The Establishing Shot

The Establishing Shot

Not your typical movie review podcast! The Establishing Shot centers around deep dives into the filmographies of directors, covering their films episode by episode. This is not just about reviewing their movies but looking deeper at what influences, themes, and filmmaking techniques are used across a director's body of work. Join me and my array of guest hosts as we give you an establishing shot of these directors and their films along with fun segments like movie news, movie drafts, bad movie of the week, and recommendations of the week!

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Amistad
Nov. 15, 2024

Amistad

Spielberg’s Amistad, the telling of a true historical event in which enslaved Africans took over their slave ship and were then captured and put on trial to determine their freedom, has some things going for it. It looks gre…
Top 5 Underrated Movies (w/ Jean-Pierre Boudreaux)
Nov. 8, 2024

Top 5 Underrated Movies (w/ Jean-Pierre Boudreaux)

Sometimes critics or the general public get a movie wrong! This week, we let you know which movies deserve reconsideration or a revisit with our Top 5 Underrated Movies. These are movies that were critical flops or just cons…
The Lost World: Jurassic Park ( w/ Jean-Pierre Boudreaux)
Nov. 1, 2024

The Lost World: Jurassic Park ( w/ Jean-Pierre Boudreaux)

A few years after the most successful year of his entire career, Spielberg released what he called his first true sequel in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Our discussion revolves around the fun elements of this film and it’s…
Superhero Movies, Examining Pop-Culture, & the History of Police in Film (Interview w/ Joe George)
Oct. 25, 2024

Superhero Movies, Examining Pop-Culture, & the History of Police in Film (Interview w/ Joe George)

Joe George is a writer for several publications including Den of Geek and Think Christian, but he also wrote a book exploring superhero movies through a theological lens: The Superpowers and the Glory. This week we discuss h…
Schindler's List (w/ Joe George)
Oct. 18, 2024

Schindler's List (w/ Joe George)

Schindler’s List is almost undeniably Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, the pinnacle of his career, and releasing just 6 months after the record breaking Jurassic Park. However, it didn’t come without its struggles on an emoti…
Science Gone Wrong Movie Draft (w/ Christiaan Funkhouser)
Oct. 11, 2024

Science Gone Wrong Movie Draft (w/ Christiaan Funkhouser)

Sometimes science goes all wrong, and sometimes that happens in movies! This week we do a draft of our favorite movies where some sort of scientific endeavor goes all wrong, whether technological, biological, or sometimes bo…
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Recent Blog Posts

Reviews of 2024 Oscar Nominations

Click the images below to see my reviews for these Oscar nominated films! Episode 35: 2024 Oscars Predictions & Best Films of 2023  

Review: Aftersun (2022)

How do we process our memories? How do we wrestle with who our loved ones really are? How do we deal with revelations about our past? This film is an incredible example of this processing, wrestling, engaging with our past and the ones we spent it w…

Review: Columbus (2017)

Asymmetrical, yet perfectly balanced.  This quote about one of the church buildings featured here is a perfect summation of the feel of this film. It is impeccably shot, and I was blown away by the way Kogonada uses the space to both captu…
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About the Host

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Eli Price

The Establishing Shot Creator and Host

I live in Lafayette, LA with my wife and two children where I work at a university college ministry. I have a Masters of Divinity specializing in Christian Apologetics from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. I am an avid cinephile who has a passion for helping others learn more about film, which is why I started The Establishing Shot podcast.