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Sometimes I come across a real treasure by sheer chance. Recently, when the movie I’d gone to see was sold out, I went to another one in the same t...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 03:47
During Russia’s gradual descent back to dictatorship, one prominent film director has unsparingly depicted the spiritual rot in the heart of his co...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 03:52
The desire for a loving relationship takes many forms in the latest film from veteran French director Claire Denis, Let the Sunshine In. Juliette B...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 04:15
A man of faith is tested to the limit in Paul Schrader’s latest film, First Reformed. Ethan Hawke plays Reverend Stoller, the minister of a Dutch R...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 04:35
I’ve remarked more than once, here on the show, on the unique qualities that director Wes Anderson brings to his films.
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 04:44
For someone who writes about films as I do, there are always cases of movies that fly under the radar, escaping my notice, maybe not even playing l...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 03:35
What books should thoughtful people read this summer?
Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSKQ, WLPR , KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., GCR (Global Community Radio) and more
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 7
For this first Tuesday of LGBT Pride Month we bring you, “Straightening Gayness: Mainstream Representation Under the Male Gaze” about television’s ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KTSW 89.9
- Added: Jun 05, 2018
- Length: 58:36
- Purchases: 2
Young Palestinian women living in Tel Aviv are the protagonists of In Between, the debut feature film written and directed by Maysaloun Hamoud. The...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 03:51
Philadelphia’s “Little Bird” Jimmy Heath, now at 91, swings away on tenor sax while McCoy Tyner eases up with a piano ballad. From one of two big b...
Bought by KPIP-LP, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more
- Added: Apr 10, 2018
- Length: 01:59:59
- Purchases: 8
"For any child that has been struggling with their sexuality, who has seen that movie. That could have been a life saving moment for them." - Mike ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2018
- Length: 01:11:37
The Insult is another provocative drama about the Middle East from Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri, who made a film a few years ago called The Attac...
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 04:23
English writer-director Sally Potter is a rare talent, a feminist who is also a first-rate satirist, aiming her barbs not only at male dominance in...
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 09:32
It’s time for another annual remote broadcast from our long-time sponsor uninterrupted since 2011, Gifts Anon (two words on Facebook). This year we...
Bought by KPIP-LP, WEJP-LP 107.1, WJSU, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more
- Added: Mar 13, 2018
- Length: 02:00:01
- Purchases: 8
The long shadow of Sir Winston Churchill.
- Added: Mar 13, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Anne Helen Petersen discusses her book, Too Fat, Too Slutty, To Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman. She also reads a short passage.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KWMR
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Head Berry John Wilson talks a Razzie first, good actors gone bad, and a preponderance of pandering.
- Added: Mar 01, 2018
- Length: 25:36
The story of Hector Cafferata is a portrait from Stephen Lang's one-man show, Beyond Glory, based on the book by Larry Smith of the same title. He ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2018
- Length: 22:01
The Post, Steven Spielberg’s latest film, tells a complex and fascinating true life story—the decision by The Washington Post in 1971 to print The ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 04:03
Mudbound tells the stories of people who don’t often get their stories told: poor white farmers and black sharecroppers in the South during the 194...
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 04:02
Many are indifferent to fashion, and I happen to be one of them. But I do recognize that for those who are interested, it can be a serious business...
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 04:32
Ziad Doueiri talks building a vortex, kicking some ass, and why women in the Arab world might be the key to redemption.
- Added: Feb 09, 2018
- Length: 31:14
A 30 minute episode introducing this new show "Off The Wall POD" with co-host Dana Andrew! Here we discuss various wrestling topics mainly focused ...
- Added: Feb 05, 2018
- Length: 26:06
This last year saw the release of Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner. It’s rather unusual for a sequel to...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 04:40
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
