262. Paul Newman in 'Nobody's Fool' (1994)
For my final episode of 2025, it's 'Nobody's Fool' one of my favorite films, and a true comfort watch in keeping with the theme of last week's episode. Sweet, subtle, well-cast and directed, and slyl...
24 Dec 20251h 25min
261. Comfort Content For Troubled Times
The news is unrelenting. Shootings in Bondi Beach. Terror in the classrooms at Brown University. The terrible deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife in LA. The news is shocking and we become numb to the...
17 Dec 202545min
260. Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' (1960)
From a chance viewing of Saul Bass' iconic 'Psycho' titles on TCM sprung this exploration of the straightforward, human experience of watching 'Psycho' with an eye and ear towards how audience expecta...
12 Dec 20251h 43min
259. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' Part 3
This final episode about Milos Forman's brilliant and deeper-than-expected masterpiece adaptation of Ken Kesey's very 1960's novel explores the subtle emotional power of the film's editing and how it ...
4 Dec 20251h 20min
258. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' Part 2
Part 2 of my deep dive into Milos Forman's incredible 1975 film 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'. In Part 2 I get into a handful of scenes from the first third of the film: the introduction of Nurse ...
25 Nov 20251h 11min
257. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' Part 1: Commitment
Leaving behind one iconic adaptation of a popular novel in 'The Exorcist' and picking up another with this introductory episode about 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest', Milos Forman and Bo Goldman's f...
19 Nov 20251h 2min
256. 'The Exorcist' Part 4: Absolution
Finishing up my four-part exploration of The Exorcist, this episode considers the film's exorcism scenes, its ambiguous ending, and lasting legacy. My newfound appreciation for the towering achieveme...
14 Nov 202557min
255. 'The Exorcist' Part 3: Film, Faith & Foreboding
In Part 3 of my multi-part deep dive re-exploration of William Friedkin's 1973 masterpiece 'The Exorcist' I take a detailed look at the filmmaking in the first half of the movie. Considering the Nort...
10 Nov 20251h 13min
