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In 1917, a tragic and criminal episode in American history occurred in the copper mining town of Bisbee, Arizona. Local miners had recently been or...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 04:34
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Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel has become my favorite living director. That might sound extravagant to say about someone who has only made fou...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:38
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I often hear people make the mistake of assuming that the main character of a movie should be likeable or sympathetic. This idea is a hold-over fro...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
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Regular listeners to this show may be aware that I’m not a fan of most Christmas movies. Occasionally, though, I offer suggestions during the holid...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 04:19
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There have been quite a few dramatic films on the theme of the death penalty, most of them making an eloquent case against it, and some of them rea...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
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Soderbergh, one of our best and most versatile directors, announced about four years ago that he was retiring from making movies and was going to f...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:24
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Among the films of Federico Fellini are a few that have achieved classic status, and deservedly so, such as La Strada, La Dolce Vita, and 8 ½. But ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
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Experience the adventure, joys and perils in a greenhorn wrangler's account of the 40th annual Sombrero Ranches "Great American Horse Drive". Eight...

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Director James Edmondson
Director James Edmondson takes us through the background on one of Shakespeare's best know tragedies.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 09:57
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
What better place to fight over a woman?

  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 01:19
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Our Neighbors Are So Close, I Thought I Heard One Burp

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: :36
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you have never replaced the wax seal beneath your toilet, I suggest that you do.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: :29
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You should know what you're doing before you go white water rafting.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: :29
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Radio commentators sometimes receive threatening letters.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:55
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
IT is very much like THEY

  • Added: Feb 01, 2009
  • Length: :34