As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at long last, to finally believe in. Us! In this episode of our Patron-only shadow series, Abe and Michael discuss the three film concepts still in the running and settle on a plan for moving forward ...
2021-02-03 21:24:25 +0000 UTC View Post
In this musical episode, the hosts each select the album in their lives that changed them. So we have two albums here. The artists are Dashboard Confessional and Bob Dylan. Close your eyes and guess who! Maggie and Adam get pretty in-depth about how music and lyrics can peer into your youthful soul and spit ...
2021-02-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe walks us through the plethora of editorial, post-production, and camera tricks used by Nobuhiko Obayashi, the director of the Japanese horror comedy, House. From cutting out mattes and placing them directly on the frame, to rotoscoping, to practical effects, to editorial pacing, Obayashi is able to command a tone and humor entirely of his own creation. Abe talks about how the film influenced west...
2021-01-31 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Tales from the Pit returns with a COVID retrospective. Sitting down with Michael is Twitch Streamer, Creator, and Advocate Alebrelle. The two discuss what it’s been like during quarantine as an autistic and intersectional person. WARNING: there are lengthy discussions and specific examples each give about their depression and suicidal thoughts. Beware, all ye’ who enter here, thar be monsters. Ev...
2021-01-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The horror! The horror! Stephen King himself helms another cars-gone-mad sci-fi/action/horror narrative and the results are disastrous. The boys discuss the lazy filmmaking, slapped together scene work, inconceivable choices, and inexplicable acting of King’s only attempted feature. Oh, and the cocaine. Out of the white dust settles a picture that might be the worst Stephen King adaptation yet. Str...
2021-01-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at long last, to finally believe in. Us! In this episode of our Patron-only shadow series, Abe and Michael revisit a film they've been trying to put together since 2013, The Furry Movie.
On the ...
2021-01-23 21:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh, behave. Sarah has joined the boys to discuss the 1997 Michael Myers film and its cultural impact on the United States, baby. Does it hold up after 24 years? Is it as horny as we all remember? Abe ruins the mood by bringing up the history of satirical espionage films.
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Sarah Griffith: https://twitter.com/sk_gr...
2021-01-19 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam chooses to examine 1998’s Murder of Crows, a forgotten Cuba Gooding Jr. vehicle. In the episode, we examine the work of Rowdy Herrington, also popular for Road House, and his directorial approach to this film. A very important part of directing is presenting a series of shots and performances so that the narrative is clear. “Clarity, then elegance,” as someone once said to me. Either due t...
2021-01-15 14:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at long last, to finally believe in. Us! In this episode of our Patron-only shadow series, Abe and Michael "beat out" the story for CHIAROSCURO, one of their potential flicks.
2021-01-14 16:59:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Written and read by Michael Swaim. Score by Davey Francis.
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Introduction & Acknowledgements
2:00 - The Show Must Go On...
25:30 - ...And It Goes Like This (A Fable)
1:04:10 - Dear Jane
1:39:30 - Cosmosis
2:05:40 - Cost Of Living
2:50:40 - Serenity Prayer
3:13:40 - Selected Poems
Here’s the premise. Maggie chose a movie for Adam and Adam chose a movie for Maggie. The goal was to choose a movie that encapsulates their co-host. Then, the chooser finds out if the other can decipher why they chose that film. For Adam, Maggie chose the 1998 British village film, Waking Ned Devine, about finding out who won a lottery. For Maggie, Adam chose the Kevin Spacey vehicle, The Life of D...
2021-01-11 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael, Abe, and the current head of videos at Cracked.com, Jordan Breeding, take a look at 2012’s Seven Psychopaths. They discuss the similarities of Quentin Tarantino’s films and the films of director Martin McDonagh, the joy of writing, and problematic aspects of the movie. It’s like if Tarantino and Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) made a movie. After this episode we’ll...
2021-01-07 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at long last, to finally believe in. Us! In this premiere episode of our Patron-only shadow series, Abe and Michael narrow their feature film selections from 5 to 3, imbibe Patron feedback on their elevator...
2021-01-07 02:06:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends...2020 was rough on a lot of us. It also kept Small Beans from producing a whole slate of video content we'd hoped would be achievable without risking life and lung but proved otherwise. And, pining away in our little pods, we dreamed of more...of finally becoming the Big Beans we know we can be. It's time, y'all. It's time to try to make another movie.
<... 2021-01-05 08:45:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The Rough Stuff gang invites Adam Ganser to share his awkward stories from days past. As a bonus, Adam and Sarah unwittingly foster a therapy session for Bridgett. The gang discusses how effective, or ineffective, rather, the sexual education of their formative years were. In any case, be assured that Sarah’s mother will text her once she listens to this episode.
Rough Stuff: 2021-01-04 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah! Abe’s gonna talk about lines! Lines of Speed! Strap yourself into a chair and prepare to be lifted into the air at 50 mph! Alright, everyone calm down. It’s not that impressive. It’s just Abe talking about how the affinity of lines and visual motifs in this 90’s blockbuster classic are both thought out and thematically resonate. After which, you will hypothetically know how to frame cam...
2021-01-01 14:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
To our magnanimous and virtuous beans: thank you. Thank you for keeping us afloat. Thank you for making your fan art, sending your kind words via email, and all the ways you support us. You make us cherish all the good despite all the bad of this last year.
We’ve had artists reach out to us, some of whom have made our shows’ logos. We’ve had musicians offer their help for theme songs or M...
2020-12-31 21:41:52 +0000 UTC View Post
A very special episode featuring the film that explodes the franchise into spin-off. This episode was recorded live on YouTube on Dec. 20th, edited now for your podcast format listening enjoyment. You can find the full version here, on the Small Beans YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/...
2020-12-27 14:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Our patrons have spoken! This episode takes the family movies that were watched in their youth. Also, listen for a lengthy list of producers, so if you pay more than $10 here, hear your name read on the silver headphones. Maggie chooses a film from 1966 starring Don Knotts. Adam chooses an ice skating movie. So everyone’s all over the place. Lastly, ‘tis the season to take index of your lif...
2020-12-22 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
For all those who missed it, here's our Jackbox stream with Vanessa Guerrero, the BriTANicK dudes, Katie Goldin and Tom Reimann!
2020-12-21 02:56:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Perhaps the most important evil car horror film you’ll ever see, John Carpenter directs the 1983 adaptation of King’s Christine. Michael and Abe talk about how they accomplished the car regeneration sequence and wax poetic about the simplicity of the story, albeit absolutely insane and dumb. Get up in this grill, ya shitters!
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Michael Swaim: 2020-12-18 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We here at Small Beans have reached out to Professor Scott Bug, Master of Ceremonies of Science at the Dumby Institute of Perfections, who kindly agreed to begin this podcast in the hopes of bringing scientific joy and wonder to all of us. Today, we discuss sound and have the sonic archeologist, General MacTavish along for the ride.
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Professor Scott Bug: https://twitter.com/profscottbug
Cody Jo...
2020-12-15 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow, this weekend is really poppin' off on the Small Beans YouTube channel! At 6pm PST, Bridgett and Sarah will record the newest episode of The Cast & the Curious.
It will release on the channel as a podcast, but we figured you'd want to see the hosts get nervous on camera! See you there!
You heard the flyer! Look at this magnificent cast we got going!
You know the drill. We play Jackbox Games and you can chat and vote on our answers using the audience code in a browser (and entering it on http://jackbox.tv). The codes will be released before every game.
2020-12-13 23:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post
First things first: should Swaim play a Corpo, Nomad, or Street Kid? Hoping to find a clear winner in replies, so please weigh in!
2020-12-07 22:04:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Our long time bean and collaborator, Katy Stoll, the producer of Some More News stops by the pod and talks about westerns, Sam Raimi, the 1990s, and how long it’s been since we last saw each other. Sam Raimi’s 1995 film released right at the beginning of the 90’s western revival but is unique in its homage to spaghetti westerns. The film is undeniably a gleeful mix of 30-year-old tropes and Rai...
2020-12-07 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Katie Goldin, host of the Creature Feature Podcast, joins the beans for an examination of the tropes of animated bug movies. Along with the absolute nonsense that is Bee Movie, the gang also talk about Antz and A Bug’s Life in order to see how these movies succeed or fail their basic premise and how their real life counterparts form socially. We ant to know: are you ready for bugstravaganza? Jerry ...
2020-12-04 14:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam’s turn! He takes a look at the film Drive (2011) and examines how through the use of staging, editing, and deploying a clear tone, Nicolas Winding Refn took a mediocre script and made it worth watching. Drive demonstrates a mystique around its main character, a fast-paced story, and a truck-load of style. The soundtrack rips too. Abe sits back and cracks some yuks.
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Adam G...
2020-12-02 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Your very own beans joined friend of the beans, Alex Schmidt to discuss why "Grapefruits" are ultimately and clandestinely ponder-worthy. Abe's hot take in this episode has lost him some friends, sure, but no one can ever say he doesn't keep it real on Alex's podcasts.
Give it a listen. Choose your preferred listening platform in the list and look for the episode called "Grapefruit" that released on Nov 29th, 2020.
2020-12-01 21:27:52 +0000 UTC View Post