Roger's List

Raging Bull (with Mike Lydon and Nicole Vettese)

It's the first of our many encounters with Martin Scorsese on this show, and we're opening it up with a real heavyweight. We're talking about RAGING BULL, Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece featuring a performance by Robert DeNiro that redefined acting for an entire generation. Mike Lydon and Nicole Vettese return to spar with this challenging, beautiful, fascinating film. 

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Next week's episode: The Grey Zone 

The Band Wagon (with Molly Grattan)

Author Molly Grattan joins me this week to chat about THE BAND WAGON, an exuberant Technicolor musical starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse! We discuss the history of MGM musicals, the parallels with SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and celebrate a much-needed blast of cinematic joy. 

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Next week's episode: Raging Bull 

In A Lonely Place (with Karl Horberg)

Humphrey Bogart gives one of his best performances as the improbably named Dix Steele in this moody, brilliant film noir from director Nicolas Ray! Karl Horberg is on hand to discuss this Hollywood-set potboiler, featuring an amazing turn by Gloria Grahame! This one really blew me away; check it out free on Amazon Prime.

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Next week's episode: The Band Wagon 

Dark City (with Dan Reese)

This week, we're heading to Alex Proyas' gothic, brilliant DARK CITY! Dan Reese joins me to talk about this modern sci-fi masterpiece starring Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connolly, Kiefer Sutherland, and William Hurt. Blending film noir, horror, and sci-fi, this 1998 gem out-Matrixes THE MATRIX. 

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Next week's episode: In A Lonely Place 

Richard III (with Andy Bowman)

Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by the release of this week's episode! Andy Bowman from the Geek 101 and Monkey Off My Backlog podcasts joins me to discuss Richard Loncraine's explosive 1995 adaptation of Shakespeare's RICHARD III, featuring a breakout performance from Ian McKellan as the Bard's nastiest villain. This sets the story in an alternate history version of WWII era London, and doesn't skimp on modern-era sex, violence, and style. 

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Next week's episode: Dark City 

Great Expectations (with Tessa Swehla)

David Lean's 1946 take on Charles Dickens' immortal classic is considered by most to be the definitive adaptation; how does it hold up today? Tessa Swehla from the Monkey Off My Backlog podcast joins me to dig in to this sumptuous, witty, gothic rendition of a classic. 

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Next week's episode: Richard III (1995) 

Dracula (with Gena Radcliffe)

Pour a nice glass of "wine" and kick back for this special Halloween treat! We're delighted this week to be joined by Gena Radcliffe, film critic for The Spool and host of the wonderful Kill by Kill Podcast, to discuss Tod Browning's 1931 classic DRACULA, with Bela Lugosi in his iconic turn as the bloodthirsty count! 

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Next week's episode: Great Expectations 

Some Like It Hot (with Lynsey Pennington)

Nobody's perfect, but this sparkling Billy Wilder comedy comes pretty close. This week, Lynsey Pennington returns to discuss SOME LIKE IT HOT, one of the all-time great American comedies with an iconic performance from Marilyn Monroe! 

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Next week's episode: Dracula 

Faust (with Tim Stevens)

We're back in the realm of German Expressionism this week with another ahead of it's time, larger than life production: FW Murnau's FAUST. This week, Tim Stevens from Marvel.com and The Spool is on hand to discuss this most metal of silent films, with it's amazing makeup and special effects. 

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Next week's episode: Some Like It Hot 

Chimes at Midnight (with Mike Lydon)

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, as Orson Welles can attest with CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT, his bold remixing of Shakespeare's HENRY IV and HENRY V. Mike Lydon, host of the Cult Standard and Courage the Cowardly Podcast, joins me to discuss Welles' debauched interpretation of Falstaff, the incredible trickery that went into the production, and one of the coolest battle scenes ever. 

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Next week's episode: Faust