For the May edition of Miniography, Filmography’s spin-off series in the off months of the show, we take a look back at Ridley Scott's 1979 space horror masterpiece Alien on its 40th anniversary. Together, Film and TV Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer, Editor in Chief Michael Roffman, and Daily Grindhouse editor Mike Vanderbilt discuss the lasting impact of Scott's masterpiece, the ways in which it changed the horror genre, the very '70s nature of its working-class roughneck heroes, and much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Miniography Anniversary Special: Alien (1979)

Our fourth season of Filmography, on the films of genre-blending filmmaker Tim Burton, concludes the season with its fifth and final episode, "Burton in Stop-Motion". This week, CoS Film/TV Editor and host Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by CoS senior writer and editor of The Spool Clint Worthington and writer and The Film Stage Show co-host Michael Snydel. Together, they discuss the ways in which stop-motion animation is and was perfectly suited to Burton's sensibilities as a director, how his various experiments in the form offer windows into different phases of his career, the one famous stop-motion film that he didn't actually direct, and much more.Chapters: Introduction (0:11), Burton in Stop-Motion: A Discussion (2:14), Beetlejuice (10:15), Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (30:30), Frankenweenie (48:13), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1:03:37), Intermission (1:12:39), Sight [Cinematography/Editing/Visuals] (1:12:42), The Lasting Image (1:31:50), Sound [Music & Score] (1:36:27), Closing Remarks (1:49:24) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tim Burton: Stop Motion - Beetlejuice, Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, Nightmare Before Christmas

Our fourth season of Filmography, on the films of genre-blending dreamer Tim Burton, continues with our fourth episode, "Pop Burton". This week, CoS Film/TV Editor and host Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by editor-in-chief Michael Roffman and The Fifth Dimension co-host Samantha Kuykendall. Together, they discuss the larger influence Burton's style has had on modern blockbuster films, the speed with which he became confident in his filmmaking, the genre-changing triumphs of his superhero work, and much more.Chapters: Introduction (0:11), Pop Burton: A Discussion (1:47), Batman (9:50), Batman Returns (31:59), Mars Attacks! (48:09), Planet of the Apes (1:03:03), Intermission (1:16:53), Sight [Cinematography/Editing/Visuals] (1:16:57), The Lasting Image (1:46:10), Sound [Music & Score] (1:50:36), Closing Remarks (2:04:24) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tim Burton: Pop - Batman, Batman Returns, Mars Attacks, Planet of the Apes

Our fourth season of Filmography, on the films of genre-blending dreamer Tim Burton, continues with our third episode, "Burton's Whimsy". This week, CoS Film/TV Editor and host Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by Editorial Director Matt Melis and Chicago literary performer Natalie Marsh. Together, they discuss Burton's shifting approaches to "whimsy" as a broad concept, the ways in which some of his most vivid imagined worlds have been met by diminishing returns, how Burton's conception of the fanciful has followed him through different eras of his career, and much more.Chapters: Introduction (0:11), Burton's Whimsy: A Discussion (1:40), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (9:05), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (26:33), Alice in Wonderland (44:14), Dumbo (1:00:11), Intermission (1:17:17), Sight [Cinematography/Editing/Visuals] (1:17:20), The Lasting Image (1:41:05), Sound [Music & Score] (1:46:05), Closing Remarks (1:56:36) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tim Burton: Whimsical - Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo

Our fourth season of Filmography, on the films of genre-blending dreamer Tim Burton, continues with our second episode, "Adult Burton". This week, CoS Film/TV Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by senior writer Allison Shoemaker and film critic Caroline Siede to discuss Burton's approaches to more emotionally and dramatically mature material, the ways in which "adaptation" has been an ever-shifting concept throughout decades of Burton's work, the complications that arose when he took on Stephen Sondheim, and much more.Chapters: Introduction (0:11), Burton Gothic: A Discussion (1:28), Ed Wood (10:04), Big Fish (25:01), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (41:37), Big Eyes (1:02:21), Intermission (1:12:54), Sight [Cinematography/Editing/Visuals] (1:12:57), The Lasting Image (1:33:52), Music & Score (1:38:04), Closing Remarks (1:48:41) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tim Burton: Adult - Ed Wood, Big Fish, Sweeney Todd, and Big Eyes

Tim Burton defined a generation’s cultural imagination with his alternately spooky, sweet, and sincerely scary features, and has continued to endure over the years thanks to his boundless vision and ability to conjure a sense of wonder from the unlikeliest places.Our first foray into the genre filmmaker's oeuvre sees Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer joined by CoS Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman and CPN contributor Samantha Kuykendall to discuss Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Dark Shadows, and Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children.We discuss Burton’s trademark look and style, the ways in which it’s shifted and changed with the times over more than three decades, the understated politics of some of the director’s best early work, the juxtapositions of color that have become an aesthetic all their own at this point, and much more.Chapters: Introduction (0:11), Burton Gothic: A Discussion (2:30), Edward Scissorhands (10:23), Sleepy Hollow (26:35), Dark Shadows (39:09), Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (51:54), Intermission (1:02:04), Sight [Cinematography/Editing] (1:02:07), The Lasting Image (1:20:34), Music & Score (1:24:36), Script (1:33:22), Closing Remarks (1:42:44) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tim Burton: Gothic - Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Dark Shadows, and Miss Peregrine

For the February edition of Miniography, Filmography’s spin-off series in the off months of the show, we're headed back to New York City circa 1989, as Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan can't help falling in love in Rob Reiner's modern romantic comedy classic When Harry Met Sally. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Miniography Valentine's Special: When Harry Met Sally (1989)

For this special Oscars edition of the podcast, host and Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman and senior writer Clint Worthington to discuss the Best Picture nominees, the wave of controversy following this year's ceremony well before it takes place, the question marks surrounding which categories will even make this year's broadcast, and much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Miniography Oscars 2019 Special: The Controversies and Nominations

For this special Christmas premiere edition of Miniography, Filmography's spin-off series in the off months of the show, Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by Consequence of Sound's Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman and The A.V. Club's Randall Colburn to discuss Arnold Schwarzenegger's transition into family comedies, the capitalist hellscape of this 1996 classic, and much more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Miniography Holiday Special: Jingle All the Way (1996)

Our third season of Filmography on the Master of Horror John Carpenter concludes with our fifth and final episode, John Carpenter vs. Americana, as Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by CoS Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman and Daily Grindhouse's Mike Vanderbilt.Together, they examine Carpenter's understanding of the American Dream as seen in some of his most offbeat features and classics alike, the ways in which Carpenter's politics wrestle with things we're still forced to consider today, how he preys on some particular domestic fear, and much more.This week's discussion is focused around the following features:Halloween (1978)Elvis (1979)Christine (1983)Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)Chapters: Introduction (0:09), Carpenter's America: A Discussion (1:30), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (6:01), Elvis (23:53), Christine (42:28), Halloween (58:44), Intermission (1:20:53), Sight [Cinematography/Editing] (1:20:56), The Lasting Image (1:53:09), Music & Score (1:56:22), Closing Remarks (2:09:57) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

John Carpenter - Part 5: Carpenter Vs. Americana

Our third season of Filmography on the Master of Horror John Carpenter continues, as Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined for this week's episode, John Carpenter vs. The Monster Mash, by Halloweenies and The Losers Club contributor Mackenzie Gerber and CoS senior writer/Alcohollywood podcast co-host and editor Clint Worthington.Together, they examine Carpenter's understanding of monstrousness, the ways in which his filmmaking informs the scares of some of his creatures, the wildly differing returns he's found on monster movies throughout his career, and much more.This week's discussion is focused around the following features:Prince of Darkness (1987)In the Mouth of Madness (1994)Vampires (1998)The Ward (2010)Chapters: Introduction (0:09), The Monster Mash: A Discussion (1:56), Prince of Darkness (5:25), In the Mouth of Madness (18:20), Vampires (31:23), The Ward (45:01), Intermission (56:20), Sight [Cinematography/Editing] (56:24), The Lasting Image (1:12:48), Music & Score (1:16:31), Gin the Vermouth of Madness: A Cocktail Recipe by Clint Worthington (1:25:49), Closing Remarks (1:27:27) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

John Carpenter - Part 4: Carpenter Vs. The Monster

Our third season of Filmography on the Master of Horror John Carpenter continues, as Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined for this week's third episode, John Carpenter vs. The Man, by The A.V. Club's Katie Rife and Daily Grindhouse's Mike Vanderbilt.Together, they examine Carpenter's perceptions of latter-20th century America, the emergence of some of his most prevalent themes and filmmaking approaches, and how the director's politics have manifested in his work in subtle, unsubtle, and really unsubtle ways.This week's discussion is focused around the following features:Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)Someone's Watching Me! (1978)Escape From New York (1981)Escape From L.A. (1996)Chapters: Introduction (0:09), The Man: A Discussion (0:35), Assault on Precinct 13 (4:18), Someone's Watching Me! (17:05), Escape From New York (33:57), Escape From L.A. (45:04), Intermission (58:01), Sight [Cinematography/Editing] (58:04), The Lasting Image (1:12:02), Music & Score (1:16:53), Closing Remarks (1:29:46) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

John Carpenter - Part 3: Carpenter Vs. The Man

Our third season of Filmography on the Master of Horror John Carpenter continues, as Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman and senior writer Blake Goble.Together, they examine Carpenter's perceptions of good and evil from the beyond, the ways in which his '80s heyday reflected this pet interest across a riot of different styles, and how Carpenter progressed rapidly from a horror filmmaker to one of modern film's most versatile auteurs.This week's discussion is focused around the following features:The Fog (1980)Starman (1984)Big Trouble in Little China (1986)They Live (1998)Chapters: Introduction (0:09), The Beyond: A Discussion (1:40), The Fog (10:14), Starman (24:55), Big Trouble in Little China (40:14), They Live (56:42), Intermission (1:12:48), A Broader Context (1:12:52), Sight [Cinematography/Editing] (1:19:04), The Lasting Image (1:40:26), Music & Score (1:50:09), Closing Remarks (2:11:04) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

John Carpenter - Part 2: Carpenter Vs. The Beyond

To kick off the third full season of Filmography on the Master of Horror John Carpenter, Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by The Losers' Club/Halloweenies co-host Justin Gerber and Chicago comedy/lit performer Natalie Marsh.Together, they examine Carpenter's perceptions of evil from beyond Earth, the ways in which his later work was informed by (and liberally stole from) some of his best early features, and how Carpenter's politics manifest even in stories of the intergalactic.This week's discussion is focused around the following features:Dark Star (1974)The Thing (1982)Village of the Damned (1995)Ghosts of Mars (2001)Chapters: Introduction (0:40), Intergalactic Evil: A Discussion (3:40), Dark Star (7:30), Village of the Damned (21:00), Ghosts of Mars (35:30), The Thing (51:00), Intermission (1:04:00), A Broader Context (1:05:00), Sight [Cinematography/Editing] (1:12:30), The Lasting Image (1:28:00), Music & Score (1:33:00), A Few Brief Words on the Film Vampires (1:43:30), Closing Remarks (1:47:00) For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

John Carpenter - Part 1: Carpenter Vs. Space

On "Human Extremes", the final episode of our Stanley Kubrick season of Filmography, Film Editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is joined by CoS editor-in-chief Michael Roffman and senior writer Blake Goble to examine the filmmaker's most sprawling works, his visions of humanity pushed to the absolute bounds of its existence, and just what it was that made Stanley Kubrick tick as a director.This week's discussion is focused around the following features:2001: a space odyssey (1968)Barry Lyndon (1975)The Shining (1980)Chapters: Introduction (0:09), Human Extremes: A Discussion (1:51), 2001: A Space Odyssey (8:03), Barry Lyndon (28:27), The Shining (49:01), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (1:06:05), Intermission (1:14:10), Cinematography and Editing (1:15:04), The Lasting Image (1:52:46), Music & Score (1:59:50), Final Discussion (2:13:29), and Closing Remarks (2:18:14)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Stanley Kubrick - Part 4: Human Extremes

Filmography is a deep dive into a director's oeuvre - film by film - to get the big picture. Every quarter, join Consequence of Sound Film Editor, Dominick Suzanne-Mayer, and a rotating cast of guest commentators for new filmic explorations.

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