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This week on the show, the promised discussion with fan favourite Spencer Dirks of Mike Judge's 2006 dystopian-comedy Idiocracy!

Points of conversation:

• The prophetic predictions of Mike Judge
• "Work truck cinema"
• Thoughts on the economy

Idiocracy stars Luke Wilson, Dax Shepard, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews and Justin Long.

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This week, in lieu of a guest conversation, join Zach for a feature-length audio commentary for Woody Allen's 1977 Best Picture-winner, Annie Hall! Listen along as you watch the film for insights, observations, film theory and more.

Notes from the commentary

• The legacy limbo Allen's career sits in
• How to edit a comedy
• The key to romantic chemistry on screen

Annie Hall stars Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Tony Ro...

Greetings loyal FTFYS subscriber!

Thank you for your continued support of the program. This week, we are regrettably unable to make our previously set episode deadline. I assure you that consistency is of paramount importance to us here at Formatted To Fit, which is why we are clogging your RSS with this non-episode as a reminder of our continued existence. 

While there is no new film conversation this week, the ...

This week on the show, to commemorate the upcoming release of Oppenheimer, musician and writer Noah Dimitrie is back to discuss Christopher Nolan's 2002 sleeper hit Insomnia! 

Points touched on:

• Nolan handling fiction versus history
• The cast of Corner Gas on the big screen
• Traits of 2000s filmmaking

Insomnia stars Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Paul Dooley and Lorne Cardin...

Summer blockbuster season continues here on Formatted To Fit with comedian Nik Oldershaw and a discussion of Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 Palme d'Or winner The Conversation!

Points of interest:

• The intersection between surveillance and podcasting
• Our true feelings about Blow Up
• The unrealized Dan Deacon/Twixt roadshow

The Conversation stars Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Frederic Forrest, Allen Garfield, Cindy Wi...

This week on the show, interdisciplinary artist Lenore Claire Herrem stops by the manor for a chat about Jonathan Lynn's 1985 board game adaptation Clue!

Talking points:

• Weird theatre kid childhoods
• Movies versus live theatre
• The canonical personas of the Clue crew

You can follow Lenore's work on Instagram @precious_._puppies

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This week on the show, filmmaker and musician Dylan Evans stops by to discuss filmmaker and musician Robert Rodriguez's 2003 hit Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over!

Notes from the conversation:

• The influence of Rodriguez's cost-cutting digital filmmaking in Hollywood
• Apathetic pre-teen actors
•  Working with family

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over stars Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Ricardo Montalbán, Steve Buscemi, Sylvester Stallon...

This week on the show, writer/director/podcaster Mitch Oliver is back for a dark night of the soul with Paul Schrader's 1992 drama Light Sleeper!

Notes from the discussion:

• Artists who work in a niche
• Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist revisionism
• Screenwriting masterclasses and seminars

Light Sleeper stars Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, Victor Garber and David Spade.

You can follow Mitch on I...

This week on the show, returning guest Davis Baker of the Saskatoon band Sunpeaks stops by to discuss 2002's Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones!

Topics of discussion:

• Seeing The Force Awakens together on a Thursday
• Growing up during the prequel era
• Our opinions on Star Wars as adults

Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones stars  Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee a...

This week on the show, musician and film programmer Skot Hamilton is back to wrap up an in-depth(?) tangent-filled discussion of Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness!

Points of interest:

• Real actors versus real people who became actors
• What is horror-comedy?
• Kevin Smith's Cop Out

Army of Darkness stars Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Ivan Raimi, Ted Raimi and Ian Abercrombie.

Skot is a member of the b...

This week on the show, we celebrate Easter with  a different kind of Evil Dead as returning guest Skot Hamilton discusses his love of Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness!

Notes from the conversation:

• Raimi auteurism
• Tim Burton auteurism
• Movies that changed your DNA

Army of Darkness stars Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Ivan Raimi, Ted Raimi and Ian Abercrombie.

Skot is a member of the bands Grey Light District...

This week on the show, Friedkin-enthusiast Paul Dufresne-Laroche joins the show for a discussion of 1977's flop-turned-bop Sorcerer!

Points on the agenda:

• Questionable directing methods of William Friedkin
• The long and widespread influence of Sorcerer in film history
• Second-choice casting decisions elevating a story

Sorcerer stars Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal and Amidou.

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This week on the show, it's all about the Oscars as Caitlin Hart joins for a discussion of the 1994 Best Picture winner, Robert Zemeckis' Forrest Gump!

Notes from the conversation:

• The lazy soundtrack work
• Bus stop etiquette 
• Favourite Best Pictures winners of history

Forrest Gump stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and John Lennon.

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This week on the show, Travis Hebert is back to discuss the 2002 Dana Carvey/Happy Madison joint-venture The Master of Disguise!

Talking points:

• The bitter Carvey v. Myers feud
• Third-party narration as scotch tape for shitty filmmaking
• Overused soundtrack songs

The Master of Disguise was directed by  Perry Andelin Blake and stars Dana Carvey, James Brolin, Brent Spiner, Jennifer Esposito and Harold Gould.

Yo...

This week on the show, filmmaker and musician Matt Farley of Motern Media stops by to chat about Brian De Palma's 1981 love letter to voyeurism and obsession, Blow Out!

On the agenda:

• John Travolta's balletic grace on screen
• Mistakenly identifying S. Craig Zahler as the director of Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
• The dangers of long-distance walking

Blow Out stars John Travolta, Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz and John Lith...

This week on the show, journalist and New Yorker cartoonist Gabrielle Drolet returns to discuss not one but two tales of toy terror — 1988's Child's Play and 2023's M3GAN!

Minutes from the conversation:

• Chucky is just a dude
• The advances in film effects and technology
• Bad movie policing 

Child's Play stars Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon and Brad Douriff and was directed by Tom Holland.

M3...

This week on the show, we ring in 2023 the way we parted with 2022 — with an immediate family member! Eli Tennent joins the show for a discussion of director Larry Charles' 2006 smash hit Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan!

Talking points

• The IMDb Parents Guide
• Family movie-going misadventures as kids
• The hardest we've ever laughed

Borat stars Sacha Baron Cohe...

This week on the show, Dave Tennent stops by for a discussion of the 1990 Martin Scorsese gangster classic Goodfellas!

Topics of discussion:

• The period accuracy and how it holds up over time
• The lessons to be learned from Henry Hill
• Saskatoon filmgoing history and memories

Goodfellas stars Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino.

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This week on the show,  Titanic enthusiasts Lenore Maier and Erica Wilson  are back for part two of our 110th anniversary sinktacular discussing  James Cameron's 1997 mega-hit Titanic! 

Topics of discussion:

• How we age along with this film
• References and homages to other blockbuster films
• The forthcoming Avatar: The Way of Water

Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates and Bill Paxto...