Ethan Hawke: My Life in 10 Roles
From Dead Poets Society to The Lowdown, the actor goes deep on his career, working with Richard Linklater, and being the Scottie Pippen to Denzel’s Michael Jordan
Imaginary Worlds : This Animated Life
As longtime listeners know, I worked in the animation industry before switching careers and going into broadcasting. Today’s episode features a trio of conversations that trace the history of animation…
The Selling (2011)
A painfully honest real estate agent, struggling to keep his career afloat, is assigned to sell an old mansion with a dark past — but when mischievous ghosts begin sabotaging…
The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written, produced, and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It stars Gene Hackman as surveillance expert Harry Caul who faces a…
Good Boy (2025 Leonberg film)
Good Boy is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Ben Leonberg. It stars Leonberg's own Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever dog, Indy, in the leading role as himself,…
CUL DE SAC
Chris Pond is a middle-of-the-road private detective whose stakeout is ruined by his sister, intent on fixing his life.
Why Movies Just Don’t Feel “Real” Anymore
Why don't movies feel "real" anymore? A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.
Agnes of God
Agnes of God is a 1985 American mystery film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly. It was written by John Pielmeier, based on…
Twenty Thousand Hertz: The Secret Soundtracks of Movies & TV
In the ‘60s and ‘70s, world-class musicians gathered in smoky studios to record tracks that you couldn’t buy in a store… but ended up everywhere. In this episode, Dallas and…