Talk Classic To Me

Do you like jack-o-lanterns, the word "totally", and slasher villains that just won't die? Then Halloween (1978) is the movie for you! Celebrate Halloween with this John Carpenter Halloween classic ON Halloween, featuring a young and "totally" bad-ass Jamie Lee Curtis in her first starring role. Host, Sara Greenfield, and her guest Nick Lang chat about all this and more on...

Would you never be caught DEAD wearing white shoes after Labor Day? Then Serial Mom (1994) is the movie for you! Check out this delightfully campy John Waters classic just in time for Halloween. With KILLER performances from Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Matthew Lillard, Ricki Lake, and Mink Stole. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Drew Burnett Gregory and Tirosh Schneider chat about all this...

Do you love 90's sketch comedy AND think reading is fundamental? Then check out Jason Klamm's brand new book We're Not Worthy (2023) and learn all about how 90's sketch TV changed the face of comedy. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest, author Jason Klamm, chat about all this and more on this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me.

Do you love WWII prison escape stories expertly told "without adornment" by French cinematic auteurs? Then A Man Escaped (1956) is the movie for you! Check out this suspenseful evergreen classic based on Andre Devigny's memoir directed by Robert Bresson, starring Francois Leterrier and Charles Le Clainche. Host Sara Greenfield and her guests Adam Foster and Dan Wagner chat about all...

Do you love top notch tap dancing? Do you love a young Judy Garland? Do you love over the top 1930's nostalgia musicals where horse racing and show business converge to hold a shoe-string plot together? Then Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) is the movie for you! Check out tap-dancing sensation Eleanor Powell and a dreamy Robert Taylor in this quirky depression-era romp that includes a talented e...

Do you love heartfelt artistic silent melodramas with universal appeal? Are you into German Expressionism and incredible production design? Do you love it when scripts name their main characters things like "Man" and "Woman from the City"? Then Sunrise (aka Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans) from 1927 is the film for you! Check out this stunning yet life-affirming Oscar winning mas...

Have you been working like a dog? Should you be sleeping like a log? Do you want to feel alright? Then A Hard Day's Night (1964) is the movie for you! Succumb to Beatlemania and check out this cheeky rock 'n roll classic, directed by Richard Lester, starring those lovable lads from Liverpool with the unruly mop-tops -- The Beatles (a.k.a musical geniuses John, Paul, George, and Ringo) in t...

Do you love epic cinematic masterpieces and brilliant filmmaking? Then Malcolm X (1992) is the movie for you! Check out this incomparable Spike Lee directed classic with exquisite performances from Denzel Washington (in what was later dubbed by Spike Lee as "the greatest performance ever on celluloid"), Angela Basset, and Delroy Lindo. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Rukhmani K. Desa...

Do you love a campy cult classic/musical extravaganza? Have you ever wished the Village People had their own fictional biopic? Do you think you can stop the music? (Spoiler alert: NOBODY can stop the music). Then Can't Stop the Music (1980) is the movie for you! Celebrate LGBTQIA + pride month with us as we pay homage to this underrated -and truly bananas- queer coded film starring the Village...

Do you want to come up and see us sometime? Then She Done Him Wrong (1933) is the movie for you! Join us this May as we pay tribute to another Mae -- the sensual force of nature that was Mae West -- in a bawdy and fun comedy classic, that was originally penned for the stage by the star herself. At age 40, Mae West made her film debut in this smash hit that cemented her iconic sex symbol persona an...

To Be or Not to Be (1942), that IS the podcast episode. Check out this witty, wonderful, and bold satire from the great Ernst Lubitsch, who took on the horrors of the Nazi invasion of Poland during WW2 and turned them into a relevant comedic masterpiece. This movie stars the incomparable queen of the screwball comedy Carole Lombard, with memorable performances from Jack Benny and Felix Bressart. H...

Do you love fake mustaches and perfectly choreographed stunts? Are you an old-timey film projectionist? Do you dream about cracking the case with a crime crushing criminologist? Then Sherlock Jr. (1924) is the movie for you! Check out this Buster Keaton silent comedy classic that will have you laughing out loud and repeatedly saying "how did he do that?!". Host, Sara Greenfield and her g...

Do you love suspenseful feminist Westerns that are also allegories for how messed up HUAC and the Hollywood blacklist were during the McCarthy era? Then it's high time for you to watch the film High Noon (1952)! Check out this Oscar winning Carl Foreman penned classic starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, and Lloyd Bridges. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest, Ashley Blanchet, chat about...

Do you love iconic movie musicals starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell? Do you have animal magnetism? Are diamonds your best friend? Then Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is the movie for you! Check out this delightful musical romp that doubles as one of the best buddy comedies ever made directed by Howard Hawks with musical sequences by Jack Cole. Host Sara Greenfield and her guest Christina R...

Want to celebrate Valentine's Day with a gorgeous looking film that features epic romance, time travel, and pocket watch paradoxes? Then Somewhere In Time (1980) is the movie for you! Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour will charm you with their chemistry for days in this Jeannot Szwarc directed cult classic with fabulous supporting turns from Christopher Plummer and Teresa Wright. Host Sara Greenf...

The hills are alive with the sound of podcast and we have just holiday movie for you! Check out our The Sound of Music (1965) themed season finale episode where we solve problems like Maria and the Baroness, and gush over the mega talented Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and Eleanor Parker in this Robert Wise directed, Academy Award winning paragon of a movie musical. Host, Sara Greenfield and...

Do you like endearingly bumbling detectives? Are you into animated opening credit sequences with iconic theme music? Do you appreciate it when Peter Sellers plays his Stradivarius? Then the Pink Panther (1963) is the movie for you! Check out this stylish and wintry comedy caper directed by Blake Edwards, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Capucine, Robert Wagner, and Claudia Cardinale. Host, Sar...

Yo, Adrian! Do you like athletic training montages, underdog love stories, and continual references to the U.S. Bicentennial? Then Rocky (1976) is the film for you! Check out this Academy Award winning classic written by/starring Sylvester Stallone (in a star-making turn) and co-starring Talia Shire, Carl Weathers, Burt Young, and Burgess Meredith. Host, Sara Greenfield and guests, Stephanie Ander...

Do you love epic car chase scenes? Do you love vaudevillian-style physical comedy? Do you love it when people show off their cigarette smoking skills to impress small children? Then The Bank Dick (1940) is the movie for you! Check out this zany W.C. Field's comedy classic with a stellar supporting cast that includes Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon, Shemp Howard, and Grady Sutton. Host, Sara Greenfiel...

This week we have the prettiest podcast, we have the nicest podcast, and that's what we tell everybody (insert creepy face touch here). Join us for the spooky Halloween treat The Bad Seed (1956) about a precocious eight-year-old who may or may not be a serial killer. This stage to screen adaptation was directed by the legendary Mervyn LeRoy and retained most of the original Broadway cast including...

Do you love movies featuring strong female protagonists AND malevolent mail? Then A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is the film for you! Check out this brilliantly structured Oscar winning classic written AND directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, and Kirk Douglas. Host, Sara Greenfield and her guest Ashley Blanchet chat about all this and more on this wee...

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a movie podcast episode about the film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof (1971)! Toast L'chaim to this Oscar winning box office smash with host, Sara Greenfield and her guests Tal Fox and Simone Garland.

Want to learn more about Paramount Studios a.k.a. the place that brought you Rear Window, Sunset Blvd., and The Godfather? Then this is the podcast for you! This week, host Sara Greenfield chats with Paramount Studios expert and co-author of the Images of America Paramount Studios book series Michael Christaldi. 

Don't you forget about listening to this week's episode of Talk Classic To Me where we chat about the Hughes-ian classic The Breakfast Club (1985) and so much more with host Sara Greenfield and guest Jeffrey Paul King. Suitable for brains, athletes, basket cases, princesses, and criminals. Special shout out to the theater kids who were definitely not present at this particular detention.

Do you love zany screwball comedies that incorporate the wackiness of old school cartoons, contain epic car chases in San Francisco, and star THE Barbra Streisand? Then What's Up, Doc? is the movie for you! Check out this timeless Peter Bogdanovich directed classic with spot on comedic turns from the aforementioned Babs, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Austin Pendleton. Host, Sara Gr...