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FilmScene focuses on a wide variety of topics about classic films (meaning pre-1970's) and their biggest stars. Tim & Karen cover news & information for movie fans & collectors, as well as many top 10 lists.

FilmScene


    • Apr 30, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 34 EPISODES


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    FilmScene #66: Lux Radio presents Red Rive

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 59:00


    On a FilmScene special presentation, we give you a 1949 radio broadcast of Red River, with that film's star John Wayne.

    FilmScene #65: AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies: The Apartment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2017 27:27


    Making our way up the AFI 100 list, we hit #93, The Apartment, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray.

    FilmScene #64: AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies: Goodfellas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2017 26:03


    This week we hit #94 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies List, 1990's Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotti and Lorraine Bracco.

    FilmScene #63: AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies: Pulp Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 32:50


    This week we hit #95 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies List, 1994's Pulp Fiction, from director Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis.

    FilmScene #62: AFI 100 Years 100 Movies: The Searchers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2017 36:37


    This week we hit #96 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies List, 1956's John Ford masterpiece The Searchers, starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles and Natalie Wood.

    FilmScene #61: AFI 100 Years 100 Movies: Bringing Up Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 26:09


    This week we discuss #97 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list, the Howard Hawks screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby, released in 1938 and starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.

    FilmScene #60: AFI's Top 100: Unforgiven

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2017 24:12


    This week we discuss #98 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list, Clint Eastwood's 1992 classic Unforgiven, starring Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.

    FilmScene #59: AFI's Top 100: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017 34:08


    This week we continue our discussion of the American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Movies List with 1967's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier.

    FilmScene #58: AFI's Top 100: Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2017 33:29


    As Karen & Tim begin to countdown the American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Movies List, we begin with a discussion of 1942's Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney.

    FilmScene #57: Top 10 Classic Epics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2016 65:32


    Today we count down the Top 10 Epic Films from the Classic pre-1970's time period. From Spartacus to The Longest Day, what are your faves with long running times?

    FilmScene #56: Top 10 New Hollywood

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2016 83:58


    Tim, Karen & Walter countdown the Top 10 movies from New Hollywood, an era defined by writer & director control, smaller character driven pieces, and the birth of the true Hollywood blockbuster.

    FilmScene #55: The Seventh Seal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2016 40:58


    Tim & Karen are joined by special guest Walter to discus Walter's favorite movie of all time, Bergman's 1957 classic The Seventh Seal.

    FilmScene #54: The Evil Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2016 45:39


    Tim & Karen are joined once again by Walter to discuss one of Walter's faves: The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic.

    FilmScene #53: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2016 43:18


    This week on FilmScene, Tim & Karen are joined by guest Walter Gordon to discuss Hayao Miyazaki's classic 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Find out how the Studio Ghibli animation revolution began.

    FilmScene #52: Miracle on 34th Street Radio Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2015 60:23


    Our Christmas gift to you: The 1948 Lux Theater Radio presentation of Miracle on 34th Street, starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, and Edmund Gwenn.

    FilmScene #51: Top 10 Cary Grant

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2015 68:53


    This week Karen & Tim countdown the Top 10 movies of legendary actor Cary Grant. Which is your favorite? Arsenic and Old Lace? An Affair to Remember? Suspicion? We'll cover them all!

    FilmScene #50: Top Ten of 1951

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2015 63:25


    Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 movies from 1951. Are your favorites here? Musicals to science fiction to suspense to drama, black & white to color.... 1951 had it all!

    FilmScene #49: Top 10 Steven Spielberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2015 76:44


    This week, from the pages of pop culture, Tim & Karen discuss the career of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and countdown 10 of his greatest films (so far!). Starting in television directing, Spielberg quickly gained the reputation to move on to feature films and beyond expectations helped invent the blockbuster, and become one of the most successful directors and cinema storytellers of all time.

    FilmScene #48: Top 10 Classic Romance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2015 79:23


    This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Romantic films from the Classic (pre-1970) time period. Breakfast at Tiffany's? An Affair to Remember? West Side Story? What are your favorite Romance movies?

    FilmScene #47: Top 10 Jimmy Stewart

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2015 72:03


    This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 films of star James Stewart, an actor of unique talent & charm. We'll go from suspense to westerns to comedy, from The Naked Spur to Harvey... what are your faves?

    FilmScene #46: Oscar Picks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2015 60:56


    This week Tim & Karen make their picks for what they think will win at this year's Academy Awards. What are your picks?

    FilmScene #45: Top 10 of 1932

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2015 76:28


    This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Movies from 1932, one of the earliest years in "talking pictures", a year of horror & gangsters, a little drama & comedy, Karloff to the Marx Brothers...

    FilmScene #44: Movies We Love: Somewhere in Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2015 55:00


    This week on our recurring segment, Movies We Love, Tim & Karen discuss the 1980 cult classic Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour as time traveling lost loves. "Come back to me."

    FilmScene #43: Top 10 Classic Animated Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2015 76:10


    Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Classic (pre-1970's) Animated Movies. Fairy tales from Sleeping Beauty to Snow White and classic Literature from Gulliver's Travels to Alice in Wonderland.... animation is more than just cartoons.

    FilmScene #42: Top 10 John Ford

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2014 71:31


    This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 films of legendary director John Ford.

    FilmScene #41: Top 10 of 1957

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2014 72:29


    This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Films of the year 1957 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_in_film), from Old Yeller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Yeller_(film)) to The Seventh Seal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seventh_Seal) and everything in between. What are you favorites?

    FilmScene #40: It's a Wonderful Life Radio Broadcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2014 60:02


    This week, a FilmScene Special Presentation as we showcase the original radio version of It's a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.

    FilmScene #39: Christmas Television Specials

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2014 69:51


    Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Christmas Television Specials, From Magoo to Rudolph, The Grinch to Charlie Brown...

    FilmScene #38: Top 10 Classic Sports Films

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2014 64:42


    This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 classic (pre-'70's) sports films. From baseball to pool to racing to golf...

    FilmScene #37: Audrey Hepburn

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2014 66:21


    Tim & Karen discuss the Top 10 films of screen icon Audrey Hepburn.

    FilmScene #36: Top 10 Films of 1969

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2014 66:58


    This week Tim & Karen count down the Top 10 films of 1969, the final year in our self defined "Classic" time period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_film

    Episode 35: Top 10 Classic Books to Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2014 70:26


    Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Classic Book to Film Adaptations.... movie book reports.

    Episode 34: Movies We Love: Flash Gordon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2014 41:34


    Tim & Jason discuss the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon_(film)) on a new segment called "Movies We Love". Who is Sam J. Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_J._Jones)? And how did Max von Sydow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Sydow) end up in this movie?

    Episode 33: Top 10 David Lean Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2014 53:45


    Tim & Jason countdown their Top 10 movies from Epic British Director David Lean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lean). Don't forget to subscribe for FREE on iTunes, and check us out on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FilmScenePodcast?ref=hl) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/filmscene1).

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