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Back to SearchThe Parent’s Traps: The Last House on the Left (1972)
Episode 49
Listen here you little twerps! We’re gonna getcha with this one. Elena and Sam are gonna show you no mercy as they discuss Wes Craven’s first feature…
6 months, 1 week ago
Tattle Tales: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Episode 48
Keep it under your hat but we got a good tip for ya: listen to the latest KYI, you might learn somethin’ useful. That is, if you consider hot goss ab…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Bun in the Coven: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Episode 47
Who can say what dark magic brought together so many creative geniuses (and problematic ones at that) to make Rosemary’s Baby? Whatever dark forces m…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sirius Rising: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Episode 46
A true high point of the New Hollywood era gets the Kael Your Idols treatment this episode: Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon. We attempt to get to th…
8 months, 1 week ago
ZAZ-ed up Gags: Airplane! (1980)
Episode 45
This week Elena and Sam tackle that spoof of spoofs- the 1980 comedic smash, Airplane! This film rewrote the existing theories of comedy from what k…
9 months ago
Disco Depress-o: Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Episode 44
In this episode of KYI, the hosts discuss Gene Siskel’s favorite movie: Saturday Night Fever. A singular achievement in the history of the medium, if…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Grace and Risk: Killer of Sheep (1978)
Episode 43
In this episode we are delighted to bring you a discussion on Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep. This first feature by the great pioneer of indie fil…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Dirty Gigs: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Episode 42
Oooh! We got a grimy one for ya today. We dive right into the dirt with famed auteur Sam Peckinpah’s minor (but still fascinating) work: Bring Me the…
11 months, 1 week ago
A Step Forward: The Boys in the Band (1970)
Episode 41
Sing Hallelujah, come on get happy! Please, we implore you: get happy already! For this episode we train our gaze at William Friedkin’s minor masterp…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Topol-ing Traditions: Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Episode 40
It is our deepest pleasure to bring you this episode on Norman Jewison’s masterpiece of non-auteurism: Fiddler on the Roof. Both of the hosts have a …
1 year ago