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Episode 167 – Gray’s Anatomy

Posted September 19, 202100:44:49

Gray’s Anatomy (Soderbergh, 1996) is the last proper cinematic monologue we have from Spalding Gray. That’s a little ironic. Here, he navigates...

Episode 166 – Harlan County, USA

Posted September 6, 202100:42:54

Harlan County, USA (Kopple, 1976) is still a gut punch some fifty years later. Watching the violent and bloody events unfold as miners strike to be...

Episode 165 – Shadow of a Doubt

Posted August 23, 202100:50:24

Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock, 1943) was a turning point in the career of the master of suspense. It was reportedly Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite film...

Episode 164 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Posted August 8, 202100:48:25

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Hill, 1969) is a delight to watch time and again, a true piece of entertainment that seems to hit all the right...

Episode 163 – The Last Picture Show

Posted July 26, 202100:52:35

The Last Picture Show (Bogdanovich, 1971) will break your heart in a million different ways, all of them Texan. As an expatriate from a town very much...