The Aspiring Cinephile

The Batman with Nate Memmott

Calling all Caped Crusaders! I have Nate Memmott joining me on this week's episode to talk about Matt Reeves' The Batman starring Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, and Paul Dano. We discuss the film in detail - so SPOILER WARNING!! Hear our takes on the movie - as well as ranking our top 5 Batman movies. Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ZachWatts/

The Rom-Com Awards!!! with Sarah Jane Watts

In this episode the amazingly talented and wonderful Sarah Jane Watts joins me to give out some rom-com awards. We talk best speech, best romantic gesture, and even pitch our own dream rom-coms.  Mailbag - aspiringcinephile@gmail.com Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/ZachWatts/

2022 Oscar Nominations!!!

We got the 2022 Oscar Nominations this week!! It's one of my favorite times of the year - I talk about the nominees for all of the major categories and discuss who was snubbed, as well as some way too early predictions of winners.  Send mailbag questions/comments to aspiringcinephile@gmail.com Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ZachWatts/

Best of 2021 with James Rudd

On this episode James and I talk about our favorite movies from 2021 as well as our favorite performances and some other recommendations - this was a fun one! Let me know at aspiringcinephile@gmail.com what your favorite movies of the year were. Full 2021 Ranked List: https://boxd.it/elwYQ

Christopher Nolan Deep-Dive

On this episode I take a dive into the work of celebrated filmmaker Christopher Nolan. I've always considered him to be one of my favorite directors - so I really enjoyed diving into his movies again for this episode. I start off by talking about Nolan's life and some fun facts I found (2:54). Then I try to identify what specifically defines Nolan's style as a filmmaker (9:56) and I end the episode with a definitive Aspiring Cinephile ranking of Nolan's filmography (21:45). Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/ZachWatts/ Nolan Ranking List: https://letterboxd.com/zachwatts/list/christopher-nolan-aspiring-cinephile-official/