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A podcast about movies: all kinds of retro, cult, grindhouse, forgotten and interesting movies, childhood favourites and things I have just discovered.
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Sep 20, 2015
Sep 20, 2015
1hr 1 min
Two films noir recommended by none other than Martin Scorsese. Firstly we have the docudrama from 1955 - The Phenix City Story starring John Ireland and Richard Kiley, then a minimalist noir involving an idiosyncratic hitman, Murder By Contract starring Vince Edwards, Herschel Bernardi and Phillip Pine.
Sep 6, 2015
Sep 6, 2015
1hr 4 min
Two Godfrey Campbridge movies from 1970 this time. First, the race satire Watermelon Man also starring Estelle Parsons, then the adaptation of Chester Himes' crime novel Cotton Comes To Harlem starring Cambridge, along with Raymond St Jacques, Calvin Lockhart and Judy Pace.
Sep 6, 2015
Sep 6, 2015
20 min
A while back Liz Trevaskis and I talked about my family's history of violence on ABC Local Radio Northern Territory. This is that chat. Trigger warning.
Aug 23, 2015
Aug 23, 2015
1hr 2 min
More Hitchcock for #168 - one of his best movies Notorious from 1946 starring Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant, then one of his lesser known films, Stage Fright from 1950 starring Jane Wyman and Michael Wilding.
Aug 9, 2015
Aug 9, 2015
1hr 1 min
This time around it's time for two movies starring and directed by Jose Ferrer. First 1955's The Shrike also starring June Allyson and The Great Man co-starring Jim Backus, Julie London, Dean Jagger and Keenan Wynn.
Jul 26, 2015
Jul 26, 2015
1hr 6 min
For 166 I look at a couple of good crime dramas. 1970's adaptation of John D, MacDonald's Darker Than Amber starring Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall and William Smith, then to 1981 for the neo-noir drama Cutter's Way a.k.a. Cutter and Bone starring Jeff Bridges, William Heard and Lisa Eichhorn.
Jul 13, 2015
Jul 13, 2015
1hr 2 min
This time we have two actors in Oscar winning roles. First, Alan Arkin in the 1968 adaptation of Carson McCuller's first novel, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter also starring Sondra Locke, Stacey Keach and Percy Rodriguez, then on to the second movie in Alan J Pakula's paranoia trilogy, the 1971 crime thriller Klute starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. Plus, feedback and a little Bobby Darin.
Jun 29, 2015
Jun 29, 2015
1hr 2 min
This time, it's airplane disaster movies starting with 1954's The High And The Mighty starring John Wayne and a DC4 and then the first of the 1970s disaster movie cycle, 1970's Airport starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin and a Boeing 707.
Jun 19, 2015
Jun 19, 2015
57 min
While Sally and I are living la dolce vita in Perth for a couple of weeks, I have recorded this music show during a thunderstorm while ensconced in a high rise hotel in South Perth. We go from Claudine Longet to Scott Walker, Carmen McRae to Tom Jones and Boris Vian to Betty Hutton. Normal programming will resume next time.
May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015
1hr 13 min
Misunderstood teenagers and evil corporations this time. We go from Nicholas Ray's 1955 classic Rebel Without A Cause starring James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo to the 1974 world of political assassination and conspiracy for The Parallax View starring Warren Beatty and Paula Prentiss.