Headlines for 1935
On January 12th, Amelia Earhart flew from Hawaii to California, the first person to make the flight solo. Maybe even more important - also in January the...
Episode 51: 1935 with Leonard Martin
When Jessie Maltin — Leonard’s daughter and the co-host of his “Maltin on Movies” podcast — mentioned to me in a DM that “you should have my dad on your...
Extra Credit Reading for 1984
This week’s primary piece of recommended reading is, of course, our guest Matt Singer’s new book Opposable Thumbs: How Sickle & Ebert Changed Movies Forever,...
Bonus Episode: 1984 After Show
This week, we follow up our Siskel & Ebert-centered episode with Jason’s memories of his introduction to Gene and Roger (and, through them, to film criticism...
Headlines for 1984
January 10 - the United States and the Vatican establish diplomatic relations for the first time. Apparently the Catholics had been too anti-war for our...
Episode 50: 1984 with Matt Singer
Matt Singer is a film critic, entertainment journalist, and author — and his latest book is a real treat for all you nerds who listen to this nerdy show....
Extra Credit Reading for 1990
I promise I didn't mean to make shit dark when I mentioned the Mandela Effect, but I realized it might come off like that if you don’t know about it. So...
Bonus Episode: 1990 After Show
We had to lose so much great stuff from this week's episode with guest Joe Lynch that we decided to lead off this week's bonus episode with a bunch of...
Headlines for 1990
January 31 - Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures Corp. (the Coming to America lawsuit) is decided - a key case in the public awareness of “Hollywood accounting.”...
Episode 49: 1990 with Joe Lynch
Joe Lynch is a genre director extraordinaire - his credits include Wrong Turn 2, Everly, Mayhem, Point Blank, and his latest, the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation...
Extra Credit Reading for 1973
If you’d like to know more about Secretariat - and really, why wouldn’t you? - here’s a nice overview on ESPN, though we shouldn’t be surprised to find that...
Bonus Episode: 1973 After Show
On this week’s bonus episode - our longest to date! - we begin with a show outtake of guest Jason Diamond going long on his history with Long Goodbye star...
Headlines for 1973
1973 got going straight away - January 20 Richard Nixon became the only person to ever be sworn in as both Vice President and President twice. Booooooo....
Episode 48: 1973 with Jason Diamond
Jason Diamond is one of our favorite writers, and not just because of his quality prose — it’s because he’s an expert and an enthusiast, about everything...
Extra Credit Reading for 1922
First things first: here’s all three parts of the Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow documentary that we discuss in both the main show and the bonus...
Bonus Episode: 1922 After Show
Seriously, we’ll take any excuse to talk about Buster Keaton, and how we found him, and why we love him. Plus more on this year’s top five, and some thoughts...
Headlines for 1922
Jan 11 is the first successful treatment of diabetes with insulin, which my pops has needed three times a day for more than 50 years, so that is literally...
Episode 47: 1922 with Monica Castillo
Writer, film critic, programmer, and curator Monica Castillo gave herself a challenge for this week’s show: she picked, by a good stretch, the earliest year...
Extra Credit Reading for 1992
If you liked hearing Kristy talk about her Top Five on this week’s show, good news: you can read her epic piece on Death Becomes Her for Vanity Fair here and...
Documentary Corner: 1992's 'Lessons of Darkness'
I was born in 1976, so I grew up in the age of spanking. It was not applied liberally. In fact my sisters were never spanked, not because of a gender...