Baumann and Burch, Episode 29: I Like Movies with Lots of Pretty Flowers…Being Crushed by a Giant Pterodactyl

Matt and I talk about some movies that we really think you need to watch. Find out just how artsy-fartsy Tim can get when he talks about foreign films (made in the countries which were America’s enemies during the middle of the 20th Century, so how’s that for being anti-American), and discover how Matt’s lowbrow… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 29: I Like Movies with Lots of Pretty Flowers…Being Crushed by a Giant Pterodactyl

November 13, 2016 TimLeave a comment

Baumann and Burch, Episode 28: The Spicy and the Honeys

Matt and I finally get down to business to complete a band draft, an idea that’s been near to our heart but far from our podcast for some time now. Taking the helm of four bands apiece – with names from many styles, from Wu-Tang to pirates – we create a positive festival chock full… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 28: The Spicy and the Honeys

November 13, 2016 TimLeave a comment

The Leopard (1963)

Dir. Luchino Visconti. Starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale I don’t know that there are many other movies like The Leopard, at least not from the past fifty years. The Leopard would be able to function as a silent movie. Although the three hours are filled with dialogue, much of it seems as decorative as the frescoes… Read More The Leopard (1963)

November 11, 2016June 30, 2017 TimLeave a comment

Come and See (1985)

Dir. Elem Klimov. Starring Aleksey Kravchenko, Vladas Bagdonas, Olga Mironova Come and See lays animals into the picture in ways that I don’t think any other war movie even attempts to do. Consider the turkeys which get full camera focus in Flor’s house, or the cow that Roubej gives his life to steal. Think of the… Read More Come and See (1985)

November 9, 2016June 30, 2017 TimLeave a comment

Brooklyn (2015)

Dir. John Crowley. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Jane Brennan Saoirse Ronan, the Girl with the Huge Pupils, is costumed beautifully by Odile Dicks-Mireaux in this film. Ronan wears rich orangey-browns and cool blue-greens in the beginning, but by the end seems at home in bright yellow and pink; in one scene, she wears an… Read More Brooklyn (2015)

November 7, 2016May 7, 2018 Tim3 Comments

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Dir. Stanley Kramer. Starring Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell Burt Lancaster, as disgraced German jurist Ernst Janning, doesn’t have very much to say in Judgment at Nuremberg. Like a smart defendant, he is mostly silent for vast swaths of the film; Janning – through his lawyer, Hans Rolfe (Schell) – questions the validity of an… Read More Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

November 5, 2016June 30, 2017 TimLeave a comment

Rent (2005)

Dir. Chris Columbus. Starring Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson I am afraid to type the following sentence, but it deserves to be said: Rent, as a film, deserves another chance. You have no idea how much I wish I didn’t mean that, unless you’ve read my thoughts on “What You Own” – so in… Read More Rent (2005)

November 1, 2016June 30, 2017 Tim1 Comment

Coming Home (1978)

Dir. Hal Ashby. Starring Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern There’s a “Just So” story I encountered for the first time when I was a little boy. It was depicted in 3-D comic book form and came with the requisite glasses. (I may be making this up, but I’m pretty sure it came from a… Read More Coming Home (1978)

October 31, 2016June 30, 2017 Tim2 Comments

Baumann and Burch, Episode 27: Halloween in Cambodia

Today, on this one-year anniversary of Grantland’s demise, Matt and I take to the podcast to discuss what we loved about the site, what we wished had been better, and what we hope to see from its sequel site, The Ringer. In a time when it’s as hard as it ever was to pay people… Read More Baumann and Burch, Episode 27: Halloween in Cambodia

October 30, 2016 TimLeave a comment

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Dir. Steven Spielberg. Starring Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns One of the cliches of Oscar history is the lament that the awards for 1998 passed over Saving Private Ryan in favor of Shakespeare in Love. “Passed over” is a little strong, seeing as Private Ryan racked up wins for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Film Editing, and swept the… Read More Saving Private Ryan (1998)

October 27, 2016June 30, 2017 Tim1 Comment