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On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha REPOST their episode on THE FRENCH CONNECTION in honor of the passing of Gene Hackman. Steve and John record a new intro for this film exploring Hackman's performance as Popeye Doyle as a tribute to his work. Sit back after the introduction and enjoy Steve and John going scene by scene thru this movie and explore the acting, direct...

On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris bring you the 1st ANNUAL CINE-FILES AWARDS SHOW! Steve and John are joined by some special guests to reveal what the Cine-Files fans have selected as the winners for their version of the Oscars. Using the nominees from a selected number of Oscars categories, the guys reveal who the fans have chosen as their winners! #Oscars...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha wrap up their exploration of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and welcome back WTF with Marc Maron producer Brendan McDonald for this final discussion on the film. This groundbreaking return of the Mad Max franchise from director George Miller was nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editin...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of THE SUBSTANCE. Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, it follows a fading celebrity, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), who, after being fired by her producer (Dennis Quaid) due to her age, uses...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of DUNE PART TWO. The sequel to Dune (2021) from director Denis Vilenueve is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert. It follows Paul Atreides as he unites with...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of NICKEL BOYS. The film from first time director RaMell Ross and based on the 2019 novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. The film stars Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of I'M STILL HERE. The film from Brazilian director Walter Salles (Central Station) based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's 2015 memoir of the same name. It stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Mont...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their exploration of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and welcome back WTF with Marc Maron producer Brendan McDonald for this discussion. This groundbreaking return of the Mad Max franchise from director George Miller that was nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and more!...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of EMILIA PÉREZ. This controversial film from director Jacques Audiard that has been nominated for 13 Oscars follows three remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel lea...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of THE BRUTALIST. This Brady Corbet directed film co-written by Corbet and his Mona Fastvold stars Adrian Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones and Joe Alwyn. The film focuses on a visionary architect...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of ANORA. This Sean Baker written and directed film was nominated for 6 Oscars and stars Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, and Aleksei Serebryakov....

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their exploration of the 2024 Best Picture nominees in their Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of WICKED. The JON M. Chu directed film is based on the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and the hit Stephen Schwarz and Winnie Holzmand Broadway musical. It stars C...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha welcome back WTF with Marc Maron producer Brendan McDonald to begin their breakneck exploration of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. This groundbreaking return of the Mad Max franchise from director George Miller that was nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and more! Starring Tom H...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris continue their annual Oscars Best Picture Series with this conversation and review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. The James Mangold directed Best Picture nominee is based on the book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald and stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Elle Fanning as...

It's Oscars season! The Cine-Files's John Rocha and Steve Morris begin their annual Oscars Series trip thru the Best Picture nominees with this episode on CONCLAVE. The Edward Berger directed Best Picture nominee starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini. Steve and John discuss the film overall, the acting, direction, set design, score and cinematography....

On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris bring you their Tribute to David Lynch. The incredibly influential director of movies like Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man, Straight Story among others and the creator of the iconic Twin Peaks TV series passed away last month during the LA fires. John and Steve look back on this legendary artist's filmogr...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha finish their exploration of 2004's SIDEWAYS directed by Alexander Payne and starring Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Thomas Haden Church and Sandra Oh. A wonderful time capsule of a film that was a surprising hit for everyone involved garnering 5 Academy Award nominations with a win for Best Adapted Screenplay and changing the wine...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their exploration of 2004's SIDEWAYS directed by Alexander Payne and starring Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Thomas Haden Church and Sandra Oh. A wonderful time capsule of a film that was a surprising hit for everyone involved garnering 5 Academy Award nominations with a win for Best Adapted Screenplay and changing the wi...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha begin their exploration of 2004's SIDEWAYS directed by Alexander Payne starring Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Thomas Haden Church and Sandra Oh. A wonderful time capsule of a film that was a surprising hit for everyone involved garnering 5 Academy Award nominations with a win for Best Adapted Screenplay and changing the wine indu...

On this episode of The Cine-Files LIVE, hosts John Rocha and Steve Morris discuss how films help us in times of crisis and list some films that are great examples of it in light of the fires that are raging thru the LA area right now. Join us for this LIVE discussion and let us know! Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles Purchase any film we feature at http...

This week on The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha wrap up 2024 with a compilation of their favorite Patreon shorts from 2024. These are shorts that are usually only heard by our Patrons, but we wanted to make them available to everyone and possibly motivate some of you all to join our Patreon who might be on the fence. On this compilation, we discuss RDJ's return to the MCU as Doctor Do...

The Cine-Files' Steve Morris and John Rocha wrap up their special three day deep dive into the best of the Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials with 1974's THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., the special is based on Phyllis McGinley's book and stars Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus, Mickey Rooney reprising his role as Santa Claus, Dick Shawn as Cold Miser...

The Cine-Files' Steve Morris and John Rocha continue their special three day deep dive into their favorite Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials with 1970's SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN. Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. the special stars Fred Astaire S.D. Kluger/Narrator, Mickey Rooney as Kris Kringle/Santa Claus, Keenan Wynn as Winter Warlock, and Paul Frees as Burgermeister Mei...

The Cine-Files' Steve Morris and John Rocha begin a special Christmas three day deep dive into their favorite Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials. On this episode, they revisit and explore 1964's RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER adapted by Romeo Muller and directed by Larry Roemer. The special stars Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman/Narrator, Billie Mae Richards as Rudolph, and Larry D. Mann as Yukon...

On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha finish up their exploration of 1965 Best Picture winner THE SOUND OF MUSIC from Best Director winner Robert Wise featuring the incredible Julie Andrews and a devastatingly handsome Christopher Plummer. A classic nominated for 10 Academy Awards that features new music and songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein and one that still remains in...