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The stories behind and in front of the camera from your favorite films and streaming series of the 60's, 70's, 80's and today. Featuring the Columbo Cinematic Universe, notable guests, and never a commercial.  

Dec 27, 2018

Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma': if you've seen it, you know why the film has received unanimous critical acclaim, with reviewers calling it "achingly beautiful" and "engrossing".  'Roma' was chosen by Time magazine and the New York Film Critics Circle as the best film of 2018, and by the National Board Of Review as one of...


Dec 20, 2018

Yorgos Lanthimos' aptly-named new film 'The Favourite' is gorging on every awards nomination like The Queen attacking a cake. Our intellectual discussion covers the towering brilliance of Olivia Culman, Lanthimos' genius other film 'The Lobster', and the career implications of being cast as "Wanking Man" in a...


Dec 13, 2018

'Widows' failed to make much of a mark at the box office. Critical acclaim hasn't YET translated into Awards Season loot, with so far only an ensemble acting nod from the Critics' Choice Awards.  In other news The Critics' Choice Awards are apparently a thing.  But there ARE things to celebrate and recommend in this...


Dec 6, 2018

An athlete is rendered a paraplegic through a devastating jogging accident.  A trained helper monkey arrives as his live-in assistant.  A well-meaning but drugged out lab rat performs monkey-altering experiments.  Some sort of Manimal transference takes place and the bodies and histrionics pile up from there.  It's...


Nov 29, 2018

Is the new Coen Brothers movie the best Western of all time? Or is it more like FOR the Best Western Hotel chain?  We root around in the prairie dust, the hoofprints, the majestic vistas and, in the simple finality of man's ruthless violence towards his fellow man, find some of life's imponderables answered.  Also: ...