For Your Consideration
234 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA podcast featuring Mike Jozic and Dustin Friesenhan discussing classic films, modern masterpieces, film scores, and transgressive cinema.
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FYC Podcast Episode 16: Brazil (1985)
June 06, 2016 21:39 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week on FYC, your intrepid hosts get their 27b/6 forms in order and pay a visit to the wonderful dystopian bureaucracy of Terry Gilliam's 1985 film, Brazil. Currently positioned at #54 on the BFI Greatest British Films of All-Time list, Mike and Dustin are keen to do a little interrogation and retrieve what information they can for their commentary to determine if Brazil is indeed a masterpiece or a museum piece. MUSIC Brazil (Geoff Muldaur) Central Services/The Office (Micha...
16| Brazil (1985)
June 06, 2016 21:39 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week on FYC, your intrepid hosts get their 27b/6 forms in order and pay a visit to the wonderful dystopian bureaucracy of Terry Gilliam's 1985 film, Brazil. Currently positioned at #54 on the BFI Greatest British Films of All-Time list, Mike and Dustin are keen to do a little interrogation and retrieve what information they can for their commentary to determine if Brazil is indeed a masterpiece or a museum piece. MUSIC Brazil (Geoff Muldaur) Central Services/The Office (Micha...
FYC Podcast Episode 15: Platoon (1986)
May 25, 2016 00:57 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBWe're back with another episode of FYC and this week we're taking up arms against Oliver Stone's semi-autobiographical 1986 war film, Platoon. Does the story of two embattled sargeants and the men who serve under them trying to survive their Vietnam experience deserve to stand with the greatest films of all-time? Go in country with Dustin and Mike as they explore the film and determine if Platoon is a masterpiece or a museum piece. MUSIC Tracks Of My Tears (Smokey Robinson and The Mi...
15| Platoon (1986)
May 25, 2016 00:57 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBWe're back with another episode of FYC and this week we're taking up arms against Oliver Stone's semi-autobiographical 1986 war film, Platoon. Does the story of two embattled sargeants and the men who serve under them trying to survive their Vietnam experience deserve to stand with the greatest films of all-time? Go in country with Dustin and Mike as they explore the film and determine if Platoon is a masterpiece or a museum piece. MUSIC Tracks Of My Tears (Smokey Robinson and The Mi...
FYC Podcast Episode 14: The 39 Steps (1935)
May 15, 2016 07:33 - 21 minutes - 20.6 MBDustin returns to the show as FYC's intrepid hosts dip back into the BFI's Top 100 Greatest British Films list and tangle with Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 espionage thriller, The 39 Steps. Will Hitch's famous adaptation of the James Buchan novel stand up to the scrutiny of Mike and Dustin? Will Mr. Memory be able to weather their array of questions and concerns? Be sure to check out this week's episode to see how the film fares. This week also features our first poll results and listener feedbac...
14| The 39 Steps (1935)
May 15, 2016 07:33 - 21 minutes - 20.6 MBDustin returns to the show as FYC's intrepid hosts dip back into the BFI's Top 100 Greatest British Films list and tangle with Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 espionage thriller, The 39 Steps. Will Hitch's famous adaptation of the James Buchan novel stand up to the scrutiny of Mike and Dustin? Will Mr. Memory be able to weather their array of questions and concerns? Be sure to check out this week's episode to see how the film fares. This week also features our first poll results and listener feedbac...
Audio Commentary| Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
May 09, 2016 07:29 - 2 hours - 129 MBTo coincide with the opening weekend of Captain America: Civil War FYC host, Mike Jozic, brings you an audio commentary track for the film's 2014 predecessor, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. A personal favourite among the Marvel cinematic offerings, the solo commentary features some insights and easter eggs as Mike tries his best to fill the movie's 135 minute running time.
Audio Commentary - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
May 09, 2016 07:29 - 2 hours - 129 MBTo coincide with the opening weekend of Captain America: Civil War FYC host, Mike Jozic, brings you an audio commentary track for the film's 2014 predecessor, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. A personal favourite among the Marvel cinematic offerings, the solo commentary features some insights and easter eggs as Mike tries his best to fill the movie's 135 minute running time.
FYC Podcast Episode 13: Star Wars (1977)
May 02, 2016 06:58 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBMay the 4th is almost here and to mark the occasion Dustin and Mike explore the light and dark sides of the Force with the 1977 fantasy spectacular, Star Wars. Does George Lucas' original space opera installment stand up to the test of time? Does it rate being considered one of the best films of all time? Will they ever find the droids that they're looking for? Also, like Han Solo during the trench run, this episode features the return of guest host, Sarah Van Tassel to the roundtable.
13| Star Wars (1977)
May 02, 2016 06:58 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBMay the 4th is almost here and to mark the occasion Dustin and Mike explore the light and dark sides of the Force with the 1977 fantasy spectacular, Star Wars. Does George Lucas' original space opera installment stand up to the test of time? Does it rate being considered one of the best films of all time? Will they ever find the droids that they're looking for? Also, like Han Solo during the trench run, this episode features the return of guest host, Sarah Van Tassel to the roundtable.
FYC Podcast Episode 12: The Wicker Man (1973)
April 16, 2016 20:49 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week Mike and Dustin dip into the British Film Institute's Top 100 list and journey to mysterious Summerisle to tackle 1973's The Wicker Man. Is this movie truly the Citizen Kane of horror films or is it simply popular because of the impression its anti-establishment themes and nudity would have made on a young, pre-internet teenage audience? Listen to the commentary and see how this classic fares at the roundtable. Also in this episode, we talk a little about the new poll feature and...
12| The Wicker Man (1973)
April 16, 2016 20:49 - 32 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week Mike and Dustin dip into the British Film Institute's Top 100 list and journey to mysterious Summerisle to tackle 1973's The Wicker Man. Is this movie truly the Citizen Kane of horror films or is it simply popular because of the impression its anti-establishment themes and nudity would have made on a young, pre-internet teenage audience? Listen to the commentary and see how this classic fares at the roundtable. Also in this episode, we talk a little about the new poll feature and...
FYC Podcast Episode 11: Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
April 10, 2016 20:53 - 18 minutes - 18 MB"Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" It's off to work we go as Dustin and Mike sit down at the roundtable to discuss the groundbreaking 1937 animated feature, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. As the first full-length animated film ever produced Snow White holds a very special place in the annals of film history but does this timeless tale of jealousy, true love, couch surfing, and dwarfism measure up as one of the greatest films of all time? Leave it to the FYC crew t...
11| Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
April 10, 2016 20:53 - 18 minutes - 18 MB"Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" It's off to work we go as Dustin and Mike sit down at the roundtable to discuss the groundbreaking 1937 animated feature, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. As the first full-length animated film ever produced Snow White holds a very special place in the annals of film history but does this timeless tale of jealousy, true love, couch surfing, and dwarfism measure up as one of the greatest films of all time? Leave it to the FYC crew t...
10| Duck Soup (1933)
April 03, 2016 18:26 - 29 minutes - 27.8 MB"Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head or tail out of it." Welcome back for another fun-filled episode of FYC. Since our schedule did not allow this week for an April Fool's Day release we decided to celebrate, if only in spirit, by embracing the day and looking at one of the very few comedies featured on the best-of-the-best lists, Duck Soup. The 1933 farce features the four Marx Brothers in their last film tog...
FYC Podcast Episode 10: Duck Soup (1933)
April 03, 2016 18:26 - 29 minutes - 27.8 MB"Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head or tail out of it." Welcome back for another fun-filled episode of FYC. Since our schedule did not allow this week for an April Fool's Day release we decided to celebrate, if only in spirit, by embracing the day and looking at one of the very few comedies featured on the best-of-the-best lists, Duck Soup. The 1933 farce features the four Marx Brothers in their last film tog...
09| The Graduate (1967)
March 28, 2016 04:17 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MB"Mrs. Robinson, if you don't mind my saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange." This week we have a conversation about Mike Nichols' groundbreaking 1967 comedy-drama, The Graduate. This anthem to awkward sex and disenfranchised youth features a slightly too old Dustin Hoffman playing the young Benjamin Braddock returning home from college feeling lost, directionless, and haplessly falling into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, played by the slightly older than Hoffman, Anne Ban...
FYC Podcast Episode 09: The Graduate (1967)
March 28, 2016 04:17 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MB"Mrs. Robinson, if you don't mind my saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange." This week we have a conversation about Mike Nichols' groundbreaking 1967 comedy-drama, The Graduate. This anthem to awkward sex and disenfranchised youth features a slightly too old Dustin Hoffman playing the young Benjamin Braddock returning home from college feeling lost, directionless, and haplessly falling into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, played by the slightly older than Hoffman, Anne Ban...
FYC Podcast Episode 08: Goodfellas (1990)
March 21, 2016 00:05 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MB"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." On this week's episode, Mike and Dustin go deep undercover and take on the mob as they discuss Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster epic, Goodfellas. It's the story of Henry Hill who spent his entire life trying to become a made man but when things start to spiral out of control he finds the only way out is to turn on the people and the life he has always wanted to be a part of. Helping our esteemed hosts out with this interroga...
08| Goodfellas (1990)
March 21, 2016 00:05 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MB"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." On this week's episode, Mike and Dustin go deep undercover and take on the mob as they discuss Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster epic, Goodfellas. It's the story of Henry Hill who spent his entire life trying to become a made man but when things start to spiral out of control he finds the only way out is to turn on the people and the life he has always wanted to be a part of. Helping our esteemed hosts out with this interroga...
FYC Podcast Episode 07: The Sixth Sense (1999)
March 14, 2016 01:08 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB"They just want help, even the scary ones." Things take a supernatural turn this week on the show as we look in on the spirit world and M. Night Shyamalan's most loved film, The Sixth Sense. It wowed audiences in 1999 with it's famous twist ending but does the movie really hold up under careful scrutiny and should it be classified as a true classic? Dustin and Mike waste no time asking the hard questions, peeling back the layers and putting the film's internal logic, and controversia...
07| The Sixth Sense (1999)
March 14, 2016 01:08 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB"They just want help, even the scary ones." Things take a supernatural turn this week on the show as we look in on the spirit world and M. Night Shyamalan's most loved film, The Sixth Sense. It wowed audiences in 1999 with it's famous twist ending but does the movie really hold up under careful scrutiny and should it be classified as a true classic? Dustin and Mike waste no time asking the hard questions, peeling back the layers and putting the film's internal logic, and controversia...
06| Unforgiven (1992)
March 06, 2016 19:20 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MB"Any man don't wanna get killed...better clear on out the back." On this week's episode Dustin and Mike sit down to talk about Clint Eastwood's morally acute meditation on violence and redemption, and his last word on the western genre, Unforgiven. It's the story of William Munny and Ned Logan who aint bad men no more, they're just quiet farmers trying to make their way in the world. But after Munny is faced with a difficult choice they set out on one more fateful job as hired guns to make...
FYC Podcast Episode 06: Unforgiven (1992)
March 06, 2016 19:20 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MB"Any man don't wanna get killed...better clear on out the back." On this week's episode Dustin and Mike sit down to talk about Clint Eastwood's morally acute meditation on violence and redemption, and his last word on the western genre, Unforgiven. It's the story of William Munny and Ned Logan who aint bad men no more, they're just quiet farmers trying to make their way in the world. But after Munny is faced with a difficult choice they set out on one more fateful job as hired guns to make...
FYC Podcast Episode 05: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
February 27, 2016 21:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible." Last week we lost Pulitzer Prize winning author, Harper Lee, who died of a stroke at the age of 89. For over 30 years she unprecedently had only one published novel to her name and it is one of my, and the literary world's, favourite books, To Kill a Mockingbird. As a tribute to Ms. Lee and her work we felt it would be a good idea to tackle the 1962 adaptation of her book...
05| To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
February 27, 2016 21:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible." Last week we lost Pulitzer Prize winning author, Harper Lee, who died of a stroke at the age of 89. For over 30 years she unprecedently had only one published novel to her name and it is one of my, and the literary world's, favourite books, To Kill a Mockingbird. As a tribute to Ms. Lee and her work we felt it would be a good idea to tackle the 1962 adaptation of her book...
FYC Podcast Episode 04: Casablanca (1942)
February 20, 2016 18:54 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine…” This week's episode of For Your Consideration sees your hosts, Dustin and Mike, rounding up the usual suspects and taking a look at the 1942 romantic drama, Casablanca. We ask the burning questions like, does the plight of Rick, Ilsa, and Victor actually amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world and is the film a classic for the ages or were we misinformed? So, take a seat at the bar of Café Americain and...
04| Casablanca (1942)
February 20, 2016 18:54 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine…” This week's episode of For Your Consideration sees your hosts, Dustin and Mike, rounding up the usual suspects and taking a look at the 1942 romantic drama, Casablanca. We ask the burning questions like, does the plight of Rick, Ilsa, and Victor actually amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world and is the film a classic for the ages or were we misinformed? So, take a seat at the bar of Café Americain and...
FYC Podcast Episode 03: City Of God (2002)
February 13, 2016 22:29 - 27 minutes - 10.5 MB"If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you." Fifteen miles from paradise lies the City of God and it is divided. Anyone living in the Rio de Janeiro slum is considered a hoodlum and life is violent and cheap. In this podcast based on a true story your hosts, Mike and Dustin, infiltrate a gang war between two rival crime lords to record a podcast and tell a story the world needs to hear. Will the 2002 critically acclaimed crime-drama, City of God, cut the classic mu...
03| City Of God (2002)
February 13, 2016 22:29 - 27 minutes - 10.5 MB"If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you." Fifteen miles from paradise lies the City of God and it is divided. Anyone living in the Rio de Janeiro slum is considered a hoodlum and life is violent and cheap. In this podcast based on a true story your hosts, Mike and Dustin, infiltrate a gang war between two rival crime lords to record a podcast and tell a story the world needs to hear. Will the 2002 critically acclaimed crime-drama, City of God, cut the classic mu...
FYC Podcast Episode 02: Gone With the Wind (1939)
February 06, 2016 22:24 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB"There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South..." We are back for another installment of For Your Consideration! In this full-length podcast gone to the wind your hosts, Dustin and Mike, take on the epic 1939 blockbuster, Gone With the Wind. Relive all the gallantry, pomp, and circumstance with us as we take to the roundtable to discuss the tumultuous love affair of Scarlett and Rhett, and reevaluate one of the most beloved movies of all time. MUSIC Tara's T...
002| Gone With the Wind (1939)
February 06, 2016 22:24 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MB"There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South..." We are back for another installment of For Your Consideration! In this full-length podcast gone to the wind your hosts, Dustin and Mike, take on the epic 1939 blockbuster, Gone With the Wind. Relive all the gallantry, pomp, and circumstance with us as we take to the roundtable to discuss the tumultuous love affair of Scarlett and Rhett, and reevaluate one of the most beloved movies of all time. MUSIC Tara's T...
001| Pilot
January 30, 2016 20:09 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThe very first episode! More of a proto-episode, actually, since no actual movies are discussed, but Dustin and Mike do take a little time to introduce themselves, break down the For Your Consideration mission statement, and get the ball rolling. In this short intro podcast we talk a little about the origins of the show, what we hope to accomplish with it, and what our criteria will be as we go forward, watching and analyzing these classic films to see if they really do warrant inclusion o...
FYC Podcast Episode 01: Pilot
January 30, 2016 20:09 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBThe very first episode! More of a proto-episode, actually, since no actual movies are discussed, but Dustin and Mike do take a little time to introduce themselves, break down the For Your Consideration mission statement, and get the ball rolling. In this short intro podcast we talk a little about the origins of the show, what we hope to accomplish with it, and what our criteria will be as we go forward, watching and analyzing these classic films to see if they really do warrant inclusion o...