Talk Classic To Me

Are you craving a Christmas movie that's also an action film and is secretly feminist? Then Die Hard is the motion picture for you! Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, and Reginald VelJohnson star in this modern holiday classic that will have you saying "Yippee ki-yay Mother F**ker", but like, in a festive way. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Sarah Rois chat about all this and more on this week's holiday themed season finale of Talk Classic To Me. 

Are you fit as a fiddle and ready for love? Are aggressively technicolor dream ballets your jam? Do you have a glorious feeling and are you happy again? Then Singin' in the Rain is the film for you! Check out this superb movie musical about making movie magic and delight in some of the greatest dance sequences ever put on celluloid. Gene Kelly co-directs (with Stanley Donen) and stars in this exceptional classic featuring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, and Jean Hagen. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Zoe Palko chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you like watching epic real-life romances develop on set between fantastic actors whilst movie-making? Then Woman of the Year (1942) is the film for you! Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star in this surprisingly feminist romp, the first of their nine pictures together (and the film that sparked a 26 year relationship), directed by George Stevens. Host, Sara Greenfield and guest, Lauren Lopez chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you like the color green? Do you have an unhealthy obsession with Kim Novak? Do you have complicated feelings about bell towers? Then Vertigo is the film for you! Check out this gorgeously detailed masterpiece directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, and an exceptionally haunting score by Bernard Herrmann. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Ashley Blanchet and Allen Rueckert chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love misty watercolor memories, the name Hubbell, and nail acting? Then The Way We Were is the film for you! Check out this GORGEOUS Sydney Pollack directed classic starring the one and only Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll challenge McCarthyism. This movie is lovely, Hubbell. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Andrew Johnson and Kyle Serilla chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Want to feel some good-old-fashioned Halloween movie vibes AND appreciate enormous Schwanzstuckers at the same time? Then Young Frankenstein is the film for you! Check out this gorgeous Mel Brooks directed homage to the great Universal Frankenstein movies of the 1930's and 1940's and plotz over the hilarious cast featuring Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman, and Kenneth Mars. 

Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Susannah Mars (daughter of Kenneth Mars who plays Inspector Kemp in the picture) chat about all this and more on this week's Halloween themed episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Looking for a Halloween classic filled with nostalgic fun that isn't too scary? Love the song "I Put a Spell on You" and want a Tony award winning legend to movie-musical-ify it? Wish more movies said the word "virgin" every five seconds? Then Hocus Pocus is the film for you! Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy star in this sheer delight of a film (directed by Kenny Ortega) as the Sanderson Sisters, a trio of witches who have one Halloween night only to "find the book, brew the potion, and suck the lives out of the children of Salem before sunrise...otherwise it's CURTAINS!". 

Host Sara Greenfield and her guest, Jaime Lyn Beatty chat about all this an more on this week's Halloween themed episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Are you so frickin excited that we finally get a new Bond-James-Bond movie in theaters? Then Dr. No is the film for you! Celebrate Bond with us by going back to where it all began on screen for 007. Revel in the Bond franchise tropes happening for the very first time and be surprised by how quaint and low-budget this first outing is. Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, John Kitzmiller, Jack Lord, and Joseph Wiseman star in this occasionally cringe-worthy but still relevant movie directed with style by Terrence Young. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Stephanie Anderson and Andre Fonseca chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love watching Peter O'Toole? Do you love the expression "he has a twinkle in his eye"? Do you love watching Peter O'Toole turn what could have been a smarmy movie star trope of a role into a fully flushed out character that you actually root for who has a twinkle in his eye? Then My Favorite Year is the film for you! Check out this nostalgic and sweet-hearted classic about a larger than life movie star and the comedy writer who has to keep him on the straight and narrow during his week-long stint on a live New York variety show. Based on the real life writer's room for Sid Caeser's Your Show of Shows, this movie was produced by Mel Brooks and co-stars Mark Linn-Baker, Lainie Kazan, and Joseph Bologna. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Andrew Appel chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me. 

Do you love zany antics and ridiculous characters? Do you love it when hilarious women steal the show (cough*Mary Astor*cough)? Do you love it when a joke set up in the opening credits takes an entire movie to pay off? Then The Palm Beach Story is the film for you! Check out this perfect introduction to the work of Preston Sturges (writer and director extraordinaire) and revel in it's sublime marriage of slapstick comedy and wry wit. Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, and Rudy Vallee star in this complete charmer of a film that will leave you saying "Joel McCrea your invention is a terrible idea but I still like you". Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Daniel Strauss chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.