Film Explorers

NO SEARCH OF HUMAN EMOTIONS HAS EVER PROBED SO DEEPLY, SO TRUTHFULLY AS… ANATOMY OF A MURDER. To celebrate our new host and best friend Sutherland's birthday, we dive headfirst into some legal proceedings with his pick of Otto Preminger's ANATOMY OF A MURDER! We talk how it handles the moral ambiguity of the American court system, Jimmy Stewart's voice, and if this movie was actually made for Sutherland. Note: so so sorry about some issues with the sound in a couple parts. I did my best to edit it and make everything listenable, but we had some issues in recording that came through. - Josh Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00 Happy Birthday Sutherland 02:26 Anatomy of a Murder 36:45 Final Thoughts + Ratings 42:29 Outro Links: ⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠ Sutherland on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

THERE’S BEEN A GRAVE MISUNDERSTANDING. Potentially the strangest month in the show's short history continues as Sutherland picks for us Tim Burton and Mike Johnson's (not the current Speaker of the House, don't worry we checked) CORPSE BRIDE! We talk all things stop-motion, cinematography and lighting in the world of animated films, and if every movie should be 70 minutes long. We also briefly talk about The Fall Guy, Pink Floyd: The Wall, X-Men '97, Harry Potter, and The Shining. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Next Week's Roulette Pick 00:03:39 What We Watched 00:16:15 Corpse Bride 00:53:13 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:00:40 Next Week's Pick + Outro Links: ⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠ Sutherland on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

POWER CAN BE MURDER TO RESIST. This week, we're going back to last July for another Tom Cruise pick, this time Sydney Pollack's The Firm. We break down our history with John Grisham, ask if 3.4 is the best average rating a movie can have on Letterboxd, and question why Jigsaw can run that fast. Joey talks Chernobyl, Josh sees an all time favorite in theaters for the first time, Jackson keeps rolling through X-Men: The Animated Series, and Sutherland watches a "hit" new Paramount+ show. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Family Guy impressions for approximately two minutes (i'm sorry) 00:02:26 Next Week's Pick 00:06:19 What We Watched 00:19:59 The Firm 00:56:15 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:07:42 Outro Links: ⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠ Sutherland on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

THEY LEFT FOR WAR AS BOYS NEVER TO RETURN AS MEN. This week, we're going back to our first ever theme with Sutherland picking one of the first Best Picture winners ever, All Quiet on the Western Front from 1930. We spend a ton of time comparing and contrasting with the 2022 German adaptation that's become rather polarizing between the four of us, break down the Classic Hollywood of it all, and Josh talks about a book for maybe the first time ever? We also talk about Challengers, Family Guy Star Wars, and Josh starts binging Dimension 20 and really wants to play Dungeons and Dragons. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Pink Floyd talk for some reason? 00:05:00 Next Week's Pick 00:08:03 What We Watched 00:21:51 All Quiet on the Western Front 00:59:55 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:05:58 Outro Links: ⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠ Sutherland on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

This week, we've got what may be the biggest show in Explorers history as we welcome on previous guest Sutherland as the official fourth Film Explorer! Applaud alongside us as we also dive into a long discussion of the existential conversations of MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, our first Louis Malle and one of the biggies of the time period. We go long on our personal journeys with mundanity, meditation, and spirituality, our perspectives on living a life of chaos, and the semantics of filming Wallace Shawn eating a bowl of potato soup. Also discussed are a theater trip to see Abigail, Jackson reconciling with Avatar, and Josh falling head over heels for Willem Dafoe yet again. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 BIG NEWS!!! 00:05:37 What We Watched 00:20:54 Next Month's Theme 00:23:55 My Dinner with Andre 01:27:50 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:33:21 Sutherland's Pick for Next Week Links: ⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠ Sutherland on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

WHERE HAPPILY EVER AFTER IS JUST A DREAM This week, we're tapping into the insane fantastical world of THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN! We talk finding Terry Gilliam vibes where we least expect it, our disappointment at us not getting ten of these movies every year, and maybe Ron Perlman's best performance? We also break down Josh's complicated thoughts on Civil War, some Little Miss Sunshine thoughts, and William Friedkin's Sorcerer. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Next Week's Plans 00:04:15 What We Watched 00:29:26 The City of Lost Children 00:49:09 Final Thoughts + Ratings 00:58:52 Outro Links: ⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠ Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Ohayō, everyone! This week we're covering one of the all-time greats, Yasujiro Ozu, and his postwar comedy GOOD MORNING! We work through the film's relationship with Western culture and consumerism, the gorgeous use of color alongside the immobile camera, and of course, the abundance of fart jokes (guys, there's so many). We also break down our thoughts on Monkey Man, Josh dives headfirst into the world of John Waters, and we litigate Alex Garland's Men. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Guest Appearance from Louis Armstrong 00:02:28 Joey's Pick for Next Week 00:05:20 What We Watched 00:29:06 Good Morning 00:54:51 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:02:10 Outro Links: ⁠Jackson on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Joey on Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Josh on Letterboxd⁠ Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

...DON'T EXPECT TO LIKE 'EM. This week we go to the streets of Philly and explore maybe the most broken male relationship of all time in MIKEY AND NICKY. We talk about Elaine May's career, Peter Falk's eye acting, queering male friendship, and if we can even qualify this as a friendship. We also talk about some more Todd Haynes, Godzilla x Kong, and a big name director for next week! Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Emails from our Friends <3 00:05:19 Jackson's Pick for Next Week 00:09:52 What We Watched 00:26:06 Mikey and Nicky 01:17:20 Outro Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

WHAT IS THE KEY TO LIFE - POWER, PRESTIGE OR PEACE? Akira Kurosawa's arrival on the pod with his final collaboration with one of the all time greats, Toshirō Mifune, RED BEARD. We talk humanism, films that feel literary, random slapstick fight scenes, building a whole town for literally no reason other than the fact that you're Akira Kurosawa, and much more. We also go through the films we're most excited for this year, from I Saw the TV Glow and Furiosa to Nosferatu and Sasquatch Sunset. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Josh's Pick for Next Week 00:05:45 What We Watched 00:18:21 Most Anticipated of 2024 00:34:22 Red Beard 01:02:44 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:11:45 Outro Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Happy birthday Joey <3 Our long-awaited discussion of his new obsession, D. A. Pennebaker's Monterey Pop is here. We go long on each band in order, talking influence and energy and pure unbridled vibes. Joey falls in love with rock again and again, Josh drops some hot takes about some of the so-called greatest musicians of all time, and we talk about Joey's first beer ever. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Happy Birthday Joey + Beer Discussion 00:04:37 Monterey Pop Synopsis 00:06:57 History 00:12:37 The Mamas and the Papas 00:19:19 Canned Heat 00:21:27 Simon and Garfunkel 00:25:11 Hugh Masekela 00:27:13 Jefferson Airplane 00:33:27 Janis Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding Company 00:39:07 The Animals 00:42:39 The Who 00:47:42 Country Joe and the Fish 00:50:51 Otis Redding + The Jimi Hendrix Experience 00:58:44 Ravi Shankar 01:04:22 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:09:03 Outro Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

With Spring Training going on (Josh: "I do not know what Spring Training is"), we had to get a baseball film on the pod. Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, MADONNA! Baby, you know we're talking A League of Their Own. We talk about our history playing sports, Joey's hatred of baseball, and all of these women getting injured on set. Like seriously, look it up, it's crazy. Josh also watches the Eras Tour movie, Jackson informs us that there is indeed a new Zack Snyder movie coming out (ugh), and Joey keeps talking about '60s concert docs. He's got to run out eventually...right? Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Rebel Moon 2 for some reason :( 00:02:59 Joey's Actor for Next Week 00:04:46 What We Watched 00:34:14 A League of Their Own 01:05:35 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:14:56 Joey's Pick for Next Week Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Yes, you read that right... Our contract requires that we cover at least one horrendous piece of trash each month, so Josh went ahead and picked it in the third entry into the Kissing Booth franchise. We tear into the obnoxious rich kid energy, the Beach Boys needle drops, and try to uncover the truth about how much Netflix spent on this thing. We also debrief the Oscars, Josh walks on eggshells trying to give his honest opinion of Dune: Part Two, and Jackson watches Ricky Stanicky. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com with any feedback, suggestions, or messages that we can read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 It hits us that we are indeed covering The Kissing Booth 3 on our show... 00:02:08 Debriefing the Oscars 00:07:39 What We Watched 00:24:55 Jackson's Actor for Next Week 00:26:26 The Kissing Booth 3 00:51:02 Final Thoughts + Ratings 00:57:56 Jackson's Pick for Next Week + A beautiful cover of one of Joey's favorite songs Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

*sobbing* "I love him sooooo muchhhhhh!!!" Jackson brings the Coens back on the show for another try! Nic Cage! Holly Hunter! A bunch of really fun character actors! It's Raising Arizona!! Jackson quotes it endlessly, we break down its casual suburban nightmare, and talk about the weirdly emotional ending that got all three of us tearing up. Also Dune 2 thoughts right at the top! And the most cursed pick for next week imaginable... Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com and have your message read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 2une Talk 00:13:29 What (Else) We Watched 00:23:32 Raising Arizona 00:52:40 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:03:15 Josh's Pick + Outro Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

We're spinning the wheel again with Actor Roulette, starting this week with Tilda Swinton in her Oscar winning role in Michael Clayton. We talk through those Oscar nominations, what makes for a great thriller, and Tony Gilroy's future projects (Andor fans, your time is now). We also chat about Josh's guest spot with our friends at The Criterion Connection, Joey rewatching concert films 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and having to delay our Dune Part Two thoughts. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com and have your message read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 What We Watched 00:22:50 Michael Clayton 00:52:09 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:00:44 Next Week + Outro Links: Josh's Appearance on The Criterion Connection to talk In the Mood for Love (2000) Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers on Instagram Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Our month of romance and swooning wraps up with maybe the most anti-romance movie of the last decade, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster. We chat about the film's inherent queerness, being forced to choose heterosexual or homosexual (bisexual erasure is real!), and how dark is too dark. Also we announce next month's theme, the first two picks of the month, and Joey picks the movie he wants to cover in a special bonus episode for his upcoming birthday! Chapters: 00:00:00 March's Theme + Joey's Birthday Announcement 00:11:22 What We Watched 00:34:57 The Lobster 01:05:45 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:17:58 Emails from Our Friends <3 01:23:04 Josh's and Jackson's Picks + Outro Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com and have your message read on the show! Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers on Instagram Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Content warning: there's some discussion of suicide, as it is a major aspect of The Room's story (if you want to call it that). Of course we understand and support any audience member needing to skip this episode, as that is obviously a very sensitive topic. YOU'RE TEARING ME APARTTTTTT LISAAAAAAA!!!!!! One of the worst movies of all time is obviously gonna make for an all timer episode. Josh gets very upset over the movie, Joey tries and fails to analyze the film's production, and Jackson literally laughs through the entire recording. It's glorious. This is why we do it etc etc Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com and have your message read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 What We Watched This Week 00:17:34 All Time Favorites Talk 00:25:31 The Room 00:58:32 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:07:58 Mail Haul??? 01:11:50 Next Week's Pick + Outro Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers on Instagram Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Roll those windows down, put your shades on! We're going out west for the sensual sapphic masterwork Desert Hearts! Josh gets emotional over queer joy, Jackson praises the film's soundtrack, and Joey "wishes he was a lesbian" (pls don't read too much into that). Josh also watches Venom 2 and Dicks: The Musical, Jackson catches up on his Glazer and returns to the shrine of Shyamalan, and Joey calls a fan out for liking The Gray Man. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com and have your message read on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Random talk about ancient Rome for some reason? 00:04:22 What We Watched This Week 00:28:16 Desert Hearts 01:09:14 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:14:44 Emails from Our Friends <3 01:18:50 Jackson's Pick for Next Week + Goodbye! Links: Austin Danger Podcast The Criterion Connection ^ Both incredible shows hosted by the one and only McKenzie! If you like our show, you'll absolutely love both of hers. Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers on Instagram Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Big Jim is here! He's invaded the podcast studio and forced us to relocate to a submarine at the bottom of the Atlantic. So this conversation about his Best Picture-winning box office behemoth Titanic brought to you from give or take 12,000 feet below sea level. We talk sweeping the Academy Awards, Billy Zane's incredibly punchable face, and our love of Big Jim's maximalist storytelling. It's Titanic! What more do you want from us?! Chapters: 00:00:00 What We Watched This Week 00:26:41 Titanic 01:03:00 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:13:39 Josh's Pick for Next Week Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com and have your message read on the show! Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers on Instagram Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

30 episodes yayyyyy! Anyways, to celebrate, we bring our good friend Sutherland on to talk about one of the campiest, goofiest, most perfect comic book movies ever made: Batman (1966). Bat shark repellant, bat laboratory equipment, bat ladders! It's all here, and we talk about every bit of it. Also Oscars talk because obviously Josh is gonna go on a rant about the Oscars. Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com about whatever's on your mind, and we'll read it on the show! Chapters: 00:00:00 Introducing Our Lovely Guest + His Four Favs 00:20:14 Oscar Nominations Talk 00:40:00 Batman (1966) 01:20:00 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:27:43 Emails from our Friends <3 01:31:08 February's Theme + Joey's Pick Links: Sutherland on Letterboxd Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers on Instagram Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)

Our exploration of comic book movies rolls on with Blade, the OG, the genre starter, the trail blazer, etc. etc. Lots of talk about leather and blood raves and blood rituals to the blood gods, honestly just a lot of blood. Come ice skate uphill with us! We also talk about Saltburn. Again. Get used to it, this will probably come up every single episode. Also Josh catches Soul in theaters, Joey protects the hive with Jason Statham, and Jackson defends his horrible history of watching garbage. Chapters: 00:00:00 What We Watched 00:23:51 Blade 01:02:55 Final Thoughts + Ratings 01:09:00 Next Week's Episode Email us at filmexplorerspod@gmail.com and have your message read on the show! Links: Jackson on Letterboxd Joey on Letterboxd Josh on Letterboxd Film Explorers on Instagram Film Explorers is mixed and edited by Josh :)