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Episode 134 – Valley Girl

Posted June 28, 2020 • 00:53:53

When Martha Coolidge was brought in to direct Valley Girl (1983), she knew there were some key elements she needed to bring to the film. Andrew Lane...

Episode 133 – Rolling Thunder

Posted June 14, 2020 • 01:04:59

There’s a strange alchemy at work in Rolling Thunder (Flynn, 1977). We start with two subgenres that really flourished in the seventies – the Vietnam...

Episode 132 – Raising Arizona

Posted June 1, 2020 • 00:59:36

What a treat it is to come back again and again to Raising Arizona (Coen, 1987). I have seen the film at least 20 times, and I laugh just as hard at...

Episode 131 – The Narrow Margin

Posted May 18, 2020 • 00:53:23

We are keeping the film noir train rolling this month, literally, with The Narrow Margin (Fleischer, 1952). This is one of my all time favorites, without...

Episode 130 – Laura

Posted May 3, 2020 • 01:01:20

We decided to continue our annual tradition of highlighting our favorite films noir during the month of May, even though this year’s Noir City Austin...