Podcast Episodes

Episode 343: Mad Love (1935)

Shocktober 2017 kicks off with Karl Freund's final film as a director and Peter Lorre's film film in America, Mad Love (1935). Based upon Maurice Renard 's The Hands of Orlac, the film shifts focus f…

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

Episode 342: Happy End (1966)

We wrap up the first Czechtember series with a film from director Oldrich Lipský, 1966's Happy End, an experimental comedy (which is as unusual as that sounds) that puts scenes in opposite order and …

Published on 8 years, 2 months ago

Episode 341: The Cremator (1968)

Czechtember continues with a look at Juraj Herz's The Cremator (AKA Spalovac mrtvol). Released in 1968, the year of the Prague Spring, the film stars Rudolf Hrusínský as Karl (or Roman) Kopfrkingl, a…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Special Report: Patty Farmer on Starring the Plaza

On this special episode, Mike talks with author Patty Farmer about her work including her latest books, Starring the Plaza and Playboy Laughs. Find out more at www.patty-farmer.com.
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Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Episode 340: Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)

Season 1 Episode 340

Czechtember continues with a look at Pavel Jurácek's Case for a Rookie Hangman (AKA Prípad pro zacínajícího kata) from 1970. Very loosely based on the third part of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travel…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Special Report: The Running Man (1987)

Set in the distant year of 2017, The Running Man (1987) is set in a dystopian world where reality television rules the airwaves and the most popular show pits criminals against muscle-bound, spandex-…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Episode 339: Closely Watched Trains (1966)

We kick off the first annual "Czechtember" with a look at the most-easily accessible films of the Czech New Wave, the charmingly disarming 1966 film Closely Watched Trains (AKA Ostre Sledované Vlaky …

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Episode 338: The Swimmer (1968)

The 1968 film by Frank and Eleanor Perry, The Swimmer (based on the John Cheever short story of the same name), stars Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, a Connecticut executive who decides to head back h…

Published on 8 years, 3 months ago

Episode 337: Intacto (2001)

We're up all night to get lucky as we discuss the 2001 film from director and co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Intacto which stars Leonardo Sbaraglia as Tomás, a man who survives a plane crash and …

Published on 8 years, 4 months ago

Special Report: Michael Lucker on Crash! Boom! Bang!

On this special episode, Mike talks with writer Michael Lucker about his career in Hollywood (including co-writing the screenplay for A Vampire in Brooklyn) as well as his recent book, CRASH! BOOM! B…

Published on 8 years, 4 months ago