Honkytonk Men

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Clint's late misunderstood masterpiece, The 15:17 to Paris. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Chinatown and Joy Williams' Breaking and Entering. If any of y'all know the heroes we're discussing today, shoot us a message - we would...

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Eastwood's Sully. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss The Sweet Smell of Success, To Be or Not to Be, and Nirvanna the Band The Show The Movie. 

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's American Sniper. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Mad Men and Nobuhiro Yamashita's Linda Linda Linda.  American Sniper (0:00-33:41) -- What's On Your Mind (33:56-41:43)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Jersey Boys. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about João Monteiro and Jean-Claude Brisseau. Happy to be back talking about Clint after an extended break. We'll be back soon talking about the remaining late masterpieces... Jersey Boys (0...

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men returns from a brief hiatus to discuss the discoveries of 2025. We talk about Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Sōmai, Robert Altman, and more. We'll be back with more Clint Eastwood episodes soon. 

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's J. Edgar. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about the Christian scare film A Thief in the Night and Jack Hill's Pit Stop.  J. Edgar (0:00-31:25) -- What's on Your Mind (31:43-39:27)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Hereafter. During What's on Your Mind, we talk about Eddington and songs that changed our idea of what music could be. We're getting spiritual this week.  Hereafter (0:00-28:05) -- What's On Your Mind (28:21-38:25)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Invictus. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Boogie Nights and Moby Dick.  Invictus (0:00-30:00) -- What's On Your Mind (30:17-37:40)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're discussing Gran Torino. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Pynchon's Mason & Dixon and Ross McElwee's Sherman's March.  Grant Torino (0:00-35:02) -- What's On Your Mind (35:22-44:19) 

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Changeling. During What's On Your Mind we discuss Bennett Miller's The Cruise and Gregory La Cava's Stage Door.  Changeling (0:00-28:17) --What's On Your Mind (28:35-36:45) 

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss John Woo's Hard Target and Moral Orel.  Letters from Iwo Jima (0:00-27:16) --What's On Your Mind (27:30-39:09)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers. During What's On Your Mind we talk about The Pitt, medical technology, and Howard Hawks.  Flags of Our Fathers (0:00-24:06) --What's On Your Mind (24:30-36:08)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're talking about Million Dollar Baby. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Love + Pop by Hideaki Anno and Wind Across the Everglades by Nicolas Ray.  Million Dollar Baby (0:00-33:30) --Alexander Payne digression (33:30-35:56) --What's On Your Mind (36:23-47:09)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's return to critical acclaim, Mystic River. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss some upcoming Alan Rudolph screenings, John Byrum's Inserts, and Peter Hyam's Busting.  Mystic River (0:00-32:05) --What's On Your Mind (32:23-43:04...

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Blood Work. We talk about Eastwood losing interest in procedurals, the transition to the 00s prestige era of his career, and renting movies at Ingles. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Roberto Bolaño's 2666 and Sam Peckinpah's Ju...

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're joined by Ben Hyder (@benhyder) to discuss the first Clint Eastwood film of the 21st century: Space Cowboys. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Alex Toth and David Lynch. Intro (0:00-2:36) Space Cowboys (2:37-32:15) --What's On Your Mind (32:33-37:24)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're joined by Rob Franco (@responsiblerob) to cover Eastwood's True Crime. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Blood Simple, Den of Thieves 2, the Parker novels, and Spielberg's 1941.  Intro (0:00-3:30) True Crime (3:30-35:39) --What's On Your Mind (35:55...

Send us Fan Mail We've come to the end of another year. In this episode, we talk through our favorite discoveries of the year, covering directors like Peter Bogdanovich, Jean-Claude Brisseau, Jacques Rivette, and more. We even talk a little bit about Eastwood and some new releases at the end.  Thanks for listening. We'll be back with our regular programming soon. 

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Inglourious Basterds and Over the Edge.  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (0:00-33:33) --What's On Your Mind (33:41-47:12)

Send us Fan Mail This month we're taking a break from Eastwood directorial features to talk about some horror movies. This week we're getting into The Seventh Victim, directed by Mark Robson and produced by Val Lewton. During What's On Your Mind we talk about Red Rooms and Natural Enemies.  The Seventh Victim (0:00-29:24) --What's On Your Mind (29:42-36:10)

Send us Fan Mail This month we're taking a break from Eastwood directorial features to talk about some horror movies. This week we're getting into Toshiharu Ikeda's Evil Dead Trap. During What's On Your Mind we discuss John Carpenter's Christine and Larry Cohen's It's Alive.  Evil Dead Trap (0:00-30:07) --What's On Your Mind (30:25-40:17)

Send us Fan Mail This month we're taking a break from Eastwood double features and getting into some horror movies. We're starting off with a Malpaso picture, Tightrope (directed by "Richard Tuggle"). During What's On Your Mind, we discuss James Ellroy and Out of the Blue.  Tightrope (0:00-28:59) --What's On Your Mind (29:00-39:09)

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we have Eastwood's Absolute Power and Mamet's Spartan. During What's On Your Mind, we discuss Megalopolis and The Sopranos.  Absolute Power (0:00-28:19) --What's On Your Mind (28:30-41:00) Spartan (41:14-58:46) 

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's The Bridges of Madison County and Tsui Hark's Green Snake. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Saint Jack and Jacques Rozier.  The Bridges of Madison County (0:00-37:41) --What's On Your Mind (37:53-46:40) Green S...

Send us Fan Mail Honkytonk Men is a double feature podcast going through the directorial filmography of Clint Eastwood. This week we're covering Eastwood's A Perfect World and Dennis Dugan's Big Daddy. During What's On Your Mind, we talk about Noah Buschel and Fall Guy (Kinji Fukasaku).  A Perfect World (0:00-31:23) --What's On Your Mind (31:33-36:35) Big Daddy (35:50-1:03...