Annie Hall: I Heart in NY
New York has plenty of romance to offer, for all classes and cultures, and Annie Hall sparks conversation about romance and possibility in the big city.
The Bridge on the River Kwai: dril Tweets
Please help my movie, we spent the filming budget on candles.
The Best Years of Our Lives: The Best Years of Our Lives?
One commits meaningless murder and despises a large rodent, another murders snowmen while listening to Judy Garland sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Which will replace The Best Years of Our Lives?
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: The Monroe Doctrine
The U.S. and Latin America, a storied history on screen and geopolitically.
Dr. Strangelove: Twin Movies
Considering Slim Pickens’ Grand Flight and neglected content twins.
The Sound of Music: “I Must Have Done Something Good”
Finding you’ve done something helpful in The Sound of Music, Manhunter, and Crossing Delancey.
Deci’s Midnight Runners #6: Butt Rock & The MGM Story
The rise and fall of a major studio. The continuous fall of a shitty genre.
Bonnie and Clyde: Three Decade Period Piece
We got crime, basketball, and more crime. If we get a historical drama about the creation of Beanie Babies later this year, that would also qualify for the theme!
Shane: Hold Back the Darkness
Two low-down Yankee liars talking the darkness and violence of an classic western.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Pulitzer Prize for Drama
The beauty of a good stage adaptation is in short supply, and Tim takes us through three prime examples in A Streetcar Named Desire, A Soldier’s Story, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
Rear Window: Scopophilia
Good psychological concept and three movies interested in the horror of the everyday, you love to see it.
Intolerance: Film School
D.W. Griffith, odious as he was, could craft and shoot a decadent film. Tim takes us to Film School with the techniques and innovations of Intolerance, Forbidden Planet, and Night of the Living Dead.
Fellowship of the Ring: Best of the 21st Century?!
The AFI is old and we talk the new hotness with Films by Peter Jackson, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Terrence Malick.
Deci’s Midnight Runners #5: 9/11 Albums & Remakes
Ranking albums with an unfortunate release date and talking the art of the remake.
West Side Story: Love on a Fire Escape
Star-crossed lovers abound. Stay tuned for when we probably have an angry follow up after Spielberg’s West Side Story wins the Oscar.
Taxi Driver: Color Cinematography
We only like gritty in Philadelphia, not in our cinematography.