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This month on Junk Food Dinner we get two flicks where Treat Williams is at his creepiest and one flick with no Treat, but some tricks! Up first, Laura Dern stars in a coming of age tale about a 15-year-old girl discovering her independence but also discovering some dudes (like Treat Williams) can be real creeps in 1985's Smooth Talk.Then, Andy Garcia leads a star-studded cast in the crime thriller Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead from 1995 that rode the coattails of similar films like Pulp Fiction.And finally, we examine the Roger Corman produced, made for TV sexy super hero movie Black Scorpion, also from 1995, that spun off into sequels and a TV show.All this plus Wrestlemania chat, Sean's White Castle order, throwing shit during Minecraft, what Cronenberg has been up to, the new Predator flick and so much more.LISTEN NOW:MP3 Direct DonloydAlso, if you like the show, please take a minute and subscribe and/or comment on us on iTunes, Stitcher, Blubrry or Podfeed.net. Check us out on Facebook and Twitter! We'd love to see some of your love on Patreon - it's super easy and fun to sign up for the extra bonus content. We'll keep this podcast going with your love and support.

In the "Dirty Warfare" series, Pastor Johnny Carson explores the spiritual battles we face and equips us with biblical strategies for overcoming the enemy's tactics.In "Smooth Talk & Satan's Activity," Pastor Johnny Carson examines Romans 16:17-20. How can we discern and resist the deceptive tactics of the enemy? Tune in for a message on spiritual warfare.Dirty Warfare: Smooth Talk & Satan's ActivityScripture Ref : Romans 16:17-20Speaker - Johnny Carson

Love's Baby Soft Whisper Soft Mist (2023) + "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates (1966) + Joyce Chopra's Smooth Talk (1985) + Boaz Davidson's The Last American Virgin (1982) with Adam Roberts of Marble Faun 11/21/24 S6E87 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon.

All our chips were on ALIEN: COVENANT baby, it's all on red, it's in gods hands now... so did it pay off? Well yes and no. Ben and Alex agree: it's a step up from PROMETHEUS and Ridley's gothic horror haunted house double android surprise is awfully good fun. What a strange franchise... we've had fun though haven't we folks.During the Weekly Movie Roundup™, Alex and Ben talk about some great films like SMOOTH TALK, ODDITY, THE CIVIL DEAD, END OF EVANGELION, and THE EMPEROR'S NAKED ARMY MARCHES ON. There's also an extended discussion on the strange and highly sus world of pedophile hunters. We talk about the film around the 50 minute mark.Join us next week for the final film in our Alien series: ALIEN ROMULUS... all our chips are on ALIEN ROMULUS and apparently it fucking sucks what do we do oh god my family needs to eat and I blew everything betting on this dumb movie franchise oh god oh man oh god oh man...Follow us @thefranchisees on Instagram and Twitter and email us at thefranchiseespod@gmail.com

This week on the show we're reviewing Twisters, along with some other stuff including the Beverly Hills Cop series, Furiosa, The Bikeriders, Smooth Talk, Twister (1989), and Loop Track. 0:00 - Intro 0:46 - Twisters review 19:05 - Watch list 35:09 - New releases

Au sommaire de cette spéciale cinéma US : Évocation de Bloody Mama de Roger Corman paru chez ESC ; Chronique de Les Massacreurs de Brooklyn de John Flynn disponible chez BQHL ; Retour sur Smooth Talk de Joyce Chopra édité par Carlotta Films. Bonne écoute à toutes et tous !

Sermon: Romans 16:17-18, Smooth Talk & Flattery Main Point: Continually identify and avoid false teachers! I. False teachers are out there, so Identify them – 16:17a. II. False teachers are out there, so Avoid them – 16:17b-18.  See also 2 Corinthians 11:13-15; Colossians 1:9; 2 Timothy 4:1-3 Application 1) Study the truth so that false […] The post Smooth Talk & Flattery appeared first on Grace Church Crystal Coast.

A new MP3 sermon from Grace Church Crystal Coast is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Smooth Talk & Flattery Subtitle: Romans Speaker: Jeff Duncan Broadcaster: Grace Church Crystal Coast Event: Sunday Service Date: 4/28/2024 Bible: Romans 16:17-18 Length: 56 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Grace Church Crystal Coast is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Smooth Talk & Flattery Subtitle: Romans Speaker: Jeff Duncan Broadcaster: Grace Church Crystal Coast Event: Sunday Service Date: 4/28/2024 Bible: Romans 16:17-18 Length: 56 min.

Sermon: Romans 16:17-18, Smooth Talk & Flattery Main Point: Continually identify and avoid false teachers! I. False teachers are out there, so Identify them – 16:17a. II. False teachers are out there, so Avoid them – 16:17b-18.  See also 2 Corinthians 11:13-15; Colossians 1:9; 2 Timothy 4:1-3 Application 1) Study the truth so that false […] The post Smooth Talk & Flattery appeared first on Grace Church Crystal Coast.

This week, Danielle and Millie discuss FREEWAY (1996) and SMOOTH TALK (1985), seasonal playlists, musician names that sound like boner pills, and witch museums. To see a full ISWYD movie list, check out our Letterboxd here: https://letterboxd.com/isawwhatyoudid/films/diary/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Smooth Talk this week features interviews with Jon Sape, a Smooth Week in Review and Corey Meadows!

J SMOOTH GETS A CHANCE TO TALK WITH WAKA FLOCKA FLAME AND HIS OPENING ACT SEANSKI BEFORE THE CONCERT AT THE CONVOCATION CENTER.

JJ TALKS TO CAMPUS STUDENT LEADER SARAH SEDAR ABOUT HER ACTIVITIES AND WHAT IS COMING UP ON CAMPUS!

JJ TALKS TO FELLOW STUDENT BRYAN KARPINSKY ABOUT HIS CAMPUS ACTIVITIES!

Botulinum toxin, also known as Botox, is not as scary as it sounds. It is primarily known for its ability to reduce the appearance of facial wrinkles and fine lines by temporarily relaxing the muscles responsible for causing them. It's administered through injections and typically lasts for several months before gradually wearing off. Botox has become incredibly popular worldwide, with millions of procedures performed each year, making it one of the most well-known cosmetic treatments available. Join Cinddie as she learns all about Botox and Microbotox from Dr. Terence Tan of Halley Medical Aesthetics In this episode, the followingg points are covered: What is Botox and how does it work? Where can Botox be used? What are the aftercare tips for Botox? The temporary side effects of Botox For more information on medical aesthetic treatments, follow Halley Medical Aesthetics on: • Facebook• Instagram• YouTube Learn more from the doctors at Halley Medical Aesthetics! Schedule your appointment with them: Tel: +65 6737 8233Email: info@halley.com.sgWhatsApp: +65 9816 6148Address: 277 Orchard Road #03-15 orchardgateway Singapore 238858

So there I was, listening to an episode of the Director's Club. Jim and Keith Gordon were chatting up unsung 80s movies and they got into "Smooth Talk" and I said "I should see that!" But also, I've been wanting to watch "Lisa". Now, would you believe they are similar? They sure are. So I says "Jules, can I do a double feature?" Jules says "I don't give a fuuuuuuuuck". Gear up, this double feature rules. Rate, review, subscribe, text, call, email, don't try to tell Treat Williams we covered his movie (won't work), but hi to Staci Keenan.

On Saturday, November 27th, 2021, Make Sure You Have Fun™ celebrated 4 years of producing some of Pittsburgh's most exciting entertainment, Make Sure You Have Fun™ welcomed LA-based Soulection back to Pittsburgh with in-house producer, artist, and Virginia native, LAKIM. Joining him on this night was Make Sure You Have Fun™ mainstay DJ and producer, tj groover and Clevland Ohio, The Sessions Ohio, and 1/2 of Smooth Talk, THEO. Watch this full set on our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcIfkJXuElk ---------- Follow tj groover ♦ https://www.tjgroover.com ♦ https://www.instagram.com/tgroove01 ---------- Follow MSYH.FM » https://MSYH.FM » https://twitter.com/MSYHFM » https://instagram.com/MSYH.FM » https://facebook.com/MSYH.FM » https://mixcloud.com/MSYHFM ---------- Follow Make Sure You Have Fun™ ∞ https://MakeSureYouHaveFun.com ∞ https://twitter.com/MakeSureYouHave ∞ https://instagram.com/MakeSureYouHaveFun ∞ https://facebook.com/MakeSureYouHaveFun

On Saturday, November 27th, 2021, to celebrate 4 years of producing some of Pittsburgh's most exciting entertainment, Make Sure You Have Fun™ welcomed LA-based Soulection back to Pittsburgh with in-house producer, artist, and Virginia native, LAKIM. Joining him on this night was Make Sure You Have Fun™ mainstay DJ and producer, tj groover and Clevland Ohio, The Sessions Ohio, and 1/2 of Smooth Talk, THEO. ---------- Follow THEO ♦ https://www.instagram.com/theo.flac ♦ https://soundcloud.com/imtheophilus ---------- Follow MSYH.FM » https://MSYH.FM » https://twitter.com/MSYHFM » https://instagram.com/MSYH.FM » https://facebook.com/MSYH.FM » https://mixcloud.com/MSYHFM ---------- Follow Make Sure You Have Fun™ ∞ https://MakeSureYouHaveFun.com ∞ https://twitter.com/MakeSureYouHave ∞ https://instagram.com/MakeSureYouHaveFun ∞ https://facebook.com/MakeSureYouHaveFun

On Saturday, November 27th, 2021, Make Sure You Have Fun™ celebrated 4 years of producing some of Pittsburgh's most exciting entertainment, Make Sure You Have Fun™ welcomed LA-based Soulection back to Pittsburgh with in-house producer, artist, and Virginia native, LAKIM. Joining him on this night was Make Sure You Have Fun™ mainstay DJ and producer, tj groover and Clevland Ohio, The Sessions Ohio, and 1/2 of Smooth Talk, THEO. ---------- Follow LAKIM ♦ https://www.lakimisalive.com ♦ https://soundcloud.com/lakimisalive ---------- Follow MSYH.FM » https://MSYH.FM » https://twitter.com/MSYHFM » https://instagram.com/MSYH.FM » https://facebook.com/MSYH.FM » https://mixcloud.com/MSYHFM ---------- Follow Make Sure You Have Fun™ ∞ https://MakeSureYouHaveFun.com ∞ https://twitter.com/MakeSureYouHave ∞ https://instagram.com/MakeSureYouHaveFun ∞ https://facebook.com/MakeSureYouHaveFun

This week's episode continues our Treat Williams tribute with a look at 1985's "Smooth Talk." We talk about Treat, Laura Dern, the Santa Rosa mall, and why there's no other movie like "Smooth Talk." Listen now.

Urban-jazz guitarist Dee Brown, Possessing a solid musical background, dee has performed with artists such as Al Jarreau, Gerald Albright, Alexander Zonjic, Bob Baldwin, Mindi Abair, Jessy J, Paul Brown, Paul Taylor, Darren Rahn, Tim Bowman, Randy Scott, Gail Jhonson, Nate Harasim, Bob James, Brian Culbertson, Spyro Gyra, The Ohio Players, Najee, Jeffery Osborne, Aretha Franklin, Michael, and BeBe Winans, just to name a few. Brown is a multi-talented phenomenon and is highly sought after. He is firmly committed to his craft and is definitely taking his vision and music to the top. "Deep Secrets", is his forthcoming album on premiere smooth jazz label Innervision Records. On the album "Deep Secrets", “Love You Too” follows two recent successful singles: “Smooth Talk” and “The Prize”.You will experience from Dee's music an intertwining of mesmerizing melodies with groovy, addictive, high-energy beats featuring saxophone, guitar, and vocals. Dee's unique blend and style are an illumination of his being a non-stagnant music lover. Brown is a multi-talented phenomenon and is highly sought after. He is firmly committed to his craft and is definitely taking his vision and music to the top

This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen begin by talking about Daisy Jones & the Six. Then they discuss the new film Palm Trees and Power Lines. Finally, writer Dan Charnas joins to chat about why it is time to finally legalize sampling in music.  In Slate Plus, the panel answers a listener question about the practicalities of being a critic.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements:  Dana: The movie Smooth Talk from 1985.  Julia: “You Didn't” by Brett Young  Stephen: The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Yesica Balderrama. Outro music is: "Blue Nights and Yellow Days" by Matt Large. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on the Culture Gabfest. Sign up now at Slate.com/cultureplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Dana, Julia, and Stephen begin by talking about Daisy Jones & the Six. Then they discuss the new film Palm Trees and Power Lines. Finally, writer Dan Charnas joins to chat about why it is time to finally legalize sampling in music.  In Slate Plus, the panel answers a listener question about the practicalities of being a critic.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Endorsements:  Dana: The movie Smooth Talk from 1985.  Julia: “You Didn't” by Brett Young  Stephen: The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Yesica Balderrama. Outro music is: "Blue Nights and Yellow Days" by Matt Large. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on the Culture Gabfest. Sign up now at Slate.com/cultureplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a bit of a low-key week here at Breakfast All Day as we await Oscar nominations. Be sure to join us at our YouTube channel at Noon PST on Tuesday, Jan. 24 for a live discussion of the nominees. For now, we have reviews of a couple new releases: the thriller "Missing," a sorta-sequel to the 2018 hit "Searching," and the indie drama "When You Finish Saving the World," which finds Jesse Eisenberg making his writing-directing debut. In news, we discuss David Crosby, Alec Baldwin, Timothee Chalamet, the Sundance Film Festival and more. And over at our Patreon, we review the 1985 coming-of-age drama "Smooth Talk," starring Laura Dern, for January's Off the Menu. Thanks for joining us! Doing Dry January, or just looking for a healthier lifestyle year-round? Athletic Brewing Co. can help with a wide array of delicious, alcohol-free beers. Use code BREAKFASTALLDAY and take 50% off your first month's Athletic Club subscription. New customers get $10 off on the website. Orders of $50 or more get free shipping. Plus you can enter to win a five-day retreat to Costa Rica. Visit Athletic Brewing Co. here.  Some product links are affiliate links which means if you buy something we'll receive a small commission.

A LARB Radio double header on two mavericks of independent cinema. In the first half of the show, Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by Joyce Chopra to discuss her new memoir, Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television, and Beyond. The book traces Chopra's earliest inspirations as a young girl growing up near Coney Island to the projects that launched her storied career across TV news, documentaries and feature films, including the feminist classics Joyce at 34 and Smooth Talk. The memoir also engages larger questions about how women combatted sexism in the entertainment industry before the #MeToo movement and in its wake. Chopra's story offers a path for women in film and beyond to find creative achievement, and that moving target we call happiness. Next, Kate Wolf speaks with Chris Smith about his most recent movie, Sr. It documents the career of the American underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., who's best known for his 1969 farce Putney Swope, about an advertising agency in New York City. Downey made over a dozen other films, such as Greaser's Palace, Chafed Elbows, and Hugo Pool, which stars his son, the actor Robert Downey Jr., who made his debut in another film of his father's, Pound, when he was only five years old. In Sr. Smith follows Robert Downey Jr.'s experience of reckoning with his father's wildly creative and unconventional life, his complicated parenting, and his painful decline as he struggles with Parkinsons, all while celebrating the work of a true iconoclast.

A LARB Radio double header on two mavericks of independent cinema. In the first half of the show, Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by Joyce Chopra to discuss her new memoir, Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television, and Beyond. The book traces Chopra's earliest inspirations as a young girl growing up near Coney Island to the projects that launched her storied career across TV news, documentaries and feature films, including the feminist classics Joyce at 34 and Smooth Talk. The memoir also engages larger questions about how women combatted sexism in the entertainment industry before the #MeToo movement and in its wake. Chopra's story offers a path for women in film and beyond to find creative achievement, and that moving target we call happiness. Next, Kate Wolf speaks with Chris Smith about his most recent movie, Sr. It documents the career of the American underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., who's best known for his 1969 farce Putney Swope, about an advertising agency in New York City. Downey made over a dozen other films, such as Greaser's Palace, Chafed Elbows, and Hugo Pool, which stars his son, the actor Robert Downey Jr., who made his debut in another film of his father's, Pound, when he was only five years old. In Sr. Smith follows Robert Downey Jr.'s experience of reckoning with his father's wildly creative and unconventional life, his complicated parenting, and his painful decline as he struggles with Parkinsons, all while celebrating the work of a true iconoclast.

City Lights and the California Film Institute present Joyce Chopra in conversation with Elizabeth Weitzman, celebrating the publication of "Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television and Beyond" by Joyce Chopra, published by City Lights Books. This event was originally broadcast via Zoom and hosted by Peter Maravelis. You can purchase copies of "Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television and Beyond" directly from City Lights at a 30% discount here: https://citylights.com/lady-director/ Joyce Chopra has produced and directed a wide range of award-winning films, ranging from "Smooth Talk," winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the Sundance Film Festival, to the A&E thriller "The Lady in Question" with Gene Wilder. She has received American Film Festival Blue Ribbon and Cine Golden Eagle Awards for her numerous documentaries, including "That Our Children Will Not Die," about primary health care in Nigeria, and the autobiographical Joyce at 34, which is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. She lives in Charlottesville, VA. Elizabeth Weitzman is the author of "Renegade Women in Film & TV," which chronicles the remarkable hidden history of Hollywood pioneers onscreen and behind the scenes. She was a film critic for the New York Daily News from 2000-2015, has contributed to several books on film, and currently covers movies for The Wrap. She has interviewed hundreds of actors and filmmakers, and written about entertainment for publications like the New York Times, Interview, Marie Claire, and Harper's Bazaar. She speaks regularly on women's issues at academic, cultural, and professional organizations around the world. To learn more about the California Film Institute visit: https://www.cafilm.org/ This event was made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

On this episode, we travel back to 1984, and the days when a "young adult" novel included lots of drugs and partying and absolutely no sparkly vampires or dystopian warrior girls. We're talking about Jay McInerney's groundbreaking novel, Bright Lights, Big City, and its 1988 film version starring Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland. ----more---- Hello, and welcome to The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. The original 1984 front cover for Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City If you were a young adult in the late 1980s, there's a very good chance that you started reading more adult-y books thanks to an imprint called Vintage Contemporaries. Quality books at an affordable paperback price point, with their uniform and intrinsically 80s designed covers, bold cover and spine fonts, and mix of first-time writers and cult authors who never quite broke through to the mainstream, the Vintage Contemporary series would be an immediate hit when it was first launched in September 1984. The first set of releases would include such novels as Raymond Carver's Cathedral and Thomas McGuane's The Bushwhacked Piano, but the one that would set the bar for the entire series was the first novel by a twenty-nine year old former fact checker at the New Yorker magazine. The writer was Jay McInerney, and his novel was Bright Lights, Big City. The original 1984 front cover for Raymond Carver's Cathedral Bright Lights, Big City would set a template for twenty something writers in the 1980s. A protagonist not unlike the writer themselves, with a not-so-secret drug addiction, and often written in the second person, You, which was not a usual literary choice at the time. The nameless protagonist, You, is a divorced twenty-four year old wannabe writer who works as fact-checker at a major upscale magazine in New York City, for which he once dreamed of writing for. You is recently divorced from Amanda, an aspiring model he had met while going to school in Kansas City. You would move to New York City earlier in the year with her when her modeling career was starting to talk off. While in Paris for Fashion Week, Amanda called You to inform him their marriage was over, and that she was leaving him for another man. You continues to hope Amanda will return to him, and when it's clear she won't, he not only becomes obsessed with everything about her that left in their apartment, he begins to slide into reckless abandon at the clubs they used to frequent, and becoming heavily addicted to cocaine, which then affects his performance at work. A chance encounter with Amanda at an event in the city leads You to a public humiliation, which makes him starts to realize that his behavior is not because his wife left him, but a manifestation of the grief he still feels over his mother's passing the previous year. You had gotten married to a woman he hardly knew because he wanted to make his mother happy before she died, and he was still unconsciously grieving when his wife's leaving him triggered his downward spiral. Bright Lights, Big City was an immediate hit, one of the few paperback-only books to ever hit the New York Times best-seller chart. Within two years, the novel had sold more than 300,000 copies, and spawned a tidal wave of like-minded twentysomething writers becoming published. Bret Easton Ellis might have been able to get his first novel Less Than Zero published somewhere down the line, but it was McInerney's success that would cause Simon and Schuster to try and duplicate Vintage's success, which they would. Same with Tana Janowitz, whose 1986 novel Slaves of New York was picked up by Crown Publishers looking to replicate the success of McInerney and Ellis, despite her previous novel, 1981's American Dad, being completely ignored by the book buying public at that time. While the book took moments from his life, it wasn't necessarily autobiographical. For example, McInerney had been married to a fashion model in the early 1980s, but they would meet while he attended Syracuse University in the late 1970s. And yes, McInerney would do a lot of blow during his divorce from his wife, and yes, he would get fired from The New Yorker because of the effects of his drug addiction. Yes, he was partying pretty hard during the times that preceded the writing of his first novel. And yes, he would meet a young woman who would kinda rescue him and get him on the right path.  But there were a number of details about McInerney's life that were not used for the book. Like how the author studied writing with none other than Raymond Carver while studying creative writing at Syracuse, or how his family connections would allow him to submit blind stories to someone like George Plimpton at the Paris Review, and not only get the story read but published. And, naturally, any literary success was going to become a movie at some point. For Bright Lights, it would happen almost as soon as the novel was published. Robert Lawrence, a vice president at Columbia Pictures in his early thirties, had read the book nearly cover to cover in a single sitting, and envisioned a film that could be “The Graduate” of his generation, with maybe a bit of “Lost Weekend” thrown in. But the older executives at the studio balked at the idea, which they felt would be subversive and unconventional. They would, however, buy in when Lawrence was able to get mega-producer Jerry Weintraub to be a producer on the film, who in turn was able to get Joel Schumacher, who had just finished filming St. Elmo's Fire for the studio, to direct, and get Tom Cruise, who was still two years away from Top Gun and megastardom, to play the main character. McInerney was hired to write the script, and he and Schumacher and Cruise would even go on club crawls in New York City to help inform all of the atmosphere they were trying to capture with the film. In 1985, Weintraub would be hired by United Artists to become their new chief executive, and Bright Lights would be one of the properties he would be allowed to take with him to his new home. But since he was now an executive, Weintraub would need to hire a new producer to take the reigns on the picture. Enter Sydney Pollack. By 1985, Sydney Pollack was one of the biggest directors in Hollywood. With films like They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Jeremiah Johnson, Three Days of the Condor, The Electric Horseman and Tootsie under his belt, Pollock could get a film made, and get it seen by audiences. At least, as a director. At this point in his career, he had only ever produced one movie, Alan Rudolph's 1984 musical drama Songwriter, which despite being based on the life of Willie Nelson, and starring Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Rip Torn, barely grossed a tenth of its $8m budget. And Pollock at that moment was busy putting the finishing touches on his newest film, an African-based drama featuring Meryl Streep and longtime Pollock collaborator Robert Redford. That film, Out of Africa, would win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, in March 1986, which would keep Pollock and his producing partner Mark Rosenberg's attention away from Bright Lights for several months. Once the hype on Out of Africa died down, Pollock and Rosenberg got to work getting Bright Lights, Big City made. Starting with hiring a new screenwriter, a new director, and a new leading actor. McInerney, Schumacher and Cruise had gotten tired of waiting. Ironically, Cruise would call on Pollock to direct another movie he was waiting to make, also based at United Artists, that he was going to star in alongside Dustin Hoffman. That movie, of course, is Rain Man, and we'll dive into that movie another time. Also ironically, Weintraub would not last long as the CEO of United Artists. Just five months after becoming the head of the studio, Weintraub would tire of the antics of Kirk Kerkorian, the owner of United Artists and its sister company, MGM, and step down. Kerkorian would not let Weintraub take any of the properties he brought from Columbia to his new home, the eponymously named mini-major he'd form with backing from Columbia. With a new studio head in place, Pollock started to look for a new director. He would discover that director in Joyce Chopra, who, after twenty years of making documentaries, made her first dramatic narrative in 1985. Smooth Talk was an incredible coming of age drama, based on a story by Joyce Carol Oates, that would make a star out of then seventeen-year-old Laura Dern. UA would not only hire her to direct the film but hire her husband, Tom Cole, who brilliantly adapted the Oates story that was the basis for Smooth Talk, to co-write the screenplay with his wife. While Cole was working on the script, Chopra would have her agent send a copy of McInerney's book to Michael J. Fox. This wasn't just some random decision. Chopra knew she needed a star for this movie, and Fox's agent just happened to be Chopra's agent. That'd be two commissions for the agent if it came together, and a copy of the book was delivered to Fox's dressing room on the Family Ties soundstage that very day. Fox loved the book, and agreed to do the film. After Alex P. Keaton and Marty McFly and other characters he had played that highlighted his good looks and pleasant demeanor, he was ready to play a darker, more morally ambiguous character. Since the production was scheduled around Fox's summer hiatus from the hit TV show, he was in. For Pollock and United Artists, this was a major coup, landing one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. But the project was originally going to be Toronto standing in for New York City for less than $7m with a lesser known cast. Now, it was going to be a $15m with not only Michael J. Fox but also Keifer Sutherland, who was cast as Tad, the best friend of the formerly named You, who would now known as Jamie Conway, and would be shot on location in New York City. The film would also feature Phoebe Cates as Jamie's model ex-wife, William Hickey, Kelly Lynch. But there was a major catch. The production would only have ten weeks to shoot with Fox, as he was due back in Los Angeles to begin production on the sixth season of Family Ties.  He wasn't going to do that thing he did making a movie and a television show at the same time like he did with Back to the Future and Family Ties in 1984 and 1985. Ten weeks and not a day more. Production on the film would begin on April 13th, 1987, to get as much of the film shot while Fox was still finishing Family Ties in Los Angeles. He would be joining the production at the end of the month. But Fox never get the chance to shoot with Chopra. After three weeks of production, Chopra, her husband, and her cinematographer James Glennon, who had also shot Smooth Talk, were dismissed from the film. The suits at United Artists were not happy with the Fox-less footage that was coming out of New York, and were not happy with the direction of the film. Cole and Chopra had removed much of the nightlife and drug life storyline, and focused more on the development of Jamie as a writer. Apparently, no one at the studio had read the final draft of the script before shooting began. Cole, the screenwriter, says it was Pollock, the producer, who requested the changes, but in the end, it would be not the Oscar-winning filmmaker producing the movie that would be released but the trio of newer creatives. Second unit footage would continue to shoot around New York City while the studio looked for a new director. Ironically, days after Chopra was fired, the Directors Guild of America had announced that if they were not able to sign a new agreement with the Producers Guild before the end of the current contract on June 30th, the directors were going on strike. So now United Artists were really under the gun. After considering such filmmakers as Belgian director Ulu Grosbard, who had directed Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro in Falling in Love, and Australian director Bruce Beresford, whose films had included Breaker Morant and Tender Mercies, they would find their new director in James Bridges, whose filmography included such critical and financial success as The Paper Chase, The China Syndrome and Urban Cowboy, but had two bombs in a row in 1984's Mike's Murder and 1985's Perfect. He needed a hit, and this was the first solid directing offer in three years. He'd spend the weekend after his hiring doing some minor recasting, including bringing in John Houseman, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in The Paper Chase, as well as Swoosie Kurtz, Oscar-winning actors Jason Robards and Dianne Weist, and Tracy Pollan, Fox's co-star on Family Ties, who would shortly after the filming of Bright Lights become Mrs. Michael J. Fox, although in the film, she would be cast not as a love interest to her real-life boyfriend's character but as the wife of Keifer Sutherland's character. After a week of rewriting McInerney's original draft of the screenplay from the Schumacher days, principal photography re-commenced on the film. And since Bridges would be working with famed cinematographer Gordon Willis, who had shot three previous movies with Bridges as well as the first two Godfather movies and every Woody Allen movie from Annie Hall to The Purple Rose of Cairo, it was also decided that none of Chopra's footage would be used. Everything would start back on square one. And because of the impending Directors Guild strike, he'd have only thirty-six days, a tad over five weeks, to film everything. One of the lobby cards from the movie version of Bright Lights, Big City And they were able to get it all done, thanks to some ingenious measures. One location, the Palladium concert hall on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, would double as three different nightclubs, two discotheques and a dinner club. Instead of finding six different locations, which would loading cameras and lights from one location to another, moving hundreds of people as well, and then setting the lights and props again, over and over, all they would have to do is re-decorate the area to become the next thing they needed. Bridges would complete the film that day before the Directors Guild strike deadline, but the strike would never happen. But there would be some issue with the final writing credits. While Bridges had used McInerney's original screenplay as a jumping off point, the writer/director had really latched on to the mother's death as the emotional center of the movie. Bridges' own grandmother had passed away in 1986, and he found writing those scenes to be cathartic for his own unresolved issues. But despite the changes Bridges would make to the script, including adding such filmmaking tropes as flashbacks and voiceovers, and having the movie broken up into sections by the use of chapter titles being typed out on screen, the Writers Guild would give sole screenwriting credit to Jay McInerney. As post-production continued throughout the fall, the one topic no one involved in the production wanted to talk about or even acknowledge was the movie version of Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero that rival studio 20th Century Fox had been making in Los Angeles. It had a smaller budget, a lesser known filmmaker, a lesser known cast lead by Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz, and a budget half the size. If their film was a hit, that could be good for this one. And if their film wasn't a hit? Well, Bright Lights was the trendsetter. It was the one that sold more copies. The one that saw its author featured in more magazines and television news shows. How well did Less Than Zero do when it was released into theatres on November 6th, 1987? Well, you're just going to have to wait until next week's episode. Unless you're listening months or years after they were published, and are listening to episodes in reverse order. Then you already know how it did, but let's just say it wasn't a hit but it wasn't really a dud either. Bridges would spend nearly six months putting his film together, most of which he would find enjoyable, but he would have trouble deciding which of two endings he shot would be used. His preferred ending saw Jamie wandering through the streets of New York City early one morning, after a long night of partying that included a confrontation with his ex-wife, where he decides that was the day he was going to get his life back on track but not knowing what he was going to do, but the studio asked for an alternative ending, one that features Jamie one year in the future, putting the finishing touches on his first novel, which we see is titled… wait for it… Bright Lights, Big City, while his new girlfriend stands behind him giving her approval. After several audience test screenings, the studio would decide to let Bridges have his ending. United Artists would an April 1st, 1988 release date, and would spend months gearing up the publicity machine. Fox and Pollan were busy finishing the final episodes of that season's Family Ties, and weren't as widely available for the publicity circuit outside of those based in Los Angeles. The studio wasn't too worried, though. Michael J. Fox's last movie, The Secret of My Success, had been released in April 1987, and had grossed $67m without his doing a lot of publicity for that one, either. Opening on 1196 screens, the film would only manage to gross $5.13m, putting it in third place behind the previous week's #1 film, Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick, and the Tim Burton comedy Beetlejuice, which despite opening on nearly 200 fewer screens would gross nearly $3m more. But the reviews were not great. Decent. Respectful. But not great. The New York-based critics, like David Ansen of Newsweek and Janet Maslin of the Times, would be kinder than most other critics, maybe because they didn't want to be seen knocking a film shot in their backyard. But one person would actually would praise the film and Michael J. Fox as an actor was Roger Ebert. But it wouldn't save the film. In its second week, the film would fall to fifth place, with $3.09m worth of tickets sold, and it would drop all the way to tenth place in its third week with just under $1.9m in ticket sales. Week four would see it fall to 16th place with only $862k worth of ticket sales. After that, United Artists would stop reporting grosses. The $17m film had grossed just $16.1m. Bright Lights, Big City was a milestone book for me, in large part because it made me a reader. Before Bright Lights, I read occasionally, mainly John Irving, preferring to spend most of my free time voraciously consuming every movie I could. After Bright Lights, I picked up every Vintage Contemporary book I could get my hands on. One of the checklists of Vintage Contemporary books listed in the back of a Vintage Contemporary book. And one thing that really helped out was the literal checklist of other books available from that imprint in the back of each book. Without those distinct covers, I don't know if I would have discovered some of my favorite authors like Raymond Carver and Don DeLillo and Richard Ford and Richard Russo. Even after the Vintage Contemporary line shut down years later, I continued to read. I still read today, although not as much as I would prefer. I have a podcast to work on. I remember when the movie came out that I wasn't all that thrilled with it, and it would be nearly 35 years before I revisited it again, for this episode. I can't say it's the 80s as I remember it, because I had never been to New York City by that point in my life, I had never, and still never have, done anything like cocaine. And I had only ever had like two relationships that could be considered anything of substance, let alone marriage and a divorce. But I am certain it's an 80s that I'm glad I didn't know. Mainly because Jamie's 80s seemed rather boring and inconsequential. Fox does the best he can with the material, but he is not the right person for the role. As I watched it again, I couldn't help but wonder what if the roles were reversed. What if Keifer Sutherland played Jamie and Michael J. Fox played the friend? That might have been a more interesting movie, but Sutherland was not yet at that level of stardom. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again next week, when Episode 95, on the novel and movie version of Less Than Zero is released. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about Bright Lights, Big City, both the book and the movie, as well as other titles in the Vintage Contemporary book series. The full cover, back and front, of Richard Ford's 1986 The Sportswriter, which would be the first of four novels about Frank Bascombe, a failed novelist who becomes a sportswriter. The second book in the series, 1995's Independence Day, would win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the first of only two times the same book would win both awards the same year. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.  

I was lucky enough to have the chance to interview Joyce Chopra, director of Smooth Talk, and author of Lady Director. Lady Director is set to be published NOVEMBER 22, 2022. “Joyce Chopra's career spanned six decades, and her perspectives are thoughtful and broad, including stories about how she navigated monumental shifts in her craft and in the culture at large. She has wonderful anecdotes about working with Laura Dern and Treat Williams, as well as her deep friendships with Gene Wilder and Arthur Miller, plus bruising encounters with Harvey Weinstein and Sydney Pollack”. Pre-order Lady Director: https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Director-Adventures-Hollywood-Television-ebook/dp/B09YVVDMZF Read my review of Lady Director: https://mayagreviews.wordpress.com/2022/10/28/lady-director-adventures-in-hollywood-television-and-beyond-by-joyce-chopra-review-interview-announcement/ --- Visit my Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/maya_grimley/ View all of my links: https://beacons.ai/mayareviews Help others: https://bit.ly/maya-social-resources Follow me @mayathebookworm on Twitter, BookBub, and BookSirens; and @mayareviews on Tumblr. Email me: mayagbookreviews@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maya-reviews/message

Our guest is Joyce Chopra who broke bold ground as a female filmmaker in the 1970s with her award winning documentary short, Joyce at 34, profiling her own struggle as a working woman, to have and raise a child. The film's existence thus proving that she could do both.Her Sundance winning feature, (One of the first directed by a woman) Smooth Talk (1985) starring Treat Williams and Laura Dern opened doors to male dominated spaces that she treacherously navigated, paving paths for others to follow.Joyce's new book, Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television and Beyond, tells her captivating stories.Also joining us is Jan Perry a Los Angeles civic leader now serving as Executive Director of Shelter Partnership which helps provide essential needs to the unhoused. Jan shares that we can all work together to help address the homeless crisis in our cities.Plus, Fritz and Weezy are recommending Amsterdam in theaters and a Jazzman's Blues on Netflix.Path Points of Interest:Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television and Beyond by Joyce ChopraLady Director at City Lights BooksJoyce Chopra on IMDBJoyce at 34Smooth TalkSmooth Talk on IMDBByKids - Real World Films For Kids, By KidsAn American Girl on the Home FrontJoyce Chopra Films on CriterionShelter PartnershipShelter Partnership on FacebookShelter Partnership on TwitterJan PerryAmsterdamA Jazzman's BluesGift of Democracy

Shirley Jackson's novel is a masterclass in building dread and psychological horror. Does the 1963 adaptation stay true to the book? Listen and find out! Luke's short story! https://reckoning.press/what-good-is-a-sad-backhoe/ Ink to Film https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ink-to-film/ https://open.spotify.com/show/5VLp1K2NKWdSYNjZzy57w0?si=d4491ef29aa74324 Ink to Film The Haunting of Hill House episodes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-crescendo-of-dread-itf-read-the-haunting-of/id1273346036?i=1000524965556 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-different-kind-of-horror-itf-watch-the/id1273346036?i=1000525884925 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/felt-it-in-my-toes-itf-watch-the-haunting-of-hill/id1273346036?i=1000526724686 Ink to Film episodes I am on for Smooth Talk and The Hobbit! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-devil-at-your-door-itf-read-watch-smooth-talk/id1273346036?i=1000557636382

Content warning: This episode includes mention of sexual assault. Joyce Chopra's haunting narrative debut follows Connie, a 15-year-old on summer vacation who slowly and unintentionally lands in the orbit of a man who calls himself Arnold Friend (“a friend”). Amid the throes of family drama, discovering her own burgeoning sexuality, and under the increasingly intense gaze of the men around her, Connie receives her first exposure to the social roles to which patriarchal systems relegate women in a thrilling, terrifying, surreal encounter with Friend. Links: - Siskel & Ebert review (1986): Salvador, Smooth Talk, Crossroads & Turtle Diary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C8FBIFf170 - NYFF58 Talk: Smooth Talk with Laura Dern, Joyce Chopra, and Joyce Carol Oates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOrTW2dLYCo Buy tickets to “NIC CAGE, NATIONAL TREASURE” (June - Aug 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/national-treasure/ THE RARE PERFECTION OF LUCRECIA MARTEL (Aug 26-28 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/the-rare-perfection-of-lucrecia-martel/ CRACKING OPEN THE DISNEY VAULT (Sept at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/cracking-open-the-disney-vault/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 187: SMOOTH TALK (1985) 5:06 - The episode actually starts 9:16 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary 11:01 - How SMOOTH TALK sets up its striking final act 21:50 - Connie's relationship with her family 28:05 - ​​Gender roles and Reagan era symbols 34:43 - Aaron's workout corner 36:34 - The A. Friend scene 1:00:55 - Where Connie is at the very end of the movie

Saku's Radio from Chicago #94 概要 1. オープニングトーク 0:32~ 「フィールド・オブ・ドリームス」 2. Goose Island Presents “What's Happening America” 〜どうなってんのよアメリカ〜 11:23~ (1) FBI、トランプ前大統領の邸宅を家宅捜索！　12:41~ ・トランプがSNSで声明 ・機密文書の扱いに関する容疑 ・民主党、共和党それぞれの反応 ・FBIに押し入る男 (2) 『悪魔の詩』作者、サルマン・ラシュディ氏、講演中に刺される　25:18~ ・サルマン・ラシュディ氏 ・相次ぐ殺害予告とホメイニのファトワ ・『悪魔の詩』 (3) ニューヨーク、マンハッタンの家賃、6カ月連続で上昇　34:17~ ・ミラー・サミュエルの月次報告 ・過去最高の月５１１３ドル 3. Saku's Weekly Update 37:47~ 「クリーブランド」 4. Saku's Weekly English 44:00~ 今週の英語：Smooth Talk 5. Ask Saku 49:39~ リスナーの皆様からのお便りのコーナー ご支援、投げ銭はこちらから Pay Pal : saku39yanagawa@gmail.com 書籍『Get Up Stand Up たたかうために立ち上がれ』3/15出版 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4863112904 作：Saku Yanagawa 出演：Saku Yanagawa, Saeko 編集：えんとらんす うちばやし --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/saku-yanagawa/support

Theme Music "A Movie I'd Like to See" by Al Harley. Show Art: Cecily Brown Follow the Show @freshmoviepod YouTube Channel abreathoffreshmovie@gmail.com

This week, we are talking about our love Laura Dern! And specifically 2 favorites (a great double feature!): Smooth Talk (1985) directed by Joyce Chopra + Citizen Ruth (1996) directed by Alexander Payne. Plus a bit about the Enlightened series (2011). And lots about artistic process. And we talk about our love for Black Lady Sketch Show and Kendrick Lamar's latest Mr. Morale & Big Steppers. Also, The Staircase with queen Toni Collette and Colin Firth. Instagram: @release_pod Website: release.pictures Music by René j Núñez

Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna discuss a grab bag of classic concert films, starting with Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same (1976) https://swampflix.com/ 00:00 Welcome 03:23 The Northman (2022) 06:01 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) 08:34 Con Air (1997) 12:37 Bullshit 13:54 Smooth Talk (1985) 18:53 The Song Remains the Same (1976) 34:49 Sign O The Times (1987) 47:25 Depeche Mode 101 (1989) 1:06:17 T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates is a rare short story that's more famous than its film adaptation. In episode 222, Laura from the “Why the Book Wins” podcast & YouTube channel joins Luke & James to discuss both versions and help them get to the heart of the enduring tale. Topics include hints of a supernatural explanation for Arnold Friend, Laura Dern's surprising revelation about the film that came years later, director Joyce Chopra's giving back, and the unique vulnerability of girls in our society. They finish by casting their vote for which version should be considered the best! “Smooth Talk” movie discussion: 43:10 “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates Morbid Podcast episode about Charles Schmid Why the Book Wins Podcast https://whythebookwins.com/listen-to-podcast/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/WhytheBookWins Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whythebookwins/ Ink to Film Become a Patron for hours of exclusive content & more: www.patreon.com/inktofilm Buy any of the other source novels at Ink to Film's bookshop: www.bookshop.org/shop/inktofilm Ink to Film's Twitter, Facebook, Instagram (@inktofilm) Home Base: inktofilm.com Intro Music: “No Winners” by Ross Bugden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qk-vZ1qicI Luke Elliott Website: www.lukeelliottauthor.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/luminousluke James Bailey Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jame_Bail

SMOOTH TALKERS! Thursday's Nugget with Pastor Shane March 31, 2022 Pastor Shane speaks from Proverbs about sopme out there my friends, they like to give lip service. They are what I am calling smooth talkers.

This week we continue Laura Dern Month with a bit of a shocker, we watched two different movies! Gary watched 1985's Smooth Talk, where as David watched 1983's Grizzly 2, a film that just was released last year? Lord what a shizshow!Smooth Talk i is avalible on The Criterion Channel!Grizzly 2 is on Showtime!Follow us on Instagram:@Gaspatchojones@Homewreckingwhore@The_Miseducation_of_DandG_PodCheck Out Our WebsiteIf you love the show check out our Teepublic shop!Right Here Yo!

All aboard as we celebrate one, two, three, four, scratch that, fifty episodes of Overlapping Dialogue with a movie so big that even this podcast couldn't sink it: Titanic! But before we rally to the lifeboats or slide hopelessly to our chilly doom, this week's Blue Plate Special finds us chowing down on a whole host of recent watches, including Smooth Talk, The Green Fog, Kameradschaft, Mud, and Far From Heaven. Once the appetizers are dispatched, we feast on James Cameron's gargantuan main course of a production, working our way through the various historical contexts the movie situates itself in, unpack the film's at once broad yet entirely effective characterizations of class, and answer the question of whether or not this really was the last great Hollywood movie made at this scale and execution. Spoiler alert: it was. It really was... Feel free to skip to 3:11:33 for the beginning of our audio commentary. As always, please like, subscribe, rate, and review us on all of our channels, which include Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube! Contact us at huffmanbrothersproductions@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and requests.

Tune as we talk to Lil Blade & B Winston. Both are upcoming rappers and entrepreneurs from Detroit Mi. Lil Blade is the son of the Great Lake Ruler! We also discuss dating, growing up in Detroit, being successful, and goals for the year!

ORRA talks about the USA and other countries around the world have had smooth things spoken to them for 2 years and now they're suffering a dreadful experience for it.https://networkofawareness.comhttps://networkofawareness.supercast.tech/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/networkofawareness.com1/Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orra_informationalist?lang=enFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/orra_noaFollow us on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ORRAofNOA/

ORRA talks about the USA and other countries around the world have had smooth things spoken to them for 2 years and now they're suffering a dreadful experience for it.https://networkofawareness.comhttps://networkofawareness.supercast.tech/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/networkofawareness.com1/Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orra_informationalist?lang=enFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/orra_noaFollow us on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ORRAofNOA/

Tori and Nicole welcome Maddie, Technical Services and Circulation Assistant, to the show in this episode. The three discuss new picture books that are coming to the library shelves soon, along with some old favorites that had an impact for them. The resources discussed in this episode are listed below: Roger the Prounoun by Coert Vorhees; Nelson the Noun by Coert Vorhees; Vinny the Action Verb & Lucy the Linking Verb by Coert Vorhees; Jake the Adjective by Coert Vorhees; Benny the Adverb by Coert Vorhees; Connie the Conjunction by Coert Vorhees; L'il Pete the Preposition by Coert Vorhees; Izzy the Interjection by Coert Vorhees; If You Were a Compound Word by Trisha Speed Shaskan, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were a Conjunction by Nancy Loewen, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were an Apostrophe by Shelly Lyons, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were Quotation Marks by Molly Cece Barlow Blaisdell, illustrated by Sara Gray; If You Were a Capital Letter by Trisha Speed Shaskan, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were a Prefix by Marcie Aboff, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were an Exclamation Point by Shelly Lyons, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were a Suffix by Marcie Aboff, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were a Plural Word by Trisha Speed Shaskan, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; If You Were a Contraction by Trisha Speed Shaskan, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray; The Karate Kid: The Classic Illustrated Storybook illustrated by Kim Smith; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook illustrated by Kim Smith; Elf: The Classic Illustrated Storybook illustrated by Kim Smith; Elf (2003) movie; School of Rock (2003) movie; School of Rock: The Classic Illustrated Storybook illustrated by Kim Smith; The Goonies (1985) movie; The Goonies: The Illustrated Storybook by Brooke Vitale, illustrated by Teo Skaffa; Our Table by Peter H. Reynolds; Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Loren Long; Pete the Cat's Groovy Imagination by Kimberly and James Dean; Chuck's Ice Cream Wish by Viola Butler, illustrated by Ward Jenkins; Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson; Speak (2004) movie; SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson; The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen; The Devil's Arithmetic (1999) movie; The Promise by Chaim Potok; The Chosen by Chaim Potok; What's The Difference Between Hasidic vs. Orthodox Jews? One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus; One of Us Is Lying Netflix series; The Cousins by Karen M. McManus; Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus (forthcoming); Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger; The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger; Smooth Talk (1985) movie; Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? short story by Joyce Carol Oates;

They go crazy over Smooth Talk, a stunning piece of work from 1985 starring Laura Dern and Treat Williams based on a story by Joyce Carol Oates!!

This week's episode of TGSESP is all about answering your questions and dropping all the karaoke knowledge everywhere. Ed and Adam show off their smooth voices, a dog outshines both of them as co-host, Adam laments about the Yankees, Ed reminisces about days gone by, we feature some of Florida's best (or at least enthusiastic) karaoke singers, and our guest Jess saves the entire show by bringing a fresh perspective to Ed and Adam's old madness. Theme Song: Gasoline - Ben Dumm and the Deviants Let us know what you think and send your karaoke questions to us at sungpoorly@gmail.com

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host Nicolas Rapold. This week, we're trying something different. After our usual discussion of recently watched movies, I dig into a special topic with another guest. First I trade New York Film Festival highlights with critics Beatrice Loayza and Susannah Gruder. Then on the second half, I talk about the possible futures facing moviegoing and film exhibition because of the pandemic, with Eric Hynes of the Museum of the Moving Image. We'll have more of what I'm blithely calling audio magazine features in future episodes, with in-depth looks at films and filmmakers, interviews, and other stories. Movies discussed include: Dick Johnson Is Dead, On the Rocks, Smooth Talk starring Laura Dern, and Beginning. For complete show notes with links, subscribe to my newsletter at rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Erin Lee Carr has had a busy year, but I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth vs. Michelle Carter proves she's not too busy for nuance. The two-part documentary film, airing this week on HBO, looks at both sides of Conrad Roy III's tragic death, acknowledges the human instinct to find someone to blame, and takes us back to our own gusty teenage girlhoods. "Enjoyable" isn't the right word, but it's evocative for sure. Paul Schrader's late-eighties look at Patty Hearst and the SLA is less so, but we're not sure if that's down to a certain failure of nerve on the script's part, or the fact that we've just consumed too much Hearst-iana at this late date for any biopic to move the ball. Good performances don't save what is, here in 2019, a superfluous narrative -- but WE might save you some time/room on your watch list in The Blotter Presents, Episode 103. Get even more true-crime content reviewed: support the pod/site on Patreon, and sign up for the newsletter, Best Evidence! SHOW NOTES Ep 071 on Conrad & Michelle: https://theblotterpresents.fireside.fm/071 Jesse Barron for Esquire on the Carter/Roy case: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a57125/michelle-carter-trial/ Smooth Talk: https://amzn.to/2XBdby3 Carr talks to Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/michelle-carter-i-love-you-now-die-erin-lee-carr-interview-855417/ Ep 049 on Patty Hearst/The Lost Tapes: https://theblotterpresents.fireside.fm/56 Ep 064 on Patty Has A Gun: https://theblotterpresents.fireside.fm/73 Special Guest: Eve Batey.