The Great Movies Pod: A Retrospective Film Review Show

Apologies for the delay on epsidoes! We have been stuck in a rut with lost recordings as well as Dylan moving states. We have a few episodes backed up that we hope to bring you soon. For now, enjoy our full discussion on Nosferatu and Pandora's Box, two great silent films worthy of rememberance with some of the most memorable filmic devices in history.

Dylan, Nick, and Jana have gathered to partake in their most important yearly episode...dolling out awards from the films in the past year. This will include the classic Oscar categories as well as lots of silly awards like Achievement in Hotness and Best Bronco Henry!

We're back! For an episode recorded a few months ago! Apologies it's taken a while to get back and running but we hope you enjoy our thrilling discussion on The Night of the Hunter

We got a couple days till the Sight and Sound 2022 ballot is released! Nick and Dylan sit down and try to make some general, and bold, predictions about what you might see from the new ballot.

We're finally at one of our favorite times of the year. A season finale episode! Bad movie review! Well according to Ebert at least as we discuss a now Carpenter Classic and Apocalypse Trilogy member Prince of Darkness. Then we give out "silly" and "serious" awards for the movies we discussed in this last season of the show including The Maltese Falcon, Manhattan, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Metropolis, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, My Darling Clementine, Vivre Sa Vie, Nashville, and Network.

I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA PODCAST ANYMORE! Just kidding we got a new episode here discussing the 70's classic Network. 

In for an interesting episode this week, Nick, Jana, and Dylan break down the Altman classic Nasvhille. There's Oscar talk, character drafts, 9/11 tangents and more supplementing the truly insightful discussion.

It's becoming tradition! Jana and Dylan, with Nick gone, decide they're gonna run down some of the big movies that came out over the beginning of the year and summer. We couldn't get to them all but we hope you like the slate. In order of what was discussed we did: - Kimi- Turning Red- The Batman- Everything Everywhere All At Once- AmbuLAnce- RRR (kinda....)- Top Gun: Maverick- Crimes of the Future- Nope!

Our first podcast up in a month, and our 100th ever, is one that comes on a somber day. We celebrate Godard and a great film of his on this day of his passing. Recorded a while back but it was time for me (Dylan) to post it after struggling with it as I was not a positive influence on the podcast that day. Hope you still enjoy the episode Nick and Jana were excellent.

DYLAN GOT A BIRTHDAY WISH! With his birthday this past week he picked a completely unique movie with Nick gone and needing to fill in and he picked....THE ARCHERS' A CANTERBURY TALE!

Round up your cattle, gather your brothers, we're heading to Tombstone! Joined today by movie and Ford expert Peter Labuza, the gang breakdown Ford and Fonda's careers, the history of the west in film, adaptations of the Earp legend, the blowout taking place between the Guardians and Twins, and My Darling Clementine.

To do this movie we should've just done a mostly silent, non-sequitur strewn podcast but instead we just couldn't talk enough about how much we loved this film. Tati incoming.

On this episode, Nick, Dylan, and Jana discuss one of the most pioneering science-fiction films ever made, Daft Punk, Nazis, Barron Trump, and more insane diversions as well.

First of two Altman's pretty close together! A Nick blindspot fulfilled! It's an episode packed with great discussion on a movie that is, in the definition of this podcast, great.

Because we saw how much people CLAMMORED for our last Ozu episode, Floating Weeds is one of our most listened to pods, we decided for father's day to return to a father of Japanese cinema for a movie about a dad learning what it really means to be a father in a modern age. 

With Nick gone, Jana and Dylan take a highway to the danger zone where guest Stephen Gillespie is waiting to take your breath away with our great filmic analysis of truly one of the most experimental and quietly thoughtful films of all time.... TOP GUN!

With Nick and Jana away, the wonderful Carlos Valladares joins the pod to discuss a favorite of his The Heiress. We approach it especially from the angle of the Montgomery Clift retrospective Carlos rewatched it at recently, our experiences with how we came to the movie, the brilliant people that worked on the crew of the movie, and the direction itself. However, of course, the episode will be full of tangents and asides, including Rossellini's final films, George Stevens' post-war career, and more.

Well...Dylan screwed up his audio so the original recording of The Maltese Falcon will now be lost to time. So, in lieu of that problem, we have a combined recording for the makeup of Maltese Falcon and an...interesting discussion on Woody Allen's Manhattan.

We've made it to our halfway point season! Enjoy our recaps on the movies we've discussed the past few months, give out awards, and discuss one of Ebert's least favorite movies, The Devils.

Well the SEO won't look good with a title like that, but today we discuss Fritz Lang's great picture M. 

Get your angst on, keep your caged bird fed, we're talking Melville's Le Samourai (with a HUGE hilarious mistake in the middle you'll want to hear)

Nuck fills a massive cinematic blindspot here with an episode about one of the true epics in film history.

Jana takes Dylan in deep with a 5 movie podcast where they discuss one of the most famous, and still ongoing, film franchises ever...SCREAM!

We gather today to hand out our awards for the achievement in film in 2021! We give out picture, director, acting, screenwriting awards...as well as hootin and hollerin awards, best scenes, fashion corner, achievement in hotness, and more!

It's been over a month since our last Great Movies discussion! For this one we have to say that it has been banked for so long that the lead actress, Monica Vitti, has passed away since we recorded. So while that's not discussed in this episode, we still sing her praises and of the director who somehow dumped her.

Again Nickless, Jana and Dylan decide for Mardi Gras to go all in and watch maybe the only Mardi Gras movie set we could find...AND COINCIDES WELL AS A SEQUEL TO A PAST EPISODE TALKING CRIMSON TIDE! But we're here discussing Tony Scott's Deja Vu starring Denzel Washington. The two best to do it.

With Chinese Cinema expert guest Sean Gilman, Nick and Dylan break down the career of Jia Zhangke mainly focusing on three of his most acclaimed movies; Platform, Still Life, and A Touch of Sin.

We are Jana-less today, but Nick and Dylan have a Guy-Lentine's Day talking about some of their favorite romance movies, 1932's pre code musical Love Me Tonight and 2007's bollywood musical Om Shanti Om.

IT'S FINALLY HERE! Jana and Dylan break down the Oscar nominations category by category discussing predictions, trends, reactions, fun facts, and more.

A BUSY PODCAST TO SAY THE LEAST! First we start off reviewing the Ebert movie of the week, L'Atalante, but further we do some previewing of the movies we're most excited for in 2022 and discuss some Sundance releases we got to see and Drive My Car!!

You've been invited to a listening platform...you've been to this podcast before...we agreed to return...but what is going on? We still don't know but enjoy our discussion on Last Year at Marienbad discussing it!

All aboard the romantic hilarity boat! Get your schemes on while Jana, Nick and Dylan discuss the insane, code breaking, sensual classic rom com The Lady eve.

Nick and Dylan, with a missing Jana, take the red pill and do a non-Ebert great movie to instead discuss a fan and cinematic favorite in wake of the new sequel; the Wachowski 1999 sci fi epic The Matrix.

Nick, Jana, and Dylan today take a trip into Rome and fall in love, love, LOVE with Fellini's La Dolce Vita (to an amount that almost surprises all three of them). They discuss the influence, artistry, emotions, and awards season behind the film and more. 

Jana, Nick, and Dylan deep dive into the Oliver Stone epic JFK, discussing the history of the movie, of Oliver Stone, the Oscars that year, and the plot structure of the film itself.

We made it to the end of our Fifth Season! We give out paper plate awards, actual awards, do fun games, all based around the last group of movies we discussed. We also review Dune by David Lynch as Ebert's Hated movie discussion of the episode...while talking probably just as much about Villanueve's new Dune release.

Jana, Nick, and Dylan (a little early for the holidays) delve into this family classic which is MUCH darker thatn we remember, the performances, and what's kept this film alive for so long.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming about movies with happy people in happy times living happy lives and there's nothing to worry about....just kidding prepare to get your heart out in Kurosawa's Ikiru.

While just missing the spooky season (apologies life is busy) we'd like to share a special episode of our Horror Movie Draft where Jana, Dylan, and returning guest Stephen Gillespie pick their favorite horror movies in a variety of subgenre categories.

A double Disney podcast brings Jana and Dylan into the post-rennaisance period, where they seem to concur Disney was actually at one of its better points with a lot more creative control churning out two very fun, exciting, excellent films that are shocking to be in the Disney canon at some level.

Happy October! Hope we can kick off your spooky season with a horrific and violent trilogy of movies by the Italian horror legend Lucio Fulci called the Gates of Hell. While the movies aren't connected beyond a general theme of....death, hell, gore, rot, Catarina Maccoll...and just pure screaming terror. Enjoy!!

According to Ebert, the best movie of the 90's wasn't Fargo or Pulp Fiction or Shawshank Redemption...it was Hoop Dreams. The three hour documentary that feels so intimate but feels like it contains the entire story of America, from race to class to entertainment, in one. 

Jana, Nick, and Dylan take an exploration through the manic and funny Beatles concert documentary somewhat narrative film A Hard Day's Night. 

Jana and Dylan, with Nick still off, dive into a soccer movie to commemorate the start of the european soccer season (similar to baseball). In this one they tackle The Damned United, discuss Tom Hooper's career, the history of sports movies, and then dive into the new season of Ted Lasso (with spoilers!!).

With Nick sadly absent again...Jana and Dylan turn their attentions to the present and review nine (9!!) movies that have recently been released. One by one they go quickly through them spoiler free, and then will have a spoiler and awards discussion afterwards. Movies include:   - Annette - The Green Knight - Luca - No Sudden Move - Old - Pig - THE Suicide Squad - Summer of Soul - Zola

What is Greed...who is Greed...why is Greed...why the heck did McTeguea bite Trina's fingers when he was mad...today we will dive deep into these eternal questions plaguing humanity since Eve bit the apple when we discuss Eric von Stronheim's....Greed.

When we take our Great Movies on our Great Movie Arc during the Movie Flood of 2037...we will take this movie for sure. And something else I guess...enjoy our discussion on Jean Renoir's seminal and indescribably important masterpiece The Grand Illusion.

Time for some uncontroversial fun as we take our last bow of gallantry in this incredible and long winded film of adventure and white supremacy glorification. Should be....fun...

Look at how they massacred our podcast...today, on the day of our daughters wedding, Nick, Jana, Dylan, and special guest and author of the Annotated Godfather Screenplay Book, Jenny Jones will disect, debate, and even play a draft game for one of the most prolific movies of all time.

In this episode we discuss the movie Wolfman starring Benicio Del To.. - wait just getting word from the producer... - oh looks like we're discussing a movie with a character NAMED wolfman...but it also stars Benicio Del Toro...wait I'm feeling really high right now? Why does nothing make sense? How is this supposed to work as an episode description for a movie? What movie is it again?