Talk Classic To Me

Are you a musical genius? Are you OBSESSED with a musical genius? Do you like pink wigs? Then AMADEUS (1984) is the movie for you! Check out this sumptuous Milos Forman directed classic with an Oscar winning turn from F. Murray Abraham and equally wonderful performances from Tom Hulce and Elizabeth Berridge. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.-------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Are you the King of New York? Do you think dreams come true in Santa Fe? Do you never fear because Brooklyn is here? Then Newsies (1992) is the movie for you! Celebrate our 100th episode by checking out this underrated musical gem directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega with music by Alan Menken. Starring Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall, and Ann-Margaret. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Ashley Thomas chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. -------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Do you love playing in the snow? Do you identify as preppy? Do you think love means never having to say you're sorry? Then Love Story (1970) is the movie for you! Just in time for Valentine's day, check out this romantic and heartbreaking Arthur Hiller directed classic (that saved Paramount from financial ruin) and revel in the chemistry of Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. Sara Greenfield and her guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.-------------------------------------------------------------------Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show!https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Are you a sassy shoplifter who fell in love with their straight-laced prosecutor over a Christmas road trip to Indiana? Then Remember the Night (1940) is the holiday movie for you! Check out this madcap Preston Sturges penned Yule-Tide classic directed by Mitchell Leisen; starring the fabulous Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray with a supporting cast that includes Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Sterling Holloway, and Fred Toones. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's special Holiday episode of Talk Classic To Me. Want to become a subscriber? Use the link below to support the show! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/subscribe

Do you love excessively complicated mystery plots that are still somehow entertaining and fun? Do you love it when real-life couples co-star in movies and have insane chemistry? Do you know who killed Owen Taylor? Then The Big Sleep (1946) is the movie for you! Check out this quick-witted Howard Hawks directed noir and watch the sparks fly between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall; featuring a strong supporting cast that includes Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, and John Ridgely. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest, Steven C. Smith, (author of Music By Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood's Most Influential Composer), chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Steven C. Smith https://mediasteven.com/ Music By Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood's Most Influential Composer https://www.larryedmunds.com/product-page/music-by-max-steiner-the-epic-life-of-hollywood-s-most-influential-composer

Do you like to follow the money? Have you ever had late-night top-secret meetings with government officials in a parking lot? Are you a hard hitting journalist from the 1970's? Then All the President's Men (1976) is the movie for you! Check out this skillfully written and sharply intelligent thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, and Jason Robards in an Oscar winning turn. Host Sara Greenfield and guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

What's your favorite scary movie? Ours is Scream (1996) so this Halloween we're giving you a trick AND treat by celebrating our favorite scary movie on our favorite spooky day!!! We think you'll love this essential horror classic that expertly revitalized the genre directed by Wes Craven starring 1990's up-and-comers Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, and the Fonz himself -- Henry Winkler. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Nick Lang chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Did you ever know that you're our hero? This time around, YOU are the wind beneath our wings when you listen to our latest podcast episode about the fabulous tear-jerker of a classic Beaches (1988). Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey steal the show as long-term best friends in this endearing Garry Marshall directed feature with delightful supporting turns from John Heard, Lainie Kazan, and Mayim Bialik. Host Sara Greenfield and guest Lauren Lopez chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you like the stuff that dreams are made of? Then The Maltese Falcon (1941) is the movie for you! Check out this detailed and fantastic film noir that served as John Huston's directorial debut with a career defining turn by Humphrey Bogart, featuring Mary Astor and the Warner Bros. roster of sublime character actors including Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Lee Patrick, and Elisha Cook Jr. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you have a head for business and a bod for sin? Do you think Joan Cusack is a national treasure? Do you just want a regular job with an office and a decent boyfriend and don't understand why it's so hard to get either of those things? Then Working Girl (1988) is the movie for you! Check out this Mike Nichols directed classic starring Melanie Griffith (in a career defining role), Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Cusack, and Alec Baldwin. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Tirosh Schneider chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love Dolly Parton? Do you know what it means to have a Hard Candy Christmas? Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Miller-Boyett (aka the producers of the smash family sit-com Full House) ever produced an R-rated musical comedy? Then The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) is the film for you! Check out this modern classic starring Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, and an Oscar nominated Charles Durning. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Andrew Johnson and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love French New Wave feminist classics that prominently feature mirrors, kittens, and cameos? Then Cleo from 5 To 7 (1962) is the movie for you! Check out our tribute to the legendary filmmaker Agnes Varda on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me with host Sara Greenfield, and guest Susannah Mars. -------------- This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind. Use the code TALKCLASSIC20 to receive 20% off your order. ⁠https://www.magicmind.com/talkclassictome⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love stunning films shot in BOTH brilliant technicolor and chic black and white? Do you like to vacation on the French Rivera and have impromptu European dance parties? Would you rate yourself 100 for "Fun" and 53 1/2 for "Chic"? Then Bonjour Tristesse (1958) is the movie for you! Check out this brilliant Otto Preminger directed classic starring the brilliant Jean Seberg, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, and Mylene Demongeot. Brilliant. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Oriana Nudo chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Want to learn even MORE about the iconic author, producer, director, writer, founder of the American Film Institute, creator of the Kennedy Center Honors and all around really nice guy George Stevens, Jr in a sequel interview? Then this is the podcast episode for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Hollywood and Washington DC legend (and returning guest) George Stevens, Jr whose book My Place in the Sun is now available in audio book format.  --------------- This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind. Use the code TALKCLASSIC20 to receive 20% off your order. https://www.magicmind.com/talkclassictome. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love pre-code movies built on the foundation of sex, drugs, and Ann Dvorak? Then Three on a Match (1932) is the film for you! Check out this superstitious and salacious Mervyn LeRoy directed classic featuring a scene stealing Ann Dvorak, Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Warren William, Lyle Talbot, and Humphrey Bogart. Sara Greenfield and her guest Christina Rice, author of Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love movies that feature Miracles AND 34th Street? Then Miracle on 34th Street (1947) is the Holiday film for you! Check out this beloved Oscar winning Christmas classic that puts heart ahead of commercialism. Directed by George Seaton, this festive-yet-sincere blockbuster stars Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, and features an adorably precocious turn from then-child-star Natalie Wood. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's season finale episode of Talk Classic To Me. Happy Holidays and we'll see you again in the New Year! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love really good pizza, strong female friendships, and not monkeying with tradition? Then Mystic Pizza (1988) is the movie for you! Check out this delightfully authentic and autumnally 80's coming of age classic starring a then unknown Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish, Vincent D'Onofrio, Conchata Ferrell, and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it turn from teen-age Matt Damon in his first speaking role on film. It's a slice of heaven! Host, Sara Greenfield, and her guests, Susan-Kate Heaney and Laurel Rankin, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love stellar ensemble casts, autumnally 80's production design, and perfect motion picture soundtracks? Then The Big Chill (1983) is the movie for you! Check out this Lawrence Kasdan directed classic (that pays homage to his alma mater the University of Michigan -- Go Blue!) and features an all star cast including Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, Jeff Goldblum, JoBeth Williams, Tom Berenger, Mary Kay Place, and Meg Tilly. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you like jack-o-lanterns, the word "totally", and slasher villains that just won't die? Then Halloween (1978) is the movie for you! Celebrate Halloween with this John Carpenter Halloween classic ON Halloween, featuring a young and "totally" bad-ass Jamie Lee Curtis in her first starring role. Host, Sara Greenfield, and her guest Nick Lang chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Would you never be caught DEAD wearing white shoes after Labor Day? Then Serial Mom (1994) is the movie for you! Check out this delightfully campy John Waters classic just in time for Halloween. With KILLER performances from Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Matthew Lillard, Ricki Lake, and Mink Stole. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Drew Burnett Gregory and Tirosh Schneider chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love 90's sketch comedy AND think reading is fundamental? Then check out Jason Klamm's brand new book We're Not Worthy (2023) and learn all about how 90's sketch TV changed the face of comedy. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest, author Jason Klamm, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love WWII prison escape stories expertly told "without adornment" by French cinematic auteurs? Then A Man Escaped (1956) is the movie for you! Check out this suspenseful evergreen classic based on Andre Devigny's memoir directed by Robert Bresson, starring Francois Leterrier and Charles Le Clainche. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Adam Foster and Dan Wagner chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love top notch tap dancing? Do you love a young Judy Garland? Do you love over the top 1930's nostalgia musicals where horse racing and show business converge to hold a shoe-string plot together? Then Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) is the movie for you! Check out tap-dancing sensation Eleanor Powell and a dreamy Robert Taylor in this quirky depression-era romp that includes a talented ensemble cast led by Judy Garland (in one of her first feature film roles), Sophie Tucker, George Murphy, and Buddy Ebsen. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love heartfelt artistic silent melodramas with universal appeal? Are you into German Expressionism and incredible production design? Do you love it when scripts name their main characters things like "Man" and "Woman from the City"? Then Sunrise (aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) from 1927 is the film for you! Check out this stunning yet life-affirming Oscar winning masterpiece directed by F.W. Murnau starring Janet Gaynor, George O'Brien, and Margaret Livingston. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Jeremy Guskin and Allen Rueckert chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Have you been working like a dog? Should you be sleeping like a log? Do you want to feel alright? Then A Hard Day's Night (1964) is the movie for you! Succumb to Beatlemania and check out this cheeky rock 'n roll classic, directed by Richard Lester, starring those lovable lads from Liverpool with the unruly mop-tops -- The Beatles (a.k.a musical geniuses John, Paul, George, and Ringo) in their motion picture debut! Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Jason Berk and Sarah Rois talk about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love epic cinematic masterpieces and brilliant filmmaking? Then Malcolm X (1992) is the movie for you! Check out this incomparable Spike Lee directed classic with exquisite performances from Denzel Washington (in what was later dubbed by Spike Lee as "the greatest performance ever on celluloid"), Angela Basset, and Delroy Lindo. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Rukhmani K. Desai chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love a campy cult classic/musical extravaganza? Have you ever wished the Village People had their own fictional biopic? Do you think you can stop the music? (Spoiler alert: NOBODY can stop the music). Then Can't Stop the Music (1980) is the movie for you! Celebrate LGBTQIA + pride month with us as we pay homage to this underrated -and truly bananas- queer coded film starring the Village People, Valerie Perinne, Caitlyn Jenner, and a very young Steve Guttenberg in roller skates. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests, Andrew Johnson, Zoe Palko, and Kyle Serilla, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you want to come up and see us sometime? Then She Done Him Wrong (1933) is the movie for you! Join us this May as we pay tribute to another Mae -- the sensual force of nature that was Mae West -- in a bawdy and fun comedy classic, that was originally penned for the stage by the star herself. At age 40, Mae West made her film debut in this smash hit that cemented her iconic sex symbol persona and notably featured a young Cary Grant in an early break out role. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests, Lauren Lopez and Daniel Strauss, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

To Be or Not to Be (1942), that IS the podcast episode. Check out this witty, wonderful, and bold satire from the great Ernst Lubitsch, who took on the horrors of the Nazi invasion of Poland during WW2 and turned them into a relevant comedic masterpiece. This movie stars the incomparable queen of the screwball comedy Carole Lombard, with memorable performances from Jack Benny and Felix Bressart. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Tirosh Schneider chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love fake mustaches and perfectly choreographed stunts? Are you an old-timey film projectionist? Do you dream about cracking the case with a crime crushing criminologist? Then Sherlock Jr. (1924) is the movie for you! Check out this Buster Keaton silent comedy classic that will have you laughing out loud and repeatedly saying "how did he do that?!". Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Susan-Kate Heaney, creator of the Buster Keaton inspired short-film Buster Baby, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love suspenseful feminist Westerns that are also allegories for how messed up HUAC and the Hollywood blacklist were during the McCarthy era? Then it's high time for you to watch the film High Noon (1952)! Check out this Oscar winning Carl Foreman penned classic starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, and Lloyd Bridges. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Ashley Blanchet, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love iconic movie musicals starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell? Do you have animal magnetism? Are diamonds your best friend? Then Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is the movie for you! Check out this delightful musical romp that doubles as one of the best buddy comedies ever made directed by Howard Hawks with musical sequences by Jack Cole. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Christina Rice, author of Mean...Moody...Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Want to celebrate Valentine's Day with a gorgeous looking film that features epic romance, time travel, and pocket watch paradoxes? Then Somewhere In Time (1980) is the movie for you! Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour will charm you with their chemistry for days in this Jeannot Szwarc directed cult classic with fabulous supporting turns from Christopher Plummer and Teresa Wright. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

The hills are alive with the sound of podcast and we have just holiday movie for you! Check out our The Sound of Music (1965) themed season finale episode where we solve problems like Maria and the Baroness, and gush over the mega talented Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and Eleanor Parker in this Robert Wise directed, Academy Award winning paragon of a movie musical. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Zoe Palko and Jessica Rice chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. Happy Holidays and so long, farewell, we'll see you in 2023! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you like endearingly bumbling detectives? Are you into animated opening credit sequences with iconic theme music? Do you appreciate it when Peter Sellers plays his Stradivarius? Then the Pink Panther (1963) is the movie for you! Check out this stylish and wintry comedy caper directed by Blake Edwards, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine, Robert Wagner, and Claudia Cardinale. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Nick Lang chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Yo, Adrian! Do you like athletic training montages, underdog love stories, and continual references to the U.S. Bicentennial? Then Rocky (1976) is the film for you! Check out this Academy Award winning classic written by/starring Sylvester Stallone (in a star-making turn) and co-starring Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith. Host, Sara Greenfield and guests, Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love epic car chase scenes? Do you love vaudevillian-style physical comedy? Do you love it when people show off their cigarette smoking skills to impress small children? Then The Bank Dick (1940) is the movie for you! Check out this zany W.C. Field's comedy classic with a stellar supporting cast that includes Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon, Shemp Howard, and Grady Sutton. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Jeremy Guskin, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

This week we have the prettiest podcast, we have the nicest podcast, and that's what we tell everybody (insert creepy face touch here). Join us for the spooky Halloween treat The Bad Seed (1956) about a precocious eight-year-old who may or may not be a serial killer. This stage to screen adaptation was directed by the legendary Mervyn LeRoy and retained most of the original Broadway cast including Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, and Eileen Heckart. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests, Lauren Lopez and Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love movies featuring strong female protagonists AND malevolent mail? Then A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is the film for you! Check out this brilliantly structured Oscar winning classic written AND directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, and Kirk Douglas. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a movie podcast episode about the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof (1971)! Toast L'chaim to this Oscar winning box office smash with host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Tal Fox and Simone Garland. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Want to learn more about Paramount Studios a.k.a. the place that brought you Rear Window, Sunset Blvd., and The Godfather? Then this is the podcast for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Paramount Studios expert and co-author of the Images of America Paramount Studios book series Michael Christaldi. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Don't you forget about listening to this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me where we chat about the Hughes-ian classic The Breakfast Club (1985) and so much more with host Sara Greenfield and guest Jeffrey Paul King. Suitable for brains, athletes, basket cases, princesses, and criminals. Special shout out to the theater kids who were definitely not present at this particular detention. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love zany screwball comedies that incorporate the wackiness of old school cartoons, contain epic car chases in San Francisco, and star THE Barbra Streisand? Then What's Up, Doc? is the movie for you! Check out this timeless Peter Bogdanovich directed classic with spot on comedic turns from the aforementioned Babs, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Austin Pendleton. Host, Sara Greenfield and guest, Susannah Mars, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Are you into epic Japanese works of cinematic art that are the blueprint for just about every adventure, western, and heist film that came after including the implementation of the "recruit and assemble" film trope? Then Seven Samurai (1954) is the movie for you! Check out our Season 5 Finale episode where we chat about this magnificent and influential Akira Kurosawa directed masterpiece starring the legendary international film actors Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Liam White talk about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love classic horror films that also contain positive representation of black leading men? Do you prefer the word ghoul over zombie? Are they coming to get you Barbra? Then Night of the Living Dead (1968) is the movie for you! Check out this shockingly relevant classic directed on a shoestring budget by George A. Romero. This visceral B-Movie that made it big changed the horror game and invented the modern zombie genre as we know it. Starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea, this is one ghoul-fest you don't want to miss! Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Nick Lang, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love Liza? Do you love jazz hands? When you go, do you want to go like Elsie? Then Cabaret (1972) is the film for you! Celebrate pride month with us by checking out this meticulously crafted Oscar winning musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse and starring the one and only Liza Minnelli in the role that made her an icon. Also featuring Michael York and Joel Grey, this is one episode you don't want to miss old chum. Host, Sara Greenfield and guests Andrew Johnson and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you love movies featuring Elvis music, problematic story lines, and landscape cinematography so gorgeous it could have been sponsored by the tourism board of Hawaii? Then Blue Hawaii (1961) is the film for you! Join a post-Army Elvis Presley as he sings and dances his way across the beaches of Hawaii, where he can't help falling in love with Joan Blackman. Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters, and Howard McNear co-star in this hit-filled classic that will have you Slicing Sand and craving Mai Tais. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests, Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Looking for a film that has one of the most epic car chase sequences ever put on celluloid AND a fantastic assortment of turtleneck sweaters? Then Bullitt (1968) is the movie for you! Check out this detailed and positively dreamy looking thriller directed by Peter Yates, starring the "King of Cool" Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, and up-and-comer Robert Duvall. Host, Sara Greenfield and guest David Greenfield chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you like authentic vintage footage of New York City? Do you like it when character actors get top billing? Do you like harmonica-playing acrobatic wrestlers who make terrible choices? Then The Naked City (1948) is the film for you! Check out this quirky slice-of-life film noir classic that was shot almost entirely on location in NYC by visionary director Jules Dassin starring Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor, Howard Duff, and Dorothy Hart. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Lauren Lopez and Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

Do you ever secretly wish the 1997 action film Face/Off was made in 1947 and was also who-dunnit with a love story starring Bogart and Bacall set in San Francisco? Then Dark Passage is the movie for you! Check out this fun and quirky film noir featuring unique storytelling techniques via POV shots and crackling chemistry between it's leads, real life married couple Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Agnes Moorehead and Clifton Young also star in this San Francisco treat directed by Delmer Daves. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support

In the mood for witty dialogue, insane chemistry, and a mostly female cast of up and coming all stars? Then Stage Door (1937) is the film for you! You can meet US at the Stage Door (1937) this week as we confab about this smartly crafted comedy that isn't afraid to show the underbelly of the entertainment industry from the actresses point of view. Gregory La Cava directs a superstar ensemble that includes Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Andrea Leeds, Adolphe Menjou, and Ann Miller. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Cat Day, Zoe Palko, and Brianne Wilson chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-greenfield/support