The Freshman Fifteen

Jeremy, Daniel and Jeff Jensen reconvene, New York Times-style, to count down the 10 greatest freshman films of the 21st Century (so far). They've conferred and collaborated and they're presenting th…

Oscars 2025! Once again, Jeremy and Jeff Jensen take to the mics for a spoiler-free discussion of the year's Best Picture nominees. Following a lengthy deep-dive into the 10 films in question, the th…

In a bonus discussion cut from our 2024 Oscars Special, Jeff Jensen reads a prepared essay comparing Alexander Payne's nominated film The Holdovers to the 1970s films that inspired it.

In the 2024 edition of the Freshman Fifteen Oscar Specials, Jeremy and Daniel are once again joined by Jeff Jensen for a spoiler-free discussion of the year's Best Picture nominees. Following a lengt…

F15 is back with our SECOND October episode and the final entry in our comedy block. This time, we turn our focus to SNL alumn and Academy Award winner Adam McKay and his 2004 freshman film, Anchorma…

Proving themselves the most unreliable podcast ever, The Freshman Fifteen stumbles back in for part two of a no-longer summer series focusing on comedy directors. This time: New Zealand actor/writer/…

After a lengthy hiatus, The Freshman Fifteen is back to kick off a new summer series focusing on comedy directors. First up: legendary writer/director/producer Judd Apatow and his 2005 film, The 40-Y…

In the seventh of their annual Oscar Specials, Jeremy and Daniel are, as always, joined by author and pop entertainment maven Jeff Jensen for a spoiler-free discussion of the the 2023 Best Picture no…

A Freshman Fifteen exclusive conversation with director Alison Star Locke about her freshman film, The Apology (a dark thriller starring Anna Gunn, Linus Roache and Janeane Garofalo). Jeremy speaks w…

In this longest-ever episode, Jeremy and Daniel take a break from their podcast break to talk Academy Awards with the ever-faithful, ever-brilliant pop culture maniac Jeff Jensen once again. As alway…

A Freshman Fifteen exclusive interview with director Fred Munk about his freshman documentary, the 2021 Netflix Original 'Why Did You Kill Me?' Jeremy speaks with Fred about the artform of documentar…

It's not a fake-out, it's true: Daniel is back to talk Oscars! He and Jeremy sit down with longtime friend and entertainment guru Jeff Jensen for a spoiler-free discussion of the 2021 Academy Awards …

Director Alexander Payne takes center stage in this episode's conversation as we take a look at his 1996 freshman film comedy, Citizen Ruth.

In our first animated feature entry, we focus our virtual cameras on Pixar's Toy Story, the 1995 freshman film of director and animator John Lasseter. Jeremy digs into the cinematography side of 3D-a…

In a bonus discussion cut from the Reservoir Dogs episode, Daniel and Jeremy close the book on one of the enduring mysteries surrounding the end of the film: Who shot Nice Guy Eddie? Also, some thoug…

After an indefensibly long hiatus, The Freshman Fifteen returns to kick off a new volume of freshman films with Quentin Tarantino's legendary 1992 film, Reservoir Dogs. Daniel is conflicted about how…

Jeremy once again sits with longtime friend/guest/honorary co-host of the podcast, award-winning Watchmen writer Jeff Jensen with a spoiler-free discussion of the Best Picture nominees in the 2020 Os…

Jeremy sits with longtime friend of the podcast, entertainment guru Jeff Jensen with a spoiler-free discussion of the Best Picture nominees in the 2019 Oscar race. The two weigh in on who most deserv…

Jeremy sits down with former EW journalist and current HBO writer Jeff Jensen to discuss recent developments concerning the slighting of cinematography and other categories from the upcoming 2019 Osc…

In Episode 30, the finale of The Freshman Fifteen’s second volume, the boys take to their mics with their biggest, boldest, most elaborate episode yet. Up for discussion: master craftsman and filmmak…