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First Aired October 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about the 1947 film The Man I Love starring Ida Lupino and directed by Raoul Walsh. It’s a film noir that mixes family and jazz. They also discuss The Roaring Twenties, White Heat, They Drive by Night, High Sierra, and Colorado Territory

First Aired September 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about the Werner Herzog modern classic Aguirre, The Wrath of God starring Klaus Kinski. It’s a film that set the precedent for Herzog’s vision of humankind and nature

First Aired August 2023 Beauty and the Beast was originally a French fairy tale published in 1740 by Villeneuve but it’s best known today as the animated Disney movie from 1991. On this episode David Hast and Scott Vander Werf take a look at the original adaptation, the live-action Beauty and the Beast from poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau that was made in 1946

First Aired August 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about The Asphalt Jungle starring Sterling Hayden and directed by John Huston. It’s a proto-heist film, a police procedural, and a classic crime film

First Aired August 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf look at the 1941 film Sullivan’s Travels, directed by Preston Sturges, a movie that combines serious drama, comedy and romance

First Aired July 2023 In 1932, actor Paul Muni starred in two classic films, the original Scarface and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about these groundbreaking movies on this episode of Have You Seen…?

First Aired June 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about Once Upon a Time in the West, directed by the Italian master Sergio Leone and starring Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards and Henry Fonda

First Aired May 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf explore the horror films of producer Val Lewton. From ‘Cat People’ and ‘I Walked With a Zombie’ to ‘The Leopard Man’ and ‘Bedlam,’ Lewton produced 9 movies for RKO Pictures in the 1940’s that stand alone among genre classics

First Aired July 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf discuss cinematography, the art of motion picture photography, how the masters of the form collaborate with directors to realize their vision, and how essential it is to our movie going experience

First Aired March 2023 On this episode David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about forgotten performances from well-known actors and those lesser-known. From Jimmy Stewart and Sidney Poitier to Sissy Spacek and Gary Oldman, forgotten performances on Have You Seen…?