Tuesday, August 1, 2023
161. The 'Godfather' Films W/ 'The Godfather Gang' author and 'The Offer' producer Ernest Lupinacci
I'm joined by legendary ad-man-turned brand-identity guru, author, screenwriter, and producer Ernest Lupinacci to talk all things 'The Godfather' and ...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
160. How to Listen to Dead & Company
An episode about 40 years of fandom and learning to actively listen to music while being of an age that can appreciate the collective experience of De...
Friday, July 7, 2023
159. 'Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny'
I went and saw the new Indiana Jones movie at the Drive-In.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
158. Film Scores I Have Loved Before
An email from a listener got me thinking about film scores that I actually listen to and love, so this episode shares a handful of classic and contemp...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
157. 40 Glimpses of Paul Newman in 'The Verdict'
This week's companion episode to my previous episode about Sidney Lumet's 'The Verdict' is for the craft purists, the Newman obsessives, and the actin...
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
156. Paul Newman in Sidney Lumet & David Mamet's 'The Verdict' (1982)
One of my very favorite films and featuring one of Paul Newman's favorite performances, Sidney Lumet's 'The Verdict' has grown in stature and apprecia...
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
155. Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in 'Moneyball' (2011)
Bennett Miller was the 3rd director attached to the adaptation of Michael Lewis' classic baseball non-fiction book 'Moneyball', after Steven Soderberg...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
154. Robert Altman's 'Nashville' (1975)
I'm joined by frequent FCAC Guest Star Richard Brown as we explore the many possible reactions to Robert Altman and Joan Tewksbury's 'Nashville'...a f...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
153. Warren Zevon's David Letterman Appearances
The 2003 episode that David Letterman devoted entirely to a single guest, Warren Zevon, stands out as one of Dave's signature episodes and the frank a...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
152. Twenty-Two Glimpses of Jeff Spicoli
Sean Penn's committed, beyond-his-years performance as Jeff Spicoli is one of the great and most-storied American film acting performances, full stop....
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
151. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe's 1982 adaptation of Crowe's book 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' is a classic that rises above the low-brow teen-sex ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
150. Russell Crowe & Al Pacino in Michael Mann's 'The Insider' (1999)
Following his 1995 crime epic 'Heat', Michael Mann was in a position to do most any film he desired to do. So when Disney Studios ponied up north of 9...