Vintertainment: Wine and Movie Pairing
We pair wine with movies, TV, music, books, and comics with guests from both the wine and entertainment industries.
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ANIKI-BOBO is the 1942 debut feature of Manoel de Oliveira, who was the oldest still-active filmmaker on the day he died at the age of 106 (!) in 2014!!!
I just took my first trip to Portugal, and to celebrate, we had to watch our very first Portuguese movie, which is also pretty close to being the first narrative Portuguese feature film of note in the country’s history.
PAIRED WITH:
BEIRAO (Ba...
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Two thematically linked, Academy-Award nomiated documentaries, just in time for the Oscars this week!
THE WINES:
Santa Julia Natural El Zorrito Orange Chardonnay 2024
La Bascule "Babushka" Rose of Syrah 2022
Les Vignerons d'Estézargues Alma Viva 2023
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This episode of Vintertainment is dedicated to Brad Allan, the stuntman and eventual action choreographer man who helped usher in Rush Hour, plays the most likeable antagonist ever in Gorgeous, designed the action for Scott Pilgrim, Shang-Chi, Kick-Ass, Wonder Woman, the Kingsman franchise, and more. Brad passed away in 2021 at the age of 48, from a sudden and unexpected heart attack. His cha...
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Today we tackle Hollywood's first big budget attempt to cover the Civil Rights movement and one of the darkest events surrounding it. Its a great conversation.
We veer from wanting wines of Tention, then Violence, then Hope. Also a wine that Challenges and forces Contemplation.
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Welcome very special guest Nick Langdon - cinephile extraordinaire and Letterboxd powerplayer.
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Welcome very special guests Joe and Carmela Mele, your sommeliers of reasonably priced wines, as they say on their own podcast. One of our very favorite wine podcasts period.
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A surprisng Christmas movie in the shape of a Spaghetti Western, A PISTOL FOR RINGO is written and Directed by Duccio Tessari, who co-wrote A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS with Sergio Leone, the film that kick-started the Spaghetti Western genre and was thhe first of the Clint Eastwood "Man With No Name" films.
Inspired by the succeess of that film, Tessari decided to make his own. He had alrea...
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Trailers Watched:
The Chronology of Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBwuJ0pKMA
Man Finds Tape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VexyLStKQAQ
The Rabbit Hole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-SebLbGTZY&t
Rosemead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwQy6jV1QCM
Merrily We Roll Along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niKyQEq47Mc
Dust Bunny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btzw2I7sfSk
Lone Samurai
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CARRIE FREEDLE is a comedy writer and screenwriter, having penned a number of holiday and comedy features for Hallmark and Netflix. Today she joins us to discuss one of the greatest black comedies ever made (and one of the earliest!) - Ernst Lubitsch's TO BE OR NOT TO BE from 1942, starring Jack Benny and Carole Lombard,
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This week we’re joined by our Produce-er, Jessica Maison! Jessica is the writer of the graphic novel series MARY SHELLEY'S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS and novelist of the science fiction PLASTIC GIRL trilogy.
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And today Jessica joins us to follow up our episode on director Duncan Jones' MOON (2009), and we tackle the...
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With the brand new Edgar Wright re-adaptation about to drop on Friday, we decided to revisit the OG 1987 movie, itself an adaptation of the “Richard Bachman” novel, itself the pseudonym that Stephen King wrote his non-horror novels under, something he managed to keep secret for over a decade and hysterically the person who secured the movie rights to the book had no idea it was King!!!
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This special Halloween Horror episode was commisioned by our Produce-er, Jessica Maison!
Did you know you could support the show and this Substack at the Produce-er level and commission your own episode? PLUS get a shout out in every episode!
Well, you can.
And special spotlight shout out for Jessica’s Substack here:
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Welcome to our first October movie: 1997’s SPAWN, a true gem that has become a cult classi—no I’m just fucking with you nobody likes this movie, but they should! It’s aged weirdly well.
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Wine Trivia Question of the Week:
In the 16th Century, during the early days of monks making what we now call "Champagne", what was the name they called their sparkl...
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We saw this at Filmjourn's microcinema screening in downtown Los Angeles, then decided on a flight of 4 wines in real time during the recording!
Rotoscoping YouTube Video mentioned in the video.
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No episode this week, but here's a quick 5 minute update on everything we have going on!
Make sure to tune in next week when we cover Ralph Bakshi's AMERICAN POP!
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One of the best comics we've read in a while. Dallas especially! A twist on the classic Haunted House subgenre that doubles as a catuonary tale for our times. Written by Micchael W. Conrad and art and letters by Dave Chisholm.
The collected graphic novel can be pre-ordered here!
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2018 Red Car Syrah, Sonoma Coast, California
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Wine Trivia Question of the Week:
When a wine is called "sweet" even though it's dry - "Dry" meaning "no sugar whatsoever" - what are the most likely causes for this sense of "sweetness"?
- A) Fruitiness and alcohol
- B) Low acidity and alcohol
- C) High acidity and fruitiness
- D) Tannins and oak influence
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We went to the theater! Then sat down at the Gelson's wine bar to find the best pairing. All recorded in real time, right after the screening.
Read a full write up about this episode on our Substack here.
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