This week, Jason and Mike welcome Dana Stevens – Slate film critic, “Slate Culture Gabfest” co-host, and author of “Camera Man,” one of our favorite books of the year – to talk about one of the most important years in cinema history. 1927 was, famously, the year that saw the release of both the first “talkie” and the first Oscar winner for Best Picture, but Dana’s top five is focused on some of the most innovative and inspiring movies of the silent era. Plus: as you’d expect from the author of “Camera Man,” not one but TWO Buster Keaton movies!<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week, Jason and Mike welcome Dana Stevens – Slate film critic, “Slate Culture Gabfest” co-host, and author of “Camera Man,” one of our favorite books of the year – to talk about one of the most important years in cinema history. 1927 was, famously, the year that saw the release of both the first “talkie” and the first Oscar winner for Best Picture, but Dana’s top five is focused on some of the most innovative and inspiring movies of the silent era. Plus: as you’d expect from the author of “Camera Man,” not one but TWO Buster Keaton movies! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Jason and Mike welcome&nbsp;Dana&nbsp;Stevens&nbsp;– Slate film critic, “Slate Culture Gabfest” co-host, and author of “Camera Man,” one of our favorite books of the year – to talk about one of the most important years in cinema history. 1927 was, famously, the year that saw the release of both the first “talkie” and the first Oscar winner for Best Picture, but&nbsp;Dana’s top five is focused on some of the most innovative and inspiring movies of the silent era. Plus: as you’d expect from the author of “Camera Man,” not one but TWO Buster Keaton movies! Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

1927 with Dana Stevens

“Fun City Cinema” hosts Jason Bailey and Mike Hull proudly present “A Very Good Year,” a podcast with a simple premise: each week we invite a guest (filmmakers and actors, critics and historians, comedians and musicians) who loves movies, and ask them to select their favorite year of movies. Some pick a year from their movie-going past; some go deep into film history. Whichever the case, we spend (about) an hour talking about that year: we ask them to share their top five films of the year, and tell us why they love them; we look at the year’s news headlines, award winners, and box office champions; and we finish with a lightning round, where we talk about as many films as possible in as few minutes as possible.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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“Fun City Cinema” hosts Jason Bailey and Mike Hull proudly present “A Very Good Year,” a podcast with a simple premise: each week we invite a guest (filmmakers and actors, critics and historians, comedians and musicians) who loves movies, and ask them to select their favorite year of movies. Some pick a year from their movie-going past; some go deep into film history. Whichever the case, we spend (about) an hour talking about that year: we ask them to share their top five films of the year, and tell us why they love them; we look at the year’s news headlines, award winners, and box office champions; and we finish with a lightning round, where we talk about as many films as possible in as few minutes as possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Fun City Cinema” hosts Jason Bailey and Mike Hull proudly present “A Very Good Year,” a podcast with a simple premise: each week we invite a guest (filmmakers and actors, critics and historians, comedians and musicians) who loves movies, and ask them to select their favorite year of movies. Some pick a year from their movie-going past; some go deep into film history. Whichever the case, we spend (about) an hour talking about that year: we ask them to share their top five films of the year, and tell us why they love them; we look at the year’s news headlines, award winners, and box office champions; and we finish with a lightning round, where we talk about as many films as possible in as few minutes as possible. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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