If you’re a longtime listener to the podcast, you may have heard us tease this out from time to time, but we are now very excited to announce that a new recurring feature will begin in January. “Connecting With Classics” will be a series of episodes hosted by Aaron White and Don Shanahan (Feelin’ Film contributor and film critic at Every Movie Has a Lesson). In this special series, Aaron & Don will have conversations about some of the most beloved and respected classic films in movie history, initially utilizing the American Film Institute (AFI) Top 100 list as a source. For the purposes of this series, we will consider films 30+ years old to be classic.
“Connecting With Classics” is intended to encourage listeners to watch older films and will hopefully generate conversation about them. We will be taking an approach that merges the core perspectives of both Feelin’ Film and Every Movie Has a Lesson by focusing on emotional takeaways and life lessons, as well as film history. As appropriate, we will choose films that relate to present releases or are relevant to the times. For example, our first episode will cover All the President’s Men (1976) and will correspond with the nationwide release of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film The Post, which in many ways is a direct prequel to the former.
Another central goal of “Connecting With Classics” is to make a participatory experience. To accomplish this, we will be hosting prize drawings for podcast swag and more at the end of each calendar year. Entries into the drawing can be earned for every episode by watching the film and posting your own review or thoughts about the podcast episode in the comments section of the episode announcement post in our Feelin’ Film Facebook Discussion Group. For listeners who do not wish to be a part of the discussion group, emailing reviews to feelinfilm@gmail.com will also be accepted. More details on this will come when we release the first episode, but we’re hoping you’re as excited as we are and will take this journey with us.
See you in January!
