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!

Recent Episodes

March 28, 2025

Leonardo DiCaprio Performances Movie Draft (w/ Mason Law)

As a belated companion to our Catch Me If You Can episode, we are doing a movie draft of Leonardo DiCaprio performances! Leo is arguably the biggest movie star of his era. Making the turn from young heartthrob to a medium for...
March 21, 2025

War Of The Worlds (w/ Mary & Dezerae of Nerds & Jesus)

With his adaptation of the sci-fi classic War of the Worlds, Spielberg continues his 2000s science fiction fun with yet another 9/11 coded film with a broken family and troubled father. Join me and the Nerds & Jesus podcast a...
March 14, 2025

Films for All Seasons (Interview w/ Abby Olcese)

Have you ever thought of watching movies as a spiritual practice? Abby Olcese’s book Film for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies explores this idea by taking the stories that inspired the church calendar ...
March 7, 2025

The Terminal (w/ Jen & Sarah of Movies & Us)

With The Terminal, Tom Hanks rejoins Steven Spielberg for their third collaboration and certainly their most lighthearted to date. This film represents some of the worst and best of Spielberg. It is charming and fun at times ...
Feb. 28, 2025

2025 Oscars Predictions & Best Films of 2024

The 2025 Oscars are here! With the ceremony coming up this Wednesday, I went through all the categories from production to design to cinematography to the big categories of acting, directing, and best picture. Some categories...
Feb. 20, 2025

Catch Me if You Can (w/ Abby Olcese)

What do you get when you combine the star studded power of Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with the blockbuster filmmaking genius of Steven Spielberg with a globe-trotting, fast paced crime drama? Turns out you get a really g...

Recent Blog Posts

March 11, 2024

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  

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Jan. 20, 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…

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Jan. 6, 2023

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.