On Episode 231 of Floating Through Film, we're starting our next series picked by Luke, Kenji Mizoguchi! On this opening week of the series, we first spend some time giving our overall thoughts on the director, along with some background information about his life and career. We then review two of his films from the 1930s, starting with 1936's Sisters of the Gion (33:59), before moving on to 1939's The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1:14:25). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: The 47 Ronin + Utamaro and His Five WomenMusic:- Intro: Sisters of the Gion - Break: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum- Outro: Early SummerHosts: 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 230: FTF Football Night (College Hounds + Two for the Money)On Episode 230 of Floating Through Film, we're reviewing two football films in honor of the NFL season starting this week. We're starting with a short film, the "All Barkie" comedy with a cast of only dogs, 1929's College Hounds, followed by 2005's football gambling film starring Pacino and McConaughey, Two for the Money (17:28). We hope you enjoy!College Hounds available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bZqB53w1IUEpisode Next Week: Kenji Mizoguchi Week 1Music:- Intro: from Early Summer- Outro: from Two for the Money (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HGmiy7RUbM) 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 229 of Floating Through Film, we're reviewing two films from DreamWorks Animation, 2008's Kung Fu Panda (18:30), followed by 2010's How to Train Your Dragon (50:32). We hope you enjoy!Music:- Intro: from Kung Fu Panda (Hero)-Break from How to Train Your Dragon (Test Drive (From How To Train Your Dragon Music From The Motion Picture))- Outro: from Kung Fu Panda (Kung Fu Panda 1 | Kung Fu Fighting | Official MV) 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 228 of Floating Through Film, we have returning guest Sean, this time to review his pick for us, Asghar Farhadi's 2011 film, A Separation (1:32:13). He also told us he was considering picking a Tarkovsky film, so we decided to pair his pick with Tarkovsky's 1974 classic, Mirror. We hope you enjoy!Poems from Arsenii Tarkovsky that appear in his son's films, including Mirror: https://www.nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Tarkovsky_Poems.html Music:- Intro: from Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UzzHMe_Wtg)-Break from Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYsHIKkV3aw)- Outro: from Mirror (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMrSJiD-tjE) 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)Sean-Paul Kosina (LB:https://letterboxd.com/hunyadi9707/, Twitter: https://x.com/VodkaInquisitor) Podcast Links:Spotify and Apple: https://linktr.ee/floatingthroughfilmLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/floatingfilm/Email: [email protected]

On Episode 227 of Floating Through Film, we have returning guest Chris, this time with his girlfriend Sam! Her pick to review on the pod was Cronenberg's 1996 film Crash, so we decided to pair it with Cronenberg's 2005 film, A History of Violence (55:35). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Tarkovsky's Mirror + Farhadi's A Separation Music:- Intro: from Crash (Howard Shore - 01 - Crash)-Break from A History of Violence (Hero)- Outro: from A History of Violence (Howard Shore Road) 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)Chris Lujano (LB: https://letterboxd.com/chrislujano/)Sam (LB: https://letterboxd.com/fangdivision/, Twitter: https://x.com/doemisu)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]