The third and final installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Eighth movie from Peter Jackson The Return of the King.



BlueSky: 
@moviekale.bsky.social @diegocrespo.bsky.social 

Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @TheWafflePress  @thediegocrespo


The Waffle Press: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SAkQzan606e8RerAFPkTg

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thewafflepress

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewafflepresspodcast

We Own Nothing Films: https://www.youtube.com/user/KFkjsdfkdff


Music:

Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0


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9 months ago
2 hours 32 minutes 4 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 7: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

This week on the podcast; Ryan Bisasky and I sit down again to talk about the middle chapter of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy with The Two Towers.



Twitter Handles: ⁠@MovieKale⁠ ⁠@theyouthcritic ⁠⁠@TheChewDefense⁠



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9 months ago
1 hour 42 minutes 52 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 6: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

We're there and back again here on From The Top with the First entry of the Lord of the Rings Retrospectives as Vivi Guerrea and Kyle Arking chime in to talk about all things Hobbits, Alternating Aragorns, how one of the greatest trilogies of film came to be.



Bluesky: 
@moviekale.bsky.social  @kylearking.bsky.social



Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @ArkingKyle


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




Viv's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letsbevivagain/


Town and Gown Players: https://townandgownplayers.org/

Emalie Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/emilie-la-marquise-defends-her-life?_ga=2.136051128.881722413.1740622904-1440067391.1740622904



Music:


Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0


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10 months ago
2 hours 9 minutes 3 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From the Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 5: The Frighteners

This week on the podcast; Alfie Amaya & Case Kellem join me for Peter Jackson's first studio movie The Frighteners.


Bluesky Handles:
@moviekale.bsky.social 


Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @CaseofSpades32 ⁠ ⁠@fonsythesnowman ⁠

Movie Ranking Space: ⁠@Skadoosch⁠

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

Town and Gown Players: https://townandgownplayers.org/

Emalie Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/emilie-la-marquise-defends-her-life?_ga=2.136051128.881722413.1740622904-1440067391.1740622904



Music:


Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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10 months ago
2 hours 9 minutes 42 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 4: Heavenly Creatures

This week on the podcast; Jake Crawford and I look at Peter Jackson's first foray into Crime Melodrama with Heavenly Creatures.

Bluesky Handles:
@moviekale.bsky.social 


Twitter Handles: @Moviekale@theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @JacobPCrawford


Music:


Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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10 months ago
1 hour 28 minutes 29 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 3: Braindead (AKA Dead Alive)

This week on the podcast; Case Kellem From Town and Gown Players join me to talk about Peter Jackson's Zombie Horror Comedy Braindead, as well as how many lawnmowers does it take to kill a hoard of zombies, The OG Harambe (The Rat Monkey), and who had mommy issues.


Bluesky Handles:
@moviekale.bsky.social 


Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @CaseofSpades32

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











Music:


Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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11 months ago
1 hour 46 minutes 46 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S4 (Peter Jackson) Episode 2: Meet the Feebles (1989)

This week on the podcast; Seth Vargas and Marley Silverbrand join me in discussion Peter Jackson's second movie Meet the Feebles which might as well be a contender for most "Feel Bad" movie ever as Jackson his R-rated parody on The Muppets/Seseme Street.



Bluesky Handles:@moviekale.bsky.social @marleylovesfilm.bsky.social @moviefriendspod.bsky.social


Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @MovieFriendsPod @ohsethy

Seth's Movie Podcast: moviefriendspodcast.com

Marley's Linktree: https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg 

Music:

Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0








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11 months ago
1 hour 27 minutes 4 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From the Top S4 ( Sir Peter Jackson) Episode 1: Bad Taste (1987)

We're back with SEASON FOUR!!! After a nearly seven month Hiatus, From The Top is back and we're here to discuss the newly four decade long career of New Zealand's own Sir Peter Jackson.


For the Season Premiere, we have The Waffle House duo of Gene Aversa and Diego Crespo join in the discussion of early Peter Jackson, the years-long making of Bad Taste and of course Bad Taste itself.

BlueSky:
@moviekale.bsky.social @diegocrespo.bsky.social @gene9892.bsky.social

Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @gene9892 @TheWafflePress  @thediegocrespo

 

The Waffle Press: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SAkQzan606e8RerAFPkTg

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thewafflepress 

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewafflepresspodcast 

We Own Nothing Films: https://www.youtube.com/user/KFkjsdfkdff


Music:

Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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11 months ago
1 hour 41 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S3: (Sofia Coppola) Episode 8: Priscilla

This week on the podcast; Alfie Amaya and Carleigh join me for the Season Finale of the Summer of Sofia with her film adaptation of Elvis & Me by Priscilla Presley adaptly titled Priscilla.



Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @bwaycar08 @fonsythesnowman

Movie Ranking Space: @Skadoosch



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1 year ago
1 hour 7 minutes 40 seconds

From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
From The Top S3 (Sofia Coppola) Episode 7: On the Rocks

This week on the podcast; David Weiser and I sit down and talk about Sofia Coppola's first foray into the streaming world as well as the delightful film On The Rocks which reunites her with Bill Murray for the first time (other than Murray Christmas) since Lost in Translation.



Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @weiser_david 

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


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1 year ago
42 minutes

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.