By Jason Pyles
The first incarnation of this Considering the Cinema blog was launched way back in July of 2008, nearly 11 years ago. This was the first post. It began as a way for long-distance friends to keep in touch and continue to enjoy movies together.
My original partner in crime was a guy named Andy. We discussed unusual films, cinematic oddities. The site had a few great contributors whose opinions about film I respect. Believe it or not, that initial site was somewhat active for three years until July of 2011.
It was June of 2010 when I launched my first audio podcast, Considering the Sequels. We more or less took our blog and transformed it into a monthly podcast where we reviewed movie franchises.
Very long story short, that first show began a nine-year odyssey of podcasting for me. I hosted and produced several successful shows, most notably Movie Podcast Weekly and Horror Movie Podcast. Both belong to the illustrious Movie Podcast Network, which I helped to create. I also recorded a small solocast called Considering the Cinema. You can hear those four free episodes here:
MoviePodcast.Network/category/podcast/considering-the-cinema/
– Special Features 021: Considering the Themes of Batman Begins (2005)
– Considering the Cinema Ep. 003: Ephraim Katz and The Film Encyclopedia
– Considering the Cinema Ep. 002: A Very Scary Guy (Who Sleeps With the Fishes)
– Considering the Cinema Ep. 001: The Sympathetic Antagonist
Presently, at my day job, we have an in-house, company newspaper. Naturally, my film column for that monthly publication is called Considering the Cinema. Most of the blog posts that follow will be from that newspaper column, which I would note, is written for a broad, workplace audience rather than a bunch of cinephiles…
Recently, I’ve unplugged my podcasting microphone, so to speak, and I’m focusing my time and attention on other matters. But I will always love the cinema, film criticism and our community of friends and fellow cinephiles. Therefore, this humble website — my fourth incarnation of Considering the Cinema — will serve as my remaining home base for my occasional and irregular musings about film. This blog will have no set schedule, and in time, it may have a little audio podcast content, too. Nothing regular, but you’re welcome to join me.
On Twitter: @ConsiderCinema
This website: ConsideringTheCinema.com
Email: ConsideringTheCinema@gmail.com
Letterboxd: Letterboxd.com/ConsiderCinema
Thanks for checking in.
Sincerely,
Jason Pyles (aka “Jay of the Dead”)
So sad to see the podcast go. It was a constant companion. Hopefully I will occasionally hear all if you guys on other podcasts on the network. Good luck bro.
Thanks, Mike. I’m grateful that MPW meant something to you. It means a lot to me, too. The good news is, the guys are planning to try to keep it going. And yes, you’ll definitely be able to hear those guys on other Network productions, as well, especially Ryan.
As for me, I might record a movie-related solo-cast episode once in a while, and I’ll be posting movie-related blogs and continuing my micro reviews on Twitter @ ConsiderCinema.
Thanks!
-J
Hi Jason, MPW was one of my favourite podcast, really sad to hear that you was bowing out. You was one of the main reasons I listened. Have now unsubscribed from podcast. Just wanted to say thank you for the years of enjoyment you gave many people no doubt.
Steve
Thank you, Steve. I really appreciate your message. For what it’s worth, the MPW guys are continuing that show (with William Rowan Jr.). And I’m planning to release *occasional* solo podcasts here on this site. For instance, I have one that I’m posting in the next couple of days, if you’d like to give it a try. It won’t be very frequent, but I have some fun, low-key ideas for it over the next few months. Thanks again!
Jason