by Film School | Jul 26, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #206 Sunset Boulevard (1950) Mister DeMille . . . I’m ready for my closeup! Director Billy Wilder would all like us to know: there was an era of movies before the talkies, and we did those silent stars dirty when we made the switch. Gloria Sawnson...
by Film School | Jul 19, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #204 The Graduate (1967) Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me . . . aren’t you? It’s the movie that made Dustin Hoffman a star, and rightly so. He plays the naive, uptight and awkward Benjamin Braddock who masks a disenchanted...
by Film School | Jul 12, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #202 The General (1927) Buster Keaton brings the ACTION! Charlie Chaplin gets most of the attention from the physical comedy corner in silent film, but Buster Keaton was certainly a master in his own right. This film is almost 100 years old and it...
by Film School | Jul 5, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #200 On The Waterfront (1954) I coulda been a contender! Marlon Brando stars in, perhaps, his most iconic role as the washed-out boxer-turned-mob-tool Terry Malloy. He unwittingly plays a part in a murder, an old crush comes back to town, and things...
by Film School | Jun 28, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #198 It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings! It’s become a Christmas classic, but it didn’t start out that way! This film is yet another example of a movie that found second life on television and...
by Film School | Jun 21, 2021 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #196 Chinatown (1974) Trigger warning: this podcast discusses sexual assault. In 1977, Polanski was arrested and charged with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex...
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