Episode 84: 1982 with Chris Nashawaty
Film critic and author Chris Nashawaty’s latest book is The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982, so you’ll never guess what...
Episode 83: 2019 with Noel Murray
Film critic and O.G. AV Club member Noel Murray does not usually suffer from recency bias, but he thought it would be fun to glance back just five years to...
Episode 82: 1995 with Caden Mark Gardner
This week, we’re joined by the other co-author of the must-read new book Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema, as film...
Episode 81: 1969 with Willow Catelyn Maclay
Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema (out Tuesday) is one of our favorite film books of the year, and we’re welcoming...
Episode 80: 1959 with Phillip Lopate
The essayist, poet, and film critic Phillip Lopate joins us to discuss his new collection My Affair with Art House Cinema: Essays and Reviews and the cinema...
Episode 79: 1924 with Marya E. Gates
Nobody we know knows more about silent cinema than film critic, historian, and social media mastermind Marya E. Gates. She joins us to talk about movies from...
Episode 78: 1961 with Larry Karaszewski
Larry Karaszewski isn’t just an award-winning screenwriter and producer — he’s also a serious cinephile, as evidenced by the fact that we asked him for a top...
Episode 77: 1967 with Mark Harris
Mark Harris has written three of the essential film books of our time, and one of them — Pictures at a Revolution — tells the story of Hollywood in flux by...
Episode 76: 1987 with Carrie Courogen
Writer, editor, and director Carrie Courogen is the author of the breathtakingly good new book Miss May Does Not Exist, and since it’s a biography of Elaine...
Episode 75: 1964 with Ben Mankiewicz
Film critic, historian, and TCM stalwart Ben Mankiewicz joins us, on the eve of a new season of his essential podcast The Plot Thickens (focusing on the life...
Episode 74: 1976 with Alexandra West
Film critic, podcaster, and historian Alexandra West joins us to talk about her new book Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror and the movies of...
Episode 73: 1983 with Richard Shepard
Screenwriter and director Richard Shepard’s new film is catnip to us (and probably you too, if you’re listening to this show): Film Geek, an essay film about...
Episode 72: 1991 with Alonso Duralde
Critic, podcaster, and author Alonso Duralde was just beginning his professional life in 1991, and witnessed the early pangs of what became known as the New...
Episode 71: 1954 with Glenn Kenny
Glenn Kenny is the author of the new book The World Is Yours: The Story of ‘Scarface,’ and is one of our favorite film critics and scholars in general. He’s...
Episode 70: 1990 with Kate Erbland
Indiewire’s Kate Erbland was a literal child in the year 1990, but she luckily had parents who put very few viewing boundaries on her, which was how she...
Episode 69: 1997 with Tomris Laffly
Film critic and journalist Tomris Laffly was just starting to figure out who she was as a filmgoer in 1997, so she joins us to share some of her favorite...
Episode 68: 2002 with John Early
In advance of Friday’s theatrical debut of his Sundance hit Stress Positions, comedian, actor, writer, and cinephile John Early joins us to discuss all...
Episode 67: 2013 with Siddhant Adlakha
Filmmaker, actor, TV writer, and film critic Siddhant Adlakha was in a moment of transition in 2013, and vowed to see as many new movies as possible for the...
Episode 66: 1979 with Scott Drebit
Daily Dead columnist Scott Drebit’s new book is A Cut Below: A Celebration of B Horror Movies, 1950s-1980s, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he picked...
Episode 65: 2017 with Alison Herman
Variety TV critic (and The Ringer’s founding TV critic) Alison Herman had just moved to Los Angeles in the year of our lord 2017, and she joins us to recall,...