“Project Nim” is a documentary about a group of researchers in the 1970s that decided to raise a baby chimpanzee in a human environment and try to teach it how to communicate. The project didn’t go as planned, thus giving show hosts Alan and Chris a film to discuss on this month’s “Footcandle Films”. Listen to see what they thought of the follow-up to director James Marsh’s excellent documentary “Man on Wire”.
Chris and Alan also discuss some of the latest film news, including stories about Steven Soderburgh, the Oscars, and film society favorite Rian Johnson. Then, they provide their “Picks of the Month”, with neither film turning out to be very happy or uplifting. We’re sorry about that.
Running Time: 51 minutes. Hosts: Alan Jackson and Chris Frye. Original theme music by Chris Tullar (whose was recently interviewed on “I’m With the Band”, found at this link!)

In this month’s episode, the Footcandle guys discuss the film adapation of the novel “Sarah’s Key”, dealing with the persecution of Jewish people in France during World War II. (To all of our book club member listeners out there, we’ll go ahead and break the bad news to you: they didn’t care for it very much.)
Besides that review, Alan and Chris also discuss some movie news and give their “picks of the month” recommendations — one dealing with time travel on a budget, the other dealing with chaining people to radiators. Enjoy!

Alan and Chris get together to discuss their latest film society screening, Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris”. After an in-depth discussion of that film, they turn their attention to some of the latest movie news with the theme being “directors taking on unexpected projects”. Each gives their “pick of the month” for a film that listeners should check out; Chris goes the documentary route, while Alan sings a little Irish ditty about his pick. Oh, and they through a little challenge out to their friends at “Chick Chat”. Running Time: 52 minutes. Hosts: Alan Jackson and Chris Frye. Original theme music by Chris Tullar.

Love it or hate it, “The Tree of Life” is a film worth talking about. And the Footcandle guys do just that for a good portion of this month’s show, examining their personal thoughts on the film as well as some of the larger issues it tackles. Following the extended review the hosts discuss some current film news, and then wrap it up with their film recommendations. Warning: Alan recommends a 3-hour Indian movie about a man who receives super powers from an alien puppet and likes to break into spontaneous song and dance. Hosts: Alan Jackson and Chris Frye. Special thanks to Chris Tullar for the theme music.

The Footcandlers discuss the latest Will Farrell film “Everything Must Go”, which puts Mr. Farrell in a not-so-funny spot. The latest film news — the blockbuster, mainstream, franchise, geek movie edition — and two recommendations about as different as you can possibly imagine. One’s about a Russian orchestra fighting for the recognition they deserve, the other is about a rubber tire that can kill people with its mind. See which recommendation tickles your fancy when you listen to the latest episode of Footcandle Films. Running time: 37 minutes. Hosts: Alan Jackson and Chris Frye. Special thanks to Chris Tullar for theme music.

The guys discuss the 2011 film “Win Win” starring Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan, talk about some recent film news of interest (Wes Anderson, Dragon Tattoos and Obstructions), and give their monthly recommendations of films you should check out. Chris recommends a past Footcandle film, while Alan goes in the “way back” machine for his. The first episode is out the door, and no one got hurt… Win Win! Running time: 43 minutes. Hosts: Alan Jackson and Chris Frye. Special thanks to Chris Tullar for theme music.