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Retrospective Cinema

Ryan Saylor and Annie Murrell

Full filmographies, one week at a time. Each episode Ryan Saylor and Annie Murrell discuss the films of chosen directors by chronologically moving through each filmography every week until the job is done.

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  • Wednesday · 45 min

    69 - Jane Campion - Bright Star

    Annie and Ryan are transported back to the last few years of the Romantic poet John Keats's life in Jane Campion's historical romance from 2009. Will a return to a period piece also be a return to form for Campion? Will Annie ever find another Campion film she likes? There's only one way to find out...

  • S9 · E7
    October 21 · 36 min

    68 - Jane Campion - In the Cut

    A Jane Campion thriller? What does that even look like? Is it good? Annie and Ryan debate within, and along the way, dive into all sorts of hilarity. It's a fun one!

  • S9 · E6
    October 14 · 38 min

    67 - Jane Campion - Holy Smoke

    The quest to find a second Campion film that Annie likes continues! Will it be found in this strange surrealist 90's indie film? Maybe! Kate Winslet?! Harvey Keitel?! It could be brilliant!

  • S9 · E5
    October 7 · 46 min

    66 - Jane Campion - The Portrait of a Lady

    Ryan and Annie see how Campion used her overnight success from The Piano for her next project, and whether a star-studded cast and a few big swings can win Annie back over after being so burned last time.

  • S9 · E4
    September 30 · 42 min

    65 - Jane Campion - The Piano

    Ryan and Annie dive into the incredibly important 1993 Palme d'Or winner The Piano this week, but find it may not be all they were promised.

  • S9 · E3
    September 23 · 43 min

    64 - Jane Campion - An Angel at My Table

    Annie and Ryan reach the early-career epic biopic from Campion chronicling the life of Janet Frame: author and survivor of cruel 20th century mental health "treatment." It is a harrowing, yet hopeful, film and the two discuss what works, what doesn't, and why it has had the staying power it has had.

  • S9 · E2
    September 16 · 42 min

    63 - Jane Campion - Sweetie

    Annie and Ryan push forward into new territory: the divisive, but often beloved, Sweetie! Will the surreal comedy and family drama mix work for either of our co-hosts? Find out inside!

  • S9 · E1
    September 9 · 39 min

    62 - Jane Campion - Two Friends

    Annie and Ryan embark on their first big filmography in a while! In this episode, Annie argues for a film she's not a fan of and Ryan argues against a film he likes. It just worked out that way.

  • S8 · E3
    August 19 · 47 min

    60 - David Robert Mitchell - Under the Silver Lake

    Annie and Ryan dive into the weird world of conspiracies and neo-noir-isms that have slowly made Mitchell's third work into something of a cult hit. Will the strange nonsense work for our duo or will they wish things stayed a little more accessible?

  • S8 · E2
    August 12 · 38 min

    59 - David Robert Mitchell - It Follows

    The most mainstream film in a while! Ryan and Annie debate whether Ryan's criticisms and confusions are reasonable or misguided as he attempts to make sense of something he just can't quite wrap his head around.

  • S7 · E4
    July 29 · 58 min

    57 - Dee Rees - The Last Thing He Wanted

    Ryan and Annie wrap up Dee Rees's filmography with this critically maligned 2020 megafilm from Rees. Will our duo have a hot take or two or will they agree that this just is not that great? You'll have to find out inside! Also this week: Awards are assigned for the favorite performances, scenes, and pictures of Rees and the next director/filmography is announced.

  • S7 · E3
    July 22 · 43 min

    56 - Dee Rees - Mudbound

    Annie and Ryan experience the critically acclaimed third work from Rees this week and discuss its multitudinous themes and plotlines. Also! This week, our duo discusses Empire in wonderfully confused detail. It's all inside.

  • S7 · E2
    July 15 · 41 min

    55 - Dee Rees - Bessie

    Annie and Ryan step into the genre of biopic with Dee Rees's sophomore effort, Bessie, about the "Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith. Does Bessie fall into any of the tropes and pitfalls of the biographical film format? And from where does Ryan know the multi-talented Queen Latifah? The answer to (at least one of) these questions lies within.

  • S7 · E1
    July 8 · 1 hr 10 min

    54 - Dee Rees - Pariah (with Ana Asensio)

    Ryan and Annie dive into the filmography of Dee Rees and are joined by filmmaker Ana Asensio to discuss Pariah along with Asensio's new film Goat Girl! Short films are found, Rees's debut is lauded, and the first ever Retrospective Cinema interview is conducted! It's all inside.

  • S6 · E20
    July 1 · 55 min

    53 - Federico Fellini - The Voice of the Moon

    Big week! Ryan and Annie talk about Fellini's final film, assign their awards by discussing their favorite performances, scenes, and films across the filmography, announce the next director, celebrate one year of film discussion, AND have a surprise announcement. All in less than an hour! How do they do it??

  • S6 · E19
    June 24 · 45 min

    52 - Federico Fellini - Intervista

    Fellini has often reflected on his career and what it all means, but maybe not before with such sentimentality. Filled with both major and minor references to all that he had done, Intervista seems perfect for our duo as they, as intended, have seen everything that had come before. On this penultimate episode of Fellini, see if it did, in fact, click with them.

  • S6 · E18
    June 17 · 59 min

    51 - Federico Fellini - Ginger and Fred

    Annie and Ryan discover yet another hidden gem this week! Ginger and Fred is a late-career meditation on getting older and making art that also happens to be filled to the brim with heart. Hear more inside!

  • June 10 · 50 min

    50 - Federico Fellini - And the Ship Sails On

    Fellini uses the backdrop of impending war to both discuss class struggle and write a love letter to opera. He also fits a lonely rhinoceros in for good measure. Does it all come together? Annie and Ryan discuss within.

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