Thursday, March 14, 2024
181. All of Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth Scenes from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
The second in my growing collection of episodes devoted to 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'...this time it's an episode celebrating all the brilliant C...
Monday, March 11, 2024
180. Oscars 2024 Recap
It's my annual Oscar Recap. And Killers of the Flower Moon wuz robbed!
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
179. 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019)
All of Leonardo DiCaprio's scenes as Rick Dalton in Quentin Tarantino's movie-making love-letter 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' If you're new to the ...
Monday, February 26, 2024
178. Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in Alan J. Pakula's 'Klute' (1971)
Alan J. Pakula deserves more attention and respect as one of the grestest American film directors of any era. His run of films in the 70's, from 'Klu...
Thursday, February 15, 2024
177. The Third Man (1949)
Carol Reed and Graham Greene's iconic post-war neo noir classic 'The Third Man'. A perfect movie. Steven Soderbergh calls it the only movie you need t...
Friday, February 9, 2024
176. The Long Good Friday
In which my evolving, complicated relationship with the crowd-pleasing John 'Frenzy' MacKenzie's exuberant, vibe-y classic 'The Long Good Friday' is f...
Thursday, January 25, 2024
175. The King Crimson documentary
Director Toby Amies and I discuss his excellent and unexpected documentary 'In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50'.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
174. James Cameron's 'Aliens' and David Fincher's 'Alien 3'
Ridley Scott's brilliant 1979 sci-fi/horror classic 'Alien' burnished his deserved reputation as bold re-interpreter of techno-dystopian futurism and ...
Thursday, December 14, 2023
173. 'Withnail & I' (1987)
One of the most quotable and iconic of British films, born out of writer/director Bruce Robinson's personal experiences and shepherded to the big scre...
Thursday, November 30, 2023
172. 'The French Connection' (1971)
Billy Friedkin's iconic 1971 game-changing NYC police procedural/car chase classic 'The French Connection' has a fascinating backstory and making-of h...
Thursday, November 9, 2023
171. 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle' (1973)
Peter Yates was quietly one of the most interesting film directors of his time. His seminal 1967 British train-robbery film 'Robbery' got him noticed ...
Thursday, October 26, 2023
170. Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro, and Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorcese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Martin Scorcese's new film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' is in many ways his magnum opus; it's a film carefully wrought with all of his and his product...