158. Film Scores I Have Loved Before
An email from a listener got me thinking about film scores that I actually listen to and love, so this episode shares a handful of classic and contemporary scores I think are worthy of special conside...
27 Jun 20231h 17min
157. 40 Glimpses of Paul Newman in 'The Verdict'
This week's companion episode to my previous episode about Sidney Lumet's 'The Verdict' is for the craft purists, the Newman obsessives, and the acting completists out there. Much like I did with the ...
13 Jun 20231h 33min
156. Paul Newman in Sidney Lumet & David Mamet's 'The Verdict' (1982)
One of my very favorite films and featuring one of Paul Newman's favorite performances, Sidney Lumet's 'The Verdict' has grown in stature and appreciation since its premiere in 1982. With a brillian...
6 Jun 20232h 5min
155. Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in 'Moneyball' (2011)
Bennett Miller was the 3rd director attached to the adaptation of Michael Lewis' classic baseball non-fiction book 'Moneyball', after Steven Soderbergh was replaced by Sony, who got nervous over his p...
23 Mai 20231h 55min
154. Robert Altman's 'Nashville' (1975)
I'm joined by frequent FCAC Guest Star Richard Brown as we explore the many possible reactions to Robert Altman and Joan Tewksbury's 'Nashville'...a film that polarized pretty much everyone when it ca...
16 Mai 20231h 51min
153. Warren Zevon's David Letterman Appearances
The 2003 episode that David Letterman devoted entirely to a single guest, Warren Zevon, stands out as one of Dave's signature episodes and the frank and revealing conversation they had about Zevon's t...
2 Mai 20231h 53min
152. Twenty-Two Glimpses of Jeff Spicoli
Sean Penn's committed, beyond-his-years performance as Jeff Spicoli is one of the great and most-storied American film acting performances, full stop. After last week's episode about 'Fast Times at R...
25 Apr 20231h 5min
151. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
Amy Heckerling and Cameron Crowe's 1982 adaptation of Crowe's book 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' is a classic that rises above the low-brow teen-sex comedy that Universal executives probably expected...
18 Apr 20231h 26min
