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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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. 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 ...

Thursday, March 17, 2022

114. Blade Runner (1982)

Jason and FCAC returning guest Bruce Edwards, a television and film line producer and production manager as well as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

111. Succession

Late to the party, as ever! Topics: My weird aversion to watching what's popular. My weird aversion to Adam McKay (con't).

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.

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 ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

108. I Finally Watched 'The White Lotus'

Mike White's 'The White Lotus' is a product of the pandemic; a quick-turnaround series that went from inception to air in 9 months ...

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