Episode 340: Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
Czechtember continues with a look at Pavel Jurácek's Case for a Rookie Hangman (AKA Prípad pro zacínajícího kata) from 1970. Very loosely based on the third part of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels...
12 Sep 20172h 15min
Special Report: The Running Man (1987)
Set in the distant year of 2017, The Running Man (1987) is set in a dystopian world where reality television rules the airwaves and the most popular show pits criminals against muscle-bound, spandex-c...
10 Sep 20173h 55min
Episode 339: Closely Watched Trains (1966)
We kick off the first annual "Czechtember" with a look at the most-easily accessible films of the Czech New Wave, the charmingly disarming 1966 film Closely Watched Trains (AKA Ostre Sledované Vlaky o...
5 Sep 20172h 33min
Episode 338: The Swimmer (1968)
The 1968 film by Frank and Eleanor Perry, The Swimmer (based on the John Cheever short story of the same name), stars Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, a Connecticut executive who decides to head back ho...
29 Aug 20174h 45min
Episode 337: Intacto (2001)
We're up all night to get lucky as we discuss the 2001 film from director and co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Intacto which stars Leonardo Sbaraglia as Tomás, a man who survives a plane crash and w...
22 Aug 20171h 55min
Special Report: Michael Lucker on Crash! Boom! Bang!
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer Michael Lucker about his career in Hollywood (including co-writing the screenplay for A Vampire in Brooklyn) as well as his recent book, CRASH! BOOM! BA...
21 Aug 201733min
Special Report: Albert Pyun on Interstellar Civil War (2017)
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer/director Albert Pyun about his latest film, the sci-fi epic Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire (2017). They also discuss Pyun's dementia and ...
18 Aug 201727min
Episode 336: THX-1138 (1971)
The first feature film from director George Lucas, THX-1138 (1971) features a world in which love is outlawed and mind-altering drugs are mandatory. The film stars Robert Duvall as the titular THX-113...
16 Aug 20174h 2min
