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DESIGNERS ON FILM

Jason Tselentis

Every episode, host Jason Tselentis speaks with a phenomenal guest, usually a designer, about their favorite movie. It might be worth watching over and over, and over again. Maybe it left them with more questions than answers, or a lingering feeling. Learn about art direction and set design, cinematography and performance, casting and screenwriting, acting and costume design, makeup and music, as well as advertising, marketing, media, technology, unforgettable quotes, and so much more. Whether or

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All Episodes

00:14:15

Challengers (2024) with Erin Prus [more thoughts]

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/05/30

Erin Prus, a design leader living in the heart of the Midwest, focuses on the ways words, and their systems and styles, shape design, along with UI design elements, accessibility, and more. Erin shares more thoughts about Challengers, starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor, analyzing its romance, conflicts, parenting scenes, memorable action on the tennis court, compression of time and flashbacks, sponsorships, and also, how Applebee's factors into the story.-A teacher-journalist turned

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00:02:47

Pee-wee as Himself (2025) review

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/05/23

The HBO Original two-part documentary Pee-wee as Himself, directed by Matt Wolf, debuts Friday, May 23 (8pm ET) with both parts airing back-to-back on HBO and available to stream on Max.-for more Pee-wee listen to the DESIGNERS ON FILM interview with Ben Shown, available on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon podcastshttps://www.designersonfilm.com/podcast/pee-wees-big-adventure-1985-with-ben-shown-https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000607/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14419140/

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00:36:32

Challengers (2024) with Erin Prus

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/05/17

Erin Prus is a design leader living in the heart of the Midwest, focuses on the ways words (and their systems and styles) shape design, and impact UI design elements, accessibility, and more. She returns to the show to talk about Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes, starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor. Is Challengers the horniest tennis movies ever? What about the sweaty, rainy scenes? And how does it compare to 9 1/2 Weeks or Basic Instinct?-A

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00:28:11

Pump Up the Volume (1990) with Ian Smile [more thoughts]

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/05/06

Pump Up the Volume stars Christian Slater as a high schooler who moonlights as an underground radio personality. In addition to the movie, Ian Smile talks about music, media, craft, and the importance of messaging and content.-After over 15 years building his career in the New York City design community, Ian Smile chased his dreams of designing skateboards, following the sunset west for the skateparks and beaches of Southern California. He was welcomed into the skate world by some of his childhood

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01:17:17

Pump Up the Volume (1990) with Ian Smile

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/05/02

Throughout his career, Ian Smile has been a graphic designer, creative director, community builder, and is currently a principal UX designer building digital products for media management and distribution for pro sports & entertainment industries. Ian and I discuss Pump Up the Volume, starring Christian Slater as a high schooler who moonlights as an underground radio personality, he's a voice for the students and somebody they relate to, even look up to. We also talk about Generation X, the punk

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00:02:26

Pee-wee as Himself [Jason monologuing]

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/04/25

HBO's trailer for Pee-wee as Himself recently debuted, a walk down memory lane, full of familiar faces, funny stories, and some hard truths. The two-part TV series debuts May 2025.-https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14419140/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090500/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089791/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081915/

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00:53:27

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) with Ben Shown

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/04/19

Ben Shown is equal parts design nerd and creative mentor, bringing a playful curiosity to complex challenges and a love of user-centered everything. As Head of Design at Blink UX, he helps shape the vision for industry giants like Amazon, Expedia, Microsoft, NASA, and The New York Times. When it comes to movies, Ben considers Pee-wee's Big Adventure a North Star, a pillar, and for all the right reasons. It has comedy, drama, surprise, shock, whimsy, and even some horror, with memorable scenes and

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00:03:22

Death and Taxes [Jason monologuing]

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/04/11

Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, "In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." When it comes to movies about taxes, finance, banking, scheming, lying, cheating, and selling, here are a few of my favorites, from comedies to dramas, to the completely outrageous and obscene.-American Psycho (2000)The Big Short (2015)Boiler Room (2000)Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)The Other Guys (2010)Trading Places (1983)Wall Street (1987)The Wolf of Wall Street

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00:48:48

Midnight Run (1988) with Bill Childs

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/04/10

Accomplished marketing leader Bill Childs comes back to the show. After thirty years of working as a graphic designer, copywriter, art director, illustrator, marketing director, and creative director, Bill shares his insights in the book Childs Play which serves as a field guide for anyone who works creatively. Bill talks about why the high-octane comedy Midnight Run is a perfect movie, from Grodin's improvisations to De Niro's commitment to the character, with Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis

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00:03:55

Val Kilmer on my mind [Jason monologuing]

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/04/05

Thankful for Val Kilmer and all the wonderful work he did, especially 2010's MacGruber which helped me get through some dark times during 2020's COVID lockdown.-Val Kilmer, so much range, such a phenomenal artist. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000174/-MacGruber (2010)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470023/ https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/an-oral-history-of-macgruber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaCPCekIL3s Top Secret! (1984)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088286/ Real Genius

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01:06:50

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) with Noah Smith

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/03/28

Noah Smith is a multidisciplinary visual storyteller specializing in UX design. With a background in film, Noah's also a big, big fan of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the 1986 comedy that's also full of action, drama, and sprawling musical numbers. Ferris, an extremely popular teenager, skips school and with his best friend Cameron and his girlfriend Sloane, they embark on a series of adventures. What about the possibility of Ferris being a figment of Cameron's imagination, the so-called Fight Club

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01:02:08

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) with F. Ron Miller

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/03/20

Based in Los Angeles, California, F. Ron Miller has designed numerous movie posters and title sequences, as well as an impressive number of covers for The Criterion Collection, who releases important classic and contemporary films. Ron's always been a big fan of The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, and Elaine Stewart. It tells the story of a ruthless producer played by Kirk Douglas, who works tirelessly to reach the top of the Hollywood system with no care for how others

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00:33:22

Anora (2024) with Erin Prus [more thoughts]

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/03/15

Erin Prus recorded the initial Anora episode, Part 1, January 2025 when the movie had already earned plenty of accolades. Weeks later, in February 2025 with even more news swirling about the movie and Oscar buzz, this follow-up episode was recorded. Is the controversy surrounding the movie, which did not have an intimacy coordinator on set, worth debating over? Does it make the movie better, or worse? Does it make Anora, as a work of art, a bolder creative act? Are comparisons to the Julia Roberts

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00:36:47

Anora (2024) with Erin Prus

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/03/08

Erin Prus is a design leader living in the heart of the Midwest, focused on the ways words (and their systems and styles) shape design, along with UI design elements, accessibility, and more. Her experience spans copywriting in advertising; short and long form in publishing; editorial, brand-building, and big healthcare. She sees her love of language at the center of many design experiences. Erin shared her thoughts on Anora, in an episode recorded well before the Oscars, where the movie won many

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00:44:36

The Princess Bride (1987) with Mónica Malavé

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/03/01

Mónica Malavé is a marketing and branding strategist, and CEO of Elevate It Now. Originally from Puerto Rico, she has a passion for design, marketing, and all things creative and is a big believer in "people helping people." Her specialties include branding, social media management, technical and creative marketing, and innovative marketing strategies. She's an Adobe Express Ambassador and also a Marketing Mentor with the American Marketing Association, DC Chapter. A big fan of movies, including but

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01:10:11

Purple Rain (1984) with Tony Best

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/02/22

Art historian and design historian Tony Best knows visual culture and as president of Sunset & Madison LLC, a research-based communications firm, his work is rooted in creative services management, archival practices, and mass media studies. Tony suggested a couple of movies to discuss, but ultimately landed on Purple Rain. Prince is The Kid, a young musician facing challenges at home who strives to be the best artist, the best possible musician that he can, no matter the distractions. If you

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00:03:29

Moonlight Bonus Memories with Silas Munro

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/02/14

Silas Munro and I had a lot to talk about when we discussed 2016's Moonlight, and this bonus episode has even more. Family, friends, spending time together, enjoying a meal together, and preparing a meal, as well as swimming, all play a pivotal role in the movie. In this short bonus episode, Silas talks about the importance of food and family in his own life.

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00:51:40

Moonlight (2016) with Silas Munro

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/02/14

Silas Munro is a designer, artist, writer, researcher, curator, and surfer. He founded the design studio Polymode, based in Los Angeles and Raleigh, that works with clients across cultural spheres. He's also curator and author of Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest at Letterform Archive in 2022-2023 and contributor to W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America. He co-authored the first BIPOC-centered design history course, Black Design in America: African Americans and

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00:33:31

The Intern (2015) with Danu Ardhata

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/02/07

Danu Ardhata believes that living in two completely different worlds has always fueled his creative ventures. Born in Chicago and raised in Jakarta, the Indonesian-American graphic designer and brand strategist recently earned his master's degree at ArtCenter College of Design, California. He talks about his upbringing, learning software on his own, and why The Intern is such a special movie.-Danu Ardhata first discovered graphic design in the 12th grade, but long before that, he was already

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00:03:22

Kicking Off 2025 [Jason monologuing]

DESIGNERS ON FILM ·

2025/02/01

Some thoughts on David Lynch, plus what's coming in early 2025.

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