The Cine-Files

This is it. The end of The Cine-Files Month of Kurosawa and what better way to finish it off than with a commentary track on one of his most popular films, the thrilling, and incredibly influential, Yojimbo. Of course, to truly enjoy this commentary track you need to be watching the movie at the same time and the best way to do that is to buy or stream the film through Amazon.  https://amzn.to/2Oe...

Hey Cine-Files, last week we lost the great, talented and uniquely funny Buck Henry, whose writing and performances amused and challenged us on everything from Get Smart and Saturday Night Live to The Graduate, 30 Rock, Murphy Brown and To Die For. We pay tribute to him here and re-release our discussion of his most ground breaking film, Mike Nichols' 1967 classic, The Graduate.  Don’t forget...

This week on The Cine-Files, John and Steve conclude their exploration of what is unquestionably one of the greatest films of all time, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays...

Seven Samurai is one of the most powerful, archetypal and influential movies in the history of art and Steve and John can’t wait to talk about it. Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris The Cine-F...

We begin our month of Kurosawa with an episode devoted to the man himself. John and Steve truly admire this amazing filmmaker and they have a lot to say about the themes, techniques and evolution of his life's work.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Th...

In case you didn’t know, the holidays aren’t easy and nothing was easy about recording this episode. Between stomach viruses, sick kids, busted travel plans and stressful holiday parties, The Cine-Files had to work extra hard to record this episode with our special and generous guest, animation executive Michael Ross. Not going to lie, this episode went a little off the rails but Steve and John, b...

We had so much fun in our last conversation with Scott Mantz about Star Trek: The Motion Picture that we thought it would be fun to revisit our very first episode with him as a guest way back in February of 2017, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This is a seminal episode in the history of The Cine-Files and John and I have a great time reminiscing about it in our brand, new introduction.  Don’t fo...

There is so much love for Star Trek between John, Steve and their special guest, Scott Mantz that they couldn't contain it in one episode. So, here is part two of their exploration of the first time their favorite series made it to the big screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at...

Star Trek is, in many ways, the frist fan driven Franchise and Star Trek the Motion Picture, is the moment in history when the power of dedicated fans changed the course of Hollywood and The Cine-Files, wouldn't think of digging in to this moment in history without the help of Star Trek expert, Scott Mantz.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and pur...

This week on The Cine-Files we conclude our exploration of the enigma that is Roman Polanski's Chiantown.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris The Cine-Files Twitter @cine_files Instagram t...

In honor of the great Robert Evans, Steve and John begin a journey into the deep, unknowable world of Roman Polanski’s Chinatown. Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris The Cine-Files Twitter @cin...

This week on The Cine-Files we've decided to give you a small taste of the extra content available on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles This is four of our favorites shorts.  1. A deep dive into what is, arguably, America's greatest culinary invention, The Cheeseburger. 2. What sequel would you take with you to a desert island, with special guest Shannon McClung.  3. How do you...

There is so much to discuss in On the Waterfront; the feeling of betrayal and what could have been, the meaning of loyalty and when one must abandon it, The communist party and the blacklist, and, of course, simple, plain, human courage and it's cost. John and Steve have a great time exploring these themes and many others in part two of their discussion of Elia Kazan's, On the Waterfront....

This week on The Cine-Files, John and Steve explore one of the most groundbreaking, influential and powerful films ever made, Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Todd Steiger and Eva Marie Saint.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: h...

Happy Halloween everyone! The Cine-files is tackling another great, horror icon. Last year it was Michael Myers and Halloween. This year we enter the dreamscape of Elm street and the terrifying world of Freddy Krueger.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The...

This week on The Cine-Files John and Steve go back to the silent era to admire one of the greatest physical comedian of all time in what is widely considered to be his masterpiece. The General is an incredibly, well crafted, entertaining and even thrilling film, with physical comedy that still defies imitation.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and pur...

In 2004 Will Farrell and Adam Mckay made the first feature film of their long partnership and it is one of the funniest movies of late 2004 (give or take)  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris -...

This week on The Cine-Files we conclude our exploration of Anime Masterpiece, Akira with special guest, Emma Fiffe.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris --- Send in a voice message: https://pod...

This week The Cine-Files takes it's first journey into the world of Japanese Anime with an exploration of the groundbreaking, 1988, masterpiece, Akira, directed by Katushiro Ottomo. Joining us in this episode is host, pundit and anime expert Emma Fiffe.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve and John return to the labyrinthian world of Harry Lime with new insights and new ideas.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris --- Send in a voice messag...

This week on The Cine-Files John and Steve, explore the shadows of Carol Reed's Noir Masterpiece, The Third Man starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris...

Last week it was John's guilty pleasure and this week it's Steve's turn with Bruce Lee's 1972, Directorial Debut, The Way of the Dragon. With a pretty lame plot, and low budget, and use of stereotypes, there is plenty about The Way of the Dragon that could make Cine-Files dismiss it. However, one cannot over estimate Bruce Lee's impact on martial arts, action films and culture...

It's guilty pleasure time on The Cine-Fiels and this week we are discussing John's pick 1981 Zorro The Gay Balde, starring George Hamilton. Believe it or not we had a fantastic conversation on this one and you should definitely check it out, even if you are not a fan of the movie.   Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feat...

This week on The Cine-Files we continue our exploration of Ron Howard's Academy Award Nominated Film Apollo 13 wit animation writer Dave Rapp.  Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris --- Send...

Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thec...