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 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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Tuesday Jan 12, 2016
Tuesday Jan 12, 2016
Back from the holiday break, Alan & Chris have a stockpile of four films to review including the latest from Quentin Tarantino & the break-out hit from Sundance - Tangerine. After the reviews the guys discuss various tidbits of cinema news before closing the show with their recommendations of films you might have missed.
Recommendations: “Sicario”, “Nightcrawler”
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Tuesday Dec 22, 2015
Tuesday Dec 22, 2015
At last. The self-imposed embargo is over. The latest installment of the Star Wars franchise has finally hit theaters. Alan & Chris have both seen it and can’t wait to talk about it. If you haven’t seen “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” fear not. They keep it spoiler free for the first bit so you can still listen. If you are one of the millions who have made this the biggest movie of 2015 they also get into spoiler territory in the second half as well as discuss their hopes for Episode 9.
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Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
’Tis the season for the holiday movie onslaught, year end lists, and horrible head colds. Well hopefully you don’t have a horrible head cold, but show co-host Alan has been waylaid with one. With the aid of Sudafed he made it to the MESH studios to bring you reviews of “The Walk” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and “Amy” the much buzzed about documentary of Amy Winehouse. Rounding out this episode are some news tidbits and each host tosses out a recommendation of a film you might have missed.
Recommendations: “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”, “Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films!”
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Thursday Nov 19, 2015
Thursday Nov 19, 2015
What should be paired with a review of “Bridge of Spies” starring Tom Hanks to provide some variety? How about an action thriller about an immortal witch hunter? With the hosts not being able to make it to a screening of “The Last Witch Hunter” due to um…scheduling conflicts (yeah, that’s the ticket) they opted instead to go with the documentary “Finders Keepers” about an amputated human leg that is discovered in a grill bought at an auction.
Following the reviews are tidbits of entertainment news & as always recommendations for movies you should check out.
Recommendations: “Spectre”, “Montage of Heck”
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
With the latest works from Danny Boyle & Ridley Scott in theaters across the country you knew it was only a matter of time before the guys decided to review both. Does Chris like “The Martian” as well as Scott's previous sci-fi offering “Prometheus”? Does Danny Boyle's film manage to capture the enigma of Steve Jobs according to self-proclaimed Apple fanboy Alan?
After finding out the answers to these questions you’ll also get your episodic doses of movie news & recommendations.
Recommendations: “The End of the Tour”, “Crimson Peak”
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