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Wind, Reel, & Print

Salad Brain Productions

Two internet cinephiles aim to recreate the film set ”water cooler talk” where discussion is open to everything movies. From cherished classics to repugnant newcomers, WR&P captures the complexities of life through the lens of cinema, living comfortably within the boundaries of high and low art, popular and unpopular titles, and local and international cinema.

tv & film

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30:24

Harold and Maude (1971)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/10/04

EPISODE 015: BAY AREA FLICKSSteeped in classic Bay Area imagery and counterculture ideology, Hal Ashby’s definitive “Harold and Maude” is a seemingly perfect example of Bay Area Cinema. But the podcast conversation deviates from local geography and cultural history, as Ryan highlights the film’s proto-Wes Anderson-isms and Kevin traces the film’s metamodern philosophical ponderings.

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58:33

From Cassavetes to Today

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/09/27

EPISODE 014: INDIE CINEMAFeaturing Shadows (1959), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), She’s Gotta Have It (1986), Shakespeare in Love (1998) In an effort to track recent film history, podcast hosts Ryan and Kevin examine the trajectory of independent cinema through a collection of films by John Cassavetes, Roger Corman, Spike Lee, and Miramax. The discussion wanders away from the films themselves, instead focusing on these four prominent film pioneers and how they define indie cinema with

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22:54

Funny Games (1997)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/09/20

EPISODE 013: WEIRD @ WR&PUsing Michael Haneke's 1997 film “Funny Games” as a conversation focal point, Ryan and Kevin discuss the critical separation of content and form. Can you like a movie's cinematic style while absolutely despising the film's storyline? Haneke aims to challenge what it means to enjoy a movie.

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27:20

F for Fake (1973)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/09/17

EPISODE 012: META MOVIESWhen it comes to combining the magic of cinema with the boundaries of reality, few blur the lines more than the legendary Orson Welles. Ryan and Kevin examine 1973's “F for Fake” as Welles' strongest example of cinematic mastery, noting how the filmmaker bends and breaks the filmic form to fit his hypothesis on the truth of art forgery and the lies of creative origin.

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01:05:56

The Implications of Film Grain & Fragmentation

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/09/13

EPISODE 011: GUEST STARRING JOSH PARK Featuring: Hulk (2003); Unfriended: Dark Web (2018); May December (2023) WIND, REEL, & PRINT formally welcomes local Bay Area filmmaker/educator/critic Josh Park as the podcast’s first official guest. While examining the ways Netflix manipulates film grain, Josh highlights how the principles of fragmentation are essential to the craft of filmmaking while Ryan and Kevin question the implications of fragmentation in relation to the developments of new

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01:14:02

"Beyond a Miracle"

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/09/06

EPISODE 010: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE Featuring: City Lights (1931); The Red Shoes (1948); Landscape in the Mist (1988); Red Beard (1965). Ryan posits, “What is beyond a miracle?” There are few words that can describe the insurmountable cosmic intervention required to produce a movie of quality, and each film on the Letterboxd Top 250 stands as a fortified record of cinema’s miracles. This episode of the 250 Shuffle offers a brief lesson in film history with four master filmmakers presenting

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33:13

Didi (2024)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/08/30

EPISODE 009: BAY AREA FLICKS In their first foray into Bay Area Cinema, Ryan and Kevin take a look at recent Sundance indie darling Didi (2024) from writer/director Sean Wang. The co-hosts chat about the film’s writing choices and how it stacks up against other coming-of-age movies.

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31:03

Videodrome (1983)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/08/23

EPISODE 008: WEIRD @ WR&P The WR&P Pod gets weird with David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983), a sci-fi body horror flick that delves into the depths of underground television. While praising the filmmakers’ practical effects and neon-noir story aesthetics, Ryan and Kevin fall down the rabbit hole of deciphering Videodrome’s meaning.

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24:22

Scenes From A Marriage Story

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/08/16

EPISODE 007: META - MARRIAGE STORY (2019) & SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (1974) For Wind, Reel, & Print’s first double feature, Ryan and Kevin cross-examine Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (2019) and Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage (1974). They explore how both films depict marriage through divorce, reflect the director’s married life, and subtly hint at a meta movie within a movie.

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16:43

Challengers (2024)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/08/09

EPISODE 006: NEWLY ACQUIRED Ryan and Kevin offer their initial reactions to Luca Guadagnino’s sports romance smash hit Challengers (2024), praising the film’s cinematography, screenwriting, sound mix, and bumping score. In a contemporary rendition of the cinematic triad, this hypersexual tennis match leaves the WR&P co-hosts sweating for more.

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21:09

Vivre sa vie (1962)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/08/06

EPISODE 005: WEIRD @ WR&P After briefly discussing Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre sa vie (1962) in Ep 000, Ryan watches it for the first time and quizzes Kevin on this French New Wave classic. Kevin elaborates on theatrical realism, Brechtian cinema, and Russell Campbell’s book Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, and Ryan ponders on the ending of the movie.

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01:06:13

Letterboxd Top 4

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/08/02

To introduce the Top 250 Shuffle, Ryan and Kevin begin with the cream of the crop, the top 4 narrative feature films as voted by Letterboxd members. Harakiri (1962), Come and See (1985), 12 Angry Men (1957), and Seven Samurai (1954) all offer insight into the type of movies which warrant the status of “best movie of all time”. From compelling depictions of humanity to inquisitive commentaries on death, these four films each seem to carry the weight of the world.

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21:22

Civil War (2024)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/07/26

Ryan and Kevin sit down to discuss the most recent Alex Garland flick, Civil War.

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18:21

Bowfinger (1999)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/07/19

Ryan invites Kevin to watch one of his favorite films, Bowfinger (1999). Directed by the great Frank Oz and written by the ever-funny Steve Martin, this film has always felt especially underrated. Give the pod a listen and go watch the movie!

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02:28:23

Best Picture Winners of the 2000s

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/07/14

For our true inaugural episode, we embarked on an ambitious quest: watching every single Best Picture winner from the 2000s and meticulously ranking them. The result? A cinematic marathon that left us both exhilarated and exhausted. Did we attain nirvana by the end? Not quite. But what we did achieve was a captivating glimpse into the film industry’s trajectory over the past two decades.

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01:03:01

Our Top 4 Favorite Films

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2024/07/09

The beginning! Get to know Ryan and Kevin's top 4 favorite films!

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