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From the Archive: Ed Zwick
Episode 290
Ed Zwick made his film debut with the comedy About Last Night (1986), followed by Glory (1989), Legends of the Fall (1994), Courage Under Fire (1996)…
3 months, 1 week ago
Cannes Report 3
Episode 289
Christina Jeurling Birro speaks to John Bleasdale about the 79th Cannes Film Festival and competition entry, Fjord, directed by Christian Mungiu.
Joh…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Cannes 2026 Report 2.
Episode 288
Thomas Schultz speaks to John Bleasdale about the 79th Cannes Film Festival and competition entry, Minotaur, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev.
John Ble…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Cannes 2026 Report 1
Episode 287
Nicolas Bell (Eye On Cinema) and Ed Potton (The Times) join John Bleasdale to talk about the 79th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival.
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Ian Christie talks Powell, Pressburger and more
Episode 286
Ian Christie FBA is a British film scholar whose work on Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Martin Scorsese and the development of cinema has mad…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
J.G. Ballard on Film
Episode 285
In the first episode of a new mini-series, Dr. Brian Baker joins me to discuss the adaptations of J.G. Ballard on film, including Empire of the Sun, …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Cinema Italia: Salvatore Giuliano
Nicholas Bell and John Bleasdale discuss Salvatore Giuliano (Francesco Rosi, 1962).
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4 months ago
Robert Kolker David Wyatt Discuss The Film Auteur
Episode 284
Robert Kolker and David Wyatt provide readers with a history of auteur theory, from its initial origins in France in the late 1940s as an outgrowth o…
4 months ago
John Rain on ThunderBook and SmershPod
Episode 283
John Rain is the host of the cult podcast Smersh Pod and the author of Thunder Book, SuperBook and Explodobook. Smersh Book is available here.
Conner…
4 months, 1 week ago
Pamela Hutchinson on The Curse of Queen Kelly
Episode 282
One of the greatest films never finished. One of Hollywood’s most dangerous alliances. One enduring legend.
In the late 1920s, at the height of silen…
4 months, 2 weeks ago