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Episode 113: John Cassavetes’s Opening Night (1977)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about John Cassavetes’s 1977 film, “Opening Night.” It’s about an actress named Myrtle Gordon (played by the magnificent Gena […]
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Episode 112: Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Charles Laughton’s 1955 film “The Night of the Hunter.” It’s about two young children–John and Pearl–who are pursued […]
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Episode 111: Theo Angelopoulos’s Landscape in the Mist (1988)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Theo Angelopoulos’s 1988 film, “Landscape in the Mist.” This film follows a brother and sister–Alexandros and Voula–who leave […]
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Episode 110: Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le silence de la mer (1949)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1949 film “Le silence de la mer.” It’s set in France in 1941 at the time […]
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Episode 109: Jean Vigo’s L’atalante (1934)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Jean Vigo’s wondrous and magical 1934 film, “L’atalante”. On the surface, it’s the simple story of Jean and […]
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The Underwater Worlds of Jean Vigo
I’ve been thinking about Jean Vigo’s underwater scenes in Taris and L’atalante. Of all the scenes in his films, I come back to those. I think it’s because water itself holds such meaning in my life. For Vigo, water seems to function in various ways. It’s a site where the body can be free, liberated, […]
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Episode 108: Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Terrence Malick’s 2011 film “The Tree of Life”. This is a monumental and important film in my […]
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Episode 107: Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven (1978)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about Terrence Malick’s 1978 film “Days of Heaven.” Set in 1916, it follows a man named Bill, his sister […]
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Murdering Cinema: Marguerite Duras’s Green Eyes
Marguerite Duras is one of my favorite writers. She was both a prolific writer and director. I have no desire to undertake a full review of Green Eyes, a book published in 1990 and translated by Carol Barko that collects Duras’s thoughts on cinema, including essays, reviews, and interviews. I think Duras’s words can speak […]
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Episode 106: Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942)
Listen and Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher / Google Play / RSS / Simplecast / Tunein / Android / Email / Google Podcasts / Podbean / Radio Public / Podchaser In this episode, I talk about the 1942 classic, “Casablanca,” directed by Michael Curtiz. Often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, […]
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