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Ian Danger Capstick
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Art Against Empire
The Loom and the Empire
This is Part 1 of a three-episode documentary special tracing seven centuries of the same fight: who owns the cloth? Co-creator Shawn Dearn narrates the history while actors read from primary sources, including Lord Byron's furious defence of the Luddites, Charity Clarke's 1769 letter about "a fighting army of amazones, armed with spinning wheels," and Queen Liliuokalani's memoir from inside her occupied palace. From medieval Flanders to the Jacquard loom's punch cards to a deposed Hawaiian queen stitching the dates of her overthrow into a quilt. Featuring: Zak Foster, Stephen Towns, Sara Trail, AJ Young, Carrie Reichardt...
2026-03-13
34 min
Art Against Empire
Carrie Reichardt: Politics of Permanence
It takes "quite an act of violence" to remove a mosaic from a wall. For twenty-five years, Carrie Reichardt has used that fact as political strategy — cementing memorials for death row inmates across four continents, covering her London home floor-to-roof in mosaic, and building a truck-mounted monument to a man executed by the state of Texas that ended up in the Victoria and Albert Museum. This episode is an audio monograph — a critical argument about an artist's work and its place in history. From Marshall McLuhan to William Morris, from a pen pal letter that changed everything to a...
2026-02-27
59 min
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show
Meet Ian Danger Capstick | Podcaster | Quilter | Storyteller - Ep. 191
This week on Not Your Granny’s Quilt Show, my guest is Ian Danger Capstick, host of the Art Against Empire podcast, quilter, and former political pundit.Like many of us in the fiber arts world, Ian’s introduction to making began in his grandmother’s craft cupboard. He learned cross stitch and rug hooking, and put it all away as an adult while he worked in Canadian politics. He famously brought his cross stitching with him to work in the meantime of appearing as a political pundit on Canadian television. It was not until the 2020 lockdowns that I...
2026-02-16
1h 53
Art Against Empire
Community Care with The Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths
In 2018, eleven women blacksmiths gathered in Oregon to build together. They didn't plan to start an organization. But the conversation kept going and the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths was born. Their motto is: "Everyone has something to offer, everyone has something to learn." This episode explores what happens when craft communities decide to take care of each other. From medieval guild statutes that paid sick members "whether lasting or only temporary" to a Kansas City Instagram call for quilt blocks that went from one twin quilt to three, we trace the long history of mutual aid through...
2026-02-13
43 min
Block & Build
Feed Drop: Art Against Empire Ep. 1
Art Against Empire, hosted by textile artist Ian Danger Capstick, examines the intersection of creativity and politics through conversations with artists, craftspeople, and activists who use making as a form of resistance. The show features interviews with dozens of artists, crafters, and theorists from around the world exploring the history of makers fighting back against capital control of their craft—including Convergence’s very own Kimmie Dearest. Art Against Empire, Episode 1 – Our Hands Know How to Build the World We Want Quilters, blacksmiths, weavers, embroiderers - 25 artists across four countries using craft to fight...
2026-02-10
33 min
The Art of Resistance
Sewing the truth: Arpilleras in Pinochet's Chile, 1973-1989
How did handsewn crafts help desperate women fight back against a dictatorship? How did communal creative groups empower one another? And what can we learn from the arpilleras from Chile about how to make art as resistance, today and tomorrow?This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard.To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com._____Get full...
2026-02-09
29 min
Art Against Empire
Memory, Grief and the Politics of Remembering
After her partner died, Mary Burgess wove herself a blanket from his clothes and the jacket she wore to his funeral. When she finished, she thought: I could do this for other people. This episode asks a question that haunts empires: whose deaths count? Philosopher Judith Butler argues that to grieve publicly is to insist a life mattered — which is why authoritarian regimes have always tried to suppress mourning. Stalin forbade families from grieving. The Tiananmen Mothers are placed under surveillance before each anniversary. Franco's government exhumed 33,000 bodies and reburied them anonymously. Scholars call all of this "me...
2026-01-30
30 min
Art Against Empire
Art as Witness to Climate Crimes
Artists have always responded to their environment, but what happens when it changes? Art Against Empire's fifth episode goes to Michigan, where an artist embroiders glacier data onto silk and we check in on Minneapolis, where strangers gather in a library basement to make a crazy quilt from surgical bandages and childhood dish towels. This episode explores how artists respond to environmental crisis — from creating Dust Bowl quilts to the first Earth Day, we track the history of environmental activism and art. This episode features Bonnie Peterson who works with glaciologists to translate thei...
2026-01-16
47 min
Art Against Empire
Perfect Is Boring: Failure As Resistance
Episode 4 of Art Against Empire explores how perfectionism is used as a tool of oppression. This episode features an interview with Kim Werker who is a weaver, creator of the Mighty Ugly project and a craft entrepreneur; as well as an anecdote from Catherine West of Significant Seams in the United Kingdom. Both guests use workshops to help people overcome perfectionism that is holding them back. They both discovered that the fear of making something "ugly" or "imperfect" reveals deeper fears about using our voices and taking creative risks. This episode exp...
2026-01-02
29 min
Art Against Empire
Stephen Towns: Uncovering the Invisible
Welcome to Episode 3 of Art Against Empire! Stephen Towns paints and quilts the histories that America tried to erase, from Nat Turner's rebellion to forgotten spaces of Black joy. In 2018, Stephen became the first African American artist-in-residence at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Not 1968, 2018! There, he created a portrait of Elsie Henderson, the Black woman who ran that famous house for decades yet whose story had been reduced to footnotes. Stephen's journey began with a quilt inspired by his sister's words: "How can you disrespect me when my grandmother literally fed your grandfather?" We...
2025-12-24
28 min
Art Against Empire
Quilting as Collective Storytelling
Welcome to Episode 2 of Art Against Empire! Quilting as Collective Storytelling weaves together the stories of the AIDS quilt, the Abolition Sewing Bee and features the work of Sara Trail who founded the Social Justice Sewing Academy in Oakland, Californnia. Sara's putting needle and thread into the hands of young people from marginalized communities. They've stitched portraits of police violence victims, documented gentrification through a child's eyes, and created memorial quilts that travel the country. In this episode, Sara names the hidden barriers to quilting: the spare bedroom studio, fifteen-dollar fabric, the socioeconomic...
2025-12-24
46 min
Art Against Empire
Our Hands Know How to Build the World We Want
Quilters, blacksmiths, weavers, embroiderers - 25 artists across four countries using craft to fight systems of power. Welcome to Art Against Empire! This series introduction launches a 16-episode journey featuring over two dozen artists, craftspeople, and theorists across four countries. You'll hear from quilters stitching memorials to police violence victims, blacksmiths forging tools as acts of reclamation, embroiderers translating climate data into thread, and weavers who building queer community. Host Ian Capstick is a recovering political pundit turned textile artist, he traces why empires from Rome to Britain built their wealth on controlling cloth, and why...
2025-12-24
27 min
Art Against Empire
Art Against Empire - Trailer
Art Against Empire examines the intersection of creativity and politics through conversations with artists, craftspeople, and activists who use making as a form of resistance. Hosted by recovering political pundit and textile artist Ian Danger Capstick, each episode dives into the radical history of craft traditions, profiles contemporary makers disrupting systems, and shares practical projects that merge beauty with dissent. From textile workers' strikes to guerrilla street art, from Indigenous craft sovereignty to anti-capitalist maker spaces...we explore how human creativity has always been a tool for liberation. Art Against Empire is produced...
2025-11-10
02 min
Queer Legends: An Oral History Podcast
The LGBT Purge Interrogation Room
In this haunting episode, I explore the chilling discovery of a former Canadian Armed Forces interrogation room used during the LGBT Purge, that's now an ordinary office space. Once a site where gay and lesbian soldiers were questioned and persecuted for their sexuality, this room's dark history has been erased, its walls repainted and repurposed while its secrets lay dormant. Join us as we uncover how this space of institutional violence is being remembered many decades later. Learn more at https://lgbtpurge.ca/ Cover art photo by Aaron Cohen, Canadian Museum For Human Rights
2025-03-21
19 min
La purge LGBT : La honte du Canada
La purge LGBT : La honte du Canada
Cette série balado raconte l'histoire vraie et terrifiante de la purge LGBT au Canada dans un documentaire historique en huit parties. Elle est basée sur deux années de mes propres recherches dans des milliers de pages de documents nouvellement déclassifiés du gouvernement canadien, des forces armées et de la GRC concernant les campagnes anti-queer du pays. C'est le premier documentaire en langue française à explorer toute l'ampleur des campagnes anti-homosexuelles du Canada, incluant les témoignages et le contexte tirés de dizaines d'entrevues. Vous entendrez des histoires vraies extraordinaires de survivants...
2025-02-02
01 min
The Best Pick movie podcast
Baby Face - with Matheus Carvalho
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Matheus Carvalho Episode 208: Baby Face Released 17 November 2021 For this episode, we watched Baby Face written by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola from a story by Darryl F Zanuck. The director was Alfred E Green and the stars were Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent. It was nominated for no Oscars but it does have a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Barbara Stanwyck's horse stunt in Forty Guns https://youtu.be/4w6T451thQM?t=2624 Barbara Stanwyck's acceptance speech https://youtu.be/QBhPI95...
2021-11-17
1h 27
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Brazil
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 206: Brazil (commentary) Released 20 October 2021 For this episode, we watched Brazil written by Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown and Terry Gilliam and directed by Gilliam. The cast include Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Robert de Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Ian Richardson and Peter Vaughan. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association awarded it Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Director but it won no Oscars despite nominations for its screenplay and art direction. It has a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
2021-10-20
2h 33
The Best Pick movie podcast
The Matrix
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 205: The Matrix Released 6 October 2021 For this episode, we watched and talked over The Matrix written and directed by The Wachowskis and starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving. The visual effects were supervised by John Gaeta and the cinematography was by Bill Pope. The film earned more than $450m from its $63m budget and spawned two sequels with a third on the way. It won Academy Awards for its editing, its sound, its sound effects and its visual effects...
2021-10-06
2h 22
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BP204 The Ladykillers
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 204: The Ladykillers Released 22 September 2021 For this episode, we watched The Ladykillers, written by William Rose and directed by Alexander Mackendrick. The cast includes Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Cecil Parker and Jack Warner. It was one of the last of the "Ealing Comedies" and it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 1956 Academy Awards. It has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our...
2021-09-22
1h 36
The Best Pick movie podcast
Phantom of the Paradise
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 203: Phantom of the Paradise Released 8 September 2021 For this episode, we watched Phantom of the Paradise written and directed by Brian de Palma and starring Paul Williams (who also wrote the songs), William Finley and Jessica Harper. On its initial American release, it made only $250,000 from its $1.3m budget but it has gone on to be a cult success and even at the time the score was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. It has an 83% rating on Rotten...
2021-09-08
1h 14
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Wild Tales
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 202: Wild Tales Released 25 August 2021 For this episode, we watched Wild Tales written and directed by Damián Szifron and starring Ricardo Darín, Oscar Martínez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg and Darío Grandinetti. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards but lost to Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida. The Man with the Golden Arm titles. https://youtu.be/PhwsLS1XolU SNL New Year's Eve Sequel. https://youtu.be/kL3Ysd6sNAk To send i...
2021-08-25
1h 38
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The Taking of Pelham 123
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 201: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Released 11 August 2021 For this episode, we watched The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, written by Peter Stone based on the 1973 novel by John Godey. It was directed by Peter Stone and released by United Artists. The stars are Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo and Earl Hindman. Lumières cause panic. https://youtu.be/MjufyLPKsEw Nick of Time directed by John Badham. https://youtu.be/q4PYXMpYJ28 To send in y...
2021-08-11
1h 08
The Best Pick movie podcast
Exit Interview
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and Deborah Frances-White Episode 92.5: Exit Interview Released 4 August 2021 Our journey having concluded (we'll record an episode looking at Nomadland later in the year), we sit down with friend of the pod Deborah Frances-White to look back on our experience with the help of some listener questions. To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually, @MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky.
2021-08-04
1h 08
The Best Pick movie podcast
The King's Speech (2010)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 92: The King's Speech (2010) Released 28 July 2021 For this episode, we watched The Kings Speech, written by David Seider and directed by Tom Hooper. It starred Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce and from a very impressive twelve Oscar nominations it scored four wins – for Colin Firth, for Tom Hooper as director, for the screenplay and of course Best Picture. Seth Meyers Oscar Bait trailer: https://youtu.be/HjE9Fl4zKNs Big Speeches: https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ That co...
2021-07-28
1h 15
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 91: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Released 14 July 2021 For this episode, we watched Slumdog Millionaire, written by Simon Beaufoy, from the book Q & A by Vikas Swarup. It was directed by Danny Boyle and starred Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapur and Irrfan Khan. It won a tremendous eight Oscars including for Danny Boyle as director and for the screenplay, but none of its cast was even nominated. Tom Cruise on Graham Norton https://youtu.be/Uu1PK5HAgho Texting on film https://youtu.be...
2021-07-14
1h 12
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Spotlight (2015)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 90: Spotlight (2015) Released 30 June 2021 For this episode, we watched Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The stars were Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams (nominated), Mark Ruffalo (nominated), Brian d'Arcy James and Stanley Tucci. It was also nominated for its editing and McCarthy as Best Director but apart from Best Picture, it won only for its screenplay. https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/spotlight/ https://twitter.com/ClooneyDisciple/status/1377390544117063680 Next time we will be discussing Slumdog Millionaire. If...
2021-06-30
1h 19
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A Beautiful Mind (2001) - with Thom Tuck
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Thom Tuck Episode 89: A Beautiful Mind (2001) Released 16 June 2021 For this episode, we watched A Beautiful Mind, which won Oscars for its screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, its director Ron Howard and Jennifer Connelly as Best Supporting Actress. It did not win an Oscar for its star Russell Crowe and the cast also included Paul Bettany, Ed Harris and Christopher Plummer. Music was by James Horner and the cinematography was by Roger Deakins. https://twitter.com/turlygod Next time we...
2021-06-16
1h 22
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Gandhi (1982)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 88: Gandhi (1982) Released: 2 June 2021 For this episode, we watched Gandhi, written by John Briley and directed by Richard Attenborough. It starred Ben Kingsley as Gandhi with support from Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Pradeep Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox and John Gielgud, among many others. From its 11 nominations, it managed to win eight Oscars including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Kingsley, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. Disclosure on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81284247 Next...
2021-06-02
1h 32
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 87: No Country for Old Men (1987) Released 19 May 2021 For this episode, we watched No Country for Old Men. This is the only film directed by the Coen Bros to win Best Picture, but the second of their four nominations in this category. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson and Kelly Macdonald – Bardem winning Best Supporting Actor. As well as the film winning Best Picture, the Coens also won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Next ti...
2021-05-19
1h 18
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Best of the Best
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and a special guest panel Episode 86.5: Oscars Best of the Best Released 12 May 2021 For this episode, we looked back on our Oscars journey with an amazing panel of special guests: John Ross Bowie, Michaela Watkins, Bryan Edward Hill, Melissa Fumero and Rachel Bloom. Follow our guests here: https://www.instagram.com/johnrossbowie https://www.instagram.com/michaelawat https://twitter.com/michaelaWat https://twitter.com/bryanedwardhill https://twitter.com/melissafumero https://www.instagram.com/melissafumero https://twitter.com/Racheldoesstuff https://www.instagram...
2021-05-12
1h 22
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Parasite (2019)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 86: Parasite (2019) Released 5 May 2021 For this episode, we watched Parasite, the first film not in the English language ever to win Best Picture. Director Bong Joon-ho also won Best International Feature, Best Director and shared Best Original Screenplay with Han Jin-won giving it a total of four awards. None of its cast was nominated. Audrey Hepburn flogs Dove Chocolate. https://youtu.be/sB44n4ADg2Y Marilyn Monroe and others recreated for Dior. https://youtu.be/eyA71PGUNYM Parasite average shot length...
2021-05-05
1h 17
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The Writers Panel Crossover episode
Best Pick with Ben Blacker, John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky For this episode, we chatted to Ben Blacker, host of the podcast The Writers Panel about our project, the Oscars and various other matters arising. https://twitter.com/benblacker https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-writers-panel/ Doctor Doolittle in Musical Hell. https://youtu.be/rooWwCVLYzs BEST PICK LIVE We're thrilled to announce a special one-off live stream show in which you will be able to see our faces as well as hear our voices. Thanks to our lovely friends at House...
2021-04-23
1h 01
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) with Ned Sedgwick
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Ned Sedgwick Episode 85: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1951) Released 21 April 2021 For this episode, we watched The Bridge on the River Kwai, written by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, based on the book by Pierre Boulle. The director was David Lean and the stars were William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa. From eight nominations, it won seven Oscars, including Best Director, Best Actor for Guinness and Best Adapted Screenplay. https://twitter.com/nedsedgwick GrownUpLand https://www.bbc...
2021-04-21
1h 39
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An American in Paris (1951)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Matheus Carvalho Episode 83: An American in Paris (1951) Released 24 March 2021 For this episode, we watched An American in Paris, written by Alan Jay Lerner, inspired by and featuring the music of George Gershwin. The director was Vincente Minnelli and the stars were Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Georges Guétary and Nina Foch. It was nominated in eight categories and won six Oscars, plus a special award for Gene Kelly. http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk https://letterboxd.com/matcarvalho https://w...
2021-03-24
1h 25
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Oscar Nominations 2021
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 82.5: Oscar Nominations 2021 Released 16 March 2021 For this episode we discussed the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards which were announced on 15 March 2021 at 12:15 GMT by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Nick Jonas. Next time we will be discussing An American in Paris. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA). To...
2021-03-16
24 min
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 82: 12 Years a Slave (2013) Released 10 March 2021 For this episode, we watched 12 Years A Slave, written by John Ridley, from the memoir by Solomon Northup. The director was Steve McQueen with music by Hans Zimmer and cinematography by Sean Bobbitt and the stars were Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, and Lupita Nyong'o. As is fairly typical for this period, as well as Best Picture it only won two other awards – adapted screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Nyong'o. ht...
2021-03-10
1h 21
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You Can't Take it With You (1938) with Sam Bain
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Sam Bain Episode 81: You Can't Take it With You (1938) Released 24 February 2021 For this episode, we watched You Can't Take it With You, written by Robert Riskin, adapted from the play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Frank Capra and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, and Spring Byington. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards but only won Best Picture and Best Director. The Stand In https://youtu.be/v4XEpOxEvLs...
2021-02-24
1h 06
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Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 80: Million Dollar Baby (2004) Released 10 February 2021 For this episode we watched Million Dollar Baby, written by Paul Haggis, based on stories by FX Toole. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and starred Hilary Swank, Eastwood and Morgan Freeman. As well as Best Picture, Eastwood won Best Director and Swank and Freeman both won acting awards. Eastwood was nominated as Best Actor but lost to Jamie Foxx. It was also nominated for its screenplay and its editing. Next time we will be...
2021-02-10
1h 12
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Birdman (2014)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 79: Birdman (2014) Released 27 January 2021 For this episode, we watched Birdman, written by Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bó and directed by Iñárritu. The stars were Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough and Emma Stone. It received nine Academy Award nominations and won four awards including for its screenplay and its cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki. http://tomsalinsky.co.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/06/oscars-2015-the-imitation-game/ The mirror shot in Contact. https://youtu.be/avRdYf78kLk Fi...
2021-01-27
1h 28
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Mrs Miniver (1942) - with Helen O'Hara
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Helen O'Hara Episode 78: Mrs Miniver (1942) Released 13 January 2021 For this episode, we watched Mrs Miniver based loosely on the 1940 novel by Jan Struther. It starred Greer Garson (won), Walter Pidgeon (nominated), Henry Travers (nominated), May Whitty (nominated) and Theresa Wright (won) and was directed by William Wyler (won). It also won for its screenplay and cinematography. Helen O'Hara https://twitter.com/HelenLOHara The real Helen O'Hara https://youtu.be/8vBUUfO_m5Q Bette Davis hawks war bonds https://youtu.be...
2021-01-13
1h 06
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2020-08-18
1h 00
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Parasite (2019)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 86: Parasite (2019) Released 5 May 2021 For this episode, we watched Parasite, the first film not in the English language ever to win Best Picture. Director Bong Joon-ho also won Best International Feature, Best Director and shared Best Original Screenplay with Han Jin-won giving it a total of four awards. None of its cast was nominated. Audrey Hepburn flogs Dove Chocolate. https://youtu.be/sB44n4ADg2Y Marilyn Monroe and others recreated for Dior. https://youtu.be/eyA71PGUNYM Parasite average shot length...
2019-10-16
1h 17
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Spotlight (2015)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 90: Spotlight (2015) Released 30 June 2021 For this episode, we watched Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The stars were Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams (nominated), Mark Ruffalo (nominated), Brian d’Arcy James and Stanley Tucci. It was also nominated for its editing and McCarthy as Best Director but apart from Best Picture, it won only for its screenplay. https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/spotlight/ https://twitter.com/ClooneyDisciple/status/1377390544117063680 Next time we will be discussing Slumdog Millionaire. If...
2019-09-18
1h 19
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Birdman (2014)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 79: Birdman (2014) Released 27 January 2021 For this episode, we watched Birdman, written by Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bó and directed by Iñárritu. The stars were Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough and Emma Stone. It received nine Academy Award nominations and won four awards including for its screenplay and its cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki. http://tomsalinsky.co.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/06/oscars-2015-the-imitation-game/ The mirror shot in Contact. https://youtu.be/avRdYf78kLk Fi...
2019-09-11
1h 28
The Best Pick movie podcast
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 82: 12 Years a Slave (2013) Released 10 March 2021 For this episode, we watched 12 Years A Slave, written by John Ridley, from the memoir by Solomon Northup. The director was Steve McQueen with music by Hans Zimmer and cinematography by Sean Bobbitt and the stars were Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, and Lupita Nyong’o. As is fairly typical for this period, as well as Best Picture it only won two other awards – adapted screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Nyong’o....
2019-09-04
1h 21
The Best Pick movie podcast
The King's Speech (2010)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 92: The King’s Speech (2010) Released 28 July 2021 For this episode, we watched The Kings Speech, written by David Seider and directed by Tom Hooper. It starred Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce and from a very impressive twelve Oscar nominations it scored four wins – for Colin Firth, for Tom Hooper as director, for the screenplay and of course Best Picture. Seth Meyers Oscar Bait trailer: https://youtu.be/HjE9Fl4zKNs Big Speeches: https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ That...
2019-08-14
1h 15
The Best Pick movie podcast
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 91: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Released 14 July 2021 For this episode, we watched Slumdog Millionaire, written by Simon Beaufoy, from the book Q & A by Vikas Swarup. It was directed by Danny Boyle and starred Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapur and Irrfan Khan. It won a tremendous eight Oscars including for Danny Boyle as director and for the screenplay, but none of its cast was even nominated. Tom Cruise on Graham Norton https://youtu.be/Uu1PK5HAgho Texting on film https://youtu.be...
2019-07-31
1h 12
The Best Pick movie podcast
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 87: No Country for Old Men (1987) Released 19 May 2021 For this episode, we watched No Country for Old Men. This is the only film directed by the Coen Bros to win Best Picture, but the second of their four nominations in this category. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson and Kelly Macdonald – Bardem winning Best Supporting Actor. As well as the film winning Best Picture, the Coens also won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Next ti...
2019-07-24
1h 18
The Best Pick movie podcast
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 80: Million Dollar Baby (2004) Released 10 February 2021 For this episode we watched Million Dollar Baby, written by Paul Haggis, based on stories by FX Toole. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and starred Hilary Swank, Eastwood and Morgan Freeman. As well as Best Picture, Eastwood won Best Director and Swank and Freeman both won acting awards. Eastwood was nominated as Best Actor but lost to Jamie Foxx. It was also nominated for its screenplay and its editing. Next time we will be...
2019-07-03
1h 12
The Best Pick movie podcast
A Beautiful Mind (2001) - with Thom Tuck
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Thom Tuck Episode 89: A Beautiful Mind (2001) Released 16 June 2021 For this episode, we watched A Beautiful Mind, which won Oscars for its screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, its director Ron Howard and Jennifer Connelly as Best Supporting Actress. It did not win an Oscar for its star Russell Crowe and the cast also included Paul Bettany, Ed Harris and Christopher Plummer. Music was by James Horner and the cinematography was by Roger Deakins. https://twitter.com/turlygod Next time we...
2019-06-12
1h 22
Sporting Witness
Liverpool - The kings of Europe
In May 1977 Liverpool won their first European Cup with a famous victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. It was the start of a run that would bring the Anfield side another three wins in the next seven years. Alex Capstick talks to former Liverpool captain, Phil Neal, a four-time European Cup winner.PHOTO: Tommy Smith, Ian Callaghan and Phil Neal with the European Cup (Getty Images)
2019-05-30
09 min
The Best Pick movie podcast
Gandhi (1982)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 88: Gandhi (1982) Released: 2 June 2021 For this episode, we watched Gandhi, written by John Briley and directed by Richard Attenborough. It starred Ben Kingsley as Gandhi with support from Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth, Pradeep Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox and John Gielgud, among many others. From its 11 nominations, it managed to win eight Oscars including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Kingsley, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. Disclosure on Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81284247 Next...
2019-01-30
1h 32
The Best Pick movie podcast
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) with Ned Sedgwick
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Ned Sedgwick Episode 85: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1951) Released 21 April 2021 For this episode, we watched The Bridge on the River Kwai, written by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, based on the book by Pierre Boulle. The director was David Lean and the stars were William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa. From eight nominations, it won seven Oscars, including Best Director, Best Actor for Guinness and Best Adapted Screenplay. https://twitter.com/nedsedgwick GrownUpLand https://www.bbc...
2018-08-08
1h 39
The Best Pick movie podcast
An American in Paris (1951)
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Matheus Carvalho Episode 83: An American in Paris (1951) Released 24 March 2021 For this episode, we watched An American in Paris, written by Alan Jay Lerner, inspired by and featuring the music of George Gershwin. The director was Vincente Minnelli and the stars were Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Georges Guétary and Nina Foch. It was nominated in eight categories and won six Oscars, plus a special award for Gene Kelly. http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk https://letterboxd.com/matcarvalho https://w...
2018-06-27
1h 25
The Best Pick movie podcast
Mrs Miniver (1942) - with Helen O'Hara
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Helen O’Hara Episode 78: Mrs Miniver (1942) Released 13 January 2021 For this episode, we watched Mrs Miniver based loosely on the 1940 novel by Jan Struther. It starred Greer Garson (won), Walter Pidgeon (nominated), Henry Travers (nominated), May Whitty (nominated) and Theresa Wright (won) and was directed by William Wyler (won). It also won for its screenplay and cinematography. Helen O’Hara https://twitter.com/HelenLOHara The real Helen O’Hara https://youtu.be/8vBUUfO_m5Q Bette Davis hawks war bonds https...
2018-04-25
1h 06
The Best Pick movie podcast
You Can't Take it With You (1938) with Sam Bain
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Sam Bain Episode 81: You Can’t Take it With You (1938) Released 24 February 2021 For this episode, we watched You Can’t Take it With You, written by Robert Riskin, adapted from the play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Frank Capra and starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, and Spring Byington. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards but only won Best Picture and Best Director. The Stand In https://youtu.be/v4XE...
2018-03-28
1h 06
The Boiling Point
The Boiling Point Episode 180 - Ian Capstick
IN THIS EPISODE: Ian discusses his involvement with politics and being surrounded by politicians who inspired him to pursue his passion. He describes the corporate structure behind MediaStyle, a Certified BCorp, and it's involvement in truth and reconciliation cases. Ian and his company MediaStyle working with The Tragically Hip's Gord Dowie, learning how to stay humble as they created change through communications. BIO: Ian is passionate about creating social change through communications which initiated the founding of his communications firm MediaStyle in 2008. MediaStyle is a certified B Corp with a mission to help people who needs th...
2018-01-10
38 min
Boiling Point Podcast
The Boiling Point Episode 180 - Ian Capstick
IN THIS EPISODE: Ian discusses his involvement with politics and being surrounded by politicians who inspired him to pursue his passion. He describes the corporate structure behind MediaStyle, a Certified BCorp, and it's involvement in truth and reconciliation cases. Ian and his company MediaStyle working with The Tragically Hip's Gord Dowie, learning how to stay humble as they created change through communications. BIO: Ian is passionate about creating social change through communications which initiated the founding of his communications firm MediaStyle in 2008. MediaStyle is a certified B Corp with a mission to help people who needs th...
2018-01-10
38 min
One New Message
Roommate Regrets
When was the last time you saw your university roommate?Ian Capstick apologies to his former friend.
2017-11-26
38 min
The Voice
The Voice ep 43 BONUS: Season 2 Recap
President of MediaStyle and sponsor of The Voice, Ian Capstick, sits down with show hosts Graham Machacek, Danny Starr and Alexandra Reid to discuss the ideas presented during this past season. They focus on the past few episodes that featured founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, Gini Dietrich; CBC Radio's Terry O'Reiley and President of Twist Image, Mitch Joel. Recorded at the MediaStyle office on Bank Street, this podcast is a chance to hear what we thought were the more meaningful take-aways from the season. If you missed these previous episodes, you can listen here. St...
2012-10-23
09 min
The Voice
The Voice ep 43 BONUS: Season 2 Recap
President of MediaStyle and sponsor of The Voice, Ian Capstick, sits down with show hosts Graham Machacek, Danny Starr and Alexandra Reid to discuss the ideas presented during this past season. They focus on the past few episodes that featured founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, Gini Dietrich; CBC Radio's Terry O'Reiley and President of Twist Image, Mitch Joel. Recorded at the MediaStyle office on Bank Street, this podcast is a chance to hear what we thought were the more meaningful take-aways from the season. If you missed these previous episodes, you can listen here. St...
2012-10-23
09 min
The Voice
The Voice BONUS VIDEO: News in the Digital Age Series Recap
President of MediaStyle and The Voice sponsor, Ian Capstick, sits down with IABC Ottawa's Graham Machacek and Kelly Rusk to discuss the ideas presented during the latest series of The Voice: News media and Storytelling in the Digital Age. This three-part series featured hosts from Ontario and Canada's largest news shows: Kevin Newman, host of CTV's Question Period; Alan Neal, host of CBC Radio's All in a Day; and Steve Paikin, host of TVO's The Agenda. The panel of experts come together at the MediaStyle office on Bank Street to talk through some of the mo...
2012-09-18
06 min
The Voice
The Voice BONUS VIDEO: News in the Digital Age Series Recap
President of MediaStyle and The Voice sponsor, Ian Capstick, sits down with IABC Ottawa's Graham Machacek and Kelly Rusk to discuss the ideas presented during the latest series of The Voice: News media and Storytelling in the Digital Age. This three-part series featured hosts from Ontario and Canada's largest news shows: Kevin Newman, host of CTV's Question Period; Alan Neal, host of CBC Radio's All in a Day; and Steve Paikin, host of TVO's The Agenda. The panel of experts come together at the MediaStyle office on Bank Street to talk through some of the mo...
2012-09-18
06 min
Financial Post Tech Desk Podcast
Sony’s security breach and Canada’s first social media election
This week on the podcast, we speak with Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, about the recent security breach at Sony’s PlayStation Network, and Ian Capstick of MediaStyle.ca offers his thoughts on how the candidates are making use of new media tools in the run up to Monday’s federal election.
2011-04-28
00 min
Inside PR
Inside PR #151 - Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Comments? Send us an email or an audio comment to insideprcomments@gmail.com, visit the Inside PR Blubrry site, or leave us a comment on the Inside PR show blog. This week on Inside PR Terry Fallis, David Jones and Martin Waxman discuss the notion of PR people becoming the story and how this relates to the online world and welcome comments from Al Croft, Eden Spodek and Roger Christie. 00:26 Dave opens the show. 01:41 Dave reminds us that next week, Inside PR will be doing a live recording at...
2009-02-19
37 min