Wednesday, April 5, 2023
149. Paul Newman and Tom Cruise in Martin Scorcese and Richard Price's 'The Color of Money' (1986)
After a two-week hiatus...and a hilariously unexpected detour in our attempt to do "The Manchurian Candidate" on this episode, my guest Keir Graff and...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
148. 'Bobby Darin: Beyond The Song' (1998)
In the late 90s three 28-year-olds with zero documentary filmmaking experience re-ignited a college dorm room pipe dream about making a documentary ab...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
147. 'Avatar: The Way of Water' & the 4K 3D Re-release of 'Titanic'
James Cameron has made 3 of the top 4 highest-grossing films of all time, with a collective box office of more than EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS. Recently I ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
146. William Hurt, Holly Hunter, and Albert Brooks in James L. Brooks' 'Broadcast News' (1987)
Joined again by Full Cast and Crew spirit-animal Richard Brown for a deep discussion about James L. Brooks' 1987 picture 'Broadcast News', a stealthil...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
145. Grab Bag: Oscar Noms, Andrea Riseborough Controversy, Armie Hammer, Quentin Tarantino and More!
Hey, where you been? I guess it's me, not you...where have I been? Sitting through Avatar! THREE HOURS AND TWELVE MINUTES! Feel my pain. In this catc...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
144. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Bill Murray, Sarah Jessica Parker & Patricia Arquette in Tim Burton's 'Ed Wood' (1994)
A favorite on the podcast is 'movies about making movies' and Tim Burton's funny, moving, spot-on 1950's Hollywood cautionary tale/celebration of the ...
Thursday, January 5, 2023
143. Jack Nicholson & Faye Dunaway in Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, and Robert Evans' 'Chinatown' (1974)
'Chinatown' has it all: premium 1960's and 70's counter-cultural bona fides in Jack Nicholson and Robert Towne. The ultimate Robert Evans production,...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
143. The Full Cast and Crew Weird Christmas Spectacular: 'Black Christmas' (1974), 'An American Christmas Carol' (1979), Xmas eps from 'Alice' (1979) 'The Bob Newhart Show' (1972), Esoteric Christmas songs and MORE
As we wrap up the Full Cast and Crew year, I'm sharing some off-beat Christmas cheer with you all in this, our first-ever Weird Christmas Spectacular....
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
142. Steven Spielberg's 'The Fabelmans', W/Paul Dano, Michelle Williams, Judd Hirsch & Seth Rogen
A heartfelt appreciation about how good and truthful Steven Spielberg's deeply personal, funny, and moving film 'The Fabelmans' is. Go and see this ...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
141. 'Zodiac' (2007)
Thrilled to finally deep-dive into the making-of David Fincher's brilliant newspaper movie/police procedural/serial killer obsession film 'Zodiac'. To...
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
140. 'Meetup at the Movies': The Grateful Dead in Europe 1972
I originally recorded this episode as a dry-run for a forthcoming and entirely separate-from-FCAC limited-run podcast seriesI'm going to be doing in 2...
Monday, October 31, 2022
139. Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers, and Donald Pleasance in John Carpenter and Deborah Hill's 'Halloween' (1978)
Joined by frequent guest Frazer Rice (links to previous eps below), this week I dive into the fascinating backstory of the making-of John Carpenter's ...