On this Old (Holiday) Movie Club, we review a certifiable Christmas classic, “Miracle on 34th Street.” Then we watch a very different sort of film set on Christmas, “The Lion in Winter.”

Host Jason Snell with Philip Michaels, Lisa Schmeiser, Steve Lutz, David J. Loehr and Dan Moren

Old Movie Club returns with two films featuring George C. Scott: “The Hustler” (featuring an electric performance by Paul Newman) and “Anatomy of a Murder” (starring Jimmy Stewart as a simple country lawyer). One more outburst and I’ll clear this courtroom!

Host Jason Snell with Philip Michaels, Dr. Drang, Monty Ashley, Steve Lutz and David J. Loehr

Old Movie Club reconvenes to watch two films based on the works of Dashiell Hammett: 1934’s “The Thin Man” and 1941’s “The Maltese Falcon.” We appreciate the drunken aplomb of Nick and Nora and the shifty glory of Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, all while taking in the faint scent of gardenias.

Host Jason Snell with Philip Michaels, Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz, Monty Ashley, Dan Moren, David J. Loehr and Dr. Drang

Play ball! It’s opening weekend, so Old Movie Club returns with two classic baseball movies: “Pride of the Yankees” and “The Bad News Bears.” Even if you don’t like baseball (like Erika), you may enjoy these movies just fine! One’s a biopic from the 1940s complete with a song, and the other is an appropriately gross 1970s comedy. Join us, won’t you?

Host Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, Philip Michaels, Steve Lutz, Monty Ashley and David J. Loehr

Our Old Movie Club, featuring classic films many of us haven’t seen selected just for us by Philip Michaels, is back!

In this edition, we look at two underappreciated films of Alfred Hitchcock: 1943’s “Shadow of a Doubt” and 1948’s “Rope.” The former features Joseph Cotten shooting up through the ceiling of creepy, a battle of telepathy versus telegraphy, the special bond of people named Charlie, murder by soda, and an appearance by the Exposition Radio Network. The latter offers long unbroken scenes, drunk Farley Granger, a perfect murder perpetrated by Batman villains, and Jimmy Stewart as Columbo. Both films have Hitchcock in common, as well as Hume Cronyn… and murder!

Host Jason Snell with Philip Michaels, Steve Lutz, Monty Ashley, Dan Moren, David J. Loehr and Andy Ihnatko

In just moments, Rufus T. Firefly will appear, and all the people of Freedonia will cheer at the presence of their new leader. In the meantime, let’s take some time in our Old Movie Club to discuss the enduring and hilarious works of the Marx Brothers in general and the films “Duck Soup” and “A Night at the Opera” in particular.

Host Jason Snell with David J. Loehr, Steve Lutz, Philip Michaels, Monty Ashley and Andy Ihnatko

Old Movie Club returns! And things get dark awfully fast, because we watched two Film Noirs: “Kiss Me Deadly” (1955) and “Out of the Past” (1947). These films contain action, punching, unlikely romance, death by fishing line, horrible ethnic stereotypes, questionable female characters, inexplicable plots, and a box containing a nuclear whatsit. Va-va-va-voom!

Host Jason Snell with Philip Michaels, Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz and David J. Loehr

Break out the stars and stripes, put on your tap shoes, crawl into your shame hole, and join us for a very patriotic edition of Old Movie Club. We discuss the musical “1776,” which stars KITT from “Knight Rider” and the guy from “The White Shadow,” and the biopic musical “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” which stars James Cagney.

Host Jason Snell with Andy Ihnatko, Philip Michaels, David J. Loehr, Monty Ashley, Glenn Fleishman and Steve Lutz

“1776” on Amazon

“Yankee Doodle Dandy” on Amazon

“Signing Their Lives Away” on Amazon

We reconvene our Old Movie Club to watch two gritty early-1970s films that have been unfortunately remade in the last decade: “Get Carter” starring Michael Caine, and “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” starring Walter Matthau. We learn about slide-based pornography, metaphors involving stick-shift cars, angry New York transit officers, kazoo parades, and so much more.

Host Jason Snell with Steve Lutz, David J. Loehr and Philip Michaels

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) on Amazon

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Remake) on Amazon

Get Carter (1971) on Amazon

Get Carter (Remake) on Amazon

Quick Change on Amazon

Charley Varrick on Amazon

The Laughing Policeman on Amazon

Old Movie Club returns! We look at three films from 1952: “Singin’ in the Rain,” “High Noon,” and Best Picture winner (!) “The Greatest Show on Earth.” One of these movies is not like the others. Plus: The haunting repetition of Tex Ritter! Charlton Heston’s commitment to the circus! And Phil asks Jason what it feels like to have no soul! Travel back 61 years in time and join us, won’t you?

Host Jason Snell with Philip Michaels, Lisa Schmeiser, David J. Loehr, Erika Ensign, Steve Lutz and Monty Ashley

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Singin’ in the Rain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“Singin’ in the Rain” on Amazon

High Noon (1952)

High Noon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“High Noon” on Amazon

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

The Greatest Show on Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“The Greatest Show on Earth” on Amazon Instant

Incomparable #156: Airline of Snitches

Special guest star Philip Michaels gives us an old-movie education with two caper movies from the 1950s, “The Lavender Hill Mob” and “The Killing.” One’s funny, one’s not, but both teach us that crime doesn’t pay! Plus young Stanley Kubrick, funnyman Alec Guinness, the second-greatest fight scene Steve has ever seen, and a guest appearance by General Eisenhower.