Wind, Reel, & Print

Troll 2 (1990)

EPISODE 073: SPOILED: THE SEQUEL SHOW
 
Featuring: Troll 2 (1990)
 
THE BOYS ARE BACK. It's Halloween and time for a scary movie. Ryan is joined by Chad and Joe, from the infamous and elusive Salad Brain Productions, to talk about the “worst” film ever made. But did we just stumble into a gem? Time to find out!

“3 movies and Incendies”

EPISODE 072: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE
 
Featuring: Before Sunrise (1995); Mary and Max (2009); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Incendies (2010)
 
We dive back into our favorite segment and come out the other side even bigger Denis fans. Plus two stop-motion films? The beginning of a Richard Linklater trilogy? The Top 250 is deep and we are wading into it.

Howard Hawks

EPISODE 071: LESSONS IN FILM HISTORY (DIRECTORS)
 
Featuring: The Big Sleep (1946); Red River (1948); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Rio Bravo (1959)
 
It’s director time! WR&P is familiar with some of Howard Hawks’ greatest works (Bringing up Baby and His Girl Friday) and his elevation of the Screwball genre, but what about everything else? Musicals? Westerns? Film Noir? This man had his hands in everything and we take a peek at some of his most admired work spanning all of these genres.

Musicals

EPISODE 070: LESSONS IN FILM GENRE
 
Featuring: Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Sound of Music (1965); The Little Mermaid (1989); Mamma Mia! (2008)
 
Lights! Camera! Music! Kevin & Ryan talk the history of musicals, the inherent meta-ness of the genre, and why The Sound of Music is one of the greatest films of all time. The longest regular episode to-date, and it is well-deserved!

The First Five Pokemon Movies

EPISODE 069 (nice): CINEMA MINISERIES
 
Featuring: Pokemon: The First Movie (1998); Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999); Pokémon 3: The Movie (2000); Pokémon 4Ever (2001); Pokémon Heroes (2002)
 
Ash, Pikachu, Misty, Brock, Ryan, & Kevin. We journeyed into our youth to see if the Pokemon movies have the sauce and find out just how close they came to greatness (one of them anyway).

What's coming up?

There's no proper episode this week, but listen in and get a taste of what topics we are diving into in the coming weeks and months!

Treasure Island(s)

EPISODE 068: CINEMA MINISERIES
 
Featuring: Treasure Island (1950); Muppet Treasure Island (1996); Treasure Planet (2002)
 
ARGH MATEY. Long John Silver may be one of the most interesting characters in all of media, and in this episode Ryan and Kevin speak about how him and many of the other themes and characters of Treasure Island have evolved over the decades. Plus our pitch for the next Treasure Island adaptation!

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

EPISODE 067: CINEMA SINGLES
 
Featuring: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
 
Following the Disney Renaissance of the 20th century, things began to putter out, or more aptly, sink into the ocean. As children of the 90’s, Ryan and Kevin remember Atlantis fondly and discuss its place in animation history. Plus the “Fart Theory™.”

Stoner Films

EPISODE 066: LESSONS IN FILM MOVEMENTS
 
Featuring: Reefer Madness (1936); Up in Smoke (1978); How High (2001); Pineapple Express (2008)
 
WR&P goes deep undercover to expose the true ills of society: Marijuana! Ganja! The Devil’s Lettuce! Listen in as Ryan and Kevin explore the history of the stoner film genre, all the way from the propaganda film of the 1930’s to the buddy comedies of the late 20th century, and beyond.

Marxist Animation

EPISODE 065: LESSONS IN FILM GENRE
 
Featuring: A Bug’s Life (1998); Chicken Run (2000); Robots (2005)
 
At the dawn of the new millennia, animated films began its rapid transition from physical medium to computer generation and changed the film industry altogether. Steve Jobs’ Pixar signaled the move away from Disney’s 2D cell animation and Aardman’s claymation, and foreshadowed the complete tech takeover that Hollywood has been experiencing since the 2010s. With months-long labor strikes, VFX artists unionizing, and Hollywood studios monopolizing nearly every other week, the phrase “means of production” carries a double meaning when it comes to critiquing the film industry from a Marxist perspective. To gain an elementary understanding of how Marxist theory operates, WR&P cohosts Ryan and Kevin throw it back to the early aughts and the late 90s with three animated children’s flicks from three different animation studios that echo sentiments of class consciousness, consumption, and materialism.