From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe definitive show about filmmakers and their films. Each week, we'll take a look at a film from a director's filmography and deep dive into the film by analyzing it, talking about the history of the film, the connections between the film and its director's life at the time. We'll go through it all. For each episode, we'll have a rotating door of Podcasters, Film Aficionados, and bloggers bring their sensibilities and tastes to each episode. Stick with us as we analyze each film.
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From The Top S2 (George Lucas) episode 14 Season Finale: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
April 03, 2024 23:39 - 2 hours - 236 MBThis week on the podcast; It all ends! Well the George Lucas Season that is. We're here to wrap things up with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We talk about how Palpatine somehow returned, how this is more controversial then The Last Jedi and most importantly we talk about Dyads. Join me, Jacob Suggs, David Weiser, Marley SilverBrand, and Kyle Arking as we finish this season on a high note. Come back here on May 15th for the epic season 3 premiere featuring the works of Sofia Coppola. ...
From the Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 13 Bonus Episode: Solo: A Star Wars Story
March 27, 2024 23:47 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBThis week on From the Top; Case Kellem joins me this week to talk about the spin off movie that may have cracked the iron clad that was Star Wars. We talk about the production, the movie that was going to be, and the movie we ultimately got. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @CaseofSpades32 Case's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 12: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
March 21, 2024 00:54 - 3 hours - 278 MBThis week on the Podcast; Seth Vargas, Marley Silverbrand, Jacob Suggs, and David Weiser talk about the Never-ending Controversial film (I'm not joking), the making of said film, the fanbase, the cultural impact, the film itself and more with this week's MASSIVE Review on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Leave your comments below the description... Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @jtimsuggs @ReelLoversPod @ohsethy @MovieFriendsPod @ArkingKyle @weiser_david @FilmAssessment...
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 11: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
March 13, 2024 23:54 - 2 hours - 180 MBThis week, Marley and I are joined by Jacob Suggs from LightSpeed is with us today to talk about the Cultural Juggernaut that is Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @MarleylovesFilm @ReelLoverPod @jtimsuggs Jacob's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FrameByFrameFilmCo Light Speed's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lightspeedskipper
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 10 (Bonus): The Clone Wars Movie
March 06, 2024 22:59 - 1 hour - 139 MBThis week on the podcast; Kyle Arking and I discuss Star Wars's TV era where they tried and failed to release Underworld and Detours. Why Clone Wars made it through despite a rough theatrical start and the legacy of The Clone Wars TV Show. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @TheChewDefense @ArkingKyle Kyle's Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918 Massive Movie Maniacs: https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8?si=e5b58bab3dca4744
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 9: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
February 29, 2024 00:50 - 2 hours - 199 MBThis week on the podcast; We wrap up our discussion on the prequels with Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith as we talk about Alternate General Grievous (s), Lucas being done with Star Wars, and Where is Jar Jar? Joining me this week is Ryan B and Kyle Arking. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @TheChewDefense @ArkingKyle Kyle's Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 8: Star Wars: Clone Wars (Bonus Episode)
February 22, 2024 00:48 - 1 hour - 115 MBThis week on the podcast; Kyle Arking and I look back at the first time a animated Clone Wars show was produced for Cartoon Network. Starting with Genndy Tartakovsky's Star Wars: Clone Wars. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @ArkingKyle Kyle's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918 Massive Movie Maniacs: https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8?si=e5b58bab3dca4744
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 7: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
February 15, 2024 05:40 - 3 hours - 284 MBThis week on the podcast; Marley and Kyle Arking join me again along with Special Guest Fahad to talk about Our mutual hated for sand (IT GETS EVERYWHERE), some Clone Wars, some bounty hunters, most importantly, the rushed Pre-production motivated decisions that led to the movie as it is today. We're for Attack of the Clones. Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @ReelLoverPod@ArkingKyle @AllAboutFKK Fahad's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allaboutfkk/ Marley's Linktree: linkt...
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 6: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
February 08, 2024 01:52 - 2 hours - 214 MBWe're back with the second season From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective and this time we're covering the Films and Legacy of the one and only George Lucas. This week; Marley, Kyle Arking, and Viv Guerra join me as we talk about Lucas' triumphant return to directing with The Phantom Menace. Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @ReelLoverPod @ArkingKyle Reel Lovers Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereelloverpod Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@kyle...
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 5: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
February 01, 2024 00:47 - 1 hour - 127 MBThis week on the show; Brandon Cooley, Alex Galucki, and I sit down to discuss Revenge of the Jedi (Return later on), Ewoks, Jedi Rocks, Vietnam War, and the end of an era for the first phase of Lucasfilm. All in all, a big episode for those little violent Ewoks. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale@theyouthcritic@kHznetwork Alex Galucki's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexGalucki Here's Alex's review site: https://galaxyreviews.wordpress.com/ The Amazing Spider-Talk: https://amazi...
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 4: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
January 25, 2024 02:14 - 3 hours - 263 MBThis week on the podcast; We cover the first movie George Lucas didn't direct. "The Empire Strikes Back"! Before there were episode counts, a clear canon and plan. There was another... Plan for a nine film saga, a cool holiday variety special in November 1978, and a ranch that would become an independent studio and safe haven for future experimental films. None of that happened the way Lucas imagined. We go in this week to see what happened and discuss the film that burned and rebirth George...
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 3: Star Wars (1977)
January 18, 2024 02:01 - 3 hours - 251 MBWe're back with the second season From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective and this time we're covering the Films and Legacy of the one and only George Lucas. This week we talk about Lucas' triumphant and most career defining successful film ever with Star Wars (AKA A New Hope), Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @ReelLoverPod @ArkingKyle Reel Lovers Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereelloverpod Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 2: American Graffiti
January 11, 2024 02:29 - 1 hour - 155 MBWe're back with the second season From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective and this time we're covering the Films and Legacy of the one and only George Lucas. talk about Lucas' Warm and fuzzy movie American Graffiti. Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @ReelLoverPod @ArkingKyle @RebelScumCast Reel Lovers Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereelloverpod Youtube Channel: www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918 James Podcast: The Rebel Scum Podcast
From the Top Special (Michael Mann Season): Ferrari (2023)
January 11, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBThis week, we add our first Post Credits Edition of From The Top with Michael Mann's Ferrari. Joining me for this episode is David Weiser, Ryan B, and Marley. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @TheChewDefense @Reelloverspod @Weiser_David Marley's Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thereelloverpod Marley's Linktree: linktr.ee/reelloverspod
From The Top S2 (George Lucas) Episode 1: THX-1138
January 04, 2024 00:55 - 1 hour - 136 MBWe're back with the second season From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective and this time we're covering the Films and Legacy of the one and only George Lucas. For the Premiere Episode, Marley and Alfie Amaya join me in covering Lucas' debut film THX-1138 and how he took his USC Grad film from a 15 minute experimental film to a feature length film through Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope. We cover the beginning here and where Lucas might be heading next. Twitter Handle...
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 11: Blackhat
November 15, 2023 12:21 - 1 hour - 139 MBThis week on the podcast; Alfie Amaya and I look at Michael Mann's latest and most recent film Blackout starring Chris Hemsworth. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @fonsythesnowman Movie Ranking Space: @Skadoosch
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 10: Public Enemies
November 01, 2023 05:36 - 1 hour - 139 MBThis week on From The Top, Seth Vargas and Kyle Arking join me to talk about Michael Mann's return to the period piece with Prohibition set drama Public Enemies. Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @ReelLoverPod @ohsethy@ArkingKyle Seth's Podcast: linktr.ee/moviefriendspo… Kyle's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918
From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 7: Michael Mann's ALI
October 31, 2023 10:55 - 1 hour - 103 MBThis week on the podcast, I'm joined again by Christy Radbourne to talk about Michael Mann's Sports EPIC "ALI". Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic Christy's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RkJKyG3qhUiEBtNbs5SR2?si=0szW-Xr4TzOFZewdWbT4zw
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 9: Miami Vice (2006)
October 27, 2023 20:36 - 1 hour - 119 MBThis week on the podcast; Alfie Amaya and I looking at Michael Mann's Biggest Blockbuster yet with his 2006 adaptation of Miami Vice. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @fonsythesnowman Movie Ranking Space: @Skadoosch
From The Top: The Ultimate FIlmmaker's Retrospective Episode 8: Collateral
October 18, 2023 12:02 - 2 hours - 225 MBThis week on the podcast; Matthew Anzalone, Fahad, and Josh Martin join me in discussion of Michael Mann's Collateral. Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @AllAboutFKK @Matthewanzalo @JMartin3729 @Convowith2geeks Josh's Podcast: https://anchor.fm/conversationwithtwogeeks/
From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 6: The Insider
October 04, 2023 23:04 - 1 hour - 105 MBThis week on the show, we're talking about Michael Mann's "60 Minutes Movie" The Insider Starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe. My Guest Hosts for this episode were Brandon Cooley and Joshua Brown. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @JoshuaBrown95 Joshua Brown's Brown Film Collective: https://www.instagram.com/brownfilmcollective/
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 4: HEAT
September 27, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBThis week on the podcast; we're are talking about Michael Mann's Heat. The Seminal 90's classic that everyone seems eager to homage in some way or another. This week I'm joined by Jeremy Thao (Director of WOKMAN) and Diego Crespo (ala The Waffle Press). Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @Jeremy_Thao @WokmanFilm @TheWafflePress @thediegocrespo Jeremy's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/wokman The Waffle Press: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWafflePress Diego's instagram...
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 5: HEAT
September 27, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBThis week on the podcast; we're are talking about Michael Mann's Heat. The Seminal 90's classic that everyone seems eager to homage in some way or another. This week I'm joined by Jeremy Thao (Director of WOKMAN) and Diego Crespo (ala The Waffle Press). Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @Jeremy_Thao @WokmanFilm @TheWafflePress @thediegocrespo Jeremy's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/wokman The Waffle Press: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWafflePress Diego's instagram...
From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 4: The Last of the Mohicans Part Two
September 20, 2023 22:51 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBThis week in the Michael Mann series; We are doing a Two-Part episode on The Last of the Mohicans. For Part Two, we brought on Christy Radbourne (ala Director of Education for Public Schools in northwestern Ontario) for the historical and cultural accuracy to the movie as well as the literally themes Mann incorporates from the era the novel is set in. Episode will be uploaded alongside this episode. Join us as we discuss all of this and the movie itself here. Then go back to Part One as w...
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 4: The Last of the Mohicans Part 1
September 20, 2023 02:50 - 2 hours - 170 MBThis week on the Michael Mann Series, we are talking about The Last of the Mohicans in our first TWO-PART episode of the series so far as we had to break this one up for literal purposes. So, in Part One we are joined by Skadoosch (ala Movie Ranking Space) as we talk about the method process of getting this movie made, the big undertaking this project was, and Daniel Day Freaking Lewis. Join us as we discuss all of this and the movie itself here. Then join us for Part Two afterwards as w...
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 3: Manhunter (1986)
September 13, 2023 11:04 - 1 hour - 152 MBThis week on the podcast; I invited my friend Matt Brown (GeekNation) to come and talk about Michael Mann's Manhunter and the first Hannibal Lector adaptation. We also discussed how Mann became attached to the material. How he recovered from his sophomore slump, and how this led to his career in television. All in good fun. Editor's note: We recorded this in October 2021. If there's anything that dates the episode that's why. Twitter Handles: @Moviekale@theyouthcritic@kHznetwork@CallMeMa...
From The Top Episode 2: The Keep (1983)
September 08, 2023 14:08 - 2 hours - 189 MBWE'RE BACK!!! We're finally finishing The Michael Mann Season as was promised in 2021. This is The "Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective" where, Kale Smith (The Youth Critic) and a Guest Host come on and talk about the films in the director's filmography. This season we're covering the films of Michael Mann and Continuing forward... Marley (From Reel Lovers Podcast)and I are going to be looking at Mann's troubled and disowned second feature film The Keep Based off of the 1981 novel by F. Pau...
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective Episode 1: Thief (Reissued)
August 31, 2023 02:16 - 1 hour - 137 MBWE'RE BACK!!! We're finally finishing The Michael Mann Season as was promised in 2021. This is the Filmmaker's Retrospective where, Kale Smith (The Youth Critic) and a Guest Host come on and talk about the films in a director's filmography. This season we're covering the films of Michael Mann and Starting us off with Thief with Guest hosts Michael Benton and Philip Shadburn from the Movie Podcast NOW show as we have a fun discussion talking about Tangerine Dream, Michael Mann's love of anti-...
The Youth Critic Podcast Episode 228: James Wan's Malignant.
September 17, 2021 18:54 - 44 minutes - 41 MBThis week on the podcast, David Weiser and I sit down to talk about James Wan's new Movie Malignant (Only available in theaters and HBO MAX). Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @weiser_david @FilmAssessment David's Film Blog: filmassessment.blogspot.com From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective: https://anchor.fm/fttpodcast
From The Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective (Season 1) Episode 1: Thief
September 09, 2021 04:47 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBHELLO EVERYONE!!! The Inaugural episode of "From the Top: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Retrospective is here and to explain the premise. Each Thursday of every month, myself and another host (This will be different Bloggers, Film Writers, Podcasters, and Film Enthusiasts) will sit down to talk about a filmmaker's filmography and their trajectory from one film to the other. For this first season, we're going to be talking about Michael Mann and for this first episode we're going to be talking ab...