Episode 23: 70's Sci-Fi Part I

In this episode we discuss Lagaan and Delhi Belly.

In this episode we conclude our discussion of film noir with Howard Hawks' "The Big Sleep" and Edwin L. Marin's "Nocturne," both released in 1946. Through these films we discuss the sexual disfunction of the noir detective and the self reflective voyeurism inherent in the genre.

In this episode we begin our discussion of film noir with Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951) and Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950).

The Pink Panther (1963) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

In this episode we discuss the Marx Brothers 1935 classic A Night at the Opera and Leslie Nielson golf videos Bad Golf Made Easier (1993) and Bad Golf My Way (1995).

In this moontastic episode we discuss the mooncentric films Moonraker and Moon.

In this episode we begin our discussion on movies that in some way refer to or include the moon because that's something we have decided matters. Our first two films are Clive Barker's Nightbreed (1991) and Terry Gilliam's The Adventure's of Baron Munchausen (1988).

In this episode we discuss the wonderfully campy seventies sci-fi films Westworld (1973) Michael Crichton and Zardoz (1974) John Boorman. Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)Denis Sanders and THX 1138 (1971) George Lucas.

In this third and final installment of our conversation on the prolific and influential career of Akira Kurosawa we discuss two more of his films: Rashomon(1950) and Ran(1985).