Film Podcast

This Episode of Cinema Around the Corner, we look at Villains from films of the 1970s. It's a special episode as we have two guests, Max and Pat share their insights with us on these films as well!

We Look two films from directors who have established themselves. Alan J Pakula and Matteo Garrone

We take a look at two films from two famous directors, David Lynch's radical departure from style in The Straight Story, as well as, Robert Redford's exploration of the corruption of early TV programming in The Quiz Show.

In honor of the 50th year anniversary of the first Godfather film, we look back at all three films and have some heated discussions on their comparative values in cinema history.

We look at two films that were not as well known by famous directors, Mike Nichols with Biloxi Blues and Silence, directed by Martin Scorsese.

Happy New Year! We have started a new theme! In this episode, we begin a series of looking at lesser known films of well known directors.

Our final episode of Films adapted from plays. We look at the films Carnage and Fences from the 2000 teens.

In this Episode we explore two films adapted from plays in the 2000's. Doubt and Frost vs. Nixon.

Films adapted from plays in the 1990s. We make some interesting points about Aaron Sorkin's choices and have some deep divides on A Few Good Men!

We discuss two films from the 1980s that were adapted from plays. Both are well worth seeing,

Continuing our look at films adapted from plays, we look at two classics from the 1970s. We get into some heated debate on the pure entertainment value of Rocky Horror.

This Episode we are looking at film adaptations of plays from the 1960s.

A new series segment, we look at films adapted from plays by decade starting with the 1950s

We look at the films of 1986 best picture nominees who lost.

We look at two films about the impact of Imperialism on a country

We look at two films with 3 word mono-syllabic titles, with large ensemble casts, and both nominated for best picture and lost.

We look at a couple of Academy Award's Best Picture Nominees.

This Episode we address the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as well as looking at the selection and nomination process in general for these awards. We also discuss two of the nominations of the Golden Globes, A Promising Young Woman and The Trial of the Chicago 7.

This Episode we take a look at two very different films and we do have some disagreements on these films!

We take a look at a couple of the Best Picture Nominees of 1982 that didn't win.

We look at The Stunt Man and Raging Bull

This Episode we take a look at two very different films, China Syndrome, the film released 12 days before the 3 mile island Nuclear accident. We also revisit our mutual love for NYC in the Classic Film Manhattan by Woody Allen.

We take a look at a couple of Best Picture nominees from 1978.

This episode we dive deep into the Alien movie Close Encounters and explore the Brooklyn Disco scene of the 1970's with Saturday Night Fever.

We are starting our new series, focusing on Best Picture Nominees from 1976 onward either Oscars or Golden Globes.

In our series films of 1965 to 1975, we arrive at our final episode where we take a look Stanley Kubrick's period drama Barry Lyndon along with Ken Russell's adaptation of The Who Rock Opera Tommy. Our Next series will be Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees who didn't win. Starting in 1976.

This episode of Cinema around the corner, we look at the films of 1974, including Chinatown and Earthquake

This Episode we look at two films from 1973. Serpico and Enter the Dragon

Cinema around the Corner looks at movies from 1972, including Aguirre, Wrath of God and The Candidate

This Episode we take a look at Films of 1971, Straw Dogs and Harold and Maude. Deconstructing and comparing these two films.

In this episode we deconstruct the film Patton, looking at production, acting, directing and impact of the film.

This is a series of Podcasts where we look at the films between 1965 and 1975. In this episode, we examine the films Bonnie and Clyde as well Where Eagles Dare. We discuss their origins, the style of film, the movie studio film making process, along with the actors and directors involved.