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Fly By FilmsThe Angelic Choir Magic HourBlamison are back with a regular episode about a movie that know one fucking knows! We dig into the first of three feature films by Mark Romanek who is most known for doing the multi-million dollar budget music video for Michael Jackson's "Scream." The name of the movie is Static from 1985. We talk about the weird tonal shift in the final act of the film, hanging out with slackers, and grief of all things. Join us on this angelic adventure!Also talked about: Blake's post-punk journey, Blake's hatred of Pitchfork and why The Edge is not a...2025-06-121h 20Fly By FilmsA Level Plane FielderBlamison remain consistent in their inability to remain consistent as they take a break from forgotten films to talk about a show that is IN THE ZEITGEIST. This show is season two of The Rehearsal with Nathan Fielder. We dig into the true meta nature of Fielder and all of his shows--because they all feed back into this season--and what it is about this show that makes us giddy. Join us! We spoil everything so Beware! And Don't Care!Other Things Discussed: Part 1 of our diatribe on why Christian rock 'n' roll IS actually rock 'n' roll...2025-05-291h 26Fly By FilmsHelp! I've Been Body Sprayed! (w/ Ian from the Group Chat)On this one-off episode of Will Blake Get Cancelled?, Jamison and Blake explain the curse that has been brought upon them by the likes of Ian Olson (of the upcoming Book of Common Terror podcast). We talk about 1992's Michael "MFumay" Mfume's Ax'Em and how nothing could save this film from its own incompetence. This is probably the hardest film we have watched to this point. Join us.Other things discussed: Ian's Native heritage, parenting (because this is a low-key better parenting podcast), and not Christian rock music.Clip from: Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson...2025-05-151h 38Fly By FilmsSchrödinger's KeatonBlamison made it back just in the nick of time to maintain the efficacy of their typical intro of "once or twice a month"! On this episode we play thought games with the 1996 comedic fable Multiplicity starring Michael Keaton and Andie McDowell and directed by Harold Ramis. But let's be honest, we hadn't talked in about a month, so most of this episode is just babbling.Other things talked about: Blake's mustache, his upcoming breakout talk at the NYC Mockingbird conference, and Jamison's trip to Japan.Clip: The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack2025-04-241h 16Fly By FilmsThe Hauer of PowerBlamison return to our regular length of blabbering on with this episode on the obscure and FORGOTTEN 1983 film Eureka starring none other than the man, the myth, and the legend: Rutger Hauer....and also Gene Hackman. We don't know quite what to do with this movie even though our review of it is nothing less than glowing. So, sit back and relax as we dig for gold and exploit the native populations under the guise of progressivism.Also talked about: religious faith and TA DA! our kids.Clip: Gene Hackman in Bonnie & Clyde (1967)2025-03-271h 25Fly By FilmsJumpin' Jack DugganBlamison are back in the march towards the Ides with a banger of a film starring Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly (1970). And, get this!, Micky Boy only sings one song on this film and it is all the better for it. We talk about film, yes, but mostly about how fucking incredible this soundtrack is and why it makes the movie so much better than it actually is.Other things talked about: throwing Demetrius Sanders under the bus again and our favorite historical figures and their portrayals in cinema.Clip: "Insult Comic Restaurant" from Season 2...2025-03-1354 minFly By FilmsYou Give [Eastern] Orthodoxy a Bad NameBlamison are back with a great episode on one hell of a film! 1972's Horror Express with Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Telly Savalas is what would happen if Hammer tried to make John Carpenter's The Thing ten years earlier. Plus if you want to talk about representation on screen, then one of the under-represented great Christian denominations (which sounds suspiciously Protestant) is shown front and center in this film. Plus Cossacks!Other thing talked about: skateboarding maths, science's increasingly shady track record and Blake gets Cossacks and Hessians mixed up.Clip: "The Impossible Dream"...2025-02-271h 05Fly By FilmsDon't Ig-Noir This Episode!Blamison are back with a thrilling discussion about Jules Dassin's great and forgotten prison epic,Brute Force (1947). We dig into the types of prison movies that are made in Hollywood, the distinction between classic and modern acting, and how efficient filmmaking can deliver the goods over and over again.Also talked about: decentralized social media, home labs, and why Hershey's is shit chocolate.Clip:Smoky and the Bandit (1977)2025-02-131h 10Fly By FilmsLabor-ed BreathingBlamison have wrested control of the AI that took over last week and are getting into the nitty gritty of FORGOTTEN films. Per our rules, Blake picked out the 1988 whimsically nostalgic class warfare picture, Matewan. We talk about why the cinematography got nominated for an Oscar when it clearly sucks and also how good of a guy Chris Cooper is. Oh, and James Earl Jones. It's our first true episode of Season Four so you don't want to miss it. PLUS ITS SHORT.
Other items talked about: the same typical bullshit.
Clip: Office Space (1999)2025-01-301h 07Fly By FilmsThe Third Annual Fly By Film's Flight of Fantasia FinaleThe year’s come to an end, and the world of film is as wild and unpredictable as ever. Welcome to Fly By Films, where the conversation isn’t about what’s hot or what’s trendy — it’s about the films that matter, the ones that’ve burned themselves into our memories and won’t let go. No fancy lists here, just honest talk about the movies that made us laugh, cry, think, or sometimes just scratch our heads.
Your hosts — Jamison Barsotti, a film lover with a sharp eye and an even sharper tongue, and Blake Collier, the...2025-01-1648 minFly By FilmsThe Episode Where We Cratered Under the Weight of Our Own RhetoricMERRY CHRISTMAS! Blamison are back for your Christmas pleasure. We are bringing all the goodies for the little boys and girls who listen to us. We talk (mostly tangentially) about the 1977 film The Crater Lake Monster, but more importantly we plan on going back to our roots for Season 4. Actual films that have been forgotten. We even set down rules for our picks.
Other things talked about: The Chico mansion that burned down, memory, and the epistemology of forgotten films.
Clip: Fatman (2020)2024-12-252h 12Fly By FilmsFBF Presents: On Earth No One Will Hear Your Podcast, Pt. VBlamison are BACK! On this episode we end off our Alien series with the most recent entry, Alien: Romulus. We talk about what works and what doesn't work in this Fede Alvarez film. We also briefly suggest deeper discussion of CGI ethics and then do nothing with it. Then we end off the episode with our final ranking and what is next for the podcast.
Also talked about: the recent election and scary shit that has happened to us.
Clip: The Goonies (1985)2024-11-141h 23Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: We're Perkin' for Perkins: ANTHONY PERKINS FEST!Blamison dig into the Psycho franchise to uncover the actual heart of the whole series: Anthony Perkins. We analyze the original film, 2-4 and the 1998 remake by Gus van Sant in order to breakdown what makes this story so intriguing and how the trajectory of the series actually parallels David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy.
Also talked about: what horror we have seen recently, what we are doing with our families on Halloween, and general bullshit.
Clip: "The Mike Wallace Interview" Ssn 2, Ep. 11 Intro.2024-10-311h 09Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: We're Perkin' for Perkins: Longlegs (2024) w/ Demetrius SandersBlamison talk with the man, the myth, the legend, Demetrius Sanders, about Oz Perkins' most recent offering, Longlegs (2024). We dig into how the film is set up as a crime procedural and subverts it in just about every way imaginable. We dig into the "brain" of the dolls and its links to Phantasm because why not? All in all, we dissect all of the ways that Longlegs works thematically and technically. So join us for this enthralling discussion.
Other things talked about: Aliens, mythmaking, and Marshall McLuhan.
Clip: Dead & Breakfast (2004)2024-10-241h 36Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: We're Perkin' for Perkins: Gretel & Hansel (2020)On this episode, Blamison talk about Nepo-baby Osgood Perkins' third feature film, Gretel & Hansel. Of course, we talk about its occult geometries, the consumptive critique of society and just how damn good this movie ultimately is. This movie is primed to be Perkins' most accessible film and yet the marketing is botched by Orion. Go figure.
Also talked about: nepotism, Perkins' obsession with young women, and more parenting bullshit.
Clip: "Tooth Fairy Looks For a New Job" Eddie Murphy from early SNL.2024-10-181h 04Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: We're Perkin' for Perkins: Blackcoat's Daughter (2017) w/ Ryan EllingtonBlamison pick up where they left off with Osgood Perkins' next released film Blackcoat's Daughter and this time they invite special guest Ryan Ellington of Grindhouse Theology and the Hardcore Baptist Convention™ onto the show. We break down how this early A24 offering is everything A24 wants to be and can never be again. We talk about how every choice Perkins makes in this film ripples into the present day "elevated horror" yet did it sincerely.
Other things talked about: Backdoor Sluts franchise, the origins of Grindhouse Theology and being a Baptist minister.
Clip: South Pa...2024-10-111h 08Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: We're Perkin' for Perkins: I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (2016)Blamison start off their Halloween series with a bit of a rocky start as Blake's mic seems to have been glitchy. First it sounds like Jamison is talking to himself, but eventually Blake's voice comes into the mix. This may be the case with the first three episodes...unfortunately.
That being said we start our exploration with Osgood Perkins' first(?) film I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House which can only be found on Netflix much to our chagrin.
We talk about watching this film inebriated or high or on acid and...2024-10-0450 minFly By FilmsFBF Presents: On Earth No One Will Hear Your Podcast, Pt. IVBlamison actually talk about the Alien films. They cover Alien³ (Assembly Cut), Alien: Resurrection, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
Also talked about: just how bad Aliens is and they rank the franchise sans Alien: Romulus.
Clip from Sen. Ted Stevens describing the internet.
2024-09-191h 35Fly By FilmsFBF Presents: On Earth No One Will Hear Your Podcast, Pt. IIIBlamison stretch the bounds of space and time and intellect in their discussion of the Alien franchise by exploring Alien³ (Assembly Cut) through to Alien: Covenant by way of CCM music, specifically the incestuous musical relationship between Decent Christian Talk, Audio Adrenaline and Newsboys. Stick around for this mind-expanding dive into the outer fringes of the Xenomorph mythos.
Also talked about: not Alien, so if that is, like, a problem for you then wait two more weeks and you will get nothing but Alien talk.
Clip from Multiplicity (1996).2024-09-051h 33Fly By FilmsFBF Presents: On Earth No One Will Hear Your Podcast, Pt. IIBlamison deride the destestable follow-up to Alien with Aliens (get it? cuz there is more than one!) by the tech-obsessed (oblivious?) director James Cameron. We talk about the horrible characterizations, the special effects seams that are everywhere in this movie and how is the villains and locations were changed this film would be no different than an 80s actioner. And it doesn't stop there...
Also talked about: What we will be doing in the coming days, podcast time traveling, infant corporate takeover.
Clip: Key & Peele, Ssn 4, Ep. 1 - "Alien Invaders"2024-08-221h 24Fly By FilmsFBF Presents: On Earth No One Will Hear Your Podcast, Pt. IBlamison start a new series covering the main entries into the ALIEN franchise starting with the greatest of all 1979's Alien. We talk about how great the acting is, how seamless the effects are (and how they hold up over time) and some of our reasons for considering this movie a masterpiece.
Also, talked about: why this August is gonna be a great music month and various other tangents as we attempt to get to the movie bullshit quicker than normal.
Clip from: YouTube channel How It Should Have Ended - "NUTHIN' BUT AN ALIEN...2024-08-081h 35Fly By Films"I'm Calling Bolshevik!"Blamison dig into the film/propaganda piece known as
Sergei Eisenstein' Oktyabr (1927). While it's no
Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925), we dig into how the film uses editing and montage to create cinema that is certainly decades ahead of its time. This is a jolly episode filled with political and economic opinions that will probably lose us more listeners, but we aren't in it for the money after all.
Also talked about: dat parenting 'bolshevik', silent films and their bombastic music, and we become singular spokesmen for our cities.
Clip from Season 6, Episode 24 of MADTv.
2024-07-221h 53Fly By FilmsGrief Ghost Coast to CoastBlamison talk about the 2001 Oscar-bait film In The Bedroom by Todd Fields and the 2017 Mount Eerie album A Crow Looked at Me and discuss the theme of grief. This is a bit more of a downer episode than normal so gird your loins for some feelings (or lack there of--we're looking at you Blake).
Other topics discussed: Tom Cruise's cousin, what we have been watching lately, and confirm that Frailty is indeed a superhero film.
Clip from Season 2, Episode 1 of I Think You Should Leave.2024-07-011h 54Fly By FilmsBatman on BroadwayBlamison talk about the utter confusion that is Joel Schumacher's 1995 hit film and soundtrack, Batman Forever. Is it good? Is it perhaps the only gay superhero movie? What was Tommy Lee Jones thinking when starring in this film? Why in the world was this soundtrack a multi-platinum success? All of these questions are addressed adequately and answered inadequately as only Fly By Films can do.
Other things talked about: our recent bouts with parasites and what we are reading, watching and listening to.2024-06-102h 15Fly By FilmsVideo Killed The Radio(head) StarBlamison talk about the 2018 film You Were Never Really Here directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Joaquin Phoenix as well as the soundtrack by Jonny Greenwood. We dig into why Phoenix is a great actor and whether or not the ending of this movie is actually good.
Other topics discussed: the Emerald Triangle, Missing 411, and Delillo's Underworld.
Clip from I Think You Should Leave Season 1, Episode 52024-05-202h 02Fly By FilmsThe University of Scream PhoenixBlamison begin a new ongoing series for season 3 by talking about the 2010 film The Book of Eli and pairing it with the 2001 underground hip hop classic The Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox. We dig into the film's peculiar place in recent cinematic history, its religious text (because there is little subtext), and what a couple of rappers from Harlem have to do with Denzel Washington.
Other things discussed: Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Christian hip hop giants and shitty calculations.
Clip from Training Day.2024-04-292h 06Fly By FilmsA Dingus Ate My Baby!!!!Blake and Jamison dive into the manic pixie dreamland of Cameron Crowe's 2005 film Elizabethtown and talk about everything from daddy death issues to why reductive film criticism is annoying to what makes a great compilation soundtrack. Check it out! Things get a little emotional.
Other things talked about: Jamison sets up a podcast-length game for Blake, the Brick app, and Jamison goes deep for a childhood memory that carries into the present.
Clip from The Office S3, Ep. 4.
Referenced:
"Elizabethtown Revisited"...2024-04-082h 07Fly By FilmsIntrosode: Elizabethtown (2005)Blake is on his way to pick up his kids and he gets lost while introducing this episode.2024-04-0302 minFly By FilmsRide Your Horse over the Rust of the Machines (with Greg Shafer)Jamison and Blake talk about the 1995 Jim Jarmusch film Dead Man, its score by Neil Young and how Roger Ebert was such a good rhetorician that even his dumbass takes are superbly written (and hilarious!). Our friend Greg Shafer joins us for this terrific conversation.
Other things talked about: Catholicism, whether the invention of the automobile was good or not, and identity.
Clip from the last voicemail Jamison's father left him before he died. 2024-03-252h 01Fly By FilmsIntrosode: Dead Man (1995)Gary Farmer and Johnny Depp take a Neil Young infused journey to the afterlife via the Wild West. Come for the promise of a job in accountancy, stay for the enlightening discussion about philistines between Iggy Pop and Billy Bob Thornton.2024-03-1902 minFly By FilmsLive from Casa Del Collier in Tulsa, OKJamison and Blake. IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME. WE EVEN SAW THE SAME MOVIE AT THE SAME THEATER. That's right! We watched Ethan Coen's first single outing post-Coen Bros. divorce: Driveaway Dolls. We discuss what Joel and Ethan's choice in filmmaking says about their past films and their future as individual filmmakers.
Other items discussed: getting in on that parenting bullshit (but this time parenting in the same house!), what we catastrophize about and whether or not Stephen King killed John Lennon.
This is an action packed live episode that should not...2024-03-041h 58Fly By FilmsA Treatise Concerning the Multivalence of BoomstickBlake and Jamison talk about William Friedkin's 1977 work of old school sweaty-ass machismo Sorcerer. We dig into its seeming prelude to the gamification of everything down to the synth-y score by Tangerine Dream. It's a surprising take on the film that is sure to send some to permadeath by the end of the episode.
Other things talked about: Jamison's plan to save all animals via veganism, parenting (again), and existential dread.
Clip from S1, E10 "Fight Fighters" of Gravity Falls.2024-02-121h 53Fly By FilmsIntrosode: Sorcerer (1977)Blake introduces this friedkin' movie!2024-02-0702 minFly By FilmsHe's Not Straight and Narrow, He's Wide and WobblyBlake and Jamison kick off a new season by trying out a new gimmick of picking films based on their soundtracks and being intentional to bring the film music into the typical conversations they have. On the first episode, we take on the 1961 Akira Kurosawa classic Yojimbo. Blake brings the film and its intentionally discordant music into conversation with Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and it leads to a wild jaunt into chaos.
Other things talked about: Jamison's Day Off, what discipline looks like in parenting, and we opine the state of capital punishment showcased by the death...2024-01-291h 44Fly By FilmsIntrosode: YojimboWelcome to Season 3 of Fly By Films! Jamison introduces our first film/soundtrack combo with 1961’s Yojimbo. Sit back, relax, and watch a bunch of dinguses get cut up by swords! Then listen to some dinguses talk about it.2024-01-1602 minFly By FilmsThe Second Annual Fly By Film's Flight of Fantasia Finale
Jamison and Blake are back in a fashionably late manner to ring in the NEW YEAR with our second annual podcast film ranking episode. We ranked our individual lists of the films we watched for season two of the podcast with points and conglomerated them into our starter list. From there Blake treats Jamison to a quiz about the filmmaking during the year of his birth--1987--and based on whether he gets the answers right or not, they get points to be used to switch films around on the list.
Also talked about: favorite...2024-01-142h 07Fly By FilmsThe Inchoate Coherence of BanalityJamison and Blake bitch about work without getting too specific as to not lose their jobs, then they talk about parenting sick kids and those who won't sleep and Blake's skype goes in and out on this recording so enjoy that. We then turn our attention to 2013's indie science fiction film Coherence where a group of friends come face to face with themselves from other dimensions and have to decide who is from what dimension. With multiverse theory is there any way for people to crossover or is this all just pop science bs? Listen to the episode...2023-12-181h 45Fly By FilmsIntrosode: CoherenceOn the last regular episode of 2023 the boys will be talking about the scrappy 2013 sci-fi mind bender Coherence. Jamie chose this film because his beloved Banana Slugs get a shout out. The less you know going into this one the better. Enjoy!2023-12-1201 minFly By FilmsIntrosode: CoherenceThat’s right. We are going indie for our final normal episode of the year. Get ready because Blake only chose it because he is a slacker and needs to write a chapter on it. So, there you go.2023-12-1202 minFly By FilmsIrish Troubles, Part IV: An DeireadhJamison and Blake figured the only way to finish up their review of the McDonagh Brothers' filmographies was to go dark, real dark. We talk about 2021's The Forgiven and 2022's Banshees of Inisherin and about the general lack of listeners we have had for these episodes. Also talked about: parenting, Blake's dedication to this podcast and the Catholicity of these films.
Clip: Stephen A. Smith schooling some Youtuber on the film Cars.2023-12-041h 48Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: GravediggazWell, it's Halloween finally. And we here at Fly By Films are wrapping up another year of horror-related field recordings. On this final episode, we dig into our final pre-2000 found footage film The Last Broadcast. It probably wasn't the best choice for our final film in the series, but, alas, beggars can't be choosers after all. We break apart what it does well and what it sucks at. Oh, and we talking about sucking snot, digging around in our shit for candy corn, and forgotten scenes from Bambi. Have a wonderful Halloween!
Blake's guest appearance on...2023-10-311h 17Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: A Nightmare on My StreetJamison and Blake bring in the penultimate October episode by talking about their shitty producer and more parent talk before they dig into the stellar 1992 Ghostwatch and how it may say something about the corruption of technology and media via Stone Tape theory. We probably go deeper than was actually needed.
Also, Blake clicks his mouse a lot. So enjoy that.
Clip from Lost Highway.2023-10-241h 14Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: Criminal MindedBlake and Jamison dive right in to the typical inane bullshit without even taking time to introduce the podcast. We talk donuts, parenting, and using donuts as a means to bribe our kids. Then we turn our attention to 1992's Man Bites Dog [aka by its film title as C'est arrivé près de chez vous] a charming coming of age tale about a documentary crew and their ruthless serial killer subject. Does this tick all of the found footage boxes? Or does it transcend all the worst parts of the subgenre? Listen and find out!
Clip fr...2023-10-171h 06Fly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: ATLiensJamison and Blake start their second October episode with a rousing philosophical analysis of the word "spoop" and then we turn our attention to our favorite holidays. Mostly we are avoiding talking about The McPherson Tape because while it nails the found footage aesthetic, it falls flat on its face when it comes to scares and effects. We discuss the shift from footage with context to footage decontextualized for the audience and we pick apart what that shift is so fascinating.
It's a fun (and, for us, mercifully short) episode! We hope you will join us.
2023-10-1155 minFly By FilmsFly By Film's Spooktober Festival of Spooks: Native Tongues CollectiveBlake and Jamison dish on their most recent book club book Michel Faber's The Book of Strange New Things and how it triggered Blake's memory of LOST. Then we talk about what we are drinking in order to prepare to talk about what some people eat...namely other people. That's right, we take on the cult classic Cannibal Holocaust as the first entry in our October series on proto-found footage films.
In this episode, we talk about this film's reputation, how it started a subgenre craze, and simply whether it has anything valuable to say. Then we...2023-10-041h 01Fly By FilmsIntrosode: The Forgiven (2021) & The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)Jamie makes some introductions. Two for the final McDonagh films and one for a brand new dude.
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/flybyfilms/message2023-09-1202 minFly By FilmsHow to Excel at Podcasting with Jamie and BlakeBlake suggests using Zencastr once again on this episode and finds out that it really is as shitty as they once thought. Jamison and Blake continue to remind their listeners to not use Zencastr because it is no longer any good. We also talk about parental leave, a Chico, CA connection Blake has at his church, and what documentary is. With this, they turn their attention to Jamison's selection of three episodes or "short films" from "How To with John Wilson." They come to the conclusion that the show is what would happen if Woody Allen made documentaries. Off-putting...2023-08-221h 59Fly By FilmsIntrosode: How To With John WilsonOn the next episode, Blake and Jamison will be discussing three episodes from the HBO show* How To With John Wilson. For those following along at home, the episodes we will cover are
How To Make Small Talk (S1E1),
How To Cook The Perfect Risotto (S1E6), and
How To Remember Your Dreams (S2E5).
The homework for the episode is the article “How documentaries mark themselves out from fiction: a genre-based approach” by John Ellis (link).
*We make no apologies to anyone offended by the fact that we, a film podcast, are covering a TV...2023-08-1404 minFly By FilmsIrish Troubles, Part III: In AmericaWelp. Due to technical difficulties with Blake's mic, the audio is a little wonky on this one. Jamison goes in and out of sounding like an automaton while you hear everything Blake does including clicking a mouse and breathing. My apologies for this. We were only willing to put so much effort into this low-effort podcast.
Nonetheless, Jamison and Blake talk about sleep while having kids, American myths and their theme parks, and the good feeling parents get when their kids are overjoyed to see them. Then we turn our attention to the next two films in...2023-08-102h 04Fly By FilmsIntrosode: War on Everyone (2016) & Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)Blake does a late introduction to the next round of McDonagh Brothers films.
And apologizes for very little. 2023-08-0202 minFly By FilmsChrist & Drug Culture (w/ Ciara Barsotti)Jamison and Blake and special guest Ciara Barsotti (artist and better half of Jamison) talk about parenting, "Nice Cream," and her high effort, pristinely-produced podcast Chico Creates. Folks, we have hit the big time. Our first real major podcast personality joins us for a discussion of 2017's Mandy starring Nic Cage, Andrea Riseborough, and Linus Roach.
We talk about how Panos Cosmatos (whether he is a real person or not) mirrors the paid film criticisms of Nicolas Winding Refn who is always said to be all style and no substance. Yet we talk about how Mandy differs...2023-07-261h 57Fly By FilmsIntrosode: Mandy (2017)Jamison and special guest Ciara introduce the 2017 film MANDY. They banter a bit about whether the director is a real person and give a strong content warning about the amount of violence and colors there are in this film. Enjoy!2023-07-1806 minFly By FilmsIrish Troubles, Part II: Going TransatlanticBlake and Jamison talk about getting their boys swim-worthy during the hot summer months, the inherent misogyny in grilling rice, and what books we are reading (or not reading, as it were). Then we turn our attention to the next two films in our exploration of the films of the McDonagh brothers: 2012' Seven Psychopaths and 2014's Calvary. We talk about what it means to be a psychopath and how that relates to slow motion gun shots to the head. We even get a little serious towards the end. (It's hard not to with a film like Calvary.)
2023-07-101h 59Fly By FilmsIntrosode: Seven Psychopaths (2012) & Calvary (2014)Trailer for our next foray into the filmographies of the McDonagh brothers. This time we are covering 2012’s SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS and 2014’s CALVARY. If you have a favorite psychopath and want to share them with us, email us by 7/5 at 5pm PST. Or leave us a voice message through Anchor/Spotify for Podcasters!2023-07-0301 minFly By FilmsThe Difference Between Knackered and KnockeredBlake and Jamison banter about severe weather, suss out the origin of the naming of the convenience store chain Kum & Go, talk about Shakesperean adaptations, and about our favorite music of the year so far. Then we turn to our discussion of Blake's pick, the 2021 Swedish thriller Knocking. Or at least try to discuss it and get some meaning out of it. Mostly we just talk about all the ways it could have been better.
Join us for the episode and feel free to knock on our podcast door anytime.
Clip taken from Catch Me...2023-06-261h 33Fly By FilmsIntrosode: KNOCKING [KNACKNINGER] (2021)Trailer for next week’s episode which is on 2021’s Swedish thriller KNOCKING. If you have any stories about annoying or terrifying sounds heard in a house or apartment then email us by tomorrow (6/21) by 5pm PST. Or leave us a voice message through Anchor/Spotify for Podcasters!2023-06-2104 minFly By FilmsIrish Troubles, Part OneBlake and Jamison begin their season-long descent into Irish madness with the films of Martin and John Michael McDonagh by watching and talking about love and honor in 2008's In Bruges and 2011's The Guard. Really it ends up being us talking about our man crushes on Brendan Gleeson. We show our cards on which brother we are picking to win this battle of blood(lines) and we seek restitution for any Irish guilt we have.
Also, we talk about Blake's stutter when he was younger, how EVERY movie is a completely different film for Jamison than...2023-06-121h 51Fly By FilmsIntrosode: In Bruges (2008) & The Guard (2011)Trailer for next week's episode which will feature the first round of the McDonagh Brothers' films.
If you have any funny stories about going overseas or incompetent(?) authorities you'd like to share, send them to flybyfilmspod@gmail.com by 5pm PST on 6/7/23.
Homework for this episode:
Watch the movies which are pretty much available to stream most places.
Start creating strong opinions about which brother is better.
Is he (bleeping) dumb or (bleeping) smart?
Old country for hit men
2023-06-0602 minFly By Films"Old Horse Yells at Cloud"Jamison and Blake put an old horse out of its misery and then proceed to kick it endlessly for just over two hours. Blake talks about screwing over his own financial portfolio in order to remain true to his Socialist values. Jamison buries the lead with his podcast sponsorship connections to a future boutique sex shop. If you are listening, yes we are serious about having you as our sponsor. We will gladly do the advertisements ourselves. Then we dig into 2017's dark comedy Thoroughbreds and try to figure out why plagiarism is the consistent crime du jour of...2023-05-292h 05Fly By FilmsIntrosode: ThoroughbredsTrailer for next week’s episode on the 2017 dark comedy Thoroughbreds.
If you have any academic cheating or plagiarism stories you’d like to share, send them to flybyfilmspod@gmail.com by the 5pm PST on 5/25/23.
Homework for this episode:
Is Plagiarism Wrong?
A Short History of Academic Plagiarism
The Perfectly Acceptable Practice of Literary Theft: Plagiarism, Copyright, and the Eighteenth Century
2023-05-2202 minFly By FilmsBoxing Day, 2009 (w/ Thadd Harrington)Jamison and Blake invite Thadd Harrington onto the podcast to talk about 2009's The Box by Richard Kelly against his will. Before we begin talking about the movie however we bullshit and play a little game of getting to know you with Thadd because neither Jamison nor Blake has met Thadd in the flesh. Weirdly, we also bring up Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, and WWE in the same conversation. This is no surprise as Richard Kelly's brilliance lies in the mindfuck that is his adoration of watery portals and the salvation of the world(s). Over much wringing...2023-05-151h 52Fly By FilmsIntrosode: Thadd's DilemmaBlake & Jamison force Thadd Harrington to watch Richard Kelly's third film. And like it.2023-05-1106 minFly By FilmsDetroit-sploitationBlake and Jamison run the gamut of discussion between heaven and hell and the pickle that is life in between. This, too, is another episode where Blake came to the recording in a sickly state, but the upside is he brought his sexy voice with him. This means it isn't as grating as it normally is for our listeners. Then we eventually turn our discussion towards 2004' Four Brothers starring Marky Mark (sans Funky Bunch), Outkast (sans Big Boi), Tyrese Gibson (sans Fast and Furious 'family') and Garrett Hedlund (sans...well, nothing that I could find). We talk about...2023-05-011h 58Fly By FilmsIntro-sode: You keepin’ straight, Bobby? Straight-ish.Blake lures Jamison into his next film choice by getting him to guess what Mark Wahlberg, Andre 3000, Tyrese Gibson and Garrett Hedlund have in common.2023-04-1903 minFly By FilmsGoing For Baroque (Corelli's Last Stand)Jamison and Blake give some background on the lengthy time between episodes, talk about emotions and how we handle them, and make too many innuendos accidentally throughout the episode. Also, we talk shit on Ari Aster. Then we dig into 2004's much reviled Coen Bros. film The Ladykillers and try to figure out if it is in fact their worst film. As is the case with any episode about the Coen Brothers, we end up talking about their whole filmography in relation to this film. Then we talk about Noah Hawley's Fargo. Then we talk about the fact that...2023-04-171h 51Fly By FilmsIntro-sode: The Coen Brothers’ Worst FilmJamison challenges Blake to revisit the “worst” film in the filmography of the best movie directing duo to ever exist.2023-03-2303 minFly By FilmsSatanic Panic Panic??Jamison and Blake experiment with excellence in podcasting by including as many hard pivots as possible in this episode. We talk about the Oscars and why we don't care about them, about Gavin Newsome and why we don't care about him, and lament some really great underground Christian music zines from the 90s and why we did care about them. Also, more dad stuff. Then we turn our attention to 2014's Faults starring Leland Orser and Mary Elizabeth Winstead along with a cast of incredible character actors including Lance Reddick (RIP, he had not died at the time of...2023-03-202h 00Fly By FilmsIntro-sode: FaultsBlake introduces his next pick to Jamison and our listeners.2023-03-0802 minFly By FilmsCheesy PoufsBlake & Jamison dig into the 2020 science fiction comedy Save Yourselves! and try to solve once and for all what a pouf actually is and if it can be decorative. We, on a strangely serious note, speak about the nature of saving ourselves through our obligations to others and how technology--we are looking at you social media--has a penchant for dehumanizing us all and making it easy to shirk the responsibilities we owe to others. It's a great conversation about an entertaining and surprisingly thoughtful indie feature.
We also talk about our kids, whether or not Covid came...2023-03-062h 05Fly By FilmsIntro-sode: Save Yourselves!Jamison introduces the next film to be covered on FBF. Check out this short little introduction and then watch the movie in preparation.2023-02-2302 minFly By FilmsHow to Be an Intentional Podcast Community (w/ Nate Pequette)Jamison Bar-SO-tee and Blake Call-yer welcome Nate Pee-kwette onto the show this episode for a rousing conversation about a profound film by director Chloe Zhao, The Rider. We dig into why Nate picked the film, the fine line it walks between documentary and fiction, and the the numerous ways it addresses masculinity and "individualistic Manifest Destiny." It's a delightful conversation and we were so pleased to have Nate on to chat with us.
Other topics we tangent into: intentional Christian communities, being from South Dakota and the Texas Panhandle, and Terrence Malick's filmography.
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2023-02-171h 55Fly By FilmsIntro-sode: The RiderJamison and Blake introduce the next film to be covered on FBF with our first official guest! Check out this short little introduction and then watch the movie in preparation.2023-02-1006 minFly By FilmsThe Ghost of Michael Cera PastBlake and Jamison start off the new year telling the listeners what exactly it is that we do on this podcast. Then we waste about 45 minutes bantering about being dads, the doomsday clock/existential dread, and being wrong, before we jump into a discussion about the 2000 film Frequency with Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel aka Jesus Christ. Does it hold up? Not really. Do the mechanics of time travel in the film work? Not really. Is the acting good? Not really. Are there feels in it? Very much so. Then we go on a twisty discussion of time travel...2023-01-272h 00Fly By FilmsIntro-sode: FrequencyBlake introduces his film pick for the first episode of season two of Fly By Films.2023-01-1704 minFly By FilmsThe First Annual Fly By Film's Flight of Fantasia FinaleJamison and Blake are back just in time to ring in the NEW YEAR with our first annual podcast film ranking episode. We ranked our individual lists of the films we watched for season one of the podcast with points and conglomerated them into our starter list. From there Jamison treats Blake to a quiz about film rankings going back to the early 1900s and based on whether he gets the answers right or not, they get points to be used to switch films around on the list. THEN we end the ranking with a final dance with lady...2022-12-311h 50Fly By FilmsANNOUNCEMENT: The Fly By Films Family is Growing!A very special announcement!!2022-11-3003 minFly By FilmsFrasier's Cow-Licked Cone ConundrumJamison and Blake are broadcasting live from the ruins of the Hellmouth formerly known as Twitter as we try to raise the morale and liven the place up a bit with a delightful discussion of 2003's Peyton Reed-helmed Down With Love. We dig into why this film works both as a modern homage to the old Doris Day/Rock Hudson sex comedies of the 60s and simultaneously works as a smart and incisive critique of those films' rather seedy underbellies. Also discussed: how Elon Musk is changing the shape of social media as we all know it, what mathematics...2022-11-111h 40Fly By FilmsIntro-sode: Down With LoveJamison finally gives the listeners what they’ve been craving: a mini-episode introducing the film being discussed on the next episode. Join him on this journey that will titillate you just enough to tune in for our full discussion of Down With Love.2022-11-0104 minFly By FilmsFly By Frights: The Night Leo Came HomeWell, folks, it was just a matter of time before Leonardo DiCaprio came back home and brought his 23 year old soon-to-be ex-girlfriend with him. As if that wasn't spooky enough, Blake and Jamison attempt to cap off our exploration of the Bloody Mary/Candyman mythos with 2021's indie dramatic horror film, We're All Going to the World's Fair. We talk about technology, about awkward singing and dancing, the film Pontypool, and what it means for the internet to finally gaze back into our souls. Other topics covered: Shapeshifting Jesus, movies that scared us, and Blake's lack of voice control...2022-10-311h 19Fly By FilmsFly By Frights: Podcasters Can Lick TooWe are coming upon the final weeks of spooky season with our penultimate episode of our Fly By Frights series where we are investigating FILM about Bloody Mary and Candyman urban legends. No discussion of this subject is complete, however, until an entry from the Urban Legends franchise has been talked about. People, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary is the [plateau] height of horror cinema. Jamison and Blake talk about how this film prophesies the successful careers of Kate and Rooney Mara and the writer of the film, Michael Dougherty (Trick 'r Treat). Also on this episode, we compare this...2022-10-251h 07Fly By FilmsFly By Frights: Dia Del D'ErricoJamison and Blake move along into the third film of the Candyman franchise with Candyman 3: Day of the Dead, the straight-to-video continuation of the McKeever storyline. Somehow they imagined 2020, the setting of the film, as magically reminiscent of 1999 including a protagonist played by Baywatch alum Donna D'Errico. It's a dreadful film and we let you in on all the reasons why you should not watch this. However, before we dig our honey-dripping hooks into the meat of this episode, Jamison asks how much it would have to be for us to pick up a shit-covered piece of paper money. Then...2022-10-1754 minFly By FilmsFly By Frights: Sweet Home LouisianaJamison and Blake dig into the first selection of their FBFocktober series with the 1995 sequel to Candyman, Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh. It's not great and we point out several of the reasons why including its complete waste of New Orleans as a setting unlike Cabrini Green which became its own character in the first film. We also discussed what scared us today (technically the other day, but you know what we are talking about!) and Jamison gets strangely cagey when it comes to discussing any connections there might be between him and the porn industry. So get your...2022-10-111h 03Fly By FilmsFly By Frights: Reflections of Semantic Satiation in the Dark, Reflections of Semantic Satiation in the Dark, Reflections of Semantic Satiation in the DarkWelcome to the first episode in our Fly By Frights October series where Blake and Jamison dig into the urban legend of Bloody Mary and Candyman in preparation for a delicious assortment of lesser known horror films that present this urban legend in one form or another. Beside setting up the Candyman and Urban Legend film universes, we talk about why dogs are so scary, how films being "boring" is the laziest form of criticism, and, perhaps most terrifying of all, LUTHER LAZERLIPS. Join us as we bring our worst fears to life by the powers of our tulpas.2022-10-041h 04Fly By FilmsBe Kind...RemindJamison and Blake celebrate their fifth record-breaking film podcast by talking about 2008's Be Kind Rewind by director Michel Gondry starring Yasin Bey (formerly Mos Def), Jack Black, and the cheerleader of the working class, Danny Glover! However, we don't just celebrate this milestone by ourselves. No! We have guests! Two of them! Our wives, Melissa Collier & Ciara Barsotti join us briefly to give us their #hottakes on the film. We fully understand if you just want to shut the episode down after they finish. What more could be said? However, that has never stopped Jamison and Blake from...2022-09-091h 48Fly By FilmsLabyrinth: The Assembly CutOn this episode of Fly By Films, we gush on the power and the glory of Jennifer Connelly ̶(̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶W̶i̶l̶l̶i̶a̶m̶ ̶H̶u̶r̶t̶)̶ and how much Jamison despises—AND I MEAN DESPISES—the band Genesis. We do a little looking forward in the podcast's future to see what might become our Oasis moment. We spend a surprising amount of time talking about music and Blake's weird infatuation with hauntology. Then we turn our attention to 1998's Dark City by Alex Proyas and what it has to say about humanity and memory. Is it possible t...2022-08-261h 45Fly By FilmsHoly Sh!t, That Was Morgan Freeman!Jamison and Blake debut their alter-egos Blake and Jamison while both being very sick at the recording of this episode. It was a hair's edge on covering up coughs on both sides, but don't worry dear listener we left the sniffles in there free of charge. The boys introduce the official name of the podcast, talk about the podcast and social media artwork by the talented Ciara Barsotti, and play our first voicemail live on the show! We then move into Blake's film selection for this episode 1980's Brubaker starring Robert Redford, the guy from Twin Peaks and the...2022-08-131h 47
Fly By FilmsThe World Championship of Finger-BreakingJamison and Blake talk about their world travels as well as getting as far away from each other as possible. They finally decide on their podcast name and then the sentient internet decides to give us technical difficulties before we jump into our discussion of Jamison's film pick from 2013 entitled Computer Chess by Andrew Bujalski. The film takes the conversation into far flung worlds of sentient chatbots, elephants, humans acting like robots, robots acting like humans, and, of course, breaking a seven-year-old's finger. Then Blake unleashes his next film pick and starts the podcast down a trajectory of which...2022-07-291h 53
Fly By FilmsPilot [Error]Blake I. Collier and Jamison Barsotti talk about what they want to name their podcast and what they want the podcast to look like from here on out. Then they turn their attention to Blake's film selection, 2019's Cold Case Hammarskjöld, a documentary about the search to figure out who killed Secretary General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961 and what the documentary has to say about facts, truth, conspiracy theories and information overload. Also, we alienate certain segments of our listeners.
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"The Paranoid Style in American Politics" - Harper's2022-06-241h 44Fly By Films(a low effort teaser)Blake Collier talks into his phone for like 3 1/2 minutes introducing this podcast where he talks to Jamison Barsotti about films.2022-06-2203 min