Podcasts about Drunken Angel

It's our 25th episode! To celebrate, we finally got around to discussing Drunken Angel (1948) and the main feature I Live in Fear (1955). We went a little long this week but had a lot of fun. Even QQ hung around for an extended visit. Join us for the fun. And join us next week as we watch Rhapsody in August (1991) If you made it though this make sure to let us know at mracfilmclub@gmail.com

This week we continue or review of Kurosawa films that took place in the context of Post WW2 Japan. We watched One Wonderful Sunday (1947) and discussed more post war history, censorship, scalpers, and how the story is still relevant today. We were cut short for supplemental talk, but it was put on hold for next week. Join is as we watch and discuss I Live in Fear (1955), and hopefully Drunken Angel (1948) contact us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com

This month we dive into the films of the great Akira Kurosawa for the second time. Having covered many of the big hitters last March, we'll dive deeper into the Kurosawa filmography focusing on films set in Post War Tokyo. Week 1: No Regrets for Our Youth (1946). Join us for this episode that is low key but jam packed with Japanese history nuggets from our guru Marco. Things are bound to pick up next week as we watch One Wonderful Sunday (1947). There is also a supplemental viewing: Drunken Angel (1948). Join us for the..fun? And you can always contact us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com..... anyone?

Drunken Angel (1948) by Bob Sham & Friends

EPISODE #412-- We continue to belatedly celebrate Black History Month with the concert film HAIL! HAIL! ROCK 'N' ROLL from 1987, staring none other than the king of rock and roll himself, Chuck Berry. We also talk Johnathan Glazer's THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023), Akira Kurosawa's SANJURO (1962), Alfred Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND (1948), as well as CADILLAC RECORDS (2008), DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948), and the latest version of SHOGUN (2024) on Hulu. It's a good batch. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter @kislingtwits, on Bluesky at kislingconnection.bsky, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live Together." Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag (http://www.juliustanag.com) and Sef Joosten (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com). The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

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Ransom: Akira Kurosawa's High & Low There are no shortage of names that define our undersrtanding and foster our enjoyment of Cinema. Scorsese, Fellini, Bergman, Leone, Eisenstein, Spielberg, Chaplin, Keaton, Lumet, Ford, Hawks . . . the list could run for pages (and fortunately for us it does). There is a name that cannot be left off . . . Best known for his Jidaigeki - Historical (Action) Dramas - including Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Rashomon, Throne of Blood, and The Hidden Fortress (to name a few), Kurosawa was a master at the modern drama, as well. Ikiru, The Bad Sleep Well, Drunken Angel, Stray Dog are a few of his modern explorations of Japanese life after the war. A masterpiece (rarely discussed and criminally underseen) is 1963's High & Low. Adapted from Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series of crime novels, High & Low is a beautiflly nuanced and brilliantly tension-guided police procedural. Re-teaming in their fifteenth (of sixteen) collaborations, Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune come together to tell one of the greatest films in both mens' filmographies. This is an incredible film that Mr. Chavez and I are thrilled to bring to you. Take a listen and let us introduce you (or remind you if you are already familiar with) this wonderul film.  Let us know what you think - gondoramos@yahoo.com As always, we continue to look to you good and loyal listeners for support. If you have listened and enjoyed our bantering over these nearly eight years please feel free to support us with a monetary contribution. We're not asking for a whole lot. Whatever you can give is appreciated. The holidays are coming an we could use the help. Stop being cheap bastards and give what you can. Follow the link below to contribute.  Our Continued Thanks. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/watchrickramos  

What is the meaning of life? The joys and hardships are defined by the most intricate interactions. A chance meeting or the recognization of a face. Yet, how are we to get through when life seems unbearable and every inch you give is yanked back a foot. Where do you turn when your life is on the line, in more ways than one?

Lucinda Williams' fifth album, released in the summer of 1998, not only cemented the artist as a bonafide songwriting juggernaut, but it solidified her place among America's best storytellers. "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" would go on to be named The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop (critics) Album of the Year, and to date it is among Rolling Stone's top 500 albums of all time. And for good reason. Williams bemoans (and even moans) about love and loss in songs like "Right In Time," Lake Charles" and "Can't Let Go." And she brilliantly illustrates pain in the title track and also on tunes like "Drunken Angel," "Concrete and Barbed Wire" and more. Williams also captures the Deep South about as good anybody before or since. And because of that, this album is truly "2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten."

Um die Filme von Keisuke Kinoshita besser einordnen zu können, haben wir auch einige Filme von anderen zeitgenössischen japanischen Regisseuren geschaut und besprochen - zum Beispiel in Folge 14 ein Film von Nobuo Nakagawa: THE GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA (1959) oder in Folge 28 DRUNKEN ANGEL von Akira Kurosawa (1948).Heute geht es um Kenji Miziguchis Film WOMEN OF THE NIGHT (1948). Tom Schünemann (filmsucht.org) fasst den Film so zusammen: "Frauen der Nacht dreht sich um zwei Schwestern, diese stürzt der Autorenfilmer mit harschem Realismus in ihr Unglück. Statt allgemeine Systemfragen zu stellen, breitet Mizoguchi ein unangenehm konkretes Netz aus Machtmissbrauch, Gewalt, Lügen, Amoral, Abtreibungen und Geschlechtskrankheiten vor uns aus."Im Podcast reden wir über die überdeutlichen, klaren Botschaften, die Mizoguchi vermittelt, über die Prostitution in Japan, über die Rolle der Männer, über die sich verändernde Körpersprache und das christliche Ikonographie-Repertoire im aufregenden Finale. (Unsere Aufnahmetechnik hatte im Mittelteil einen Ausfall, wir bitten die teilweise schlechtere Tonqualität zu entschuldigen.)Diese Episode, die wir bereits im März 2021 aufgezeichnet haben, ist unsere letzte Episode mit dem wunderbaren, viel zu früh verstorbenen Michael Schleeh. Er hat in vielerlei Hinsicht eine Lücke hinterlassen, die sich nicht schließt. Wir vermissen ihn sehr. Wir sind uns sicher, dass es ihm gefallen hätte, dass wir jetzt weiter machen mit seiner Podcast-Idee, alle Kinofilme von Keisuke Kinoshita zu besprechen.Es bietet sich in wenigen Wochen eine sehr gute Gelegenheit: Keisuke Kinoshita steht im Mittelpunkt der Retrospektive des diesjährigen Japanischen Filmfestival Nippon Connection 2023 in Frankfurt! Thomas wird vom 6. bis zum 11. Juni auf dem Festival sein und dort THE SNOW FLURRY (1959) schauen. Die nächste Folge wird am 10. Juni als erster Eindruck direkt nach dem Film im Kino des Deutsches Filmmuseums aufgenommen.Eine lesenswerte Besprechung von Hayley Scanlon auf Windows on Worlds.Ebenfalls sehr lesenswert die Filmkritik von Tom Schünemann auf filmsucht.orgMichaels sehr empfehlenswerten Blog Schneeland findet Ihr hier. Den Filmpodcast SchönerDenken findet Ihr hier.Vielen Dank an Michael Meier von Kompendium des Unbehagens für die Unterstützung beim Jingle. Grüße nach Osaka!

Um die Filme von Keisuke Kinoshita besser einordnen zu können, haben wir auch einige Filme von anderen zeitgenössischen japanischen Regisseuren geschaut und besprochen - zum Beispiel in Folge 14 ein Film von Nobuo Nakagawa: THE GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA (1959).Heute geht es um einen frühen Film von Akira Kurosawa: DRUNKEN ANGEL (Yoidore Tenshi) von 1948. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Nachkriegsgeschichte stehen zwei Männer: ein Arzt mit schwerem Alkoholproblem (Takashi Shimura) und ein tuberkulosekranker Yakuza, gespielt vom wie immer sehr energetischen Toshiro Mifune. Die beiden treffen in einer Stadt aufeinander, die vom Krieg gezeichnet ist - mitten im Viertel steht brackiges Wasser in einem giftigen Tümpel, vom dem Moskitos aufsteigen. Die Verbrecher haben zwischen all den leidenden Menschen das Regiment übernommen, aber der Arzt stellt sich Ihnen entgegen - wenn er nicht zu betrunken ist.Im Podcast sprechen wir über die gegenseitige Abhängigkeit der beiden Männer, über die Frauen als Gegenentwurf, über das Zerbrechen von Macht und Maskulinität, über den Mangel an Subtilität bei Kurosawa, über schmissige, amerikanische Musik und über einen Zweikampf in einer Lache aus weißer Farbe.Nach DRUNKEN ANGEL (Yoidore Tenshi) aus dem Jahr 1948 folgt in vier Wochen eine weitere Episode, die wir mit Micha über japanische Filme der 1940er und 1950er Jahre aufgenommen haben, um sie mit Kinoshitas Filmen zu vergleichen: Die nächste Folge erscheint am Muttertag am 14. Mai 2023 und beschäftigt sich mit WOMEN OF THE NIGHT von Kenji Mizoguchi aus dem Jahr 1948.Eine lesenswerte Besprechung von Hayley Scanlon auf Windows on Worlds.Michaels sehr empfehlenswerten Blog Schneeland findet Ihr hier. Den Filmpodcast SchönerDenken findet Ihr hier.Vielen Dank an Michael Meier von Kompendium des Unbehagens für die Unterstützung beim Jingle. Grüße nach Osaka!

Das Ende der Jugend ist oft auch das Ende der Träume - so erlebt es Yoichi (Shinji Tanaka), Sohn eines Fischhändlers. Seine Träume sieht er zum Beispiel durch ein Fernglas - er entdeckt damit eine wunderschöne Frau, auf die er seine Wünsche projeziert. Und er will Seemann werden. Aber als sein Vater stirbt, stellt er sich der Verantwortung, übernimmt das Geschäft seines Vaters und sichert damit seiner Familie das Überleben. Seine kleine Schwester wurde bereits (gegen ihren Willen) in die Obhut eines wohlhabenden Onkels gegeben, seine ältere sehr attraktive Schwester Toyoko (Yoshiko Kuga) ist ein "material girl", sie heiratet einen wohlhabenden Sugardaddy, um ihre Träume zu finanzieren. Keisuke Kinoshita zeigt das Spannungsfeld zwischen Wünschen und Verantwortung, Egoismus und Glück auf.Im Podcast schildern Sandra, Micha und Thomas ihre ersten Eindrücke (wobei Micha den Film schon im Forum der Berlinale 2013 gesehen hatte). Alle sind begeistert und beeindruckt - ein typischer Keisuke-Kinoshita-Film: Er führt uns nahe an die Charaktere heran, lässt uns mitfühlen, benennt die gesellschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen, zeigt Verzweiflung und Hoffnung. Dabei nutzt er wieder seine typischen Inszenierungselemente, zum Beispiel die Kamera im Nebenzimmer zu platzieren und so eine Nähe durch Distanz zu schaffen. Ein sehr gelungener, großartiger Film, sehr empfehlenswert, auch als erster Einstieg in die Filme Kinoshitas.FAREWELL TO DREAM (Yuyake-gumo) aus dem Jahr 1956 ist der vierundzwanzigste Film von Keisuke Kinoshita und ist bei Criterion erhältlich. Das ist der letzte Film von Keisuke Kinoshita, über den wir mit Micha eine Podcastepisode aufnehmen konnten. Es folgen jetzt im vierwöchigen Abstand Episoden, die wir zuvor mit Micha über japanische Filme der 1940er und 1950er Jahre aufgenommen haben, die wir mit Kinoshitas Filmen verglichen haben. Die nächste Folge erscheint nach Ostern am 16. April 2023 und beschäftigt sich mit DRUNKEN ANGEL von Akira Kurosawa aus dem Jahr 1948.Eine lesenswerte Besprechung von Hayley Scanlon auf Windows on Worlds.Michaels sehr empfehlenswerten Blog Schneeland findet Ihr hier. Den Filmpodcast SchönerDenken findet Ihr hier.Vielen Dank an Michael Meier von Kompendium des Unbehagens für die Unterstützung beim Jingle. Grüße nach Osaka!

i’ve been thinking a lot about storytelling. i feel like i’ve been telling stories in one form or another forever. i mean, we all do. we play make-believe as kids but i do the exact same thing now. maybe we just call it “banter” or something instead. but we riff off each other and create worlds and fantasy. i think that’s so fun, and when you find someone you immediately banter with well, it’s just such a cool connection. or we run through scenarios in our heads but we call it “anxiety” and typically keep these stories to ourselves.so many things to share about storytelling but one thing i think is so interesting is that i think my interest in telling stories has been strengthened and nurtured in therapy. when you talk to your therapist you are telling them your story. and if you’re doing it like me, every small story comes with additional context and tangents and reflection and that’s even before i give them a chance to respond. and then further reflecting on particular moments and themes allows me to connect them to other moments and themes and all of a sudden you find yourself trapped in this spider web of a life story. actually, no - i’m the spider, and i’m not trapped at all. i bounce around carefully from thread to thread, weaving new lines, rewriting old memories, eating flies.and then every time you transition to a new therapist it’s a chance to tell your entire story over again. and you’re so excited about that part of it. maybe too earnest. you weave more bits and pieces of story together and each time you think you have a better understanding of who and why you are. sometimes i’m concerned that i’m overconfident in the work that i’ve done and my ability to communicate it. i’m wondering about the performance of it all. is the story i tell about me actually me right now or a me i aspire to? can it be both? believing that someday i could write a memoir seems laughable but i want to. would you read it? it’ll be so embarrassing but it feels necessary to share it all.i’m just a few weeks into a break from formal therapy right now, but i’m still storytelling. recently it’s been with friends. in the actual real friend world. which i’m enjoying. and opening up in these spaces feels like it means something totally different than it had in therapy. i’m grateful to therapy for helping me explore my own stories but right now i’m more excited about connections and mashups and crossover episodes with friends. excited about friend stories colliding with my own and for the impact to be meaningful for them and for me.DOWNLOAD/STREAM RECORDING00:00 (intro by omar)00:20 Barry “Posh Club” Barry02:52 Hectorine “Motel Song” Hectorine07:21 Screaming Females “Zoo Of Death” Singles Too10:51 Amy O “Blueberries” Shell13:35 Empath “Drunken Angel” Drunken Angel / The Other Side16:25 Anna Meredith “Killjoy” FIBS20:07 Brave Radar “Face The Light” Brave Radar in… It’s Honey’s World21:19 Warp “Abracadabra” Traffic Control23:45 Great Grandpa “English Garden” Four of Arrows26:22 Black Marble “Shoulder” Bigger Than Life30:31 Brazilian Wax “Unicorn” Still Rippin’33:46 Dress Forms “places” we don’t dig guitars35:27 Dry Cleaning “Sit Down Meal” Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP39:06 Olivia’s World “SuperValu” Olivia’s World42:06 Mikal Cronin “Apathy” Mikal Cronin44:43 tombo crush “gaze aversion” text me when you get home45:52 Noera “FMLA” Pearls48:51 Walrus “Cool to Who” Cool to Who53:08 hanu vu “Order” Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway55:43 TOPS “Echo of Dawn” Echo of Dawn / Seven Minutes57:53 yipee! “The Mall of America, MN” The Cheese Store, MO/The Mall of America, MN59:52 Eyelash “Eating Art” Demo62:10 Macho Blush “Healing Artist” User Guide64:55 Mikayla McVey “roommates” Desert Companion67:48 Vagabon “Water Me Down” Vagabon

Eric, Dominic and Jason delve into their earliest Kurosawa films so far with two intruging medical dramas, Drunken Angel and A Quiet Duel. The films are an interesting contrast to each other in the ways they explore the medical trade, post-WWII Japan, inner and outer corruption and the way ambitions play into characters' lives. They also represent a restive and brilliant artist beginning to find his footing in his favorite trade, and delivering some of the most beautiful scenes of his career. Please join us for an interesting 68-minute discussion of early work by a master filmmaker. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason-sacks/message

In the newest episode of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums, we dive into Lucinda Williams' 1998 masterpiece "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road," an album that helped define modern roots music and got Williams' long-overdue recognition as one of America's greatest songwriters. The album took six years, three producers, and some label drama to make, but Williams' perfectionism resulted in an arguably perfect album. Williams joins Rolling Stone Country's Joseph Hudak to tell the stories behind songs like "Drunken Angel", and title track "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" that affected Williams' father so much he apologized to Williams when he first heard it. Producers Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy in addition to Waxahatchee help flesh out the story. Later in the episode, Rolling Stone staffers Claire Shaffer and Jon Freeman join host Brittany Spanos to discuss the album's legacy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Billie Holiday "I Cover the Waterfront"James Booker "Classified"Ike Gordon "Don't Let The Devil Ride"Ray Wylie Hubbard "Freeway Church Of Christ"Howlin' Wolf "Drinkin' C.V. Wine"Cedric Burnside "I Be Trying"Bob Dylan "Romance In Durango"Superchunk "City of the Dead"Emmylou Harris "Sweet Old World"Merle Haggard "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink"Memphis Minnie "Night Watchman Blues (Take 2)"Wanda Jackson "Rip It Up"Fats Waller "Functionizin'"Sonny Boy Williamson "T.B. Blues"Jimmie Rodgers "Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes (Alternate Take)"Lucero "Sometimes"Hayes Carll "Another Like You"Gillian Welch "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor"Josh White "Strange Fruit"Jack Purvis and His Orchestra "Poor Richard"Slim Harpo "Rainin' in My Heart"Kathleen Edwards "Empty Threat"Valerie June "Colors"Hank Williams "Cold, Cold Heart"Billie Holiday and His Orchestra "Long Gone Blues"George Henry Bussey "When I'm Sober I'm Drunk Blues"Neil Young "No Wonder"Adia Victoria "Lonely Avenue"Adia Victoria "Dead Eyes"The Mountain Goats "New Monster Avenue"Arliss Nancy "Abacus"Lefty Frizzell "Long Black Veil"Blaze Foley "The Moonlight Song"Lucinda Williams "Drunken Angel"Buddy Guy "I Smell a Rat"Built to Spill "Conventional Wisdom"Guitar Junior "The Crawl"Dave Van Ronk "God Bless The Child"Big Joe Turner "Ice Man Blues"Willie Nelson "Railroad Lady"Robert Wilkins "Old Jim Canan's"Albert Ammons "Bass Goin' Crazy"Drag the River "Lucky's"Tom Waits "I Wish I Was In New Orleans [in The Ninth Ward]"Jimi Hendrix "Red house"Billie Holiday, Eddie Heywood's Orchestra "I'll Be Seeing You"

We ventured once again into the Rat's lair - otherwise known as the South Beach studio of Frank 'Rat Bastard' Falestra - and sat down with Miami-via-Pennsylvania singer/songwriter Nick Mencia a.k.a. Nick County to discuss the stunning "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" by Lucinda Williams. The soul-baring songs of Williams transcend any alt-country/American roots-rock labels, and the album is truly a stone cold genre-defying masterpiece!  Songs featured in this episode: If You Still Love Me - Nick County; Mexico - Rachel Angel; Cold Cold Heart - Hank Williams; Right In Time, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten, Drunken Angel, Concrete and Barbed Wire, Lake Charles, Can't Let Go, I Lost It, Metal Firecracker, Greenville, Still I long For Your Kiss, Joy, Jackson - Lucinda Williams; Me and the Devil Blues - Robert Johnson; Return of the Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons; Can't Let Go - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss; Daddy's Robe - Oly; I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - Ramones; Simple Twist of Fate - Bob Dylan; You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley - Mississippi John Hurt; Jesus Is Dead - Nick County

Neil Strauss reflects on his friendship with the late Chuck Berry and his book, The Game, a chronicle of his journey and encounters in the seduction community. Neil also talks to Tom about his favourite songs: The Beach Boys - "God Only Knows", Harry Nilsson - "One", Leonard Cohen - "Famous Blue Raincoat", Louis Armstrong, - "St James Infirmary, Johnny Cash - "Father & Son”, Cesária Évora - “Petit Pays”, The Louvin Brothers - "Knoxville Girl", The Beatles - "The Long and Winding Road", The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset", The Rolling Stones - "Wild Horses”, Crosby, Stills & Nash - “Our House", The Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", Lefty Frizzell - "Long Black Veil", Chris Bell - "I Am the Cosmos", Sam Cooke - "Chain Gang", Lucinda Williams - "Drunken Angel", Vanilla Fudge - "Keep Me Hanging On", Soul Clan - "That's How It Feels", Marmalade - "Reflections of My Life", Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris - “Love Hurts” and Bob Marley - “Redemption Song”. This episode is brought to you by Lumie, the original inventors of wake-up lights, whose Bodyclock Luxe 750DAB wake-up light mimics a natural sunrise and sunset. Shown to improve quality of sleep and to boost productivity in clinical trials, this remarkable device also features high quality audio with DAB+ radio, Bluetooth speakers, USB port and a selection of over 20 sleep/wake sounds. The Lumie Bodyclock Luxe 750DAB can transform the way you start and end your day, especially if you struggle to wake up in the morning and/or get to sleep at night - it certainly did for me. Go to lumie.com to find out more. This episode is brought to you by Modal Electronics, who make beautiful, innovative and powerful synthesisers. You can enjoy vibrant wavetable patches with their ARGON8 series. You can produce state-of-the-art analogue-style synth textures with their COBALT8 series. Go to modalelectronics.com to check out their incredible array of synthesisers.

This week at the Silver Screen Video we have our second volume on one of the most influential directors of all time, Akira Kurosawa. We will be discussing Drunken Angel, Yojimbo, and Dersu Ezala (1975). Make sure you guys let us know your thoughts on his films and what your favorite one is. See Patreon below. Thanks for stopping by. $3 Tier- Access to Silver Small Screen Video and Silver Screen Video After Dark $5 Tier- Access to Silver Small Screen Video $10 Tier- Access to both of the above tiers and you get to pick the film or film topic we discuss on an episode. Link is below for all our social media. https://linktr.ee/silverscreenvideo Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to email at silverscreenvideopodcast@gmail.com with any comments or thoughts. Also be sure to follow us on Instagram @silverscreenvideopodcast or Twitter @SilverVideo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/silverscreenvideo/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/silverscreenvideo/support

Banter is the best kind of romantic conversation, full of wit and emotional tension, leaving clues for us about how the couple really feels about each other. The best banter strip teases for our brain. It's verbal foreplay for the hot action to come. It's all about the juicy, sexy romantic banter in this episode. https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.comAfter I said the word aloud, something didn't sound right, so I looked it up and it's pronounced Yah-KUZ-ah. Sigh. Apologies to my Japanese listeners--but it gives me an excuse to bring up Drunken Angel, a fascinating 1948 yakuza film directed by one of my favorite filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa.If you've never seen a Spencer Tracy/Katherine Hepburn movie, you can't go wrong with Adam's Rib. Everything about it is perfection: the script, the acting, the plot and the fabulous costumes and sets. It was made in 1949 and still feels fresh. Plus I have a weird thing for that cozy kitchen in their apartment.Destination Wedding is one of the funniest rom coms I've seen in years. I go into greater detail about this movie in my All the Words Romance episode. If you like sexy-smart banter, don't miss this one. Friends with Benefits is the funniest rom com that I forgot to watch. If you are a banter fan like me, rush to your nearest streaming service and watch this. Enemies with Benefits is part of the Loveless Brothers series by Roxie Noir. I can't express how much I adore the band of brothers trope in this series. It centers on a family of five hot, hunky, slightly bad boy brothers who live in a small Virginia town, and the cool, sharp, bantering women who fall for them. And the delicious dialogue and insightful interior monologues? Let's just say I strongly suspect LA-based Roxie Noir is a screenwriter too.So many romance fans adore the Blood and Ash fantasy/romance series by Jennifer Armentrout. I haven't read much in that category, but wow, it sounds like I need to.As you can tell from her confession, Monique is a warm, sparkling presence, and you don't have to be a business woman to get a ton of healing heart messages from her podcast, Her Entrepreneurial Spirit. It's a don't-miss podcast for me.

In the twenty-ninth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by streamer Daniel Lopez (of the Corrupt Immoral channel) and cinephile Sarah Gray to discuss the use of societal anxiety, paranoia, and existential struggle imbedded in the noir and how it transplanted itself in the post-war hell hole of Japan in Akira Kurosawa's moral parable Drunken Angel.

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Frequent guest Donovan H. joins us again, and he's maybe become more of an accelerationist than the last time he was on. We're talking Kurosawa's Drunken Angel, the famed director's first work with Toshiro Mifune.

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On this angelic episode of Oeuvre Busters, Liam and George welcome Stuart Galbraith IV, the man who literally wrote the book on the Kurosawa/Mifune relationship, The Emperor and the Wolf. Topics discussed: cynicism and hopefulness; curmudgeonly doctors; Yakuza feudalism; spiritual sickness. Also, Clint Eastwood is just a watered down version of Mifune, really.Topics not discussed: How Vladimir Nabokov’s translation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin lead to the ending of his friendship with Edmund Wilson.Stuart Galbraith IV is a Kyoto-based film historian, writer, and publisher-editor of World Cinema Paradise. He is the author of seven books, including The Emperor and the Wolf (Faber & Faber, 2002), the joint-biography of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune hailed by Martin Scorsese as "a must read." Within the home video field, Galbraith has written essays for Criterion's three-disc Seven Samurai DVD and Blu-ray, Optimum's Rashomon, BCI Eclipse's The Quiet Duel and Subkultur's The Long Good Friday. In 2015, Galbraith recorded an audio commentary and wrote and produced a new short documentary, Rashomon at 65, for the British Film Institute's Blu-ray of Kurosawa's 1950 classic. Concurrently, he served as an consultant on Oscar-winning director Steven Okazaki's documentary feature, Mifune - Last Samurai (2015). Holding a Master's Degree from the University of Southern California's prestigious School of Cinema-Television, Galbraith worked as an archivist and researcher at both Warner Bros. and M-G-M. At Warner Bros., Galbraith implemented preservation projects and procedures at both its USC-Warner Bros. Archives and the Warner Bros. Corporate Image Archives. At M-G-M, Galbraith worked as a "film detective," tracking down the original camera negatives to more than three dozen "lost" films. Since 2003 he has lived in Kyoto, Japan with his wife, Yukiyo, and their daughter, Sadie. He is currently at work on a new act of preservation, which he’ll tell us all about.Hey, you all know we love you out there, right? But do you love us? If so, please consider subscribing to our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/oeuvrebusters For only $3 dollars a month, you’ll get a bonus episode and a essay from George (the first one drops August 17th!) about the films being discussed on the podcast. (George promises no problematic manifestos about the current state of the world.) Also, we will definitely give you a shout out on the podcast! Your financial support will also help us upgrade our equipment and improve the show in a variety of ways.Please, if you can, rate, review, and subscribe to Oeuvre Busters on Stitcher and iTunes and wherever else you might download your favorite podcasts. Your ratings and reviews help the show reach a wider audience. Please also feel free to send us regular and hate mail at: Oeuvrebusters@gmail.com. Again, we appreciate all the support. "Robobozo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Arlen and Eric discuss what we've been watching. Movies discussed: The Old Guard, Color Out of Space, The Rental, Grand Prix, Munich, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Drunken Angel, Stray Dog, Cleo From 5 to 7 | Go to https://wp.me/p5GngZ-3E3 | RSS- https://anchor.fm/s/7f2bb04/podcast/rss | Image from SpectreVision | Season 3 Theme "Darjeeling" by Barrie available everywhere, video below. | [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mfPmR44wMc&w=560&h=315]

Titus & Chris Wolfe talk about Kurosawa's first story confronting Enlightenment & Japan's past--a doctor in a slum in post-war Japan tries to save a beautiful young yakuza from death by TB, only to be caught up in the intrigues of organized crime. Everything from equality for women to the place of science in the regime to the other elements of the influence of America is packed into this story.

As we hunker down and self-isolate, we also retreat to some of our favorite films and favorite film genres.  On this episode Aaron and Isaac took a look at the Film Noir genre.  In particular they choose two very different Post WWII societies, United Kingdom and Japan.  They discuss just what those films have to say about their respective societies in the wake of unimaginable global destruction. I Became a Criminal (aka They Made Me a Fugitive) (1947) Drunken Angel (1948)

On the April 8, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler.   Opening Banter: Brad is out sick today.   At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:Peter has been dealing with his sick dog. Chris set his kitchen on fire, and also launched a new podcast, 21st Century Spielberg. Jacob has renamed the days of the week out of boredom. Hoai-Tran ventured out on her roof. What we’ve been Reading:Chris read Grady Hendrix’s Great Stephen King Reread. What we’ve been Watching:Ben and Peter watched Home Before Dark Chris and HT watched Onward Peter watched Happy Death Day, David Blaine’s new tv special The Magic Way, the first half of season six of Bosch, and boy was that episode of Better Call Saul awesome (Chris also watched that episode). Chris watched Killing Eve season 3. Jacob watched The Mask of Zorro, The Count of Monte Cristo, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla, National Treasure, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Minority Report, The Room, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Aladdin, Moana, Captain Marvel, and is still enjoying New Girl. Hoai-Tran watched The Platform, Moonstruck, rewatched Rear Window. Ben watched Happy Death Day 2U, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, and had a Toshiro Mifune marathon with Drunken Angel, Stray Dog, and Sanjuro. What we’ve been Eating:Hoai-Tran fried tofu and nothing caught on fire! Peter ate a bunch of Canadian candy and snacks. Watch the video. What we’ve been Playing:Jacob beat The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and he’s excited about the new updates to Ring-Fit Adventure.   Other Articles Mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Toho Company released Drunken Angel to theaters on April 27, 1948. Akira Kurosawa directed the film starring Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, and Reizaburô Yamamoto. The post Drunken Angel (1948) appeared first on Movie House Memories.

We kick off season 4 — and our chronological tour through martial arts cinema — with the 1925 film OROCHI. After some glowing reviews of the film, we talk about the number of ways in which it feels like a very modern piece of cinema: from some of the gender politics, to the stunning choreography of some of its fight scenes, and its almost nihilistic overall message. Next Week The next in our series of martial arts films, and the last silent movie for this genre, is the 1931 film whose English title is JIROKICHI THE RAT. This Week's Media 30 ROCK (2006—13): Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski VENOM (2018): Ruben Fleischer, Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams SUMMER OF 84 (2018): François Simard, Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis Further Watching 47 RONIN (2013): Carl Rinsch, Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada ENTER THE DRAGON (1973): Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee, John Saxon HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973): Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR (1981): George Miller, Mel Gibson, Harold Baigent Footnotes For more on the traditions of Japanese cinema with which OROCHI was engaging, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki. A reminder that we covered DRUNKEN ANGEL, the 1948 Kurosawa film which certainly owes a debt to this one, in September 2017 (way back in the mists of time): http://www.kaiju.fm/prestige/3-05-drunken-angel-and-disease. This video shows some of the absurdly heightened editing that we see in later martial arts/action films; as Rob discusses, the absence of these techniques from OROCHI is really quite refreshing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRcfHkPDt5I. Finally, it seems appropriate to end an episode on this film, with its especially negative central message, with a note about where Sam thought this narrative was going: https://www.britannica.com/topic/seppuku.

Over the last month, Jess and I explored a couple Akira Kurosawa Samurai epics, the genre that he is known best for, but not the only type of movies he did. In today's episode, we explore 4 of his post-war, modern Japanese films. Drunken Angel (1948), Stray Dog (1949), Ikiru (1952), and High and Low (1963) kept us completely captivated. Each of these films is streaming on Filmstruck.com, and we think everyone should do themselves a favor, and check some of them out.....or at least check this episode out.  Website: AndrewWatchesMovies.com Film Diary: https://letterboxd.com/AndrewMartin/films/diary/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewWatchesTV Moses's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-298402626 Our Artist's (Mike Deitrich) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike.dietrich.art/  Some Nothing Left from Brad: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nothing+left-at+the+bottom+of+my+glass

We’re getting closer to the winter meetings in Major League Baseball and, for those of you that read both these and the Manga In Your Ears introductions, you’ll know I’m very excited for anything baseball. Or, actually, just listen to any of the baseball anime podcasts we’ve done over here on Taiiku. But anyway, Shohei Ohtani could be days away from signing with a team and Giancarlo Stanton seems to be near a deal to be traded away from the fire selling Marlins. Jeter seems to be working out well so far. Anyway. Chris (@gokuffy) joins me in the continuing the Kurosawa series (after our brief hiatus) with Drunken Angel, and then Corey (@coreyzone) joins both of us and we are back on the bicycles with Yowamushi Pedal New Generation! Listen Show notes: 0:30 – Chris and I talk about Drunken Angel! 26:46 – Corey joins us to talk about Yowamushi Pedal New Generation! Next episode is probably the top anime one, but who knows.

NBA basketball has been back for a while, but NCAA basketball has been missing in the interim. Having a shorter season means they start later and end earlier, but it also means that I might suffer less through what might be a miserable Iowa State Cyclone basketball season. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) and Corey (@coreyzone) have joined me to keep the break on Kurosawa coming with David O. Russell’s Three Kings. Then Helen (@WanderinDreamr) joins Chris and me to talk about Fastest Finger First, also known as 7O3X, also known as Nana Maru San Batsu. Listen Show notes: 0:30 – Chris, Corey, and I talk about Three Kings! 54:06 – Chris, Helen, and I talk about Fastest Finger First! Next time, we’re back on the Kurosawa train with Drunken Angel and either Yowapeda or continuing the Yu Yu Hakusho series finally. We’ll see!

The second director of Season 3 is Akira Kurosawa; the sequence of his films begins with his 1948 breakthrough, DRUNKEN ANGEL. Initial discussions centre on its viability as a cinematic — rather than theatrical experience — and then we delve into post-war Japan, Kurosawa's relationship with gangster culture, and this film's positioning as a metaphor for some of these ideas. Next Week's Film RASHOMON (1950): rent it on Amazon for $3.99 (still probably just about affordable, post-Brexit) at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004D3ICOG This Week's Media STRIKE (2017–): Robert Galbraith, Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger NARCOS, SEASON 3 (2017): Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro Recommendations NOSFERATU (1922): F.W. Murnau, Max Schreck, Greta Schröder CARANDIRU (2003): Héctor Babenco, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Rodrigo Santoro BRIGHTON ROCK (1947): John Boulting, Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley TOMBSTONE (1993): George P. Cosmatos, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer Footnotes Firstly, for more on the specifics of the yakuza (general introduction), have a look at this. This thread also has some interesting discussions of the yakuza's place in Kurosawa's work. Actors like the ever-wonderful Buster Keaton (to whom Sam refers at one point) are celebrated in this interesting article. For more on the history of post-war Japan, this is good. Finally, this is the film that Rob mentions in passing along with NOSFERATU as a visual fore-runner of this movie

In dieser Folge reden wir über Jan Henryk's WG-Einweihungsparty, die Bierpong Hooligans und Watch_Dogs 2rnrnJan Henryk berichtet von Mittelerde: Mordor's Schatten, Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China, The Fate of the Furious, Saint's Row 4, Drunken Angel, Louis C.K. 2017 und seine Erkundungstour.rnrnLudwig redet über Flip Flappers und Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!rnrnrnrnLudwig’s TwitterrnrnJan Henryk’s TwitterrnrnVerbalVerkehr TwitterrnrnDie Intro-, Interlude- und Outromusik ist Collapse von Axl & Arth. (Lizenz)

Host Flo und Co-Host Jan analysieren den japanischen Schocker Audition und den Kurosawa Crime-Klassiker Drunken Angel. Im Gespräch über Akupunktur, Pest, Erbrochenem und Karaoke werden die Filme im Detail diskutiert. Editing & Intro-Music: Florian T. Willi Audio Clips: Alex Dodson Other Music: OC Remix www.artortrashcinemapodcast.blogspot.com artortrashcinemapodcast@gmail.com

Thao Nguyen from Thao and the Get Down Stay Down talks about her love for Lucinda Williams' "Drunken Angel" and the power of the "good hurt." Then the members of the Austin band BUHU talk about everything from the importance of good headphones to the placement of Dave Grohl's drumming to the necessity of love in music.

This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 31, 2015. In this episode, Spilling Rubies turns 21 episodes! So we decided, since we are now of legal drinking age in California, to celebrate all things drunk! Please enjoy music, poetry and more...Songs played:My Old Drunk Friend by Freakwater (1993)Drunkard's Special by Coley Jones (1929)I'm Not Drinking, Hm Hm by Ed's Redeeming Qualities (1991)Between the Bars by Madeleine Peyroux (2004)Drinking You In by The Duke Spirit (2003)Sober Driver by Dengue Fever (2013)Oh, Gin [demo version] by The Velvet Underground (1970)What Good Can Drinkin' Do? [live] by Janis Joplin (1962)Drunken Angel by Lucinda Williams (1998)One Mint Julep by Louis Prima & Keely Smith (1958)What's the Use of Gettin' Sober? by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1946)You Better Quit Drinking Shine by Rev. I.B. Ware and his wife and son (1928) from American Primitive Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)Drunk Kid Catholic by Bright Eyes [aka Conor Oberst] (2001)The Drinks We Drank Last Night by Azure Ray (2003)Drinker's Peace by Guided by Voices [aka Robert Pollard] (1990)Poems read:Compulsively Allergic to the Truth by Jeffrey McDaniel (2008)Be Drunk by Charles BaudelaireThe Summer House by Tony Connor (1978)A Drinking Song by W.B. Yeats (1912)Don’t forget to stay connected on all the social media places!Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, 8Tracks, Pinterest, SoundCloudPlease feel free to rate and subscribe and do all the things the robots like to push us up the ladder on I-Tunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/spilling-rubies/id928952261

This episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for March 31, 2015. In this episode, Spilling Rubies turns 21 episodes! So we decided, since we are now of legal drinking age in California, to celebrate all things drunk! Please enjoy music, poetry and more...Songs played:My Old Drunk Friend by Freakwater (1993)Drunkard's Special by Coley Jones (1929)I'm Not Drinking, Hm Hm by Ed's Redeeming Qualities (1991)Between the Bars by Madeleine Peyroux (2004)Drinking You In by The Duke Spirit (2003)Sober Driver by Dengue Fever (2013)Oh, Gin [demo version] by The Velvet Underground (1970)What Good Can Drinkin' Do? [live] by Janis Joplin (1962)Drunken Angel by Lucinda Williams (1998)One Mint Julep by Louis Prima & Keely Smith (1958)What's the Use of Gettin' Sober? by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1946)You Better Quit Drinking Shine by Rev. I.B. Ware and his wife and son (1928) from American Primitive Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)Drunk Kid Catholic by Bright Eyes [aka Conor Oberst] (2001)The Drinks We Drank Last Night by Azure Ray (2003)Drinker's Peace by Guided by Voices [aka Robert Pollard] (1990)Poems read:Compulsively Allergic to the Truth by Jeffrey McDaniel (2008)Be Drunk by Charles BaudelaireThe Summer House by Tony Connor (1978)A Drinking Song by W.B. Yeats (1912)Don’t forget to stay connected on all the social media places!Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, 8Tracks, Pinterest, SoundCloudPlease feel free to rate and subscribe and do all the things the robots like to push us up the ladder on I-Tunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/spilling-rubies/id928952261

Controversy comes to The Halli Casser-Jayne Show when Halli tackle the question with her guests : Is Anti-Zionism the New Anti-Semitism? when Halli welcomes her esteemed guests: Ruthie Blum, Alan Kaufman, Joshua Muravchik, Thane Rosenbaum, Annika Henroth-Rothstein and Jonathan Tobin.Seventy years following the end of World War II, when 6,000,000 Jews were slaughtered and the world promised never again, anti-Semitic incidents across the globe are on the rise. From Paris, to London, Berlin to New York, Johannesburg to Sydney, once again cries of “Death to Jews" and "Slit Jews' throats" echo but the haters deny that their rage is against Jews. Rather they say their rage is against the Zionists, those who stand with Israel.Joining in the conversation is Ruthie Blum, the current affairs columnist for Israel Hayom. Her articles appear in the Jerusalem Post, Algemeiner, the New York Observer. She is a feature writer for Israel21C, a web magazine on Israeli innovation. She is the author of “To Hell in a Handbasket: Carter, Obama and the ‘Arab Spring.'”Alan Kaufman is an American-Israeli author and the son of a Holocaust survivor. His books include Jew Boy and Drunken Angel. Kaufman was an infantry soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. His op-eds and essays have appeared in The Los Angeles Times and Huffington Post among others. He writes a blog on Jewish and Israeli affairs for The Times of Israel.Joshua Muravchik is a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. His latest book is Making David Into Goliath: How the World Turned Against Israel. He has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Weekly Standard.Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, and law professor, the author of the critically acclaimed novels, The Stranger Within Sarah Stein, The Golems of Gotham and many more. His articles, reviews and essays appear frequently in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Haaretz and the Daily Beast. He is a Senior Fellow at NYU School of Law.Annika Henroth-Rothstein is a political advisor and writer. A native of Sweden, she writes for various national and international magazines and websites on the topic of Israeli politics, European Jewry and human rights. Jonathan S. Tobin is the award-winning senior online editor and chief political blogger of Commentary magazine, America's premier monthly journal of opinion and ideas. Tobin edits and writes for the publication's website and in that capacity covers the U.S.-Israel relationship, and Middle East diplomacy. His work appears regularly in The New York Post, the Weekly Standard, the Christian Science Monitor, the American Spectator and more. He lectures and appears on CNN, Fox News Channel, the BBC, NPR, Pacifica and numerous other media.http://bit.ly/HCJAPP

They were a group of American post-World War II writers who came to be known as The Beat Generation. They were a cultural phenomena that both documented and inspired.The Halli Casser-Jayne Show brings you the voices of The Beat Generation in a conversation with San Francisco author and poet Alan Kaufman, author and publisher Brenda Knight, and founder and curator of The Beat Museum Jerry Cimino.Alan Kaufman is the author of two critically acclaimed memoirs Jew Boy and Drunken Angel and a novel Matches. Praised by authors as diverse as Hubert Selby Jr, Dave Eggars and David Mamet, e is also the editor of the bestselling anthologies The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and more. He recently co-directed The Allen Ginsberg Festival and is co-founder with Clayton Patterson of The Acker Awards, an annual tribute given to members of the international avant garde underground. His works have been translated and appeared internationally.Brenda Knight is a twenty-year publishing veteran, starting at Harper Collins. She is the author of American Book Award-winning Women of the Beat Generation. She has worked with many bestselling authors including Mark Nepo, Phil Cousineau, and Paolo Coehlo. She is founding editor of Viva Editions, a division of Cleis Press.Jerry Cimino is the founder of The Beat Museum, which began in 2003 in Monterey, California and moved to San Francisco in 2006. The museum is dedicated to spreading the spirit of The Beat Generation, which is defined as tolerance, compassion and having the courage to live individual truth. The Beat Museum is home to an extensive collection of Beat memorabilia, including original manuscripts and first editions, letters, personal effects and cultural ephemera. Alan Kaufman, Brenda Knight, Jerry Cimino: The Beat Generation on The Halli Casser-Jayne Show. For more information about The Halli Casser-Jayne Show visit http://bit.ly/U4EEMd.

At the top of the hour host Cyrus Webb welcomes back DRUNKEN ANGEL author Alan Kaufman followed at the bottom of the hour by Darrell King, author of 3 TYMES DIRTY.

Son of a French Holocuast survivor, Alan Kaufman drank to fill the huge hole in his heart, wrecking himself and everyone in his path. His memoir, Drunken Angel, is one of the first by a Second Generation Holocaust writer to address how alcoholism, his Jewish lineage and the Holocaust intersect. Hear his riveting conversation with Joanne Greene.

Alan Kaufman joins us to discuss his wake-up to 12-step recovery. His most recent memoir, Drunken Angel, appears in paperback and hardcover from Viva Editions. Dave Eggers has written that “there is more passion here then you see in twenty other books combined.” Kaufman’s critically-acclaimed and previous memoir, Jew Boy (Fromm/Farrar,Strauss, Giroux), has appeared in three editions, hardcover and paperback, in the United States and Great Britain. He is the award-winning editor of several anthologies, the most recent of which, The Outlaw Bible of American Literature, was recently reviewed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. He has taught in the graduate and undergraduate schools of the Academy of Art University and in writing workshops in San Francisco. His work has appeared in Salon, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Partisan Review and The San Francisco Examiner.

Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author Alan Kaufman to Conversations LIVE to discuss his journey towards a new lease on life, how he was able to make changes that are inspiring others and what he wants you to take away from his book DRUNKEN ANGEL.

Large William is out of town and on vacation but we recorded a bonus episode for you guys and we are going to put it out as a regular episode, two reviews....no feedback....but it's Akira Kurosawa we are talking about this week. We covered Drunken Angel (1948) the first time that Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune worked together and High and Low (1963) a film more towards the end of their working relationship. I hope everyone enjoys the coverage of Kurosawa films becasue we dont plan on stopping here, there will be much more coming in the future. Send us some feedback on your thoughts on Kurosawa, our coverage of the films and your favorite Kurosawa films. Voicemails to 206-66-5207 Emails to midnitecinema@gmail.com Adios!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ggtmc/message