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100 years, 200 movies. Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler assign each other one movie the other has never seen for each of the last 100 years.
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On our season finale, we look at two women-directed movies from 2021, both about teenage girls coming into adulthood. You'd think they'd share a similar trajectory, but one won Best Picture at the Oscars, and the better one sits on HBO Max in relative obscurity. Here what we had to say about Sian Heder and Megan Park's movies. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler. #rankingmovies
As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, the 2010s serve up the mumblecore classic "Your Sister's Sister" and the ultra-serious "Clemency". We look at Lynn Shelton's very funny outing starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie Dewitt, and Mark Duplass. Chinonye Chukwu's death row drama, starring Alfre Woodard as the powerful lead, gets a lot of scrutiny this week. We also hear from Ryan Verrill about his new physical media and film distribution venture, Antenna Releasing!Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Ryan Verrill0:00 Antenna Releasing9:03 Your Sister's Sister17:34 Clemency#physicalmedia #bluray #4kmovies
We had some fun rewriting Oscar history and deciding who would have been nominated and who would have won the Best Director Academy Award from 2011-present if only women were eligible. Nominees/winners Kathryn Bigelow, Greta Gerwig, Chloe Zhao, Emerald Fennell, Sophia Coppola, and Jane Campion aren't the only ladies getting the spotlight here. We look at the movies of Emma Seligman, Scarlet Johan, Scarlett Johansson, Lulu Wang, Ava DuVernay, and many more.Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler0:00 Introduction, 3:00 2011, 6:33 2012, 9:35 2013, 12:03 2014, 14:56 2015, 17:27 2016, 19:23 2017, 22:30 2018, 25:37 2019, 29:34 2020, 34:12 2021, 37:50 2022, 40:13 2023, 43:22 2024, 47:09 2025#barbie #zerodarkthirty #powerofthedog
As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, "Frida" and "Morvern Callar" take center stage. We look at Julie Taymor's biopic and guess at how much interference Harvey Weinstein inflicted on it, and we let ourselves feel sad as we watch Lynne Ramsay's "Morvern Callar" and talk about how it relates to her newest film, "Die My Love." And stick around to the end to hear Jake give his predictions for the 98th Academy Awards/2026 Oscars. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Meghan Fischer0:00 Introduction |0:55 Frida |16:46 Morvern Callar |25:45 Top 10 Women-Directed Movies of the 2000s |32:45 Predicting the Oscars#classicmovies #fridakahlo #mexicocity
Our journey looking at a century of the movies directed by women brings us to a turning point. The 1990s saw a huge upswing in women-directed films. We take a look at Jane Campion's "The Piano", Kathryn Bigelow's "Strange Days", Beeban Kidron's "To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar", and Kasi Lemmons' "Eve's Bayou". Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler0:00 Introduction |0:38 The Piano |11:26 Strange Days |22:40 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar |30:42 Eve's Bayou |40:08 Top Women-Directed Movies of the 1990s
The stars are out and Jake is wearing a tie. It's time to find out who the big winners of the 2026 movie year are at the first ever Never Did It Awards, or Niddies!Connect with us: Brad on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/Jake on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jake_ziegler/Never Did It on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neverdiditpodcast Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson0:00 Introduction; 1:23 Best Stunts; 5:00 Best Animated Feature; 8:45 Best Supporting Actor; 11:54 Upper Enchelon Award for Directing; 14:26 Best Documentary Feature; 19:26 Best Supporting Actress; 22:09 Best Voice Acting Performance; 25:51 Best First Feature; 28:25 Best Screenplay; 31:39 Best Breakout Performance ;33:33 Upper Enchelon Award for Acting; 35:51 Best Leading Actress; 38:12 Best Leading Actor; 41:59 Best Director; 44:45 Best Picture
As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, "Yentl" and "Pet Sematary" take center stage. We look at Barbra Streisand's directorial debut has us enjoying the performances and the politics and being confused by the music. Mary Lambert's adaptation of the Stephen King book has us scratching our heads entirely. Soap opera acting, dangling plot points, too many themes (or are there no themes at all?) make this fun to talk about after being tough to watch. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Danielle Segel0:00 Introduction; 0:30 Yentl; 17:32 Pet Sematary#classicmovies #horrormovies #jewishmovies
After a 40-year drought, Hollywood studios let women control films behind the camera with Elaine May's "A New Leaf". In the documentary world, Barbara Kopple released her epic chronicling of the coal miners' strikes in "Harlan County, USA". And in Europe, Chantal Akerman put out the notorious "Jeanne Dielman". Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest James Sanford. 0:00 Introduction0:58 A New Leaf19:17 Harlan County, USA36:26 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles#newhollywood #classicmovies #womeninmovies
In the 1960s, Hollywood studios hired virtually no women to direct their films. In Europe, women were directing trailblazing movies. We take a look at Agnes Varda's "Cleo from 5 to 7" and Věra Chytilová's "Daisies".Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson. 0:00 Introduction, 0:40 Daisies, 14:03 Cleo from 5 to 7, 29:55 The Best Movies of the 1960s
Our women director miniseries continues with two VERY different movies from the 1950s. Muriel Box's "Eyewitness" is a fun, silly bit of pulp, while Kinuyo Tanaka's "Forever a Woman" (or its original title, "The Eternal Breasts") is a warm if dire look at female isolation in post-War Japan. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Nina Chernik0:00 Introduction, 1:14 Eyewitness, 7:31 This Other Eden, 8:49 Forever a Woman#classicmovies #akirakurosawa #blackandwhite
As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, we take a serious turn in the 1940s. Ida Lupino's "Not Wanted" and Dorothy Arzner's "Dance, Girl, Dance" are discussed in terms of what they said about their directors and cast. Then we turn to Wanda Jakubowska's "The Last Stage", a movie made by a Holocaust survivor, filmed in the concentration camp at which he was imprisoned. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Maren Moreno0:00 Introduction2:12 Dance, Girl, Dance11:42 Not Wanted16:13 The Last Stage#classicmovies #stevenspielberg #blackandwhite
As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, "Madchen in Uniform" bursts through the pack. Directed by Leontine Sagan, the movie deals with a (too) young girl in love with her teacher at an all-girls boarding school. We also look at B-movie "The Woman Condemned, by Dorothy Davenport. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Katy Hartnett0:00 Introduction1:50 The Woman Condemned14:31 Madchen in Uniform27:34 Bugonia31:31 Todd Philips#classicmovies #agnesvarda #blackandwhite
Never Did It begins its new season with a look back at the history of women behind the camera. We talk about Lotte Reiniger directing the oldest surviving animated feature film, "The Adventures of Prince Achmed," and the oldest movie we've reviewed on this podcast, Lois Weber's "The Blot".Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Andrea Kay.0:00 Introduction1:24 The Adventures of Prince Achmed8:40 The Blot19:42 Wrapping up
It's our second week of director rankings, as we take a look at David Fincher's career. Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler go all the way back to his first feature, Alien 3 (1992) and talk about his career beginnings through the lens of the Assembly Cut of the film. They rank each movie, right up to the resent thriller the Killer (2023).
Other movies discussed in this episode: Seven (1995), the Game (1997), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Zodiac (2007), the Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), the Social Network (2010), the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Gone Girl (2014), Mank (2020).
We cap off Never Did It, Season 2: Animation Boogaloo with a double-sized episode. This week we look at Mamoru Hosada's "Belle", Naoko Yamada's "The Colors Within", Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre's "Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be", and the Chinese box office sensation "Ne Zha 2". Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler0:00 Introduction0:50 Belle12:50 The Colors Within20:26 Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be26:26 Ne Zha 234:50 Best Animated Oscar Predictions37:28 Best Animated Shorts of the 2020s41:33 Best Animated Features of the 2020s#animatedmovies #anime #journeytothewest
Gintz Zilbalodis made his feature film debut "Away" all by himself. He animated every frame and composed all of the music. We discuss why it takes a special kind of person to make a great movie, even when the tools are available to everyone. Then, we talk about Salvador Simó's "Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles", a look at a small sliver of Luis Bunuel's early career.Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler, with guest Michael TanzilloSubscribe for more dives into animation history and film culture.#AnimationHistory #flow #blender3d 0:00 Introduction1:00 Away15:28 Bunuel in the Labyrinth of Turtles28:34 The Best Animated Short Films of the 2010s39:34 The Best Animated Feature Films of the 2010s
Satoshi Kon and Richard Linklater showed us in the '00s that animation can do anything. We look at that claim through the lens of "Tokyo Godfathers" and "Waking Life".Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler, with guest Tom from @DaddyDaughterMovieNight Subscribe for more dives into animation history and film culture.#AnimationHistory #anime #experimentalfilm 0:00 Introduction1:48 Tokyo Godfathers18:22 Waking Life37:30 The Best Animated Short Films of the 2000s42:43 The Best Animated Feature Films of the 2000s
We had some fun rewriting Oscar history and deciding who would have been nominated and who would have won Best Animated Feature Academy Award throughout the 1990s, back before the category existed. From Disney’s renaissance and Don Bluth’s highs and lows to some forgotten gems, we debate what the Academy might have done and who truly deserved the crown in animation’s wildest decade.Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler0:00 Introduction4:45 19919:05 199215:00 199320:20 199424:06 199528:29 199631:41 199736:03 199838:59 199944:42 2000#beautyandthebeast #aladdin #thelionking
While Don Bluth was getting his groove back with his masterpiece "Anastasia," a German animation team was putting out "Felidae," a noir about who kill and bonk each other. Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler, with guest Ryan Verrill of @TheDiscConnected Subscribe for more dives into animation history and film culture.#AnimationHistory #disney #thumbelina 0:00 Introduction0:50 Anastasia 12:10 Felidae23:52 The Best Animated Short Films of the 1990s27:43 The Best Animated Feature Films of the 1990s
Katsuhiro Otomo's "Akira" stood tall as a groundbreaking animated film, even as there rest of the industry struggled. In the USA in particular, Disney dropped the ball several times throughout the decade, and the rest of the landscape was made up of Saturday morning cartoon film spinoffs made to sell toys. "Transformers: The Movie" is a prime (pun intended) and shameful example of the trend. Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson. Subscribe for more dives into animation history and film culture.#AnimationHistory #anime #miyazaki 0:00 Introduction2:50 Transformers: The Movie19:00 Akira36:05 The Best Animated Short Films of the 1980s39:36 The Best Animated Feature Films of the 1970s
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