TruStory FM Specials
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTruStory FM Specials is a feed of interviews, explorations, and observations in film podcasts, many of which evolve into their own series!
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The Story Well NaNoWriMo Special: “Word By Word And Bird By Bird” / “The Squeeze”
November 05, 2021 09:27 - 1 hour - 68.7 MBWelcome to the Story Well, a way station for storytellers of all stripes to pull up a seat alongside their compatriots and listen to them talk of art and craft. The topic of the day is NaNoWriMo, the writing endurance test where writers are tasked with writing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. All three of us competed in this Mount Everest of writing challenges with varying levels of success. But what does success even mean in this case? We’ll talk ideas, strategies and then take some time t...
Favorite College Albums • Take Ten
July 04, 2021 09:20 - 43 minutes - 79.8 MBDust off that CD player, we’re heading back to the nineties! In today’s episode, Kyle and Rob get melodious as they each discuss the 5 albums that got them through college. No soundtracks or cast recordings here, they’ve come to rock!
Top Animated Sequences • Take Ten
June 14, 2021 09:06 - 50 minutes - 93.1 MBRather than try and talk about our favorite animated movies, this list has our ten favorite animated sequences from movies. Maybe it’s the best part of a terrible movie or the crown jewel of an amazing film, but things are going to get animated (and emotional!) on this episode.
Small Screen Star Trek • Take Ten
May 30, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 43.3 MBKyle and Rob are back to talk Trek. This time, our list is stand alone episodes of Star Trek that meant something to us. No two-parters or movies are allowed. Make it so!
Licensing and Formats and Ownership, Oh My!
March 02, 2021 14:30 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBPhysical copies vs. digital copies. Ownership from one country to another. Andy and Steve are joined by entertainment attorney Donald Smiley and distributor & owner of Archstone Entertainment Scott Martin to talk about a lot of these behind-the-scenes bits of the business of film production.
Disney+ • Take 10
March 20, 2020 16:28 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBHave some time social distancing by yourself or with the family and looking for something cool to watch? Kyle and Rob from the Marvel Movie Minute Season 2 take their top 10 lists of great movie options on Disney+ that might be off the beaten path. Take a stroll down the Disney movie lane to fill up your watchlists now!
Nerd Critic takes over with Star Wars: The Force Awakens
December 14, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBCJ and Jordan from The Nerd Critic podcast are taking over the feed today to share the first of their series leading up to next weekend’s big release with the first of the JJ-Star-Warsies in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Like what you hear, but you’ve never heard of The Nerd Critic? No worries! Just head over to reelcontender.com, or find them in Himalaya, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Like we do! Enjoy the show, and be on the lookout for a little Next Reel invas...
Secret Origins of Superhero Cinema at Phoenix Fan Fusion 2019
July 18, 2019 16:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBBefore Steve Rogers could do this all day, before Batman asked Superman if he could bleed, before Venom got weirdly obsessed with the pancreas, there was a superhero boom in the movies of the late 80s and early 90s that paved the way for the golden age we are presently experiencing. But how did these movies prepare audiences for seeing comic book heroes on the big screen? What mistakes did they make? A topic this big is too big for one show, so our own Andy Nelson joined the folks behind Ro...
Comscore's Paul Degarabedian • Behind the Sites
December 10, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBAs part of our ongoing series on the people behind the sites and services that serve the film-loving community, today we’re talking to Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for comScore. You may not be familiar with comScore but you’re likely familiar with reports on how well any particular movie did on any given weekend. comScore is the company that gathers all of that information from the movie theatres, organizes the statistics into useful information, and gets it back to the studi...
Treknology: The Science of Star Trek with Dr. Ethan Siegel
November 28, 2017 14:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBWhat’s this? More Trek? We can’t get enough of it! This week, Ethan Siegel joins Pete to talk about the science of Star Trek, talking through those questions that stumped us during our film series. From space propulsion to transporters, energy fields to sliding doors, Ethan builds a bridge connecting the fantastic technology that provides the foundation for the Trek future, back to the practical science of today. Who is Ethan Siegel? He’s a Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communic...
Josie and the Pussycats • No, No, Wait! Hear Me Out!
October 11, 2016 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.88 MB"Du Jour means teamwork!" You know the feeling. You have a ridiculous internal affair with a movie. You’ve seen it a dozen times. You laugh at all the right places and cry when it ends. But alas, you are alone. Your friends don’t understand you. They shun you. They malign your tastes. You suffer in silence. It is in that spirit that Tommy Handsome brings you No, No, Wait! Hear Me Out! The latest Next Reel Short is a chance to right a wrong in the world by building a case that a movie you ...
The Scores of John Carpenter
July 19, 2016 13:00 - 26 minutes - 18.9 MBIt was a dark and stormy . . . actually, it was a sunny June Sunday evening when Andy and Steve decided to celebrate the joys of fatherhood with John Carpenter, the Master of Horror. On Father’s Day 2016, these two bold men decided to forego the company of their wives and children and settled in for an evening of sonic chills. Carpenter is in the middle of a worldwide tour, performing selections from the scores of his films and themes from his recent albums, Lost Themes and Lost Themes II. ...
Creativity • Three of a Kind
July 12, 2016 13:00 - 9 minutes - 7.19 MBWhether you’re a creative person, or someone who cringes at the thought of art, you’re going to find something to enjoy about this month’s three of a kind. The creative process gets dissected to look at the heart of Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz, and the passion that goes into creativity. Then we bloody our knuckles against the brutally percussive story of Whiplash. Finally, we loose our heads on a journey to make an album with Frank as we look at how these three films explore the risks and rewa...
Mindbenders with JJ & Tommy
May 17, 2016 13:00 - 25 minutes - 18.2 MBThe Next Reel was born out of “Movies We Like” and in this new TNR Short JJ and Tommy Handsome talk about one of our favorite movie gimmicks, tricks, twists, archetypes or whatever you want to call it — it includes all those stories that make you question the reality that’s portrayed to you on the screen. What do you believe? Does it matter? Do you like to question it ... or do you like cheeseburgers? Consider the source and listen to Mindbender. Film Sundries Brazil: iTunes • Amazon Shu...
Who Are You? • Three of a Kind
April 26, 2016 13:00 - 10 minutes - 7.94 MBThis month we get to meet Truman, Teddy, and Rhoda, three people who, to put it simply, have issues they need to deal with. You may think you know yourself and what you are or aren’t capable of, but you’re probably wrong. Our three heroes learn a lot about themselves, so much that they may even wish they could forget it. The Truman Show, Shutter Island, and Another Earth are three films that will give you plenty to think about, and perhaps even cause you to learn something about yourself. F...
Ambition • Three of a Kind
March 15, 2016 23:21 - 8 minutes - 6.11 MBThis month’s three of a kind takes on music, magic, and a great meal. Amadeus, The Prestige, and Big Night are three films that explore characters with a single-minded focus that drives them toward success but at a tremendous cost. Ambition, tenacity, and a spirit that never gives up can be the keys to success, but what happens if that energy is misguided or directed toward a selfish goal? Links & Notes Amadeus — Director’s Cut (Amazon • iTunes) The Prestige (Amazon • iTunes) Big Night (...
Matthew Buchanan of Letterboxd.com • Behind the Sites
March 08, 2016 17:44 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBAs part of our ongoing series on the people behind the sites and services that serve the film-loving community, today we’re talking to Matthew Buchanan, co-founder of Letterboxd.com. Letterboxd has become an indispensable service for film journalists, diarists, and fans, marked by a beautiful design and just the right mix of social connectivity. Matthew and team have created a robust community in Letterboxd, one that stands out on the Internet not only in calibre of discussion, but in kindne...
The Quiet Fandom of Jamie Benning and his Filmumentaries • Behind the Sites
February 23, 2016 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBAs a part of our series on the movie sites we love, today we’re talking about one of our favorite movie projects. Jamie Benning has become, through great effort and time, custodian to the behind the scenes media of our most iconic films of the 70’s and 80s through his ultimate fan creations: Filmumentaries. In addition to his feature Filmumentaries on the original Star Wars trilogy, Raiders, and Jaws, he’s released a series of shorts furthering his contribution to the body of film analysis, ...
Guardians • Three of a Kind
February 16, 2016 01:14 - 4 minutes - 3.81 MBThe three family action films, Legend of the Guardians, Rise of the Guardians, and Guardians of the Galaxy, aren’t just for kids. These movies give parents the opportunity to discuss the difference between heroes and guardians and how even the most ordinary can make a difference for someone else.
Nathan Chase & Jeremy Thompson from Flickchart.com • Behind the Sites
January 27, 2016 05:53 - 27 minutes - 19.6 MBAs a part of our series on the movie sites we love, you’d probably guess that we couldn’t go very far without talking to Nathan Chase and Jeremy Thompson, the team behind Flickchart.com. Over the years, Flickchart has become central to our own ranking of films we review on this show, and offers a fun — if enormously frustrating at times — paradigm for stack ranking our favorites. It’s at once a service and an addiction, and we’re thrilled to be able to sit down with Nathan and Jeremy to hear...
The Great Teen Movie • Three of a Kind
January 19, 2016 21:56 - 6 minutes - 5.31 MBFrom Sutter and Aimee in James Ponsoldt’s, The Spectacular Now, to Joe, Patrick, and Biaggio in Jordan Vogt-Roberts’, The Kings of Summer, to Greg and Rachel in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the last two years have been a boon to those of us of a certain age with a hankering to rekindle the spirit of the great teen movie of our youth. But this batch is different, not better or worse, but certainly of a different age, for a different age. This week on TNRShorts, Stev...
Get your Trailer Fix on Trailer.Town with founders Joel Farris & Alex Carvalho
January 10, 2016 20:37 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MBA few weeks ago, we ran across a new site dedicated to movie trailers. It’s called Trailer.Town and it’s a clean, well-organized home for our favorite form of promotion. This week on Shorts, we’re joined by Joel Farris and Alex Carvalho, half of the Trailer.Town team and founders of the site to talk about trailers, spoilers, and the importance of curation in a messy Youtube world. Sundries Trailer.Town About Trailer.Town @Trailer_Town @JFarris @alexcarvalho
Get your Trailer Fix on Trailer.Town with founders Joel Farris & Alex Carvalho • Behind the Sites
January 10, 2016 20:37 - 19 minutes - 13.9 MBA few weeks ago, we ran across a new site dedicated to movie trailers. It’s called Trailer.Town and it’s a clean, well-organized home for our favorite form of promotion. This week on Shorts, we’re joined by Joel Farris and Alex Carvalho, half of the Trailer.Town team and founders of the site to talk about trailers, spoilers, and the importance of curation in a messy Youtube world. Sundries Trailer.Town About Trailer.Town @Trailer_Town @JFarris @alexcarvalho
An Interview with DC Barns & J Trent Adams — Star Wars: A Force for Change
December 22, 2015 21:17 - 47 minutes - 33.3 MBLast year, DC Barns entered his name in a contest to join the cast and crew of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Pinewood Studios in London. He and friend J Trent Adams were treated to the full on-set experience — complete with trailer and a walk-on role in the film — and now, after nearly 12 months in embargoed silence, they are free to speak of their experience inside the Mystery Box. Today on TNRShorts, a special interview with DC Barns and J Trent Adams.
Interview: Writer Ken Levine on Guilty Pleasures, Volunteers, and TV Legacy
August 27, 2015 06:11 - 1 hour - 42.4 MB“I’m happy to be able to defend Volunteers, and maybe you can have me back to defend Mannequin Two." In 237 episodes of The Next Reel and nearly 200 movies as a part of the weekly show, we try to do solid service to the creators of the work that we talk about. Most of the time, we think we do a pretty good job. Sometimes, we drop the ball. A few weeks back, as part of our guilty pleasure series, we did the movie Volunteers from 1985 directed by Nicholas Meyer, written by Ken Levine and Dav...
A Very Special Episode: Andy's Kidney
December 21, 2014 18:18 - 14 minutes - 11.9 MBAndy had a kidney removed earlier this week to donate to a friend. Pete took a few minutes to call and check in on his recovery, and see which movies he's been watching all week.
Richard Dysart: A Special Next Reel Interview
January 30, 2014 00:09 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBRichard Dysart is one of those faces that you instantly recognize. He's acted on the stage, on the movie screen and on the TV screen most of his life. In his films, he generally played strong supporting characters, helping to fill any given scene with what it needed. (Look at him in the films we've discussed in our Dysart series as well as several past shows — The Hospital and The Thing — to really get a sense as to what he brought to those movies.) On TV, he often carried the projects, whet...