Foxfire Farmhouse

25/08/2023

Bluray and Lego giveaway happening soon! Follow our podcast here on Facebook to be entered to win the movie. Listen to the episode dropping on Tuesday, August 29 to win the Lego set. Cheers!

23/08/2023

If you want the chance to win an epic "Raiders of the Lost Ark" LEGO set or to win a copy of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," follow us on Facebook or Instagram and tune into next week's episode of the show!

All the details are in our story.

Cheers!

15/08/2023

New episode today! For the first time in Foxfire Farmhouse Podcast history, we have a guest on the show. Meet Brian Du, a Tulsa-based filmmaker who writes and directs absurdist comedy short films for Foxfire Films. Listen to Josh and Brian tell about how they met and the projects they worked on together. Then hear about Brian's most recent projects - one of which landed him at the West Sound Film Festival here in Bremerton, Washington.

For the first time in Foxfire Farmhouse Podcast history, we have a guest on the show. Meet Brian Du, a Tulsa-based filmmaker who writes and directs absurdist comedy short films. Listen to Josh and Brian tell about how they met and the projects they worked on together. Then hear about Brian's most re...

08/08/2023

Welcome to the Aftershow! A fresh new episode one week early! Here's the thing. We usually sit around and talk movies and culture long after the recorder has been shut down. This time, we decided to let the recorder roll and provide bonus content for the podcast.

This time, our conversation explored Lewis and Tolkien's thoughts about Walt Disney and his classic animated feature "Snow White." You probably won't be surprised to know that Lewis and Tolkien didn't like it. However, you might be surprised at what G.K. Chesterton had to say about it.

"But wait!" you shout at your phone's screen. "Chesterton wasn't even alive when Snow White was released!" You are correct! Let me first assure you that we have no evil necromancy happening today. Rather, we consult his immortal words in his short essay called, "A Defense of Penny Dreadfuls" to imagine what he might have had to say to Lewis and Tolkien as they walked out of the theater.

For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at [email protected]. Cheers!

01/08/2023

A new episode of the Foxfire Farmhouse Podcast is live now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts!

If you've ever tried to create something--an innovative technology, a small business, a movie script, a sermon (you get the idea)--you know it can take an enormous amount of energy and attention and still not be any good. So how did literary giants like C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien manage to produce so much and so great literature through their lifetime. Aside from their natural gifts and particular upbringings, they also had something else: each other.

Thanks to the work of Diana Pavlac Gyler, the collaboration of the the literary group known as the "Inklings" has been laid out for us to examine. In this episode, Josh and Elijah explore her takeaways from years of studying this group and consider how we can apply this to our own creative endeavors today.

The book is called "Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings" by Diana Pavlac Gyler.

Here are the "Cool Things" Josh and Elijah recommended in today's show.

Machine Gun Preacher
Watership Down

For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at [email protected]. Cheers!

the Podcast FOXFIRE FARMHOUSE: THE PODCAST is a bi-weekly dive into all things storytelling and digital media. Josh Bartels & Elijah Hayman started the podcast in 2021 as an invitation to story lovers young and old to think more deeply about the stories we consume. You can find the podcast onAPPLE P...

14/06/2022

It's almost impossible to talk about the craft and history of filmmaking without reference to George Lucas's Star Wars trilogy. And so it's time that Josh and Elijah deal with the subject head on. Sit down and listen to us discuss what we like about Star Wars and what we don't like about the Wars fo...

07/06/2022

Filmmaking takes work. It takes courage. It takes business smarts. Join Josh and Elijah as they chat about how they hope to tell stories with digital media. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions...

17/05/2022

The creative process is not exactly a straight line from idea to completion. Instead, it's a zig-zag from good idea to bad idea and back again. Josh and Elijah talk through this dynamic of making things and how it applies to movie making. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our webs...

10/05/2022

No fluff. Just another review of another animated movie: The Lego Movie. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at....

09/05/2022

03/05/2022

"Freedom!" After being mocked, canceled, egged, starved to death, tarred and feathered, and forced to run across broken glass Die Hard-style, Josh finally watched Mel Gibson's "Braveheart." Listen in to hear what he thinks of the movie and why it might be the first "R" rated movie Elijah will show h...

26/04/2022

Are movies dead? Some say that movies are following the dodo bird out of town; but what do the guys at the Farmhouse think? Join Elijah and Josh to think through the naysayer's claims. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comment...

19/04/2022

The team turns their sights on Pixar's newest flick, "Turning Red". TLDR: It's not good. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram...

12/04/2022

Few arts evoke emotion as potently as music. It can move your or water your eyes. It's a powerful magic that can serve both evil and good. How do we know which music reverberates truth and which turns our hearts toward evil? That's some of what we attempt to understand in today's episode of Foxfire Farmhouse.

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Few arts evoke emotion as potently as music. It can move your or water your eyes. It's a powerful magic that can serve both evil and good. How do we know whi...

12/04/2022

Few arts evoke emotion as potently as music. It can move your or water your eyes. It's a powerful magic that can serve both evil and good. How do we know which music reverberates truth and which turns our hearts toward evil? That's some of what Josh and Elijah attempt to understand in today's episod...

05/04/2022

No movie news. No cool things. Just a movie Review. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for future episode topics, reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram or email us at podcast@foxfirefarmho...

29/03/2022

The studio execs loved our Esther story so much they called and asked us to put together a pitch for a film rendition of the story of Samson. Listen in to hear Josh and Elijah toss around ideas about who should direct and star in "Samson: A Star Wars Story." For movie recommendations and commentary,...