Miniseries

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BETTE & JOAN? BONUS SEASON 2 EP 3 – JOAN ON THE TUBE On this next episode, it’s time for Joan on the tube and a quartet of Crawford performances in series like The Revlon Mirror Theater and The Bob Hope Show. Even though each one was made for the small […]

MAKE A NOISE: FATSO (1980) In this episode, Mel Brooks trades the spotlight for the producer’s chair, using Brooksfilms to let other artists make noise. Eric Samaniego is joined by Shira More, host of Necromancer on OneOfUs.net, to discuss Fatso, the only directorial effort of legendary actress and Mel’s great love, Anne Bancroft, a small […]

A BETTER YESTERDAY – EP 6: MAKING SENSE OF NONSENSE Ross O’Brien talks with Bey Logan about mo lei tau—Cantonese “nonsense talking”—and how Stephen Chow turned it into the dominant Hong Kong film genre of the 1990s. Starting from the end of the heroic bloodshed cycle, they trace the shift from Chow Yun-fat’s rain-soaked hitmen […]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BETTE & JOAN? – BONUS SEASON 2 EPISODE 1: BETTE ON THE TUBE For the first episode of this second bonus season, we look at Bette on the tube and the collection of characters she took on for shows such as General Electric Theater and Schlitz Playhouse. All filmed between March […]

HOLLYWOOD ROYALTY: BONUS EP.4 – THE THREE MUSKETEERS/THE FOUR MUSKETEERS For our final bonus episode, we’re ending the summer by revisiting Faye in all her villainous glory in 1973’s The Three Musketeers and its unexpected sequel, 1974’s The Four Musketeers. Based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, the classic tale tells the story of […]