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This podcast augments and supplements the Best Loved Films site, taking listeners on a film by film tour, weaving the stories surrounding the films into larger narratives.

Daniel Smith-Rowsey


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 53m AVG DURATION
    • 94 EPISODES


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    H77-H80: The Blair Witch Project, Audition, The Others, Dark Water

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 112:38


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    H73-H76: Misery, Cronos, Scream, Ringu

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 119:59


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    H69-H72: The Blob (1988), The Vanishing (1988), Dead Calm, Tremors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 112:03


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    H65-H68: The Fly (1986), Evil Dead II, Hellraiser, Near Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 114:13


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    H61-H64: Videodrome, The Dead Zone, Gremlins, A Nightmare on Elm Street

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 112:40


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    H57-H60: Altered States, An American Werewolf in London, The Evil Dead, Poltergeist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 115:48


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    H53-H56: Halloween, Day of the Woman (I Spit on Your Grave), Nosferatu – Phantom Der Nacht, Friday the 13th

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 119:18


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    H49-H52: Carrie, Suspiria, Dawn of the Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 112:44


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    H45-H48: The Wicker Man, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Profondo Rosso (Deep Red), The Omen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 116:40


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    H41-H44: Night of the Living Dead, The Cremator, Multiple Maniacs, The Last House on the Left

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 109:57


    left living dead last house multiple maniacs cremator
    H37-H40: The Haunting, The Masque of the Red Death, Repulsion, Rosemary’s Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 115:08


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    H33-H36: The Innocents, Carnival of Souls, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 119:07


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    H29-H32: Eyes Without a Face, Peeping Tom, Jigoku, Black Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 120:06


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    H25-H28: Night of the Demon, The Fly (1958), House on Haunted Hill, Bucket of Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 117:02


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    H21-H24: Creature From the Black Lagoon, Diabolique, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Curse of Frankenstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 109:26


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    H17-H20: Dead of Night, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Thing From Another World, House of Wax

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 113:25


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    H13-H16: The Wolf Man, Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, The Uninvited

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 107:15


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    H9-H12: The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Black Cat, Mad Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 112:34


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    H5-H8: The Unknown, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Vampyr, The Old Dark House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 90:13


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    H1-H4: Haxan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, Faust

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 109:44


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    E96-E100: A U I EO NN, Quest, Rejected, Decasia, Russian Ark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024


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    E91-E95: “Take On Me” Video, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Sink or Swim, Side/Walk/Shuttle, Nitrate Kisses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024


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    E81-E85: Superdyke, Crossroads, Riddles of the Sphinx, Powers of Ten, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024


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    E76-E80: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Vertical Roll, Cinema Metaphysique, (nostalgia), Film About a Woman Who…

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024


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    E71-E75: Rat Life and Diet in North America, Our Lady of the Sphere, Zorns Lemma, Serene Velocity, La Region Centrale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 36:00


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    E66-E70: Film In Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, etc., Bottoms, Wavelength, The Bed, I Am Joaquin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 43:27


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    E61-E65: Scorpio Rising, Phenomena, Peyote Queen, The Hand, Chelsea Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 38:31


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    E56-E60: Blonde Cobra, Twice a Man, Mothlight, Sleep, Dog Star Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 39:58


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    E51-E55: A Movie, Eyewash, Window Water Baby Moving, Arnulf Rainer, La Jetée

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 34:44


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    E46-E50: No. 11, A Legend for Fountains, Glimpse of the Garden, Free Radicals, Bridges-Go-Round

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 37:45


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    E41-E45: Mother’s Day, The Lead Shoes, Duck Amuck, The End, The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 33:43


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    E36-E40: Meshes of the Afternoon, Ritual in Transfigured Time, The Potted Psalm, The Cage, Fireworks

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 47:38


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    E31-E35: Menilmontant, L’Age D’Or, Borderline, Rose Hobart, Porky in Wackyland

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 46:30


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    E26-E30: The Seashell and the Clergyman, The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra, The Fall of the House of Usher, Un Chien Andalou, The Blood of a Poet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 54:51


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    E21-E25: Sherlock Jr., Symphonie Diagonale, Ballet Mécanique, Entr’acte, Anemic Cinema

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 29:28


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    E16-E20: Fievre, Lichtspiel: Opus 1, Rhythmus 21, Le Souriante Madame Beudet, Return to Reason

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 33:59


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    E11-E15: The Cameraman’s Revenge, Gertie the Dinosaur, Thais, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Manhatta

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 35:29


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    E6-E10: The Consequences of Feminism, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, Fantasmagoria, L’Inferno, A Fool and His Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 28:42


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    E1-E5: Dickson Experimental Sound Film, Cendrillon, Le voyage dans la lune, Le royaume des fees, The Great Train Robbery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 56:16


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    D97-D100: Bisbee ’17, They Shall Not Grow Old, Collective, For Sama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 77:05


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    D93-D96: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, King in the Wilderness, Amazing Grace, Mr. Soul!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 64:35


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    D89-D92: 13th, I Am Not Your Negro, One More Time With Feeling, Faces Places

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 70:05


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    D85-D88: Virunga, The Look of Silence, Sherpa, Tower (special guest: Lori Hurwitz)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 140:10


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    D81-D84: First Cousin Once Removed, Out of the Clear Blue Sky, Best-Kept Secret, The Missing Picture (special guest: Mark Valor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 123:01


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    D77-D80: We Were Here, This is Not a Film, The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell (special guest: Laura Atkins)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 131:01


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    D73-D76: No End in Sight, Man on Wire, Waltz with Bashir, Nostalgia for the Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 49:25


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    D69-D72: Street Fight, Our Daily Bread, An Inconvenient Truth, When the Levees Broke (special guest: Tim Shary)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 117:41


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    D65-D68: Los Angeles Plays Itself, The March of the Penguins, Grizzly Man, Murderball (special guest: Dania Denise)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 118:48


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    D61-D64: The Fog of War, Capturing the Friedmans, Super Size Me, Fahrenheit 9/11 (special guest: Jennifer Steinman Sternin)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 124:20


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    C96-C100: Moana, Wonder Woman, Black Panther, Crazy Rich Asians, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2022 88:01


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    C91-C95: Fruitvale Station, 12 Years a Slave, Selma, Tangerine, Furious 7 (special guest: Nikole Wilson-Ripsom)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 175:22


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