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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.

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81:58

Brechtian Cinema

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/11/07

EPISODE 074: FILM THEORY DISCUSSIONSFeaturing: The Threepenny Opera (1931); Vivre sa vie (1962); Palindromes (2004); Chi-Raq (2015) Wind, Reel, & Print is going back to the classroom to take a deep dive into Brechtian cinema! A term that has come up in a number of previous episodes, these four movies finally give Ryan his “aha” moment with the idea and reveal just how much this idea/genre plays into exactly what this podcast is all about. Plus “Palindromes,” the sleeper hit!

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79:49

Troll 2 (1990)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/10/31

EPISODE 073: SPOILED: THE SEQUEL SHOWFeaturing: Troll 2 (1990) THE BOYS ARE BACK. It's Halloween and time for a scary movie. Ryan is joined by Chad and Joe, from the infamous and elusive Salad Brain Productions, to talk about the “worst” film ever made. But did we just stumble into a gem? Time to find out!

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68:11

“3 movies and Incendies”

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/10/24

EPISODE 072: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLEFeaturing: Before Sunrise (1995); Mary and Max (2009); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Incendies (2010) We dive back into our favorite segment and come out the other side even bigger Denis fans. Plus two stop-motion films? The beginning of a Richard Linklater trilogy? The Top 250 is deep and we are wading into it.

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64:19

Howard Hawks

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/10/17

EPISODE 071: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (DIRECTORS)Featuring: The Big Sleep (1946); Red River (1948); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Rio Bravo (1959) It’s director time! WR&P is familiar with some of Howard Hawks’ greatest works (Bringing up Baby and His Girl Friday) and his elevation of the Screwball genre, but what about everything else? Musicals? Westerns? Film Noir? This man had his hands in everything and we take a peek at some of his most admired work spanning all of these genres.

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115:41

Musicals

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/10/10

EPISODE 070: LESSONS IN FILM GENREFeaturing: Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Sound of Music (1965); The Little Mermaid (1989); Mamma Mia! (2008) Lights! Camera! Music! Kevin & Ryan talk the history of musicals, the inherent meta-ness of the genre, and why The Sound of Music is one of the greatest films of all time. The longest regular episode to-date, and it is well-deserved!

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76:03

The First Five Pokemon Movies

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/10/03

EPISODE 069 (nice): CINEMA MINISERIESFeaturing: Pokemon: The First Movie (1998); Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999); Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000); Pokémon 4Ever (2001); Pokémon Heroes (2002) Ash, Pikachu, Misty, Brock, Ryan, & Kevin. We journeyed into our youth to see if the Pokemon movies have the sauce and find out just how close they came to greatness (one of them anyway).

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1:46

What's coming up?

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/09/26

There's no proper episode this week, but listen in and get a taste of what topics we are diving into in the coming weeks and months!

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80:23

Treasure Island(s)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/09/19

EPISODE 067: CINEMA MINISERIESFeaturing: Treasure Island (1950); Muppet Treasure Island (1996); Treasure Planet (2002) ARGH MATEY. Long John Silver may be one of the most interesting characters in all of media, and in this episode Ryan and Kevin speak about how him and many of the other themes and characters of Treasure Island have evolved over the decades. Plus our pitch for the next Treasure Island adaptation!

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45:40

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/09/12

EPISODE 067: CINEMA SINGLESFeaturing: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Following the Disney Renaissance of the 20th century, things began to putter out, or more aptly, sink into the ocean. As children of the 90’s, Ryan and Kevin remember Atlantis fondly and discuss its place in animation history. Plus the “Fart Theory™.”

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65:06

Stoner Films

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/09/05

EPISODE 066: LESSONS IN FILM MOVEMENTSFeaturing: Reefer Madness (1936); Up in Smoke (1978); How High (2001); Pineapple Express (2008) WR&P goes deep undercover to expose the true ills of society: Marijuana! Ganja! The Devil’s Lettuce! Listen in as Ryan and Kevin explore the history of the stoner film genre, all the way from the propaganda film of the 1930’s to the buddy comedies of the late 20th century, and beyond.

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41:02

Marxist Animation

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/08/30

EPISODE 065: LESSONS IN FILM GENREFeaturing: A Bug’s Life (1998); Chicken Run (2000); Robots (2005) At the dawn of the new millennia, animated films began its rapid transition from physical medium to computer generation and changed the film industry altogether. Steve Jobs’ Pixar signaled the move away from Disney’s 2D cell animation and Aardman’s claymation, and foreshadowed the complete tech takeover that Hollywood has been experiencing since the 2010s. With months-long labor strikes, VFX

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01:09:35

"Descent into Emptiness"

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/08/22

EPISODE 064: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLEFeaturing: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Raging Bull (1980); The Father (2020); I’m Still Here (2024) In a new episode of WR&P’s Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle, Ryan & Kevin pin two cinema classics against two recent Oscar darlings. Despite the drastic jump in time, this particular collection is rare in its thematic cohesion. As our own reality tears at the seams, these four films build a portrait of this

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01:34:55

WR&P Awards (2024-2025)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/08/15

EPISODE 063: SPECIAL EVENTWind Reel & Print “wraps” their first season with a celebratory WR&P Awards Ceremony. Cohosts Ryan and Kevin summarize the last year of podcasting by pinpointing landmark episodes that transformed, defined, and elevated our understanding of cinematic language. The First Annual WR&P Awards closes with an exciting announcement of this year’s winners for Best Screenplay, Best Actor(s), Best Director, and Best Picture.

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31:14

Babylon (2022)

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/08/08

EPISODE 062: CINEMA SINGLESHaving mentioned the film in a number of previous episodes, Kevin’s fascination with Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” finally comes to fruition. In a heartfelt suicide note to Hollywood, Chazelle returns to his supposed entertainment industry comfort zone, relishing in the chaos and thrilling drama that defined his early successes in “Whiplash” and “La La Land”. After bombing at the box office, “Babylon” aims to achieve a cult following status with its grotesque humor and

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26:47

Kuleshov Effect

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/08/01

EPISODE 061: FILM THEORY DISCUSSIONSWind Reel & Print uncovers the secrets to Soviet cinema via the guidance of filmmaker Lev Kuleshov and his humbly named theory the “Kuleshov effect”. In an introductory lesson to film editing, this founding principle of film theory draws attention to the cut as the primary building block of film-meaning creation. Despite the inherent self-explanatory nature of this concept, this episode serves as an important reminder of the impacts Soviet film theorists

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29:23

“500 Days of Annie Hall”

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/07/25

EPISODE 060: DOUBLE FEATURESFeaturing: Annie Hall (1977); [500] Days of Summer (2009) What does the Academy Award-winning Woody Allen and Hollywood hearthrob Joseph Gordon-Levitt have in common? We’re actually not too sure either. But their movies felt like an appropriate pair to cut against. Both “Annie Hall” and “[500] Days of Summer” take the romcom genre to meta extremes and WR&P cohosts Ryan and Kevin examine the formal and narrative aspects that loosely define a meta romcom, namely

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48:48

Bay Area Baseball

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/07/18

EPISODE 059: BAY AREA FLICKSFeaturing: Angels in the Outfield (1994); The Fan (1996); Moneyball (2011) In possibly the biggest reach in WR&P history, Kevin bundles three Bay Area-based baseball movies in an attempt to define the local region through America’s Favorite Pasttime. From Brad Pitt’s Billy Beane to Robert De Niro’s fanatic antics, baseball is universally cherished as a game of passion. It stands as one of the iconic symbols of American and masculine identity, with both Ryan and

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39:27

Auteur Theory

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/07/12

EPISODE 058: FILM THEORY DISCUSSIONSWind Reel & Print puts a name to a face by introducing auteur theory, one of the cornerstone concepts of film theory. With French New Wave origins, this theoretical claim pedastaled the director as the “author” of cinema. It has since become a badge of honor, changing the way we understand filmmaking and altering the film industry away from producer-centrism and towards director-centrism. Kevin offers their own theories behind the qualifications of the term

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49:17

Mumblecore pt. II

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/07/04

EPISODE 057: LESSONS IN FILM MOVEMENTSFeaturing: Cyrus (2010); Drinking Buddies (2013); Frances Ha (2012); Computer Chess (2013) Per our initial “Mumblecore” episode, WR&P examines the original Mumble-corps in the years following their break onto the scene. Andrew Bujalski, Joe Swanberg, Greta Gerwig, and the Duplass Brothers return for another round of complicated relationships and inventive independent film modes. Kevin coins terminology around this movement to explain the ways these

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01:03:19

Nosferatu

Wind, Reel, & Print ·

2025/06/27

EPISODE 056: CINEMA MINI SERIESFeaturing: Nosferatu (1922); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Nosferatu (2024) As a quasi-sequel to the “Vampire Movies” episode, Wind Reel & Print folds in the cinematic traditions of Nosferatu. Beginning with F.W. Murnau’s 1922 version and ending with Robert Eggers’ recent rendition, Ryan and Kevin cover the aesthetic differences between these three films and how this pertains to director style, regionality, and time period of production.

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