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Hosted by Jeremy Bear and Daniel Long · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 64 episodes
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The Freshman Fifteen is a film discussion podcast in which, each season, we highlight the freshman films of fifteen notable directors.
Jeremy Bear and Daniel Long hosts The Freshman Fifteen, a tv show with 64 episodes published.
The Freshman Fifteen celebrates ten years of podcasting! Jeremy and Daniel are joined by their good friend Jeff Jensen to look back on a decade of film discussions with a particular focus on their ten Oscars Specials. Th
What? More Freshman 15? The boys are back with a long-awaited 37th episode, this time featuring Academy Award-winning renaissance director Steven Soderbergh and his 1989 freshman film, Sex, Lies and Videotape. Jeremy rev
It's our 10th Oscars Special! Jeremy, Daniel and Jeff return for a spoiler-free discussion of the year's Best Picture nominees and this time we've invited a few friends to join in. At the end of this longest-ever episode
Jeremy, Daniel and Jeff Jensen reconvene, New York Times-style, to count down the 10 greatest freshman films of the 21st Century (so far). They've conferred and collaborated and they're presenting their findings to you.
Oscars 2025! Once again, Jeremy and Jeff Jensen take to the mics for a spoiler-free discussion of the year's Best Picture nominees. Following a lengthy deep-dive into the 10 films in question, the three hosts submit thei
In a bonus discussion cut from our 2024 Oscars Special, Jeff Jensen reads a prepared essay comparing Alexander Payne's nominated film The Holdovers to the 1970s films that inspired it.
In the 2024 edition of the Freshman Fifteen Oscar Specials, Jeremy and Daniel are once again joined by Jeff Jensen for a spoiler-free discussion of the year's Best Picture nominees. Following a lengthy deep-dive into the
F15 is back with our SECOND October episode and the final entry in our comedy block. This time, we turn our focus to SNL alumn and Academy Award winner Adam McKay and his 2004 freshman film, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Proving themselves the most unreliable podcast ever, The Freshman Fifteen stumbles back in for part two of a no-longer summer series focusing on comedy directors. This time: New Zealand actor/writer/director Taika Waitit
After a lengthy hiatus, The Freshman Fifteen is back to kick off a new summer series focusing on comedy directors. First up: legendary writer/director/producer Judd Apatow and his 2005 film, The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Jerem
In the seventh of their annual Oscar Specials, Jeremy and Daniel are, as always, joined by author and pop entertainment maven Jeff Jensen for a spoiler-free discussion of the the 2023 Best Picture nominees. Following a l
A Freshman Fifteen exclusive conversation with director Alison Star Locke about her freshman film, The Apology (a dark thriller starring Anna Gunn, Linus Roache and Janeane Garofalo). Jeremy speaks with Alison about the
In this longest-ever episode, Jeremy and Daniel take a break from their podcast break to talk Academy Awards with the ever-faithful, ever-brilliant pop culture maniac Jeff Jensen once again. As always, it's a spoiler-fre
A Freshman Fifteen exclusive interview with director Fred Munk about his freshman documentary, the 2021 Netflix Original 'Why Did You Kill Me?' Jeremy speaks with Fred about the artform of documentary, the responsibility
It's not a fake-out, it's true: Daniel is back to talk Oscars! He and Jeremy sit down with longtime friend and entertainment guru Jeff Jensen for a spoiler-free discussion of the 2021 Academy Awards nominees in the categ
Director Alexander Payne takes center stage in this episode's conversation as we take a look at his 1996 freshman film comedy, Citizen Ruth.
In our first animated feature entry, we focus our virtual cameras on Pixar's Toy Story, the 1995 freshman film of director and animator John Lasseter. Jeremy digs into the cinematography side of 3D-animated storytelling
In a bonus discussion cut from the Reservoir Dogs episode, Daniel and Jeremy close the book on one of the enduring mysteries surrounding the end of the film: Who shot Nice Guy Eddie? Also, some thoughts about reasonable
After an indefensibly long hiatus, The Freshman Fifteen returns to kick off a new volume of freshman films with Quentin Tarantino's legendary 1992 film, Reservoir Dogs. Daniel is conflicted about how to respond to direct
Jeremy once again sits with longtime friend/guest/honorary co-host of the podcast, award-winning Watchmen writer Jeff Jensen with a spoiler-free discussion of the Best Picture nominees in the 2020 Oscar race. The two ran
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The Freshman Fifteen is hosted by Jeremy Bear and Daniel Long. The show is categorised under tv (film) and has published 64 episodes.
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