Why Does the Wilhelm Scream?
Brock Kingsley and Jason Wiseman discuss and review movies worth watching in a way that nerd-ish types do when they sit down to chat. Passionate opinions, (bad) inside jokes, obscure references, and rants; there will be rants. Often irreverent, sometimes insightful. Plus, occasional special guests and special topics.
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Episodes
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Do we have some gifts for you, dear listener. In this, our end of the year episode, we discuss our five favorite films of 2022--giving you a list of ten movies we think you should seek out and watch. We also discuss the films we recommended (or gifted) to each other: Jason watched Athena, and Brock watched Funeral Parade of Roses. First things first is our review of the new movie Mindcage starring John Malkovich, Martin Lawrence, and not Radha Mitchell (Melissa Roxburgh). Happy holidays. Happy New Year.
Wilhelm's Top Ten of 2022 (in no particular order):
Aftersun
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
The Eternal Daughter
Neptune Frost
Nope
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Petite Maman
Something In the Dirt
After Yang
RRR
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Artwork by @_mosla_
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
In which we wrap up our Schrader Series by talking about three of Paul Schrader's screenplays--films that he wrote but did not direct. We look at Taxi Driver, The Mosquito Coast, and Bringing Out the Dead. The Mosquito Coast was directed by Peter Weir, the other two films are Scorsese pictures. We also tell other stories about other things.
Recommended if you like the films we talk about...
Ms. 45, 1981 dir Abel Ferrara
Falling Down, 1993 dir. Joel Schumacher
Faults, 2014 dir. Riley Stearns
Running On Empty, 1988 dir. Sidney Lumet
Drugstore Cowboy, 1989 dir. Gus Van Sant
U Turn, 1997 dir. Oliver Stone
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Artwork by @_mosla_
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
In which we are back with a grab bag--this time it's Christmas movies. We discuss and engage in analysis of Falling for Christmas, Holiday in Handcuffs, Die Hard, Deadly Games, and the feminist holiday slasher flic Black Christmas. We also give some time to the recently released Sight and Sound list and the banal nature of lists in general. Also...Julianna Hatfield...Courtney Love....
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Artwork by @_mosla_
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
In which we take a closer look at the Coen brothers' first film Blood Simple and some of the Texas (Fort Worth) lore that inspired the movie. We also have a conversation in which we express our feelings about the new releases The Wonder, Tár, and Aftersun.
If you like Blood Simple, you might like these films:
The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946, Tay Garnett
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, 2009, Yimou Zhang
The Last Seduction, 1994, John Dahl
Something Wild, 1986, Jonathan Demme
Diabolique,1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot
Gloria, 1980, John Cassavetes
Dream Lover, 1993, Nicholas Kazan
Keep in touch and read more at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com on instagram @whydoesthewilhelmpod and twitter @whywilhelm
Find out more about upcoming Fort Worth Film Club screenings and events at fortworthfilmclub.com and @fortworthfilm
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Artwork by @_mosla_
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
The Schrader Series Pt.2: The Later Years. In which we discuss three of Paul Schrader's later films: Affliction, First Reformed, and The Card Counter. We also discuss Bresson, Bergman, thoughts on religion, the importance of art, and Brock gets sad sometimes.
Films Recommended if you like these Schrader selections:
The Wolf of Snow Hollow 2020, dir Jim Cummings
A Simple Plan, 1998, dir Sam Raimi
The Seventh Seal, 1957, dir Ingmar Bergman
Winter Light, 1963, dir Ingmar Bergman
The Good Thief, 2002, dir Neil Jordan
Croupier, 1998, dir Mike Hodges
Keep in touch and read more at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com on instagram @whydoesthewilhelmpod and twitter @whywilhelm
Find out more about upcoming Fort Worth Film Club screenings and events at fortworthfilmclub.com and @fortworthfilm
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Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
The first episode in our "Schrader Series." In which we have a conversation about Paul Schrader's first three films: Blue Collar, Hardcore, and American Gigolo. We also discuss the film Pickpocket and Bresson's influence on Schrader. Other things that get a mention: Coast to Coast with Art Bell, Big Daddy Kane, Schrader's t-shirt game, and more random bits of nonsense.
Recommended If You Like Paul Schrader's first three films:
Car Wash, 1976 dir. Michael Schultz
On the Waterfront, 1954 dir. Elia Kazan
8mm, 1998 dir. Joel Schumacher
Joe, 1970 dir. John G. Avildsen
Blow Out, 1981 dir. Brian De Palma
My Own Private Idaho, 1991 dir. Gus Van Sant
Keep in touch and read more at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com on instagram @whydoesthewilhelmpod and twitter @whywilhelm
Find out more about upcoming Fort Worth Film Club screenings and events at fortworthfilmclub.com and @fortworthfilm
Support the next generation of film lovers at reelhousefoundation.org and on facebook reelhousefoundation
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
In which we welcome special guest, Dev'n Goodman, or "Dev'n About Town," to talk about Gina Prince-Bythewood's epic The Woman King, a film about powerful women fighting on multiple fronts. Other things that get discussed include Omar Epps' jump shot, Jason loves the Muppets, Brock loves Digital Underground, and Dev'n found out something new about Jedis. Also, Burt Reynolds is the epitome of sexiness.
If you like The Woman King, you might also like:
Saloum
Neptune Frost
Widows
Eve's Bayou
Daughters of the Dust
The Women of Brewsters Place
Hollywood Shuffle
I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Nope
Stay in touch and follow along at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com and @whydoesthewilhelmpod
Keep up to date with all the Fort Worth Film Club events at fortworthfilmclub.com and @fortworthfilm
Help foster the next generation of film lovers at reelhousefoundation.org
And listen to Dev'n Goodman's podcast A Good Man's Education Conversation
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
In which we discuss Halloween Ends, finish our spooky season grab bag films, and we dig deeper into Tomas Alfredson's 2008 Swedish vampire film, Let the Right One In. We finish up with a few movie recommendations if listeners are fans of Let the Right One In. Along the way we mention Tenacious D, Judith Butler, how "genre" films often do a better job at addressing important issues, and make other relevant and irrelevant references.
Keep in touch and read more at whydoesthewilhelmscream.com on instagram @whydoesthewilhelmpod and twitter @whywilhelm
Find out more about upcoming Fort Worth Film Club screenings and events at fortworthfilmclub.com and @fortworthfilm
Support the next generation of film lovers at reelhousefoundation.org and on facebook reelhousefoundation