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by Ryan Saylor and Annie Murrell
Full filmographies, one week at a time. Each episode Ryan Saylor and Annie Murrell discuss the films of chosen directors by chronologically moving through each filmography every week until the job is done.
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- Yesterday58 min
57 - Dee Rees - The Last Thing He Wanted
Ryan and Annie wrap up Dee Rees's filmography with this critically maligned 2020 megafilm from Rees. Will our duo have a hot take or two or will they agree that this just is not that great? You'll have to find out inside! Also this week: Awards are assigned for the favorite performances, scenes, and pictures of Rees and the next director/filmography is announced.
- 1 weeks ago43 min
56 - Dee Rees - Mudbound
Annie and Ryan experience the critically acclaimed third work from Rees this week and discuss its multitudinous themes and plotlines. Also! This week, our duo discusses Empire in wonderfully confused detail. It's all inside.
- 2 weeks ago41 min
55 - Dee Rees - Bessie
Annie and Ryan step into the genre of biopic with Dee Rees's sophomore effort, Bessie, about the "Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith. Does Bessie fall into any of the tropes and pitfalls of the biographical film format? And from where does Ryan know the multi-talented Queen Latifah? The answer to (at least one of) these questions lies within.
- 3 weeks ago1h 10m
54 - Dee Rees - Pariah (with Ana Asensio)
Ryan and Annie dive into the filmography of Dee Rees and are joined by filmmaker Ana Asensio to discuss Pariah along with Asensio's new film Goat Girl! Short films are found, Rees's debut is lauded, and the first ever Retrospective Cinema interview is conducted! It's all inside.
- 4 weeks ago55 min
53 - Federico Fellini - The Voice of the Moon
Big week! Ryan and Annie talk about Fellini's final film, assign their awards by discussing their favorite performances, scenes, and films across the filmography, announce the next director, celebrate one year of film discussion, AND have a surprise announcement. All in less than an hour! How do they do it??
- Jun 24, 202645 min
52 - Federico Fellini - Intervista
Fellini has often reflected on his career and what it all means, but maybe not before with such sentimentality. Filled with both major and minor references to all that he had done, Intervista seems perfect for our duo as they, as intended, have seen everything that had come before. On this penultimate episode of Fellini, see if it did, in fact, click with them.
- Jun 17, 202659 min
51 - Federico Fellini - Ginger and Fred
Annie and Ryan discover yet another hidden gem this week! Ginger and Fred is a late-career meditation on getting older and making art that also happens to be filled to the brim with heart. Hear more inside!
- Jun 10, 202650 min
50 - Federico Fellini - And the Ship Sails On
Fellini uses the backdrop of impending war to both discuss class struggle and write a love letter to opera. He also fits a lonely rhinoceros in for good measure. Does it all come together? Annie and Ryan discuss within.
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