Episode Three: Charade and The Truth About Charlie, Redux

Sean and Mike tackle the subject of remakes with Jonathan Demme's 2002 film The Truth About Charlie and the film it was based on, 1963's Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn vehicle Charade. They also discuss their picks for the Essential film remake, the career of Charade director Stanley Donen, what Criterion DVDs should be on your wishlist for the big sale and the intentional nature of Marky Mark Wahlberg's hats.

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The Cinephiliacs episode with Keith Uhlich where The Truth About Charlie is discussed.

Sean's Stanley Donen list at letterboxd.

Episode Fourteen: Harakiri and Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

This week, in conjunction with a local series of samurai films, Mike and Sean take a look at Masaki Kobayshi's 1962 classic Harakiri, with Tatsuya Nakadai, as well as 2011's remake of that film, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. They also discuss the career of Akira Kurosawa, pick their Essential Samurai Films and look forward to the Vancouver International Film Festival and backward at Ron Howard and Michael Keaton.

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Some Notes:

Sean's on-going coverage of VIFF 2013
The They Shot Pictures Kurosawa Episode

Episode Thirteen: Once Upon a Time in America and The Roaring Twenties

This week Sean and Mike take a look at a couple of classic gangster films, Sergio Leone's 1984 epic Once Upon a Time in America and Raoul Walsh's The Roaring Twenties, from 1939. They also discuss the career of Robert DeNiro, the state of Seattle landmark Scarecrow Video and make their picks for the essential films about the 1920s that were not made in the 1920s.

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Some links:

The Seattle Weekly on Scarecrow Video

A Correction:

James Stewart was in neither Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang nor The Gnome-Mobile.

Episode Twelve: The Black Stallion and The Killing

This week, Mike and Sean talk about a pair of movies revolving around horse racing: Carroll Ballard's atmospheric 1979 family film The Black Stallion and Stanley Kubrick's innovative 1956 noir heist movie The Killing. They also pick their Essential Cinematic Animals and discuss the career of Stanley Kubrick and the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki. They also talk about an essay about nostalgia and Spielberg's Hook by Travis Vogt and bemoan the spread of the "second screen" movie experience.

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Travis's essay on Hook

Episode Eleven: Top Ten Films of All-Time

This week, following the Labor Day Weekend list-making tradition, Mike and Sean take a break from their regular double feature format to pick the films that would make up their hypothetical Sight & Sound Top Films of All-Time ballots, each listing ten of their favorite movies, ones they think can be considered among the greatest films ever made.

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The Sight & Sound Poll
Mike's Top Ten from last year
Sean's Index of Top Films of All-Time Lists

Episode Ten: The Grandmaster and A Touch of Zen

This week Mike and Sean discuss a pair of martial arts films, Wong Kar-wai's latest The Grandmaster, starring Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi and King Hu's 1971 masterpiece A Touch of Zen. They also take a look at the career of Wong Kar-wai and make their picks for the Essential Fight Scene of all-time.

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Fandor's Index of recent Wong Kar-wai writings
David Ehrlich's comparison of the two cuts of The Grandmaster

Episode Nine: Ishtar and Sons of the Desert

A cavalcade of comedy classics as Mike and Sean tackle Elaine May's neglected masterpiece Ishtar and Laurel and Hardy's acclaimed 1933 feature Sons of the Desert. The boys also talk all about the Marx Brothers and share their picks for Essential Slapstick movies.

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The Laurel & Hardy Project
Donna Bowman on Newsradio
Two Tars
The Garage