Episode 761: Pelísky (1999)
Czechtember 2025 kicks off with Cosy Dens (AKA Pelíšky), Jan Hřebejk’s bittersweet 1999 coming-of-age dramedy adapted from Petr Šabach’s novel Hovno Hoří (Shit on Fire). Written by Petr Jarchovský, th...
10 Sep 20251h 12min
Episode 760: Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
Buonopalooza wraps up with Howard Morris’s caper comedy Who’s Minding the Mint? (1967). Jim Hutton stars as Harry Lucas, a hapless Treasury worker who accidentally swipes $50,000 and scrambles to repl...
3 Sep 20251h 27min
Special Report: Katharine Coldiron on Out There in the Dark
Mike talks with writer Katharine Coldiron about her new book, Out There in the Dark (Autofocus Books). Blending film criticism, memoir, fiction, and experimental forms, the collection uses movies as p...
29 Aug 202524min
Episode 759: Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Buonopalooza rolls on with Robert Aldrich’s Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). Following the massive success of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, Aldrich re-teamed with Bette Davis for another Souther...
27 Aug 20251h 41min
Episode 758: The Strangler (1964)
Buonopalooza rages on with Victor Buono front and center in The Strangler (1964). One of his rare leading roles, Buono embodies Leo Kroll, a smothered man-child whose repressed rage against women spil...
20 Aug 20251h 26min
Episode 757: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
We’re kicking off a month devoted to the inimitable presence of Victor Buono — though in our opening pick, “starring” might be generous. Let’s say “featuring,” and featuring with impact. Robert Aldric...
15 Aug 20252h 13min
Special Report: Age of Audio (2025)
The mics are on for Shaun Michael Colón’s Age of Audio (2025), a whirlwind 82-minute tour through the origins, growth, and current state of podcasting. Narrated by and featuring Ronald “Big Ron” Young...
11 Aug 20251h 47min
Episode 756: Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Mike is joined by Emily Intravia (The Feminine Critique) and screenwriter Howard A. Rodman for a sobering descent into Panic in Year Zero! (1962), directed by and starring Ray Milland. Loosely inspire...
6 Aug 20251h 18min
