We’ve come to the end of Nolan Week, folks.
The Academy Awards are nigh and we’re here to offer the last word on the soon-to-be-Oscar-annointed OPPENHEIMER.
Join Matt and SPECIAL GUEST BRIAN BOARINI (!) for a three-hour tour of a quarter-century filmography.
It’s time, folks. It’s Nolan time.
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It’s TENET-talkdown time, team.
We chat. We disagree. We rank.
Sound good?
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Sound good?
We chat. We disagree. We rank.
It’s TENET-talkdown time, team.
With Nolan’s vision of Gotham City in our rearview, we’re now flashing back to the beginning of the auteur’s cinematic journey.
We’ll scrutinize his dexterity with the daylight noir, his interest in self-victimizing sleuths, and his fascination with prestidigitation.
- FOLLOWING (1998)
- MEMENTO (2000)
- INSOMNIA (2002)
- THE PRESTIGE (2006)
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You know them, you’ve seen them, and you certainly have opinions about them.
Join us as we revisit three of the most successful, influential, and subversively political films of the 21st century- courtesy of a man who insisted that he had absolutely no political agenda in mind when he made them.
We’ll [attempt to] get to the bottom of this thematic paradox…
- BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
- THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
- THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)
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As we traverse the last few miles in the marathon that will end at the 96th Academy Awards, it has become clear that “foregone conclusion” is the proper term to describe this year’s Best Director race. We here at WE LIKE MOVIES could not be happier with this inevitability as we look forward to no longer living in a world in which Christopher Nolan has zero Oscars.
In honor of the occasion, we have decided to revisit our recent Oeuvre series about Mr. Nolan. For the next few days, leading up to Sunday’s Oscar Ceremony, we will be posting “encore presentations” of all episodes of the Nolan series, culminating in a brand new BONUS EPISODE celebrating the only film not covered in our original countdown: Best Picture frontrunner OPPENHEIMER.
We begin with the rare “solo pod,” in which Matt inaugurates the series with a narratology lecture about Nolan’s unique storytelling acumen.
Follow us this week for podcasts about all twelve of the director’s films, spanning his quarter-century career.
View the complete version of Matt’s Nolan video essay HERE
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We’re wrapping up our series on the career of one, John McTiernan, with a bang. Even if you haven’t seen or don’t care about the man’s relatively inauspicious, forgotten, “late period” films, consider joining us for an episode in which we reckon with some unexpected revelations and speculate about the potential for McT’s third act…
We’re referring to this third age as the “Spiral into Self-Inflicted Exile”.
-THE 13TH WARRIOR (1999)
-ROLLERBALL (2002)
-BASIC (2003)
(special thanks to Mr. Beau Marks — a true gentleman and longtime friend and collaborator of John McTiernan — for consulting on this series)
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At long last we return to continue our journey through the career of one, John McTiernan.
We’re referring to this second age as his struggle from the “Jungle to the Upper East Side”.
-MEDICINE MAN (1992)
-LAST ACTION HERO (1993)
-DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995)
-THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999)
(special thanks to Mr. Beau Marks — a longtime friend and collaborator of John McTiernan — for consulting on this series)
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A new Oeuvre journey begins this week as we inaugurate our excavation into the career of one, John McTiernan. His incredible run from 1986 to 1990 represents a singular rise from relative obscurity to industry relevance, prominence, and pertinence. Join us as we set the table for his unique career path, attempt to divine meaning from his bizarre debut, and deep-dive into three of his most beloved masterworks. Vive l'oeuvre!
-NOMADS (1986)
-PREDATOR (1987)
-DIE HARD (1988)
-THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990)
(special thanks to Mr. Beau Marks — a longtime collaborator of John McTiernan — for consulting on this series)
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What a long, strange trip it’s been. We began our journey through Steven Spielberg’s 32-film oeuvre in August of 2017.
20 months later we’ve finally arrived at our 8th and final podcast in the series- a thorough and passionate reflection and ranking episode.
Join us as we curate our personal hierarchies of the man’s filmography, break down his budgets and box office receipts, rank performances, scores, scenes, shots, and finally reveal which director will be covered in our next Oeuvre series (premiering May 14th)!
Thanks for following us on this epic campaign through Steven Spielberg’s 47-year feature filmmaking odyssey. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster and now it’s time for a new mission.
Viva la Oeuvre!
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This installment is affectionately titled "Playing with House Money” and covers one film per year over four years, spanning 2015-2018:
-Bridge of Spies (2015)
-The BFG (2016)
-The Post (2017)
-Ready Player One (2018)
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