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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXlasOW3Ll8

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,...

22/03/2022

What is the imagination and how does it contribute to the life of faith? Josh and Elijah think out loud about the role of the imagination in art and life in this week's installment of Foxfire Farmhouse: the Podcast. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhou...

15/03/2022

Is any good? Josh says, "Meh." Elijah says "Amazing!" What's your take?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DZWqUEKe58

It's another night in Gotham. The streets are soaked in shadow and dripping with fear. Criminals hide from a masked man who wants to interfere with their da...

15/03/2022

It's another night in Gotham. The streets are soaked in shadow and dripping with fear. Criminals hide from a masked man who wants to interfere with their dark purposes. But in a small farmhouse on the edge of town, two aspiring filmmakers fight over whether or not the Batman is all that he's cracked...

08/03/2022

Don't let the title fool you. The movie, "Calvary", is not a Sunday school adaptation of the crucifixion of our Lord. This movie is a gory depiction of someone else's crucifixion. Elijah and I follow Father James through his own passion week and attempt to unravel the threads of hope this movie offers to all those who find themselves on a cross.

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!




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Don't let the title fool you. The movie, "Calvary", is not a Sunday school adaptation of the crucifixion of our Lord. This movie is a gory depiction of someo...

08/03/2022

Don't let the title fool you. The movie, "Calvary", is not a Sunday school adaptation of the crucifixion of our Lord. This movie is a gory depiction of someone else's crucifixion. Come along with Elijah and Josh as they follow Father James through his own passion week and attempt to unravel the thre...

05/03/2022

With the war in Ukraine popping up everywhere from social media to church prayer meetings, I wanted to recommend a movie that would help people think through the nature of war. In one sense, all movies about war can be a catalyst to deeper reflection, but not all movies about war encourage that reflection. Some films might even discourage it.

"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" stares war in the face and does not offer simple solutions to conflict. Instead, it shows us that war is in our hearts before it is ever on our doorstep. It shows us how only our commitment to love and mercy can create peace. Like James says, "What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel." (James 4:1-2)

If you want to watch a well-crafted movie that struggles with the nature of war, watch "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."

01/03/2022

Today, we take a detour on the highway of digital media to examine a video game-Bioshock: Infinite. Elijah and Josh think out loud about how video game designers tell stories and how that compares to filmmaking.

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!

https://youtu.be/K_mnt9zRWlA

Today, we take a detour on the highway of digital media to examine a video game-Bioshock: Infinite. Elijah and Josh think out loud about how video game desig...

01/03/2022

Today, we take a detour on the highway of digital media to examine a video game-Bioshock: Infinite. Elijah and Josh think out loud about how video game designers tell stories and how that compares to filmmaking. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.c...

22/02/2022

If you watched Marvel's "Eternals" without comparing it to "Toy Story", then you are doing movies all wrong. Where "Eternals" fails, "Toy Story" shines. For more movie recommendations and commentary, go to our website, www.FoxfireFarmhouse.com. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for...

16/02/2022

Love stories. Most of the movies we enjoy include a romantic angle, even when the movie doesn't fall into the romance genre. Why? Why do love stories catch our attention? Why do they creep into high action movies or thrillers or even create an entire genre? Today, Josh and Elijah attempt to sort this out and figure out what makes a good romance movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmMyr33rKos

We're just in time to be a day late for Valentine's Day! To celebrate this season of flowers and chocolates and monogramed candy hearts we are here to discus...

15/02/2022

We're just in time to be a day late for Valentine's Day! To celebrate this season of flowers and chocolates and monogramed candy hearts we are here to discuss romance movies. Whether you love romance films or hate them, you cannot deny the centrality of the romantic relationship to the grand order o...