Wind, Reel, & Print
Two internet cinephiles aim to recreate the film set ”water cooler talk” where discussion is open to everything movies. From cherished classics to repugnant newcomers, WR&P captures the complexities of life through the lens of cinema, living comfortably within the boundaries of high and low art, popular and unpopular titles, and local and international cinema.
Episodes
Episode 093: CINEMA SINGLES
Featuring: Closer (2004)
From play to screen, Mike Nichols is the king of the adaptation. But where does Closer (2004) land in his filmography? And we ask the dreaded question that has never been asked on this pod before: Which character would you date?
Episode 092: FILM MOVEMENTS
Featuring: Totally F***ed Up (1993); Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013); Cleaners (2019); Little Women (2019)
It’s time to get meta! WR&P finally gets into metarealism, one of Kevin’s favorite topics of all-time. What started as a conversation on atemporal cinema turns into a bigger conversation on what metarealism is and how each of these films fits into the metarealism conversation. This is a ...
Episode 091: WRITER’S ROOM
Mmmm, that’s good! Ryan and Chris lock themselves in the grocery store to come up with FOUR brand-new food mascot movies. It’s time to gather up some new IP, and create the next major mouth-watering film.
Episode 090: DOUBLE FEATURE
Start your engines! WR&P is driving right into the mind of Stephen King to discuss the John Carpenter adaptation Christine (1983) and King’s directorial debut (and final?) film Maximum Overdrive (1986). GAS IT!
Episode 089: BAY AREA FLICKS
We dive deep into Bay Area B-movie horror and end up in the toxic sludge of Milpitas! And you won’t believe what we find! First-time filmmakers! Stop-motion! Day-for-night-for-day! It’s something that must be seen to be believed.
Episode 088: RYAN & FRIENDS
Ryan and his old friend Joe check out the new film climbing the charts, Iron Lung (2026)! Made by the YouTuber Markiplier, does it have the sauce to be an actual film? Or is it just another studio cash grab? The answer is actually quite simple, but you still gotta listen in!
Episode 087: CINEMA SINGLES
What is a podcast? Is it just a sequence of numbers, letters ,and glyphs scrolling infinitely through space and time only to be deciphered by the machine overlords of the distant future, after humanity’s grand enslavement? Or is it just Ryan and Kevin talking about The Matrix (1999)? Good question!
Episode 086: CINEMA SINGLES
Ryan and Kevin sit down to talk about A SINGLE MOVIE. This time they set their sites on a PTA classic, The Master (2012). Following a few years after There Will Be Blood (2007), PTA came out swinging once again with his take on post-war masculinity and the magnetism of desire. The desire to belong and the desire to dominate. This film is a doozy! Come and join us. But not in a cult way! Promise!
Episode 085: THE OSCARS
Ryan and Kevin go through every nominee in the new 2026 Oscar’s lineup. The shoe-ins, the surprises, and the WTFs. 2025 was a wild year, and it’s almost time to crown the champ!
Episode 084: WR&P WRITER’S ROOM
We’ve all thought at one point or another, “hey, I think this is a good idea for a movie,” or “why aren’t they making that movie… but better?” So we went down to the Wind, Reel, & Print lab and came up with a solution… for us at least. It is the WR&P Writer’s Room! The new series follows Ryan and Chris (from the podcast “How Do We Human” and the creative mind behind the YouTube channel ...
EPISODE 083: LETTERBOXD TOP 250 SHUFFLE
Featuring: Ran (1985); Princess Mononoke (1997); Good Will Hunting (1997); The Celebration (1998)
IT’S BACK. Episode 10 of the Letterboxd Top 250 Shuffle is here and it is full of late 90’s gems. From the first Dogme 95 film to a Kurosawa adaptation of Shakespeare and from one of Miyazaki’s finest to Affleck and Damon’s breakout film, this episode has it all.
EPISODE 082: SUPER-FAN SEASON
Featuring: Watchmen (2009)
Who watches the Watchmen? WR&P DOES. Ryan talks the director’s cut of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen (2009) with super-fan Danny (Ryan’s second oldest friend) and they discuss the depth of character development, faithfulness to the original graphic novel, and whether the villain got it right in the end. Put on your cowl and listen in.
EPISODE 081: CINEMA MINI SERIES
Featuring: Eddington (2025); One Battle After Another (2025); Bugonia (2025)
America is the land of guns and paranoia, and this accidental trilogy of films cuts deep into what defines this country, for better and worse. Kevin and Ryan wade into the swamp of politics and filmmaking to see what exactly these three films speak to about the American experience. GOD BLESS THE USA.
EPISODE 080: ’TIS THE SEASON
Featuring; Christmas Vacation (1989)
Old friends Ryan and Chad reminisce over the Christmas classic Christmas Vacation (1989). They talk about some of their favorite scenes, speculate about what the boss ACTUALLY got as a gift, and settle whether resistance to cold is a midwestern genetic trait (??). Listen in and Merry Christmas!
EPISODE 079: WR&P WORLD NEWS
Hot off the press! We talk about what’s going on in the news: the WBD and Netflix merger. But it’s Wind, Reel, & Print, so we go deep into money in filmmaking, the degradation of our economy, and even conjure up our own filmmaking funding alternative! Get in here!
EPISODE 078: CINEMA SERIES
Featuring: Jurassic Park (1993); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); Jurassic Park 3 (2001); Jurassic World (2015); Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018); Jurassic World Dominion (2022); Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
It is time to enter the depths of Jurassic hell. Ryan and Kevin will stop at nothing to deepen their understanding of film movements, trends, and history, which has led them to a 7-film...
EPISODE 077: RYAN & FRIENDS
Featuring: The Silence of the Lambs (1991); Cure (1997); Shutter Island (2010); Gone Girl (2014)
Time to get academic! Ryan brings his sister Julia on the pod, who is currently in graduate school studying psychology, to talk and analyze four movies that blend both genre and science. Did the mental health professionals of Shutter Island really follow the right techniques? What is the difference be...
EPISODE 076: NEW RELEASES
Featuring: Frankenstein (2025)
Del Toro is back with his unique blend of victorian horror and sympathetic monsters to bring about a new adaptation of the classic Frankenstein tale. How might this film relate to today (AI, anyone??) and what might Ryan and Kevin think of it? Well you’ll just have to listen to find out!
EPISODE 075: RYAN & FRIENDS
Featuring: Zoolander (2001); Tropic Thunder (2008)
Ryan is joined by Chris (the brain behind the YouTube channel “Sassy Milkshake,” one half of the podcast “How Do We Human?” and a wonderful old friend) to talk about these two influential movies in each of their childhoods. Plus get an inside look at what their college experience was like, watching movies for free in LA, and that cameo at the beg...
EPISODE 074: FILM THEORY DISCUSSIONS
Featuring: The Threepenny Opera (1931); Vivre sa vie (1962); Palindromes (2004); Chi-Raq (2015)
Wind, Reel, & Print is going back to the classroom to take a deep dive into Brechtian cinema! A term that has come up in a number of previous episodes, these four movies finally give Ryan his “aha” moment with the idea and reveal just how much this idea/genre plays into exactly what this podca...
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