The Complete Works Podcast

This week, Roy Scheider takes off for France to play a small but pivotal role in Yves Boisset's L'ATTENTAT, aka THE ASSASSINATION, aka THE FRENCH CONSPIRACY! (Not to be confused with THE FRENCH CONNECTION, which was last week's episode.)

It's time for another Bonus Mike Makes Mike Watch! This time around, Mike D is making Smith watch Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon in the white-water rafting adventure film THE RIVER WILD, while Smith is making Mike D catch up with one of his favorite comedies in recent years, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR! Plus, an unplanned discussion about the BAD BOYS movies!

It's time to talk about the film which brought Roy Scheider into the public consciousness in a big way - and still holds up as a crime drama masterpiece to this day. It's William Friedkin's THE FRENCH CONNECTION, one of the biggest films of its year, the winner of 5 Oscars (including Best Picture), and the movie that gave Roy Scheider his biggest showcase to date (and which netted him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor).

It's time for an Off Mike Bonus Discussions episode! This week, Mike D has decided that Dudes Rock and is watching EXTREME PREJUDICE and DEN OF THIEVES, while Smith is catching up with new releases like I SAW THE TV GLOW and regales us with tales of the 3rd Annual Movie Day!

It's time for us to enter the breakout year in the career of Roy Scheider! And we kick things off with Scheider's small supporting role in Alan J. Pakula's beloved thriller KLUTE - a film that won Jane Fonda the Oscar for Best Actress and kicked off Pakula's unofficial "paranoia trilogy," alongside THE PARALLAX VIEW and ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN.

This week, Roy Scheider gets a solid supporting role in the 1970 Faye Dunaway vehicle PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD! The feature film debut of Jerry Schatzburg, PUZZLE uses flashbacks to look at the fractured psyche of a once-famous model, and how the industry drove her to her current state.

This week, Mike and Mike are joined by returning guest Nick Wermuth to talk about FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA!

This week, we're getting back in the Cage to talk a new horror film starring Nicolas Cage: ARCADIAN! Cage reunites Ben Brewer, director of THE TRUST (and lead vfx designer for EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE) on this post-apocalyptic monster story. Is it more than just a QUIET PLACE knockoff? Let's find out!

This week, the mercurial icon and voice of your generation Charley Macorn returns to the podcast to give us the rundown on the 2nd Annual QueerWest Film Festival, happening at the Roxy Theater in Missoula, MT from June 6th through 8th!

This week, we've got Roy Scheider popping up for two scenes in director Irvin Kershner's LOVING, starring George Segal, Eva Marie Saint, and Sterling Hayden!