Wind, Reel, & Print

EPISODE 100 - The Final Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle

Episode 100: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE
 
Featuring: Ikiru (1952); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Cinema Paradiso (1988); The Hunt (2012)
 
Folks, it’s happened. The pod has made it to episode 100 and what a journey it has been.  We have watched hundreds of films, made thousands of connections, and even cried on occasion. The next 100 will be legendary! And with that, we also bring an end to one of our favorite segments, the Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle. Find out why and where we go next on the podcast about cinema, the people behind it, and the intersection of everything… Wind, Reel, & Print.

Writer’s Room: Star Wars Trilogy

Episode 099: WR&P WRITER’S ROOM
 
Happy (almost) Star Wars Day! Ryan and Chris go to the edge of the galaxy to bring you the next blockbuster Star Wars trilogy. Dave Filoni - the ball's in your court now.

WALL·E (2008)

Episode 098: CINEMA SINGLES
 
Featuring: WALL·E (2008)
 
Kevin and Ryan delve into their second Pixar film of the podcast to discuss where it sits in the grand scheme of Pixar’s filmography, what happens when a large studio consumes a smaller one, and how Charlie Chaplin and WALL·E aren’t too dissimilar. Let’s fly!

Dream Scenario (2023) & The Drama (2026)

Episode 097: DOUBLE FEATURE
 
Featuring: Dream Scenario (2023); The Drama (2026)
 
Kristoffer Borgli has made a splash, not only with these two very intriguing films, but also with past comments in regard to age-gap relationships (in this case 27 and 16 in Norway, which is technically legal but socially taboo). Naturally the conversations in this episode revolve around what it means to, or whether it is even appropriate to, separate the art from the artist. Can art extend beyond the artist? Or is their mark forever imbued within it?

Artificial Intelligence Cinema

Episode 096: LESSONS IN FILM GENRE
 
Featuring: The Terminator (1984); A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); I, Robot (2004); The AI Doc (2026)
 
What started as a viewing of The AI Doc (2026), and a couple of beers, quickly spun out into a larger conversation on artificial intelligence in movies. But not the tools! Instead we look into the material and ideas. How do these movies hold up to the real AI questions we are asking ourselves in this day and age? Beep boop.

Happy Together (1997)

Episode 095: CINEMA SINGLES
 
Featuring: Happy Together (1997)
 
Toxic relationships aren’t so bad when they look this good! Kevin and Ryan do their first dive into Wong Kar-wai’s filmography and experience the awesome power of Hong Kong cinema.

Project Hail Mary (2026)

Episode 094: NEW RELEASES
 
Featuring: Project Hail Mary (2026)
 
What happens when both Kevin and Ryan see the same movie on opening weekend? We make an episode about it! This time it is the new space sci-fi film by Lord and Miller, brought to you by the greatest corporation - AMAZON. How does it hold up in the current sci-fi landscape and why did someone fall asleep in Kevin’s packed movie theater? Let’s find out!

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.