On the 263rd episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell joins me to talk about one of this year’s sleeper indies, Emily The Criminal. Aubrey Plaza stars as a woman who is pushed to a life of crime in a tight, intriguing thriller. Puzzle pieces include Nightcrawler, A Most Violent Year, Hustlers and AmbuLAnce.
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On the 231st episode of Piecing It Together, Josh Bell returns to the podcast to discuss the Hitchcockian Netflix dark comedy thriller Windfall starring Jesse Plemmons, Jason Segel and LIly Collins. The film didn’t make much noise when it dropped a couple weeks ago but we had a great time with it. Puzzle pieces include The Ref, Parasite, The Social Network and plenty of Hitchcock.
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On the 149th episode of Piecing It Together, Caitlin Kennedy returns to the show for a look at Jim Cummings’ The Wolf Of Snow Hollow… A movie that’s as much about toxic masculinity, anxiety and growing as a person as it is about a giant killer werewolf. Puzzle pieces include Fargo, Zodiac, The Art Of Self Defense and Wind River.
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On the 132nd episode of Piecing It Together, film critic Caitlin Kennedy joins me to talk about Arkansas, a southern fried crime thriller that’s the writing and directing debut of comedic actor Clark Duke. Equal parts Coen Brothers and Tarantino, it’s a solid debut that wears its inspirations on its sleeve. Puzzle pieces include Pulp Fiction, Hell Or High Water, The Odyssey and No Country For Old Men.
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On the 2nd episode of the special episode series called Breaking It Apart, co-host Kris Krainock and I take a look NOT at a new movie and what movies inspired it, but at a classic movie and what movies were inspired BY it… And this time we’re looking at the classic Stanley Kubrick feature 2001: A Space Odyssey. Somehow depicting outer space before we even made it out there, and with some of the most breathtaking visuals ever put to film, 2001 recently had an IMAX re-release which really let the amazingly unique and trippy views of outer space and wormholes shine. Narrowing down the influences on this one were especially difficult as the film clearly laid the groundwork for all of sci-fi from when it was released in 1968 to today. Puzzle pieces include Star Wars, The Tree of Life, Adaptation and The Simpsons.
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