Episode 40: 1953 with Sheila O'Malley
A podcast about the great movies.
Sheila O’Malley is a classic film buff who joins the esteemed ranks of our “the 1950s were AWESOME, actually” guests, looking back at the equally compelling domestic and foreign cinema of the wild, eventful year of 1953. Ruined women! International sideboob! Juvenile delinquents! What’s not to love?
Stalag 17 is streaming on Kanopy, Tubi, and the Roku Channel, and is rentable and buyable at the usual outlets.
Tokyo Story is is on the Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and Kanopy, and available for digital rental or purchase.
The Earrings of Madame de… is streaming on the Criterion Channel and HBO Max, and available for digital rental or purchase. And here’s that Dan Callahan article that Sheila references.
Summer with Monika is on the Criterion Channel and Kanopy, and you know the rest. Oh, and it’s also in that incredible Criterion Bergman Blu-ray box, so pick that up if you can swing it.
And last but not least, The Wild One is available for digital rental or purchase.
More good reading mentioned in the show: here’s Sheila’s Film Comment piece on Shane and Everybody Wants Some!!, and her piece for the Criterion Collection release of After Hours.
This week’s episode was sponsored by our friends at the New York Film Festival; here’s the site we direct you to in the ad, if you’d like to grab a pass to September’s NYFF (and you should).
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