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Ep 3.6 // Singin’ in the Rain
Singin’ in the Rain was a product of MGM’s so-called “Freed Unit,” named for the person who headed it -- Arthur Freed. Before this film, Freed worked on many of the be...
Ep 3.5 // The Godfather Part II
It’s Mia’s 3rd pick: The Godfather Part II, the 1974 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II both continues the story begun in the first film and a...
Ep 3.4 // 8 ½
It’s Jeremiah’s 3rd pick: 8 ½, the 1963 film directed by Federico Fellini. 8 ½ was Fellini’s feature film follow-up to 1960s La Dolce Vita – with a segment for an anth...
Ep 3.3 // Lawrence of Arabia w/ Matt
It’s Alicia's 3rd pick: ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ the 1962 film directed by David Lean. The film is adapted from the autobiographical account of T. E. Lawrence, ‘Seven Pil...
Ep 3.2 // Vertigo
It’s Lora’s 3rd pick: ‘Vertigo,’ the 1958 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Considered by an increasing number of people to be the director’s masterpiece, the film re...
Ep 3.1 // Round 2 Wrap Up / Round 3 Picks
It’s the end of Round 2 of the Stereoactive Media Movie Club podcast! We’re revisiting the films we’ve discussed in the last 6 episodes and we’re picking our next roun...
Ep 2.7 // The Godfather
It’s Mia’s 2nd pick: 'The Godfather,’ the 1972 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Foundational to modern cinema that’s followed in its footsteps and culturally inf...
Ep 2.6 // Mirror
It’s Jeremiah’s 2nd pick: ‘Mirror,’ the 1975 film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Nonlinear in structure it features moments from the central character’s life, both as a...
Ep 2.5 // L’avventura
It’s Alicia’s 2nd pick: ‘L’avventura,’ the 1960 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. It’s departure from until-then standard plotting was something of a breakthrou...
Ep 2.4 // Bicycle Thieves
It’s Lora’s 2nd pick: ‘Bicycle Thieves,’ the 1948 film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It’s an emblematic example of the neorealist movement that developed in Italy afte...
Ep 2.3 // The General
It’s Stephen’s 2nd pick: ‘The General,’ the 1926 film directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman – and of course also starring Buster Keaton. It’s an action comedy s...
Ep 2.2 // The Searchers w/ JPK
Very special guest JPK joins us with his pick: ‘The Searchers,’ the 1956 film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter. It’s a western that put...
Ep 2.1 // Round 1 Wrap Up / Round 2 Picks
It’s the end of Round 1 of the Stereaoctive Media Movie Club podcast! We’re revisiting the films we’ve discussed in the last 5 episodes and addressing comments from li...
Ep 1.6 // Rashomon
It’s Jeremiah’s pick… ‘Rashomon,’ the 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa, the premise of which has been emulated often over the decades. The film has appeared twice on Sight ...
Ep 1.5 // Tokyo Story
It’s Alicia’s pick… Released in 1953 and very loosely based on a 1937 American film called ‘Make Way for Tomorrow,’ ‘Tokyo Story,’ follows a retired couple living in a...
Ep 1.4 // Citizen Kane
It’s Lora’s pick… ‘Citizen Kane,’ the 1941 debut film by Orson Welles. Often referred to as the greatest film ever made, it’s possibly Welles’ greatest achievement, bu...
Ep 1.3 // The Magnificent Ambersons
It’s Stephen’s pick… ‘The Magnificent Ambersons,’ directed by Orson Welles and released in 1942. It’s the follow-up to his debut film, ‘Citizen Kane,’ and has one of t...
Ep 1.2 // The Passion of Joan of Arc
For our first full-fledged movie chat, we discuss ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc,’ directed by Carl Thedor Dreyer, starring Maria Falconetti, and released in 1928. The fi...