This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Benson” (Susan Harris, 1979-1986)“First Cow” (Kelly Reichardt, 2019)“Dances with Wolves” (Kevin Costner, 1990)“Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwo

1971, a conversation – “Klute”

19 days ago 25m 58s

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Deuce” (George Pelecanos and David Simon, 2017-2019)“Halloween” (John Carpenter, 1978)“Friday the 13th” (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980)“R

1971, a conversation – “Bananas”

May 16th, 2024 16m 36s

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“The Muppet Show” (Jim Henson, 1976-1981)“The Benny Hill Show” (Benny Hill, 1955-1989)“Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)“Th

1971, a conversation – “The Andromeda Strain”

May 3rd, 2024 25m 7s

This is part of a series about movies from 1971. ***Referenced media:“The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)“Jurassic Park” (Steven Spielberg, 1993)“The X-Files” (Chris Carter, 1993-2002, 2016-2018)“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worr

“Mom and Dad” (1945), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Apr 4th, 2024 26m 26s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa learn something new about the birds and the bees: avoid “the Great Imitator”.***Referenced media:“Johnny Dangerously” (Amy Heckerling, 1984)“Gone with the Wind” (Victor Fleming, 1939)“Leave it to Beaver” (Joe

“She Done Him Wrong” (1933), a conversation

Mar 21st, 2024 25m 33s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa glory in Mae West as the avatar of Pre-Code Hollywood***Referenced media:“Looney Tunes” (Leon Schlesinger, Hugh Harman, and Rudolf Ising, 1930-now)“Angels with Dirty Face” (Michael Curtiz, 1938)“I Am a Fugitiv

“Airport” (1970), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Mar 6th, 2024 27m 18s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa embrace a soap opera in the sky.***Referenced media:“Airplane!” (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, 1980)“Zero Hour!” (Hall Bartlett, 1957)“One on Top of the Other” (Lucio Fulci, 1969)“Stunt Rock” (

“An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Feb 23rd, 2024 30m 46s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa visit where the eagles cry, on a mountain high, far from the world we know, where the clear winds blow.***Referenced media:“Police Academy” (Hugh Wilson, 1984)“Top Gun” (Tony Scott, 1986)“Entertainment Tonight

“Cleopatra” (1963), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Feb 8th, 2024 29m 34s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa assess prestige kitsch and consider carrying a spathae to defend a London-born Egyptian matriarch.***Referenced media:“My Fair Lady” (George Cukor, 1964)“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (Mike Nichols, 1966)“Ro

“Walk the Line” (2005), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Jan 24th, 2024 27m 52s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa consider Johnny Cash, a man with many chapters in his book of life, and wonder if they got to see the right one get made into a movie.***Referenced media:“Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)“Ray”

“Doctor Zhivago” (1965), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Jan 11th, 2024 36m 10s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa examine one middle brow entertainment that earned an inflation-adjusted box office gross of over $1,000,000,000 in North America.***Referenced media:“The Bridges of Madison County” (Clint Eastwood, 1995)“Indec

"Sound of Freedom” (2023), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Dec 21st, 2023 20m 51s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa analyze the sleeper hit of summer 2023.***Referenced media:“The Passion of the Christ” (Mel Gibson, 2004)“Law & Order: SVU” (Dick Wolf, 1999-now)“God’s Not Dead” (Harold Cronk, 2014)“First Blood” (Ted Kotcheff

"The Mule" (2018), a conversation about a Blockbuster

Dec 15th, 2023 25m 56s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa consider whether it’s worth having the best-paid, part-time job in the history of movies.***Referenced media:“Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)“Gran Torino” (Clint Eastwood, 2008)“A Star is Born”

"Turn Me On, Goddammit!" (2011), a conversation

Oct 21st, 2023 19m

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa discuss Alma, a high school girl boiling over with sexual curiosity in a small Norwegian town.***Referenced media:“Top Gun” (Tony Scott, 1986)“The Hunger Games” (Gary Ross, 2012)“American Pie” (Paul Weitz, 199

"Beau Travail" (1999), a conversation

Oct 11th, 2023 19m 35s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa consider how Herman Melville’s novella, “Billy Budd”, was translated into a movie that the 2022 “Sight and Sound” poll of the greatest films of all time maintains is the seventh greatest ever.***Referenced med

"Shoah, Part 2" (1985), a conversation

Sep 27th, 2023 51m 4s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa feel the weight of what really is the most intense horror story ever made.***Referenced media:“Band of Brothers” (Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, 2001)“Eddie Murphy Raw” (Robert Townsend, 1987)“The Day After”

"Shoah, Part 1" (1985), a conversation

Sep 11th, 2023 1h 9m

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa sink into the first half of what might be the “greatest” horror story ever made.***Referenced media:“Parks & Recreation” (Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, 2009-2015)“To Be or Not to Be” (Alan Johnson, 1983)“To

"Prisoners" (2013), a conversation

Aug 30th, 2023 28m 21s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa respond to a moody and twisted police procedural.***Referenced media:“Sicario” (Denis Villeneuve, 2015)“La La Land” (Damien Chazelle, 2016)“The Shape of Water” (Guillermo del Toro, 2017)“Zodiac” (David Fincher

"CODA" (2021), a conversation

Aug 21st, 2023 24m 15s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa mourn the decline of theatrical movie-going and celebrate sentimental entertainment.***Referenced media:“Belfast” (Kenneth Branagh, 2021)“Don’t Look Up” (Adam McKay, 2021)“Drive My Car” (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 202

"No Country for Old Men" (2007), a conversation

Jul 18th, 2023 27m 27s

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray and Ed Rosa ponder old cowboys.***Referenced media:“The Simpsons” (Matt Groening, 1989-now)“The Terminator” (James Cameron, 1984)“Barry Lyndon” (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)“Blood Simple” (Joel Coen, 1984)“Psycho” (Alfred Hitch

Film History 1945 to Now- 16. "Summer of Soul" (2021)

May 31st, 2023 16m 57s

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we conclude with “Summer of Soul” and Nostalgia.Past podcasts in this series:“Rome, Open City” (Robert Rossellini, 1945)“The Killers” (Robert Siodmak, 1946)“Rashomon” (Akira Kurosawa, 1

Film History 1945 to Now- 15. "Parasite" (2019)

May 31st, 2023 21m 43s

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “Parasite” and Commentary.Future podcasts in this series:“Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)Past podcasts in this series:“Rome, Open City” (Robert Rosse

Film History 1945 to Now- 14. "Persepolis" (2007)

May 30th, 2023 13m 58s

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “Persepolis” and Memoir.Future podcasts in this series:“Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)“Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, 2021)Past podcasts in this series:“R

Film History 1945 to Now- 13. "The Piano" (1993)

May 30th, 2023 17m 16s

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “The Piano” and Ideology.Future podcasts in this series:“Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)“Parasite” (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)“Summer of Soul” (Ahmir "Qu

Film History 1945 to Now- 12. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991)

May 26th, 2023 17m 17s

In this idiosyncratic history of post-World War II movies, we continue with “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and Innovation.Future podcasts in this series:“The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)“Persepolis” (Marjane Satrapi/Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)“Paras