Episode 355: L.A. Confidential (1997)

Episode 355: L.A. Confidential (1997)

Eric Cohen and Rich Edwards return to take a ride in a convertible time machine, be-bopping back to the year 1997 to look at Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential. Starring more folks from down under than you can shake a boomerang at, this jazzy flick plays with many classic noir tropes while playing fast and loose with the third book of James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet.
We examine how Hanson and co-writer Brian Helgeland masterfully condensed Ellroy's compelling and complicated story to craft a Neo-Noir that some rank among the best. The film features dazzling performances from "newcomers" Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce.
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Special Report: Aaron Silverstein on The Infinite Husk (2025)

Special Report: Aaron Silverstein on The Infinite Husk (2025)

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Episode 797: Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989)

Episode 797: Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989)

Todd Solondz's disowned debut finally gets its day in court. Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989) follows Ira Ellis, a bespectacled, self-deluding playwright adrift in the last gasp of the East Village a...

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Episode 796: Matilda (1978)

Episode 796: Matilda (1978)

Paul Gallico's 1970 novel Matilda told of a male boxing kangaroo who becomes an unlikely heavyweight contender, upending the worlds of sports promotion and organized crime. Producer Albert S. Ruddy, f...

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Special Report: Corey Feldman Versus the World (2025)

Special Report: Corey Feldman Versus the World (2025)

Mike talks with director Marcie Hume about making Corey Feldman vs. the World, the ethics of documentary filmmaking, and what it means to capture a subject in freefall.Hume has said the film was never...

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Special Report: Silver Star (2024)

Special Report: Silver Star (2024)

When a bank robbery goes sideways, two strangers find themselves bound together on the road — Billie (Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson), whose desperation brought her to the bank in the first place, and Franny...

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Special Report: The Life of Singleton

Special Report: The Life of Singleton

John Singleton was twenty-three when he wrote Boyz N the Hood and twenty-four when it made him the first Black filmmaker and youngest person ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Rel...

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Episode 795: Some Like it Hot (1959)

Episode 795: Some Like it Hot (1959)

Comedy Month continues as Mike talks with co-hosts Keith Gordon and Heidi Honeycutt about Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959).Chicago, 1929. Musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) are ...

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Special Report: When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor

Special Report: When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor

Released in 1978 and directed by John Landis, National Lampoon's Animal House follows the anarchic members of Delta House fraternity at Faber College as they wage war against pompous Dean Wormer (John...

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