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Special Report: Tickled (2016)
On this special episode, Mike talks to Dylan Reeveand David Ferrier about their documentary Tickled, a fascinating look at the world of competitive tickling... and so much more.
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Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Episode 275: Some Call It Loving (1973)
When Robert Troy (Zalman King) buys a "sleeping beauty" (Tisa Farrow) at a carnival and introduces her to the playscape of fantasy roleplay in which he lives every day, things don't necessarily work …
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Episode 274: Apocalypse Now (1979)
We get off the boat and go all the way on this episode about Francis Ford Coppola's landmark 1979 Vietnam film Apocalypse Now. Based on a script by John Milius, the making of the film is nearly as fa…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Episode 273: UHF (1989)
"Weird Al" Yankovic stars as the hapless George Newman who turns his life around when he stumbles into owning a TV station in UHF. Somewhat lost among the blockbusters of 1989, the film has since bee…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Special Report: Cinetopia 2016
Mike talked with Brian Hunter of the Cinetopia Film Festival about the 2016 line-up, events, and guests.
The festival takes place around Southeast Michiganfrom Ann Arbor to Detroit to Redford to Bloom…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Special Report:The Dying of the Light (2015)
On this special episode, director Peter Flynn discusses his 2015 documentary about the art of projection, The Dying of the Light.
Outside the Cinema and Are You Serious's Mr. Chris joins Mike to remin…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 272: Barton Fink (1991)
Also known as "How to Get Ahead in Hollywood," Joel and Ethan Coen's Barton Fink proved a critical darling but a box office failure. The film stars John Turturro as the playwright for the Common Man …
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Special Report: Death Game Redux
Who would have thought that there were things left unsaid in the first episode about Death Game?
On this very special episode, Mike fills in a few things that were learned about Peter Traynor's Death …
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Episode 271: Wake in Fright (1971)
Based on the novel by Kenneth Cook, Ted Kotcheff's Wake in Fright stars Gary Bond as a teacher in the Outback who loses all his money and goes on a wild, bloody holiday.
Maurice Bursztynski of the See…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Special Report: The Slanted Screen (2006)
Jeff Adachi's The Slanted Screen (2006) examines the portrayal of Asian men in American popular film and television. Mike is joined by Rita Su to discuss the documentary, whitewashing, yellowface, an…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago