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01:32:40

Episode 162: FTF Theory (Bazin's Ontology of the...

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2025/05/05

On Episode 162 of Floating Through Film, we're trying something new by discussing our first non-film, Bazin's seminal essay, 'Ontology of the Photographic Image'! We then shift from Bazin's essay on the evolution of the image to a film from one of the early innovators of cinema, D.W. Griffith's 1919 film Broken Blossoms (36:37). We hope you enjoy!Bazin's 'Ontology of the Photographic Image':

01:55:02

Episode 161: FTF Blindspots (The Southerner + The...

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2025/04/28

On Episode 161 of Floating Through Film, we're doing a different take on our "Blindspots" series by doing two films by two directors we haven't discussed on the podcast yet. That led us to Dany's choice, Renoir's 1945 film The Southerner, followed by Luke's choice, Jerry Lewis's 1961 film The Ladies Man (1:00:01)Episode Next Week: FTF Theory (Bazin's Ontology of the Photographic Image + Broken Blossoms)Music:- Intro from The Southerner - Break from

01:03:49

Episode 160: Easter Movie Night ( Jonah: A...

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2025/04/21

On Episode 160 of Floating Through Film, in honor of Easter, we're doing two very different kinds of "Christian" films, the first one being the 2000 animated classic Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, followed by a rare Christian sci-fi film, Assassin 33 A.D. (13:33) directed by Jim Carroll. We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: FTF Blindspots (The Southerner + The Ladies Man)Music:- Intro from Early Summer- Outro from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwgXX52zNms&ab_channel=VeggieTales-TopicHosts: Luke

01:32:55

Episode 159: Post 2010 Draft

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2025/04/14

On Episode 159 of Floating Through Film, we're drafting our favorite movies from 2010-now. We hope you enjoy!Luke's List: 1:28:15Blake's List: 1:28:47Dany's List: 1:29:25Episode Next Week: Easter Movie Night (VeggieTales A Jonah Movie + Assassin 33 A.D.)Music:- Intro from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLSzTDUpHdw- Outro from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUKBRTMX_yU&ab_channel=KhaostoKosmosHosts: Luke Seay (https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/), Blake Tourville

02:25:35

Episode 158: Takeshi Kitano Week 5 (Glory to the...

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2025/04/07

On Episode 158 of Floating Through Film, we conclude our series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano! We're reviewing the final two movies of his Filmmakers Trilogy this week, starting with 2007's Glory to the Filmmaker!, followed by his movie about painting, 2008's Achilles and the Tortoise (56:41). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Post 2010s DraftMusic:- Intro: Kids Return (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRNOtTcO1FY&list=PLC49ED66A3DBD3B3F&index=9&ab_channel=Traumacode)-

02:59:48

Episode 157: Takeshi Kitano Week 4 (Getting Any? +...

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2025/03/31

On Episode 157 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano! We're getting into some of more Kitano's more experimental films this week, starting with his crazy 1994 comedy Getting Any, before reviewing the first of his Filmmakers Trilogy of movies with 2005's Takeshis' (1:35:39). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Glory to the Filmmaker! + Achilles and the TortoiseMusic:- Intro: Getting Any?- Break: Takeshis'- Outro: Takeshis'Hosts: Luke

02:34:18

Episode 156: Takeshi Kitano Week 3 (Kids Return +...

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2025/03/24

On Episode 156 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano! We're starting with Kitano's coming of age boxing movie that came out in 1996, before going to his 2000 Hollywood movie, Brother (1:16:06). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Getting Any? + TakeshisMusic:- Intro: Kids Return (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544bkI1hmGk&list=PLC49ED66A3DBD3B3F&index=15&ab_channel=Traumacode)- Break: Brother

02:35:08

Episode 155: Takeshi Kitano Week 2 (Sonatine + Hana-bi)

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2025/03/17

On Episode 155 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano!We're reviewing two of his most popular movies from the 90s, starting with 1993's Sonatine, and then finishing with his 1997 masterpiece Hana-bi (1:15:47). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Kids Return + BrotherMusic:- Intro: Sonatine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI7f4ca7vwo&list=PLSP_sMZH6pQ38aLP4sBeYS5iGb_8vrpTr&index=12&ab_channel=SHBK28)- Break: Hana-bi

02:38:10

Episode 154: Takeshi Kitano Week 1 (Violent Cop + A...

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2025/03/10

On Episode 154 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Blake, Takeshi Kitano! We start the episode by the guys giving their thoughts on what they know about Kitano so far, and Blake tells us why he chose Kitano for his next series. We then start with Kitano's 1989 debut Violent Cop (9:04), followed by his 1991 surfing drama, A Scene at the Sea (1:29:55). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Sonatine + Hana-Bi Music:- Intro: Violent Cop

02:29:27

Episode 153: Sci-Fi Movie Night (Starship Troopers +...

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2025/03/08

On Episode 153 of Floating Through Film, we take one more break before starting our next series with 2 sci-fi films. The first one was picked by Blake, Paul Verhoeven's 1997 film Starship Troopers, followed by Tony Scott's 2006 film Déjà Vu (1:16:28). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Takeshi Kitano Week 1 (Violent Cop + A Scene at the Sea)Music:- Intro: Starship Troopers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqILgJJKCaA&ab_channel=AITPSG)- Break: Déjà Vu

02:09:04

Episode 152: Rom-Com Movie Night (How to Lose a Guy...

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2025/02/24

On Episode 152 of Floating Through Film, in honor of Valentine's Day (that was over a week ago), we're reviewing 2 different kinds of rom-coms. First we're starting with a more "typical" rom-com, 2003's How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days , followed by Aki Kaurismaki's 2023's film Fallen Leaves (1:08:05). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: Starship Troopers + Deja VuMusic:- Intro: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

01:33:22

Episode 151: Football Night (The Last Boy Scout +...

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2025/02/17

On Episode 151 of Floating Through Film, we're talking football in honor of the Super Bowl that happened last week. We're starting by reviewing FTF favorite Tony Scott's football movie, The Last Boy Scout. We then thought it would be fun to draft movie characters as different football positions (????). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days + Fallen LeavesMusic: - Intro: The Last Boy Scout (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y4YFjHccZo&ab_channel=B-MovieMadnessRadio)-

01:55:50

Episode 150: Nicholas Ray Week 5 (Bitter Victory +...

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2025/02/10

On Episode 150 of Floating Through Film, we conclude our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! Just like most of the movies we did for the series, we conclude with two more great Ray films from the 50s, 1957's Bitter Victory, and 1958's Wind Across the Everglades (54:40) . We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: The Last Boy Scout + Football Player DraftMusic:- Intro: Bitter Victory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZmJrAb71eo&ab_channel=AnnyasLogos)- Break: Wind Across the Everglades

01:52:16

Episode 149: Nicholas Ray Week 4 (Run for Cover +...

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2025/02/03

On Episode 149 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! We're continuing Ray's great run in the 50s with 1955's Run for Cover, and 1956's Bigger than Life (55:38) . We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Bitter Victory + Wind Across the Everglades Music: - Intro: Run for Cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eoeZta_sW0&ab_channel=AnnyasChannelLogos2020) - Break: Bigger than Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ros2nu77iRc&ab_channel=AnnyasLogos) -

02:53:03

Episode 148: Nicholas Ray Week 3 (Johnny Guitar +...

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2025/01/27

On Episode 148 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! We're reviewing two of Ray's color films from the 50s, 1954's Johnny Guitar, and 1955's Rebel Without a Cause (1:45:05) . We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Run for Cover + Bigger Than Life Music: - Intro: Johnny Guitar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlomoZqolEI&ab_channel=MovieThemesSymphonies%26Suites) - Break: Rebel Without a Cause

02:26:06

Episode 147: Nicholas Ray Week 2 (On Dangerous Ground...

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2025/01/20

On Episode 147 of Floating Through Film, we continue our series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! We're reviewing two of Ray's black and white films from the early 50s, 1951's On Dangerous Ground, and 1952's The Lusty Men (1:08:28) . We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Rebel Without a Cause + Johnny Guitar Music: - Intro: On Dangerous Ground (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvbsBUAvP4&ab_channel=SoundtrackFred) - Break: The Lusty Men - Outro: On Dangerous Ground

02:58:50

Episode 146: Nicholas Ray Week 1 (They Live by Night...

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2025/01/13

On Episode 146 of Floating Through Film, we begin our new series picked by Luke, Nicholas Ray! Luke starts off the episode introducing by introducing Nicholas Ray and telling us why he picked him for this series, before reviewing two of Ray's early classics, his debut film in 1948, They Live by Night (31:45), and his 1950 noir, In a Lonely Place (1:41:09). We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: On Dangerous Ground + The Lusty Men Music: - Intro: They Live by Night

03:12:56

Episode 145: 2024 Recap

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2025/01/06

On Episode 145 of Floating Through Film, we're recapping our 2024 in film! We're discussing various topics related to our year in movie watching, including Worst Movie Watched in 2024, Top 3 Movies from 2024 (16:07), Top 5 Rewatched Movies (33:27), and then closing out with our Top 10 First Watches in 2024 (1:10:24). We also have our good friend Dustin on with us to help us recap. We hope you enjoy!Episode Next Week: Nicholas Ray Week 1 (They Live By Night + In A Lonely Place) Music: Intro: from

02:01:24

Episode 144: FTF Christmas (The Shop Around the...

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2024/12/30

On Episode 144 of Floating Through Film, we're getting in the spirit of Christmas with two Christmas classics, starting with another excuse to review a Lubitsch film, 1940's The Shop Around the Corner, before getting to 1993's stop-motion classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1:10:06). We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 2024 Recap Music: - Intro: from The Shop Around the Corner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY2KqCOBNGY&ab_channel=MovieTitleScreens) - Break: from The Nightmare Before

01:10:13

Episode 143: Top 10 Duos in Film

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2024/12/23

On Episode 143 of Floating Through Film, we tried to come up with our consensus top 10 duos in film. We were very loose with what exactly a duo in film is, which makes for an interesting list in our opinion. We hope you enjoy! Episode Next Week: 2024 Recap Music: - Intro: from Letter from an Unknown Woman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42sbnQxEmw&ab_channel=Rousseau) - Outro: from (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzBH9Nm1BP8) Hosts: Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/,

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