It’s time to wind the clock right back to the very beginning and delve into the humble origins of one Mr. Steven Spielberg, with his 2022 semi-autobiographical drama THE FABELMANS. Helping us phone home is the legendary Nick Mear from Nickflix podcast, and together we discuss divorce, a formative love for/obsession with movies, the emotional clarity brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the correct placement of the horizon within the frame. A spirited discussion about a really quite miraculous film, and one that’s continually revealing new riches and complications. Now, good luck to you. And get the fuck out of my office!

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Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

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It’s time to bid a fond farewell to our good friends Claire Dearing and Owen Grady with 2022’s half-a-billion-dollar-costing JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION. Jack De La Mare, our very own Ian Malcolm, returns to discuss the COVID-inflected production of this trilogy closer, its difficulty in successfully exploring any of its ideas (or, really, making dinosaurs basically exciting), the relative necessity of bringing back the trio from Spielberg’s original and our main takeaways from the Trevorrow Era of the Jurassic Saga. It’s been a bumpy ride, but the eternal popularity of these movies means that another reboot is never far away…

Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.

Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

You can buy tickets to the Robert J. Hunter Band's upcoming album launch show on October 10 here: ⁠https://events.talentbanq.com/events/talentbanq/2123808⁠

There’s a podcast for us… Somewhere, a podcast for us… Josh and Andy and Greg Sheffield… talking about… musicaaals… Somewhere… Well, look no further, as that podcast is right here! Things are fixed for the Ramblin Rumble diving into Steven Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation of WEST SIDE STORY, exploring the show’s origins, its past iterations and the astonishing staying power of its musical numbers. What are the relative values of the changes to the running order? How well does Spielberg acquit himself with the film musical? How do Zegler and Elgort compare to Wood and Brenner? Is it possible for the Tony and Maria dynamic to ever fully work? Or for us to appreciate this as its own entity instead of something that exists in the shadow of Wise’s Oscar-winning 1961 version? All this and more in this bumper episode of Ramblin. So come along, buddy boy, as we talk about a complicated work of art for the whole ever mother lovin’ day.

Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.

Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music.

Listen to the end of the episode to hear the latest track from the Robert J Hunter Band and buy tickets to their album launch show on October 10 here.