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CCU17: Dressed to Kill (1980)

Posted November 28, 2015 • 01:32:04

Aaron and Mark talk about Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Brian De Palma's 1980 sensual thriller, Dressed to Kill. We go into De Palma and how he's...

SC4: 3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Posted November 25, 2015 • 00:22:11

Aaron West discusses the second in the Delmer Daves, Glenn Ford trilogy, which could be considered a "Western Noir" because of the clever shot selection,...

CCU16: February 2016 Releases & the #CriterionBlogathon

Posted November 22, 2015 • 01:37:51

Aaron, Mark, Kristina Dijan (Speakeasy) and Ruth Kerr (Silver Screenings) discuss the February 2016 Criterion Collection line-up and then we delve into...

CCU15: Code Unknown & the Career of Michael Haneke

Posted November 14, 2015 • 01:51:44

Aaron, Mark and Doug McCambridge from the Good Times, Great Movies podcast discuss this early work of Michael Haneke's recently released on The Criterion...

SC3: Night & the City (Dassin, 1950)

Posted November 10, 2015 • 00:40:01

Aaron and Dave Eves kick off Noirvember with a discussion about Jules Dassin's last Hollywood film before being blacklisted and out of work. We talk...