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On Episode 196 of Floating Through Film, we're recapping our 2025 in film! As has become an annual tradition for us, we're going over each of these categories: Worst Movie Watched in 2025, Top 3 Movies released in 2025 (16:13), Top 5 Rewatched Movies this year (41:34), and then closing out with our Top 10 First Watches in 2025 (1:27:00). We also have our good friend Dustin on with us again to help us recap. We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: John Ford Week 1 (Young Mr. Lincoln + How Green Was My Valley) Music: Intro: from Millenium Mambo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTdf7BG8oA&list=PLTFQbGm88i2gcWqBjZx9v27HJk_FYECQD)Break: from Caught By The Tides (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXsFnVQverk)Outro: from Rancho Notorious (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTnmYQMqyVI) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Dustin (LB: https://letterboxd.com/michaelgscott/, Twitter: https://x.com/DustbagLG) Podcast Links (Spotify and Apple): https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 195 of Floating Through Film, we're going back to Griffith with his 1919 film, True Heart Susie (33:07). But before we review the film, Luke created his own film version of NYT Connections for Dany to try solve on air. If you want to see ifyou can do better than Dany did (you definitely can), the links for the four games are listed below. We hope you enjoy! #1: connectionsplus.io/game/GpI6R3#2: connectionsplus.io/game/3G78gb#3: connectionsplus.io/game/wVwyl8#4: connectionsplus.io/game/f5PVIK Episode Next Week: 2025 Recap Music:-Intro: Early Summer-Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvnjl3pgft0 Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 194 of Floating Through Film, we're coming up with our official comedy canon list. The goal was to come up with one comedy film from each decade (starting from the 1920s) that we could all agree on. And since we did have some disagreements throughout the show, at the end of the list, each host was also allowed to pick one wild card choice that the other hosts weren't allow to veto. We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: True Heart Susie Music:-Intro: Early Summer-Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Xxx86A2Nw&list=PLyU6zePFLJ-DB9L2_FETxoqOxeyjBG3So&index=3 Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 192 of Floating Through Film, we're concluding our series picked by Dany on Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on another major figure of the American Avant-Garde, the "structuralist" filmmaker Ernie Gehr! Dany spends the first half of the episode going through some of Gehr's interests and concerns in the cinema, before we briefly discuss some of the films he made over the course of his careers (listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-5-ernie-gehr/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: FTF Comedy Canon Music:-Intro: Early Summer Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 191 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on another figure of the American Avant-Garde,the "abstract" filmmaker Jordan Belson! Dany spends the first hour going through some of Belson's interests and concerns, before we briefly discuss some of the films he made over the course of his careers (listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-4-jordan-belson/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Ernie Gehr (List of films we're reviewing: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-5-ernie-gehr/) Music:-Intro: Allures-Outro: Raga Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 190 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on another one of the key figures of the American Avant-Garde, Stan Brakhage! Dany spends the first hour going through some of Brakhage's main ideas and interests, before we briefly discuss some of the films he made over the course of his careers (listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-film-week-3-brakhage/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Jordan Belson (List of films we're reviewing: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-4-jordan-belson/) Music:-Intro: Early Summer-Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJP-dt4ne-w) Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 189 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Experimental Film. This week we're focusing on one of the key figures of Avant-Garde film, Maya Deren! Dany spends the first hour going through some of the main ideas of her film and film theory, before reviewing 1943's Meshes of the Afternoon (1:03:27), 1944's At Land (1:14:51), and concluding with her 1946 masterpiece, Ritual in Transfigured Time (1:28:08). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Stan Brakhage (List of films we're doing available here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-week-3-brakhage/edit/) Music:-Intro: Early Summer -Outro: Early Summer Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 188 of Floating Through Film, we're starting a new series picked by Dany, Experimental Film! Dany starts the episode by trying to give some definitions of what "experimental" cinema could even be, before moving to Week 1's topic, The Early Avant-Garde. Taking 5 categories (Direct onFilm Animation, Cine-Poems, Dada/Surrealism, Absolute Film, French Avant-Garde) from A.L. Rees's book on Experimental Film, we go through a couple short films from each category (all films on available on Youtube, listed here: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/list/ftf-experimental-film-series/). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Maya Deren Music:-Intro: Colour Box (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEqTwwkB3Y)-Outro: Lichtspiel Opus 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkJwE2Q9Cac)Hosts:Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 186 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our annual horror month! Week #3's picks were made by Blake and he picked two very different kinds of horror movies, starting with the 1982 Shaw Brothers film, Human Lanterns, followed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 1997 horror classic, Cure (53:58). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Horror Month Week 4 (Pieces + I Saw the Tv Glow) Music:- Intro: created by Richie - Break: Cure (https://www.youtube.com/watchv=D_XKJe1_w58)- Outro: Cure (https://www.youtube.com/watchv=D_XKJe1_w58) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 185 of Floating Through Film, we're starting our annual horror month! Week #1's picks were made by Luke and he picked two of his favorite horror films, starting with a Jacques Tourneur 1943 classic I Walked With a Zombie, followed by our first King Hu on the podcast, 1979's Legend of the Mountain (50:48). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Horror Month Week 3 (Human Lanterns + Cure) Music: - Intro: I Walked with a Zombie- Break: Legend of the Mountain- Outro: I Walked with a Zombie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4eV74QaP3Q) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter:https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 184 of Floating Through Film, we're starting our annual horror month! Week #1's picks were made by Dany and he picked two different ghosts stories: starting with Kenji Mizoguchi's 1953 classic Ugetsu, followed by Coppola's 2011 film Twixt (1:23:47) We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Horror Month Week 2 (I Walked with a Zombie + Legend of the Mountain) Music:- Intro: Ugetsu- Break: Twixt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3lnTldf1ig&list=RDn3lnTldf1ig&start_radio=1)- Outro: Ugetsu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Aie1W8VqHc&list=RD4Aie1W8VqHc&start_radio=1)Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB:https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilm Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 182 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Blake, Johhnie To! On this week of the series, we're starting with reviewing one of To's early MilkyWay Production films, 1999's Running Out of Time, before skipping 9 years to review his film about pickpockets, the 2008 film Sparrow (1:01:19). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Don't Go Breaking My Heart + Romancing in Thin Air Music:- Intro: Running Out of Time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoDRd96KEg&list=PL-1jQpOrgXH11L_rMui0_SY-R Wn5U3x3&index=7)- Break: Sparrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5cG0hCgR78&list=PLMF3ZKxAE_5CuFi6K90_TzkdgimJHJ vl&index=3)- Outro: Sparrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa1ATxzctP8&list=PLMF3ZKxAE_5CuFi6K90_TzkdgimJHJuv &index=5) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 181 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Blake, Johhnie To! On this week of the series, we're reviewing two early 2000s To films, starting with his 2004 action thriller Breaking News, before ending with his 2006 gangster masterpiece Exiled (1:08:08). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Running Out of Time + Sparrow Music: - Intro: Breaking News - Break: Exiled- Outro: Exiled (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VnucEJHRTw) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 180 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Blake, Johhnie To! On this week of the series, we're reviewing two of the more unique stories in To's filmography, starting with his spiritual/action film Running on Karma, before reviewing his personal judo film Throw Down (1:14:36). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Breaking News + Exiled Music:- Intro: Running on Karma (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPeNbLeTi6c&list=RDmPeNbLeTi6c&start_radio=1)- Break: Throw Down - Outro: Throw Down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnKPOab7i_Y) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 179 of Floating Through Film, we're starting our next series picked by Blake, Johhnie To! On this opening week of the series, we start by giving our overall thoughts on the director, before reviewing 2003's PTU (22:40), and 2005's Election (1:36:04). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Running on Karma + Throw Down Music:- Intro: PTU - Break: Election (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2yqIAvG_Lc&list=RDa2yqIAvG_Lc&start_radio=1&ab_channel=%E5%91%A8%E7%92%87-Topic)- Outro: PTU Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB:https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On this break episode 178 of Floating Through Film, we're reviewing Hitchcock's classic Rear Window, and then a Rear Window inspired film, the 2021 film The Voyeurs (48:44). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Rear Window + The Voyeurs Music:- Intro: Rear Window( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=460kqdhminI&ab_channel=SoundtrackGems)- Outro: The Voyeurs(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SELFP1iy4D4&list=RDSELFP1iy4D4&start_radio=1&ab_channel=Xenomorph) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB:https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On this break episode 177 of Floating Through Film, we decided to ask each other random questions (mostly) related to film, just to see what answers we'd also come up with. There was a very improvisational aspect to the questions the further weget along in the episode, but we found that part fun. We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Rear Window + The VoyeursMusic:- Intro: Early Summer- Outro: The French Cancan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHbpSLyTZ6g&list=RDQHbpSLyTZ6g&start_radio=1&ab_channel=Release-Topic) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB:https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On this break episode 176 of Floating Through Film, the guys discuss their favorite opening scenes in cinema. Then to create our top 10 list, each host picked three films they personally wanted represented on the list, before we came to a consensuson what the final 10th movie on the list should be. We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Rear Window + The Voyeurs Music:- Intro: Rebels ofthe Neon God (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8urigjsCdNw&list=RD8urigjsCdNw&start_radio=1&ab_channel=Misjah- Outro: The Hawksand the Sparrows (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhPAmnNI4XQ&ab_channel=rive5gauche)Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB:https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email:floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 175 of Floating Through Film, we concludeour series picked by Luke, Jacques Rivette! This week we're moving further into his films from the early 200s, starting with The Story of Marie and Julien, followed by The Duchess of Langeais (1:14:40). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: FTF Top 10 Opening Scenes Music:- Intro: The Story of Marie and Julien- Break: The Duchess of Langeais-Outro: The Story of Marie and Julien (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7P2IR5p6EQ&list=RDu7P2IR5p6EQ&start_radio=1&ab_channel=BlossomDearie-Topic) Hosts:Luke Seay (LB:https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter:https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB:https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter:https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter:https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com
On Episode 174 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, Jacques Rivette! This week we're moving further into his later period, first with his 1995 musical Up, Down, Fragile, followed by his 2001 film Va Savoir+ (1:30:17). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: The Story of Marie and Julien + The Duchess of LangeaisMusic:- Intro: Up, Down, Fragile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2C90F2n9rE&list=RDm2C90F2n9rE&start_radio=1&ab_channel=EnzoEnzo-Topic)- Break: Va Savoir+-Outro: Va Savoir+ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-kNOoH-BHs&list=RDf-kNOoH-BHs&start_radio=1) Hosts:Luke Seay (LB:https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,Twitter:https://x.com/luke67s)BlakeTourville (LB:https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/,Twitter:https://x.com/vladethepoker)DanyJoshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/,Twitter:https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email:floatingthroughfilm@gmail.com




