Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchConclave (2024) (Guest: Monsignor Raymond Kupke) (episode 54)
In Conclave (2024), Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) organizes a conclave to elect a new pope. Key candidates and factions vie with one anoth…
7 months, 1 week ago
Inglourious Basterds (2009) (Guest Renana Keydar) (episode 53)
Inglourious Basterds (2009), written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, revolves around two plots to assassinate Nazi leaders during the closing year…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
I'm Still Here (Brazil) (2024) (Guest: Isabela Amaral) (episode 52)
I’m Still Here (dir. Walter Salles, 2024) is based on the true story of the enforced disappearance and murder of former congressman Rubens Paiva by t…
9 months ago
An Officer and a Spy (2019) (Guest: William Schabas) (episode 51)
This episode explores An Officer and a Spy (J’accuse in French), Roman Polanski’s 2019 film about the Dreyfus Affair in France. The Dreyfus Affair is…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Juror #2 (2024) (Guest: Frank Wohl) (episode 50)
This episode examines Juror #2, Clint Eastwood’s most recent—and perhaps final—film. Juror #2 centers around the trial of a man accused of murdering …
10 months, 1 week ago
Vindication Swim (2024) (Guest: Elliot Hasler) (episode 49)
Vindication Swim (2024) tells the story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel in 1927. This major accomplishment, …
11 months ago
The Godfather (1972) (Guest: Steve Koh) (episode 48)
Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972) is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. Based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling 1969 nove…
1 year ago
No Other Land (2024) (Palestinian-Israeli) (Guests: Omer Bartov & Lisa Hajjar) (episode 47)
No Other Land (2024) is the Oscar-winning documentary that shows the brutal destruction of a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. Recorde…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) (France) (Guest: Joseph Dellapenna) (episode 46)
The Return of Martin Guerre is a 1982 French historical drama directed by Daniel Vigne and staring Gerard Depardieu. The film describes the historica…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Conformist (1970) (Guest: Aziz Huq) (episode 45)
This episode examines The Conformist, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 political drama set in 1930s Italy. The film centers on Marcello Clerici (Jean-Louis…
1 year, 2 months ago