The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

Ron Howard, Glenn Close, Amy Adams. Hillbilly Elegy has most of the ingredients of a good movie, but we try to figure out why it didn't land for either one of us. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https:/…

This week we wade into the ocean that is Stanley Kubrick. We talk about Kubrick's use of music, lighting and camera moves in this film to create a sense of dread that is more haunting than any gore-f…

Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1955 film Diabolique (or Les Diaboliques) may be seen as a proto-Psycho, but it is worth evaluating on its own merits. We extend Halloween out a bit to talk about a creepy and…

The Wicker Man is a classic horror movie that neither one of us has seen or knew much about. Needless to say, this early 70's cult (in more ways than one) horror film was shocking, trippy and just pl…

This week we talk about Aaron Sorkin's new film based on the real case against a group of activists charged with inciting a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in 1968. We discuss how muc…

This week we talk about another new Netflix film based on a novel. The Devil All The Time has a murderer's row of acting talent (including our favorite, Riley Keough), and Spider-Man gets to take on …

We look at the similarities and differences between Charlie Kaufman's new film and it's source material and try to decipher how they each struck us. Jessie Buckley puts in another great performance w…

This new Netflix documentary brings to the forefront the battle for our attention and the battle to change our perception and behaviors, all while showing us cute puppy videos. We try to take a peek …

We talk about our favorite prison escape movies, including The Grand Illusion, Stalag 17, Cool Hand Luke, The Great Escape, Escape from Alcatraz and The Shawshank Redemption.  Get Busy Listening or G…

This week we catch up on what we have each seen recently and talk about preparing for our next episode (Prison Escape Movies). We also get into the new Oscars Best Picture rules that will come into e…

Judd Apatow’s new film pulls from his lead’s (Pete Davidson) real life history to focus on another character that is forced to deal with  the past and start living his future. Subscribe on Apple Podc…

This week we talk briefly about the new "The Batman" trailer. Then we look back to John Huston's Oscar-winning screenplay and direction of his dad and Humphrey Bogart in a film about obsession, mistr…

We look back 20 years to a year after what many people consider one of the greatest movie years in history and find out that there were actually some great movies that came out in 2000! Soderbergh co…

This week we talk about two epic movies that at least one of us hasn't seen before. Paul sees Ben-Hur and Josh sees Lawrence of Arabia for the first time. We know! How did we go this long without see…

Finally we get to take a detour from serious matters and talk about a light-hearted romp that just deals with nihilism, indeterminism, infinite regression, love and the meaning of life! And drinking …

This week we talk about Chinonye Chukwu's Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film centering on a veteran death row prison warden at a psychological and emotional crossroads. Alfre Woodard and Aldis Ho…

Spike Lee looks back at the Vietnam War through the lens of a group of African American Vietnam Vets looking for the remains of their fallen squad leader and some buried treasure. We get to experienc…

Great performances lead this ensemble piece where everything is not as it first seems. Cults, bank robbers and accoutrements all mash together in this stew of a film and we debate whether it was sati…

We are back and talking about a 2006 movie that smashes genres together as a mockumentary take on the horror movie genre. Subscribe on iTunes or Apple Podcasts: https://itun.es/i6gB67Y Check out our …

We finally get some more Riley Keough in our lives. Too bad she has to go through so much torment, though. This week on the podcast we get into her superb performance in The Lodge and some issues we …