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Preceding Film
by Heath Anderson, Drew Watzke
All film is in conversation with the cinema that came before it. In Preceding Film, Drew Watzke and Heath Anderson dissect newer films while comparing and contrasting movies that preceded and influenced them. If you want to get a hold of us, contact us at [email protected]
Episodes
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Mandy/Constantine
In what many are calling the loosest pairing of movies ever done on the podcast, Drew and Heath discuss the hosts' collective favorite Mandy starring Nicolas Cage, along with the DC Comic adaptation Constantine starring Keanu Reeves.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre/The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Drew and Heath kick off horror movie month by discussing the Godfather of Slasher Films, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre along with the 2003 remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Our Day at the Fayetteville Film Festival
Drew and Heath had interview several filmmakers as they had the opportunity of attending this year's Fayetteville Film Festival. Interviews include: Caleb Ferguson, creator of My Little Sunshine; Jennica Schwartzman, actress in Chamber; Aidan Kolokithas, creator of Sonder; Jazmyne Black, creator…
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The Fall Guy/Hooper
Drew and Heath discuss whether or not they could do the exciting career of stunt work on the latest Preceding Film as they talk about David Leitch's The Fall Guy and Hal Needham's Hooper. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Monsters University/Monsters, Inc.
Heath and Drew try to break the scare record on this most recent episode as they discuss Monsters, Inc. and its' prequel, Monsters University. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Nightcrawler/Network
Drew and Heath are joined by Jonah Wilcox to figure out the most unethical way to boost network ratings as they discuss Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler and Sidney Lumet's film Network. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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One Hour Photo/The Conversation
Drew and Heath hope you spy and listen in on their conversation about One Hour Photo and The Conversation. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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The Dirties/Reservoir Dogs
Drew and Heath are joined by Ken Clark to talk about Matt Johnson and Quinten Tarantino's bold, sharp and reference heavy directorial debuts The Dirties and Reservoir Dogs. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Logan/Shane
Drifters and Neo Westerns. Heath and Drew talk about James Mangold's Oscar nominated Logan and the direct influence that George Stevens's Shane had on not only the film but Mangold himself. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Saving Mr. Banks/Mary Poppins
Whimsy (and sadness) is back on this week's episode as Drew and Heath discuss the making of and the movie Mary Poppins. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Road House/Road House
Heath and Drew take jobs as coolers at a small town bar so they can discuss the 80s cult classic Road House and the perplexing remake Road House.
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Holes/Cool Hand Luke
Prison movies on the podcast this week as Drew and Heath talk about Holes and the classic prison camp movie Cool Hand Luke. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Interstellar/2001: A Space Odyssey
Drew and Heath are joined by Wes Anderson correspondent Lora Taylor to not talk about Wes, but discuss Christopher Nolan and Stanley Kubrick's space epics. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Jojo Rabbit/Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Heath and Drew celebrate Father's Day several weeks too late and discuss one of Drew's dad's favorite movies - Jojo Rabbit, and the mother/son relationship that influenced the film in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked
Heath and Drew step away from their usual format to give their rankings of who they have dubbed the "21st Century Film Director". Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Paris, Texas/The Searchers
Jonah joins Heath and Drew for FilmBro Week on the latest episode of Preceding Film as the trio discusses the wandering in Wim Wender's beautiful Paris, Texas and John Ford's majestic The Searchers. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Road to Perdition/Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Heath and Drew are joined by filmmaker and friend of the show Chase Goforth to discuss the filmmaking and thematic connections between Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition and George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Ray and Tab's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Watch Along
Drew and Heath are off this week, so a timely decision was made to release a commentary episode featuring Ray and Tab watching Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones that was recorded as a companion piece for the Megaloplolis/AOTC episode recorded a few months back. Want to contact us? Email...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl/The Crimson Pirate
Drew and Heath set sail on the seven seas to discuss the undersaturated pirate movie genre by highlighting Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and The Crimson Pirate, a swashbuckling adventure from the golden age of Hollywood.
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John Q/Dog Day Afternoon
Drew and Heath discuss Sidney Lumet's masterpiece Dog Day Afternoon and it's influences on several films including Nick Cassavete's Denzel Washington starring John Q. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Avengers: Infinity War/2 Days in the Valley
Drew, Heath and Jack Yarid viewed 14,000,605 alternate futures and determined they could only discuss Avengers: Infinity War if they paired it with the 1996 LA crime film 2 Days in the Valley. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Avengers:Infinity War Preview Episode
Drew and Heath break down their top five Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Number THREE might shock you! Also, Brian Finley, MCU correspondent, reveals his favorite MCU movie. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Extract/Office Space
Drew and Heath host the Mike Judge episode as they talk about the cult classic Office Space and Extract which Mike Judge himself called a companion piece to the first film. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Zodiac/Memories of Murder
Drew, Heath and Jonah solve the Zodiac case and discuss the true crime genre as they dive into David Fincher's Zodiac and Bong Joon-Ho's Memories of Murder. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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3:10 to Yuma/3:10 to Yuma
Heath and Drew jump on the 3:10 to Yuma to talk about the 2007 3:10 to Yuma and the original 1957 version. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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A Cure For Wellness/Shutter Island
Drew sets up an elaborate noir cop roleplaying exercise to help Heath find out the meanings in Gore Verbinski's A Cure For Wellness and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Instant Oscars Reaction Show One Week Later
Heath and Drew talk Academy Awards, Steven Spielberg, Heat, Dune 3, Train Dreams, PTA and more on their not so instant Oscars reaction episode. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Megalopolis/Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Drew and Heath are joined by Ray Cotolo to discuss big swings in digital filmmaking as they breakdown the influences George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones has on Francis Ford Coppola's 2024 epic, Megalopolis. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Contagion/Outbreak
We at Preceding Film felt it necessary to put a disclaimer about not taking medical advice from this episode as Heath and Drew are joined by first time guest Allie Easter to trace the deadly viruses in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion and Wolfgang Peterson's Outbreak. Want to contact us? Email...
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Airplane!/Zero Hour!
Airplane! is one of the most acclaimed comedies of all time, but did you know it follows the exact plot and even shares several lines of dialogue with the 1957 film Zero Hour!? Drew and Heath talk all about on this episode! Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Blade Runner 2049/Blade Runner
Drew, Heath and Jonah have passed their baseline tests and have been authorized to talk about Denis Villeneuve's sequel Blade Runner 2049, and Ridley Scott's influential sci-fi noir cult classic Blade Runner. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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September 5/Munich
Lora Taylor joins Drew and Heath to talk Steven Spielberg, broadcasting and how to make political thrillers. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Toy Story/Midnight Run
The buddy comedy is one of the most tried and true subgenres in storytelling, and in this episode of Preceding Film, Drew and Heath talk the dynamics between Woody and Buzz in Toy Story along with Jack and The Duke in the direct influence Midnight Run. Want to contact us? Email...
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Rocky IV/Rocky III
Montages and inspirational music. Jack Yarid joins Heath and Drew to talk about the third and fourth installments in the Rocky franchise, and filmmaking's transition from the 1970s to the 1980s through these movies. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Snow Day Movie Picks
Drew and Heath are trapped at their respective residences, so they hop on a conference call to discuss their picks for what movies they like watching on a chilly, snowy day. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Ratatouille/Willard (1971)
What is a rat's purpose? Drew and Heath are joined by Emily Stokes to talk about Brad Bird's Ratatouille and the 11th grossing movie of 1971, Willard. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Preceding Film 2025 Ranked
Year two of Preceding Film is finished, and to celebrate, Heath and Drew rank all 82 films they paired together over the past year. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Preceding Film's Preceding Year in Review
Heath and Drew are joined by a number of guests to talk about some of their favorite (and sometimes not so favorite) movies of 2025! Guests include Tabish Ilyas, Lora Taylor, Jonah Wilcox, Kate Watzke, Kassy Shelby and Brian Finley. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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The Big Short/Moneyball
On a very special episode of Preceding Film, Drew and Heat go all the way back, and redo their first ever episode where they talk about a Michael Lewis double feature in The Big Short and Moneyball. Want to contact us? Email us at [email protected]
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The Muppet Christmas Carol/Scrooge (1951)
"God bless us, every one!" Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol has been a beloved holiday story for nearly 200 years. There have been several film adaptations including The Muppet Christmas Carol and Scrooge (1951). Merry Christmas from Preceding Film! Want to contact us? Email...
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The Holiday/The Lady Eve
Christmas movies? Kind of! This week, Heath and Drew talk about a Nancy Meyers classic and a movie that Peter Bogdanovich described as the best romantic comedy ever made. Want to contact us? Send us an email at [email protected]
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York/Home Alone
A Preceding Film Christmas starts with Drew and Heath discussing two iconic Holiday films: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and the original Home Alone. Want to contact us? Shoot us an email at [email protected]
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Knives Out/Clue
Drew, Heath, and Jonah Wilcox try to figure out "WhoDunnit?" as they discuss Rian Johnson's mystery film Knives Out along with cult classic Clue. Want to contact us? Email us at [email protected]
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Tower Heist/Ocean's Eleven
Drew and Heath talk about what it takes to plan an intricate heist with your friends on this installment of Preceding Film. They discuss Brett Ratner's Tower Heist, along with one of the most influential films ever made: Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven. Want to contact us? Email...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox/Robin Hood (1973)
Wes Anderson correspondent Lora Taylor rejoins Heath and Drew to talk about the movie director's delightful stop motion animation film Fantastic Mr. Fox along with one of Disney's golden age animated films- Robin Hood. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Interview with Kyle Weingart, Director of Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse
Kyle Weingart is the writer, director, and co-producer of the new film Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse, in which after the world ends, one aspiring chef refuses to give up on his dreams and creates the apocalypse's first cooking show. Drew and Heath sit down with Kyle to discuss how he and the rest of…
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Air/Good Will Hunting
It's been said that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are the Drew and Heath of movies. Jack Yarid joins the show to talk about how the two celebrities portray greatness in their two movies: Air and Good Will Hunting.
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Halloween/Halloween
Drew and Heath confront evil incarnate on this week's episode as they discuss their first slasher films to date: John Carpenter's 1978 classic Halloween and the reboot 40 years in the making. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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Blair Witch/The Blair Witch Project
In October of 2025, two podcasters disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while recording an episode of Preceding Film where they discuss the 1999 cult classic The Blair Witch Project along with the 2016 reboot sequel Blair Witch... A day later their footage was found. Want to...
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Saw X/Saw
Drew and Heath play the game of discussing the first and last installments in the Saw franchise as they continue Horror Movie Month on the podcast. Want to contact us? Email [email protected]
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
All film is in conversation with the cinema that came before it. In Preceding Film, Drew Watzke and Heath Anderson dissect newer films while comparing and contrasting movies that preceded and influenced them. If you want to get a hold of us, contact us at [email protected]
HOSTED BY
Heath Anderson, Drew Watzke
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Preceding Film currently has 137 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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All film is in conversation with the cinema that came before it. In Preceding Film, Drew Watzke and Heath Anderson dissect newer films while comparing and contrasting movies that preceded and influenced them. If you want to get a hold of us, contact us at [email protected]
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Preceding Film is created and hosted by Heath Anderson, Drew Watzke.
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