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#501 - An Irreverent Tendency
In 1987, America was ready to look back on the Vietnam War... with laughter. We discuss GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (1987) and why it is one of the quintess…
2 years, 4 months ago
PREVIEW - #500 - The 500th Episode
We mark an auspicious anniversary in frankly self-indulgent fashion, by revisiting one of our mutual favorite movies: Martin Scorsese's THE KING OF C…
2 years, 4 months ago
#499 - Terminally Unfunny
The American healthcare system is broken, but why? According to Robin Williams in PATCH ADAMS (1998), it's because the medical profession has lost to…
2 years, 4 months ago
#498 - Eat the Rich
We discuss THE MENU (2022) and its place in the context of the current wave of "eat the rich" cinema. PLUS: we discuss Walter Isaacson's new hagiogra…
2 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW - #497 - Oxbridge Blues
It begins as an "eat the rich" movie, but turns into something very different. We discuss the movie that is burning up TikTok, SALTBURN (2023), and i…
2 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW - #496 - An Autumn Afternoon
We're in a contemplative mood on this episode, and there's no filmmaker better suited for such a mood than Yasujirō Ozu. We discuss his final film, A…
2 years, 5 months ago
#495 - Adaptation
Are commercial considerations always doomed to taint art? And are commercial considerations really a taint? We discuss Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufma…
2 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW - #494 - Joke Save America
Can "anti-woke comedy" save America? That's what a conservative scribe for the Washington Times theorizes. We give the idea due consideration, and fi…
2 years, 5 months ago
#493 - The Inevitable Barbie Episode
The world can't stop discoursing about it. Hillary Clinton herself has championed it. And our Superdelegate patrons specifically requested it. It tim…
2 years, 5 months ago
PREVIEW - #492 - The Eddie Anderson Story
When he emerged on radio, he was celebrated as a pioneering black star in a white entertainment landscape. By the time of the Civil Rights Movement, …
2 years, 5 months ago