A Weekly Podcast Where We Discuss . . . Movies
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Lights, camera, podcast! Join Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano as they dive into the world of cinema on their exciting podcast, ”At the Movies.” From discussing the latest releases to sharing their expert insights as film professors at Howard Community College, get ready for an entertaining and informative cinematic journey. Tune in now for your dose of movie magic!
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Mike Smith and Mike DeCriscio are two guys who love movies - so much so they had the completely original idea of doing a whole podcast about it! The two have been podcasting for years, and now this revamped version of their show will have reviews of the latest movies, retrospectives on their favorite media, discussions about a bunch of random topics, and jokes! Lots of jokes!
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Movies with Mike and Anthony’s Soda Pop Culture Club: Celebrating movies of the 80’s, 90’s and beyon...
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Do you love the movies of the 80s and 90s. Did late fees at the video store make you panic like you lost a book from the library? Then you are in the right place. Welcome to Mike and Anthony’s soda pop culture club. Me Mike along with my cohost Anthony …bring our take on tv, movies and all pop culture from the 80s, 90s, and beyond.
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Tremble before the rise of the Cor-man! We’re in “Be Like the Cor-man” now, up to our necks! For all his chintzy budgets, churned-out scripts, and lilliputian shooting schedules, Roger Corman hardly ever lost money on any of his pictures. Some of those pictures . . . one finds oneself asking “how?” as is the case of the 1960 now-cult-classic “Littl…
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Set in the near future, "Civil War" is about a messy conflict in a deeply divided United States. Sound familiar? In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano agree that the film does not fully realize the political potential of its premise, and yet fully realizes the visceral power of accompanying several photojour…
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Spit fire and save matches, we’ve got us a new series! And it’s a doozy, recognizing one of the greatest most talented highly influential directors of the last hundred years. Who you may ask? Ron Howard? Sure, “Apollo 13” is decent and “A Beautiful Mind” won some minor awards like an Oscar but did he bring us “Dinoshark”? No, he did not! Martin Sco…
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Episode 289 – The Great Dictator (1940)
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Halloyouall! Hier is de ende auf “Hat Nicht Gewonen. Hat Nicht Gewonen. Hat Nicht Gewonen” und der Max und der Mike ist vatchen das moviefilmen von Herr Charles Chaplin “Der Zehr Biggen Leadermensch”. Das ist ein moviefilmen vot nicht winnen das Oskar fur “Müst Gooden Movenpicturspassemachen” und das ist zehr unhappimachen. Or ist das? Maybeezo ist…
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Episode 288 – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
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Um, ok, this is a bit embarrassing but while we were hoping to discuss “Singin’ in the Rain” as this week’s entry in our “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” series, we, well I’ll just say it, we couldn’t afford the licensing fees (it’s very complicated; it would take an economist to explain it) BUT don’t despair, because we’ve got something even b…
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Episode 287 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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Ok, this week’s entry in the “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” series is a bit troubling. I mean, it’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” right? Well, I don’t know about you but I remember 2001; I remember getting over the Y2K panic; I remember George W. Bush being president. You know what I DON’T remember? Finding a mysterious black monolith on the moon!…
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Episode 286 – Do The Right Thing (1989)
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Please check out this week’s episode of “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win.” Please do. Please baby, please, baby baby baby please! From that ham-handed reference, you can guess that we’re taking on a Spike Lee movie, specifically “Do The Right Thing”, a movie that didn’t win Best Picture, wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture, but a LOT of peopl…
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Mistress America (2015) / The Pelican Brief (1993)
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It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This week, Mike D comes to terms with the work of Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach with MISTRESS AMERICA, while Smith catches up with an early 90s movie star vehicle, THE PELICAN BRIEF!
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Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that this week’s entry in “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” was NOT a thrilling docu-drama about the founding and development about the capital of Alaska. I mean, what a missed opportunity! I was hoping to see the on-screen portrayals of the prospectors Richard Harris and Joe Juneau as they struggle to…
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In the wake of Akira Toriyama's death, Mike and Mike received another Ko-fi donation to talk about another Dragon Ball movie - this time around, we're talking DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF GODS, the 2013 film which became the basis for the first season of Dragon Ball Super!
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In 1938 a British stockbroker, Nicholas Winton, organized the rescue of 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and these children were sent to safety in Great Britain. This true story is the basis for "One Life," which HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano discuss in this Podcast episode. Anthony Hopkins is terrific as the e…
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Welcome to Max Foster Levine and No One Else; Movies. I, and I alone, have come up with our new series “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win.” and don’t you forget it! Yes, yes, I may have had some partner or other at some point but I sent him packing when he showed his vast lack of vision at my brilliant choice of “Citizen Kane” as an example of the…
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April 5th, 2063 is the day that humankind first made contact with the Vulcans... which means it's the perfect time for Mike & Mike to dive deep on STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT! Thanks to a Ko-Fi donation, we're digging into the 8th STAR TREK film, and talking its place in the series as a whole!
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Somewheeeerre, off in the podcast Movies play And my buddy and me chat About them throughout the day. Somewhere, off in the podcast, We’ll talk flicks. And we’ll just keep on talking ’cause we’re a pair of . . . Um, ok, that’s enough singing for now! Yes, believe it or not, the classic “The Wizard of Oz” was nominated for but did not win Best Pictu…
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Off Mike - Love Lies Bleeding, Hundreds of Beavers, Orphan, and more!
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It's time for an Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Mike D catches up with the ORPHAN series and watches some recent Oscar nominees like ANATOMY OF A FALL and THE ZONE OF INTEREST. Meanwhile, Smith wants to spread the good word about his new favorite movie, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, plus LOVE LIES BLEEDING, GIRLS5EVA, and the original ROAD HOUSE!…
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Swiss Army Man (2016) / Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
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This week, it's time for a Mike Makes Mike Watch! Because Mike D is such a big fan of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Smith is making him watch the Daniels' debut feature, SWISS ARMY MAN! Meanwhile, Mike D is making Smith catch up with one of the better animated movies in the last few years, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH!…
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It's not often that a sequel is better than the first film, but director Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Two" is better than the first part released in 2021. in this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano discuss a cinematic epic that takes us deeper into the sci fi story and, of course, also visually delivers with mo…
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Episode 282 – Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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We’ve got us a brand-new series! How often does that happen? Well, pretty often, but that’s part of the magic! This week, we’re kicking off our series “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” where we discuss movies that seemed like a lock for the Best Picture Oscar but instead were cruelly and viciously stomped upon by some other film that took their …
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This week, Mike and Mike are breaking down everything that happened at this year's Academy Awards! Plus, we throw in a few extra discussions about films like PERFECT DAYS, STEAMBOAT BILL JR., THE SILENT PARTNER, and more!
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We’re closing out “Because Patton Said So” with one last entry from Patton Oswalt’s choices from the Criterion Collection. And as we mosey into the sunset, on our cayuse (which I think is a small Yugoslavian car, don’t quote me on that), we’re taking a gander at a Sam Fuller Western, 1957’s “Forty Guns.” The central premise of this movie is: do you…
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Dune: Part Two (Guest: Producer Collin)
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This week, Producer Collin joins the Mikes on their journey to the planet Arrakis to break down Denis Villeneuve's highly-anticipated sequel, DUNE: PART TWO! Plus, Nick Wermuth reviews the less-highly-anticipated DUNE Popcorn Bucket!
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Heeewack, campers! We’ve got another choice selection from the list of Filmaster Oswalt! He’s brought us obscure, powerful noir films, languid, elegant Japanese films, so what tasteful, understated lyrical selection has he made for us . . . oh. Oh. OHHH!!!! OH GOD MY EYES MY EYES WHAT’S HAPPENING WHAT THE HELL IS THIS OHGODOHGODOHGODOHGOD . . . Umm…
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Off Mike - Dune (2021), Starship Troopers, Drive-Away Dolls, and more!
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This week, the Mikes are getting prepped for Dune: Part Two by rewatching the first one! Plus, we're talking Drive-Away Dolls, Lisa Frankenstein, Starship Troopers, Helldivers II, and more!
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Episode 279 – The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
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Once again, we are pleased to bring you a film selection suggested by one Mr. Patton Oswalt (and there is only one of him, at least until I perfect my cloning-and-memory-imprint-transfer device, which should be any day now; I just need to find one more set of old skee-ball machine gears . . .): Yasujirō Ozu’s 1952 work “The Flavor of Green Tea Over…
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It's a vehicular action double feature! This week for Mike Makes Mike Watch, Mike D is making Smith catch up with John Frankenheimer's THE TRAIN! Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D brush up on his Liam Neeson with Jaume Collet-Sera's NON-STOP!
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HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano have a lot to say in this podcast episode, because they're talking about two films that received numerous Academy Award nominations. Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, "American Fiction," strikes an admirable balance between comedy and drama in its story about a Black novelist, Thelonious Ellis…
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Welcome to a brand-spanking-new series (a spanking! A spanking!), inspired by someone Mike and I both admire and enjoy: Patton! That’s right, when you put your hand in a pile of goo that five minutes ago was a movie’s guts . . . wait, hang on, wrong Patton . . . No, indeed, this series is inspired and shaped not by the legendary general and tank-co…
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Off Mike - The Zone of Interest, The Beekeeper, Sexy Beast, and more!
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It's time for an Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, the two Mikes capture two very different Jonathan Glazer movies - Mike D watched SEXY BEAST while Mike Smith caught up with THE ZONE OF INTEREST. Plus, Mike D talks MEEK'S CUTOFF and WHIPLASH, while Smith protects the hive with THE BEEKEEPER and catches up with some older films like THE LAST…
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Today, the laughter has died. Yes, we’ve come to the end of our “What’s So Funny?” series; we’re all sorry to see it end, as it means nothing will ever be funny again but we urge you all to stiffen that upper lip, square those shoulders, and do your best to carry on. We’re closing this out with another listener suggestion, the recent “Barbie” movie…
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The Blackcoat's Daughter (2017) / Spirited Away (2002)
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It's time for a Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time around, Mike D is getting hyped for LONGLEGS and making Smith watch Osgood Perkins' THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER. Meanwhile, Smith is making Mike D do some Miyazaki catchup with an all-timer, SPIRITED AWAY.
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Welcome to our penultimate “What’s So Funny?” episode; this week we’ve got a Neil Simon-penned (or more likely typewritered) little number, the spiritual sequel, sort of, to a movie both Mike and I really enjoy, “Murder By Death,” another Neil Simon creation. This one focuses more on one genre: the hard-boiled detective movie, more specifically, th…
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Off Mike - The 2024 Sundance Film Festival, American Fiction, Mean Girls, and more!
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It's time for an Off Mike Discussions episode! This week, Mike D closes the book on THE LAST KINGDOM and catches up with some underseen movies from a few years back, including CLIMAX and DESTROYER. Meanwhile, Mike Smith spent four days watching the online portion of the Sundance Film Festival, and has thoughts on AMERICAN FICTION, ALL OF US STRANGE…
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Episode 275 – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
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Well now, homefellows. I must suggest that you “step off”, lest you find yourself labeled a “jive turkey.” I am not funning with you, my siblings. I would deeply appreciate it if you would each and every one of you pick up what we are “laying down,” as it were; Max and Mike are our names and discussing movies is indeed what you might in fact refer …
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The 2023 Mike & Mike Year in Review Spectacular!
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It's finally here! Mike and Mike are looking back on the year that was and counting down their Top 10 favorite movies of 2023, their Top 10 favorite discoveries of 2023, and the movies they're most looking forward to in 2024. Huge thanks to Mike Emmons, Kyle Cullen, Nick Wermuth, Laura Colaneri, Collin Stiles, Vin Craig, and Charlotte Macorn for th…
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YEE HAW! Howdy, pardners! I’m Big Max and that there is Big Mike and we’re “Big Max and Big Mike’s Big House O’ Psychopaths”! And we’ve got so much inventory this month that we’ve gone PLUM CRAZY! Come on down and see what we’ve got! We’ve got masked vigilantes tossing playing cards! We’ve got bald Vietnamese guys dressed as Catholic priests! We’ve…
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Episode 273 – Love at First Bite (1979)
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Welcome back to our “What’s So Funny?” series. And you know what’s funny? The blood-sucking undead. Oh, my sides! Yes, the 70’s brought a resurgence of Dracula movies (not that he ever really went away) and 1979 brought us one! Two! Three! Four! Five! Five Dracula movies! Ah ah ah! {sound of thunder}. And of all of them, “Love at First Bite” was ce…
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It's time for the annual, end-of-the-year in-person episode! This year, Mike and Mike are joined by frequent guests Kyle Cullen, Nick Wermuth, and Producer Collin to talk GODZILLA MINUS ONE... and a bunch of other stuff too!
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"The Color Purple" began as an Alice Walker novel, was turned into a dramatic film by Steven Spielberg, then turned into a Broadway musical, and now has been turned into a movie musical by director Blitz Bazawule. That gives HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano plenty to talk about in this podcast episode. This crowd-pleasing film …
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Our entry in our series “What’s So Funny?” this week is the third in the famous (or infamous) Cornetto Trilogy from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright. Sadly, we’ve skipped right over “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” (for now) but we’re focusing on this rather odd, surprisingly emotionally complex comedy. This film starts as a High-School-F…
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Guten jour, me old mates-comrades! Welcome to our wonderful country of Europe! Yag shamash! Here in Europe, we Europeans so much like to see Americans come here to enjoy our foodthings, purchase our geegaws, and desecrate our many famous monuments and landmarks! Do we mind? Nyet! As long as it is for funny Tik Tokking or Instafacing, we of Europe a…
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Off Mike - Poor Things, The Boy and the Heron, Leave the World Behind, and more!
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It's time for the last episode of 2023, and it involved a lot of 2023 catchup! Smith is watching movies like POOR THINGS, THE BOY AND THE HERON, SALTBURN, and MAESTRO, while Mike D checked in on LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND and caught up with Michael Mann's THE INSIDER!
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It's time for the final Mike Makes Mike Watch of the year! To celebrate the holiday season, we're making Mike D catch up with a horror classic: Bob Clark's 1974 slasher BLACK CHRISTMAS! And, because we simply can't get enough of Roland Emmerich on this podcast, Mike Smith is being made to watch his end-of-the-world disaster movie 2012!…
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Episode 270 – The Blues Brothers (1980)
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The movie’s one hundred fifty-one minutes long. We’ve got a full box of Bumpy Pux, half a quart of YooHoo, it’s broad daylight and we’re wearing rainbow-sequined lederhosen. Let’s roll. Welcome to another in our series “What’s So Funny?” The movie that tries to answer that question this week is John Landis’ “The Blues Brothers,” which may have one …
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Let's Rank Coen Brothers Characters! (Guest: Nick Wermuth)
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This week, frequent guest Nick Wermuth came to us with an idea to rank our favorite characters in the filmography of Joel and Ethan Coen - so that's exactly what we did! Nick joins us as we cover every era of the Coen Brothers, and run down our favorite larger-than-life characters from some of our favorite movies!…
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In "The Holdovers," director Alexander Payne and actor Paul Giamatti work together for the first time since "Sideways" back in 2004. HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano agree in this podcast episode that they have great director-actor chemistry in this character study about a New England boarding schoolteacher tasked with watching…
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Episode 269 – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
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Heeeyyy! Wakka wakka wakka! We’re DONE being hard-boiled and detective-y, so now we’re going to lighten up with a new series we’re calling “What’s So Funny?” Howaya, howaya, howaya? Saying things three times is funny! Hey, Mike! Bring that tray of priceless crystal goblets over here but watch out for that banana peel . . . OH GOD, MIKE! No! Are you…
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Off Mike - Napoleon, Godzilla Minus One, May December, and more!
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This week, it's another Off Mike Discussions episode! Smith is trying to catch up on new releases like NAPOLEON, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, AFIRE, NEXT GOAL WINS, and MAY DECEMBER, while Mike D is filling in some director gaps with David Fincher's PANIC ROOM and Michael Mann's MANHUNTER!
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It's time for another Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time around, Smith is making Mike D watch Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's FRANCES HA, while D is making Smith finally get around to one of his favorites, the 1999 cannibal horror movie RAVENOUS!
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Killers of the Flower Moon & Anatomy of a Fall
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As HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano talk about Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" in this podcast episode, they assure you they won't go on quite as long as the film's 3-hour, 26-minute running time. Although Marie thinks the film is too long and Mike is fine with the running time, they mostly agree that it is a com…
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Episode 268 – Night of the Hunter (1955)
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As we come to the close of our “Walk the Dark Street” series, let us consider hunting. One can hunt for many things: gold, Red October, wascally wabbits . . . but what sort of man does it take to hunt for two adorable children and their cash-filled doll? I’ll tell you what kind: Robert Mitchum’s Preacher in “Night of the Hunter” and here’s hoping t…
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