My Favorite Movie is...

Join our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterBible overtones, CGI babies, and Terrence Malick. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!Today's guest is Senior Video Editor at BioWare and co-host of Beyond The Screenplay, Alex Calleros. Listen to our initial conversation with Alex and gain brand new insights on Children of Men you haven't heard anywhere else!Listen to Beyond The ScreenplayFollow Alex on TwitterCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

Join our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterWhat does it mean for a movie to have integrity?It’s an interesting question because, before the conversation you are about to hear today, you likely have never heard that word used to describe a movie before. Maybe you've heard it used to describe characters in a movie, or filmmakers themselves. But never extrapolated to all facets of a movie, and especially not things like production and sound design, or even extras in the background. But that’s how Alex Calleros, Senior Video Editor at BioWare and co-host of the film podcast Beyond The Screenplay, describes his all-time favorite movie, Children of Men: a movie with integrity in all aspects of its filmmaking. What exactly does this mean, and where can find in every nook and cranny of Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi masterwork? Listen to this week's episode to find out!Listen to Beyond The ScreenplayFollow Alex on TwitterCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

Join our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterAcapella, documentaries, and Jaws: The Board Game. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!Today's guest is storyteller and host of the Film Nuts Podcast, Taylor D. Adams. Listen to our initial conversation with Taylor and gain brand new insights on Jaws you haven't heard anywhere else!Listen to me talk Liar Liar on the Film Nuts PodcastFollow Taylor on TwitterCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

Join our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterHow do we conquer our fear of the unknown? We’ve discussed a number of horror films on this show and, at the end of the day, almost all of their scariest elements come down to fear of the unknown. Cannibal families, demonic cults, seeing dead people, they’re all really bizarre and frightening because of it. But sometimes, even things closer to home can be just as elusive. Say, something we share our oceans with? Spielberg understood this when he ignited his career with Jaws, one of cinema’s first ever blockbusters, but there’s more to it than just fear. In fact, according to today’s guest, it’s a movie about facing your fear. Taylor D. Adams is a fellow storyteller and podcaster who hosts the Film Nuts Podcast, where he talks to artists of all backgrounds and concentrations about their favorite movies and television shows. Today, the turns have tabled, and now he will be talking about his favorite movie, Jaws, and how it taught him, and can teach us, the key to conquering our fear of the unknown.Listen to me talk Liar Liar on the Film Nuts PodcastFollow Taylor on TwitterCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

Join our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterMars Attacks!, Prometheus, and...Mouse Hunt?? All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!Today's guest is podcaster and educator, Marlin Williford. Listen to our initial conversation with Marlin and gain brand new insights on Independence Day you haven't heard anywhere else!Check out Larry's guest appearance on Marlin's CornerListen to Marlin's Corner wherever you get your podcastsFollow Marlin on Facebook and InstagramCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

Join our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterIt's the Fourth of July! And yet, it doesn't quite feel like a time to celebrate. Regardless of wherever you stand on whatever issue, our country is just in a really weird place, more divided and isolated than ever. So it might sound weird to suggest that an antidote to all of these feelings might just be...Independence Day. No, I'm not talking about the holiday this time. I'm talking about Roland Emerick's 1996 landmark blockbuster. The movie is certainly patriotic, but more in a 1996 kind of way, rather than a 2022 kind of way. It was pre-9/11 after all, and that often makes the film feel more like an oddity or a time capsule than a modern masterpiece.But I recently heard a perspective that had me reconsidering all of that, courtesy of podcaster and educator, Marlin Wilford. He is the host of his own solo podcast, Marlin's Corner, as well as one of the co-hosts on the roundtable podcast, Geek Force. Both shows focus on pop culture, media, and politics through a POC lens.When Marlin explained his take on sci-fi and aliens and Independence Day, I was floored. It was inspiring to hear that even a movie as massive and as 90s as Independence Day could still speak to the current cultural moment and imbue it with hope. He completely reshaped the way I saw this movie and by the end of this episode, it's gonna do the same for you. Check out Larry's guest appearance on Marlin's CornerListen to Marlin's Corner wherever you get your podcastsFollow Marlin on Facebook and InstagramCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

Join our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterThe Village, The Babadook, and The Mummy. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!Today's guest is director, actress, and screenwriter, Anna Chazelle. Listen to our initial conversation with Anna and gain brand new insights into The Sixth Sense you haven't heard anywhere else!Follow Anna Chazelle on InstagramWatch Anna's short film, Narrow, on Short of the WeekCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

TW: Child Abuse, Child NeglectJoin our Discord communityBecome a patron and support the show!Follow us on TwitterVery few filmmakers can honestly, and accurately, portray the plight of very young children on screen. But one of those filmmakers has always been M. Night Shyamalan. Despite his divisive reputation, he has often featured young characters at the heart of his stories while always maintaining a sensitivity in how he has them interact with the horror and thriller elements of his movies. This all started from the jump with The Sixth Sense, M. Night's directorial debut. His fall from grace has shrouded this movie in the past, but its honest portrayal of childhood, not to mention its iconic twist, keeps it just as memorable as it was over twenty years ago. But how does M. Night place someone so young at the center of something so tragic without turning them into a martyr? Why is he still one of the only filmmakers who can take such a vulnerable age group and treat them with such respect and dignity?To answer this, I brought in a Sixth Sense superfan and a horror lover through and through: Anna Chazelle. She is an incredibly talented triple threat--an actor, writer, and director--whose directorial debut, Narrow, proved that she knows what goes into making an effective psychological horror story. Today, she's going to share with us her insight into how the The Sixth Sense's central relationship, gripping performances, and terrifying ghosts make for one of cinema's most effective stories on childhood trauma.Follow Anna Chazelle on InstagramWatch Anna's short film, Narrow, on Short of the WeekCreated, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt GordeukAdditional Original Music by Daniel Grunberg

Listen to an UNCUT and AD-FREE version of this episode on our Patreon!Join our Discord communityFollow us on TwitterVolunteering with the youth, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and acting with tennis balls. All of this and more on this week's edition of the "My Favorite Movie is..." Bonus Round!Today's guest is screenwriter, author, podcaster, and Jurassic Park expert, Tricia Aurand. Listen to our initial conversation with Tricia and gain brand new insights into Jurassic Park you haven't heard anywhere else!Note: there is minute audio artifacting during this episode, in case you feel like you're hearing things...Follow Tricia on Twitter!Listen to Beyond The Screenplay!--Created, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk

Listen to an UNCUT and AD-FREE version of this episode on our Patreon!Join our Discord communityFollow us on TwitterHave you ever heard the phrase "they just don’t make ‘em like they used to?" I'm sure you have. Maybe you've even caught yourself saying it once or twice. There are certain creative mindsets that have been abandoned by studios in the franchise era that we’re living through right now.Back in the 80s and 90s, visionary filmmakers were taking bold story ideas that, on paper, sounded a little bizarre but, in execution, became all-time classics. Nobody did this kind of film better than Steven Spielberg, and one film proves it more than any other--Jurassic Park.There are plenty of reasons why the film was so successful but, when you break it all down, there’s really only one. And in today's episode, accomplished screenwriter, author, and podcaster, Tricia Aurand, is going to share that one key reason. It uncovers exactly why Jurassic Park remains one of the greatest films of all time and how maybe…just maybe…we can start making them like we used to. Note: there is minute audio artifacting during this episode, in case you feel like you're hearing things...Follow Tricia on Twitter!Listen to Beyond The Screenplay!Created, Produced, and Hosted by Larry Fried Assistant Direction by Steven ReyesEdited by Fernando QueirozGraphic Design by Monica SarmientoMotion Graphic Design by Elton GreenfieldOriginal Music by Matt Gordeuk