You're Missing Out: A National Film Registry Podcast

"THEY FOUGHT for the right to rule SHE FOUGHT for the right to love"   Author Philip Womack joins the show to discuss why David O. Selznick's celebrated 1937 adaptation of Anthony Hope's celebrated 1894 novel that should still be celebrated to this day. We talk Ruritanian romances, swashbuckling swordfights, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, and teaching dogs Latin.   Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Letterboxd...

"Gertie: she's a scream. She eats, drinks and breathes! She laughs and cries. Dances the tango, answers questions and obeys every command! Yet, she lived millions of years before man inhabited this earth and has never been seen since!!"   Author and animation expert Donald Crafton joins us to discuss one of the most significant pieces of animation ever made, Gertie the Dinosaur (or technically jus...

"He's as accustomed to the whip as I am to poverty."   You might know Sholem Aleichem's celebrated comedic hero of Yiddish literature, Tevye (or Tevya) from the musical Fiddler on the Roof. But decades earlier, titan of the Yiddish theatre scene Maurice Schwartz got a camera and a cast together and brought Aleichem's stories to the silver screen for the first time with Tevye.   We teamed up with D...

"The Man Who Made A Monster!" Folks, it's a Patrick Cotnoir episode. If you're a regular listener, you know what you're in for. But everyone else? Strap in, because first, we're talking 1931's Frankenstein , one of the foundational films of horror cinema. We'll chat James Whale, Boris Karloff, Universal Monsters, and of course, Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing . And then... "Let The Hunt Begin" That's r...

"It's nice to be individualistic, but there are certain places to be individualistic." "I didn't mean to be individualistic."   What better way to examine Frederick Wiseman's sophomore documentary than with a self-described "survivor of the late 60s educational system"? Mike's high school English teacher, Celia Blumm, stops by to talk about what Wiseman captured, what remains eerily true to this d...

"Tomorrow the birds will sing."   Actor Jae Kim returns to the show to talk Charlie Chaplin's rebuke of the talkie, the romantic comedy City Lights. We'll talk great gags, moving scenes, and how many filmmakers have lifted so much from this classic Chaplin masterwork.   Today's episode is brought to you by Audible. Try out Audible for free using our unique link here . Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter...

Way, way back in 2018, our hosts Mike Natale and Tom Lorenzo had a different podcast (with the same name, because names are hard, y'all). On that show, they devoted a whole episode to the history of the mighty cinematic ape known as King Kong, who had recently leaped from the silver screen to the Great White Way.   As a supplement to our recent episode on 1933's King Kong with Graham Skipper, we'v...

"They said it couldn't be filmed – but it was! See it and ask – what if such a thing could happen?"   Horror expert and "literally wrote the book on big monsters" author Graham Skipper swings by the pod to talk everyone's big ape buddy King Kong. We'll talk the birth of the blockbuster, palpable personality in a stop-motion creature, and why the Kong iconography remains so powerful 90 years later....

"The Ultimate Trip"   Filmmaker Ian Faria joins us on the show to talk about Stanley Kubrick's complex and and entrancing science fiction classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. We talk award-winning special effects, critic-confounding stories, and of course, that Pauline Kael review.   Today's episode is brought to you by Audible. Try out Audible for free using our unique link here . Hosts: Michael Natal...

"The lives lost were precious lives- to their county, to their loved ones, and to the men themselves."   In 1945, military officials were astounded by the battle footage captured by John Huston in his pointedly anti-war documentary short The Battle of San Pietro. Decades later, it was revealed that the real battle had occurred before the cameras even arrived. Editor Glenn Garthwaite joins us to un...

Michael H. Weber was simply trying to lay low, enjoying his life as a successful screenwriter, when a figure from his past reappears to remind him of a foolish deal he made: agreeing to appear on a show about the National Film Registry about a year ago. Now he must return to the world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames known as podcasting, to discuss Robert Mitchum, Kirk...

"It took two years to make; it gives you two hours of engrossing entertainment. You may hate it, as you hate the dangerous undercurrents of life, but you will be fascinated, thrilled, held spell-bound."   Heads up! This is a very different kind of episode of You're Missing Out. Instead of sitting down with a guest and bouncing all around the plot of the film like we often do, this time, Mike, Tom,...

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"A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner!"   The twisting turns of a con-artist drama meet the ping-pong dialogue of a romantic comedy, all with that classic Ernst Lubitsch touch. Actor David Bluvband joins us to talk about 1932's Trouble in Paradise. We discuss bawdy humor, the Hays code, and of course, which Super Mario Bros. character would p...

"The Roaring West At Its Reckless Best!" Editor AJ McKeon (Blank Check with Griffin and David) strolls into our little town of You're Missing Out to settle a score: what's the best Wyatt Earp movie? We're mostly talking 1946's My Darling Clementine, but when you put three millennials on podcast about cowboys, you know you're gonna get some Tombstone (1993) talk too! This episode brought to you by...

"The New Screen Musical in Gorgeous Color by the Composer of "My Fair Lady" The musical team of Hass & Swanton (Kyle Reid Hass and Jeremy Swanton) join the show once again, this time clad in robes and sipping champagne. What better way to celebrate the lavish film that is Gigi (1958)! We break down what made the film such a phenomenon in its day, what it still has to offer 65 years later, and if a...

"Twenty-four times a second-truth. This is truth. It's gotta be true." Producer Ben Hosley (Blank Check with Griffin & David) returns to the show. Last time, he talked about a rebel without a cause. This time, he's talking about...a filmmaker without a plot? A hipster without a hint of self-awareness? Just what is David Holzman's Diary? We'll unpack this underseen but hugely influential indie film...

"Love that paid the severest of all penalties!" Podcaster Carrie McCabe ( Ain't It Scary? with Sean & Carrie ) joins the show to talk about all things crime, both true and fiction, in A Place In the Sun. We talk the original novel, the original crime it was based on, and the true original that was Elizabeth Taylor. This episode brought to you by Fiverr. Find the Fiverr course that's right for you,...

"James Allen Escapes Again From Prison Chain Gang" Writer Kenny Neibart joins the show once again to talk about a film that took him by surprise, I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang. We talk Paul Muni, prison reform, and the paradise that is life after podcasting. This episode brought to you by Fiverr. Find the Fiverr course that's right for you, using our unique link . Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter...

"TERROR Warning Her To Kill... Or BE KILLED" Podcaster and musician Micah McCaw joins Mike and Tom to discuss an underappreciated Alfred Hitchcock thriller that managed to beat out many of the marquee titles in his filmography to get into the National Film Registry. We talk Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, and...the Blondie movies? This episode brought to you by Fiverr. Find the Fiverr course that's...

"You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth." As is tradition, Phil Iscove ( Podcast Like It's... ) returns to You're Missing Out to kick off our new season. We're talking Nicholson, Dunaway, Huston, (very cautiously) Polanski, and all things Chinatown ! This episode brought to you by Fiverr. Find the Fiverr course that's right for you, using...

Ahead of Season 3's debut next month, Mike, Tom and Kyle take a look at the 95th Academy Awards. On this episode, they'll talk through each of the 10 Best Picture nominees (All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans, Tar, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking), rank them, and then dive...

"I don't know when. I don't know how. But I know something's starting right now..." Mike, Tom, and Kyle return for a special live reaction of the 2022 National Film Registry inductees. Season 3 coming soon! Production Socials Michael Natale, Co-Host Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo, Co-Host Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Kyle Lampar, Producer & Editor Twitter Instagram   Other Links Twit...

Our friends over at Podcast Like It's 1999 had Mike & Tom on this week to talk about Rosetta, which won the 1999 Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. That got them thinking about their favorite Palme D'Or winners across the 75 festivals and 99 films to ever receive Cannes' highest honor. So, as a thanks to the team at Podcast Like It's 1999, we're throwing up this bit of supplemental material t...

Mike, Tom and Kyle reflect on the second class of 25 films inducted into the registry, the past 25+ episodes of the series, and the many films that lay ahead. Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram We...