A preview of the new season of You Must Remember This, which covers the late careers of Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Howard Hawks, Vincente Minnelli and ten other directors who began their careers in the silent or early sound eras, and were still making movies in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, in spite of the challenges posed by massive cultural changes and their ... Show More
Jan 2025
Flashback: The Blacklist, Part 4: The African Queen, Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
This episode was originally released on March 1, 2016. Listen to help prep for the next episode of our new season,The Old Man is Still Alive.In the late 1940s, as the country was moving to the right and there was pressure on Hollywood to do the same, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey B ... Show More
49 m
Jan 2025
Frank Capra 1959-1971 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 1)
The director of It’s a Wonderful Life, who won five Oscars in the 1930s for films that embodied the pre-World War II notion of American exceptionalism, was pushed into semi-retirement by the early 50s by changes in tastes and political priorities. Capra was brought back to the Ho ... Show More
1h 16m
Jan 2025
Fritz Lang 1959-1970 (The Old Man is Still Alive, Part 2)
In the mid-1930s, Fritz Lang fled Hitler and left a successful film career in Germany behind to come to America. After a 20 year career in Hollywood, Lang went back to a much-changed Germany to make two films that he had first developed in the 1920s, set in India but largely cast ... Show More
1h 16m
Dec 2024
Demi Moore - 'The Substance' & 'Landman'
The 40-year veteran of movie stardom reflects on her difficult childhood and path to acting, the backlashes that she faced after her pregnant Vanity Fair cover and becoming the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, and what it's like aging in Hollywood, both in her hit new film and ... Show More
1h 15m
Apr 2022
Light On My Feet with Jenny Slate & Nick Kroll
<p>Topics covered include: being cavity-prone, Joe Rogan’s effect on the podcast industry, the distinction between porn and pornos, turbo output, cheaper vanities, nostalgia for Netflix’s DVD subscription model, experiencing a viral hit in 2010, licensing a song from the most lit ... Show More
1h 5m
Oct 2022
I Saw What You Did - Chucky Is An Edgelord
<p>Danielle and Millie discuss BROADCAST NEWS (1987) and LÉON MORIN, PRIEST (1961), the sexual nature of confessionals, himbos in the workplace, and the wrestler who does the X over his crotch. Plus, they are joined by the wonderful Scott Youngbauer and Peter Lozano from the podc ... Show More
1h 49m
Mar 2020
Introducing The Plot Thickens
Peter Bogdanovich was a young cinephile who quickly rose to become one of Hollywood's top directors. But he soon found himself a victim of jealousy, hubris, public scorn – and a devastating crime. Now, he looks back on a life of fame and failure, and through it all, an enduring l ... Show More
4 m
Dec 2024
Pamela Anderson - 'The Last Showgirl'
The iconic Playboy model and 'Baywatch' babe, who is now a Golden Globe-nominated actress thanks to her performance in Gia Coppola's new film, reflects on the odds-defying way in which she was discovered, how the infamous sex tape derailed her career for decades and what sparked ... Show More
55m 28s