Footcandle Films
Do you enjoy listening to people talk about films? What about those films that may not show up at the local multiplex but are instead showing at the smaller specialty theater across town? Then ”Footcandle Films” may be the show for you. Each month, the hosts discuss and review one ”smaller” film in-depth, discuss upcoming film news, and give recommendations on films that you may not be aware of, ones that you haven’t remembered in a while, or ones that are worth your time checking out. And all the while, the conversation never gets too ”high-brow” or pretentious. Just two guys who enjoy talking about movies. Your Hosts: Alan Jackson and Chris Frye, founders of the Footcandle Film Society.
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Episodes
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016
“The Phenom”, a baseball movie starring Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti, sounds promising until you notice how reviews are all over the place. Our hosts take a look at the film and discuss why audiences might be having such mixed reactions. Alan then decides to pull a quick “Now You See Me 2” review out of his critic’s hat before moving on to the usual segments of movie news and recommendations. Recommendations: “Bill Cunningham New York”, “The Royal Tenenbaums” Reviews of: “The Phenom” , “Now You See Me 2”
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Thursday Jun 16, 2016
Thursday Jun 16, 2016
Music takes center stage as it provides the focus for both films reviewed on this episode of Footcandle Films. First up is the The Lonely Island’s comedic take on the music industry and pop culture in “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”. Indie film director John Carney’s love letter to the power of music set in 1980’s Ireland is up next in “Sing Street”. As always the show is topped off with some movie news and recommendations of films you might have missed. Recommendations: “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”, “Carol” , “The Wes Anderson Collection by Matt Zoller Seitz” Reviews of: “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”, “Sing Street”
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Wednesday Jun 01, 2016
Wednesday Jun 01, 2016
Going with the recent review formula of blockbuster & arthouse, Alan & Chris discuss “The Nice Guys” starring Russell Crowe & Ryan Gosling followed by the indie feature “The Witch” starring a creepy goat and the freakiest rabbit since “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”. Movie news follows as well as their recommendations for films you should check out. Recommendations: “The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young”, “Draft Day” Reviews of: “The Nice Guys”, “The Witch“
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Tuesday May 17, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
What’s with superheroes these days? First Batman and Superman had a tiff, now Captain America and Iron Man are having words. Alan & Chris discuss “Captain America: Civil War” as well as the most recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language film “Son of Saul”. Rounding out the episode are some movie news items worth noting and recommendations for films you might have missed or want to revisit. Reviews of: “Captain America: Civil War”, “Son of Saul” Recommendations: “Trumbo”, “Young Frankenstein”
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016
Every once in awhile the fellows find a way to do some really oddball movie review pairings. This episode features one such pairing as they share their thoughts on the art house indie drama “The Lady In the Van” starring Maggie Smith and the action splatterfest “Hardcore Henry”. Following the reviews, Alan highlights news items focused on upcoming releases and both hosts give recommendations on films you should check out.
Reviews: “The Lady In the Van”, “Hardcore Henry”
Recommendations: “Attack the Block”, “Weiner”
Find out more about the 2016 Footcandle Festival by visiting: www.footcandlefilmfestival.com
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Tuesday Apr 05, 2016
Tuesday Apr 05, 2016
“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has arrived in theaters, made a ton of money, been derided by critics and possibly launched a franchise to rival Marvel’s Avengers juggernaut. Our hosts give their take on the film as well as discuss some movie news & share recommendations on films you might have overlooked.
Review of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
Recommendations: “Joy” & “Meet the Patels”
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Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
“10 Cloverfield Lane” is the first order of business on this jam packed edition of Footcandle Films. Alan & Chris attempt to give a fairly spoiler free review of this surprise hit of early 2016. Afterwards in an attempt to finally closeout the discussions of the big films of 2015 they spend a few moments discussing the period dramas “Brooklyn” and “The Danish Girl”.
Rounding out the episode are the segment standbys of movie news & film recommendations from both hosts.
Reviews of “10 Cloverfield Lane”, “Brooklyn”, “The Danish Girl”
Recommendations: “Don Verdean”, “The King of Comedy”
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Thursday Mar 10, 2016
Thursday Mar 10, 2016
If the Coen Brothers release a film you can guarantee Alan & Chris are going to discuss it. Charlie Kaufman’s Oscar nominated “Anomalisa” also gets some airtime in this episode as well as the English language debut from auteur Yorgos Lanthimos - “The Lobster”. For our news roundup we dissect the Oscar winners & then round out the show with the return of our recommendations segment.
Reviews: “Hail, Caesar!” , “Anomalisa” & “The Lobster”
Recommendations: “Experimenter” , “Carol”
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Thursday Feb 18, 2016
Thursday Feb 18, 2016
It’s February and now that the haze of the New Year and Valentine’s Day have evaporated you might be asking yourself…wait we never heard the Footcandle favorites of 2015 and what are their Oscar picks. Well fear not! In this hour plus episode you’ll get a review of Spotlight plus Oscar predictions and 2015 highlights. It’s like a belated valentine box of chocolates with all your favorites inside…and luckily nobody has taste tested anything. Enjoy!
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Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
With the Academy Awards approaching Alan & Chris wanted to discuss “The Revenant” and “Room” - both films heavy favorites to take home some gold statues at the end of February.
Running short on studio time the news & recommendation segments were dropped but fear not! They shall return!
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