Cinema Double Shot

Wallace McKelvey

Coffee and movies! They're the perfect pair. In this show, journalist and filmmaker Wallace McKelvey talks about some of his favorite films — their history, how they were made, and what they mean today — with some of his favorite people. Come for the nerdery, stay for the good times!

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S2 · E7
July 6 · 1 hr 7 min
Heat Wave Cinema: Our favorite summer movies
It's scorching outside, so we're staying in with the movies. In this episode of Cinema Double Shot, Paul and Wally share their favorite movies that capture the feeling of a long, hot summer. Meanwhile, be sure to mark your calendars!RIVER CITY STORIES and FEARS FOR QUEERS, Josh's anthology of terror, will be screening at Midtown Cinema in Harrisburg on July 16, 17, and 18. Buy tickets now at: https://www.hbgfringe.com/tickets Wally has been collaborating with Midtown Cinema on a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will raise funds to support the LGBT Center of Central PA. The next screening on July 26 is of Barry Jenkins' Oscar-winning Moonlight. Tickets are available at https://www.midtowncinema.com/ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠ Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/
S2 · E6
June 10 · 1 hr 16 min
Queer Cinema: More LGBTQ+ movies to celebrate Pride Month
Just in time for Pride Month, Josh and Wally share more of their favorite LGBTQ+ themed movies. They also have more screenings to announce! RIVER CITY STORIES and FEARS FOR QUEERS, Josh's anthology of terror, will be screening at Midtown Cinema in Harrisburg on July 16, 17, and 18. Buy tickets now at: https://www.hbgfringe.com/tickets Meanwhile, Wally has been collaborating with Midtown Cinema on a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will raise funds to support the LGBT Center of Central PA. Tickets are available at https://www.midtowncinema.com/ The first two screenings are: Sunday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m. Local Queer Film Showcase (90 mins.) Sunday, July 26 at 7 p.m. Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight (111 mins.) Check out our previous Queer Cinema movie recommendations: 🌈 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7GzgJw3QUcibOTK83gkMck?si=dd_Y7j3kSw-y2y2KShRmAg Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠ Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/
S2 · E5
May 17 · 1 hr 10 min
Kickin' it Old School with Physical Media
Josh, Paul, and Wally share a bit of nostalgia for 35mm prints, VHS tapes, Blockbuster, LaserDisc, and more artifacts from our shared movie culture. Along the way, they talk about everything from Vincent Price's Creepy Classics to Nick Nolte's backside.Be sure to mark your calendars for upcoming RIVER CITY STORIES screenings:🗓 May 23, 11 AM & 5 PM at Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse in Lancaster🗓 July 16, 17, and 18 at Midtown Cinema in HarrisburgGet your tickets to see Josh in Open Stage's The Boys in the Band (and use code LGBTCENTER to support our local LGBTQ+ nonprofit):🏳️‍🌈 https://www.openstagehbg.com/shows/boysinthebandPick up Paul's books Paths and The Time of Their Lives in London:📕 https://www.amazon.com/stores/Paul-Hood/author/B07LFKFPXDLearn more about Wally Films:🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠ Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilmSubscribe to my newsletter:⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd:📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠⁠Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at:☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠
S2 · E4
March 29 · 1 hr 15 min
4 Seasons of Cinema (and Filmmaking!)
Susan Bassler, our multi-talented filmmaking friend, joins us to chat about her favorite movies from every season — and all the work that goes on behind the scenes to make a film. Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠ Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/
S2 · E3
March 9 · 1 hr 13 min
Putting the ART in Artificial Intelligence
AI slop is everywhere these days, clogging up our inboxes and social media feeds. But does it have a role to play in art? And could it eventually replace human artists? Disclaimer: This week's thumbnail was created using Adobe Firefly. This, apparently, is how the algorithm sees Paul and Wally. Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠ Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/
S2 · E2
February 8 · 1 hr 18 min
The Blackest Films Ever
Paul joins Wally to talk about the Blackest Films Ever™, just in time for Black History Month. The freewheeling conversation includes Spike Lee, Ryan Coogler, Jordan Peele, Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons, Tina Mabry — and, yes, M. Night Shyamalan and Bob Dylan. Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠
S2 · E1
January 22 · 1 hr 20 min
And the Oscar goes to… 2025's best films!
The Academy Award nominations have arrived, continuing a nearly century-old tradition. But we’ve got a few of our own: The Wallys, an annual awards show now in its 21st year. Josh and Wally talk about awards while handing out a few of their own to the best movies of 2025. You can see the full list of Wally award winners here: 🏆 https://inwidescreen.blogspot.com/ Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠
S1 · E19
January 8 · 2 hr
The Best Movies of 2025
Film friend Gabriel Brown (arthouse theater programmer, filmmaker, all-around movie nerd) joins Josh and Wally to talk about the best movies they saw in 2025. Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠
S1 · E18
Dec 15, 2025 · 1 hr 19 min
What Is a Christmas Movie? Is Die Hard One — and what about Eyes Wide Shut?
What is a Christmas movie? Wally and Josh have VERY different takes on this age-old debate. Along the way, they reminisce about their favorite Christmas movies.00:03:37 Josh’s definition of a Christmas movie00:07:11 Side tangent: When the “setting is a character.”00:09:28 Wally’s loosey goosey definition of a Christmas movie00:14:00 Chris Columbus, the king of the Christmas movieIS THIS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE?00:15:39 Die Hard00:17:36 The Holdovers00:19:06 Love Actually00:20:54 Black Christmas (by Bob Clark, the other King of Christmas)00:23:33 Side tangent: Why do movie serial killers make such a dang mess?00:24:30 Side tangent: Crime Scene Cleaner video game00:25:59 In Bruges (with a special appearance by Mystery the Cat)00:28:48 Batman Returns00:31:31 Todd Haynes’ Carol00:33:11 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring00:35:06 The Wizard of Oz00:35:59 John Waters’ Pink Flamingos00:36:55 Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut00:39:01 The Nightmare Before ChristmasOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIES00:43:23 Joe Dante’s Gremlins (Josh)00:48:26 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Wally)00:50:23 Lewis Jackson’s Christmas Evil (Josh)00:53:42 Sean Baker’s Tangerine (Wally)00:57:25 Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers (Josh)01:01:07 Bob Clark’s Christmas Story (Wally)01:03:46 Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (Josh)01:06:26 Side tangent: Open Stage’s production of Emmet Otter01:07:59 Chris Columbus’ Home Alone movies01:09:53 Brian Henson’s A Muppet Christmas Carol (Josh and Wally)01:16:39 Are any Christmas Carol adaptations horror movies?Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter:⌨️ ⁠https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome⁠ Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠⁠ Learn more about Wally Films:🎬 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠⁠ Get tickets for Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas at Open Stage:🎟️ ⁠https://www.openstagehbg.com/shows/emmetotter⁠
S1 · E17
Nov 28, 2025 · 1 hr 37 min
Japanese Cinema: From Ozu to Obayashi and Beyond!
Join Wally and Josh as they recount their adventures in Japan — including a pilgrimage to the grave of master filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu — and share some of their favorite works of Japanese cinema. 00:00:29 What we’ve been up to: Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas 00:04:10 What we’ve been up to: Film Festivals 00:05:00 Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s The Sea at Centre Film Festival 00:07:47 Our trip to Japan 00:29:03 Visiting Kita-Kamakura and paying respects to Yasujiro Ozu 00:39:18 Our quest to find Machiko Soga and Kogo Noda’s graves 00:45:44 The World of Yasujiro Ozu: Good Morning, Late Autumn, Tokyo Story, and more! 00:50:40 Takashi Miike’s Audition 00:53:22 Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Cure, Tokyo Sonata, Cloud, Chime, and more! 00:58:17 Obligatory Hayao Miyazaki nerd-out 01:00:01 Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue 01:02:36 Hirokazu Kore-eda: After Life, Shoplifters, Monster, and more! 01:05:29 Shinichirou Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead 01:09:01 Side tangent: Chris Smith’s American Movie 01:09:45 Mikio Naruse: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Sound of the Mountain, Yearning and more! 01:15:10 Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuichi’s Shin Godzilla 01:19:25 Kinuyo Tanaka’s The Moon Has Risen 01:24:14 Screaming Mad George’s The Guyver 01:26:35 Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House (Hausu) 01:32:22 The things we are thankful for Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠⁠ Get tickets for Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas at Open Stage: 🎟️ https://www.openstagehbg.com/shows/emmetotter
S1 · E16
Nov 6, 2025 · 38 min
Hitting the film festival circuit with Paul & Wally!
Paul joins Wally as they talk about a busy fall taking RIVER CITY STORIES to film festivals, as well as avoiding burnout, rocking cardigans, and recording a public service announcement about the importance of off-year elections. Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 ⁠https://www.wallyfilms.com/⁠ Get tickets for River City Stories at the Red Rose and Centre County film festivals: 🎟️ Nov. 7 & 8: ⁠⁠https://redrosefilmfestival.com/⁠ 🎟️ Nov. 16: ⁠https://centrefilm.org/⁠
S1 · E15
Oct 28, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min
Improv and the Art of Being Silly with the Biz Bruja
Join us for a special crossover episode with ⁠The Biz Bruja⁠ herself, Vanessa Codorniu, as we talk about improv comedy, the art of being silly, and the joy of embracing your inner payaso. Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/ Get tickets for River City Stories at the Red Rose and Centre County film festivals: 🎟️ Nov. 7 & 8: ⁠https://redrosefilmfestival.com/ 🎟️ Nov. 16: https://centrefilm.org/
Aug 30, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest and City Issues
Fresh off a successful run of River City Stories (Part 2), Paul and Wally talk about the latest Spike Lee joint, Highest 2 Lowest, and various issues facing cities big and small. Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/
S1 · E13
Jul 16, 2025 · 47 min
We made a movie! Paul and Wally share their indie filmmaking journey
Just in time for Harrisburg Fringe Festival, Paul and Wally recount some of their favorite — and perhaps less favorite — experiences making RIVER CITY STORIES as the next round of stories screens at Midtown Cinema July 17-19. Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Get tickets for River City Stories and Cinderella at Harrisburg Fringe: 🎟️ July 17-20: ⁠https://www.hbgfringe.com/tickets Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/
S1 · E12
Jun 18, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min
Queer Cinema: Josh and Wally share their favorite films for Pride Month
Just in time for Pride, Josh and Wally recount some of their favorite LGBTQ+ themed films, ranging from Pre-Code Hollywood through modern-day classics. 00:02:30 River City Stories and the Harrisburg Fringe Festival 00:05:41 Cinderella at Fringe 00:09:18 Mrs. Doubtfire and Robin Williams 00:13:17 Mike Nichols’ The Birdcage 00:17:56 Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope 00:24:47 Pre-Code Movies and Baby Face 00:27:56 Nightmare on Elm Street Part II 00:31:30 Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon 00:36:35 Jamie Babbit’s But I’m a Cheerleader 00:39:23 Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight 00:43:27 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Fake-out) 00:43:58 Hairspray and the films of John Waters 00:47:26 John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch 00:52:16 Reprise: Mike Nichols’ The Birdcage 00:55:13 Sean Baker’s Tangerine 00:59:37 Bury Your Gays Pick: Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers 01:03:37 Bury Your Gays Pick: Tom Ford’s A Single Man 01:06:14 Queer-coded Villains: Doctor Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein 01:07:09 Queer-coded Villains: Herbert West in Re-Animator 01:07:45 Queer-coded Villains: Joel Cairo and His Gang in The Maltese Falcon 01:08:35 Queer-coded Villains: Ursula in The Little Mermaid Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Get tickets for River City Stories and Cinderella at Harrisburg Fringe: 🎟️ July 17-20: ⁠https://www.hbgfringe.com/tickets Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/
S1 · E11
May 8, 2025 · 53 min
River City, Real Talk: The Biz Bruja joins us to talk about bold storytelling
Join us for a special crossover episode with The Biz Bruja herself, Vanessa Codorniu, and River City Stories collaborator Paul Hood as we discuss what inspires our creativity. Along the way, we also talk about Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee, and what we've inherited from our ancestors. Get tickets for River City Stories: 🎟️ May 16 & 18: ⁠https://zoetropolis.com/movies/river-city-stories/⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/ 🔮 ⁠https://www.thebizbruja.com/⁠
S1 · E10
Apr 23, 2025 · 58 min
Sinners and Vamps: Josh and Wally sink their teeth in vampire cinema
Inspired by Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, an epic vampire tale set in 1930s Mississippi, Josh and I talk about some of our favorite blood-sucking horror films of all time — everything from F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (the O.G.) to Grace Jones’ underrated performance in Vamp. 00:49 SIR Christopher Lee and Dracula 01:43 The Man with the Golden Gun (And Three Nipples) 04:14 Creature Feature Weekend and Hacktress 04:57 Ryan Coogler’s Sinners 09:08 Robert Johnson and “Preacher Boy” 13:13 Lovers Rock meets From Dusk Till Dawn 23:20 Dracula and Nosferatu, the O.G.’s 36:58 Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In 39:50 Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction 41:20 Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive 45:01 Richard Wenk’s Vamp 49:45 Joel Schumacher’s Lost Boys 55:20 Josh Dorsheimer’s Cinderella at Fringe 56:15 River City Stories Check us out on YouTube: 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Get tickets for River City Stories: 🎟️ May 16 & 18: ⁠https://zoetropolis.com/movies/river-city-stories/⁠ Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/
S1 · E9
Mar 31, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min
Cinematic First Loves: Vanessa and Wally on the Films That Shaped Them
River City Stories collaborator Vanessa Codorniu joins Wally to talk about the movies they watched as young people — everything from Alfonso Arau’s Like Water for Chocolate to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo — and the lasting impressions those films left at an early age. 00:01:26 An update on River City Stories 00:06:06 Billy Elliott and Bend It Like Beckham 00:07:17 Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful 00:13:17 Alfonso Arau’s Like Water for Chocolate 00:25:39 What we inherit from our ancestors 00:31:27 Improv comedy and the power of performance 00:41:51 Solange Knowles and Cranes in the Sky 00:57:00 Roman Polanski's Chinatown 00:59:00 Luis Puenzo's The Official Story 01:03:27 Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo 01:05:40 Emotional Processing and the Myth of the Minotaur 01:06:08 John Duigan’s Wide Sargasso Sea 01:10:44 The Biz Bruja Connect with Vanessa at The Biz Bruja: 🔮 ⁠https://www.thebizbruja.com/⁠ Get tickets for River City Stories: 🎟️ May 16 & 18: ⁠https://zoetropolis.com/movies/river-city-stories/⁠ Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm⁠ Subscribe to my newsletter: ⌨️ https://wallyfilm.substack.com/welcome Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ ⁠https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/⁠ Learn more about Wally Films: 🎬 https://www.wallyfilms.com/
S1 · E8
Mar 15, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Cleo from 5 to 7: Reflections on French Culture and Psychic Cinema
River City Stories collaborator Amandine Pope joins Wally for a screening of Agnès Varda's French New Wave masterpiece Cleo from 5 to 7. Along the way, they talk about the politics and culture of France, the use of psychic mediums in movies, and — of course — mortality. 00:03:13 An introduction to Agnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 00:07:09 Wally's fascination with psychics 00:10:52 Amandine's brush with the occult 00:15:34 Quantum physics and the outer reaches of what we know 00:23:23 Cleo from 5 to 7 as a feminist film 00:26:11 The vagaries of language and translation 00:31:37 Teaching French to Americans 00:37:35 French culture and politics 00:49:12 Amandine's favorite French films Learn French with Amandine: 🇫🇷 https://www.aufrenchcorner.com/ Get tickets for River City Stories: 🎟️ May 16 & 18: https://zoetropolis.com/movies/river-city-stories/ Like what you see? Consider supporting the filmmaker at: ☕️ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wallyfilm Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/
S1 · E7
Mar 2, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Heard But Not Seen: The Greatest Voice Performances of All Time
Inspired by Lupita Nyong’o’s charmingly complex work in The Wild Robot, Josh and I talk about some of our favorite voice performances of all time. We also reflect on some of our own experiences. Josh played a psychotic pumpkin in the horror anthology flick HeBGBTV and on stage as Karnak in Ride the Cyclone. Wally has, somewhat reluctantly, recorded ADR (or automatic dialogue replacement). 00:00:49 River City Stories and switching to a bi-weekly format 00:03:09 Josh's role as Karnak in the Ride the Cyclone musical 00:06:56 HAL 9000 and 2001: A Space Odyssey 00:10:48 Lupita Nyong'o in The Wild Robot 00:16:54 Vincent Price in The Great Mouse Detective 00:17:47 Robin Williams in Aladdin 00:18:55 Mandy Moore's Rapunzel in Tangled (and Wally stumps for her music, too) 00:19:48 Eartha Kitt in The Emperor's New Groove 00:22:14 Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill in Batman: The Animated Series 00:28:03 Josh Dorsheimer in HeBGB TV and the process of finding a voice 00:32:37 ADR or automatic dialogue replacement 00:36:12 Scarlett Johansson in Her 00:39:42 Levi Stubbs in Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 00:43:04 Mercedes McCambridge in The Exorcist 00:49:33 Brad Dourif and Jennifer Tilly in the Child's Play (Chucky) movies 00:50:58 Howie Mandel, Frank Welker and Michael Winslow in the Gremlins movies 00:52:11 Ben Burtt in Wall-E 00:54:43 James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in the Star Wars movies 00:58:32 Andy Serkis in... everything? (Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes, Tintin and more) Get tickets for River City Stories: 🎟️ https://www.westshoretheatre.org/tickets/ 🎟️ https://zoetropolis.com/movies/river-city-stories/ Like what you hear? Check us out on YouTube: ☕️ http://www.youtube.com/@wallyfilm Follow what I'm watching on Letterboxd: 📽️ https://letterboxd.com/inwidescreen/

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