On this installment of the podcast I borrow a page from the MAMO Matts and take the show on the road to a local coffee shop where I’m joined by Vancouver book blogger extraordinaire Monica Miller (Monniblog), to discuss Oscar hopeful The Book Thief which, so happens, is based on a novel which Monica is familiar with. The discussion is very spoiler heavy in both plot and themes so this is best for post viewing listening.
Though we’re full board into Oscar season, November looks more like early summer with the release of two highly anticipated sci-fi blockbusters. Dale (Letterboxd), Colleen and I (Letterboxd), preview the month and look forward with excitement at our last film festival of the year, Whistler!
The festival has been over for a few days but after disconnecting from the world for a weekend of re-charging the batteries, I remembered that I had yet to post our last VIFF podcast. Before settling in to our last few movies of the festival, we found a quiet(ish) enclave in the lobby of The Centre to squeeze in our final VIFF hurrah. I was joined by regular festival cohost (and movie consuming machine) Bill Harris (@soundjam69) and fellow Quiet Earth contributor (and up-and-coming screenwriter) Zack Mosley (@zackjmosley) to chat a little about this year’s festival and count down our favorite movies of the fest.
This is our last podcast of the festival but stay tuned because a handful of reviews are still on the horizon!
The end is near! There are only a few days left of VIFF 2013 but we’ve seen a lot of good stuff the last few days so Bill Harris (@soundjam69) and I compare notes and discuss Wadjda, Johnny To’s The Blind Detective and we praise the greatness of Tracks.
Stay tuned to this space for more updates from the Vancouver International Film Festival!
Eight days into the festival and we’re all still in good spirits! Bill Harris (@soundjam69) and I took a bit of time before our screening of Rhymes for Young Ghouls (which, by the way, is amazing) to catch up on the last few days of movie watching. We cover lots of ground, from the Ralph Fiennes directed period drama The Invisible Woman to the surprisingly great The Great Passage (for which an additional screening has been added).
Stay tuned to this space for more updates from the Vancouver International Film Festival!
We’ll have a more substantial update on the festival a bit later today but for now, check out the audio from the post screening Q&A with Ain’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery who just managed to squeeze in this little chat after arriving in Vancouver. The movie, by the way, is fantastic and plays again on Friday, October 4th. The director is also in town to present a panel tomorrow at the VIFF Forum.
Stay tuned to this space for more updates from the Vancouver International Film Festival!
For the first time in at least a few years, we managed to squeeze in an October preview, a show that is usually eclipsed and forgotten in the throngs of festival season. Not this year! Dale (Letterboxd), Colleen and I (Letterboxd), look ahead at the beginning of awards season.
On today’s episode, I’m joined by VIFF regular Bill Harris (@soundjam69) and Adrian Charlie (@ Adrian_Charlie) of Next Projection to catch up on a few movies seen so far including The Lunchbox and the highly anticipated Nebraska.
Stay tuned to this space for more updates from the Vancouver International Film Festival!
This is perhaps one of the best podcasts we’ve ever posted. And I barely talk in it.
One of the most hotly anticipated moments of this year’s VIFF wrapped a couple of hours ago. Just two days prior to the series finale of “Breaking Bad,” series creator, showrunner, writer and director Vince Gilligan was in Vancouver and shared a room with 1,800+ fans and “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof (himself a huge fan) to chat about the show. The conversation was preceded by a screening of Gilligan’s favorite episode: “Face Off,” the season four finale episode which was written and directed by Gilligan.
We managed to capture the audio from the entire evening, all 90 minutes of it, which is presented here with a short introduction (it’s early morning – I may have let a spoiler for “Face Off” slip in there) for your listening pleasure.
If you’re in town and love these sorts of discussions, you should check out the VIFF Forum website which has details on other talks that may be of interest including panels with award winning editor Walter Murch and Ain’t Them Bodies Saints writer/director David Lowery.
If you’re so inclined, a short video clip from the evening is embedded below and a few more photos can be found here.
Festival fever has hit Vancouver and with VIFF opening on Thursday, September 26, Dale (Letterboxd), Colleen and I (Letterboxd) came together to chat about the festival in general, the selections and even threw in a few recommendations – with the help of Next Projection‘s Adrian Charlie (Twitter) and Bill Harris (Twitter) who joined us in spirit.
