by Film School | Jan 6, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #083 Nashville (1975) Wait. Is that Bob Saget? Robert Altman does his thing in what’s aimed as an epic, grand portrait/commentary on middle America. It has no less than twenty-four main characters, a run-time of over two and a half hours, and a...
by Film School | Dec 9, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #080 Duck Soup (1933) This means WAR! The Marx brothers dominated the comedy space in the early 30s, and it’s easy to see why in what’s considered to be their best film. Groucho is a ridiculous dictator with a taste for war, and Chico and...
by Film School | Dec 2, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #078 Sullivan’s Travels (1941) There’s a lot to be said for making people laugh! Joel McCrea takes a wacky turn as a famously successful comedy director who wants to suffer so he can make a serious movie. His solution: hit the road and...
by Film School | Nov 25, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #076 American Graffiti (1973) The Wolfman is EVERYWHERE. George Lucas makes his first appearance on the list with this 50s nostalgia cruising culture classic, starring Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, and a soundtrack that doesn’t quit. It’s a...
by Film School | Nov 18, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #074 Cabaret (1972) Money money moneymoneymoneymoney! It makes the world go round! Liza Minelli and Bob Fosse dominate this late-period musical about love, nazi’s, and a divey cabaret bar that echoes the ecstacies and miseries of growing up. It...
by Film School | Nov 11, 2019 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #072 Network (1976) I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this any more! Paddy Chayefsky’s script is the real star of this bonkers film. It starts out very conventionally: an aging, depressed news anchor and his equally aged and...
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