This week week we’re taking a bite out of Jonathan Demme’s classic serial-killer thriller The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. Plus: James comes out of film-scoring retirement. LINKS: <a href='https://youtu.be/W6Mm8Sbe__o?si=Lhjn0rjuVdJ46_q9'>Trailer for The Silence of the Lambs</a> <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLdpm0Qv3Uc'>"Lotion" by Greenskeepers</a> <a href='https://youtu.be/N-lZYqCnEXA?si=0NLwfIHPjmGaB82I'>Austin Pendleton as a lawyer in My Cousin Vinny</a><a rel="payment" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/alternatesides">Support the show</a>

This week week we’re taking a bite out of Jonathan Demme’s classic serial-killer thriller The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. Plus: James comes out of film-scoring retirement. LINKS: Trailer for The Silence of the Lambs "Lotion" by Greenskeepers Austin Pendleton as a lawyer in My Cousin Vinny Support the show

This week week we’re taking a bite out of Jonathan Demme’s classic serial-killer thriller The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. Plus: James comes out of film-scoring retirement. LINKS: <a href="https://youtu.be/W6Mm8Sbe__o?si=Lhjn0rjuVdJ46_q9" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trailer for The Silence of the Lambs</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLdpm0Qv3Uc" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Lotion" by Greenskeepers</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/N-lZYqCnEXA?si=0NLwfIHPjmGaB82I" rel="noopener noreferrer">Austin Pendleton as a lawyer in&nbsp;My Cousin Vinny</a><a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/alternatesides" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

1991: The Silence of the Lambs

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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