Wind, Reel, & Print

Closer (2004)

Episode 093: CINEMA SINGLES
 
Featuring: Closer (2004)
 
From play to screen, Mike Nichols is the king of the adaptation. But where does Closer (2004) land in his filmography? And we ask the dreaded question that has never been asked on this pod before: Which character would you date?

Metarealism (or Atemporal Cinema)

Episode 092: FILM MOVEMENTS
 
Featuring: Totally F***ed Up (1993); Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013); Cleaners (2019); Little Women (2019)
 
It’s time to get meta! WR&P finally gets into metarealism, one of Kevin’s favorite topics of all-time. What started as a conversation on atemporal cinema turns into a bigger conversation on what metarealism is and how each of these films fits into the metarealism conversation. This is a fun one!

Writer’s Room: Food Mascot Movies

Episode 091: WRITER’S ROOM
 
Mmmm, that’s good! Ryan and Chris lock themselves in the grocery store to come up with FOUR brand-new food mascot movies. It’s time to gather up some new IP, and create the next major mouth-watering film.

Christine (1983) & Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Episode 090: DOUBLE FEATURE
 
Start your engines! WR&P is driving right into the mind of Stephen King to discuss the John Carpenter adaptation Christine (1983) and King’s directorial debut (and final?) film Maximum Overdrive (1986). GAS IT!

The Milpitas Monster (1976)

Episode 089: BAY AREA FLICKS
 
We dive deep into Bay Area B-movie horror and end up in the toxic sludge of Milpitas! And you won’t believe what we find! First-time filmmakers! Stop-motion! Day-for-night-for-day! It’s something that must be seen to be believed.

Iron Lung (2026)

Episode 088: RYAN & FRIENDS
 
Ryan and his old friend Joe check out the new film climbing the charts, Iron Lung (2026)! Made by the YouTuber Markiplier, does it have the sauce to be an actual film? Or is it just another studio cash grab? The answer is actually quite simple, but you still gotta listen in!

The Matrix (1999)

Episode 087: CINEMA SINGLES
 
What is a podcast? Is it just a sequence of numbers, letters ,and glyphs scrolling infinitely through space and time only to be deciphered by the machine overlords of the distant future, after humanity’s grand enslavement? Or is it just Ryan and Kevin talking about The Matrix (1999)? Good question!

The Master (2012)

Episode 086: CINEMA SINGLES
 
Ryan and Kevin sit down to talk about A SINGLE MOVIE. This time they set their sites on a PTA classic, The Master (2012). Following a few years after There Will Be Blood (2007), PTA came out swinging once again with his take on post-war masculinity and the magnetism of desire. The desire to belong and the desire to dominate. This film is a doozy! Come and join us. But not in a cult way! Promise!

2026 Oscar Nominees

Episode 085: THE OSCARS
 
Ryan and Kevin go through every nominee in the new 2026 Oscar’s lineup. The shoe-ins, the surprises, and the WTFs. 2025 was a wild year, and it’s almost time to crown the champ!

Writer’s Room: Muppet Adaptations

Episode 084: WR&P WRITER’S ROOM
 
We’ve all thought at one point or another, “hey, I think this is a good idea for a movie,” or “why aren’t they making that movie… but better?” So we went down to the Wind, Reel, & Print lab and came up with a solution… for us at least. It is the WR&P Writer’s Room! The new series follows Ryan and Chris (from the podcast “How Do We Human” and the creative mind behind the YouTube channel “Sassy Milkshake”) as they brainstorm movie ideas from inception to casting. This week they talk Muppet adaptations and, man, there are too many possibilities! What will be the next "A Muppet Christmas Carol?" or "Muppet Treasure Island?" Listen and find out.