Joe watches too many movies. He grew up in central Washington, earned his B.A. in Education and Fine Art, an M.A. in Theology and currently works in the printing industry. During school, he fit in a few film classes. He is interested in writing, theology and hopes to one day compose the ultimate Joe Versus the Volcano commentary track.
Melissa has a B.A. in History and an M.A. in English with an emphasis on Film Studies. She has taken classes on everything from silent to romance to post-colonial films and much in between. Her research and interests lie mainly in feminist film theory, women in film, Hitchcock and the studio era. At the end of the day, however, she just loves films; from Notorious to Die Hard!
Tue, 22 April 2008  Category: Coming Soon -- posted at: 8:21 PM Comments[13] |
Tue, 22 April 2008  If you spend a little time with Woody Allen, you start to see things in a different way. New York is a city of romance, music, farce and love. And behind every relationship is a disfunction waiting to happen. On this episode, we look through Mr. Allen's eyes and come away shaped by a Freudian perspective. With comedies like Bananas and Sleeper, Allen demonstrated his appreciation for the old comics. With Manhattan, Annie Hall and The Purple Rose of Cairo, he showed he had his own ideas. On this episode we look through the formative years into the glory age of Oscar nominations and Diane Keaton. (Next WTD: Steven Soderbergh, May 15) (Next Watching Theology: A Scanner Darkly, April 29) Music by RAFTER from the album Sex Death Cassette Courtesy of Asthmatic Kitty Records Comments[0] |
Mon, 21 April 2008  Judging by a few listener submitted lists, Woody Allen - in the period between 1966 and 1985 - is either one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, or a hack that should be resigned to direction late-night infommercials. We do all that we can to get to the truth through a stack of Ten Quizes and our own little insights.Comments[1] |
Mon, 14 April 2008  No offense against Mr. Demme (who has directed THE essential concert film), but we have tabled his show. While reading an excellent overview of the three Spalding Gray films on notcoming.com, I was reminded that Mr. Steven Soderbergh also directed one of those monologues. And, as way led onto way, we couldn't get Soderbergh out of our head. So May 13's episode 41 is now devoted to his work, and not only so we can justify getting around to watching Ocean's Thirteen... really. Category: general -- posted at: 11:08 AM Comments[3] |
Wed, 2 April 2008  Category: Coming Soon -- posted at: 11:06 AM Comments[15] |
Wed, 2 April 2008  We all have a list of movies we keep meaning to watch: Citizen Kane, Birth of a Nation, anything from Fellini. But maybe there's some room on that list for Salaam Bombay!, Monsoon Wedding or The Namesake. In this episode we talk about the director of those films, Mira Nair, and her contribution to cinema. Nair's feature work over the last twenty years has been momentarily noticed and then neglected. But does it deserve more attention? Join us as we talk about the immigrant experience, literary filmmaking and perhaps suggest that Denzel Washington made a movie worse.(Next WTD: Woody Allen 1966-1985, April 22) (Next Watching Theology: The Wicker Man 1973, April 15) Music by LIZ JANES from her album Poison & Snakes Courtesy of Asthmatic Kitty Records Comments[1] |
Wed, 12 March 2008  Category: Coming Soon -- posted at: 2:58 PM Comments[4] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 Due to the emensity of our Gilliam podcast, we are offering a smaller mp3 for download. The only difference (aside from about 40MB) is that this version is in glorious mono. Of course the stereo version is still available. Comments[1] |
Wed, 12 March 2008  In this immense, action-packed edition of WTD, we take a long look at one of our most exciting and eloquent directors (or perhaps you would prefer another "e" adjective, like "egomaniacal"). Terry Gilliam has an identifiable aesthetic and a constant thematic affection that floats through all his movies - films like Brazil, 12 Monkeys and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. To discuss such a weighty filmmaker, we are joined by Duke Senter from the Degree of Separation podcast and veteran of the Tarantino and Kubrick episodes. So sit back and enjoy the mammoth episode with an extra 30 minutes of discussion that the studio wanted to cut and mangle, just like they did with Baron Munchausen.(Next WTD: Mira Nair, April 1) Music by CRYPTACIZE from their album Dig That Treasure Courtesy of Asthmatic Kitty Records (Note: due to the size of this edition, an alternative "mono" edition is also available) Comments[2] |
