The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

Paul Thomas Anderson looks back at the 70's with his own kind of lens and brings along a bunch of non-actors with him. We talk about the music, running dolly shots and the obstacles that PTA likes to…

Jane Campion's new film doesn't want to be put in a box. This week we analyze her tight but expressive writing, the superb acting, the arresting score and the beautiful cinematography of The Power of…

We talk about what we have been watching over the last few weeks: The Diary of Anne Frank (1:17), The Tragedy of Macbeth (4:10), The Souvenir Part 1 (29:01), Mass (45:22), CODA (59:32) and BAFTA Noms…

This week we talk about Maggie Gyllenhaal's writing/directing debut, The Lost Daughter. We get into how she writes for her characters, the amazing performances by all three leads and try to reconcile…

We are back with another Quick Cuts to talk about new Matrix, pseudo bio-pics and what else we watched over the holiday. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.co…

Ah, the French! Wes Anderson shares with us his love of long-form journalism, art critiquing art (and critics) and having Academy Award winners saying two lines in his film. Subscribe on Apple Podcas…

We talk about what we have been watching recently, including Shang-Chi, Red Notice, King Richard, Last Action Hero, Tick, Tick, Boom and more. Enjoy! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: Here Check out our F…

What are Celestials again? This week we see how Marvel turns the corner in Phase 4 with a movie featuring 10 lead characters(!) and some gorgeous magic hour shots courtesy of Chloé Zhao. Subscribe on…

In this looser episode we quickly touch on a few new movies (Last Night in Soho, Titane) and what else we have each been watching (The Suicide Squad, Army of Darkness, National Theater at Home). Subs…

This week we have special guest, Dune aficionado and Emmy-winning promotions producer Justin Arner to help us explore Denis Villeneuve's vision of Arrakis, 'thopters and sand worms. Grab your spice a…

This week we see how Daniel Craig brings his James Bond ship into port. Is this a good end to the 5-film arc that started with Casino Royale?  How will the franchise move forward? We get into all of …

What is art and how do we interact with it? After seeing The Square (2017's Palme d'Or winner), the only thing we are sure of is that Ruben Östlund has some thoughts about it. We tried to explore as …

In this episode we talk about David Lowery's take on an ancient Arthurian poem starring Dev Patel dealing with a moralistic tree knight, a "headless" saint, a talking fox and and two times the Alicia…

While talking about the classic Jean-Pierre Melville film Le Samourai, we try to figure out which other filmmakers took inspiration from it, why Alain Delon is so cool and why everyone has so many ke…

Soderbergh is back with another heist movie with a bunch of characters and an interesting choice in lenses. We talk about what we thought worked, what is and isn't "chewing the scenery" and why Don C…

MCU feature films are back! We talk about the Cate Shortland's new film with Scarlett Johansson playing Black Widow one last time. We talk about her chemistry with her on screen sister Florence Pugh,…

In A Quiet Place Part 2, Writer-Director (and sometimes actor) John Krasinski returns with the second of what is destined to be at least three movies set in this apocalyptic world where Emily Blunt a…

In this episode we talk about the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's first big Broadway hit and point out a few great performances (Jimmy Smits!) and some ingenious, character driven special eff…