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Feb. 2, 2021

Martin Scorsese - Silence

For five decades, Martin Scorsese has delivered hit after hit. We've rooted for his bad guys, be they an unhinged vigilante, or a slimy Wall Street broker. We've become envious of the gangster lifestyle, and we've marveled at the...

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Jan. 26, 2021

1986 - The Money Pit

Welcome to the first episode of our limited series! A Film By... co-host Jeff Johnson believes that the year 1986 stands out as the best year for movies in the 80's. Whether or not he's right, we're kicking things off …

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Jan. 19, 2021

Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men

From the erotic coming of age story about teenage boys with an older woman, to the magical and fantastical coming of age story about teenage witches and wizards at Hogwarts, Alfonso Cuaron has delivered an amazing body of work. On …

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Jan. 5, 2021

David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

If you can name the seven deadly sins, or recite the first rule of Fight Club, you're most likely a fan of David Fincher films. In the first episode of 2021, Brad and Jeff discuss his 2011 psychological thriller The …

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Dec. 8, 2020

Richard Donner - Scrooged

Season's greetings! It's the final episode of 2020. Brad and Jeff share their favorite non traditional Christmas movies, and discuss Richard Donner's Scrooged; his 1988 interpretation of the timeless Dicken's classic. Bill Murray...

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Nov. 17, 2020

Sam Raimi - A Simple Plan

Having established himself with the iconic Evil Dead trilogy, horror auteur Sam Raimi trades deadites for double crossing in his Minnesota-based crime thriller about three men finding a bag full of money deep in the woods.

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Oct. 13, 2020

Kathryn Bigelow - Near Dark

Long before winning the Academy Award for Best Director, or taking us into the action-packed endless summer of surfing bank robbers, Kathryn Bigelow crafted her own mythology on vampires. The result was a cult classic that is revered to this …

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Sept. 22, 2020

Bryan Singer - Apt Pupil

Our Bryan Singer episode discusses Apt Pupil, controversial behavior on film sets, and a chance meeting between A Film By... podcaster Brad Koszo and Singer, himself!

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July 28, 2020

Ridley Scott - Legend

In the pilot episode, Brad Koszo and Jeff Johnson discuss Ridley Scott's 1986 fantasy epic, Legend.

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July 28, 2020

Joel Schumacher - Falling Down

After he guided the Coreys on a vampire-killing spree, but before he put nipples on the Batsuit, Joel Schumacher gave us a controversial individual hellbent on making his way home across the LA landscape in Falling Down.

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July 28, 2020

John Carpenter - Starman

Renowned horror director John Carpenter takes a stab at something new with his sci-fi love story, and the result is something truly beautiful.

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