Razor's Ink Podcast with Jonathan B. Ferrini
I am a published author of nearly one hundred original, diverse, fiction stories and poems. Check out my story collection at jonathanferrini.com.Razor's Ink is my weekly take on movies, television and music. So pour yourself a drink, pull up a chair, and let's explore together!I received my MFA in motion picture and television production from UCLA. www.jonathanferrini.com Razorsinkpodcast@gmail.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonathan-b-ferrini-9ababa2b Hearts Without Sleeves: Twenty-Three Stories by Jonathan Ferrini now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/4aHS6EEDonations to the RazorsInkPodcast may be made at: http://paypal.me/RazorsinkPodcast
Dreamland (Movie 2019)
Breaking down the story and finding the anatomy of a near-great film.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Movie 1999)
The Art of Becoming Someone Else
Why I Keep Coming Back to "Baby Driver" (Movie 2017)
Sound, Style, and Precision: The Secret Engine of Baby Driver
Revisiting "A Single Man" (Movie 2009)
Cinema by Design; Style as Survival.
Greatest Electric Guitarist of All Time?
What “Greatest” Really Means. You'll know it when you hear it.
The Public as Performer
The Hidden Economy of Reality Television
The Public as Performer
The Hidden Economy of Reality Television
The Public as Performer
The Hidden Economy of Reality Television
“The Studio That Discovered Everyone”
A long overdue, "Thank you".
Why Does Bonnie and Clyde Still Work Today?
“Two beautiful outlaws, a broken system, and a country ready to rebel."
Why Can’t I Stop Watching "The Last Picture Show" (Movie 1971)
Still Watching, Still Seeing a Black‑and‑White Memory of America
Four Singer-Songwriters in Terminal C (Music)
“How Four Singer-Songwriters Might Write One Song”
Why "Fitzcarraldo" Still Matters in 2026” (Movie 1982)
Opera in the Jungle; Dreams; Delusion; and a War of Egos on the Set.
Transactional Masculinity inside "American Gigolo" & "Sweet Bird of Youth" (Movies)
Find out inside my podcast what happens when being wanted becomes a man's only currency.
The Story of Boxing Movies
Training for the Fight and "The Sweet Science".
No Country for Old Men (Movie) Part II
Comparing two bookend movies: No Country for Old Men and The Last Picture Show as portraits of the American west where meaning fades, then vanishes entirely.
No Country for Old Men (Movie 2007)
Darkness, Silence, Fate, and Chance create the antithesis of a western movie.
Five Hundred Miles (Music)
Where Love Is Worth the Distance
Hollywood After the Studio Moguls
The Funeral Before the Film: What the Logos Are Really Telling You
“Mexican Radio” (Music 1982)
A complex song about a radio signal that didn’t ask permission to cross the border.
The Movie Director in the Frame
The Psychology of the Director Cameo
The Righteous Brothers (Singer-Songwriters)
Blue Eyed Soul. Still righteous, still soul.
Judgment at Nuremberg (Movie 1961)
A film analysis including the terrifying idea of "evil by procedure" and contemplating was justice complete?
Warren Zevon (Singer-songwriter)
Songs written like news dispatches filed after midnight from the field, providing no comfort or a way out, but staying with the damage reported.
Broderick Crawford (Actor)
Breaking Hollywood’s Mold: Broderick Crawford’s Enduring Influence.
The Heart of Films About Love
Lessons from Midnight Cowboy and Moonstruck
Five Easy Pieces (Movie 1970)
Silence as damage; masculinity; male withdrawal; and class identity.
Boogie Nights (Movie 1997)
Casting, characters, and critique of a film about pornographic movie making.
Nazis on the Run: 1970’s Cinema’s Reflection on Justice, Trauma, and Survival.
The Odessa File, The Boys from Brazil, and Marathon Man explore post-war anxieties, unfinished justice, and the lingering effects of history.
Boiler Room (Movie 2000)
Ambition, Ethics, and the Cost of Belonging in Wall Street’s Get-Rich-Quick Culture
Seventies Cinema: Hollywood’s Golden Decade
Creative Freedom; Cultural Shifts; Gutsy Studio Chiefs; and Rebel Filmmakers spark innovation.
Humor and Division: Lessons from 1970s Television
All in the Family; The Jeffersons; Sanford and Son; Good Times; Chico and the Man.
Sidekicks of Subversion Inside Early Television
How Eddie Haskell (Leave it to Beaver) and Maynard G. Krebs (Dobie Gillis) shaped American television of the fifties to early sixties.
“Lyrics, Life, and Legacy: My Trio of Timeless Albums”
Simon and Garfunkel; Dylan; and Steely Dan.
The Bedford Incident (Movie. 1965)
Brinkmanship at sea during the cold war offering enduring lessons for a world on edge.
The Andy Griffith Show (TV. 1963-68)
The "Mayberry" sitcom providing escapism for the tumultuous sixties.
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (Movie 2019)
What the film got right and wrong about Hollywood of 1969.
Glengarry Glen Ross (Movie 1992)
What does the character “Ricky Roma” teach us about dialogue?
“Best Actor” to character actor
How did winning the OSCAR affect two acting careers?
Bac Sai “Physician” (Short Story)
Listen to me “set the stage” from the opening pages of a dying surgeon’s tattered diary revealing an extraordinary life filled with love and loss.
