The Love of Cinema
The Love of Cinema

The Love of Cinema

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John, Dave and Jeff are film makers and connoisseurs who love to love movies. In this podcast, we strive to discuss movies with strictly positive criticism. Any negative comments will get the buzzer- and a drink. Cats was hard... Crack a beer and join us for some fun!

Recent Episodes

"Papillon": Films of 1973 + "Hamnet" mini-review
DEC 16, 2025
"Papillon": Films of 1973 + "Hamnet" mini-review
The boys head to prison on Devil’s Island to discuss 1973’s “Papillon”! One of the highest-grossing movies of the year, this true-story account of Steve McQueen’s character befriending Dustin Hoffman’s character to help keep each other alive and prepare their escape from the no-chance-of-return prison, a world away from their native France. Made by the team behind Oscar-winner “Patton” from 1971, shot very much on location, some call this McQueen’s best performance. Before we get into it, John gives us a mini-review of “Hamnet”, the romantic drama film by Chloé Zhao starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, based on the book based on the play. Grab a beer and join in!  linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page!  Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages.  0:00 Intro; 9:41 John’s “Hamnet” mini-review; 15:08 1973 Year in Review; 41:21 Films of 1973: “Papillon”; 1:24:21 What You Been Watching?; 1:29:08 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John SayEdited & Produced by Dave Green.Beer Sponsor: Carlos BarrozoMusic Sponsor: DaseinDasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ 
Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Additional Cast & Crew: Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell, Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, Fred J Koenekamp, Henri Charriere, Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., William Goldman, Franklin J. Schaffner. Recommendations: Hamnet, Welcome to Derry, The Witcher, Slow Horses, Home Alone, The Righteous Gemstones, Sisu 2, Pluribus, The Exorcist, Enter The Dragon, Live and Let Die, The Sting, American Graffiti, Soylent Green. Additional Tags: French Guyana, Paris, Honduras, Stephen King’s It, The Tenant, Rosemary’s Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-Sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, Rent Prices, Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, Amazon, Robotics, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, MGM, Amazon Prime, Marvel, Sony, Conclave, Here, Venom: The Last Dance, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Apple Podcasts, West Side Story, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir, Jidaigeki, chambara movies, sword fight, samurai, ronin, Meiji Restoration, plague, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show.The Southern District’s Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg.   
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90 MIN
"Take Shelter": Films of 2011 + "Sentimental Value" Mini-Review
DEC 9, 2025
"Take Shelter": Films of 2011 + "Sentimental Value" Mini-Review
This week, the boys head to the supernatural- or is it a psychological drama?- and watch Jeff Nichols’ second feature film, 2011’s “Take Shelter”. Co-starring Jessica Chastain and Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon starts to experience vivid dreams that lead him to think they may be premonitions- or are they symptoms that his mother experienced when she was diagnosed with manic schizophrenia?? John also has a mini-review of Joachim Trier's "Sentimental Value". We crack open some beers and discuss! linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page!  Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages.  0:00 Intro; 6:34 John’s “Sentimental Value” mini-review; 14:41 2011 Year in Review; 35:16 Films of 2011: “Take Shelter”; 57:19 SPOILERS; 1:19:05 What You Been Watching?; 1:25:22 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Eskil Vogt, Renate Reinsve, Stelan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John SayEdited & Produced by Dave Green.Beer Sponsor: Carlos BarrozoMusic Sponsor: DaseinDasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ 
Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Recommendations: Welcome to Derry, Stranger Things, Sisu 2, Possession, The Beast In Me, Pluribus. Additional Tags: Stephen King’s It, The Tenant, Rosemary’s Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, Rent Prices, Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, Amazon, Robotics, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, MGM, Amazon Prime, Marvel, Sony, Conclave, Here, Venom: The Last Dance, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Apple Podcasts, West Side Story, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Philippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir, Jidaigeki, chambara movies, sword fight, samurai, ronin, Meiji Restoration, plague, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show.The Southern District’s Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg.   
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87 MIN
William Wyler's "Dodsworth": Films of 1936
DEC 2, 2025
William Wyler's "Dodsworth": Films of 1936
This week the boys head to 1936 to discuss “Dodsworth”, the film that may very well have catapulted William Wyler to the upper echelon of great directors of the time, and actors flocked to him- he’d be working with Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, and Lawrence Olivier within three years! Starring an incredible Walter Huston and Ruth Chatterton as a three-dimensional villainess of sorts, the scene work, art direction, and adult subject matters give us lots to discuss… while drinking. Crack open a tinny and give us a listen! linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page!  Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages.  0:00 Intro; 9:56 1936 Year in Review; 28:33 Films of 1936: “Dodsworth”; 1:13:35 What You Been Watching?; 1:20:05 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Sidney Howard, Sinclair Lewis, Alfred Newman, Robert Wyler, Paul Lukas, David Niven, Mary Astor, Gregory Gaye, Maria Ouspenskaya, Odette Myrtil, Spring Byington, Harlan Briggs, Samuel Goldwyn. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John SayEdited & Produced by Dave Green.Beer Sponsor: Carlos BarrozoMusic Sponsor: DaseinDasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ 
Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Recommendations: Welcome to Derry, Stranger Things, Sisu 2, The Abandons, Knives Out, The Abandons, I Like Me: John Candy, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.  Additional Tags: Stephen King’s It, The Tenant, Rosemary’s Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-Sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, Rent Prices, Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, Amazon, Robotics, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, MGM, Amazon Prime, Marvel, Sony, Conclave, Here, Venom: The Last Dance, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Apple Podcasts, West Side Story, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir, Jidaigeki, chambara movies, sword fight, samurai, ronin, Meiji Restoration, plague, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show.The Southern District’s Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg. 
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81 MIN
"Midnight Run": Films of 1988 + "The Running Man" "Wicked: For Good" "Train Dreams" "Nuremburg" "Rental Family" mini-reviews
NOV 25, 2025
"Midnight Run": Films of 1988 + "The Running Man" "Wicked: For Good" "Train Dreams" "Nuremburg" "Rental Family" mini-reviews
This week, the boys pick up DeNiro in between “The Mission” and “Goodfellas” when my man just wanted to have some FUN in “Midnight Run”, an action adventure comedy directed by Martin Brest (Beverly Hills Cop). The FBI, the cops, the mafia, bounty hunters, white collar crime, blue collar crime, smoking on airplanes…The movie looks real, the people are real, the car crashes are real, the helicopter is terrifyingly real, and DeNiro’s comedy chops with Charles Grodin, Joe Pantoliano, Dennis Farina, Yaphet Kotto, and more. We open the show with some mini-reviews of “Wicked: For Good”, “The Running Man”, “Train Dreams”, and more. Grab a beer and listen along!  linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page!  Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages.  0:00 Intro; 8:03 “The Running Man” - Dave’s mini-review; 9:57 “Wicked: For Good” Jeff & Dave’s mini-review; 17:59 Gripes; 21:03  “Nuremberg”, “Rental Family”, and “Train Dreams” - John’s mini-reviews; 28:57 1988 Year in Review; 48:06 Films of 1988: “Midnight Run”; 1:23:59 What You Been Watching?; 1:32:47 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Donald Thorin, Philip Baker Hall, Danielle DuClos, Wendy Phillips, Dennis Farina, John Ashton, George Gallo, Brendan Frasier, Joel Edgerton, Edgar Wright, Glen Powell, Clint Bentley, Clifton Collins Jr., Felicity Jones, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, John Chu,  Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John SayEdited & Produced by Dave Green.Beer Sponsor: Carlos BarrozoMusic Sponsor: DaseinDasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ 
Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Recommendations: Welcome to Derry, Pennywise, Say Something, Mr. Scorsese, Roofman, Buginia, A House of Dynamite. Additional Tags: Stephen King’s It, The Tenant, Rosemary’s Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-Sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, Rent Prices, Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, Amazon, Robotics, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, MGM, Amazon Prime, Marvel, Sony, Conclave, Here, Venom: The Last Dance, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Apple Podcasts, West Side Story, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir, Jidaigeki, chambara movies, sword fight, samurai, ronin, Meiji Restoration, plague, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show.The Southern District’s Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg.     
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93 MIN
"White Heat": Films of 1949 + "Roofman" & "Bugonia" Mini-Reviews
NOV 11, 2025
"White Heat": Films of 1949 + "Roofman" & "Bugonia" Mini-Reviews
This week, the boys head to 1949 to check out a classic American adventure heist movie, Raoul Walsh’s “White Heat”! This movie has everything: Train robberies, men hiding in oil trucks, prison breaks, a kingpin who’s a mother, James Cagney as a psychopath. John gets us started with mini-reviews of Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman” and the new hit “Bugonia” by Yorgos Lanthimos. Should Jesse Plemons win an Oscar???? Grab a beer and join in. linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page!  Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages.  0:00 Intro; 7:36 John’s mini-reviews of “Roofman” and “Bugonia”; 13:10Gripes; 17:36 1949 Year in Review; 37:14 Films of 1949: “White Heat”; 1:12:32 What You Been Watching?; 1:20:40 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Virginia Mayo, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Virginia Kellogg, Max Steiner, Louis F Edelman, Will Tracy, Jang Joon-hwan, Aidan Delbis, Emma Stone, Vanessa Eng, Marc T. Lewis, Cedric Dumornay, Alicia Silverstone, Edmond O’Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Wally Cassell, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Fred Clark, Ben Mendelsohn, Kirt Gunn, Tony Revolori, Kirana Kuic, Kirsten Dunst, Peter Dinklage, LaKeith Stanfield, Channing Tatum. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John SayEdited & Produced by Dave Green.Beer Sponsor: Carlos BarrozoMusic Sponsor: DaseinDasein on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/77H3GPgYigeKNlZKGx11KZ 
Dasein on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dasein/1637517407 Recommendations: Welcome to Derry, Pennywise, Say Something, Mr. Scorsese, Pluribus, the Vanishing, Death in the Family: The Murdaugh Murders. Additional Tags: Stephen King’s It, The Tenant, Rosemary’s Baby, The Pianist, Cul-de-Sac, AI, The New York City Marathon, Apartments, Tenants, Rent Prices, Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa, Amazon, Robotics, AMC, IMAX Issues, Tron, The Dallas Cowboys, Short-term memory loss, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Netflix, AMC Times Square, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, MGM, Amazon Prime, Marvel, Sony, Conclave, Here, Venom: The Last Dance, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Oscars, Academy Awards, BFI, BAFTA, BAFTAS, British Cinema. England, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, The Golden Globes, Past Lives, Apple Podcasts, West Side Story, Adelaide, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, The British, England, The SEC, Ronald Reagan, Stock Buybacks, Marvel, MCU, DCEU, Film, Movies, Southeast Asia, The Phillippines, Vietnam, America, The US, Academy Awards, WGA Strike, SAG-AFTRA, SAG Strike, Peter Weir, Jidaigeki, chambara movies, sword fight, samurai, ronin, Meiji Restoration, plague, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, casket maker, Seven Samurai, Roshomon, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Stellan Skarsgard, the matt and mark movie show.The Southern District’s Waratah Championship, Night of a Thousand Stars, The Pan Pacific Grand Prix (The Pan Pacifics), Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, David Ellison, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg. 
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81 MIN