Half of God’s Face Podcast

Episode 35.
Intro by Sampson Hollander.
This episode is a discussion on the life and career of Terrence Malick!
Opening minutes are about what our first impressions seeing Malick movies were.
7 minutes 35 seconds: on Malick's early life and journey to becoming a filmmaker and artist.
23 minutes 32 seconds: on Badlands and Malick in the 70s.
36 minutes 3 seconds: on Malick's 20 year absence from directing.
45 minutes 47 seconds: on The Thin Red Line.
1 hour 3 minutes 41 seconds: anecdote about how the voice-over for Days of Heaven came about.
1 hour 8 minutes 50 seconds: on Malick's relationship with Heidegger in his films.
1 hour 11 minutes 42 seconds: on The Tree of Life.
1 hour 23 minutes 23 seconds: on Knight of Cups.
1 hour 49 minutes 15 seconds: on the ending of The Tree of Life.
2 hours 4 minutes 10 seconds: on Voyage of Time.
2 hours 6 minutes 16 seconds: on what Malick has been working on the last 7 years.

Episode 34. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a conversation about the new Nicholas Winding Refn movie Her Private Hell. 5 minute 6 second mark: on Too Old to Die Young. 13 minutes 26 seconds: Her Private Hell reaction begins. 16 minutes 51 seconds: on the plot of Her Private Hell. 26 minutes 59 seconds: on the film within a film. 35 minutes 32 seconds: on Charles Melton's role in the film. 46 minutes 23 seconds onwards: "Oh the girls are gonna go out on the town." 53 minutes 19 seconds: getting into spoilers for the film, and talking about one of the craziest scenes in cinema history. 1 hour 6 minutes 38 seconds: on the ending of Her Private Hell. 1 hour 14 minutes 35 seconds: on where Refn stands compared to other directors working today. 1 hour 26 minutes 43 seconds: on the score of Her Private Hell. 1 hour 28 minutes 7 seconds: "Style never stops."

Episode 33.
Intro by Sampson Hollander.
This episode is a conversation about Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey. In it we talk about the casting controversies, what Nolan changed from the source material, and why Nolan is the most overrated director of all time.
7 minute mark: on The Odyssey's controversial casting.
22 minutes 24 seconds: on what Nolan changed from Homer's source material.
42 minutes 8 seconds: Zach's favorite motif from Homer's epic.
51 minutes 3 seconds: on Benny Safdie being the biggest casting downgrade in film history.
59 minutes 51 seconds: on Nolan's Odyssey ending.
1 hour 10 minutes 42 seconds: how Zach accidentally got a ticket to The Odyssey in 4DX initially.
1 hour 22 minutes: how different generations of film viewers perceive Christopher Nolan's filmography.

Episode 32.
Intro by Sampson Hollander.
This episode is a reaction to Steven Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day.
First 14 minutes are spent discussing how Spielberg has made so many classics, and how he fits within the ranks of other cinema pioneers.
At 14 minutes 17 seconds onwards we talk about the plot of Disclosure Day.
15 minutes 50 seconds on Spielberg's use of the MacGuffin technique.
18 minutes 49 seconds on Philip K. Dick's influence on Spielberg's work.
25 minutes 33 seconds on Spielberg making a movie set in the present day.
34 minutes 33 seconds on Spielberg drawing from documentary sources regarding UFOs and aliens to write the script.
44 minutes 23 seconds: "I think if you don't like this movie you don't like Steven Spielberg."
46 minutes 38 second mark SPOILER ALERT: the scene that makes or breaks if you like the movie.
1 hour 5 minutes 3 seconds onwards on the ending of Disclosure Day.
1 hour 9 minutes 49 seconds on the discussion about actual disclosure of alien life taking place in recent years.
1 hour 14 minutes 15 seconds pushing back on the idea Spielberg is making one specific point with the film. The reality being he's setting the stage for moments depicting people lost in "the suspension of reality" all together.
1 hour 27 minutes 3 seconds on Disclosure Day being a spiritual film.

Episode 31. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a reaction to both Obsession and Backrooms. In it we compare the two movies' plots, while also analyzing the impact their combined box office successes will have on film culture, and the horror genre. First half of the episode we talk about Obsession, while at 38 minutes 55 seconds we shift to discussing Backrooms.

Episode 30.
Intro by Sampson Hollander.
This episode is a reaction to the new Michael biopic. The first 20 minutes are discussing the 2026 Cannes winners, while the analysis of the Michael movie begins at the 20 minute 33 seconds mark.
33 minutes 23 seconds: on the allegations against Michael Jackson.
48 minutes 14 seconds: on HIStory - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - BOOK I.
56 minutes 0 seconds: on Michael Jackson being murdered.

Episode 29.
Intro by Sampson Hollander.
This episode is a recap of the Epstein Files released so far, featuring special guest George Bye! We go over the Hillary Clinton deposition, how Pizzagate never goes away, and then touch on the Butler assassination attempt, as well as the Charlie Kirk assassination.
4 minutes 10 seconds: on Bannon's relationship with Epstein.
6 minutes 50 seconds: on Pizzagate connections coming up again.
7 minutes 7 seconds: on Hillary's deposition.
14 minutes 41 seconds: on Netanyahu blackmailing Bill Clinton with Lewinsky scandal.
15 minutes 47 seconds: on Hillary being asked about UFOs in her hearing.
20 minutes 2 seconds: on Ruemmler and Epstein relationship.
21 minutes 30 seconds: "John Brennan gave me the CIA Agency Medal (the CIA's hig=est award) this morning. How cool is that?"--Kathy Ruemmler
27 minutes 33 seconds: Boebert asks Hillary about Frazzledrip.
29 minutes 14 seconds: on Russiagate, Kamala Harris and Trump's enemies.
35 minutes 55 seconds: on Sandy Berger flying to Epstein Island, after destroying 9/11 investigation documents.
37 minutes 29 seconds: on the Epstein email gaps surrounding when 9/11 happened.
41 minutes 30 seconds: on the Pizzagate coded language appearing in the Epstein Files.
49 minutes 43 seconds: on an especially creepy Ghislaine Maxwell email.
51 minutes 41 seconds: on intentional disinformation contained in Epstein Files releases.
1 hour 0 minutes 54 seconds: "as you know I represent the Rothschilds."--Jeffrey Epstein
1 hour 9 minutes 39 seconds: on Eric Weinstein's meeting with Epstein, proving how Epstein and Ghislaine were never subtle.
1 hour 13 minutes 52 seconds: on the weird Epstein selfies released.
1 hour 18 minutes 41 seconds: on Ghislaine Maxwell.
1 hour 27 minutes 53 seconds: on Trump's appeal and how he survives controversy.
1 hour 29 minutes 6 seconds: why didn't Joe Biden use the Epstein Files against Trump?
1 hour 32 minutes 11 seconds: on the Butler rally assassination attempt.
1 hour 37 minutes 46 seconds: on Joe Kent insinuating Butler rally and Charlie Kirk assassination may have been connected to the current Iran War.
1 hour 39 minutes 28 seconds: why the official story about Charlie Kirk's murder, pertaining to the rifle, does not make sense.
1 hour 45 minutes 47 seconds: on George Zinn screaming out he shot Charlie moments after the killing.

Episode 28.
Intro by Sampson Hollander.
In this episode Austin and Zach talk about their trip to Ann Arbor, Michigan to attend the 2026 Ann Arbor Film Festival. They discuss the range of experimental films they loved and hated while there.
32 minute 51 seconds: "I once lived in a Boogodobiegodongo and I felt better."
45 minute 30 second mark Zach tells a story from attending the festival in 2018.
51 minute 44 second mark Austin and Zach give their thoughts about PTA finally winning Oscars.

Episode 27. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This episode is a preview show for the 2026 Academy Awards, which take place Sunday March 15th. In it we make predictions for every award winner, while also trashing Jacob Elordi, and discussing the BAFTA Tourette syndrome incident.

Episode 26. Intro by Sampson Hollander. This is an extended conversation about Béla Tarr's life and work, which includes his collaboration with Nobel Prize winning novelist László Krasznahorkai. 6 minute 21 second mark, on Herscht 07769. 11 minutes 13 seconds on the development of the Tarr style. 13 minutes 26 seconds Krasznahorkai's explanation on his long sentences: "the river is the words." 14 minutes 40 second mark on Werkmeister Harmonies and The Melancholy of Resistance. 37 minutes 56 second mark on a great monologue from Damnation. 40 minutes 8 seconds "storytelling is bullshit." 42 minutes 25 second mark on Tarr's perspective on spirituality and the Bible. 47 minutes 8 second mark on The Turin Horse. 58 minutes 44 seconds Tarr's impact on fiction. 1 hour 2 minutes 31 seconds in a great quote from The Melancholy of Resistance is read. 1 hour 5 minutes 48 second mark on Satantango. 1 hour 25 minutes 1 seconds on slow cinema as a mode of filmmaking. 1 hour 35 minutes 42 seconds on The Outsider. 1 hour 39 minutes 39 seconds SPOILER for key scene being different in movie, as compared to Satantango book. 1 hour 43 minutes 29 seconds on Tarr's heavy stylistic reinforcements.