Wind, Reel, & Print

The American Nightmare

Episode 110: AMERICA 25 FOR 250
 
Featuring: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974); The Stepford Wives (1975); Boyz in da Hood (1991); The Stepford Wives (2004); Team America: World Police (2004); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
 
WR&P talked about the American dream… but what about the American nightmare? Ryan and Kevin discuss what lurks on the opposite side of America’s greatest ideals, what happens to those that don’t succeed, and the 5 (technically 6) movies that look into the darker side of the American experiment.

The American Dream

Episode 109: AMERICA 25 FOR 250
 
Featuring: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946); Rocky (1976); Top Gun (1986); Field of Dreams (1989); Minari (2020)
 
Can the American Dream be distilled into cinematic form? Ryan and Kevin discuss this and five movies that might come close. Happy 250th, America!

The American Preamble

Episode 108: AMERICA 25 FOR 250
 
Kevin and Ryan intro their brand new series for WR&P, America 25 for 250.

The Polish Film School

Episode 107: LESSONS IN FILM MOVEMENTS
 
Featuring: Farewells (1958); Ashes and Diamonds (1958); Mother Joan of the Angels (1961); Passenger (1963)
 
We go back to 1950’s / 60’s Poland to check out one of the legendary film movements, the Polish Film School. Poland was creating its new national identity after its brutalization during World War 2 and cinema played an important part in that national identity-making process. These four films are uniquely Polish, and Ryan and Kevin take it all in and discover just how deep the wounds of that time went.

Capote (2005)

Episode 106: CINEMA SINGLES
 
Featuring: Capote (2005)
 
Ryan and Kevin talk biopics with Bennett Miller’s Capote (2005). Where is the line between fiction and non-fiction? And what is the filmmaker’s responsibility to telling an accurate and true “true story?” Ryan and Kevin hash it out!

Writer’s Room: Disneyland Ride Movies

Episode 105: WR&P WRITER’S ROOM
 
Ryan and Chris pitch new ideas for Disney (they are just out of frame) so they can make their next billion-dollar movie. And what better way to mine IP than to go straight to the source: Disneyland.

Black & White vs Color

Episode 104: GUEST STARRING JOSH PARK
 
Featuring: A Trip to the Moon (1902); Daisies (1966); Medicine for Melancholy (2008); Poor Things (2023); Mary Kwon Mary Kwon (????)
 
Josh Park is back to once again dive deep into the form of cinema itself and look at why filmmakers choose black and white or color (or both). We also discuss Josh’s newest film, Mary Kwon Mary Kwon. Follow their instagram for more details! @ marykwonmarykwon

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Episode 103: POLARIZING FILMS
 
Featuring: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
 
Ryan and Kevin dive into the nostalgic horror extravaganza that is I Saw the TV Glow (2024). An unofficial part 2 to our previous polarizing film episode for Promising Young Woman (2020).

Promising Young Woman (2020)

Episode 102: POLARIZING FILMS
 
Featuring: Promising Young Woman (2020)
 
Ryan and Kevin look at the good and the bad of Emerald Fennell’s take on the rape-revenge thriller.

The Great Gatsby(s)

Episode 101: DOUBLE FEATURE
 
Featuring: The Great Gatsby (1974); The Great Gatsby (2013)
 
The great American classic The Great Gatsby has been adapted into a slew of different films, and we chose the only two you probably have heard of… Both the ’74 and ’13 The Great Gatsby films bring unique takes to this story, and we are diving in to see what parts work, and don’t.