This week we discuss Stephen Frears’s film-adapted-from-a-play-adapted-from-a-novel Dangerous Liaisons, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Plus: James finally visits the Vanguard! LINKS: <a href='https://youtu.be/dO3U2dBwuWA?si=wYsQQEbKsmRuGdRD'>Trailer for Dangerous Liaisons</a> <a href='https://youtu.be/aq4qH76O_5I?si=iTFeGEKQ1o8rU_Ad'>Malkovich and Sinise in True West</a> <a href='https://youtu.be/bEfRZa5bwlo?si=aMutgyn1v7g5rbUp'>John Candy in Uncle Buck: "unbreakable"</a><a rel="payment" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/alternatesides">Support the show</a>

This week we discuss Stephen Frears’s film-adapted-from-a-play-adapted-from-a-novel Dangerous Liaisons, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Plus: James finally visits the Vanguard! LINKS: Trailer for Dangerous Liaisons Malkovich and Sinise in True West John Candy in Uncle Buck: "unbreakable" Support the show

This week we discuss Stephen Frears’s film-adapted-from-a-play-adapted-from-a-novel Dangerous Liaisons, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Plus: James finally visits the Vanguard! LINKS: <a href="https://youtu.be/dO3U2dBwuWA?si=wYsQQEbKsmRuGdRD" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trailer for Dangerous Liaisons</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/aq4qH76O_5I?si=iTFeGEKQ1o8rU_Ad" rel="noopener noreferrer">Malkovich and Sinise in True West</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/bEfRZa5bwlo?si=aMutgyn1v7g5rbUp" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Candy in&nbsp;Uncle Buck: "unbreakable"</a><a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/alternatesides" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

1988: Dangerous Liaisons

James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 20 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder. But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed. Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now. One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2026…

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James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 20 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder. But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed. Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now. One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2026…

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