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Back to SearchBlack 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
Bridge of Spies (Guests: Lenni Benson & Jeffrey Kahn) (episode 32)
This episode explores Bridge of Spies (2015), the Cold War legal and political thriller directed by Steven Spielberg (and written by Matt Charman, Et…
1 year, 11 months ago
Chinatown (1974) (Guest: John Walton) (episode 31)
Chinatown (1974) is a neo-noir crime thriller, directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne. Based loosely on the Owens Valley water …
2 years ago
The Verdict (1982) (Guest: John "Rusty" Wing) (episode 30)
The Verdict (1982) tells the story of down-on-his-luck Boston lawyer, Frank Galvin (Paul Newman). Galvin had been a rising star until he was framed f…
2 years, 1 month ago
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) (Guest: Alka Pradhan) (episode 29)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) centers on the plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England, the arrest and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (E…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Sweet Hereafter (1997) (Guest: Seán Patrick Donlan) (episode 28)
This episode explores Atom Egoyan's 1997 film, The Sweet Hereafter, which describes the impact of a tragic school bus accident that caused the death …
2 years, 2 months ago
Absence of Malice (1981) (Guest: Brian Hauss) (episode 27)
This episode examines Absence of Malice, a 1981 drama directed by Sidney Pollack. After Miami-based newspaper reporter Megan Carter (Sally Field) is …
2 years, 3 months ago
Inherit the Wind (1960) (Guest Nell Minow) (episode 26)
Inherit the Wind (1960) is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial," where a local teacher is prosecuted for teaching about human ev…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Caine Mutiny (1954) & The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023) (Guest: Gene Fidell) (episode 25)
The Caine Mutiny (1954) is based on Herman Wouk’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. The film, directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by…
2 years, 4 months ago