Registry - A Podcast

Episode Notes More than 3,000 Americans signed up to ship out to Spain to fight Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War, the training ground for the fascists itching to get to World War II! This film is an excellent document of the group whose number of survivors are now 0... Find out more at https://registry-a-podcast.pinecast.co

Episode Notes There are a lot of folks I love in this one, from David Strathairn and Lori Petty to Geena Davis and Madonna, but there's that old Gary Marshall making me annoyed at many turns! Find out more at https://registry-a-podcast.pinecast.co

Episode Notes William S. Hart's masterpiece, one of the finest silent westerns ever made and an excellent example of what you could do when you were a big time producer with a solid vision. Find out more at https://registry-a-podcast.pinecast.co

Episode Notes A Robot! Wonderful technological marvels! A fair! Kids! It's a wonderful industrial film that was supporting the US powerhouse Westinghouse in 1939! Find out more at https://registry-a-podcast.pinecast.co

Episode Notes An amazing piece of avant garde cinema that takes itself exactly as seriously as every film should! Find out more at https://registry-a-podcast.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Johnathan Demme's minimalist masterpiece is the essence of the Talking Heads boiled down to a two hour film. Find out more at https://registry-a-podcast.pinecast.co

Episode Notes A look at Stanley Kramer's exceptional screwball comedy. Find out more at https://registry-a-podcast.pinecast.co

Episode Notes The 2019 National Film Registry was announced in Decemeber, but I'm only now able to talk about it! Women Directors are around! There's some classics that I thought were already on! And more Complete List Amadeus 1984 Becky Sharp 1935 Before Stonewall 1984 Body and Soul 1925 Boys Don't Cry 1999 Clerks 1994 Coal Miner's Daughter 1980 Emigrants Landing at Ellis Island 1903 Employees En...

The death of Jonas Mekas reminds me that this is a film that must be on the Registry!

A look at what is pretty much the only even vaguely avant garde piece included on the 2018 Registry and a fine work looking at African-American ideas of beauty.

A look at one of the finest films of the last twenty years. From acting to script to direction to impact, Brokeback is a film that 100% belongs on the Registry.

The first of our looks at the 2018 entries to the National Film Registry, we look at Something Good - Negro Kiss, a 1898 film that is one of the most joyous 26 seconds you'll ever see!

A look at one of the best and most important of all Teen FIlms

A look at the starting point for all 21st Century Musicals

2008 Films are now eligible for the Registry, but will any make it on the first ballot?

King Vidor! Andrew Wyeth! A Short Documentary!!!!!

A look at Robert Breer's masterful abstract animation!

A look at 1980 Avant Garde!

It's a masterpiece of American Avant Garde cinema, and a film with a story of ebb and flow and how you SHOULDN'T make a movie. Lucifer Rising was one of the most important films of 1980 that's not on the National Film Registry!

Our look at the Year 1980 and all the National Film Registry worthy films that aren't on continues with Robert Altman's Popeye, a musical that explores both a fantastical comic strip world and Altman's own cinematic signatures!

We begin our look at the amazing cinematic year that was 1980 with a consideration of Friday the 13th. Yes, it was the beginning of a massively important franchise that also didn't quite fit what the franchise would become. We look at the reasons it should be on the National Film Registry, what the impact was on the world of genre film, and why it and Halloween are so important.

A look at a notable film not on the Registry

How should the Registry recognise the work of the legendary director John Waters? In this episode, I examine the possibility of four films that might be worthy - Pink Flamingoes, Female Troubles, Hairspray, and Cecil B. Demented.

A Fantasy Film 101 cross-over talking about the 2017 Registry addition Field of Dreams!