{"podcast":{"title":"Director's Club","slug":"director-s-club-1054745","podcast_index_feed_id":1054745,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/directorsclubpodcast/","website_url":"https://jimlaczkowski.net","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/be2d631f-4432-4d06-a5e7-25677e27d61d/Director-s-Club.jpg","author":"Jim Laczkowski","episode_count":355,"summary":"A monthly show that reviews a director per episode focusing on two titles. Episodes 123-172 were hosted by Brad & Al. As of 2022, new episodes will be hosted by Jim and/or Bill. As of 2027, a new host will take over!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T12:21:46.292387+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745"},"episode":{"title":"Bonus Episode: Sneakers Commentary Track (feat. Erik Childress)","slug":"bonus-episode-sneakers-commentary-track-feat-erik-childress","published_at":"2026-07-20T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745/bonus-episode-sneakers-commentary-track-feat-erik-childress","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745","url":"https://jimlaczkowski.net","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f84386cd-b61e-41d7-b33c-8ff1c396c8d3.mp3","summary":"At first I was going to simply just write about my love of Phil Alden Robinson's spy thriller, Sneakers (1992) , but then I decided it was time to start recording my voice again in hopes of returning to our regularly scheduled program next month. Since I needed something to lift my spirits, I asked friend and Chicago Film Critic Erik Childress to join me to talk for 2 hours all about a movie that means a lot to me. Another \"Jim and his dad love this movie\" example. Instead of only talking about why it's so great as a bonus episode, I thought a feature-length commentary track was in order, something I haven't done since recording last year with Bill Ackerman for the 4K release of At Close Range , another all-time favorite that I'd consider to be underrated. Erik was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to play a game a Scrabble, hop inside an unmarked van and wire-tap a mathematician in order to get our voyeuristic kicks. Even if you're not a fan or don't own this film to listen along as the film plays, feel free to simply just listen us nerd out for a couple hours about this all-star ensemble cast killing it every step of the way. It's a prescient film that has a lot to say and manages to be a blast the whole way through. Grateful to Erik and hope you enjoy what we have to say here! 00:00 - 05:31 - Intro 05:32 - 02:11:17 - Commentary Track 02:11:18 - 02:17:59 - Outro","meta_description":"At first I was going to simply just write about my love of Phil Alden Robinson's spy thriller, Sneakers (1992) , but then I decided it was time to start r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8279,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/director-s-club-1054745/episodes/bonus-episode-sneakers-commentary-track-feat-erik-childress/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745/bonus-episode-sneakers-commentary-track-feat-erik-childress.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}