You're Missing Out: A National Film Registry Podcast

"It's all about women---and their men!" Podcast Like It's 1999 host Phil Iscove returns to kick off another season of You're Missing Out. This episode, we take a look at the Oscar-winning drama All About Eve. We'll talk bitter rivalries, showbiz scandals, and why the movie that originally defeated Sunset Boulevard now sometimes stands in its shadow! Rent All About Eve here Hosts: Michael Natale Tw...

Mike, Tom and Kyle kick off Season 2 to look at the 94th Academy Awards. On this episode, they'll talk through each of the 10 Best Picture nominees (Belfast, CODA, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story), rank them, and then dive into the other categories to explore the sights and sounds that made up this unique y...

"Not all those who wander are lost..." Mike, Tom, and Kyle return for a special live reaction of the 2021 National Film Registry inductees. Plus, an update regarding Season 2's production and release window. Season One of You're Missing Out is available on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts! Production Socials Michael Natale, Co-Host Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lor...

Mike, Tom and Kyle reflect on the first 25 films inducted into the registry, the first 25+ episodes of the series, and the many films that lay ahead. Want to help us make Season 2 even better? Take our listener survey and let us know what you liked and what you want to see next season and beyond: https://forms.gle/37Wk7wuUbQjrgGqD6 Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo T...

"It's Terrific!"*   Writer/critic Matt Singer (ScreenCrush, Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular) joins us for our final episode of the season: the oft-cited, hugely influential film that towers above the rest, 1941's Citizen Kane.   *for real, that's the tagline they use on the poster Rent Citizen Kane here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Lett...

"LAUGHS to the right of you- LAUGHS to the left of you- they volley and thunder. Join the LAUGH Brigade. Enlist for Fun with the Commander-in-Chief of LAUGHTER. See him and shriek!"   Mike & Tom's former film professor, John Koshel, joins the show to talk about trains, pains and awesome ordeals as we look at Buster Keaton's iconic silent action-comedy The General (1927)! Watch The General here (fo...

Mike, Tom and Kyle take a step back from the 1st year of the National Film Registry to look at the 93rd Academy Awards. On this episode, they'll talk through each of the 8 Best Picture nominees (Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, The Father, and The Trial of the Chicago 7), rank them, and then dive into the other categories to explore the s...

"As big and timely a picture as ever you've seen! You can tell by the cast it's important! gripping! big!"   Filmmaker Brian DiLorenzo (Myth) joins us to talk about Michael Curtiz's immortal story of love in wartime, 1942's Casablanca. Rent Casablanca here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest...

"The biggest city in the world is about to be scared down to size..." We kick off the month of April by looking at the National Film Registry's most celebrated inaugural inductee, 1989's Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan . Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Follow the Show: Twitter...

"The most discussed book in years - now comes to the screen to become the most discussed picture in ages" Acclaimed comic book writer Mark Russell (Billionaire Island, Second Coming, Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles) joins us to talk about Steinbeck, systemic oppression and the powerful legacy of John Ford's 1940 adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath. Rent The Grapes of Wrath here* Hosts:...

"It's here! The most human picturization of the art of husband-stealing ever filmed" Chrissy Sire joins us to break down F.W. Murnau's Oscar-winning masterpiece, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), however radical the theory! Watch the full film of Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) for free on our YouTube channel here . Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter...

"9200 living actors in the notable star-studded cast! 68 incredibly magnificent sets! Augmented orchestra of 130 pieces! Chorus of 300 rousing voices! 100 minutes of unforgettable entertainment!" Pod Clubhouse's Caroline Daley joins us to discuss the immortal childhood classic, The Wizard of Oz (1939). Check out Hass & Swanton's special One Man Wizard of Oz , made just for us! Rent The Wizard of O...

"A story as warm and moving as GOING MY WAY...but with brass knuckles!" Actor Jae Kim joins us to talk Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, Eva Marie Saint and those immortal words "I coulda been a contender" as we talk 1954's On the Waterfront. Rent On the Waterfront here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram...

"D.W. Griffith's Colossal Spectacle" Pop Culture Review's Michael Caputo joins us to tackle D.W. Griffith's infamously ambitious epic, 1916's Intolerance. Watch Intolerance here (for free!) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Michael Caputo Twitter   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Websi...

"Not since SCARFACE, so much action. Not since the Marx Brothers, so much comedy. Not since THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, so much Marilyn." Journalist Zainab Akande joins us to talk about Billy Wilder's iconic screwball comedy, 1959's Some Like It Hot! Rent Some Like It Hot here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Ins...

"It's the place where you come to learn what life is all about." Filmmaker LJ Strong (Serial, Cigarette Soup) joins us to talk about coming of age films, nostalgia without rose colored glasses and the remarkable life of Gordon Parks with 1969's The Learning Tree. Rent The Learning Tree here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Ky...

"The Red-Hot suspense story that's rocking and shocking the world!" Actor and comedian Connor Ratliff ( Search Party , The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel , Dead Eyes podcast) joins us to talk about Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers and existential dread with the iconic 1964 Cold War comedy, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb . Rent Dr. Strangelove here Hosts: Michael Natale T...

"Alfred Hitchcock engulfs you in a whirlpool of terror and tension!" Sean & Carrie McCabe, the hosts of Ain't It Scary with Sean & Carrie, join us to talk about Alfred Hitchcock's most acclaimed piece of paranoia, 1958's Vertigo . Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Carrie McCabe Twitter Se...

"A story of life and love in the actual Arctic!" Documentarian Matthew Serrano joins the show to talk about Robert J. Flaherty's ground-breaking documentary Nanook of the North (1922), and how the film lives on in the DNA of the documentary medium, all the way through to Serrano's own film, Live From The Space Stage: A Halyx Story . Watch Nanook of the North here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Inst...

"Romance, drama, laughter and heartbreak...created out of the very heart and soil of America...by a great director and cast!" Advocate Amanda Rush joins the show to talk about how her own experiences working in D.C., and the more recent pop culture works that inspired it, are reflected in Frank Capra's 1939 political drama Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Rent Mr. Smith Goes to Washington here Hosts:...

"It's thrilling...it's chilling...it's the most baffling mystery story in years!" Actor and comedian David Bluvband ( The Chris Gethard Show , The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ) joins the show to talk John Huston's directorial debut, the 1941 film noir The Maltese Falcon . Rent The Maltese Falcon here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer...

Happy Holidays to all our listeners! We're taking a week off from new episodes for the day, but for those who need it, we've still got a little something for your stocking; it's an episode of Mike & Tom's previous podcast, wherein they'd pick films for each other to watch and discuss them. After a little present-day retrospective chat, we'll head back to 2018 to look at two cult hits, Midnight Run...

"See for yourself what the genius of Walt Disney has created in his first full-length feature production" Filmmaker Jordan Beck ( Sgt. Stubby ) joins the show to bring his perspective on making an animated feature to analyzing Walt Disney's landmark first animated feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Rent Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs here Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Let...

BREAKING NEWS (One Day Later): Mike, Tom and Kyle take a break from discussing the 1989 NFR Induction Class to take a look at the newly selected 2020 Class. Mike and Tom both avoided looking at the list ahead of time, and on mic give their live reactions as Kyle reads off the newest inductees.  Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Here is the true story of the millions of average men and women, told as only the director of "The Big Parade" could tell it." David Sims (The Atlantic, Blank Check with Griffin and David) joins the show to talk about King Vidor's remarkably timeless 1928 drama The Crowd. Watch the full film of The Crowd (1928) for free on our YouTube channel here . Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterb...