Episode 673: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
We’re wrapping up Western Month with a look at William Wellman’s The Ox-Bow Incident. Released in 1943 the film is based on the 1940 novel from Walter Van Tilberg Clark and stars Henry Fonda and Henry...
28 Feb 20241h 51min
Episode 672: Johnny Guitar (1954)
Western Month continues with a look at Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar. Released in 1954 the film stars Sterling Hayden as the titular Mr. Guitar. However, he’s outshone in the film by Joan Crawford as V...
21 Feb 20241h 34min
Special Report: Terry Hayes on The Year of the Locust
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer/producer/author Terry Hayes about a few of his films like The Road Warrior, Dead Calm, and From Hell, as well as his two novels, I Am Pilgrim and The Ye...
20 Feb 202453min
Special Report: God & Country (2024)
Mike speaks with director Dan Partland about his career including his latest film, God & Country, which looks at the history and tenets of Christian Nationalism, a political movement which cloaks itse...
19 Feb 202437min
Special Report: Finding Her Beat (2022)
On this special episode, Mike talks to directors Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett along with subject Jennifer Weir of the documentary Finding Her Beat about a Taiko drum concert in Minnesota. Find out ...
16 Feb 202429min
Special Report: Demon Mineral (2023)
Mike talks with filmmaker Hadley Austin about Demon Mineral, a feature documentary that looks at radioactive contamination of Navajo lands. The film recently played at the Slamdance Film Festival.Beco...
15 Feb 202421min
Episode 671: 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Western Month continues with a look at Delmer Daves’s 3:10 to Yuma. Released in 1957, the film tells the tale of two men, outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) and innocent bystander Dan Evans (Van Heflin). Th...
14 Feb 20242h 24min
Special Report: The Death Tour (2024)
As part of our Slamdance Film Festival coverage, Mike spoke with directors Stephan Peterson & Sonya Ballantyne about their documentary, The Death Tour (2024), in which a group of wrestlers cross the b...
13 Feb 202428min
