EPISODE 081: CINEMA MINI SERIES   Featuring: Eddington (2025); One Battle After Another (2025); Bugonia (2025)   America is the land of guns and paranoia, and this accidental trilogy of films cuts deep into what defines this country, for better and worse. Kevin and Ryan wade into the swamp of politics and filmmaking to see what exactly these three films speak to about the American experience. GOD BLESS THE USA.

EPISODE 080: ’TIS THE SEASON   Featuring; Christmas Vacation (1989)   Old friends Ryan and Chad reminisce over the Christmas classic Christmas Vacation (1989). They talk about some of their favorite scenes, speculate about what the boss ACTUALLY got as a gift, and settle whether resistance to cold is a midwestern genetic trait (??). Listen in and Merry Christmas!

EPISODE 079: WR&P WORLD NEWS   Hot off the press! We talk about what’s going on in the news: the WBD and Netflix merger. But it’s Wind, Reel, & Print, so we go deep into money in filmmaking, the degradation of our economy, and even conjure up our own filmmaking funding alternative! Get in here!

EPISODE 078: CINEMA SERIES   Featuring: Jurassic Park (1993); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); Jurassic Park 3 (2001); Jurassic World (2015); Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018); Jurassic World Dominion (2022); Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)   It is time to enter the depths of Jurassic hell. Ryan and Kevin will stop at nothing to deepen their understanding of film movements, trends, and history, which has led them to a 7-film series that is both Ryan’s foundational films and his worst nightmares. Hold onto your butts!

EPISODE 077: RYAN & FRIENDS   Featuring: The Silence of the Lambs (1991); Cure (1997); Shutter Island (2010); Gone Girl (2014)   Time to get academic! Ryan brings his sister Julia on the pod, who is currently in graduate school studying psychology, to talk and analyze four movies that blend both genre and science. Did the mental health professionals of Shutter Island really follow the right techniques? What is the difference between a Red Herring and a MacGuffin? Listen to find out!

EPISODE 076: NEW RELEASES   Featuring: Frankenstein (2025)   Del Toro is back with his unique blend of victorian horror and sympathetic monsters to bring about a new adaptation of the classic Frankenstein tale. How might this film relate to today (AI, anyone??) and what might Ryan and Kevin think of it? Well you’ll just have to listen to find out!

EPISODE 075: RYAN & FRIENDS   Featuring: Zoolander (2001); Tropic Thunder (2008)   Ryan is joined by Chris (the brain behind the YouTube channel “Sassy Milkshake,” one half of the podcast “How Do We Human?” and a wonderful old friend) to talk about these two influential movies in each of their childhoods. Plus get an inside look at what their college experience was like, watching movies for free in LA, and that cameo at the beginning of Zoolander(!?!?).

EPISODE 074: FILM THEORY DISCUSSIONS   Featuring: The Threepenny Opera (1931); Vivre sa vie (1962); Palindromes (2004); Chi-Raq (2015)   Wind, Reel, & Print is going back to the classroom to take a deep dive into Brechtian cinema! A term that has come up in a number of previous episodes, these four movies finally give Ryan his “aha” moment with the idea and reveal just how much this idea/genre plays into exactly what this podcast is all about. Plus “Palindromes,” the sleeper hit!

EPISODE 073: SPOILED: THE SEQUEL SHOW   Featuring: Troll 2 (1990)   THE BOYS ARE BACK. It's Halloween and time for a scary movie. Ryan is joined by Chad and Joe, from the infamous and elusive Salad Brain Productions, to talk about the “worst” film ever made. But did we just stumble into a gem? Time to find out!

EPISODE 072: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE   Featuring: Before Sunrise (1995); Mary and Max (2009); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Incendies (2010)   We dive back into our favorite segment and come out the other side even bigger Denis fans. Plus two stop-motion films? The beginning of a Richard Linklater trilogy? The Top 250 is deep and we are wading into it.

EPISODE 071: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (DIRECTORS)   Featuring: The Big Sleep (1946); Red River (1948); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Rio Bravo (1959)   It’s director time! WR&P is familiar with some of Howard Hawks’ greatest works (Bringing up Baby and His Girl Friday) and his elevation of the Screwball genre, but what about everything else? Musicals? Westerns? Film Noir? This man had his hands in everything and we take a peek at some of his most admired work spanning all of these genres.

EPISODE 070: LESSONS IN FILM GENRE   Featuring: Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Sound of Music (1965); The Little Mermaid (1989); Mamma Mia! (2008)   Lights! Camera! Music! Kevin & Ryan talk the history of musicals, the inherent meta-ness of the genre, and why The Sound of Music is one of the greatest films of all time. The longest regular episode to-date, and it is well-deserved!

EPISODE 069 (nice): CINEMA MINISERIES   Featuring: Pokemon: The First Movie (1998); Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999); Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000); Pokémon 4Ever (2001); Pokémon Heroes (2002)   Ash, Pikachu, Misty, Brock, Ryan, & Kevin. We journeyed into our youth to see if the Pokemon movies have the sauce and find out just how close they came to greatness (one of them anyway).

There's no proper episode this week, but listen in and get a taste of what topics we are diving into in the coming weeks and months!

EPISODE 067: CINEMA MINISERIES   Featuring: Treasure Island (1950); Muppet Treasure Island (1996); Treasure Planet (2002)   ARGH MATEY. Long John Silver may be one of the most interesting characters in all of media, and in this episode Ryan and Kevin speak about how him and many of the other themes and characters of Treasure Island have evolved over the decades. Plus our pitch for the next Treasure Island adaptation!

EPISODE 067: CINEMA SINGLES   Featuring: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)   Following the Disney Renaissance of the 20th century, things began to putter out, or more aptly, sink into the ocean. As children of the 90’s, Ryan and Kevin remember Atlantis fondly and discuss its place in animation history. Plus the “Fart Theory™.”

EPISODE 066: LESSONS IN FILM MOVEMENTS   Featuring: Reefer Madness (1936); Up in Smoke (1978); How High (2001); Pineapple Express (2008)   WR&P goes deep undercover to expose the true ills of society: Marijuana! Ganja! The Devil’s Lettuce! Listen in as Ryan and Kevin explore the history of the stoner film genre, all the way from the propaganda film of the 1930’s to the buddy comedies of the late 20th century, and beyond.

EPISODE 065: LESSONS IN FILM GENRE   Featuring: A Bug’s Life (1998); Chicken Run (2000); Robots (2005)   At the dawn of the new millennia, animated films began its rapid transition from physical medium to computer generation and changed the film industry altogether. Steve Jobs’ Pixar signaled the move away from Disney’s 2D cell animation and Aardman’s claymation, and foreshadowed the complete tech takeover that Hollywood has been experiencing since the 2010s. With months-long labor strikes, VFX artists unionizing, and Hollywood studios monopolizing nearly every other week, the phrase “means of production” carries a double meaning when it comes to critiquing the film industry from a Marxist perspective. To gain an elementary understanding of how Marxist theory operates, WR&P cohosts Ryan and Kevin throw it back to the early aughts and the late 90s with three animated children’s flicks from three different animation studios that echo sentiments of class consciousness, consumption, and materialism.

EPISODE 064: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE   Featuring: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Raging Bull (1980); The Father (2020); I’m Still Here (2024)   In a new episode of WR&P’s Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle, Ryan & Kevin pin two cinema classics against two recent Oscar darlings. Despite the drastic jump in time, this particular collection is rare in its thematic cohesion. As our own reality tears at the seams, these four films build a portrait of this slow descent into destruction. Although these stories originate in history and/or fiction, the threat of nuclear warfare, the impacts of toxic masculinity, the complete loss of identity and memory, and fascist governments ripping apart families are all current events which continue to affect our society today.

EPISODE 063: SPECIAL EVENT   Wind Reel & Print “wraps” their first season with a celebratory WR&P Awards Ceremony. Cohosts Ryan and Kevin summarize the last year of podcasting by pinpointing landmark episodes that transformed, defined, and elevated our understanding of cinematic language. The First Annual WR&P Awards closes with an exciting announcement of this year’s winners for Best Screenplay, Best Actor(s), Best Director, and Best Picture.