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The leftist podcast about Steven Soderbergh movies has finally arrived at CHE, Soderbergh's two-part biopic of (Argentine) Cuban Revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Joining us to provide the kind of deep historical context you know we go crazy for is historian of Cuba and scholar of Latin American and Caribbean history Andrés Pertierra! We have never read more in preparation for an episode, folks, so we hope you dig this one as much as we did. Hasta la victoria siempre, amigos.

Further Reading (direct from Andrés!):

Anderson, John Lee. Che: A Revolutionary Life. Grove, 1997.

"The Cuban Exodus" by Andrés Pertierra

The great (Pulitzer Prize!) winning intro text: Ferrer, Ada. Cuba: An American History. Scribner, 2021. Some relevant books on Cuban Revolution and other countries: Gleijeses, Piero. Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976. University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Schoultz, Lars. That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and the Cuban Revolution. University of North Carolina Press, 2009. Yordanov, Radoslav. Our Comrades in Havana: Cuba, the Soviet Union, & Eastern Europe, 1959-1991. Cold War International History Project. Stanford University Press, 2024. Key texts for context on what's happening internally: Guerra, Lillian. Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971. University of North Carolina Press, 2012. Mesa-Lago, Carmelo. Cuba in the 1970s: Pragmatism and Institutionalization. University of New Mexico Press, 1978.

Further Viewing (shout out to Andrés for these, too!):

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Salles, 2004)

CONDUCTA IMPROPRIA (Almendros & Jiménez Leal, 1984)

CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution!

Soderbergh getting heckled at Q&A

FRESA Y CHOCOLATE (Gutiérrez Alea & Carlos Tabío, 1984)

END OF A REVOLUTION (Moser, 1967)

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This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. We celebrate the late Terence Stamp by taking a look at Stephen Frears's 1984 proto-LIMEY existential gangster film, THE HIT. Plus: a little bit of Pasolini's TEOREMA talk for good measure.

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We're going back to Vegas for one more job...it's the thrilling conclusion to the trilogy, OCEAN'S THIRTEEN! Well, maybe "thrilling" is arguable. But the episode sure is! We're talking Oprah, Steve Wynn, Mexican labor action, Five Diamond status - it's all here, folks.

Further Reading:

"Steve Wynn's Biggest Gamble" by Nina Munk

Meet The AAA Diamond Rating Experts

Further Viewing:

DOWN BY LAW (Jarmusch, 1986)

SEA OF LOVE (Becker, 1989)

HARD EIGHT (Anderson, 1996)

SHREK THE THIRD (Miller, 2007)

THE TURIN HORSE (Tarr & Hranitzky, 2011)

MANK (Fincher, 2020)

BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS (Ross brothers, 2020)

Steve Wynn's 1983 Golden Nugget commercial

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Friend of the show Aaron from Hit Factory joins us to assemble the definitive Tier List of characters played by Clint Eastwood. Along the way, we answer important questions like: What is a Tier List for? What makes a good character? Has Ian developed any insane theoretical frameworks lately? What happens in Joe Kidd, again? Plus, a Pine Cone Crime Zone about Tarzan.

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After 2005's digital day-and-date experiment BUBBLE, Soderbergh swung hard in the other direction with a Golden Age Hollywood pastiche: his (loose) adaptation of Joseph Kanon's postwar Berlin mystery THE GOOD GERMAN. Joining us is film writer and literal historian Peter Raleigh! We talk adaptation, aesthetic imitation, Denazification, CASABLANCA, and much more. Check it out!

Further Reading:

The Good German by Joseph Kanon

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt

Commemorating Hell: The Public Memory of Mittelbau-Dora by Gretchen Schafft and Gerhard Zeidler

Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong

"Fighting Men" by Anthony Lane

"Style Wars: Steven Soderbergh's 'The Good German'" by Michael Koresky

Further Viewing:

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Hitchcock, 1940)

CASABLANCA (Curtiz, 1942)

TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Lubitsch, 1942)

A FOREIGN AFFAIR (Wilder, 1948)

THE THIRD MAN (Reed, 1949)

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (Kramer, 1961)

EUROPA (Von Trier, 1991)

BARB WIRE (Hogan, 1996)

PHOENIX (Petzold, 2014)

TRANSIT (Petzold, 2018)

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A year after ERIN BROCKOVICH, another unashamedly feminine legal professional challenged norms and won at the box office in LEGALLY BLONDE. Here to talk gender performance, turn-of-the-millennium feminism, and Reese Witherspoon's many crimes is writer Veronica Phillips! Really fun episode. Plus, Carmel gets its own Columbo in the Pine Cone Crime Zone.

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As always, thank you to Jetski for our theme music and Jeremy Allison for our artwork.

Another Pod Casty For Me Experience: we're talking Steven Soderbergh's 2005 experiment BUBBLE - day-and-date release experiment, digital cinematography experiment, first-time actor experiment, improvised script experiment - with our buddy Evan from Left of the Projector! And this one's set at a factory, so you know we go crazy on it. We get into film distribution economics, working people on film, first-time actors, naturalism, digital cinema, eastern Ohio accents, and much more. Really tremendous film and tremendous conversation. It's also Jake's dang birthday, so you better enjoy this episode!!!

Further Reading:

"Eight Hours Are Not A Day" by Matthew Ross

"An Interview with Steven Soderbergh" by Scott Indrisek

Further Viewing:

Interview with Debbie Doebereiner

HARLAN COUNTY USA (Kopple, 1976)

STROSZEK (Herzog, 1977)

BLUE COLLAR (Schrader, 1978)

SLACKER (Linklater, 1990)

CLERKS (Smith, 1994)

CITY OF GOD (Meirelles and Lund, 2002)

ELEPHANT (Van Sant, 2003)

FISH TANK (Arnold, 2009)

WESTERN (Grisebach, 2017)

THE 15:17 TO PARIS (Eastwood, 2018)

BAD TRIP (Sakurai, 2021)

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This week we're looking at another one of Dirty Harry's spiritual children, Paul Verhoeven's 1987 ROBOCOP. Violence, corporate greed, police stuff - much to talk about here. But we're also talking about it because Verhoeven is a Dutch guy and Jake just got back from a trip to Amsterdam, which we gotta talk about too! OCEAN'S TWELVE locations, European public infrastructure, visiting the Anne Frank House during Israel's genocide of Palestinians - big ep.

Plus: a message from Hotel Detective Maxwell Pierson.

Thanks as always to Jetski for our theme music and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork.

Check out Jetski's new album, The Radiant Radish!

A little something different this week: we're looking at two Soderbergh-scripted adaptations of international genre films! First, Soderbergh adapted Ole Bornedal's 1994 NATTEVAGTEN as 1997's NIGHTWATCH, also directed by Bornedal, starring post-TRAINSPOTTING, pre-PHANTOM MENACE Ewan McGregor as a night watchman at a spooky morgue. Next, Soderbergh turned Fabián Bielinsky's 2000 Argentine heist smash NUEVA REINAS (NINE QUEENS) into 2004's CRIMINAL, the directorial debut of Gregory Jacobs starring John C. Reilly and Diego Luna. Why did Sodey do this? Is there anything of the man in these adaptations? Do you need to watch four films before you listen to this episode? The answer to the last question is no! Fun ep, please enjoy.

Further Reading:

Steven Soderbergh: Interviews, ed. Anthony Kaufman

Further Viewing:

LOCAL HERO (Forsyth, 1983)

THE KINGDOM (Von Trier et al, 1994)

HARD EIGHT (Anderson, 1996)

PUSHER (Refn, 1996)

FUNNY GAMES (Haneke, 1997/2007)

FIGHT CLUB (Fincher, 1999)

LA CIENAGA (Martel, 2001)

BORGEN (Price et al, 2010)

ZAMA (Martel, 2017)

LA FLOR (Llinás, 2018)

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Writer and PCFM official Catholicism Correspondent Rob Rubsam is back for another Martin Scorsese examination of faith: 2016's SILENCE. We talk Jesuits, Japan, nuance, and our own religious baggage. Great, thoughtful ep - hope you enjoy!

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