Joe watches too many movies. He grew up in central Washington, earned his B.A. in Education and Fine Art, an M.A. in Theology and currently works in the printing industry. During school, he fit in a few film classes. He is interested in writing, theology and hopes to one day compose the ultimate Joe Versus the Volcano commentary track.
Melissa has a B.A. in History and an M.A. in English with an emphasis on Film Studies. She has taken classes on everything from silent to romance to post-colonial films and much in between. Her research and interests lie mainly in feminist film theory, women in film, Hitchcock and the studio era. At the end of the day, however, she just loves films; from Notorious to Die Hard!
Tue, 24 April 2007  From the creators of Watching the Directors comes a new podcast that is bound to be of interest to at least one or two people.... On those off weeks, when you really want to destroy your favorite films by talking about the theological and philosophical content, we provide you with the ultimate solution: Watching Theology. In this show, Joe and Melissa look at the theological, philosophical and thematic content of a single film, often from a director covered on Watching the Directors.If you're interested, hop on over to watchingtheology.com and download our first edition, a brief (under 30 minutes is brief for us) examination of Tarantino's masterpiece, Pulp Fiction. We now resume regular podcasting. Category: general -- posted at: 9:46 AM Comments[351] |
Tue, 10 April 2007  WTD invites its first ever guest host to face the vulgar, visceral, violent and verbal world of Quentin Tarantino. Join us as we look at the career of America's most celebrated and self-promoted director of the last twenty years. Together, we'll tackle a stack of guest 10-Quizes, discuss the Tarantino style and mystique, spend too much time recounting scenes and see if anyone will give Jackie Brown some love. Plus we feature a review of Tarantino's newest film, Death Proof, from the Grindhouse double-feature. Download this show - don't be a [].Links: Elvis Mitchell's The Treatment interview with QT. Article: "Redemption and Spiritual Transformation in Kill Bill" Theme by Deerfoot (at ilovedeerfoot.com) Additional music by The Delstars (Podsafe Music Network) (Next show: Hitchcock - 1948-76 color films - May 1) Comments[200] |
Thu, 5 April 2007  We didn't really talk about the Kubrick connection. We barely mentioned the career in commercials or the relationship to brother Tony. So what did we discuss? Listen to this episode as we explore the varied and fascinating career of Ridley Scott. Over the course of the last thirty years, the elder Scott has created some of film's most famous science fiction and action. Join us for our 10-Quizes, the (slightly-more-than) 5 Minute Filmography and a lot of talk about whether or not Gladiator is the greatest film ever, or even of Scott's career.Theme by Deerfoot (at ilovedeerfoot.com) Additional music by Cul De Sac (courtesy of Strange Attractors Audio House) (Next show: Quentin Tarantino - April 10) Comments[196] |
Tue, 3 April 2007 Believe it or not, we are VERY excited about Ridley Scott. Due to some unfortunate scheduling conflicts and Melissa recently loosing her voice...we are delaying episode 20. Fear not, we hope to have the episode posted in a few days and it will not effect our regular schedule. We've gotten some great 10 quizes and now there is still time to get yours in! Category: general -- posted at: 4:10 PM Comments[202] |
