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 ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
138. We Get Letters!
These are our listeners! And this week, after a couple recommendations for the listeners, I'm reading feedback helpful and otherwise. Out of the mouth...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
137. Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, and Louise Fletcher in 'Brainstorm'
After my last episode with the wonderful, artfully creepy 'The Dead Zone'...I wanted more. More Walken. More Sci-Fi. More 1983. And then Louise Fle...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
136. Christopher Walken in David Cronenberg's adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Dead Zone' (1983)
Jason is joined by frequent FCAC contributor Richard Brown as they discuss David Cronenberg's atypical (for Cronenberg) film of Stephen King's novel "...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
135. 'Star Wars' (1977)
The making of George Lucas' first 'Star Wars' film is an incredible saga unto itself. The global success of 'Star Wars' and how it changed the film bu...
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
134. Helen Mirren & Michael Sheen in Stephen Frears & Peter Morgan's 'The Queen' (2006)
Current events lead me to revisit 'The Queen' (2006), which, in addition to being an actor's movie of the highest caliber, offers a more nuanced appra...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
133. Peter Berg, Paul Gross & 'Aspen Extreme' (1993)
Summer's over and it's time to transition to winter and that means SKI FILMS. Avoiding pap like "Ski School" and "Hot Dog: The Movie" we are instead t...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
132. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino & Michael Mann's 'Heat' (1995) and 'Heat 2' (2022)
Michael Mann's 'Heat' is many things; intensely beloved Los Angeles crime saga, De Niro-and-Pacino-onscreen-together curiosity, technically brilliant ...