Episodes

Hey film buds, Quite the long title, isn't it? Well it fits because we have quite the episode for y'all. This week we continue to highlight the achievements of Women in Film by traveling across the Pacific to review and discuss Women in Anime. The popularity of Anime has grown significantly over the last decade or so, inspiring generations of fans from every background. Behind the camera, much like here in America, there is still somewhat of a limited range of women in above the line roles lik...

Happy Women's History Month film buds, This week we begin our new theme, Women in Film, to commemorate and celebrate the fantastic achievements of women in the film industry. Despite the growth in diversity both in front and behind the camera, there's still more that can be done. We want to help elevate the impact women have on the industry by highlighting films old and new that were directed by women. And we're starting with two films from last year. Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, based...

Hey film buds, In this episode we're finishing our eight-decade journey of Historic Best Picture Winners with The Last Emperor from the 80s and The English Patient from the 90s. Though there is a lot that happens behind the scenes to win an Academy Award, let alone a Best Picture win, they still work as an interesting way to view the history of film and what was popular at the time. We're also finishing up the month with two films that both utilize extensive flashbacks. Intro & Best Pictures F...

Hey film buds, this month we have been focusing on Historic Best Pictures Winners from the Academy Awards, and this week we decided to bring in an expert. Zach Laws, a former mentor of Paul's and Gold Derby Writer, is helping us discuss the cultural shifts of the 60s and 70s that caused a shift in filmmaking. Our first film is the anti-racism Thriller, In the Heat of the Night. It is a gritty, deep-fried noir story that centers on officers of the law from different backgrounds trying to come t...

Hey film buds, Last week we reviewed one of the great silent war films of the 20s and a social consciousness story of the thirties. This week we're doing a double-feature of films directed by the controversial director Elia Kazan. Kazan, originally from Turkey when it was still the Ottoman Empire, is an actor, director, producer of film and theater who primarily made film that he felt had a strong social message. The first film we discuss is Gentleman's Agreement from 1947, an adaptation of a...

Hey film buds, ever hear about a movie winning Best Picture and think, "That wasn't the Best Picture! Look at what else was nominated," or seen a Best Picture Winning movie years later and though, "That didn't age well". The Academy Awards, or The Oscars, are America's most widely recognized award show, and has been for almost 100 years. Though Oscar, and award shows in general, have gotten somewhat tarnished in recent decades, they still serve as an interesting window into film history and ca...

Hey film buds, We're continuing to examine the Movies We Missed in 2021. In this episode though we aren't looking at the major blockbusters, biopics, or awards contenders. We're reviewing and discussing the horror films, thrillers, and folktales. Joining Paul and Lauren is Friend of the Show, Nick Delgadillo, who included one of these four films on his Best of 2021 list. Antlers, our first film, is an interesting adaptation of a short story "The Quiet Boy", written by Nick Antosca. It is a fil...

Hey film buds, Beyond reviewing the Movies We Missed in 2021, we are also examining specific idea per episode. Today, we're looking at Period Films depicting stories from the 20th Century, across different genres from multiple directors. We are looking at three films crossing three decades. First, we are talking about Being the Ricardos from Aaron Sorkin; a biopic on Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in the fifties. Second is Edgar Wright's horror film Last Night in Soho, depicting the Swinging Sixt...

Hey film buds, We're continuing this week to review as many of the movies of 2021 that we missed last year. Of which, there are many. For this episode we're looking at how two very different, but very distinct, directors handle history. Our first film this week is Ridley Scott's The Last Duel, written by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Nicole Holofcener. The movie is a gritty tale about male ego, pride, ownership, perception, and the consequences of action. Ridley is a meticulous director, and th...

Happy New Year Film Buds, We're starting off 2022 by looking back on the movies we didn't review in 2021. Some of them were only in theaters, some we just didn't have time to watch, but regardless of the reasons why, they're the highlight of the show this month. Beginning the month we're plugging into digital worlds as presented in the 20th Century action-comedy, Free Guy, and the legacy sequel of a groundbreaking franchise, The Matrix Resurrections. Joining us to discuss these films is friend...

Happy New Year's Eve film buds, This episode is our last of 2021 and the final installment of our Holiday Movie Season. Joining us again is our creator, Henry, who was gracious enough to give us another hour of his shore-leave for the episode. This week, we're reviewing and discussing the classic Christmas-Creature-Feature, Gremlins and it's camp, B-movie sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch. They're modern marvels of puppetry and make for a fun final discussion of the year. On top of that, we dis...

Hello and Merry Christmas film buds, This week we have a very special episode for y'all. Not only are we celebrating our 200th episode, but we are joined by the original host and creator of The Film Buds Podcast, Henry. While he's been away, he hasn't seen much, but when he said he saw David Lowery's The Green Knight, we knew we'd found our Christmas movie for the week. In the episode we discuss and review The Green Knight, as well as discuss the history of King Arthur and Sir Gawain's myths, ...

Happy Holidays film buds, this week we continue our analysis and review of varying Holiday/Christmas movies from different decades and regions. This episode, we begin with a discussion on Christmas movies and where they started, before beginning our main discussion: Criminal Christmas. Much like all of the films that remind people to be Nice, sometimes, it can be fun to walk on the Naughty side. Instead of talking about Die Hard or Iron Man 3, we talk about the crime classics LA Confidential, ...

Hey film buds, Christmas, Hanukkah, and more are traditions that are celebrated around the world. So naturally, it makes sense that other global cinematic traditions would put their own stamp on the Holiday Season. Our first Christmas movie from across the seas is Tokyo Godfathers, Satoshi Kon's 2003 anime from Japan. Joining in the discussion is an old friend of the show's, Austin Craver, who leant his expert anime insights to the show. Second, on the suggestion of a friend, Mark, we watch Ra...

Happy Holidays Film Buds, With December comes the beginning of our Holiday Movie season, and we begin with Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a beautiful holiday found in Judaism, a religious tradition and holiday under represented in film. To expand on people's understanding we decided to tackle Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights and A Rugrats Chanukah. We also talk about our Vintage shopping, What We're Watching, and Clark Collis's new book, available for sale. Thanks for listening y'all and Happy Hanuk...

Hello Film Buds of the World, Today marks our final installment for International Cinema Month. We're bringing the month to a close with a real humdinger of an episode. First, Lauren and Paul discuss the 1966 Samurai film, Sword of Doom. Then, we're joined by returning friend of the show, Madelaine, to talk about the Ramen Western Tampopo. We hope you all have enjoyed the theme as much as we've enjoyed putting it on. Madelaine can be found @MadelaineD_ on Twitter and @madelained_ on Instagram...

Hey Film Buds of the world, This week we continue International Cinema month with returning guest Clark Collis as we talk about Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz. Clark joined us in September to talk about his new book You've Got Red on You (out now) all about the making of Shaun of the Dead, the first installment of the Cornetto Trilogy. He's a brilliant writer and a true wealth of information. We hope everyone is enjoying our journey around the globe, and that our listeners in the United Kingdom enjoy...

Hello Film Buds of the World, This week, we’re continuing to expand our cinematic palette with the 1969 Egyptian film The Land. Based on a novel of the same name, and directed by internationally recognized Youssef Chahine, The Land continues as our last film did focusing on the story of a country still relatively freshly out of British Imperial rule, utilizing rural and agricultural environments and characters, religion, and more to create a thematically rich, sometimes dense, film. Beyond The...

Hello world, With a new month comes a new theme. November is International Cinema Month as a way to celebrate the cinematic tradition of our listenership’s native lands. Our first episode highlights Indian film from the Bollywood tradition. Mother India (1957) is a gripping historic epic about the formation of modern India in the shadow of Imperialism’s end, while also calling on rich Hindi religious tradition and themes. The film came out six years after India held its first election and crea...

Happy Halloween Film Buds, Welcome to our Slasher Extravaganza! This month has been all about thrills, chills, and things that go bump in the night. For our send off to our favorite time of year and holiday, we put together a special 40 movie deep-dive into the slasher genre. And for your listening pleasure we broke it up into two parts. Part II of our Slasher Extravaganza deals with the 90s revitalization of the genre with Scream and Candyman. Joining us for the discussion of Scream and its s...

Happy Halloween Film Buds, Welcome to our Slasher Extravaganza! This month has been all about thrills, chills, and things that go bump in the night. For our send off to our favorite time of year and holiday, we put together a special 40 movie deep-dive into the slasher genre. And for your listening pleasure we broke it up into two parts. Part I of our Slasher Extravaganza features the Holy Trinity of Slasher Icons; Michael Myers with Halloween, Jason Voorhees with Friday the 13th, and Fred Kru...

For some extra content while Henry is still away in Air Force training, here is a previously recorded Film Buds bonus episode covering the Hellboy franchise. Our discussion includes Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, plus the 2019 Hellboy reboot. Follow The Film Buds: Patreon: Patreon.com/TheBuds Website: TheFilmBuds.com Bonus Shows: Thefilmbuds.bandcamp.com Email: Thefilmbudspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @filmbuds Letterboxd: @HenryFaherty & @PBDJ92 Instagram: @t...

Hey there film buds, Though people often associate silent film with the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo, it encompassed as wide a range of genres and styles as film today. That includes the Horror genre. Horror, like much of the Silent Era, often relied on established ideas from literature and the stage. Since we recently dove deeper into film history with episodes covering horror and drama in the 30s and 40s and teenagers in movies of the 50s, we decided to present you with Silent Ho...

Hey film buds, Last month we did a great episode with Nicolás Delgadillo to celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. We decided we’d mark the end of Hispanic Heritage Month with a second part focused on Horror films with Hispanic roots. Join us as we talk about Guillermo del Toro’s feature-length directorial debut Cronos from 1993 and Issa López’s breakout feature film Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven) from 2017. Though neither film can be described as a typical horror experience (indeed ...