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Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast

A podcast on the career of Saoirse Ronan and the changing state of the movie star in the 21st century. Hosted by Cole & Connor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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3:02:43

Miami Vice

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/06/23

This week on Above the Title, it's the big one, it's the 2006 Michael Mann film Miami Vice. Frankly, we're both nervous to tackle it and probably don't have enough time in three hours to get out all our thoughts. But this is the hand we've been dealt at 11:47 o'clock on a Friday morning, so we're just gonna have to take it to the limit one more time. Cole wonders if he can pull of Crockett's look. Connor has some harsh words for Michael Bay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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2:39:34

Ask the Dust

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/06/15

This week, we take a look at the 2006 drama Ask the Dust, a film we at varying points compare to Moulin Rouge, Calvin & Hobbes, and Sophie's Choice. The final directorial effort of acclaimed screenwriter Robert Towne, the film stars Colin as Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in 1930s Los Angeles who has a tempestuous relationship with a Mexican waitress (Salma Hayek). We debate the successes and failures of Colin's casting (and performance), wonder about the timelessness of his face, and begin

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3:17:47

The New World

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/06/09

This week, the great Andrew Kinsella joins us to talk about Colin's return after a year long break from movies and Terrence Malick's return from an eight year break from movies, 2005's The New World! A dreamlike and mystical retelling of the Pocahontas story, the film finds Colin in full elemental force as a conflicted John Smith. Two of the people on this podcast adore this movie, the third is more conflicted, but amidst all the debate as we try to get our heads around this film's massive scope,

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1:50:58

Scrubs: "My Lucky Charm"

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/06/01

This week, the great Jeff Sweeney joins us to take a trip to Sacred Heart Hospital and discuss Colin's one-off appearance on Scrubs! The only real guest appearance in his career, Colin's role as the brother of a patient is primarily an excuse for warmed over Irish jokes, but we're mostly interested in the way it interrogates his tabloid bad-boy image in a way none of his movies ever did. Along the way, we salute New Jersey, debate John C. McGinley's legacy, and try to figure out why so many people

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1:31:22

Saturday Night Live: "Colin Farrell/Scissor Sisters"

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/05/25

This week, we make tenuous forays into covering television with the one and only episode of Saturday Night Live Colin ever hosted, fresh off the disaster that was Alexander and folks, it's a stinker. We delve into Colin's strengths and weaknesses as a sketch comedy performer, the running on fumes nature of the 2004 cast, the rampant sexism of the era, and run through each sketch to try to figure out what works (some diamonds in the rough) and what doesn't (pretty much everything). Cole is worried

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2:17:36

Alexander

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/05/11

It was supposed to be the culmination of the first few years of Colin Farrell's career: playing one of the most famous people of all time in a sweeping epic directed by one of the most acclaimed directors of the era. Yet rather than a smash hit that catapulted Colin towards Oscar glory, we are left with a six-time Razzie nominated disaster that almost completely killed his career as a leading man. That's right, this week we're talking Oliver Stone's Alexander, and we mostly have questions, such as:

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2:37:39

A Home at the End of the World

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/05/04

This week, we're starting our look into Colin's 2004 and his turn towards prestige dramas and spoiler alert: it's not gonna turn out well - it's A Home at the End of the World! The film debut of acclaimed Broadway director Michael Mayer and Michael Cunningham's follow-up to the major awards success The Hours, this film follows an ill-fated bisexual throuple over the course of several years in the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Does it work? Not really, but there's a lot of interesting ideas

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2:25:01

Intermission

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/04/27

This week, the boys take another trip to Dublin to close out Colin's stacked 2003 (or maybe inaugurate his disastrous 2004) - it's Intermission! The debut of John Crowley (director of Above the Titled endorsed masterpiece Brooklyn), this very of the moment crime comedy of interlocking narratives features an insanely stacked cast and great a Colin Farrell supporting turn, yet seems to have been forgotten the second it came out. Is it a forgotten gem, or just another entry in the post-Magnolia haze

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2:43:15

S.W.A.T.

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/04/20

This week, Mark Tilley joins the show to discuss the *other* adaptation of a popular TV cop show with a bangin' soundtrack in Colin's filmography: it's S.W.A.T.! But really, this episode is the one where we finally dig into the question underlying this entire podcast: is Colin Farrell even a movie star? And we get into it. Oh boy, do we get into it. We might not settle the issue, but we get into it. Along the way, though, we touch on this movie's incredibly grotesque politics, the forgotten Chadwick

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2:17:24

Veroinca Guerin

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/04/13

Colin Farrell might only be in this movie for thirty seconds, but we're still gonna break two hours talking about it. This week, Above the Title takes a look at the only cameo of Colin's career (we're pretty sure) and the capper to his early association with Joel Schumacher - it's crusading journalist biopic and failed Cate Blanchett Oscar play Veronica Guerin! We can't agree on whether this movie is good but we do both love Colin's performance here. Topics include the Nicole Kidman AMC promo, the

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3:04:19

Daredevil

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/04/06

Any show about the role of the movie star in the 21st century has to get around to talking about superhero movies at some point. This week, the great Saneesh Feisal joins us for a deep dive into pre-MCU, post-Spidey failed franchise starter Daredevil! Topics include our relationships with superhero comics, Evanescence, the film's muddled 2003 aesthetic, Evanescence, the beginning of Colin Farrell being a weird little freak onscreen, and Evanescence. Oh, and there's a deeply contentious Ben Affleck

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2:19:48

The Recruit

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/03/30

The time has come for Above the Title to discuss the only movie bold enough to ask the question "what if there was a recruit:" it's The Recruit! This week, we give our thoughts on the recent Oscars, wonder if Colin Farrell was miscast in this role, and probably put more effort into figuring out this movie's plot than anyone involved in its production. Oh, and of course we break down our Mount Rushmore of Al Pacino performances (hoo-ah). Connor wonders about the sliding doors scenario that is Gabriel

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3:02:52

Phone Booth

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/03/23

This week, the great Jake Mueller (the Cinebums podcast) joins us for our return to the stylistic excesses of Joel Schumacher - it's Phone Booth! We talk about this movie's long development and brisk production, the muddled release that lead to it coming out at the height of Colinmania, and its surprising and undervalued cultural tail, but mostly we're just excited to finally dig into a real powerhouse Colin Farrell performance. Oh, and we also talk about the great American movie Draft Day (guess

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2:37:32

Minority Report

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/03/16

We're joined this week by the great Justin Stillmaker to discuss what's not only a great movie, but is a legitimate contender for the best movie we'll discuss on this podcast... well, maybe one of us disagrees: it's Minority Report! We break down the film in comparison to the original short story, dig into its complicated post 9/11 tone in relation to film noir, debate the aesthetic choices made by the madman Janusz Kaminski, and yes, we get into Colin's (contentious?) performance… but let's be

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2:43:33

Hart's War

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/03/09

This week, it's Hart's War, the (surprisingly dense) third entry in this de facto trilogy of early, forgotten Collin Farrell-starring flops. We talk the odd cultural space of prisoners of war in film, Hollywood's love of interrogating racism via nice white people learning that inequality exists, and Bruce Willis' absolutely undeniable run around the turn of the century, Cole digs into why Terrence Howard didn't come back for Iron Man 2. Connor inaugurates a new feature celebrating the thespians of

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1:53:54

American Outlaws

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/03/02

This week, we take a look at American Outlaws, a forgotten attempt at a 21st century Young Guns in which Colin stars as a twink-ish Jesse James. Full disclosure: this movie sucks and is almost completely devoid of substance so we mostly just talk about other stuff. Connor comes to the defense of Casino Royale. Cole forgets about the existence of Dances With Wolves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:03:38

Tigerland

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/02/23

The boys return to talk Colin's first leading role, the visual stylings of Joel Schumacher, the complicated legacy of the Vietnam War on film, and a surprising Independent Spirit Awards nomination: it's 2000's Tigerland! This movie bombed so hard you have no idea but it's secretly pretty good. Cole fantasizes about seeing the behind the scenes rehearsal footage from Mother. Connor goes long on the strange and uneven career of Michael Shannon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:52:53

Ordinary Decent Criminal

Above the Title: A Saoirse Ronan Podcast ·

2023/02/16

On our inaugural episode we introduce the podcast, explain our rational for only covering the 21st century, and then break into a freewheeling discussion about the 2000 crime comedy Ordinary Decent Criminal. Trust us, nobody is less excited that we're starting things off with a Kevin Spacey vehicle but that's just how it worked out. Connor places this film in the lineage of Irish TV movies of the 1980s and the broader Irish New Wave. Cole says a bunch of cancelable things because he's dumb that he

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