Reel Roundtable – Ep. 5: Reel Roundtable's First Guest
We grill fellow film student and sound design expert Jacob on how audio shapes cinema across genres—probing blockbuster booms, indie silences, and everything in-between. From "sound mistakes in major releases" to "upgrading classics with Dolby Atmos," we hit targeted questions of deep conversational flow. Game: Pitch your own movie ideas.

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Tell us your all time favorite sound moments in movies and why you love them so much.

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In Episode 6, we sit down to rank some of the weirdest characters that cinema has even given us. Prepare for some more heated moments, of which you may actually physically see...

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Reel Roundtable – Ep. 4: Discussing our favorite Directors

We pit three visionary directors against each other: Ridley Scott’s epic world-building, Edgar Wright’s kinetic pop-culture mashups, and Stanley Kubrick’s icy perfectionism. Lightning game: Name a director's filmography.

Main Movies mentioned:

Alien (1979)

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Last Night in Soho (2023)

The Running Man (2025)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

Paths of Glory (1957)

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In Episode 5, we sit down to talk with our first guest on the podcast, a fellow film student and friend of the podcast who specializes in sound.

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Reel Roundtable – Ep. 3: Giving our Hot Takes

We share our juicest film hot takes and determine which of us has the most baffling ones to share.

Main movies mentioned:

Rocky III (1982)

Eternals (2021)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Halloween III (1982)

Avatar (2009)

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

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Tell us your all time juiciest hot takes.

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In Episode 4, we each discuss a prominent film director and what we consider to be both their best and worst film. You can also share your all-time favorite directors on our socials.

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