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What to do next after KAFKA doesn't quite hit...how about adapting a boyhood memoir by the guy who helped Paul Newman bottle his salad dressing? We continue Soderbergh's less-remembered beginnings with 1993's KING OF THE HILL, a subtly brutal Depression-era bildungsroman in which a boy gets so hungry he eats pictures of food - and joining us is film writer Jason Miller! Listen along for a discussion of cinematographer careers, macroeconomics, proper marbles technique, and Spalding Gray. Good ep, even without Boomhauer and all the rest of those guys!

Further Reading:

King of the Hill: A Memoir by A.E. Hotchner

"King of the Hill: Alone Again" by Peter Tonguette

"A Multi-Storied Life" by Susan Wooleyhan Caine

Further Viewing:

EMPIRE OF THE SUN (Spielberg, 1987)

HOPE AND GLORY (Boorman, 1987)

THE LONG DAY CLOSES (Davies, 1992)

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We pay tribute to the late Gene Hackman with one of his - or anyone's - greatest films, Arthur Penn's 1975 neo-noir NIGHT MOVES. Shot by longtime Eastwood DP Bruce Surtees and starring Clint co-stars Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, James Woods, and John Crawford, so it's totally fair game.

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How do you follow an industry-shaking debut like SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE? If you're Steven Soderbergh, the answer is obvious: a weird, downer sort-of-biopic of Franz Kafka shot in black and white. We're joined by filmmaker Christopher Jason Bell (MISS ME YET, THE WINDS THAT SCATTER) to talk 1991's KAFKA, Soderbergh's influence, and Chris's outstanding new film FAILED STATE. Great ep!

Further Reading:

"In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka

The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Castle by Franz Kafka

Los Angeles Times article by David Gritten

Further Viewing:

THE THIRD MAN (Reed, 1949)

THE TRIAL (Welles, 1962)

AMERICAN GIGOLO (Schrader, 1980)

BRAZIL (Gilliam, 1985)

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Around 2011, Clint Eastwood tried to remake A STAR IS BORN with Beyoncé and any of a number of men including Bradley Cooper and maybe Tom Cruise. It didn't pan out, but the project eventually became Cooper's directorial debut and a star vehicle for Lady Gaga, who incidentally has a new album out today. We invited film critic, podcaster, and Lady Gagalogist Nicole Veneto to talk about the film, why Gaga gets under Jake's skin, and whether there's any Clint left in this thing.

Check out Nicole's podcast Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema here.

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Steven Soderbergh's first feature, sex, lies, and videotape put him on the map hard. It won the Palme d'Or, made the Sundance Film Festival into an industry unto itself, and helped turn Miramax into a major player - to say nothing of its actual content. Join us as we dig into the film that made Soderbergh an overnight sensation and try to act normal about intimacy. Good ep!

Further Reading:

Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh

Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biskind

Rebels on the Backlot by Sharon Waxman

Further Viewing:

FIVE EASY PIECES (Rafelson, 1970)

CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (Nichols, 1971)

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And Sode it berghins! We're kicking off our career retrospective of director Steven Soderbergh with an overview of his early life, career so far, and major thematic concerns. We'll also meet a new voice joining us on our journey...

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Pull up a chair, folks - it's time for our episode on Paul Schrader's "first post-mortem film," the Russell Banks adaptation OH, CANADA, fresh from the cinema. Joining us to unpack it is Final Boss of the podcast and real-life Canadian person Will Sloan! We talk about what we expect of the personal morality of political artists, Canada's relationship to her neighbor to the south, and the film's place in Schrader's filmography. We also got Will's thoughts on JUROR #2 while we had him on mic, because of course we did. Great conversation, great movie, great ep!

Soderbergh episodes coming soon.

Further Reading:

Foregone by Russell Banks

"Paul Schrader Thought He Was Dying. So He Made a Movie About It." by Bilge Ebiri

"A Remembered World: On Russell Banks's 'Foregone'" by Rob Latham

"Russell Banks, The Art of Fiction No. 152" by Robert Faggen

Harry Knowles's review of HOLLYWOOD ENDING

Further Viewing:

AMERICAN GIGOLO (Schrader, 1980)

AFFLICTION (Schrader, 1997)

24 HOURS OR MORE (Groulx, 1973)

KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (Obomsawin, 1993)

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It's finally here: our episode on Clint Eastwood's latest film, JUROR #2.

Further Reading:

"An Abolitionist Summoned to Jury Duty for a Murder Trial" by Luna Nicole

"Nullification: Jurors' Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing" by Molly Knefel

Jonathan Abrams interview with Indiewire

Jonathan Abrams interview with GQ

"Why Policing and Prisons Can't End Gender Violence"

Further Viewing:

12 ANGRY MEN (Lumet, 1957)

TRUE CRIME (Eastwood, 1999)

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We finish all the major pre-PLAY MISTY Clint films with Don Siegel's 1971 Southern gothic psychosexual chamber piece, THE BEGUILED.

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We did it, folks.

We sat down with filmmaker Paul Schrader for a discussion of his new film OH, CANADA (spoiler-free), political readings of his films, never-made projects, and even a few thoughts on Clint Eastwood. Afterward, the Pod Casty boys talk about the experience.

Join us in a few weeks for a full episode on OH, CANADA, which opens December 6th in New York and expands to LA and nationwide on December 13th. Paul Schrader will be doing Q&As in New York and LA.

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