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D. W. Griffith may have invented the "blockbuster" with Birth of a Nation, but it was this film with which he invented the epic. Intolerance is 3+ hours of sprawling story covering love, injustice, excess, five time periods, and some of the biggest sets ever created for film. It cost him 2 million dollars to make in 1916 . . . a price tag he never recovered from. It's an epic failure, perhaps . . . but it's still an epic, and one of the most formative feature films in history.

Before cracking the AFI's Top 10, Christiana and Mike revisit and revise their rankings of the movies so far.

We're HALFWAY THROUGH the list!!! Crazy. It's flown by. This week, we do a deep dive into how we've rated the movies on this list thus far: how have the top 50 films fared? How do Josh and Ira differ from each other? What are our biases based on decades of movie-making? And what are the LIST'S biases? It's all a fascinating peak behind this list and our reactions to it thus far. Enjoy!

There's a lot to be said for making people laugh! Joel McCrea takes a wacky turn as a famously successful comedy director who wants to suffer so he can make a serious movie. His solution: hit the road and pretend to be poor. Along the way, he falls in love with aspiring actress Veronica Lake. Sounds like a dynamite premise, yes? Let's find out if it delivers. This week on Film School!

The Wolfman is EVERYWHERE. George Lucas makes his first appearance on the list with this 50s nostalgia cruising culture classic, starring Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, and a soundtrack that doesn't quit. It's a teenage "last night in town" story, but how does it hold up? We watch and debate it this week! Enjoy :)

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this any more! Paddy Chayefsky's script is the real star of this bonkers film. It starts out very conventionally: an aging, depressed news anchor and his equally aged and depressed producer are being pushed out from their network. But when the anchor announces he's going to kill himself on air, things get crazy...and then crazier and crazier. This film is a SCATHING indictment of the news-as-entertainment culture we live in to this day, and what it has to say has never been more relevant. Let's get mad, y'all, this week on Film School!

Ira digs into the numbers behind the ratings we've given the first quarter of AFI's Top 100 films and what they might mean about us, both the boys give updates on what they've been working on for the past month or so, and they consider the question of whether or not they're putting too much content behind the pay wall of Patreon for these early days of building the podcast. It's a packed full episode this week! Enjoy!

Josh asks Ira if watching the AFI's Top 100 movies has improved his storytelling yet, and Ira asks him the same question right back. In a nutshell: yes. For both of them. But how?

Robert Redford and Paul Newman star in the film that arguably made them icons as the shoot-from-the-hip, tight-lipped Sundance and the worrying, scheming, talkative Butch. The chemistry is undeniable. The script sizzles. The vistas are breathtaking. The capers are a hoot. And our two leads embody a bygone era where men were free to be free. And criminals. Definitely criminals. So, let's take the plunge and talk Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid.

Paul & Amy go to war over 1939's blockbuster Southern epic Gone With The Wind! They praise the chemistry of Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, watch a trailer for the misbegotten sequel, and ask whether a film this messy deserves to be in the AFI's Top 10. Plus: Kevin J. Goff, the great grand-nephew of Hattie McDaniel, talks to Amy about her legacy. Suggest a cocktail for us to drink on next week's episode, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, by calling the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824! Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall This episode is brought to you by Present Company with Krista Smith from Netflix and Sonos (www.sonos.com).

Join the battle as those heroic Nobs take on the most dastardly villains in film history! From Annie Wilkes to General Zod, the Nobs fight their way through the ultimate list of evil to make the podcast world a safer place!   Show Rundown 2:00 - Who has the better roles: Villains or Heroes? 4:40 - What defines a Villain? 5:00 - Is the Villain the protagonist or the antagonist? 6:00 - Who is really the protagonist in Die Hard? 7:00 - Are antagonists necessarily villains? 8:00 - Key ingredient for making the best villain? 11:00 - Consciously motivated villains vs. unconsciously motivated villains 14:00 - Is it scarier when the villain looks like you? 16:30 - Agent Smith from The Matrix Trilogy 17:00 - Which Joker portrayal is the best villain? 18:10 - Is Nurse Ratched truly a villain or merely an antagonist? 20:30 - Most effective and disturbing villain portrayals 22:30 - Technology as a new villain 25:00 - The villains of Stanlefy Kubrick 28:00 - The villains of Alfred Hitchcock 32:00 - Greatest example of casting an actor as an expected villain 34:00 - The tension of an ever-present, constant threat lurking in the shadows 35:00 - Does the villain make or break the movie? 36:00 - The villain and hero being used in a symphoney to play the audience like a piano 38:00 - The villain heirarchy in a villanious organization 39:30 - Robin Willaims as a movie villain? 41:30 - The original Predator as a great villain 44:00 - Women in effective movie villain roles 52:30 - Music's role in making a villain more effective 53:00 - Villanious great speeches 56:00 - John Travolta's movie villains 57:00 - Darth Vader 60:00 - Movie franchises as villains themselves? 61:00 - AFI's Top 10 Villains 62:30 - Ranker's Top 10 Villains 69:30 - Our villain theme songs

Chariots, Revenge and Jesus, oh my! Josh and Ira kick off Film School with the first movie on AFI's Top 100 Films of all time with the sword and sandal epic Ben-Hur. Let's get this journey through cinema history started!

In this episode of Classic Movie Musts, we discuss the original screwball comedy It Happened One Night (1934). Directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. It Happened One Night is #35 on AFI's Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.

Matt and Ethan make some kind of return from their Patreon exclusive Double Down episodes of Stranger Things for AFI's Top 100, number 68, Unforgiven (1992). It...was a movie. THAT much is certain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

Matt and Ethan slip into their female personas for this one as they discuss gender, equality, and Dustin Hoffman. Next time on AFI's Top 100: The Unforgiven (1992) And don't forget to Double Down with season 2 of Stranger Things and the 9 additional episodes the boys are putting up for Patrons of the Arts only! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

Welcome to episode 1 of our Double Down series! Here, Ethan and Matt will explore the best TV not on TV and other shows to give you, the listener, that added value that you so crave. The first series is going to cover Stranger Things season 2! The first one's always free, but you'll have to show us some Patreon love to get the remaining 8 episodes in the sophomore season of Matt and Ethan's favorite show of 2016! Come back Monday for yet another episode, and don't forget to check out our free episodes as well! Next week is #69 on AFI's Top 100, Tootsie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

Oh boy, it's another favorite! Ethan and Matt jump into The Silence of the Lambs and come out forever changed, like caterpillars into butterflies... Next week on Patreon: The Dark Knight (2008) Next time on AFI's Top 100: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Don't forget to rate and review on iTunes and subscribe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spoilerscast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

We look at AFI's Top 100 list for what we haven't seen, nominate two more people for the Movie Hall of Fame, and pick our first movie for Movie Club.

Let's just call this a deluxe episode and not a rampant seizure of time orchestrated by Matt and his dang war literature... Next week: The Run-Down Part III, and on Patreon, Moana! Back on AFI's Top 100, we have A Night at the Opera --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

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.

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.

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.

Back in action with number 91 on AFI's Top 100 list of films, Sophie's choice. That means we've been chipping away now for 10 episodes! Coming next week: The Run-Down Part II. And only after we've conquered that mountain will we turn our attention to 1936's Swing Time, which is described as a comedy music/romance, so we'll see how that goes... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

Back at it again with Episode 8, number 93 on AFI's Top 100 Films, The French Connection! Matt and Ethan make fun of one of the least villainous villains and shake you down for picking your feet in PoughKeepsie... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

#95 on AFI's Top 100 list, The Last Picture Show! Did anyone think that this was a movie for optimists? 'Cuz, it may not be... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

Greetings fans! Unquote is back this week with #6 on AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes. Prepare to squint like Clint this week as Dirty Harry takes the quote stage. This week is brief but potent! Also, Unquote will be coming to an end unfortunately. I have had a great time making these episodes and am so thankful for the Rogue Intel Network for hosting my show! Only 4 more episodes until the series finale so stay tuned. This week I talk about: Why you never want to accidentally break and enter somewhere in Colorado, Clint Eastwood's background in politics, and...Reaganomics?

Number 99 on AFI's Top 100, Toy Story! You know it, you love it, but I forgot exactly how dark it was... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

Number 100 on AFI's Top 100 Film list, Ben-Hur! Buckle up for 3 hours of revenge, redemption, and look-a-like beards! Wait, how long do we have for this episode?! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spoilerscast/message

We're on a roll (or rye bread) this week! My guest Erin and I talk about #33 on AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes from the romcom "When Harry Met Sally". The 1989 film saw Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan become friends, enemies, and finally lovebirds. The line this week is the only line spoken by a cameo actor; how neat! In this episode Erin and I discuss: Why baby fish mouth should be in Webster's dictionary Reuben and, alternatively, non-Reuben sandwhiches Why I should I always bring a wrench and a spare t-shirt on dates The forthcoming remake of When Harry Met Sally directed by Erin

#48 on AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes list is Billy Wilder's gender-bending romantic comedy "Some Like It Hot". Its a tale of love, loss, and learning to duck when someone throws cole slaw at you! My mom was a mother on this past Mother's Day so I sat down to talk with her about the movie. In the episode we discuss: Why they should encourage Lemon's cross-dressing acting method How violence and comedy can balance each other out Why my name is *not* Osgood Beanstalk Powers And finally, the travails of imperfect people living in an imperfect world.

#83 on AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes list is "Dracula". If you've got any ideas about silly Muppet characters in monocles, rethink your notion of horror! I chat with Brandon this episode about how ladies are wooed by untrimmed fingernails and heavy Romanian accents, accepting one's role as the villain, and I get lawyered by Brandon's insight and wit! You can definitely listen to this one with the light's off and the shades drawn to keep that pesky sunlight out of your way.

#73 on AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes list is "Little Caesar"....no, not the "pizza-pizza" cartoon character on television! I take my ugly mug and fly solo this week for a short and sweet episode.  I hope youse guise enjoy the episode and don't turn out yellow-bellied!

#50 on AFI's Top 100 Movie Quotes list is Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard. My guest Patrick gives me an out-of-this-world interview filled with great view points and tales from the sky. We discuss the hazards of operating on a shoestring budget, confuse Ed Harris with Ed Helms (the 'Nard Dog in Mission Control), more rants about Bill Paxton, and lastly about how similar Fred Haise and I are (we share the same hometown and both throw up occasionally)!

On ths special episode, the Shark Dropper crew performs their first ever Skype session with friend Mallory (www.healsandheadshots.com). There are some technical difficulties throughout, but we are still able to have a fun time. We talk about the Oscars, AFI's Top 100 films, the Slenderman murders, our first s, and gross Celeb feet. We also dedicate a good ten minutes to bashing Adam Sandler films. It's a good time.

The AFI's Top 100 takes a back seat as we talk about zeitgeisty flicks you can find at the box office right now! We won't reveal anything important until the end of the 'cast when we tell you spoilers are coming. This 5th Now Playing Project takes on the Coen Brothers music dramedy Inside Llewyn Davis (with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan) and Spike Jonze's newest offbeat creation, Her (with Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams). Start 'er up for our extensive thoughts on both!

This week on the show we talked about the possible imprisonment of Lindsay Lohan, AFI's Top 10 Movies and TV Shows of 2012, and a lot more. So, listen and enjoy! If you like us please rate us on iTunes and we appreciate the support!

Christiana and Mike introduce their plan to watch the AFI's Top 100 Movies