Monday, October 31, 2022
139. Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers, and Donald Pleasance in John Carpenter and Deborah Hill's 'Halloween' (1978)
Joined by frequent guest Frazer Rice (links to previous eps below), this week I dive into the fascinating backstory of the making-of John Carpenter's ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
138. We Get Letters!
These are our listeners! And this week, after a couple recommendations for the listeners, I'm reading feedback helpful and otherwise. Out of the mouth...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
137. Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, and Louise Fletcher in 'Brainstorm'
After my last episode with the wonderful, artfully creepy 'The Dead Zone'...I wanted more. More Walken. More Sci-Fi. More 1983. And then Louise Fle...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
136. Christopher Walken in David Cronenberg's adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Dead Zone' (1983)
Jason is joined by frequent FCAC contributor Richard Brown as they discuss David Cronenberg's atypical (for Cronenberg) film of Stephen King's novel "...
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
135. 'Star Wars' (1977)
The making of George Lucas' first 'Star Wars' film is an incredible saga unto itself. The global success of 'Star Wars' and how it changed the film bu...
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
134. Helen Mirren & Michael Sheen in Stephen Frears & Peter Morgan's 'The Queen' (2006)
Current events lead me to revisit 'The Queen' (2006), which, in addition to being an actor's movie of the highest caliber, offers a more nuanced appra...
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
133. Peter Berg, Paul Gross & 'Aspen Extreme' (1993)
Summer's over and it's time to transition to winter and that means SKI FILMS. Avoiding pap like "Ski School" and "Hot Dog: The Movie" we are instead t...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
132. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino & Michael Mann's 'Heat' (1995) and 'Heat 2' (2022)
Michael Mann's 'Heat' is many things; intensely beloved Los Angeles crime saga, De Niro-and-Pacino-onscreen-together curiosity, technically brilliant ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
131. Brian DePalma's 'Blow Out' (1981)
In this episode, we revisit Brian DePalma's 1981 thriller 'Blow Out', which reunited the director with his 'Carrie' supporting actor John Travolta, wh...
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
130. Matt Dillon's Film Debut 'Over The Edge' (1979)
Thrilled to revisit 1979's seminal teen-angst/school destruction fantasy 'Over The Edge'...a teen film to rule them all, a movie that more accurately ...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
129. Brilliant 1970's Crime Comedy 'Cops and Robbers' (1973)
A random IG post sends Jason down the Joe Spinell wormhole and he emerges in 1973 to experience for the first time 'Cops and Robbers', Aram Avakian's ...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
128. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Ethan Hawke & HBO's 'The Last Movie Stars' (2022)
Ethan Hawke's meta-documentary about the lives, love, losses, and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward is a worthwhile, often confounding effort...
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