On Episode 226 of Floating Through Film, we have a first time guest, Aaron! Aaron chose 1917 as the film he wanted to discuss with us, and we decided to pair it with Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Crash + A History of Violence Music:- Intro: from Full Metal Jacket (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mmCo0um0qw)- Break from 1917 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3h7Cv2fLe4&list=PLDisKgcnAC4QLb-rcqH-hAL8lT8opTXpL&index=24)- Outro: from Full Metal Jacket (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPtn9KzfsGI) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Aaron Albright (LB: https://letterboxd.com/cinnamon_rollz_/) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 225 of Floating Through Film, we're returning to our FTF related film version of Jeopardy! This time the questions are created by Blake, with Dany and Luke going head to head to see who wins. We hope you enjoy! Music:- Intro: from Early Summer- Outro: from Tropical Malady (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=domhtFvccNI) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 222 of Floating Through Film, we're conclude our series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this final week of the series, Dany begins the episode by mentioning some important ideas relating to Renoir's approach to film and life (7:50). We then review two films from two different eras of his career, starting with 1932's Night at the Crossroads (42:27), followed by 1959's Experiment in Evil (1:53:54). We hope you enjoy!Sources mentioned: - "Boats on the Marne: Jean Renoir's Critique of Modernity" by Prakash Younger - "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat - Renoir Interviewed by Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (Cahiers du Cinéma No. 34 + 35, April + May 1945)- "Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif" directed by Jacques Rivette- "Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d’acteur" directed by Jacques Rivette- "Jean Renoir" by Andre Bazin- "Jean Renoir, the French Films, 1924-1939" by Alexander Sesonske- 'Time Overflowing' Rivette Interviewed by Jacques Aumont, Jean-Louis Comolli, Jean Narboni, Sylvie Pierre (Cahiers du Cinema, No. 204, 1968)- "Directed by Yasujiro Ozu" by Shiguéhiko Hasumi - "Jean Renoir: The World of his Films" by Leo Braudy - 'Jean Renoir's Youth' by Eric Rohmer (Cahiers du Cinema No. 102, 1959)Episode Next Week: Music:- Intro: Night at the Crossroads- Break: Experiment in Evil - Outro: J.S. Bach's The Well Tempered Clavier: Book I: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major - Sviatoslav Richter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZdbzreNcs)Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 221 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this fourth week of the series, Dany begins the episode by speaking about Renoir's approach to actors and improvisation (10:33). We then review two films he made after returning to Europe, 1952's The Golden Coach (55:05), followed by 1955's French Cancan (2:11:07). We hope you enjoy!Sources mentioned: - "Boats on the Marne: Jean Renoir's Critique of Modernity" by Prakash Younger - "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat - "The Tao of Abel" by Rowan Righelato (Senses of Cinema)- Renoir Interview with Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (Cahiers du Cinéma No. 34 + 35, April + May 1945)- "Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif" directed by Jacques Rivette- "Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d’acteur" directed by Jacques Rivette- "Jean Renoir" by Andre BazinEpisode Next Week: Jean Renoir Week 5 Music:- Intro: The Golden Coach- Break: French Cancan- Outro: French Cancan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pROMvaMJios)Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 220 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this third week of the series, Dany starts the episode by speaking about the ambiguity of nature in Renoir's cinema (9:43). We then review two of his films produced by American studios, starting with his 1947 film The Woman on the Beach (53:12), followed by his 1951 film The River, which was filmed in India (1:58:12). We hope you enjoy!Sources mentioned: - Painting: "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder- "Jean Renoir: The World of his Films" by Leo Braudy- "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat - Renoir Interview with Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (Cahiers du Cinéma No. 34 + 35, April + May 1945)- TCM's Noir Alley Intro for The Woman on the Beach (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3W_N3JKX0s) - "On Renoir: Select Commentary" by Jacques Rivette (http://www.dvdbeaver.com/rivette/ok/JRonJR.html)- "Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye: The Biography of a Master Film-Maker" by Andrew Ro insonEpisode Next Week: Jean Renoir Week 4 (The Golden Coach + The French Cancan)Music:- Intro: J.S. Bach's The Well Tempered Clavier: Book I: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major - Sviatoslav Richter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZdbzreNcs)- Break: The River- Outro: The RiverHosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 219 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this second week of the series, Dany starts the episode by speaking about the importance of depth of field in relation to Renoir's cinema (8:00). We then review his most popular film, the 1939 canon classic The Rules of the Game (35:50), followed by what some consider his American remake of The Rules of the Game, 1946's The Diary of a Chambermaid (2:09:31). We hope you enjoy!Sources mentioned: - "Montage" by Jacques Aumont - "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat - "Jean Renoir" by Andre Bazin - "Cracking Gilles Deleuze's Crystal: Narrative Space-time in the Films of Jean Renoir" by Barry Nevin - "Jean Renoir: The World of his Films" by Leo Braudy - "Montage" by Jean Narboni, Sylvie Pierre and Jacques Rivette (Cahiers du Cinéma, No. 210, March 1969) - Renoir Interview with Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (Cahiers du Cinéma No. 34 + 35, April + May 1945)Episode Next Week: Jean Renoir Week 3 (The Woman on the Beach + The River)Music:- Intro: The Rules of the Game- Break: The Diary of a Chambermaid- Outro: The Rules of the Game Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 218 of Floating Through Film, we're starting our next series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this opening week of the series, we start by giving our overall thoughts on the director, before Dany starts the episode with some background on Renoir, including some information on Renoir's philosophical beliefs. We then review the two films starting off our series, 1932's Boudu Saved from Drowning (57:45), followed by Renoir's "unfinished" A Day in the Country (2:07:12) that was officially released in 1946. We hope you enjoy!Sources mentioned: - "Boats on the Marne: Jean Renoir's Critique of Modernity" by Prakash Younger - "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat - "Jean Renoir" by Andre Bazin- "Looking Back on Boudu Saved From Drowning" by Eric Rohmer and Jean Douchet's (1969 French TV program on Criterion extras)Episode Next Week: Jean Renoir Week 2 (The Rules of the Game + The Diary of a Chambermaid)Music:- Intro: Boudu Saved from Drowning- Break: Boudu Saved from Drowning- Break 2: A Day in the Country- Outro: Boudu Saved from DrowningHosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 215 of Floating Through Film, we're trying out a FTF related film version of Jeopardy created by Luke, with Dany and Blake going head to head to see who wins. We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: ????Music:- Intro: from Jeopardy Theme- Outro: from Jeopardy Theme Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

Episode 212: Nobuhiko Obayashi Week 5 (Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast + Hanagatami)On Episode 212 of Floating Through Film, we're concluding our series picked by Blake, Nobuhiko Obayashi! In this week, we review two films from Obayashi's filmography with familiar themes, but vastly different styles, starting with his 1986 film Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast, and then concluding with the final film from his "Anti-War Trilogy", 2017's Hanagatami (1:18:05). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Vertigo + Bad Education Music:- Intro: Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast- Break: Hanagatami (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poCw2CCrfzA)- Outro: Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the SeacoastHosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 211 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our next series picked by Blake, Nobuhiko Obayashi! In this week, we're reviewing two of the films from Obayashi's "Anti-War Trilogy", starting with 2012's Casting Blossoms to the Sky, and then followed by 2014's Seven Weeks (1:23:30). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast + HanagatamiMusic:- Intro: from Casting Blossoms to the Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hv-vpJ27Sg)- Break: Seven Weeks - Outro: Seven Weeks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhl-EnLvhwU)Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]