Returning The Andy Plex alumnus Ryan Grassmeyer is back to discuss "Home for the Holidays" (1995). Why does this film endure at 30? Why is it a Thanksgiving and holiday masterpiece? It marks Jodie Foster's sophomore directorial outing. After winning 2 acting oscars and now entering her 30s, Jodie looks to take on the rediscovering of ourselves into adulthood through the lens of returning home to our families at 30. Holy Hunter loses her job in Chicago and returns home to Baltimore for Thanksgiving. Her journey is personal yet one we all go through. At 100 mins, this film is lean and jam packed with family drama, dysfunction, laughs, and tear jerks. Thanksgiving doesn't have enough films about it, and this one may just take the cake...ah...Turkey.
Ryan Grassmeyer on the Web:
@grassmeyer
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Returning The Andy Plex alumnus Ryan Grassmeyer is back to discuss "Home for the Holidays" (1995). Why does this film endure at 30? Why is it a Thanksgiving and holiday masterpiece? It marks Jodie Foster's sophomore directorial outing. After winning 2 acting oscars and now entering her 30s, Jodie looks to take on the rediscovering of ourselves into adulthood through the lens of returning home to our families at 30. Holy Hunter loses her job in Chicago and returns home to Baltimore for Thanksgiving. Her journey is personal yet one we all go through. At 100 mins, this film is lean and jam packed with family drama, dysfunction, laughs, and tear jerks. Thanksgiving doesn't have enough films about it, and this one may just take the cake...ah...Turkey.
Ryan Grassmeyer on the Web:
@grassmeyer
Joining Andy Plex for his fourth outing is Andy's father - Giovanni Maiorano! To celebrate Giovanni's 80th birthday this summer this father-son duo cover two films Giovanni saw 70 summers ago (1955) in the theater as a double bill - "It Came from Beneath the Sea" and "Creature with the Atom Brain." So put on your hazmat suits and hear Giovanni sharing stories of walking to the movies to see these films in 1955. In the "fallout" of WW2, the dropping of two atom bombs by the USA, and into the Cold War, the 1950s were a strange time. How do these two films reflect the spirit of the age? Why do monster movies capture our imagination? Giovanni Maiorano has and continues to be a massive inspiration for Andy Plex's film education so DO NOT miss this RADIOACTIVE episode!
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Returning The Andy Plex alumnus Ryan Grassmeyer is back to discuss "Home for the Holidays" (1995). Why does this film endure at 30? Why is it a Thanksgiving and holiday masterpiece? It marks Jodie Foster's sophomore directorial outing. After winning 2 acting oscars and now entering her 30s, Jodie looks to take on the rediscovering of ourselves into adulthood through the lens of returning home to our families at 30. Holy Hunter loses her job in Chicago and returns home to Baltimore for Thanksgiving. Her journey is personal yet one we all go through. At 100 mins, this film is lean and jam packed with family drama, dysfunction, laughs, and tear jerks. Thanksgiving doesn't have enough films about it, and this one may just take the cake...ah...Turkey.
Ryan Grassmeyer on the Web:
@grassmeyer
