The Formative Films Project

Lillian Weber returns to the show to discuss Jane Schoenbrun's directorial debut, We're All Going to the World's Fair.Featured in this episode:- Jane Schoenbrun interview with Filmmaker Magazine (2022)- Nicole Flattery's review for BFI/Sight and Sound- 2022 Sight and Sound poll- "Fix their hearts or die" in Twin Peaks: The Return

Tulsa-based filmmaker Kameron McQueen Jr. returns to the pod to discuss one of the films that made him want to direct — Martin Scorsese's 1990 film, GoodFellas.Featured in this episode:- Martin Scorsese's "Companion Films" list on Letterboxd- Roger Ebert's 1990 review - Scorsese with AFI- Scorsese with GQ (2023)

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Justin Chadima joins the show for the first time to discuss Christopher Nolan's 2023 film, Oppenheimer. Check out the GoFundMe for Justin's short film: https://tinyurl.com/3hfvnvpp

Returning guest Corey Minkoff brings another Steven Spielberg title to the table — longtime favorite Jurassic Park from 1993.Featured in this episode:- Making of Jurassic Park documentary- Roger Ebert review from 1993- Lucas Museum of Narrative Art- Go watch Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Manniac and Wisemanite Lukas Fryer returns to the pod to discuss Frederick Wiseman's 1999 documentary, Belfast, Maine.Featured in this episode:- Kenny Nixon on Belfast, Maine in BW/DR- Richard Brody's tribute to Wiseman in the New Yorker- Stephen Mamber's Wiseman Journal at UCLA- Wiseman's interview with the Film West Irish Journal- CBS Sunday Morning tribute to Wiseman

One half of the Bozeman Film Club brain trust Lincoln Sevier joins the pod to discuss his admiration for 2001: A Space Odyssey and how the film differs from and complements the novelization.Featured in this episode:- Follow the Bozeman Film Club on IG- Bozeman Film Festival (Oct. 8-11)- Roger Ebert's review of 2001 from 1968 - Scorsese/DiCaprio talkback for TIME- James Lipton/Spielberg on Close Encounters

It's a Montana State beat reunion! First-time guest Victor Flores joins the pod to talk about long-time favorite, Galaxy Quest, as well as a galaxy far, far away.Featured in this week's episode:- David Mamet's Galaxy Quest shoutout- Galaxy Quest Oral History (2014)- Roger Ebert's review from 1999- New York Times review from 1999

Born-again cinephile Antonette Gichohu brings some chaotic good energy back to the pod as we revisit one of her all-time favorites — The Sound of Music from 1965.Featured in this episode:- Joan Didion and Pauline Kael vs. The Sound of Music- The New York Times' Bosley Crowther's review- Julie Andrews winning the Oscar for Mary Poppins- Andrews shading Jack Warner at the Golden Globes

Returning to the pod this week is Oscar Pavlove, who wanted to discuss his all-time favorite film, Mirror, directed by Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky.

Returning to the pod this week is my movie theatergoing partner-in-crime Graham Cannon, who selected Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Jaws from 1975.Featured in this episode:Bilge Ebiri's oral history of SpielbergU.S.S. Indianapolis monologueThe Jaws LogJaws exhibit at Academy Museum