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#533 - Cinematic Civics Lesson
When our politicians fail us, can journalism save us? We revisit George Clooney's GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK (2005), about Edward R. Murrow's battle wi…
2 years, 4 months ago
PREVIEW - #532 - Studio Sucky, Part 4: The Falstaff Society
We continue our long journey through the dark heart of Aaron Sorkin's STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP. Jordan gets pregnant, Harriet is inducted into t…
2 years, 4 months ago
#531 - An Oedipal Day in the Neighborhood
During the Trump presidency, #TheResistance had a powerful figurehead, and his name was (the late) Mr. Rogers. We discuss the Tom Hanks-led #nicecore…
2 years, 4 months ago
PREVIEW - #530 - Reading The Bellboy In Tehran
Growing up in Iran under the shadow of American imperialism, filmmaker Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa felt an unlikely personal connection with American cinema -…
2 years, 4 months ago
#529 - Robert's Rules of Justice
Our journey through America's second-greatest law-and-order franchise continues with WALKING TALL: THE PAYBACK (2007), a direct-to-video adventure wi…
2 years, 4 months ago
PREVIEW - #428 - Studio Sucky, Part 3: Cheeses of Nazareth
The troops fight abroad, and sketch comedians fight on the home front. In our latest dispatch from the universe of Aaron Sorkin's STUDIO 60 ON THE SU…
2 years, 4 months ago
#527 - Trained to Rule the Waves
In the feature-film adaptation of John le Carré's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (2011), Cold War-era Britain doesn't look that much different from beh…
2 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW - #526 - Studio Sucky, Part 2
It's a jumbo-sized helping of Aaron Sorkin as we continue our descent into madness/journey through STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP. In this instalment,…
2 years, 5 months ago
#525 - Freedom and Freedonia
Maybe it's a fool's errand to look for politics in the Marx Brothers' DUCK SOUP (1933), but nevertheless, many have tried. We discuss the philosophy …
2 years, 5 months ago
#524 - Studio Sucky, Part 1
After inhabiting the White House but before examining the Newsroom, Aaron Sorkin created a show that sought nothing less than to fix the most importa…
2 years, 5 months ago