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Episode 761: Pelísky (1999)
Season 1 Episode 761
Czechtember 2025 kicks off with Cosy Dens (AKA Pelíšky), Jan Hřebejk’s bittersweet 1999 coming-of-age dramedy adapted from Petr Šabach’s novel Hovno …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 760: Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
Season 1 Episode 760
Buonopalooza wraps up with Howard Morris’s caper comedy Who’s Minding the Mint? (1967). Jim Hutton stars as Harry Lucas, a hapless Treasury worker wh…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Special Report: Katharine Coldiron on Out There in the Dark
Season 1 Episode 587
Mike talks with writer Katharine Coldiron about her new book, Out There in the Dark (Autofocus Books). Blending film criticism, memoir, fiction, and …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 759: Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Season 1 Episode 759
Buonopalooza rolls on with Robert Aldrich’s Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). Following the massive success of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Ald…
6 months ago
Episode 758: The Strangler (1964)
Season 1 Episode 758
Buonopalooza rages on with Victor Buono front and center in The Strangler (1964). One of his rare leading roles, Buono embodies Leo Kroll, a smothere…
6 months, 1 week ago
Episode 757: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Season 1 Episode 757
We’re kicking off a month devoted to the inimitable presence of Victor Buono — though in our opening pick, “starring” might be generous. Let’s say “f…
6 months, 1 week ago
Special Report: Age of Audio (2025)
Season 1 Episode 586
The mics are on for Shaun Michael Colón’s Age of Audio (2025), a whirlwind 82-minute tour through the origins, growth, and current state of podcastin…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 756: Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Season 1 Episode 756
Mike is joined by Emily Intravia (The Feminine Critique) and screenwriter Howard A. Rodman for a sobering descent into Panic in Year Zero! (1962), di…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Special Report: Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Season 1 Episode 585
Mike is joined by Father Malone (Midnight Viewing) and Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast) to dig into Marvel’s latest reboot attempt, Fantastic Four: Fi…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 755: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Season 1 Episode 755
Sci-Fi July wraps up with Return of the Jedi (1983), the final installment of the original Star Wars trilogy—directed by Richard Marquand, guided by …
7 months ago