Headlines for 1982
In January Rich Skrenta created Elk Cloner, the first computer virus. It infected Apple II computers via floppy disk. On March 10 was a syzygy, when all nine...
Episode 33: 1982 with Jen Chaney
Vulture TV critic and author (buy her book As If: The Oral History of “Clueless” As Told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew here!) Jen Chaney was, like...
Read This! Book Excerpt: "Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies"
This week on the show, we were pleased to welcome film critic Stephen Farber and film programmer Michael McClellan, who made the case for 1962 as the best...
Bonus Episode: 1962 After Show
In this week’s after show, we share clips from previous episodes that were trimmed solely for time - including John Pearson’s priceless memory of the Radio...
Headlines for 1962
January 9 1962: Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact, and then on February 3 we put an embargo on Cuba that went into effect on Feb 7, and you haven’t...
Episode 32: 1962 with Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan
The way we typically go about booking the show is simple: either we get an email about someone with a new film, book, screening series, or podcast to...
First Thoughts on "Birth"
Jonathan Glazer’s Birth opens with a voice-over on a black screen, pooh-poohing the notion of reincarnation, before moving into a long, high-angle tracking...
Bonus Episode: 2004 After Show
On this week’s after show, Jason and Mike finish up a hearty title list from the lightning round, discuss Jason’s first full year as a film critic (and the...
Headlines for 2004
The UN declared 2004 the International Year of Rice, so I think we can all get behind that. In January NASA landed the Spirit and the Opportunity on Mars,...
Episode 31: 2004 with Hunter Harris
Pop culture expert, Substacker extraordinaire, and fellow flyover country escapee Hunter Harris joins Jason and Mike to talk about the Year of our Lord 2004,...
First Thoughts on "Ciao! Manhattan"
We have some history, Ciao, Manhattan! and I. This 1972 experimental film first came onto my radar when it appeared as part of a massive program of New York...
Bonus Episode: 1972 After-Show
On this, our very first after-show bonus episode, you’ll hear a rowdy, deleted conversation from our talk about 1972 with Oscar-nominated production designer...
Headlines for 1972
January 30 - the British Army killed 14 unarmed marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland. Most of our audience probably first heard about this event in the...
Episode 30: 1972 with Judy Becker
We’ve welcomed critics, authors, actors, directors, and on and on—but this week, we welcome our very first production designer, and Judy Becker is one of the...
First Thoughts on "The Fugitive Kind"
“It’s Xavier,” he mumbles. “With an X or an S?” comes the reply, and an early hint at the kind of pointed metaphors The Fugitive Kind will traffic in. No,...
Headlines for 1960
In January Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh became the first humans to reach the lowest spot on earth when they went into the Mariana trench. Keep that in your...
Episode 29: 1960 with Alexandre O. Philippe
Alexandre O. Philippe has funneled his life-long cinematic obsessions into movies of his own, which is a great gig if you can get it. I first became aware of...
First Thoughts on "Roman Scandals"
As you may have seen, we’ve just announced a new paid subscription tier. One of the perks of that tier is a weekly “headlines” post, in which Mike not only...
Headlines for 1933
As you may have seen, we’ve just announced a new paid subscription tier. One of the perks of that tier is a weekly “headlines” post, in which Mike not only...
An announcement!
Hey folks, Jason here. So we’ve been hinting at this for a while now, but we put together a video to make it official: beginning June 1, we’re offering a...
