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The Devil's Backbone
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What Is Genre? (Cutting Room Floor #233)
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 10/13/25 |  The Devil's Backbone | What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps? Something dead which still seems to be alive? An emotion suspended in time? Like a blurred photograph? Like an insect trapped in amber? | — | ||||||
| 9/4/25 |  What Is Genre? (Cutting Room Floor #233) | When we talk about "genre" as it relates to movies, books, comics, etc. what do we mean? What IS "genre?" Josh and Ira break down how we use that term on Film School. Also, Josh recommends MasterChef (Hulu), and Ira recommends Sunderland Till I Die (Netflix). The Genre Five Leaf Clover is available over at StoryGrid.com: https://storygrid.com/books/story-grid-genre-five-leaf-clover/ | — | ||||||
| 9/1/25 |  Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki Deep Dive #3) | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 8/25/25 |  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki Deep Dive #2) | "The earth knows it's wrong for us to survive..." We're diving into Miyazaki's second feature film! The world is a wasteland called the "sea of despair." But one intrepid young heroine might have the keys to save us all. | — | ||||||
| 7/7/25 |  The Criterion Closet (Cutting Room Floor #232) | Josh and Ira take a trip outdoors to visit the Criterion Closet when it visited Los Angeles. It was a hoot! | — | ||||||
| 6/30/25 |  The Castle of Cagliostro (Hayao Miyazaki Deep Dive #1) | Hayao Miyazaki's first film! | — | ||||||
| 6/23/25 |  Up Next On Film School: Hayao Miyazaki Deep Dive! | Josh announces our next project on Film School: we're diving deep into the Japanese anime master, Hayao Miyazaki! | — | ||||||
| 6/16/25 |  Sideways | I'm not drinking any f----ing merlot! | — | ||||||
| 6/9/25 |  The Game | Discovering the object of the game is the object of the game... It's hard to follow up a classic thriller like Seven, but that's exactly what David Fincher had to do with his next feature film, The Game. Michael Douglas, the man who has everything, is given "The Game" for his birthday. But what is 'the game?' Nobody will tell him. And very quickly, things turn up to 11 - murder, espionage, love, and unexpected trips to Mexico. At the time, this film seems to have been met with a bit of a shrug. But it turns out, decades later, its kinda turned into a cult favorite. Dare we say...another classic? Either way, Josh has never seen it. DON'T SPOIL IT FOR HIM. Buckle up. This one is a ride. | — | ||||||
| 6/2/25 |  High Anxiety | I know what came over you: High Anxiety. You've still got it! Well, it turns out we couldn't quite get ol' Hitch out of our system, and neither could Mel Brooks. The king of satire does his signature send-up of the suspense film master, and it's starring Brooks himself! A first! This also, somehow, marks the first time we've watched a Books picture on this podcast, which reeks of high crime. Better late than never, we suppose. Enjoy! | — | ||||||
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| 5/26/25 |  The Essential Hitchcock (Cutting Room Floor #231) | 53 films. 50 years. 6 decades. After watching every single movie Alfred Hitchcock ever made (minus one, lost in time), Josh and Ira reflect back on the past two years they spent with the legendary director. Beyond the topics of 'what did we learn about and from Hitch?', we attempt to answer a couple massive questions. First: is he the best director of all time? And second: what are the essential watches from his catalogue? We discuss! | — | ||||||
| 5/19/25 |  Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #53) | Leave your crystal balls out of this, George... It's Hitchcock's final film. After 6 decades, 53 films, and 50 years, Alfred Hitchcock finally reached the end. His last feature is remarkably light fare, comedy over suspense, jokes over violence, a cozy old-school sensibility over the edginess that exploded in the 70s. So, how does it stack up? Did old Hitch still have it? We watch and find out. | — | ||||||
| 5/12/25 |  Navigating Transition Periods (Cutting Room Floor #230) | When you're entering into a new chapter of life--any kind; moving, finishing a big project, marriage, divorce, kids, a breakthrough in therapy, new job...--how do you handle that? Is there anything you do, either external or internal, to aid yourself in the process of accepting the change and moving on? We discuss! Also, Josh recommends Cloverfield, and Ira recommends Severance Season 2, which is on AppleTV, and Alone: Australia which is on Netflix. | — | ||||||
| 4/14/25 |  Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #52) | Don't forget: Bob's your uncle... It's Hitchcock's penultimate film! Second-to-last! And first film in the wild 70s, an era where the R-rating became a thing, and a new frontier opened up in cinema that involved increasingly pushing the envelope of what was acceptable on film. To Hitch's credit, he understood that. He could see that movies were changing, and he pitched in with his own evenlope-pushing story of a serial rapist-murderer loose in the Covent Garden area of London. We watch and discuss! | — | ||||||
| 3/17/25 |  If You Ain't Napping, It Ain't Happening (Cutting Room Floor #229) | Do you take naps? If you don't, why is that? And if you do, do you feel guilty about it? Or are they a regular part of your routine (at least when life allows it)? We discuss our stance on all the above (spoiler: we're pro nap), and how we fit such indulgences into our daily routine. Also, Josh recommends Man of the Year which is currently on Tubi, and Ira recommends Mondovino, which is on Pluto TV. | — | ||||||
| 3/10/25 |  Topaz (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #51) | Does the word "topaz" mean anything to you? The Cold War rages on in the world, and Hitchcock delivers a political/spy thriller centered on the lead-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, apparently even based on real events. Is Hitch just replaying the old hits? Or does this one have any juice on its own? We watch to find out! | — | ||||||
| 3/3/25 |  Is It Okay To Compromise? (Cutting Room Floor #228) | When making art like writing or telling a story, when do you compromise? Or DO you compromise? The word is so loaded with negative connotation, but its definition is so slippery, maybe even personal. So...what's an acceptable level of compromise? We discuss! Also, Josh recommends re-watching Severance season 1 on Apple TV+, and Ira recommends SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, which is on Peacock. | — | ||||||
| 2/24/25 |  Torn Curtain (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #50) | How would you like to live behind what you call the Iron Curtain...? It's the height of the cold war. Hitch swaps his nationless networks of mysterious criminals for a far more real-world one: East Germany and the Russians. It's also a different era of Hollywood that's starting to emerge, actors like Julie Andrews and Paul Newman who expect to have much more of a say on set than the contract actors of the past. So, will Al adapt with the times? We watch and find out! | — | ||||||
| 2/17/25 |  How To Make Sense Of David Lynch (Cutting Room Floor #227) | "Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper." David Lynch pushed the boundaries of filmmaking. He was known for his surrealism, his expressionism, his images, and, much of the time, for not making sense. He certainly wasn't interested in explaining himself to the audience. But the genius of David might actually be how much, at his best, he really did make sense, he really did have something to say. So...how does one figure that out? WE DISCUSS! Also, Josh recommends Owning Mahoney, and Ira recommends Conclave, which is on Peacock. Rest In Peace, David. You will always be the best of us. Thanks for all the fish. | — | ||||||
| 2/10/25 |  Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #49) | You, Freud. Me, Jane? Alfred takes on sex, lies, and money missing from the big safe at work. It's half trippy para-psychology Spellbound, part neo-noirish femme fatale Vertigo, this time with a returning Tippi Hedron as the slippery-with-the-truth title character and an up-and-coming Sean Connery as the guy who catches her...and falls in love with her? Does it all come together? We find out! | — | ||||||
| 1/23/25 |  Writing Evil (Cutting Room Floor #226) | The Darkness is out there. Everyone can feel evil working in the shadows of the real world, however figurative or literal you want to attribute it. So, naturally, evil plays a big part in our stories; it behooves us storytellers to know how to effectively represent it. How do we do that? Josh and Ira talk through their own personal tips and tricks. Also, Josh recommends Hotel Hell, and Ira recommends The Batman, which is on Max. | — | ||||||
| 1/20/25 |  The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #48) | It's the end of the world! Hitch backs up the classic Psycho with another horror film, but this time it's nature itself that's out for humanity rather than one of our own. What would happen if all the birds in the world suddenly turned against us? Would we stand a chance? That's the very simple question at the heart of this one that will have you looking at our feathered friends veerrryyy differently by the end of it. We watch and discuss! | — | ||||||
| 1/16/25 |  Level Up! (Cutting Room Floor #225) | Should I stay or should I go now? It takes SO MUCH EFFORT to reach a plateau--a new level--it can be absolutely daunting to consider doing it all over again to reach the NEXT plateau--the next level. So...how long is it okay to sit back and rest on one's laurels? How long is it okay to stay on one level before mustering up the courage and energy to take on the next? We discuss! Also, Josh recommends Ink, which is on Tubi, and Ira (tentatively) recommends Arcane Season One, which is on Netflix. | — | ||||||
| 1/13/25 |  Psycho Revisited (Alfred Hitchcock Deep Dive #47) | We all go a little mad sometimes... Welcome to the birth (debatedly) of the slasher film! Hitch might not have been the absolute FIRST to dive into the mind of a twisted serial killer, but he arguably is the most influential to have ever done it. This movie is...well, quite simply: one of the best films ever made. Anthony Perkins is spectacular, as is the music, the black and white photography, the twists, everything. What a pleasure to go back and watch this one again, and what an ending for what is possibly the greatest three-year-run for any director in history. | — | ||||||
| 1/6/25 |  2025 Resolutions, Goals, and Intentions (Cutting Room Floor #224) | Happy New Year!!! With the holidays now in the rear view, our thoughts turn to the year ahead: 2025. What do you have planned for this coming year? What do you want to get done? Where do you want to go? What do you want to accomplish? Josh and Ira answer those questions for themselves, and we invite you to do the same! | — | ||||||
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