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  • 2 hours 8 minutes
    2024 National Film Registry (Live Reactions)

    Another year, another batch of 25 (give or take) titles added to the National Film Registry, and another live reaction episode from You're Missing Out. As is tradition, hosts Mike Natale and Tom Lorenzo jumped on mic mere hours after the list was made public. Neither host knew what titles were inducted until producer Kyle kicked off a YouTube livestream at noon on 12/17 and read the list off one by one. There was excitement, confusion, and the constant question "Did any of the films we submitted get in?" Will the titles this year have us 'dirty dancing' or will all our hopes go 'up in smoke'? Find out in this special episode!

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    Music by Mike Natale

    18 December 2024, 3:00 pm
  • 2 hours 16 minutes
    Season 4 Wrap-Up & Registry Picks (Season Finale)

    Mike, Tom, Kyle, and Amanda commemorate hitting 100 movies covered on the show, reflect on the fourth class of 25 films inducted into the registry, give out superlatives to the standout performances and craftspeople, reflect on their registry submissions, and look ahead to new adventures in Season 5.

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    Music by Mike Natale

    26 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    The Birth of a Nation (1915) w/ VyceVictus

    "It Will Make You a Better Southerner"- tagline from the Birmingham Age-Herald in 1916

     

    We've now hit 100 National Film Registry titles covered on this podcast, and for this milestone episode, we decided to tackle the National Film Registry inductee that has most ominously loomed above this show since we began: D.W. Griffith's vile, hateful, and unfortunately influential 1915 blockbuster The Birth of a Nation.

     

    Longtime friend of the show, and our resident "war movie" correspondent, Action for Everyone's VyceVictus, sat down with us for a wide-ranging discussion on this controversial title that's still being debated more than a century after its release. We'll take a look at the film's source material, talk about exactly why the National Film Registry chose to preserve this film, and the surprising Oscar-nominated director who led the charge for its induction.

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    Music by Mike Natale

    19 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    Within Our Gates (1920) Feature Length Commentary

    "A story of the race with an ALL-COLORED CAST"

     

    For our penultimate episode of the season, we provide a feature-length commentary for Oscar Micheaux's landmark proto-race film Within Our Gates (1920). To watch the film along with us, head to our YouTube page.

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    Music by Mike Natale

    12 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 38 minutes
    Adam's Rib (1949) w/ Bella Zaydenberg

    "WHO WEARS THE PANTS?"

     

    Tired of episodes where Mike and Tom bicker like a couple? Great news, for Adam's Rib, Mike's real-life significant other, editor Bella Zaydenberg, returns to the show to discuss Adam's Rib. Which of course means, she'll try and inject some well-researched facts into the mix, while Mike and Tom continue to bicker like a couple. This time, they'll talk Tracy, Hepburn, who was right in the courtroom, and whether Kip is queer-coded or really trying to get into Katherine's signature slacks...

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    Music by Mike Natale

    5 September 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Castro Street (1966)

    "Bruce Baillie makes avant-garde films with the gifts of a painter and the objectives of a sign painter."

     

    This week, we sat down as just Tom and Mike to talk about Bruce Baillie's Castro Street. But more than that, we sat down to, in a sense, "How To Watch Experimental Films (If You Don't Like Experimental Films)". After Tom notably had no patience for Dog Star Man earlier this season, Mike was surprised to find Tom really resonated with this 10-minute avant-garde portrait of industrial California.

     

    So, if you've ever found yourself thinking experimental film is daunting, incomprehensible, or yes, even pretentious, Tom (who has thought all three at times) takes the lead on this episode to help make sense of Castro Street, and offer a pathway into the rich and diverse world of experimental cinema.

     

    Plus, we take a look at Baillie's other major work, All My Life (1966), to compare and contrast the two shorts.

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    Music by Mike Natale

    29 August 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    Carmen Jones (1954) w/ Amanda Rush

    "Let the old buzzard flap his wings right over me. Till he comes down and gets me, I got a lotta livin' to do."

     

    Our newest team member Amanda Rush joins us to talk about Otto Preminger's barrier-breaking Cinemascope musical Carmen Jones. We talk opera, Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, and a form of short film called "Soundies."

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    Music by Mike Natale

    22 August 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 58 minutes
    Salt of the Earth (1954) w/ Kyle Lampar

    "The only film to ever be blacklisted!"

     

    Kyle Lampar steps out of the producer role to join us for a conversation about HUAC, the Hollywood Ten, and the only film to ever be blacklisted, Salt of the Earth (1954). Since this unique film was made by creatives caught up in the Red Scare, we begin our episode with a quick history of the Hollywood Blacklist, before getting into the merits, and the flaws, of this landmark work of cinema.

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    Music by Mike Natale

    15 August 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    Paths of Glory (1957) w/ Michael H. Weber

    "Never has the screen thrust so deeply into the guts of war!"

     

    Screenwriter Michael H. Weber (500 Days of Summer, The Disaster Artist) returns to the show to talk about one of Stanley Kubrick's under-discussed masterworks, the stirring Kirk Douglas-led war film Paths of Glory (1957)! We'll talk pacifism, systemic failure, and how this anti-war film compares to Kubrick's own later film, Full Metal Jacket.

     

    Hosts:

    Michael Natale

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    Tom Lorenzo

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    Producer:

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    Guest:

    Michael H. Weber

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    Music by Mike Natale

    8 August 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

    "The strangest damned gang you ever heard of. They're young. They're in love. They rob banks."

     

    This week, Mike Natale and Tom Lorenzo work as a duo to unpack one of the most controversial and game-changing American films of the 1960s, Bonnie and Clyde (1967). They'll take a look at a tumultuous pre-production process, a titanic Oscar year, and tons of bullets taking down two of the most beautiful young stars of mid-century Hollywood.

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    Music by Mike Natale

    1 August 2024, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 43 minutes
    Ride the High Country (1962) w/ Tom Augustine

    "Showdown in the High Sierra!"

     

    Our two weary cowboy hosts form a posse with film critic Tom Augustine to journey into the world of Sam Peckinpah with what is perhaps a surprising pick for Bloody Sam's first entry into the National Film Registry, the Randolph Scott/Joel McCrea two-hander Ride the High Country (1962)

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    Music by Mike Natale

    25 July 2024, 4:00 am
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