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Episode 552: Black Christmas (1974)
Maitland McDonagh and Mark Begley join Mike to talk about Bob Clark’s 1974 film Black Christmas. It’s the story of a sorority house where a killer has sneaked into the attic and slowly picks off seve…
Published on 4 years ago
Special Report: Wojnarowicz (2020)
Director Chris McKim celebrates the confrontational and controversial artist David Wojnarowicz in the 2020 documentary Wojnarowicz: F*ck You, F*ggot F*cker. On this special episode Mike speaks with M…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 551: Fight Club (1999)
Rob St. Mary and Maitland McDonagh join Mike to look at the 1999 film from director David Fincher, Fight Club. Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk, the film stars Edward Norton as an office drone wh…
Published on 4 years ago
Special Report: Alexander Fee on The Japan Society
Mike spoke with Alexander Fee of the Japan Society New York about the Flash Forward series currently happening. Find out more at: https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/flash-forward-jap…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 550: Just One of the Guys (1985)
Directed by Lisa Gottlieb, Just One of the Guys (1985) stars Joyce Hyser as Terry Griffith, a reporter for her school paper who feels she’s being discriminated against by her teacher when it comes to…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 549: The Matrix (1999)
Released in 1999, The Wachowski Siblings's The Matrix stars Keanu Reeves as Thomas “Neo” Anderson, a cubicle jockey who is looking for meaning in his life by way of the notorious hacker Morpheus (Lau…
Published on 4 years ago
Special Report: Lost Highway (1997)
We conclude #Noirvember 2021 with a special episode about David Lynch’s Lost Highway. Written by Lynch and Barry Gifford, it’s the story of Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), a musician who has trouble tru…
Published on 4 years ago
Episode 548: Chameleon Street (1989)
Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at Wendell B. Harris’s Chameleon Street. After winning the Sundance film festival in 1990 the film took too long to come out theatrically and died a quick death …
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: These Fists Break Bricks
Mike talks with Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali about their new book These Fists Break Bricks which looks at the phenomena of how martial arts influenced American popular culture.
Order the book at h…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 547: The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at Orson Welles’s The Lady from Shanghai. It’s the story of Michael O’Hara (Orson Welles), a sailor who falls in with a weird group of people: A gorgeous blonde,…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago