129: Christine Leteux on Maurice Tourneur • David Meuel on Pre-Code William Wellman
Vintage Directors! Christine Leteux, author of Maurice Tourneur: Weaver of Dreams • David Meuel, author of Assembly-Line Auteur: The Pre-Code Films of William Wellman (96:51)
5 May 2026, 1:13 pm
1 hour 32 minutes
128: Mike Gebert's The Chicago Way • J.B. Kaufman on Fantasia • Thomas Gladysz on Louise Brooks
Michael Gebert, author of The Chicago Way: An Oral HIstory of Chicago Dining • J.B. Kaufman, author of Worlds to Conquer: The Art and Making of Walt Disney's Fantasia • Thomas Gladysz: Focus on Louise Brooks (92:26)
2 March 2026, 1:43 pm
1 hour 50 minutes
127: Scott Eyman on Joan Crawford • Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers of Deaf Crocodile
Scott Eyman, author of Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face • Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers , founders of the Deaf Crocodile label (110:12)
20 January 2026, 2:44 pm
1 hour 34 minutes
126: Top Ten in Physical Media 2025 • Pre-Code Essentials, with Danny Reid
Top Ten in Physical Media 2025 with Bruce Calvert • Pre-Code Essentials, with Danny Reid (94:26
11 December 2025, 1:12 am
1 hour 33 minutes
Ep. 125: Restoring Beau Geste • 2025 Pordenone Festival Report • Six Degrees of Charlie Chaplin
Restoring Beau Geste (1926), with Robert Harris and James Mockoski • 2025 Pordenone Silent Film Festival Report, with Lokke Heiss and Lea Stans • Six Degrees of Charlie Chaplin, with Steve Massa and Uli Ruedel (93:26)
31 October 2025, 12:55 pm
1 hour 45 minutes
124: Steven C. Smith on Hitchcock and Herrmann • Stephen Rebello on Strangers On a Train
The Hitchcock Episode: Steven C. Smith, author of Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship & Film Scores That Changed Cinem • Stephen Rebello, author of Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train (105:49)
30 September 2025, 1:30 pm
1 hour 27 minutes
Ep. 123: Cleveland Silent Film Festival • Lukas Foerster on Weimar Comedies • A Gish Sisters Book
!23: Emily Laurance on The Cleveland Silent Film Festival and Colloquium • Lukas Foerster on Champagne and Caviar: Four Weimar Comedies • Ben Urish and Rick Geary on The Movie Girls, by Jan Wahl (87:38)
3 September 2025, 1:17 pm
1 hour 38 minutes
122: Richard Koszarski and Dennis Doros on Made in New Jersey • Lon Davis on Edward Everett Horton
122: Richard Koszarski on Made in New Jersey • Dennis Doros on New Jersey, Queen Kelly and Missing Movies • Lon Davis on Edward Everett Horton (98:24)
4 August 2025, 1:15 pm
1 hour 24 minutes
121: Rob Byrne on San Francisco Film Preserve • Lisa Stein Haven on Early Buster Keaton
Rob Byrne on San Francisco Film Preserve • Lisa Stein Haven, author of Early Buster Keaton: From the Vaudeville Stage to Comique Films, 1899-1920 (84:28)
2 July 2025, 1:16 pm
1 hour 31 minutes
120: Eddie Muller and the Dames of Noir • Ben Model on The Silent Film Universe
Eddie Muller, author of Dark City Dames • Ben Model, author of The Silent Film Universe
2 June 2025, 1:01 pm
1 hour 27 minutes
119: First Women of Hollywood • The Visionary June Mathis
Mary Mallory, author of First Women of Hollywood • Thomas J. Slater, author of June Mathis: The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary (87:33)