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Submit questions for the September Live Q&A!
Now is the time to submit questions for our Live Q&A! Any questions you have or topics you'd like the LFTS team to discuss, share in the comments of this post. Our Live Q&A is happening Saturday, September 19th @ 10AM PDT! We’re also looking forward to taking a few follow-up and spontaneous questions during the chat. Our goal is to get through as many questions and topics as we can while sti...
Vote for the September Patron Exclusive Episode!
Happy September, amazing patrons! It is time to vote for the film we'll be discussing in the September patron-exclusive episode. Who will win? You decide!
Patron-exclusive Episode: The Prestige
To round out our month of all-Nolan all-the-time, here is the episode you voted for—The Prestige!We had a wonderful time talking about the film's unique structure, how the film serves as an allegory for film-making, and our own personal relationships with the idea of "the obsessed artist."Hope you enjoy, and thanks for supporting Beyond the Screenplay!
Our August Live 2020 Q&A starts today @ 10AM PDT
We'll be answering the questions already submitted by patrons, but also feel free to join and ask questions in the chat!See you soon!
Submit questions for the August Live Q&A!
Now is the time to submit questions for our Live Q&A!Any questions you have or topics you'd like the LFTS team to discuss, share in the comments of this post.Our Live Q&A is happening Saturday, August 15th @ 10AM PDT! We’re also looking forward to taking a few follow-up and spontaneous questions during the chat. Our goal is to get through as many questions and topics as we can while still gi...
Vote for August Patron Exclusive Episode! (All Nolan all the time)
Happy August, amazing patrons! It is time to vote for the film we'll be discussing in the August patron-exclusive episode. You may notice a theme for this month...you may also notice that three films are suspiciously missing (as well as Inception because we did that as a live watch along for our 200 patron goal). Get ready for a Christopher Nolan filled month!
Patron-Exclusive Episode: Her
After a very close race this month, the Patrons chose Her!We had a wonderful time talking about the visual style of a near-future world, the beauty and limits of spoken conversation, and may have started a #releasetheSamanthacut movement.Thanks for supporting Beyond the Screenplay!
Submit questions for the July Live Q&A!
Now is the time to submit questions for our Live Q&A!Any questions you have or topics you'd like the LFTS team to discuss, share in the comments of this post.We're sharing this post again because we got feedback that the messaging was a bit unclear the first time around. As a reminder, our Live Q&A is happening Saturday, July 18th @ 10AM! We’re also looking forward to taking a few follow...
Vote for July Patron Exclusive Episode
Her it is! By a single vote!---Happy July, everyone! It is time to vote for the film we'll be discussing in the July patron-exclusive episode!
Exclusive: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Our patron-exclusive episode for this month is here!A quick heads-up: the software we use to record remotely (still social distancing 💪) had a strange problem. This meant that one of our audio tracks didn't record properly, so we had to use a backup recording for that track and it also meant there were some odd editing hurdles. Apologies for that, we've now figured out how to do a clean...
June Live Q&A | Saturday, June 20th @ 10AM PDT
Our first live Q&A will be happening on Saturday! Our plan is to gather questions ahead of time, and then if follow-up questions emerge during the chat, we can address some of those.So submit a question!In the comments below, ask a question or suggest a topic you'd like us to discuss on the Q&A. Feel free to like other people's comments as well. Our goal will be to get through as many as w...
Vote for June Patron Exclusive Episode
UPDATE: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! Thank you to everyone who voted!__Happy Wednesday everyone!It’s June! For this month’s patron exclusive episode we are again voting for the movie you think we should take a look at. Collectively we picked five that we thought would be awesome, so vote for your favorite! For those of you that were sad we didn’t do The Incredibles last month, once we ...
Patreon Updates & New Tiers!
Hello, patrons! Today we are updating our Patreon with new rewards and tiers! Here’s a quick FAQ to explain the changes.What are you adding?I’m glad you asked! We’re adding two new tiers: “Livestream Q&A” at $5 and “Film Club Video Chat” at $10.During a monthly Livestream Q&A the team will answer questions submitted ahead of time in a special Q&A post. There will also be a live chat ...
Exclusive: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
You voted for it, we talked about it! And we had a ton of fun doing so.In this episode there is plenty of gushing over how much fun the film is, but we also discuss what exactly are the requires of the adventure genre—a type of movie we've seen less and less of over the years.We hope you enjoy this episode, and thank you for supporting Beyond the Screenplay!—Michael
Vote for May Patron Exclusive Episode
UPDATE: Pirates of the Caribbean it is! Thank you to everyone who voted——Happy Friday everyone!It’s May! For this month’s patron exclusive episode we thought we would change things up and let you vote on which film we should take a look at. Collectively we picked five that we thought would be awesome, so vote for your favorite!VOTING CLOSES AT 5PM PDT ON FRIDAY MAY 8TH
Q&A Episode | April 2020
Our April Q&A episode is ready for you to listen!Thank you to everyone who submitted questions! We weren't able to get to all of them unfortunately, but we will hang on to them for the next Q&A! Also—since we get into it a bit in the episode—what's your score on the AFI's Top 100 list? https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/Spoiler alert: Michael doe...
April Q&A: Submit your questions!
The team will be recording our April Q&A soon, so now is the time to submit questions you have or topics you would like us to discuss!If you’ve asked a question before and we didn’t address it, feel free to ask it again. Also, if you see questions from other patrons you find interesting, feel free to like the comment.Thanks!
Exclusive Episode: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
This month's patron-exclusive is a bonus episode on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World! It is a favorite film of all of ours, and it contains an infinite number of things to gush about as well as analyze.Thank you so much for supporting Beyond the Screenplay! Let us know what other movies you'd like to have us cover in these patron-exclusives!
Q&A Episode | February 2020
Our February Q&A episode is ready for you to listen!Thank you to everyone who submitted questions! We weren't able to get to all of them unfortunately, but we will hang on to them and try to answer some in a future episode.Thank you for supporting Beyond the Screenplay!
UPDATE: Arrival it is! | What movie should we discuss next month?
We want to do a LFTS-library film for episode 33, so we thought we'd let you guys decide which movie we talk about!
February Q&A: Submit your questions!
The team will be recording our February Q&A on next week, so now is the time to submit questions you have or topics you would like us to discuss!If you’ve asked a question before and we didn’t address it, feel free to ask it again. Also, if you see questions from other patrons you find interesting, feel free to like the comment.Thanks!
Q&A Episode | January 2020
Our January Q&A episode is ready for you to listen!Thank you to everyone who submitted questions! We weren't able to get to all of them unfortunately, but we will hang on to them and try to answer some in a future episode.Also, these are videos that we reference during the episode...it'll make sense when you listen to it. Alex's favorite ad campaign: https://youtu.be/TnzFRV1LwIo Tricia...
INCEPTION LIVE STREAM VIDEO (Updated with video recording)
**Update**The live stream was so much fun! Thank you to everyone who joined, and thank you to all of you for supporting the channel. The video link now points to the recording of the stream, so you can manually sync Inception and watch along to your heart’s content.***Instructions for TonightAlright, let’s do this thing!First, click here to join our livestream on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Xz3P...
LIVE MOVIE NIGHT: INCEPTION ON THURSDAY @ 7PM(ish)
The people have voted! We now have our movie, date, and time. The Beyond the Screenplay team will be watching Inception this Thursday, the 23rd, at 7PM PST.How do I watch the stream?The live stream will be an unlisted live video on the Beyond the Screenplay YouTube channel. We'll share the link shortly before we begin.Can I interact with you guys?Of course! The YouTube stream will have a live ...
Vote for our movie night film!
Alright. Of these three films, which one should we do for our movie night live watch-along?
LIVE EPISODE! Vote on which night
To celebrate passing 200 patrons we are going to be doing a live episode watch-along!The team will be watching a movie that you will vote for (very soon) and providing commentary. We’ll be streaming it in a way that lets you watch along with us (it’ll be a film available on Netflix), as well as make comments and ask questions. I’ll get into all these details in the next poll about which movi...
January Q&A: Submit your questions!
The team will be recording our January Q&A on Thursday, so now is the time to submit questions you have or topics you would like us to discuss!If you’ve asked a question before and we didn’t address it, feel free to ask it again. Also, if you see questions from other patrons you find interesting, feel free to like the comment.Thanks!
We passed 200 patrons!
Thank you guys so much for supporting Beyond the Screenplay! We are honored and very grateful to have such an awesome audience.As promised we’re beginning to plan our live movie night, so keep an eye out for some polls about what movie and what evening people would like. Our episode where we interview the writing team of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be out this week, and we just recorded an...
Exclusive Episode: Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker
Here it is! Thank you to all of you for supporting Beyond the Screenplay and for going on this epic Star Wars journey with us. Let us know your thoughts on the film in the comments or hit us up on Twitter!We wish you the happiest of holidays, and a wonderful New Year. May the force be with you :)
Welcome / Update / Suggest Movies for January
Welcome new patrons!The team will be recording our The Rise of Skywalker episode tomorrow morning (I’m seeing it tonight!), and we will try to get it released by the end of day Sunday.In the meantime, we’d love to hear suggestions for what movies you’d like us to talk about in January maybe (either from a Lessons from the screenplay video or something else, the sky is the limit!). Leave sugg...
