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Random Acts of Cinema

Jun 27, 2022

It’s time for our annual review of the highs and lows of a bunch of movies picked by a random number generator.  And it turns out that this system really paid off this year, bringing us a truly eclectic list of memorable, challenging, and occasionally delightful Criterion films.  But which of these select few will go...


Jun 20, 2022

Briana and Maddy of the Chapter One: Take Two podcast join us this week to discuss director René Clair’s screwball jaunt through the centuries as a mischievous and thoroughly evil witch (Veronica Lake) and her father (Cecil Kellaway) plot to torment the modern-day descendent (Frederick March) of the pilgrim who...


Jun 13, 2022

This week we are joined by Michael Patrick Jann, director of the upcoming film Organ Trail and member of The State, to watch John Hughes’ all-time classic teen drama The Breakfast Club.  We talk a little about fashion, a little about lunch, and a lot about the ego, Jungian self, and gestalt therapy.  And, it should be...


Jun 6, 2022

Dan Connell from the Cinderella Storiez podcast brings us a moving documentary that is - at first glance - about skateboarding in Rockford Illinois. But being made from footage gathered for years by seldom-on-screen director Bing Liu, Minding the Gap turns into a surprisingly gentle exploration of young men finding...