The Sum of All Films: Recent Episodes
The Sum of All Films
Join us each Thursday to discuss hot takes, familiar favorites, and how films inform the world we live in. Each week a new guest will debate where they stand on the spectrum of a statement, within an industry where there is never only one correct answer. TSOAF is a podcast that encourages conflicting opinions and hopes to provide diverse information so each listener can decide their own stance for themselves.
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Listen - I love a strong female lead as much as the next girl, but sometimes its fun to be a little footloose and fancy free, you know? In this episode Jasmin and I break down the pros and cons of introducing this archetype into a story, and whether or not these characters retain value when they are in service of a man's journey. Like anything, these characters can be done well, or very, very poorly - so please listen in to hear us discuss how 500 Days of Summer is one of the few films that actually gets this sort of character very, very right.
You know that feeling when you almost kiss your uncle in front of your dad at your wedding to your cousin who plays for the other team? No, me neither...
This is part two of the episode where I sat down with Lena - a fellow podcaster, actor and registered life coach - to unpack why we get confused when people aren't moved by the same sad movies as us. Spoiler alert - it may have something do with the the experiences we live through and what kind of capacity to understand that creates. My context may not be your context!
MOVIES MENTIONED:
pt. 1
Blue Valentine
Supernova
pt. 2
Waves
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl
FIND LENA:
https://anchor.fm/favsadworld
https://favsadworld.wordpress.com/
Have you ever wondered why sad movies hurt so good? There may be an answer for you in this episode. This is part one of two where I sat down with Lena - a fellow podcaster, actor and registered life coach - to unpack the psychology behind a good tear jerker.
MOVIES MENTIONED:
pt. 1
Blue Valentine
Supernova
pt. 2
Waves
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl
FIND LENA:
https://anchor.fm/favsadworld
https://favsadworld.wordpress.com/
This episode is an absolute hoot and a half! Ryley and I had the most fun chatting about O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000). Tune in to hear Ryley play the banjo, the two of us try to harmonize, and recite all our favourite jokes from this absolute wonder of a movie.
This episode is the second part to Clare and I's discussion about challenges of adapting sacred texts - aka knowing when to remain faithful to the source material or when doing so would create an opportunity missed. Tune in to hear us discuss how Army Hammer ruins everything we hold near and dear, and why Normal People was perfect as is... except for the one single line of dialogue they left out (that happens to be my favourite one). I know you die hard fans can guess which one it is.
In this episode we explain how my favourite movie brought Clare and I together, what we think of the publishing industry today, and whether or not a movie should exactly match source material. We also dive into what makes a sacred text and what we look for when choosing our perfect narrative. This is part one of two, so make sure to tune in next week for the second half!
Books / Movies mentioned:
(IN DEPTH)
- Children of Men
- Annihilation
- Normal People
- Call Me By Your Name
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
- The Great Gatsby
(IN PASSING)
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- It Ends With Us (unnamed Colleen Hoover reference)
- The Hunger Games
- The Outsiders
- Short Term 12
- Zero Dark Thirty
- American Sniper
- The Terminal List
- John Wick
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Catcher in the Rye
- The Sun Also Rises
FIND CLARE:
https://www.brokepress.ca/
https://www.instagram.com/brokepress/
https://www.patreon.com/brokepress
In this episode I sat down with my sister, Mya, in her last few weeks of her eighth grade year to discuss Bo Burnham's directorial debut - Eight Grade. Maybe you have a younger sibling you are trying to connect with, or you still have vivid memories of the horrors of being thirteen years old, but either way I hope you can find something meaningful to you in today's episode!
In this episode I sit down with my friend Grace and she convinces me to become a fan of horror movies. We discuss "B-level" horror, with the B meaning it's a low budget movie, not that it's bad... because we all know how glorious The Blair Witch project is.
Movies referenced in this episode:
- Halloween
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Saw
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- The Blair Witch Project
- Hereditary
- Hush
In this It's For You episode, Belle and I discuss the charms of Baz Lurhmann's 2001 film, Moulin Rouge.
In this episode Kaisen and Nick share their knowledge of the MCU and I chuck in my opinion as an impartial Marvel viewer. Join us as we unpack what the death of cinema even means, and what that would look like in today's media climate and beyond.
In this It's For You episode I sit down with my friend Connor and he convinces me to love one of his childhood favourite movies, The Sandlot.
For the debut episode Quinn and I discuss Olivia Wilde's newest directorial release Don't Worry Darling, our decade long parasocial relationships with Harry Styles, and what the heck a parasocial relationship even is.
Welcome to our new podcast where we sit down every Thursday to debate hot takes, discuss our favourite movies, and try to discover The Sum of All Films.