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Episode 139 – The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On

Posted September 7, 202000:55:20

Kazuo Hara’s The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987) is a documentary like few others. Watching Kenzo Okuzaki cut a swath through his old squad...

Episode 138 – Trouble in Paradise

Posted August 23, 202000:46:59

Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch, 1932) is a frothy, bubbly, and sumptuous perennial delight. With his famed “Lubitsch touch”, director Ernst Lubitsch...

Episode 137 – Welcome to the Dollhouse

Posted August 10, 202001:01:22

It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty-five years since Todd Solondz blessed us with the hero we didn’t know we needed in Dawn Wiener as we meet...

Episode 136 – Boyhood

Posted July 27, 202001:07:52

Watching Boyhood (Linklater, 2014) in the theater was an ineffably special experience. The film itself is an astounding accomplishment, following the...

Episode 135 – Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Posted July 12, 202000:50:36

There have been very few films that blindsided me the way that Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tsukamoto, 1989) did. I was just beginning to grasp how much there...