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episode 680: Episode 680: Millennium Actress (2001)
We continue Japanese month with a request from listener Vaughn Kuhlemeier, Millennium Actress (2001). Directed by Satoshi Kon, the film tells the story of Chiyoki Fujiwara, an actress who met a fugitive when she was a young lady who spent the rest...
episode 681: Episode 681: Heroic Purgatory (1970)
We continue our discussion of Japanese films this month by returning to the world of Yoshishige Yoshida and his 1970 film Heroic Purgatory. It's the story of Kanako (Mariko Okada). She returns home with a lost teenager, Ayu (Kazumi Tsutsui)....
episode 682: Episode 682: Shura (1971)
We conclude a month of discussing Japanese films with a look at Toshio Matsumoto’s 1971 film Demons aka Shura. The story of the film is part of the fabric of the larger 47 Ronin narrative and is the story of a ronin who is cheated by a geisha and how...
episode 683: Episode 683: Bowfinger (1999)
We’re kicking off a month discussing comedy films with a look at Frank Oz’s Bowfinger. Released in 1999, the film was written by and stars Steve Martin as the titular Bowfinger, a struggling filmmaker who, along with his group of misfit artists,...
episode 684: Episode 684: Tango & Cash (1989)
Comedy month continues with a film that could be categorized as "pure action" film has a hard time being taken seriously, Tango & Cash (1989). Directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy, Albert Magnoli, and more, the film stars Sylvester Stallone as the...
episode 685: Episode 685: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Ian Brownell and Otto Bruno join Mike for a discussion of Preston Sturges and his 1944 film The Miracle of Morgan's Creek which stars Betty Hutton as Trudy Kockenlocker, a woman who really helps support the troops going off to World War Two. When she...