Stone Cold Classic

Nick Wiger (Doughboys, How Did This Get Played, Earth to Ned) chats with David, Dan and Matt about Singin' In The Rain, maybe the greatest American movie musical ever made. Topics include Donald O'Connor's movie-stealing performance, Stanley Donen's quietly stellar track record and Gene Kelly's fabulous ass. And hey, a guest! Our first guest! Look at that!

Matt recommends: Two For The Road, available for rent or purchase on all major streaming platforms.

David recommends: Cat's Don't Dance, available for rent or purchase on all major streaming platforms.

Dan recommends: Footlight Parade, available for rent or purchase on all major streaming platforms.

Nick recommends: Airplane! available to stream on the Starz app and available for rent or purchase on all major streaming platforms.

This week Matt David and Dan talk Shoot The Piano Player, François Truffaut's follow-up to his explosive debut. Topics include the movie's self-reflexive themes of fame, love and American genre movies--Truffaut's astonishing transition from bitchy film critic to lauded filmmaker--and Matt's newfound obsession, the director's cut of Legend (1985).

Matt Recommends: Cleo From 5 to 7, available to stream on HBO Max and Criterion Channel (also the director's cut of Legend, only available on the Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray)

Dan Recommends: Varda by Agnes, available to stream on Criterion Channel

David Recommends: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, available to stream on Hulu, available for rent or purchase on all major digital platforms

This week we're talking one of the best high school comedies ever made, 1975's Cooley High. The guys discuss the inimitable blend of comedy and drama, Glynn Turman's slammin' torso, and Matt does a DEEEEEP dive into writer Eric Monte's incredible life story. We'll be there to love and to comfort you...while you listen to this ep! (jk we will not)

Dan Recommends--The performances of Glynn Turman, all of which can be found at this link: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877270/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Matt Recommends--Crooklyn, available for rent or purchase on all the major streaming platforms.

David Recommends--Detroiters, available to stream on Paramount + and available for purchase on all the major streaming platforms.

Matt, David and Dan bike slide into the world of Neo-Tokyo and they are CONFUSED yet DAZZLED! Topics include the awe-inspiring animation, the misbegotten attempts at live-action remakes and Matt's middle school obsession with Dragonball Z.

David recommends: Paprika, available for rent or purchase on all major streaming platforms.

Dan recommends: Eraserhead, streaming on Criterion Channel and HBO Max, available for rent or purchase on all major streaming platforms.

Matt recommends: Cowboy Bebop, available to stream on Hulu and Funimation, available for rent or purchase on all major streaming platforms.

Ape smash! Matt, David and Dan talk King Kong (1933), one of the first blockbuster vfx extravaganzas of cinema history. We talk about this movie's many remakes, ripoffs and off-shoots, the famed King Kong segment of the Universal Studio Tour, and the ideal length for a giant, angry ape movie. ENJOY!

Matt, David and Dan talk about Matt's favorite movie, The Apartment. We talk about the low-key mastery of Billy Wilder, the high-key mastery of Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, and the middle-key mastery of literally everyone else. It's a fun time, episode-wise.

This week we get groovy in the most Central European way possible with Vera Chytilova's "Daisies." In this episode Matt, David and Dan talk about the movie's recent reputation boost, Matt's inability to recognize visual metaphors and a brief history of Czechoslovakia in the late 60s (short version: things were bad and they got worse). Prosím, užijte si naši epizodu!

Matt, David and Dan talk about one of the sweatier-looking Westerns in the film canon, Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef. We talk about the movie's awe-inspiring score, the strengths and weaknesses of Sergio Leone and the raw, dynamic sexuality of Eli Wallach in a bathtub. Enjoy!

Caw! Caw! [UNSETTLING, DISTORTED BIRD NOISE]! It's our first full episode and we're talking Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy and Suzanne Pleshette. Matt, David and Dan discuss Hitchcock's unique personal brand, the movie's bizarre attempt at a meet-cute, and Rod Taylor's indescribable skin tone.  Enjoy!

Welcome! Matt Chester, Dan Amerman and David Kantrowitz are three cinephile friends who like watching the classics. We'll be talking about old Hollywood mainstays, arthouse favorites and foreign award-winners, movies the internet tends to ignore. We're not critics or scholars, we're just three (hopefully) funny idiots who like talking about the good stuff. So join us each week, where we'll be talking about a different gem of cinema history. #ClassicsOnly. (Maybe. Hashtag TBD.)