Cutprintfilm Podcast

With January comes a slew of horrendous movies the studios typically try to sweep under the carpet.  That's not the case for the new Johnny Depp film Mortdecai, which barges into theaters this week with trumpets blasting.  The aggressive promotional campaign for this film neglects to point out that it is, indeed, a piece of crap.  We'll tell you all about it!  Then it's time to start a brand new installment of our Director Series, this time focusing on Robert Altman.  We discuss his 1971 anti-Western, McCabe & Mrs. Miller starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.  And in case you were wondering, we'd never leave you without our picks for Weekly Movie Recommmendations.   02:48 – Mortdecai 22:21 - McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1:10:56 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

The Oscar nominations are in and they are... boring and misguided!  Join us as we discuss who got subbed and who shouldn't even be nominated.  Then, we wrap up our Stanley Kubrick director retrospective with an in depth discussion on his 1975 film Barry Lyndon.  Although it remains one of Kubrick's least talked about films, it won numerous awards for its cinematography, art direction and many other technical accolades.  Does it hold up in the Kubrick oeuvre or is it rarely discussed for a reason?  We'll get to the bottom of it as well as give you our picks for Weekly Movie Recommendations.   02:20 – 2015 Oscar Nominations 24:12 - Barry Lyndon 1:07:18 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Two of 2014's best films got wide releases this week: Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's drug fueled detective tale Inherent Vice and director Ava DuVernay's Selma which tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr's historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in order to secure black citizens the right to vote.  Both films take place within a five year span of one another but other than that there are no similarities and we're not just talking about true life versus fiction.  We discuss each film in depth, touching on the highs and lows and whether they ultimately achieve the goals set before them.  As always, we conclude this episode with our picks for Weekly Movie Recommendations.   01:20 – Selma 15:56 - Inherent Vice 57:38 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

We start 2015 off with a figurative bang as we devote the entire episode to discussing Stanley Kubrick's 1956 film noir, The Killing.  This black and white pulp classic solidified Kubrick as a director to watch and earned him comparisons to the great Orson Welles despite the film's lackluster performance at the box office.  We do our best to unravel the tightly wound heist film in an attempt to figure out its inner workings and what makes it feel so contemporary despite being made nearly 60 years ago.  Once the dust clears, we give you our Weekly Movie Recommendations to get you through the week. 03:33 – The Killing 55:52 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

As 2014 draws to a close, we take the time to run down some of our personal favorite films of the year as well as some films that may have slipped through the cracks.  And while this was a year especially stuffed to the brim with great movies, we also salute our least favorite films of 2014 in an effort to keep the movie universe in balance.  And for the final time in 2014, we give you our Weekly Movie Recommendations.   02:30 – The Interview 10:52 – Best Films of 2014 56:20 - Worst Films of 2014 1:07:11 - Films that slipped through the cracks 01:15:48 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, whatever your season's greetings of choice is, consider it wished upon you from the Cut Print Film Podcast!  This week we're talking about Stanley Kubrick's Christmas classic, Eyes Wide Shut.  We also share our thoughts on the Sony Pictures hack and the studio's decision to pull its James Franco/Seth Rogen comedy The Interview from theaters nationwide.  Then we wax nostalgic about the Christmas movie traditions we take part in each year.  Before we settle down for a long winter's nap, we recommend some Christmas movies you hopefully haven't seen before. 01:30 – Sony Hack/The Interview 08:49 – Eyes Wide Shut 52:54 - Christmas movie traditions 01:03:32 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

December is upon us and we're looking back at our biggest disappointments and surprises at the movies this year. Chris gives his review of Still Alice, the Julianne Moore starring film dealing with Alzheimers and its effects on the titular Alice and her family. After that we wrap up our Mel Brooks director retrospective with a discussion about his 1995 vampire spoof Dracula: Dead and Loving It starring Leslie Neilson.  As always, we leave you with our weekly movie recommendations to hold you over util next week. 03:26 – Still Alice 09:13 – Dracula: Dead and Loving It 32:38 - Biggest Movie Disappointments of 2014 58:23 – Biggest Movie Surprises of 2014 01:19:12 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving everyone!  We're taking this week off from the podcast but we haven't left you high and dry!  We toiled in our podcast laboratory all week long to bring you some of the best moments of the last year all in one place.  It's the Cut Print Film Podcast's Greatest Hits Volume 1!  Sit back and relive some of the greatest audio ever recorded and we'll see you all next Monday with a brand new show.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 has taken theaters by storm!  We discuss the issues with breaking one story into two movies and how that works (or doesn't work) for The Hunger Games.  Then we discuss the powerful new film Foxcatcher, based on the true story of billionaire John DuPont 's murder of Olympic gold medalist wrestler Dave Schultz.  Continuing in our Mel Brooks director retrospective, we're talking about the often flat, rarely funny 1981 film History of the World Part 1.  As always, we wrap things up with our weekly movie recommendations.   01:47 – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 11:46 – Foxcatcher 42:02 - History of the World Part 1 53:45 – Weekly Movie Recommendations

Audiences everywhere flocked to see Dumb and Dumber To this weekend, making it the number one movie in America!  We, on the other hand, marvel at how a piece of garbage like Dumb and Dumber To can appeal to so many people despite horrible reviews and poor word of mouth.  We also begin our three part director retrospective on Mel Books with a discussion about his 1974 film Young Frankenstein.  Much like we do every week, we end the show with our Weekly Movie Recommendations. 02:07 – Dumb and Dumber To 20:33 – Young Frankenstein 59:33 – Weekly Movie Recommendations     Topics discussed: Dumb and Dumber To, Young Frankenstein, The Farrelly Brothers, Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Frankenstein, Universal Monsters, Comedies, Judd Apatow, Adam McKay

This week we're discussing Christopher Nolan's latest film Interstellar, starring  This week we're discussing Christopher Nolan's latest film Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.  Nolan definitely shoots for the stars with this film but does he hit his mark?  We'll be the judge... or will we?  Yes.  We also review the latest Disney animated film Big Hero 6.  Find out if it lives up to the studio's latest run of successes including Frozen and Wreck-It Ralph.  As always, we give our weekly picks for films you should check out.   01:51 - Big Hero 605:13 - Interstellar1:05:51 - Weekly Movie Recommendations   Topics discussed this week: Interstellar, Big Hero 6, Christopher Nolan, Matthew McConaghey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Space, Black Holes, Inception, Disney, Solaris, George Clooney, Marvel, Orson Welles, F for Fake, The Right Stuff    

With both Marvel and DC publicly announcing their movie lineup plans all the way into the year 2020, we discuss one of our favorite topics: COMIC BOOK MOVIE FATIGUE.  Will the movie going public tire of these films by the time 2020 rolls around or will they still be as ravenous as ever?  Next we have a detailed and SPOILER FILLED discussion about Jake Gyllenhaal’s new thriller, Nightcrawler.  With a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes we find out if it’s as good as critics are saying.  As always, we put a cherry on top with our Weekly Movie Recommendations.   1:50 – Comic Book Movie Fatigue 16:07 – Nightcrawler 1:01:00 – Weekly Movie Recommendations

It's part one of our two part Halloween SPOOKTACULAR!  Basically, that means it's just an excuse for us to talk about scary movies, and Roman Polanski's 1968 horror masterpiece Rosemary's Baby is our main focus of conversation.  From the terrifying plot to the outstanding performances, we discuss exactly what it is about Rosemary's Baby that strikes a nerve in horror fans.  We also got a chance to see some films during the first week of the 23rd annual Philadelphia Film Festival.  Hear what we've liked (and didn't like) so far.  All that and we still have time to serve up our frighteningly fantastic Weekly Movie Recommendations. 02:11 - 23rd Annual Philadelphia Film Festival 13:06 - Rosemary's Baby 1:04:05 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

We’re classing up the joint this week as we look down our noses and talk about jazz and Shakespeare!  That’s right, the film Whiplash, starring J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller, opened (in limited release) this past weekend and 2/3 of us got to see it.  Then we pick up our playbills and dive deeper into our Roman Polanski director retrospective with his 1971 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.  Were we bewitched by its spell or did it leave us cold like Banquo?  Find out by actually listening!  Also, we give our ghastly Weekly Movie Recommendations in the spirit of SHOCKTOBER!   01:38 – Whiplash 10:48 – Roman Polanski’s Macbeth   1:03:06 – Weekly Movie Recommendations

It's SHOCKTOBER and we're celebrating by talking about Annabelle, the spinoff to James Wan's 2013 horror hit The Conjuring.  Then things get even more spooky when the conversation turns to Nicolas Cage's new film Left Behind.  Were we left in rapture after seeing it or was it a hellish experience?  Who cares?!  The big news is that David Fincher's new film Gone Girl came out this week and we discuss it in all its SPOILERY goodness.  All that, plus our Weekly Movie Recommendations await you in this terrifying episode!   02:24 - Annabelle 06:03 - Left Behind 20:55 - Gone Girl 1:16:16 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Tired of the same old action thriller garbage you've seen time and time again?  Too bad!  Denzel Washington stars in The Equalizer, a film that Chris did not enjoy one bit of.  On the other hand, The Boxtrolls captured Dave's heart with its charming stop-motion animation and fully realized characters.  Speaking of satisfying characters, this week finds us starting our three episode director retrospective on Roman Polanski.  In this episode we're discussing his feature film debut, Knife in the Water.  After an incredibly intellectual conversation about the symbolism and themes of Knife in the Water, we play a ridiculous game based on the IMDb Parents Guide section.  As always, we end the show with our Weekly Movie Recommendations.   01:30 - The Equalizer 05:18 - The Boxtrolls 12:04 - Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water 47:22 - Parents Guide Game 1:04:20 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

In this week's jam packed episode we talk about Kevin Smith's absurd spectacle Tusk and why you should see it.  Then we all go gaga over Dan Stevens' dreamy performance in the new retro thriller The Guest.  Dave went and saw The Maze Runner and ended up enjoying himself (for the most part).  Of course, all of these good vibes are flushed down the toilet when it comes time to tackle the third film in our David Cronenberg retrospective: eXistenZ.  The film ends up being just as terrible as its title's spelling and we give it a well deserved beating.  As always, we end the show with our Weekly Movie Recommendations and manage to pull out of the nosedive that is eXistenZ. 02:07- Tusk 13:58 -The Guest 24:33 - The Maze Runner 32:06 - David Cronenberg's eXistenZ 1:03:00 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

This week we start off talking about the new indie horror film Honeymoon as well as James Gandolfini's final film, The Drop - also starring Tom Hardy.  Continuing with our director retrospective on David Cronenberg, we discuss his massively successful 1986 re-make of The Fly (SPOILERS).  How does it compare to the original film from 1958 as well as Cronenberg's other films?  You'll never know... unless you listen to this show.  As always, we end the episode with our picks for Weekly Movie Recommendations.    02:30 - Honeymoon 06:12 - The Drop 10:27 - David Cronenberg's The Fly 1:05:07 - Weekly Movie Recommendations

Despite an abysmal class of opening films for the first week of September, Wetlands manages to shine with its endearing gross out take on the coming-of-age comedy.  This week is also part one of our three part David Cronenberg director retrospective.  In this episode we have a SPOILER filled discussion about his 1983 information age prophetic masterpiece, Videodrome.  All that, plus our Weekly Movie Recommendations lie behind your screen.  *organ music plays dramatically*