Thursday, May 5, 2022
119. Why You Should Be Watching 'Severance'...
Dan Erickson's Apple+ thriller series "Severance" is, to my mind, the best sci-fi TV series we've gotten since "Black Mirror". So why isn't it gettin...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
118. The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now & Full Metal Jacket
Last week's episode about the new Michael Cimino book spurred me to rewatch all three of these classic films and, in doing so, I surprised myself with...
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
117. Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate, and the Price of a Vision
In his new book, Charles Elton tackles the impossible; a biography of late director Michael Cimino, an elusive, mysterious, obfuscating, and contrary ...
Thursday, April 7, 2022
116. Taxi (1978)
Thrilled to be joined again by pop culture historian and author Richard F. Brown to do the definitive 'Taxi' total rewatch and episode. We get into th...
Monday, March 28, 2022
Oscars Recap 2022
Dissecting the latest attempt at reinventing the Oscars and assessing where, if anywhere, the telecast goes from here.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
115. Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron in George Miller's 'Mad Max: Fury Road' (2015)
Thrilled to be joined this week by Kyle Buchanan, a NY Times writer whose new book 'Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild & True Story of Mad Max: Fury Roa...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
114. Harrison Ford, Sean Young & Ridley Scotts 'Blade Runner' (1982)
Jason and FCAC returning guest Bruce Edwards, a television and film line producer and production manager as well as a filmmaker, collector, and cinema...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
113. WKRP In Cincinnati (1978)
Joined again by good friend of the pod and pop cultural maven and scholar Richard Brown, this week we dive into all the 70's goodness of iconic sitcom...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
112. Peter Bogdanovich's 'Targets' (1968)
Jason is thrilled to be joined by crime writer Joseph Schneider, author of two (and soon to be three) LAPD Detective Tully Jarsdel novels (links below...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
111. Jeremy Strong, Brian Cox in HBO's 'Succession'
Late to the party, as ever! Topics: My weird aversion to watching what's popular. My weird aversion to Adam McKay (con't). A certain HBO series' prod...
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
110. Gomorrah Season 5 (2022)
If you know the pod, you know I am of the opinion that Gomorrah and The Bureau are probably the best TV series ever made. And Gomorrah just concluded...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
109. The Warriors (1979)
(NOTE: A previous version of this episode erroneously posted and was cut off at the end. This is the revised posting with the full episode) Joined onc...
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