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Contra Zoom Pod293: Best Films of the Decade So Far Part 1The first half of the decade is now behind us, so let's look back at the best films that came out from 2020-2024. We sent out a poll to critics and made a list of the 50 best films of the decade so far. On Part 1, we reveal picks 50-26, with the rest being named on Part 2 next week.
Huge thank you to the following people for sending in voicemails on behalf of films that made the list: Bryan Loomis, Stephanie Prior, Ethan Simmie, Calum Macnab, Ricky Valero, Darren Zakus, Mike Noyes, Adam Schoales, Simon Best, Eric Zhu, Katey Yost, Raf Stitt, Alex Kokke...2025-01-0641 min
Workshopping HumanityPast Lives is an Existential CrisisListen to Brett, George and Jared discuss how bad the hosting at The Golden Globes was and why Past Lives is one of the most beautiful films of 2023. 2024-01-221h 28
Workshopping HumanityThe Holdovers is a Christmas Classic (ft. Alex Helmer)On this episode of Workshopping Humanity, we are joined by Alex Helmer to discuss The Holdovers, Public Domain and how weird The Curse is.2024-01-081h 38
Workshopping HumanityAftersun (ft. George Ehret)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to George Ehret, where they discuss last years critically acclaimed Aftersun and why it is one of the most poignant films about memory ever made.2023-04-251h 27
Workshopping HumanityMeet the Robinsons (ft. Kevin Guinn)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Kevin Guinn, the two were coworkers at the Disney World attraction Mission Space on their college program. They discuss a hidden underrated Disney gem Meet the Robinsons, why it's better than the majority of the Disney films coming out around the time and it's various themes of communication, innovation and family and how it ties into the lore of the Disney Parks as well. They...2022-09-141h 34
Workshopping HumanityGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (ft. Guy Knoll)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Guy Knoll, a stand up comedian and personality on The League of Cinephiles about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. They talk about why the film is one of the best Marvel films and why it continues to be more beloved as time goes on. They discuss the themes of morality, masculinity and fatherhood the film addresses and what other blockbusters have been lacking that makes...2022-07-141h 15
Great Lakes State FootballC. J. Mifsud: Playing Varsity Football with Dad as Coach, Targeting Rule, Get To Foundation - Ep. 13Episode 13 of the Great Lakes State Football Podcast. Kory, Vince, & Brett discuss everything football in the Great Lakes State from the last week! Discussion includes news from the MHSAA, news for in-state D3, D2, & FBS schools, NFL, and Vince's recommendation of the week. We also had on guest CJ Mifsud to discuss his time at Dearborn High School, Hillsdale College, Working for Schutt Sports, and more!CJ's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachCJ_QBGet To Foundation: https://www.gettofoundation.org/Vince's recommendation of the week: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/flee2022-02-171h 56
Workshopping HumanityDisney Parks (ft. Jared Rocha)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Brett Schutt talks to Jared Rocha about their love for the Disney Parks and how their recent trips to Disney World and Disneyland have influenced them.
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Workshopping HumanityHannah and Her Sisters (ft. Alex Helmer)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Brett Schutt talks to Alex Helmer, the host and creator of the League of Cinephiles. They discuss Hannah and Her Sisters and why it is such a profound work and how they can relate to the characters search for meaning. They also discuss The League of Cinephiles and why it was made in the first place and how connecting emotionally to movies and debating about them tie together in a...2021-08-251h 44
Workshopping HumanityMinari (ft. The Film Drunk)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Youtuber The Film Drunk about a film they both love Minari. They discuss the personal connection they have to the film and how it ended up being a sleeper hit during award seasons. They also go off on quite a few tangents along the way!
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Workshopping HumanityLittle Miss Sunshine (ft. Sam Meltzer)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to popular Letterboxd user Sam Meltzer about one of (if not his favorite) movie of all time Little Miss Sunshine. They discuss how the film is a perfect comfort film that is able to be entertaining but still hit the hard truths of the human condition in a poignant way.
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Workshopping HumanityDisney Park Memories (ft. Breea Milburn)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to his sister, a popular Disney Tik Tok personality Breea Milburn about some of their favorite memories of going to the Disney Parks with their family over the years. They also lament for the beautiful Great Movie Ride.
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Workshopping HumanityWandavision (ft. Andre Hall and Jared Rocha)Wandavisssion! Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Andre Hall, a recent film Instagram and Tik Tok personality and Jared Rocha a writer for Toybox'd.com about the revelation that is Wandavision. They discussed how the show took some risks even though it became a bit more conventional at the end then they would have liked. They also discuss the shows themes about getting escapism entertainment can provide and how shows and...2021-04-081h 26
Workshopping HumanityLittle Women (ft. Lydia Smith and her cat)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Lydia Smith, who runs the website Buffed Film Buffs. They talk about Little Women and how the film is the ultimate comfort movie for them. They discuss the reason why Little Women stands out from the rest of the remakes of the film and why it should be remembered as one of the finest films of the last ten years. Lyd's cat also meows, enthusiastic...2021-03-271h 11
Workshopping HumanityEvery Day (ft. Tristan French, Tyler Hawkins, Jared Rocha and Andre Hall)Just listen to this episode, it will bless your ears. A special comeback episode for Workshopping Humanity after a month hiatus is an unexpected film we knew we had to cover since starting the podcast, the controversial masterwork in the YA genre, Everyday. Hear as we discuss Tristan's love for the film and the rest of us realize it really is a sweet movie that has a bit more depth than your typical Netflix YA film.
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Gold Derby HorsesEp. 6 - AFI, National Board of Review, and Indie Spirit NominationsJoin hosts George Ehret, Tristan French, and Brett Schutt and guest Jared Rocha as they talk about the AFI top 10, National Board of Review awards, USC Scripter nominations, and Indie Spirit Awards nominations. Along the way, we make our 5,000th Richard Jewell reference, find out about AFI putting Happy Feet on their top 10, and freak out about Mank and Trial of the Chicago 7 missing NBR. It's a hell of a ride!2021-01-311h 02
Workshopping HumanityManchester by the Sea (ft. Tyler Hawkins)DONATE TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE ------ https://preventchildabuse.org/donate/
Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt interviews Tyler Hawkins, the director of the upcoming film adaption This is Our Youth. They talk about Manchester by the Sea and how the film emotionally impacted them the first time they watched it. Tyler also goes into how Kenneth Lonergan's plays have inspired the course of his career and why he decided to adapt...2021-01-272h 31
Gold Derby HorsesEp. 5 - SAG Nomination PredictionsJoin hosts George Ehret, Tristan French, and Brett Schutt and guest Jared Rocha as they predict the 2021 SAG Awards nominations. As we echo along, we make bold predictions for Promising Young Woman, George and Tristan have a less heated debate on Malcolm and Marie, and even more Richard Jewell references are made. Come listen and vote for us in SAG Ensemble!2021-01-231h 53
Gold Derby HorsesEp. 4 - Golden Globe Nomination PredictionsJoin hosts George Ehret, Tristan French, and Brett Schutt and guest Dan Azbel as they predict the 2021 Golden Globe nominations. George and Dan get into it about whether or not Mank is an indie, we all make bold predictions about Drama Actress, and shit on the HFPA for putting Minari in Foreign and letting Hamilton compete for Comedy/Musical. Highly entertaining!2021-01-221h 54
Workshopping HumanityS@#%thouse (ft. Tristan French and Robert Burke)DONATE TO NATIONAL WOMENS COALITION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION -------- https://greatnonprofits.org/org/national-womens-coalition-against-violence-exploitation
Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt interviews Tristan French, producer of Toybox'd and Robert Burke host of The Film Studies Podcast about one of their favorite movies of the year Shithouse. They all talk about their own school experiences and how they all met around five years ago. 2021-01-201h 49
Gold Derby HorsesEp. 3 - Screenplay and a Whole Bunch of Extra BullshitJoin hosts George Ehret and Tristan French and guest Brett Schutt as they discuss the Screenplay categories and delve really deep into memes. After an hour of actually serious discussion, we spend 20 whole minutes making memes about Frances McDormand playing Kyle Kulinski and both Oscar Experts. It's better than Hillbilly Elegy!2021-01-141h 22
Workshopping HumanityRatatouille (ft. Brett Schutt)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Guest host George Ehret, host of Gold Derby Podcast, talks to Workshopping Humanity host and head of Toybox'd Productions Brett Schutt about his favorite movie Ratatouille and why the film has much such an impact on his life and makes a case why it's a perfect allegory for being an aspiring artist which can feel like being a rat in the kitchen. 2021-01-131h 42
Gold Derby HorsesEp. 2 - Director and ActingJoin hosts George Ehret and Tristan French and guest Brett Schutt as they discuss the Directing and Acting categories. Tristan hypes up Cherry too much, George brags about how he called Amanda Seyfried being the Supporting Actress frontrunner in October, and Brett predicts that Peter Segal will rise up for My Spy. Enjoy! 2021-01-042h 11
Workshopping HumanityIt's a Wonderful Life (ft. John Stowe)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to John Stowe, a cohost of season 1 of A Sit Down Podcast, about It's a Wonderful Life and why it continues to be a Christmas classic years after its release and what the film has to say about spirituality, capitalist greed and ultimately living your life to your fullest even when not everything goes your way. 2020-12-231h 25
Gold Derby HorsesEp. 1 - Best PictureJoin hosts George Ehret and Tristan French and guests Jared Rocha and Brett Schutt as they take a dive into the Best Picture race and discuss every movie that could possibly get nominated. We manifest Frances McDormand as Hillary Clinton into existence and make Richard Jewell memes throughout the podcast. Have a seat and enjoy the show!2020-12-212h 47
Workshopping HumanityAlmost Famous (ft. Jared Rocha)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Jared Rocha, the owner of the account @jmovielover, host of Toybox'd Mouse CLub House podcast and writer for Toybox'd.com, about Almost Famous and why they both believe it's one of the best movies of all time that definately should have been nominated for Best Picture over Chocolat. 2020-12-171h 30
Workshopping HumanityEp. 7: The Muppet Movie (ft. Ben Swan)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Ben Swan, the owner of the account @damn_fine_films, host of the Wrapped in Plastic podcast and writer for Toybox'd.com about The Muppet Movie and why it's one of the most delightful movies ever made about Hollywood outsiders. They also go off on too many tangents to even count. 2020-12-121h 22
Workshopping HumanityEp. 6: Toy Story (ft. Haydn Elmore)DONATE TO NATIONAL WOMENS COALITION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION -------- https://greatnonprofits.org/org/national-womens-coalition-against-violence-exploitation
Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Haydn Elmore, a popular Letterboxd user and creator of the blog Inside Haydn Elmore, about the film trilogy that has defined both of their loves for film at a very early age, the Toy Story movies. They discuss the existential themes the film holds and why a...2020-12-021h 25
Workshopping HumanityJourney Into Imagination (ft. 4dreams_and_ideas)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to 4dreams_and_ideas about the popular Disney Parks character Figment and how remodeling his ride Journey Into Imagination to Journey Into Your Imagination with Figment was one of the worst things the Disney company has ever done and how this was the first sign of a more IP driven future for the parks. They also discuss how despite all of that, the Figment legacy and...2020-11-252h 14
Workshopping HumanityYi Yi (ft. George Ehret)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to George Ehret, Toybox'd writer and host of Gold Derby Horses about the masterful foreign film Yi Yi. Brett and George really open up in this episode about their fears of death and how they have evolved as people over the last few years as they examine how the characters in the film evolved in the film and how they grapple with their own mortality.2020-11-181h 49
Workshopping HumanityEighth Grade (ft. Dan Azbel)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Dan Azbel, creative consultant at Geminus Films, a writer for keithlovesmovies and an artist formerly known as Dan the Movie Man as they dissect Bo Burnham's 2018 film Eighth Grade. They explore what makes the film so special and why it is one of the most personal and intimate looks at anxiety ever put to film. 2020-11-111h 36
Workshopping HumanityThe 1975 (ft. Tyler Hawkins and Ben Stenberg)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Tyler Hawkins, director of the upcoming film "This is Our Youth" and host of "A Sit Down Podcast" and Ben Stenberg, the drummer for "Prismatics" about the love they all have for the band The 1975 and their various takes on their catalog of music including their early EP's and their four LP's. They discuss why the band has found the success it has and why...2020-11-051h 53
Workshopping HumanityBoyhood (ft. Tristan French)Workshopping Humanity is a podcast where we discuss the cultural and philosophical elements of a piece of popular culture that has also influenced our life in a profound way. Host Brett Schutt talks to Tristan French, the creator of the Instagram Blog @moviereviews100 and they discuss Richard Linklater's masterpiece Boyhood and why they love it and how they think despite its backlash it will be fondly remembered as one of the best films of all time.
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TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastRita Bullwinkel & Dick ScanlanThe realization that distance will always be present in even the most connected of people is one of the recurring themes in Rita Bullwinkel's spectacular debut story collection, BELLY UP (out now from A STRANGE OBJECT). Rita and James talk about spanning the real and the unreal, finding balance in sequencing, and loving stories where characters have tools to leave their bodies. Plus Dick Scanlan on RENASCENCE, the new musical featuring the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. - Rita Bullwinkel: http://ritabullwinkel.com/ Rita and James discuss: Jill Meyers A S...2018-10-161h 34