Friday, June 28, 2024
193. 'Breaking Away' (1979)
Peter Yates' 'Breaking Away' is the greatest Townie Movie of all time. A heart-warming, feel-good film with an extraordinary sense of place.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
192. Brian DePalma's 'Scarface' (1983)
Say hello to my little podcast about Brian DePalma and Oliver Stone's 1983 Cocainesterpiece, 'Scarface'.
Friday, June 7, 2024
191. 'Scarface' (1932)
Before I get to Oliver Stone and Brian DePalma's 1983 Miami-set remake of 'Scarface'...here's a background episode about the 1932 'Scarface', written ...
Thursday, May 30, 2024
190. The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976)
One of the stranger and most poorly-marketed films of the 70's is Nicholas Gessner's adaptation of Laird Koenig's 1974 novel 'The Little Girl Who Live...
Thursday, May 23, 2024
189. Yacht Rock Spectacular!
It's almost Memorial Day Weekend in the States and that means it's time for Yacht Rock! The term didn't exist before the 2005 web series of the same n...
Monday, May 20, 2024
188. Dead & Company @ the Sphere Las Vegas, Night Three
Some thoughts on gratitude and appreciation, and a few anecdotes about how quickly humans go from wide-eyed wonder and astonishment to entitled self-c...
Saturday, May 18, 2024
187. Dead & Company @ Sphere Las Vegas, Night Two
OK so today in Las Vegas I learned it's "Sphere" and not "The Sphere". And we're back recording for posterity impressions of the 2nd night of the ina...
Friday, May 17, 2024
185. Dead & Company At The Sphere Las Vegas, Night One
Some thoughts on an extraordinary in-person collective entertainment experience...remember those??
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
185. The Women of 'Blade Runner 2049'
The female actors of 'Blade Runner 2049' are a huge part of the brilliance of Denis Villenueve's 2017 sequel to Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner'. They br...
Friday, April 19, 2024
184. 'Dune 2'
Denis Villenueve's masterpiece 2nd part of his 'Dune' trilogy.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
183. 'Get Shorty' (1995)
Barry Sonnenfeld and Scott Frank's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 crime novel 'Get Shorty' was the 2nd film that John Travolta made after returni...
Thursday, March 21, 2024
182. 'Sunset Boulevard' (1950) with Special Guest Brad Caleb Kane
I'm joined again by multi-hyphenate Brad Caleb Kane for a discussion about Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett's iconic 1950 satirical noir Hollywood ca...