All October long we at Flixwise have steadfastly refused to indulge in the ritual demonic possession that seems to come upon many of our fellow-movie bloggers around mid-September. We figured the internet would safely reach peak-monster without any help from us. And also, we're giant scaredy-cats, so in lieu of spooks and slashers, we offered up singing, dancing, and merriment in the form of a Musical Marathon . However, now that Halloween is actually upon us, we've decided to relent on the whol...
Oct 28, 2014•11 min
It's the last leg of our Musical Marathon! Here at Flixwise we believe that no foray into the world of song and dance is complete without a stop in Fred and Ginger territory. So before we make our exit, we're bringing you our analysis of George Stevens' 1936 feature, SWING TIME. The founder and editor of ClassicFilmFan.com, Carrie Specht, is on hand to present the film for the Flixwise Favorites List. Listen up to see if she can convince Anne Marie Kelly, and your host, Lady P, that SWING TIME i...
Oct 21, 2014•29 min
The October of counter-programming continues with our next musical submission to the Flixwise Favorites List. This time The Film Experience's Anne Marie Kelly makes her case for why she thinks WEST SIDE STORY is one of the greatest movies of all time. She's got to convince Lady P and special guest, Carrie Specht, that they should be equally enchanted with Robert Wise's film. It's charming to be sure, but anything short of alarmingly charming just won't do. Is the epic battle over which nationali...
Oct 14, 2014•30 min
In our SINGING IN THE RAIN episode we promised you a musical marathon, and we always make good on our promises. Starting this week, and continuing all through October, will have a series of minisodes in which each week we deliberate on one musical entry to the Flixwise Favorites List. We are aware that historically October is typically to be devoted to all things horror. However here at Flixwise we're offering a respite from the creatures who go bump in the night. I believe they refer to this in...
Oct 07, 2014•34 min
California may be suffering one of the most severe droughts in recorded history, but here at Flixwise it is positively storming. On today's podcast Lady P gathers two of her closest friends, Julianne Martin and Kabir Singh, to revel in the Technicolor glory of one the crowning achievements of the Hollywood studio system. It's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN! The Stanley Donen 1952 musical ranks as the 20th Greatest Movie of All Time on the Sight and Sound Critic's Poll. Listen up to find out if our trio are...
Sep 30, 2014•54 min
On today's episode, Emma Guerard and first-time guest, Jason Perlman, join Lady P for a psychoanalysis of the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. Their primary case study is Tarkovsky's 1975 feature film, MIRROR. MIRROR is the number 19¹ movie on the Sight and Sound Critics Poll. Listen up to find out if the panel was able to make heads or tails of this beguiling puzzle of a movie. They follow up their MIRROR analysis, with a general discussion of non-narrative cinema. Yes, our panel watches non...
Sep 16, 2014•51 min
On this episode, Lady P is joined by a couple of her warrior friends, Gabe Haggard and Derek Kessler, to discuss Sight and Sound's 17th Greatest Movie of All Time, Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI. Then the trio wages glorious battle over what they consider to be the true purpose of film. Gabe says film should be exclusively a narrative medium, but Lady P disagrees. Sufficed to say, it gets ugly. In the end, scores are settled, blood is shed, honor is lost, but at least they've definitely settled ...
Sep 02, 2014•55 min
On today's episode our panel attempts to discern the indiscernible. Lady P, Emma Guerard, and Andy Theiss are going to try to make sense of The Sight and Sound Critic's Poll's 17th Greatest Movie of All Time, Ingmar Bergman's PERSONA. Listen up to find out if they enjoyed having their brains disassembled by a grumpy Swedish dude. They follow that up with another meeting of the Richard Linklater fanclub. (The group first met up for the Dazed and Confused episode.) This time they're discussing his...
Aug 19, 2014•49 min
This episode is a bit of a departure for Flixwise. Normally we're all about analyzing the greatest movies of all time, but since we're also in the business of horizon broadening, we thought it might be interesting to take a little detour into the realm of television(or sorta television) to chat about Jenji Kohan's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. Also, the Emmys are coming up, and we just want to make sure that the ORANGE drum continues to sound until the cast and crew (especially Kate Mulgrew) takes ho...
Aug 13, 2014•43 min
On today's show Lady P and Gabe Haggard are joined by filmmaker and transcendental style enthusiast Tad Chamberlain, to chat about the 16th Greatest Movie of All Time, Robert Bresson's AU HASARD BALTHAZAR. Listen up to find out if our panelist were as touched by the suffering of the poor donkey, Balthazar, as the Sight and Sound critics. They follow up their BALTHAZAR discussion with an analysis of the 2014 blockbuster SNOWPIERCER. While BALTHAZAR and SNOWPIERCER may seem completely unrelated, t...
Aug 05, 2014•56 min
It's the final installment in this trio of teen movie submissions. This time, Emma Guerard must convince the panel that Richard Linklater's DAZED AND CONFUSED is one of the greatest teen movies of all time. Find out if Lady P and Andy Theiss agree that DAZED AND CONFUSED is worthy of inclusion in the Flixwise Favorites List. And if you're a Linklater fan, stayed tuned for our discussion about his recent release BOYHOOD, coming up in the next few weeks. In the meantime, let us know what you think...
Jul 29, 2014•25 min
On today's episode Lady P is joined once again by writer and film historian, Professor Joseph McBride. They sit down to discuss the number 15 movie on the Sight and Sound Greatest of All Time List, Yasujiro Ozu's LATE SPRING. As Lady P mentions in the podcast, Joe was selected to participate in the 2012 Sight and Sight Critic's Poll, and he included LATE SPRING in his individual top 10 list. Lady P and Joe talk about why he feels LATE SPRING is worthy of inclusion in the canon. They also get int...
Jul 22, 2014•58 min
Lady P, Emma Guerard, and Andy Theiss are back for another installment in the Flixwise Teen Moviethon. Each episode in the series features a panelist pitching their favorite teen movie for inclusion in the Flixwise Favorites List. The roundtable carefully weighs the faults and merits of the film, to determine if it is worthy of inclusion in the Flixwise pantheon. Last week the panel reviewed John Hughes' SIXTEEN CANDLES, and despite Andy's impassioned and thoughtful analysis, Emma and Lady P bot...
Jul 15, 2014•24 min
On today's episode, back by popular demand is the one and only Mr. Steve Teamkin. Steve will be joining Lady P and her longtime friend, writer/director Ted Campbell, to discuss--according to the Sight and Sound Critics' Poll--the 14th Greatest Movie of All Time, APOCALYPSE NOW. The production on the film was notoriously troubled. Did Francis Ford Coppola manage to pull off an epic masterpiece, or is it the giant folly-of-a-film that the Hollywood prognosticators of the 1970's initially predicted...
Jul 08, 2014•49 min
Inspired by last week's John Hughes discussion, we at Flixwise have decided to do a whole series of episodes focusing on teen movies. Each installment in the series will feature a Flixwise panelist pitching their favorite teen movie for inclusion list in the Flixwise Favorites List. Then the roundtable will carefully weigh the faults and merits of said film, to determine if it is worthy of inclusion in the rarefied collection of the Flixwise pantheon. Participating in the panel are Lady P, Emma ...
Jul 01, 2014•27 min
On today's show Lady P and Gabe are joined by journalist, historian, and former chief film critic for The Hollywood Reporter, Kirk Honeycutt . First up, the trio discuss Jean-Luc Godard's landmark 1960 film, BREATHLESS. According to the Sight and Sound Critic's Poll, BREATHLESS is the 13th Greatest Film of All Time. Listen up to find out why it, and the entire French New Wave movement are held in such high regard. For our second topic, we switch gears and talk about another kind of New Wave. Thi...
Jun 24, 2014•50 min
On today's episode special guest, Chris Knoblock, suggests another entry to the "Why Isn't THIS on the List" List. According to Chris, William Friedkin's 1973 horror film, THE EXORCIST, is one of the scariest movies ever made, and he feels its omission from the Sight and Sound List of Greatest Movies of All Time is a travesty; a travesty that he intends to make right. Listen up to see if Lady P and Gabe agree to include the film on the Flixwise Favorites List.
Jun 17, 2014•31 min
On today's show local director, cameraman, and film enthusiast, Chris Knoblock joins Lady P and Gabe Haggard to discuss the number 12 movie on the Sight and Sound Critics Poll: Jean Vigo's L'ATALANTE. L'ATALANTE was released in 1934, and is often considered to be among the most influential films in French cinema history. Listen up to find if the movie floats the Flixwise boat. Also, for added fun, try to keep track of all the different ways we pronounce the film's title. Next up, the panel decid...
Jun 10, 2014•54 min
Today's episode is another submission to the Flixwise Alternate Greatest Films of All Time List. This time, Gary Lampert pitches to the panel what he considers to be "The CITIZEN KANE of action movies." That's right ladies and gentleman, today we're talking about John McTiernan's 1988 Christmas classic DIE HARD. We're talkin' Bruce Willis, Bruce Willis' poor bloody feet, the calorie content of twinkies, and of course Alan Rickman's glorious German accent. It is Gary's contention that silly actio...
Jun 03, 2014•20 min
Our friend Gabe Haggard had to go hang out with his family this week, so he is only in this episode in spirit. Fortunately, Lady P rounded up a couple of great guests to pick up the slack. This week Gary Lampert and Emma Guerard join Lady P to discuss the number 11 movie on the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time List: Sergei Eisenstein's BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN. Next, they discuss how much we should take historical context into consideration when assessing a film. For instance, BATTLESHIP PO...
May 26, 2014•41 min
It's official! We've now produced and published 10 episodes, plus 1 bonus episode. They said it couldn't be done. They said we'd lose interest, they said we give up, They said, "What are you thinking? Nobody watches classic movies anymore." (Actually, they might still say that. Haters gonna hate) However, let the record show, we have crossed the threshold between passing phase to legitimate hobby. To celebrate our achievement, we had our friend Julianne Martin make a special appearance on the sh...
May 20, 2014•50 min
On today's show Lady P and Gabe are reunited with Flixwise's very first guest, the one and only Gary Lampert. The three panelist discuss the number 9 movie on the Sight and Sound Critics Poll: Carl Theodor Dreyer's THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC. Then things get serious on the Flixwise Podcast. The Joan of Arc topic segues into a discussion about theology in the movies. They talk about how their personal relationship with religion colors how they view films with biblical themes. But not to worry, be...
May 13, 2014•50 min
On today’s episode Lady P and Gabe are joined by writer, producer, and good friend of the show, Steve Teamkin. This time the panelists embark on an epic journey through space and time, as they discuss Stanley Kubrick’s seminal 1968 sci-fi classic, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. 2001 is considered to be among the greatest and most influential science fiction films of all time, which is probably why it’s ranked number 6 on the Sight and Sound critics poll. That being said, one or two of our panelists were...
May 12, 2014•55 min
On today’s episode Lady P and Gabe are joined once again by mademoiselle Emma Guerard. This time the panelists discuss comedies of manners. First up, it’s the mother of all movie comedy of manners: Jean Renoir’s 1939 classic La Règle du jeu aka The Rules of the Game . According to the Sight and Sound Critics Poll, The Rules of the Game is the 4th Greatest Movie of All Time. In case the headline didn’t tip you off, the panelists don’t necessarily agree. We follow up our Rules of the Game discussi...
May 12, 2014•46 min
On this episode of Flixwise Gabe and Lady P are joined by the one and only Julianne Martin. The three of them tackle the number 5 movie on the Sight and Sound Critics Poll FW Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Human’s . While the Flixwisers acknowledge Sunrise’s influence on future cinema, there were some elements of the film with which Lady P and Julianne took issue. Let us know how you feel about the criticism in the comments section. The panelists follow up the Sunrise discussion with a throwdow...
May 12, 2014•54 min
Hey guys! Ever wonder what that creepy eyeball at the top of our showpage is all about? Well wonder no more, just as soon as you listen to our latest episode. For this edition, we are once again joined by Jeffrey Ashkin to discuss the number 8 movie on the Sight and Sound Critics' Poll, Dziga Vertov's MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA. Dziga Vertov's 1929 silent classic is the first documentary on the list. So to celebrate both our first documentary, and our very first seamless transition between topics, ...
May 06, 2014•48 min
In this is episode Lady P conducts a one on one interview with her mentor, Professor Joseph McBride . McBride is an accomplished author, a journalist, and a film historian whom Lady P met as a student at San Francisco State University. It was an honor to have him on the show. For the first segment, Lady P and McBride discuss the number 7 picture on the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time List: John Ford's, THE SEARCHERS. McBride has written two books on John Ford including this one . In o...
Apr 29, 2014•1 hr 7 min
On this week’s episode, Gabe and I are joined by the lovely and talented, Miss Emma Guerard. In addition to being our resident art conservationist intern, Emma is also the one who made all of our website’s sketches and drawings. Make sure to take some time to admire Emma’s handiwork while you prowl around our site for hours on end. In this edition, we kick things off by talking about our goals for the Flixwise Podcast. We discuss what our intentions are for this project, and what listeners can e...
Mar 25, 2014•50 min
