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184. 'Dune 2'
Full Cast And Crew - April 19, 2024 21:16 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 91 ratingsDenis Villenueve's masterpiece 2nd part of his 'Dune' trilogy.
183. 'Get Shorty' (1995)
Full Cast And Crew - April 09, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsBarry Sonnenfeld and Scott Frank's adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 crime novel 'Get Shorty' was the 2nd film that John Travolta made after returning to top stardom with a bang in Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction'. This vibe-y, enjoyable, smartly-written and brilliantly-acted mid-90's example of th...
182. 'Sunset Boulevard' (1950) with Special Guest Brad Caleb Kane
Full Cast And Crew - March 21, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsI'm joined again by multi-hyphenate Brad Caleb Kane for a discussion about Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett's iconic 1950 satirical noir Hollywood cautionary tale 'Sunset Boulevard' and various other digressions!
181. All of Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth Scenes from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
Full Cast And Crew - March 14, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsThe 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 Cliff Booth scenes...scenes representing some of Brad Pitt's finest acting to date and the heart and soul of Tarantino's greatest homage to the Hol...
180. Oscars 2024 Recap
Full Cast And Crew - March 11, 2024 17:24 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 91 ratingsIt's my annual Oscar Recap. And Killers of the Flower Moon wuz robbed!
179. 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' (2019)
Full Cast And Crew - March 05, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsAll 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 podcast, there's an episode just for you. Previous All Their Scenes episodes: Phillip Seymour Hoffman in 'Charlie Wilson's War' Michael...
179. All of Leonardo Dicaprio's Rick Dalton Scenes from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
Full Cast And Crew - March 05, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsAll 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 podcast, there's an episode just for you. Previous All Their Scenes episodes: Phillip Seymour Hoffman in 'Charlie Wilson's War' Michael...
178. 'Klute' (1971)
Full Cast And Crew - February 26, 2024 21:48 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsAlan 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 'Klute' to 'The Parallax View' to 'All The President's Men'...all brilliantly shot by Cinematographer Gordon Willis (The Godfather films)...are as imp...
178. Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in Alan J. Pakula's 'Klute' (1971)
Full Cast And Crew - February 26, 2024 21:48 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsAlan 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 'Klute' to 'The Parallax View' to 'All The President's Men'...all brilliantly shot by Cinematographer Gordon Willis (The Godfather films)...are as imp...
177. 'The Third Man' (1949)
Full Cast And Crew - February 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsCarol 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 to watch in order to learn how to make a movie. In this episode I cover the making of, the battles between David O. Selznick, Alexander Korda, Reed...
177. The Third Man (1949)
Full Cast And Crew - February 15, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsCarol 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 to watch in order to learn how to make a movie. In this episode I cover the making of, the battles between David O. Selznick, Alexander Korda, Reed...
176. 'The Long Good Friday' (1980)
Full Cast And Crew - February 09, 2024 01:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsIn which my evolving, complicated relationship with the crowd-pleasing John 'Frenzy' MacKenzie's exuberant, vibe-y classic 'The Long Good Friday' is flayed open and nailed to the floor for your auditory enjoyment.
176. The Long Good Friday
Full Cast And Crew - February 09, 2024 01:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsIn which my evolving, complicated relationship with the crowd-pleasing John 'Frenzy' MacKenzie's exuberant, vibe-y classic 'The Long Good Friday' is flayed open and nailed to the floor for your auditory enjoyment.
175. The King Crimson documentary
Full Cast And Crew - January 25, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsDirector Toby Amies and I discuss his excellent and unexpected documentary 'In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50'.
174. James Cameron's 'Aliens' and David Fincher's 'Alien 3'
Full Cast And Crew - January 17, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsRidley Scott's brilliant 1979 sci-fi/horror classic 'Alien' burnished his deserved reputation as bold re-interpreter of techno-dystopian futurism and exploder of genres. But it made a lot of money and dollar signs in the eyes of 'Alien' producers Brandywine Productions led them to turn for a s...
174. 'Aliens' and 'Alien 3'
Full Cast And Crew - January 17, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsRidley Scott's brilliant 1979 sci-fi/horror classic 'Alien' burnished his deserved reputation as bold re-interpreter of techno-dystopian futurism and exploder of genres. But it made a lot of money and dollar signs in the eyes of 'Alien' producers Brandywine Productions led them to turn for a s...
173. 'Withnail & I' (1987)
Full Cast And Crew - December 14, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsOne of the most quotable and iconic of British films, born out of writer/director Bruce Robinson's personal experiences and shepherded to the big screen by George Harrison and his Handmade Films company. 'Withnail & I' is a beloved comedy but in this episode I talk as much about its forlorn, end-...
172. 'The French Connection' (1971)
Full Cast And Crew - November 30, 2023 05:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 91 ratingsBilly Friedkin's iconic 1971 game-changing NYC police procedural/car chase classic 'The French Connection' has a fascinating backstory and making-of history, and, hey: that's what I'm here for! To bring you all the best stories behind the scenes on the streets of New York and all the context and...
171. 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle' (1973)
Full Cast And Crew - November 09, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsPeter Yates was quietly one of the most interesting film directors of his time. His seminal 1967 British train-robbery film 'Robbery' got him noticed for the job directing Steve McQueen in 1968's 'Bullitt'. In that film, Yates turned in a car chase frequently mentioned as second only to the ico...
170. 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (2023)
Full Cast And Crew - October 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsMartin 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 production team's highest possible creative efforts, and it also marshals all those resources in the furtherance of a greater collective understanding an...
170. Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro, and Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorcese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
Full Cast And Crew - October 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsMartin 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 production team's highest possible creative efforts, and it also marshals all those resources in the furtherance of a greater collective understanding an...
169. Phone Call Scenes In Movies
Full Cast And Crew - October 12, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsA particular interest of mine is phone calls in movies. I'm interested in them as plot devices, as examples of good or indifferent screenwriting, as opportunities for actors to show different sides of themselves in scenes where they're not opposite other actors, and on and on. In this episode ...
168. All of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Scenes in 'Charlie Wilson's War'
Full Cast And Crew - October 05, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsAn appreciation of Phillip Seymour Hoffman and his brilliant portrayal of real-life CIA Most Interesting Man Gust Avrokotos in Mike Nichols' final film 'Charlie Wilson's War'.
167. Albert Brooks & Julie Hagerty in 'Lost In America' (1985)
Full Cast And Crew - September 26, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratings'Lost In America' was Albert Brooks' 3rd film as a writer/director/star and remains probably the most broadly-appealing of his films. It's one of two of his films to have been given the Criterion stamp of cineaste approval, the other being the often-underrated 'Defending Your Life', and now, a...
166. 'Across 110th Street' (1972), the Film and Song
Full Cast And Crew - September 13, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratings'Across 110th Street' is a 1972 Harlem crime film that contains many of the tropes of the exploitation films of the era...but it also contains incredible performances from black actors whose skills rise far above the material at hand, people like Paul Benjamin, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Ward, and Ma...
165. The Michael Keaton Ray Nicolette Cinematic Universe
Full Cast And Crew - August 29, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsElmore Leonard's cocky, energetic ATF Agent Ray Nicolet is a key protagonist in his book 'Rum Punch'. For Quentin Tarantino's film adaptation of 'Rum Punch', 'Jackie Brown', the character, now named "Ray Nicolette" was embodied by the brilliant Michael Keaton with a perfectly cocky, energetic p...
164. 'Jackie Brown' (1997)
Full Cast And Crew - August 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsQuentin Tarantino surprised fans with the release of his third film, 'Jackie Brown' coming as it did on the heels of the global phenomenon that was 'Pulp Fiction' in all its unprecedented Tarantino-ness. Devoid of gory violence, 'Jackie Brown' is a thoughtful, hilarious, insightful and moving...
163. 'To Live and Die in LA' (1985)
Full Cast And Crew - August 17, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsBilly Friedkin, maybe the weirdest (in a good way) major American director of his generation, almost doesn't make sense on paper; wait...the same guy directed 'The French Connection' and 'The Excorcist'? But the ups and downs of Friedkin's storied and somewhat haphazard career are what makes hi...
162. 'Barbie' (2023)
Full Cast And Crew - August 08, 2023 00:41 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsA deep-dive into the semiotics of 'Barbie' and its post-feminist critique of corporate capitalism and American mores. Just kidding, I went and saw 'Barbie' with five 12-year-olds. Six, if you count me. But seriously, this episode unpacks some of the things I found interesting about the film,...
161. The 'Godfather' Films W/ 'The Godfather Gang' author and 'The Offer' producer Ernest Lupinacci
Full Cast And Crew - August 01, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 91 ratingsI'm joined by legendary ad-man-turned brand-identity guru, author, screenwriter, and producer Ernest Lupinacci to talk all things 'The Godfather' and 'The Godfather, Part II' (with a sideways glance at 'The Godfather, Part III'), including our preferences, what II gained and lost in terms of cas...
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