The Actor and The Engineer Podcast

We profile the Mexican auteur by discussing all of his feature length films, including Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, B... Read more

Paul and Josh discuss Christopher Nolan's foray into Sci-Fi.  They talk about the science and the performances in this a... Read more

Paul and Josh talk about their favorite directors and somehow fail to mention Clint Eastwood, Akira Kurosawa and many mo... Read more

This week we delve into a subject that we have been putting off for a while.  We talk about movies that might challenge ... Read more

This week we talk about a frenetic film from the Safdie Brothers starring Adam Sandler who makes big bets on jewelry, ba... Read more

In this episode we argue about whether Jordan Peele's sophomore film is actually a horror movie. We also get in to the t... Read more

This week we dig into a auteur we haven't mentioned much in the past.  Malick has had a unique career spanning 45 years.... Read more

Paul has just watched Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning 1950 film for the first time and we talk about it.  Is the Norma Desm... Read more

In his new film, Writer-Director Ari Aster confronts us with a collapsing relationship set against a 90-year ritual in a... Read more

Olivia Wilde kicks off her feature film directing career with a high school buddy movie packed with great laughs, groans... Read more

This week we talk about the most successful film in the new DC Extended Universe and what we think it did to resonate wi... Read more

This week we finish up our discussion on one of the big blockbusters of the year, so far, what we loved about it and a c... Read more

This week we finish up our analysis of the two cinematicversions of the super popular novel.  In this second part, wetal... Read more

This week we talk about an independent horror movie from 2014 that has been fairly devisive among critics and horror fan... Read more

Paul and Josh talk about the best uses of music in movies.  Specifically, songs that were not created for movies, but us... Read more

Quentin Tarantino's 9th film sees him focus for the first time on the industry that he loves. But like any other Taranti... Read more

We each count down our top 5 movies of 2017.  While these may not have gotten all of the awards, these were the ones tha... Read more

This week (and next week) we dig deep into the similarities anddifferences between the Swedish and American adaptations ... Read more

Writer/Director Jordan Peele impresses with his debut film that you can't pigeon-hole into one genre.  We talk about the... Read more

This week we look at a documentary and a narrative film.  Both nominated for Academy Awards.  They each share a story of... Read more