ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) w/ Director Chris McGilvray

ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017) w/ Screenwriter Mark Palermo: Paired with Wines - and a Hard Ice Cream Float - that Embody the Punk Rock Inventiveness of Indie Filmmaking

Sen Us Your Thoughts! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2087995/fan_mail/new] THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ALL THE SPOILERS! ALL OF THEM! GO WATCH THIS MOVIE BEFORE LISTENING! AND DEFINITELY DO WATCH THIS MOVIE! With special guest, Screenwriter MARK PALERMO, writer of one of my Top 5 movies of all time, DETENTION (2011). Also podcast host for MOVIES AND CHAOS [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2131082] and writer for the The Retroscope zine [https://www.instagram.com/retroscopefilm/]. ONE CUT OF THE DEAD is not-really a horror film that was made for $30,000 by a director whose ethos was: you need to make 200-300 movies before you can make a single good one! We do argue whether that’s actually necessary, certainly at that nutty number, but one thing is certain: Ueda made something AMAZING with One Cut off the Dead. The film soon reveals itself, and it is a celebratory, life-affirming, wild, comedic, charming, unforgettable filmwatching experience by the time the second (?) credits roll. THE WINES (and Hard Ice Cream Float) * FINAL GIRLS WINE 2023 “Frankenfizz” Piquette of Sangiovese [https://finalgirlwines.com/shop/ols/products/piquette-of-syrah-2022] * 2014 Fiddlehead Cellars “728” Pinot Noir, Fiddlestix Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills [https://www.google.com/search?q=fiddlehead%20728%20pinot&udm=14] * Vodka Root Beer Float (instructions below) Instructions * Split a can of soda between two large glasses and then add a shot of vodka to each. * Carefully drop two scoops of either dairy dairy-free ice cream into each glass (if you have an ice cream that is cinnamon or coconut flavored - or both! - it makes it even better), and then top off with remaining can of root beer. * Slurp, scoop, and enjoy. Support the show [https://vintertainmentstudios.com] Our Sponsor: CURATED WINE SHOP, mid-city Los Angeles, they'll help you pair wine with any movie! Curated-Wines.com [https://www.curated-wines.com/] Come interact with us and support the show at: vintertainmentstudios.com [http://vintertainmentstudios.com] Join us for monthly short film screenings inside a wine shop! Each short film paired with a wine! Mid-city Los Angeles! WineCellarCinema.substack.com [https://WineCellarCinema.substack.com] Follow us on the socials! https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod [https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod] https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios [https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios]

BOTTLE SHOCK (2008) Paired with the Objectively Superior Cabernet and New World Syrah

Sen Us Your Thoughts! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2087995/fan_mail/new] We finally tackle a WINE movie! And since the 50th anniversary of the Judgment of Paris was last week, we had to cover the (highly fictionalized) movie that was made about the event. We're talking the rather silly and otherwise forgettable BOTTLE SHOCK starring Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, and Chris Pine's wig. Dig in for a little wine history, a little film history, and a lot of rewriting a shitty script in real time. PAIRED WITH (AI-free search links, always): * Steven Kent Winery ELEMENTS 4-Pack, Cabernet Franc, Livermore Valley, California [https://www.stevenkent.com/product/2024-elements-4-pack/] * Terlato & Domaine Chapoutier Lieu-Dit Malakoff Shiraz (Syrah), Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia [https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=Terlato+%26+Domaine+Chapoutier+Lieu-Dit+Malakoff+Shiraz] Support the show [https://vintertainmentstudios.com] Our Sponsor: CURATED WINE SHOP, mid-city Los Angeles, they'll help you pair wine with any movie! Curated-Wines.com [https://www.curated-wines.com/] Come interact with us and support the show at: vintertainmentstudios.com [http://vintertainmentstudios.com] Join us for monthly short film screenings inside a wine shop! Each short film paired with a wine! Mid-city Los Angeles! WineCellarCinema.substack.com [https://WineCellarCinema.substack.com] Follow us on the socials! https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod [https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod] https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios [https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios]

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968) w/ Director Chris McGilvray

Sen Us Your Thoughts! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2087995/fan_mail/new] Make sure you listen you our VINTERVIEW with Chris which dropped last week! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2087995/episodes/19207694]We cover his short films, branded content company, and how he came to direct our favorite wine documentary of the past many years, EDEN (2024) about the Mount Eden Winery and Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, considered to have the oldest lineage of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in all of North America! WATCH CHRIS' DOCUMENTARY EDEN [https://www.edenfilm.info/] FOLLOW CHRIS: * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/nomadic.bear/] * Website [https://www.nomadicbearproductions.com/] And today Chris joins us to talk about a favorite movie - the Western to End All Westerns, Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST from 1968. PAIRIED WITH: * Alegre Valganon Rioja Blanco 2024 [https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=2024+Alegre+Valga%C3%B1%C3%B3n+Rioja+blanco] * Pax Syrah, Sonoma Hillsides 2023 [https://www.google.com/search?q=2023%20Pax%20Syrah%2C%20Sonoma%20Hillsides&udm=14] * Borgo Savaian "Aransat" Orange Wine, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italy  [https://www.google.com/search?q=Borgo%20Savaian%20%22Aransat%22%20Orange%20Wine&udm=14] Support the show [https://vintertainmentstudios.com] Our Sponsor: CURATED WINE SHOP, mid-city Los Angeles, they'll help you pair wine with any movie! Curated-Wines.com [https://www.curated-wines.com/] Come interact with us and support the show at: vintertainmentstudios.com [http://vintertainmentstudios.com] Join us for monthly short film screenings inside a wine shop! Each short film paired with a wine! Mid-city Los Angeles! WineCellarCinema.substack.com [https://WineCellarCinema.substack.com] Follow us on the socials! https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod [https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod] https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios [https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios]

VINTERVIEW: Director Chris McGilvray talks Wine Documentary EDEN (2024)

Sen Us Your Thoughts! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2087995/fan_mail/new] Today’s VINTERVIEW is with filmmaker, branded content creator, and now documentarian Chris McGilvray [https://www.nomadicbearproductions.com/]. We chat with Chris about his narrative short filmmaking, how he quickly realized this was never going to lead to the kind of breakthrough previous generations enjoyed, pivoted to branded content and became a champion of pushing that type of work into more organic and authentic expressions, and then segued from that into his first feature length documentary about the Mount Eden Winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains [https://www.edenfilm.info/], considered to have the longest lineage of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in all of North America. We thought this Vinterview would run 20-30 minutes. We had the whole thing Q&A’d scripted out and it was only 5 Q’s! But the conversation evolved organically and we talked at length about the themes of the documentary, themes you rarely see in a Wine doc yet pertain to nearly every aspect of the wine industry. Chris' Short Films: * The Silence [https://vimeo.com/21766970] * Damage [https://vimeo.com/40492346] * Out of Nowhere [https://vimeo.com/30144186] * Terroir [https://vimeo.com/265044713] Support the show [https://vintertainmentstudios.com] Our Sponsor: CURATED WINE SHOP, mid-city Los Angeles, they'll help you pair wine with any movie! Curated-Wines.com [https://www.curated-wines.com/] Come interact with us and support the show at: vintertainmentstudios.com [http://vintertainmentstudios.com] Join us for monthly short film screenings inside a wine shop! Each short film paired with a wine! Mid-city Los Angeles! WineCellarCinema.substack.com [https://WineCellarCinema.substack.com] Follow us on the socials! https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod [https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod] https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios [https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios]

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's PULSE (2001) Paired with Loneliness and Blackberry Cobbler

Sen Us Your Thoughts! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2087995/fan_mail/new] Dallas asked me: "What's the creepiest movie you've ever seen? Not the scariest - the creepiest." I only had to think about it for a short moment: PULSE. A movie that is creepy, unnerving, unsettling, and so, so easy to sink into. We dive deep into its themes of human lonliness, the rise of the internet and the moment of Y2K, and how PULSE imagines the human world might end. Or, perhaps, how it's already ended. PAIRED WITH: * 2016 Loma Prieta Amorosa Vineyard Pinotage, Lodi, CA [https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=2016+Loma+Prieta+Amorosa+Vineyard+Pinotage] * 2023 Gambler's Ghost Cabernet Sauvignon, North Coast, CA [https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=2023+Gambler%27s+Ghost+Cabernet+Sauvignon] Support the show [https://vintertainmentstudios.com] Our Sponsor: CURATED WINE SHOP, mid-city Los Angeles, they'll help you pair wine with any movie! Curated-Wines.com [https://www.curated-wines.com/] Come interact with us and support the show at: vintertainmentstudios.com [http://vintertainmentstudios.com] Join us for monthly short film screenings inside a wine shop! Each short film paired with a wine! Mid-city Los Angeles! WineCellarCinema.substack.com [https://WineCellarCinema.substack.com] Follow us on the socials! https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod [https://www.instagram.com/vintertainmentpod] https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios [https://www.youtube.com/@vintertainmentstudios]