Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 103 Readin' N Watching #30: Blade Runner

 Hayley and Basil interrupt first-time guest, Kira, for two hours.

Readin' N Watchin' #30: Blade Runner

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 102 The Blind Spot #2: 1999 Movies #2

 

If our names weren’t on it you would never guess we had anything to do with this podcast.

The Blind Spot #2: 1999 Movies #2

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 101 Readin' N Watchin' #29: The Talented Mr. Ripley

 

 Hayley kills Basil and assumes his identity to hide a dark podcasting secret.

Readin' N Watchin' #29: The Talented Mr. Ripley

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 100 Pillow Fight #6: Carlito's Way

 

 Reuben and Basil are joined by special guest Hayley for our very special 100th episode.

Pillow Fight #6: Carlito's Way

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 99 Readin' N Watchin' #28: Nightbreed

 

 Basil and Hayley are joined by Krista to discuss the quintessential romance novels of our youths.

 Readin' N Watchin' #28: Nightbreed

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 98 Heralds & Denouncements: December 2020

 

The Core Four can’t really hear what each other are saying.

Heralds & Denouncements: December 2020

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 97 Readin' N Watchin' #27: Everything Must Go

 

 Basil and Hayley let Gordon Lish cut 50% of this podcast before releasing it.

Readin' N Watchin' #27: Everything Must Go 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 96 Not This Again #3: The Rage: Carrie 2

 

 The Core Four get fired midway through this podcast.

 Not This Again #3: The Rage: Carrie 2

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 95 Readin' N Watchin' #26: Laughter In The Dark

Basil, Hayley, and Phil say terrible things and hope you are entertained by them.

 Readin' N Watchin' #26: Laughter In The Dark

 

 

 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 94 Pitch Sesh #3: 1999 Video Box Art

 

Basil, Patrick, and Reuben make up plots to movies they’ve never seen!

Pitch Sesh #3: 1999 Video Box Art 

 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 93 Readin' N Watchin' #25: The Virgin Suicides

 Hayley, Basil, and Reuben contemplate the opacity of suicide.

 Readin' N Watchin' #25: The Virgin Suicides

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 92 Slumber Party Cinema #14 Rosetta

Patrick and Reuben are joined by special guest Colin to discuss the Dardenne Brothers' 1999 film Rosetta

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 92 Slumber Party Cinema #14 Rosetta

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 91 Readin' N Watchin' #24: The Witches Of Eastwick

 

This week Basil and Hayley win a Lifetime Achievement Award for Bad Sex Podcasting.

 Readin' N Watchin' #24: The Witches Of Eastwick

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 90 Is That All There Is... To My Childhood? #12: Steven Spielberg

After over a year we finally give in to fan demands and talk about Hook again.

Is That All There Is... To My Childhood #12: Steven Spielberg 

 

 

 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 89 Heralds & Denouncements: October 2020

 

Heralds:

Basil:

The Cotton Club (1984, Francis Ford Coppola)

Affliction (1998, Paul Schrader)

Reuben:

He Got Game (1998, Spike Lee)

Duck Soup (1933, Leo McCarey) (just the mirror scene)

The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed) (just the sewer scene)

The Legend Of Zorro (2005, Martin Campbell)

All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace (2011, Adam Curtis)

Patrick:

None!

Denouncements:

Basil:

Dazed & Confused (1993, Richard Linklater)

Reuben:

None!

Patrick:

Glory (1989, Edward Zwick)

The Hunley (1999, John Gray)

Gettysburg (1993, Ronald F. Maxwell)

Heralds & Denouncements: October 2020 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 88 Readin' N Watchin' #23: They Live

 

 This week we don’t understand why more critics didn’t like this podcast when it first came out.

Readin' N Watchin' #23: They Live 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 87 Slumber Party Cinema #13: The Mission

  This week we make a corny podcast, maybe as a joke.

 Slumber Party Cinema #13: The Mission

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 86 How To Score #5: 1999 Oscar Scores Part 2

 

 Reuben, Basil and Patrick take three Oscar nominees from the 1999 Best Score category and talk about how the score works in conjunction with the movie.

 How To Score #5: 1999 Oscar Scores Part 2

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 85 Slumber Party Cinema #12: Julien Donkey-Boy

 

This week we aren't sincere podcasters, even though people believe this is us at our most empathetic.

Slumber Party Cinema #12: Julien Donkey-Boy

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 84 Readin' N Watchin' #22: Shirley

Hayley and Basil try something new: reading a story by an author and then watching a movie about that author! This time it's "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and Shirley ABOUT Shirley Jackson.

Readin' N Watchin' #22: Shirley

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 83 Is That All There Is... To My Childhood? #11: 1999 Movies #2

 

Basil and Reuben are joined by Bucky to discuss some more movies from 1999 that we loved as kids and haven’t seen in a long time. What are the chances that these movies hold up? Pretty slim!

Is That All There Is... To My Childhood? #11: 1999 Movies #2

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 82 The Blind Spot #1: 1999 Movies #1

 

The Core Four continue their 1999 theme by discussing some movies they missed at the time. Ilya had never seen Blue Streak, Basil had never seen The Boondock Saints, Reuben had never seen The Blair Witch Project, and Patrick had never seen Audition.

 The Blind Spot #1: 1999 Movies 1

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 81 How To Score #4: 1999 Oscar Scores Part 1

 

This week Basil, Patrick, and Reuben continue our discussion of 1999 films by comparing the five film scores nominated for Best Score at the 1999 Academy Awards. Which score do we like best? Which do we like least? The answer might surprise you!

How To Score #4: 1999 Oscars Part 1 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 80 Readin' N Watchin' #21: Hateship Loveship

 

Hayley and Basil wonder how much horned up Wiig they’ll have to sit through.

 

Readin' N Watchin' #21: Hateship Loveship 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 79 Slumber Party Cinema #11: Ratcatcher

 

This week The Core Four take one hour to tell a five-minute podcast.

 Slumber Party Cinema #11: Ratcatcher

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 78 Readin' N Watchin' #20: The Killers

 

This week Hayley and Basil spend way too long talking about food before they get down to business.

Readin' N Watchin' #20: The Killers 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 77 Revisitation Rights #2: Best Friends Forever Favorites

 

 

 

 For this episode Basil, Patrick, and Reuben decided to rewatch one of a different pod member’s favorite movies to see if they like it more than they did the first time. Basil rewatched Pale Flower, one of Patrick’s faves. Patrick rewatched Charlie’s Angels, one of Reuben’s faves. And Reuben rewatched Apocalypse Now, one of Basil’s faves. How do we feel about them now? Listen in to find out!

Revisitation Rights #2: Best Friends Forever Favorites

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 76 Film Flam #5: 1999 Trivia

 

 

 

 Reuben hosts a slew of 1999 related games. Basil and Patrick compete for turn-of-the-century knowledge gold!

 

Film Flam #5: 1999 Trivia 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 75 Heralds & Denouncements: August 2020

The United States might be collapsing, but the Core Four still have strong opinions about the movies they've been watching.

Heralds:
Basil:
For A Few Dollars More (1965, Sergio Leone)

Reuben:
The Naked Kiss (1964, Samuel Fuller)
The Intern (2015, Nancy Meyers)

Patrick:
Spice World: The Movie (1997, Bob Spiers)
Beavis & Butt-Head Do America (1996, Mike Judge)

Ilya:
Once Upon A Time In The West (1968, Sergio Leone)

Denouncements:
Basil:
Knocked Up (2007, Judd Apatow)
Primal Fear (1996, Gregory Hoblit)
Cast Away (2000, Robert Zemeckis)

Reuben:
Baby Boom (1987, Charles Shyer)
The Last Dance (2020, Jason Hehir)

Patrick:
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994, Kenneth Branagh)
Double World (2019, Teddy Chan)

Heralds & Denouncements August 2020

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 74 Readin' N Watchin' #19: Mother Night

Hayley and Basil start out talking like old German grannies then end up talking like creepy German babies.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 74 Readin' N Watchin' #19: Mother Night

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 73 Is That All There Is...To My Childhood? #10 Childhood Crushes

Reuben and Patrick sit down with special guests LingTina and Ann Kathleen to discuss cinematic childhood crushes.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 73 Is That All There Is...? Childhood Crushes

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 72 Readin' N Watchin' #18: White Nights

Basil and Hayley are joined by Prabu to discuss two different adaptations of the same short story! Which is better? Are either of them any good? Is the story even any good? Maybe they're all great! Who's to say??

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 72 Readin' N Watchin' #18: White Nights

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 71 Slumber Party Cinema #10: Any Given Sunday

This week Ilya, Reuben and Basil mash five different podcasts together into one way too long epic podcast.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 71 Slumber Party Cinema #10: Any Given Sunday

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 70 Readin' N Watchin' #17: All The Pretty Horses

This week Hayley and Basil discuss period-inappropriate eyebrows in movie adaptations.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 70 Readin' N Watchin' #17: All The Pretty Horses

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 69 Is That All There Is... To My Childhood #9: 1999 #1

The Core Four are at it again with more 1999 canon material. This time we revisit some favorites from 1999 that we haven’t seen since we were kids to see if we still like them. Ilya picked Office Space, Patrick picked October Sky, Reuben picked Sleepy Hollow, and Basil picked Magnolia.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 69 Is That All There Is... To My Childhood #9: 1999 #1 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 68 How To Score #3: White Dog

We pay tribute to the recently deceased Ennio Morricone by discussing a score people don't know he wrote!

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 68 How To Score #3: White Dog

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 67 How To Score #2: Holy Smoke!

Reuben, Ilya, Patrick and Basil get together to discuss coping with grief, the loss of a loved one, the American Southwest, and how these topics all pertain to this 1999 Jane Campion film.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 67 How To Score #2: Holy Smoke!

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 66 Slumber Party Cinema #9: Drop Dead Gorgeous

Patrick, Basil & Reuben get together to mock a largely forgotten mockumentary.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 66 Slumber Party Cinema #9: Drop Dead Gorgeous

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 65 Now & Then #1: 1999 Favorites

For the rest of 2020 the Fancy Film Fellows will be have multiple episodes dedicated to the year 1999, often considered one of the best years in cinema history and definitely an important one to our own teenage cinephile development. For the first episode Reuben, Patrick & Ilya talk about their favorite movies from 1999 back in 1999, and compare them to their favorite movies from 1999 and how those choices reflect the way their taste has changed over the last 20 years.

Ilya’s Old Favorite: Go (1999, Doug Liman)
Reuben’s Old Favorite: Being John Malkovich (1999, Spike Jonze)
Patrick’s Old Favorite: Mystery Men (1999, Kinka Usher)

Ilya’s New Favorite: The Matrix (1999, Lana & Lilly Wachowski)
Reuben’s New Favorite: The Straight Story (1999, David Lynch)
Patrick’s New Favorite: The Iron Giant (1999, Brad Bird)

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 65 Now & Then #1: 1999 Favorites

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 64 Heralds & Denouncements: June 2020

What a long strange trek it's been this week.


Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 64 Heralds & Denouncements: June 2020

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 63 The Spit Ball #4: Copaganda

The Core Four return for the first time in a while to discuss the on-going anti-police protests, and how it makes them feel about the movies they love about cops. Can a viewer be anti-police yet pro-police cinema? If all cops are bastards, are all cop movies bastards of cinema?

 Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 63 The Spit Ball #4: Copaganda

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 62 Readin' N Watchin' #16: Away From Her

Basil and Hayley can't remember how they feel about this movie, or the story it's based on.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 62 Readin' N Watchin' #16: Away From Her

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 61 Best Of 2010s

Patrick, Basil & Reuben are only six months late to the Best Of The Decade content pile-on.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 61 Best Of 2010s 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 60 Readin' N Watchin' #15: Jesus' Son

Basil and Hayley are joined by first-time guest Phil to discuss how many big actors are in this movie no one remembers.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 60 Readin' N Watchin' #15: Jesus' Son

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 59 How To Score #1: Trouble Man

Reuben and Basil fly off in spaceships at the end.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 59 How To Score #1: Trouble Man 

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 58 Readin' N Watchin' #14: Rashomon

Basil and Prabu do a lot of laughing, screaming, and crying.

 Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 58 Readin' N Watchin' #14: Rashomon

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 57 Not This Again #2: The Wicker Man

Basil, Patrick & Reuben spend a lot of time podcasting around before making the same point over and over.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 57 Not This Again #2: The Wicker Man

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 56 Readin' N Watchin' #12: Julieta

Basil and Hayley get together for our longest podcast yet. They had to really dig into these three Alice Munro stories, which are almost like a little novella. Then they also talked about a movie eventually.

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 56 Readin' N Watchin' #12: Julieta

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 55 Seen/Unseen #4: The Devil Wears Prada

Reuben and Patrick delve into the world of fashion in film and find out if Stanley Tucci has any nuggets of wisdom for us (SPOILER ALERT: Of course he does!).

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 55 Seen/Unseen #4 The Devil Wears Prada

Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 54 Readin' N Watchin' #11: As I Lay Dying

Hayley and Basil are back to discuss a whole novel rather than a short story! Lots of time now that they're both unemployed due to COVID-19. Is James Franco the right man to adapt a novel as notoriously un-adaptable as this Faulkner classic? You can probably guess! But... maybe you're wrong? Find out!
Fancy Film Fellows Ep. 54 Readin' N Watchin' #11: As I Lay Dying