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Off Screen Death
by Michael Denniston and David Giannini
A podcast about all the things we must do before the inevitable. Mostly watching movies. However one host intends to use that time wisely by looking at respected lists of curation from the likes of Sight And Sound or the AFI's Top 100. Meanwhile the other watches a lot of STARZ.Really. An unreasonable amount of STARZ. And yet he heroically finds the time to podcast. Before he dies. This is OFF SCREEN DEATH.Hosted by Michael Denniston and David Giannini.Artwork by Nathan Thomas Milliner.Music by Joplin Rice.
Episodes
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The Greatest Years in Film: THE GODFATHER PART II (1974 #1)
We double down on Oscars week just like that hack Coppola did for the Academy in 1974. Or something like that. We struggle to say anything unkind about Sofia Coppola's father in his repeat performance for THE GODFATHER saga (that can wait for Part 3) but we do our best to separate this film from...
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The Greatest Years in Film: THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939 #1)
March Madness of cinema starts with Cagney and Bogart! Start a journey of OUR (and HISTORY's!) top ten lists from The Greatest Years in Film as we will spend the rest of 2024 on the 85th, 50th, 30th and 25th anniversaries of the films of 1939, 1974, 1994 and 1999. For the first month we will be...
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On the Rocks and Priscilla (Sofia Coppola #7 and #8)
A Podcast Directed By... The Reunion. Getting the band back together... or at least the old band name (The One-ders?) as we present a NEW Sofia Coppola episode as thankfully she kept making movies after getting the career push she needed on our old podcast A PODCAST DIRECTED BY. We talk mainly ON...
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The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola #6)
To create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction....
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Somewhere and The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola #4 and #5)
To create one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction....
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Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola #3)
To create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction....
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Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola #2)
To create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction....
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The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola #1)
To create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction....
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Intro to Sofia Coppola and 2024 Plans!
To create... one must syndicate. At our advanced age (when we are not falling asleep or contemplating our own mortality) we can look back with reverence (bitterness) at our misspent youth. What that means for you, dear listener, is a plan of action that requires a couple of months of inaction....
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Bottoms (The Next List #3)
The quest for another SUPERBAD continues but we are all just old now. At least that's what we tell ourselves. But not YOU, dear listener. You are young. You are hip. On the cutting edge of podcast listening. For you are listening to OFF SCREEN DEATH and our episode on the latest "hit" comedy...
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Larry Crowne (RT 37%)
One host is schooled by the charms of Tom Hanks butt shots. The other was already well educated in the greatness in LARRY CROWNE but if you missed it in 2011 OR even if you didn't and are pining for that definitive commentary track... here's a podcast on the Julia Roberts and Pam Grier buddy...
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Patreon Preview of Five Star Christmas (Xmas Kills Us #2)
If you can't remove all memories of your children and take the death leap into late stage capitalism when would be the appropriate time? He's not the real David Puddy and there are no little Elaine kicks but there is an AWFUL LOT of information about sassafras candy canes... as well as a candy...
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter (The Next List #2)
Not enough people watched Dracula 2023... ...and so now everyone (including your favorite podcast hosts) will suffer with a future episode on DRACULA 2000. But until that cursed day we talk around the spoilers for what most will watch soon on video on demand platforms (or not!) and then we debate...
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Two Night Stand (RT 38%)
Two nights and three watches with the charming Miles Teller. And perhaps the more generally accepted charms of a dancing Lio Tipton in the little discussed (except for in one host's mind) TWO NIGHT STAND from the lineage that brought you THE GRADUATE and WOLF. When are we going to do an episode…
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Bonnie and Clyde (AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies #27)
A case of the old impotence. When you are Warren Beatty even the charms of Faye Dunaway are not enough and while us MERE MORTALS may not be able to understand his plight.... we have Gene Hackman to represent us everymen in the classic BONNIE AND CLYDE. Forever looking forty and forever in our...
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Patreon Preview of The Christmas Promise (Xmas Kills Us #1)
The infinite Christmas Countdown begins here with a cupcake to your face. One can't let July go by without a little Christmas which involves running out for ice for an Ugly Christmas Sweater party and DYING and later haunting your fiancee (but not really) over text as she watches another man…
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Barbie (Barbenheimer 2 of 2)
Release the Snyder Cut jokes. That is one of many of the charming qualities of Greta Gerwig's BARBIE along with other universal treasures. Such as! Ryan Gosling going full CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. As much of the color pink as your eyeballs can take (and take those IMAX screens back from that grump,...
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Oppenheimer (Barbenheimer 1 of 2)
We didn't get TENET 2 but we got bald Iron Man. And now with yet another rousing success from the Nolanverse expect 28 YEARS LATER as the franchise victory lap. Which could also be improved with another pairing with Florence Pugh, Mr. Peaky Blinders. But what wouldn't? What can not be improved…
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The Seven Year Itch (AFI #51 100 Years... 100 Laughs)
Billy Wilder is compared to the comic stylings of Ace Ventura. Which is just the start of our apology tour from your hosts as they get back to the greatest comedic director of all time. And one that introduces a good bit of sex into his now classic comedies. No Sean Young. Which in some respects…
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Past Lives (The Next List #1)
Will PAST LIVES make the Sight & Sound 2032 list? Who knows?! For one host is hoping he will be dead by then and the other tries to talk him out of such dark thoughts by quoting the wisdom of Ethan Hawke. That and plenty more references to the BEFORE trilogy in a PAST LIVES discussion dominated…
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The American (RT 65%)
Happy Fourth of July! To celebrate all that is America we present to you: George Clooney (a Kentuckian at that!) Big asses (no matter that state they are great!) And a picnic (between people who want to kill each other!) Also with the numbers dwindling on this podcast we threaten our remaining...
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Overnight with Hearts of Darkness (#1 & #2 in Filmmaking Ego)
A wine maker compared to a beer pitchman from THE SIMPSONS... ...we think Francis Ford Coppola would be okay (ONLY in that context) of being paired with Troy Duffy of THE BOONDOCK SAINTS fame. In this episode both director's have a bout of madness with the promise of all of the toys in the…
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John Wick: Chapter 4 (#1 Wick for the Critics)
One host gets married and decides to travel the globe like Keanu. Maybe not exactly like Mr. Reeves does in the new release JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 but mostly the same. (In his mind.) We play a little would you rather starting with Charles Bronson leading into Arnold in his COMMANDO days and…
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Black Girl (Sight and Sound #98)
This is not a happy story, it's probably Dave's fault. Actually, it’s because of Sight and Sound and their ridiculous list. We had no choice, except not to do a podcast, and good luck getting that to happen. We take a look at a movie that one of us owns (nerd) but neither of us have seen. This…
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Patreon Preview for A MONTH OF MOVIES (February 2023)
A month when Kentucky beat Kang and Drax... ...but not MAGIC MIKE. Which is an understandable L to take. Especially with Steven Soderbergh and Salma Hayek along for the LAST DANCE. But before we get to that spectacle we make fun of Marvel's visual effects, defend M. Night Shyamalan's THE VILLAGE...
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The Shop Around the Corner (AFI #28 100 Years... 100 Passions)
Dave attempts to give Mike a Valentine's Day gift better than two Gwyneth Paltrows... We do not get emails on ancient computers, but we do get star crossed lovers, workplace drama that Michael Scott would be proud of, and…suicide. Again, Dave? Ok ignore the suicide attempt, this is actually a…
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Sliding Doors (RT 65%)
The Sight & Sound was wrong draft relies on Englishmen... ...and we realize that by the late nineties that Hugh Grant was not walking through that door every time. If only Gwyneth Paltrow could learn that lesson quicker as we travel with her in a romcom multiverse that somehow manages to be more...
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The General (Sight and Sound #99)
We delve deeper into Sight and Sound... this time with no sound. Well, kind of. Dave and Mike manage to compare one of the gems of silent film to both Avatar and Mean Streets. But they also talk about silent films in general and how unfair it is to compare. However, it’s no Terminator 2. Life can...
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The Verdict (AFI #75 100 Years... 100 Cheers)
David Mamet sure knows how to write an ending... ... even if they don't really use it. But, BUT... there is one of the greatest final speeches in the history of film and that is why one host picked this as his first selection in the Sight & Sound Was Wrong draft. Even though he didn't know it…
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The Group (RT 67%)
With the first selection in the SIGHT & SOUND Was Wrong draft... ...one can't go wrong with Sidney Lumet and Murphy Brown, right? RIGHT? Well here at OFF SCREEN DEATH we can as we admit to being befuddled by the sheer amount of women on screen. And all of their majors! And hopes! And dreams! It's...
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Get Out (Sight and Sound #100)
We dive into the 2022 Sight and Sound list and find ourselves in The Sunken Place. Not really. Although maybe it would be The Sunken Place of Film Twitter if Twitter was still a thing. Thankfully at the start of this ten year project (!) we all seem to be in agreement that Jordan Peele's GET OUT...
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Sex Tape (RT 16%)
This episode ends with Aubrey Plaza mommy talk. So you have that to look forward to. Before we get there though we talk about "mommy porn" as it relates to Kindles (yes) and if an excessive amount of body hair would allow us to take Jason Segal more seriously in sexual situations (not really.)...
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Spencer (#2 Christmas Movie Behind Ron Howard's Grinch)
"It's a historical fantasia, a claustrophobic thriller and a dark comedy of manners, all poised on a knife's edge between tabloid trash and high art." Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times presumably would say the same thing about OFF SCREEN DEATH so we find ourselves in good company with Kristen...
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Aquaman (RT 65%)
"The dumb parts of the movie are the best parts of the movie. I wish it had leaned into being more dumb." We here at OFF SCREEN DEATH thought James Wan's AQUAMAN was plenty dumb, Amy Nicholson. PLENTY DUMB. And we had a good time with it. Along the way Dave longs for Nicole Kidman (reasonable)…
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Grumpier Old Men (RT 17%)
"This is, of course, a big-screen sitcom, and in fact I would love to see this material transplanted to the TV screen, where it belongs." We use the words of the great Roger Ebert against him as a discussion on GRUMPIER OLD MEN leads into the effect of seeing something like DUNE on one's…
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Hush (Mike Flanagan's #1... except for Doctor Sleep)
"HUSH is probably the best home invasion film since Adam Wingard's YOU'RE NEXT." Shikhar Verma of High On Films is not exactly effusive in their praise, but we still agree. Also, HUSH is much better than WAIT UNTIL DARK (sorry, Audrey). We talk mean spirited movies, representation battles, and...
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Wait Until Dark (AFI #55 100 Years... 100 Thrills)
"This 1967 thriller draws its effectiveness less from the intelligence of the direction (by Terence Young) than from the unbridled sadism of the concept." We think Dave Kehr of The Chicago Reader was a little mean to our director, but that doesn’t mean we liked WAIT UNTIL DARK. Mike has finally...
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Welcome Home (RT 10%)
"Once the buzz from the ending fades, you may find yourself resenting WELCOME HOME for not figuring out that it could've been a classic until it was too late to be one." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com perhaps had more confidence in the monthly selection of STARZ than we did but we aspire to...
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Away We Go (RT 67%)
"Navel-gazing malarkey." Keith Ulich of Time Out cuts right to the chase for any octogenarian who has been sitting on Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski's parenting adventures in AWAY WE GO for thirteen years. Thankfully, we know our demo and are here to correct assertions such as this one from...
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Sophie's Choice (Sophie's 1 of 2)
"SOPHIE'S CHOICE is a rare film, literate, deeply moving, and gifted with an absolutely awe-inspire it performance by Meryl Streep." Bob Thomas of the Associated Press really comes out swinging and he should probably calm down. We all agree that Meryl is great, but the rest of the movie... not so...
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Mamma Mia! (RT 55%)
"A sage once advised being wary of movies in which the people on screen are having more fun than the people in the audience. MAMMA MIA, was that good advice." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times is a bit of a fuddy duddy when it comes to Meryl Streep dancing with her ladies and having sex with…
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Parallel Mothers (Dave's #1 Movie of 2021)
"Alas, it is Almodovar in my least favorite mode: As the man who crafts soap-operatic excuses for actresses like Cruz to weep at length." Dennis Harvey of 48 Hills, like many critics in history, gets it absolutely wrong. Yes, we agree that there are soap opera dynamics at play here, but in our...
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Everybody Wants Some!! (Mike's #1 Movie of 2016)
"As small and specific as it is, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! feels improbably expansive, even universal. As Jake's endless Friday night turns into the inevitable Monday morning, it turns out that his lost weekend was all about being found." Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post gets it and gets us. Mike...
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The Slugger's Wife (RT 0%)
"Simon's not in a lighthearted mood, and so the silliness of the story gets bogged down in all sorts of gloomy neuroses, angry denunciations, and painful self-analysis." Sounds like Roger Ebert is ALSO not in a lighthearted mood as he watched Neil Simon and Hal Ashby's THE SLUGGER'S WIFE. Neither...
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Bull Durham (1001 Film #804)
"Bull Durham is a treasure of a movie because it knows so much about baseball and so little about love." Roger Ebert, who apparently has no faith in humanity, still finds a way to give Bull Durham a positive review. We, at Off Screen Death, have a bit more hope but still enjoyed the same things...
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How Do You Know (RT 31%)
Give us all the movie stars in an expensive romcom and we still want more Kathryn Hahn. That's just one of the many complaints from one co-host as we celebrate the return of baseball this April with our own list of the sport as featured in film. "Instead of juicing it up with jokes, Brooks has...
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House of Gucci (2022 Oscars #1 Snub)
"It's a long and poorly paced and plays too loose with the facts. Oh well!" "The bonkers true story that chronicles the unraveling of the Italian fashion empire is also first-class frothy and fun entertainment.” This is from Mara Reinstein of US Weekly, but it might as well be from Mike.…
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The Batman (RT 86%)
"We deserved it. I mean, if you get a pummeling, you deserved it. But isn't it wonderful to remember a time that America was once so innocent that all we had to worry about was the next Batman movie?" - Joel Schumacher Are we really wasting another weekend on a new release? Well it’s Batman…
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Marry Me (RT 60%)
"The corpse of Notting Hill is reanimated, frightfully, in this star-crossed rom-com about love across the fame divide." Kevin Maher of The Times certainly seems to be a fan of that Julia Robert/Hugh Grant classic. Or at least very defensive about it. So are we! Which is why we feel slightly bad...
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JFK (1001 Movies #864)
"Stone's film is hypnotically watchable. Leaving aside all of its drama and emotion, it is a masterpiece of film assembly." Once again, Roger Ebert states succinctly what it takes podcasters near an hour to say, repeatedly. But yes, we agree with Roger. JFK is Oliver Stone’s one absolute...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast about all the things we must do before the inevitable. Mostly watching movies. However one host intends to use that time wisely by looking at respected lists of curation from the likes of Sight And Sound or the AFI's Top 100. Meanwhile the other watches a lot of STARZ.Really. An unreasonable amount of STARZ. And yet he heroically finds the time to podcast. Before he dies. This is OFF SCREEN DEATH.Hosted by Michael Denniston and David Giannini.Artwork by Nathan Thomas Milliner.Music by Joplin Rice.
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