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Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics February 20, 2023

Mission Impossible: Fallout

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What makes the Mission Impossible franchise so solid--and so much better than others? In this short episode, Mike and Dan talk about Tom Cruise as a stuntman, and all that …

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Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics February 13, 2023

The Wrong Man with Special Guest Jason Isralowitz

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What is it like to be accused of a crime one didn't commit--when you're not Cary Grant in North by Northwest or Robert Donat in The 39 Steps? Mike and …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics January 30, 2023

Julius Caesar

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Listeners, film fanatics, Criterion Channel subscribers--lend us your ears! Mike and Dan come to praise the greatness of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 adaptation of Julius Caesar. Everyone talks about Brando …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics January 23, 2023

Witness

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In their kickoff to Season 9, Mike and Dan examine another pair of star-crossed lovers: Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis in Peter Weir's 1995 Witness. The many ways that this …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics December 19, 2022

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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How might a director dramatize the possession of forbidden knowledge? And how might the examination of a mystery simply reveal even more mysteries? Join Mike and Dan for a conversation …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics December 12, 2022

The Prestige

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What would you give to create a work of art that dazzled everyone who saw it? What would you sacrifice? Mike and Dan talk about Christopher Nolan's The Prestige (2006) …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics December 5, 2022

Days of Wine and Roses

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What would happen if you took a dial and turned up the consequences of the kind of drinking we see in movies all the time? You'd have Blake Edwards' Days …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics November 27, 2022

Thieves’ Highway

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If you were a producer and a writer pitched a script to you that was a thriller about the delivery of apples, would you greenlight it? Mike and Dan praise …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics November 21, 2022

This Gun For Hire

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Join Mike and Dan for a conversation about This Gun for Hire, the 1942 breakout film for Alan Ladd and one of his many great collaborations with Veronica Lake. How …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics November 12, 2022

Hoffa

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Why haven't more people seen--or been impressed by--Hoffa, Danny DeVito's 1992 film written by David Mamet and starring Jack Nicholson as the controversial President of the Teamsters? Mike and Dan …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics November 7, 2022

Hud (1963)

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What would happen if you took the kid from Shane and had him wander in a world without Shane? Martin Ritt's Hud (1963) shows us the answer. Join Mike and …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics October 31, 2022

Dracula

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On this Halloween, join Mike and Dan for a conversation about Tod Browning's 1931 Dracula, the often-imitated adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel and the template for dozens of films. How …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics October 24, 2022

Bernie

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We expect lust, greed, and all kinds of deadly sins in our movies--but how do we react to a portrait of goodness? To what degree does a moment of sin …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics October 17, 2022

Nosferatu (1979)

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Mike and Dan tackle their third Werner Herzog movie of the season--and their second Nosferatu. Join them as they talk about what makes Herzog's 1979 remake of what he called …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics October 10, 2022

Rebecca

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Is Rebecca (1940) more Selznick than Hitchcock? How does it work like a rehearsal for Vertigo? And how is the house a perfect metaphor for Laurence Olivier's Maxim DeWinter? Join …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics October 3, 2022

Aguirre

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Yes, we know the full title is Aguirre, the Wrath of God, but we want to keep consistent with our episode titles for this season. Join Mike and Dan as …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics September 26, 2022

Logan

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What's it like to be revered as a legend but feel you're unworthy of the acclaim? Mike and Dan discuss James Mangold's Logan (2017), a movie they enjoy for its …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics September 19, 2022

Shane

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Everybody knows and loves George Stevens's Shane (1953) so much that its fights and characters have become something almost liturgical. Join Mike and Dan as they talk about how what …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics September 12, 2022

Nosferatu (1922)

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On the hundredth anniversary of F. W. Murnau's NOSFERATU (1922), Mike and Dan talk about the film's staying power and the thrill of watching dozens of cinematic conventions being invented …
Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics September 5, 2022

Fitzcarraldo

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A film that's both a joy and struggle to watch, Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (1982) dramatizes the trials and triumph of a man bringing what he knows is aesthetic bliss and …