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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
There have been three films this year featuring the rescue of British troops from Dunkirk, and two about Winston Churchill. I’m not sure why this w...
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 04:32
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
The surprise winner at the Cannes Film Festival this year was The Square, a provocative and disturbing satire from Swedish writer-director Ruben Ős...
- Added: Dec 09, 2017
- Length: 04:17
It looks like the big blockbuster of the summer is not a superhero or science fiction film, but, surprisingly, a movie set during World War II. Dun...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 04:33
Actor and comedian Kumail Nadjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon wrote a screenplay about their own very unusual courtship. With Michael Showalter d...
- Added: Oct 26, 2017
- Length: 03:49
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
When you put something on a pedestal, it becomes a prime target for pigeons. Or to put it another way – if a certain movie consistently shows up on...
- Added: Sep 06, 2017
- Length: 05:52
This week, as promised, I’m continuing my discussion of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’ famous debut film from 1941. Last time I talked about why the f...
- Added: Sep 06, 2017
- Length: 04:45
We lost a lot of people last year. One of them particularly close to my heart was the Iranian writer/director Abbas Kiarostami, who died in July of...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 04:38
Starting around 2005, a burst of creative energy in filmmaking emerged from an unexpected corner of the world: Romania. The Romanian new wave has g...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 04:09
One can view much of the silent era in movies as a process in which filmmakers gradually unearthed a narrative language appropriate to the new art ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 03:23
In the early years of the 20th century, a film genre was invented that became hugely popular: the adventure serial.
- Added: Apr 13, 2017
- Length: 03:59
The magnificent Machito in Grammy-award-winning form kicks in the downbeat, a three-quarter time signature by and for jazz men (Joe Henderson, Cal ...
Bought by WMOT, WJSU, WVBI-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more
- Added: Jul 26, 2016
- Length: 01:59:57
- Purchases: 6
Over 25 years ago curators Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral went to an estate sale in Illinois. Jerri says they stumbled upon a shoebox that would cha...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 06:00
The story of Moon Taxi is one of perseverance and belief that what they were doing would no doubt find its way into the collective consciousness of...
Bought by KUCB and KRCB 104.9
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 07:04
- Purchases: 2
Our 2nd hour continues with more great new music from both emerging and established indie artists including Joss Stone and Nathan Thompson. We also...
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 59:00
A blistering Lee Morgan on trumpet sets the ambiance for singers Leah Natale, Cecile Hortensia and Mark Murphy, rhythm makers could be Charles Lewi...
- Added: Mar 10, 2015
- Length: 01:59:56
- Purchases: 4
All Mixed Up with Hal David features tributes to Joe South, more from Bob Dylan and an interview done with the late Hal David on WBAI in May 2003.
- Added: Sep 12, 2012
- Length: 56:45
NEW MUSIC FROM THE MEN, BIG K.R.I.T., AND MORE.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 57:11
- Purchases: 5
