Directors' Wall Podcast

Former @VulcanVideoATX clerks/@themnightshift podcast hosts @AJGo85 and Bryan Connolly examine a director's filmography film by film.

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New episode! Spoiler alert: Bryan and A.J. are very excited to talk about White Dog (1982), directed by the great Samuel Fuller and co-written by Fuller and Curtis Hanson (we also give away plot details and the ending). https://t.co/pG9JvwnX67

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New Episode! Mike Figgis's Megadoc gives us the perfect reason to revisit Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. We talk about the tensions behind the scenes, Figgis's gentle style, Coppola's contradictions, and more. https://t.co/0ljF91Gy1c

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Shocktober episode is up! Curtis Hanson's first film as director was for none other than Roger Corman with the Psycho knock off Sweet Kill. Even though the final version was not the film either Hanson or Corman wanted, it's still an interesting first film https://t.co/5O8GQNegj8

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New episode! We review the feature length reunion of Sofia Coppola & Bill Murray: On the Rocks. We discuss the performances and chemistry of Bill Murray and Rashida Jones, how this differs stylistically from Sofia’s previous films, & more! https://t.co/5gJYnBkovy

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New Episode! We're at the opera to review the Sofia Coppola directed La Traviata. We discuss whether she or Valentino is the main creative force, the sets, the costumes, what stylistic touches Sofia brings & how her style translates to the stage https://t.co/i8ffzrSqP8

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New episode! For our Christmas special we discuss a Christmas special: Sofia Coppola's A Very Murray Christmas. At first this seems like holiday melancholy but we find that it is filled with holiday joy and many of Sofia’s favorite themes & trademarks https://t.co/paXkhLyYSP

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We are in need of a great debate about…Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. We discuss the performances, the wild random & unforgettable scenes & dialogue(spoiler alerts!), Coppola’s big swings of the past, and how we were surprised by our own reactions https://t.co/OAJ233q781

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New episode! To help us breakdown Sofia Coppola’s “experimental” Somewhere we are joined by Jenny McKeown, programmer of the A Woman of Taste film series. We talk about “arthouse” style, cinematographer Harris Savides, Stephen Dorff’s career, & more https://t.co/F5uIvq1gnA

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New Episode! Spoiler Alert! The M. Night Shift is back. We discuss in spoiler detail the latest M. Night Shyamalan experience: TRAP. We talk about Josh Hartnett's great performance, the curious casting of Haley Mills, likely influences on Shyamalan & more https://t.co/fLR2ha9PIr

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My review of Ti West's MaXXXine is up. Not the least but far from the best of the Mia Goth "I'm a star" trilogy. https://t.co/Gr0g7zIRpU

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New Episode! Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette was booed at Cannes & heavily criticized for its use of modern music & lack of accents yet it may have just been ahead of its time. We discuss Sofia's approach to the historical figure, the music, cast, & more
https://t.co/Dc0p5CadWm

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New Episode! We're having relaxing times with Suntory Time and Bill Murray & Scarlett Johansson in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation. We discuss the performances, the 2003 Oscars, Spike Jonze's HER, and much more. https://t.co/HMAfA4xtFp

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New episode! Sofia Coppola’s debut feature, The Virgin Suicides (2000), remains just as enigmatic today. We discuss its background (including the Making Of, directed by Sofia’s mother, the late Eleanor Coppola), its arthouse approach to teens, & a lot more https://t.co/QIyr0v0PRe

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Season 3 begins! We finally start our journey through Sofia Coppola's filmography. We discuss her early career in acting, music videos, creating the frenetic & odd TV series High-Octane, & her short film Lick the Star (1998). https://t.co/EvCyMIp2zH

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We also review Coppola’s recent re-edit of Twixt titled B’twixt Now and Sunrise: The Authentic Cut, which we thought was called Re-Twixt, and have a few issues with. Finally we announce the director we will be covering in Season 3, beginning soon (probably) #Shocktober #Halloween

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New Episode! At long last we arrive at Francis Coppola’s TWIXT & end season 2. We discuss Coppola’s return to the horror, the great eerie dream sequences, what aspects remind us of the films of Coppola’s early mentor Roger Corman #Shocktober #HorrorMovies
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New Episode! There isn’t much plot but a lot happens in the surprising & lively black & white movie TETRO, one of Coppola's least seen & talked about films. We had plenty to talk about from the cast, screenplay, to the valuable input of editor Walter Murch https://t.co/Zgd99Wt3Gb

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New episode! The thematically ambitious yet low-key arthouse film Youth Without Youth is a curious comeback & marks the beginning of a distinct career phase for Francis Coppola. We talk about what is interesting & what is confusing about this movie https://t.co/hLZ1MKZ8iQ

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New Episode! This time we discuss Francis Coppola’s involvement as post production “fixer” on the musical THE FANTASTICKS and the quasi-erotic sci-fi SUPERNOVA plus we talk about MEGALOPOLIS rumors & Life Without Zoe 2 aka Romy Mars Makes Vodka Sauce Pasta https://t.co/4r30QraJBZ