Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOn the Waterfront (1954) (Guest: Warren Scharf) (episode 42)
This episode looks at On the Waterfront, the celebrated 1954 American film directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. The film stars Marlo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ali (2001) (Guest: Dave Zirin) (episode 41)
Muhammad Ali is widely recognized as one of the greatest athletes of all-time and one of the most important figures of the 20th century. In addition …
1 year, 3 months ago
Syriana (2005) (Guest: Peggy McGuinness) (episode 40)
Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, based loosely on former CIA case officer Robert Baer’s memoir, See No…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Goldman Case (2023) (Guest: Fred Davis) (episode 39)
The Goldman Case (Le Procès Goldman) (2023), is a French courtroom drama based on the real-life 1976 trial of Pierre Goldman, a far-left Jewish milit…
1 year, 4 months ago
Mr. Untouchable (2007) (Guest: Robert B. Fiske) (episode 38)
Mr. Untouchable, a 2007 documentary directed by Marc Levin, describes the rise and fall of former New York City drug kingpin, Leroy (“Nicky”) Barnes.…
1 year, 5 months ago
First They Killed My Father (2017) and The Gate (2014) (Guest: Melanie O'Brien) (episode 37)
This episode looks at two films about the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s: First They Killed My Father (dir. Angelina Jolie), and The Gate (or Les Te…
1 year, 6 months ago
Matewan (1989) (Guest: Fred B. Jacob) (episode 36)
Matewan (written and directed by John Sayles) dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners’ strike in 1920 in a small town in the hi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Minamata: The Victims and Their World (1971) & Minamata (2020) (Guest: Darryl Flaherty) (episode 35)
This episode looks at two films that examine the environmental disaster in Minamata, Japan: Noriaki Tsuchimoto’s documentary, Minamata: The Victims a…
1 year, 7 months ago
Black Hawk Down (Guest: Greg Fox) (episode 34)
Black Hawk Down (2001) describes the plight of the U.S. crew of a Black Hawk helicopter that is shot down during the Battle of Mogadishu during the c…
1 year, 8 months ago
A Separation (Iran) (2011) (Guest: Golbarg Rekabtalaei) (episode 33)
A Separation (2011) is an Iranian drama written and directed by Asghar Farhadi. The film depicts the martial separation between a middle-class couple…
1 year, 8 months ago