Decades of Cinema

Musings from the Middle Seat

brianhavok@hotmail.com (Decades of Cinema) — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:49:00 +0000

Hey gang! DoC is on indefinite hiatus presently but hopefully we'll relaunch the podcast better than ever later down the road. I do have some exciting news though -- podcast co-host Brian has launched a new film blog today titled Musings from the Middle Seat. It'll be updated frequently as he watches copious amounts of cinema. Check it out and be well!

Episode #5

brianhavok@hotmail.com (Decades of Cinema) — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:55:00 +0000

Put on your cinema goggles and get ready to get a decade's worth of moving pictures doled out directly into your earholes by your favorite film-going fanatics Sean, Brian, and special guest Zach!

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Without further adieu -- here's this episode's films!

1920s

The Hands of Orlac (Wiene, 1924)

1930s

All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone, 1930)

1940s

The Big Sleep (Hawks, 1946)

1950s

A Man Escaped (Bresson, 1956)

1960s

David Holzman's Diary (McBridge, 1967)

1970s

Grin Without a Cat (Marker, 1977)

1980s

The Thin Blue Line (Morris, 1988)

1990s

Dinosaur Island (Ray, Wynorski, 1994)

2000s

Dirty Pretty Things (Frears, 2002)

2010s

Justin and the Knights of Valour (Sicilia, 2013)

Rapid Fire Reviews

In lieu of RFR on this episode our hosts and their special guest all discuss something they've seen recently they'd recommend as well as something they're looking forward to!

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Episode #4 - The 2010's

brianhavok@hotmail.com (Decades of Cinema) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:16:00 +0000

Back again this time but instead of tackling 100 years of moving pictures we'll be looking at the first in a decade specific series starting it off with the 2010's and moving backwards in the months ahead! Enjoy the show!

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Without further adieu -- here's this episode's films!

2010

Beyond the Black Rainbow (Cosmatos, 2010)

2010

I Saw the Devil (Jee-woon, 2010)

2011

The Turin Horse (Tarr, Hranitzky, 2011)

2011

The Skin I Live In (Almodóvar, 2011)

2012

Tabu (Gomes, 2012)

2012

The Final Member (Bekhor, Math, 2012)

2013

Bastards (Denis, 2013)

2013

Locke (Knight, 2013)

2014

Mississippi Shakedown (Allen, 2014)

2014

Interstellar (Nolan, 2014)

Rapid Fire Reviews
Frank (Abrahamson, 2014) and Two Days, One Night (Dardenne brothers, 2014)

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Episode #3

brianhavok@hotmail.com (Decades of Cinema) — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:17:00 +0000

We're back! Brian and Sean are back in the studio dropping some critical analysis and thoughts on 100 years of cinema! Also the guys talk the upcoming Academy Awards! Enjoy our show!

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Without further adieu -- here's this episode's films!

1920s
Safety Last! (Newmeyer, Taylor, 1923)

1930s
Young Mr. Lincoln (Ford, 1939)

1940s
It's a Wonderful Life (Capra, 1946)

1950s

Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson, 1951)

1960s
Lolita (Kubrick, 1962)

1970s

Nashville (Altman, 1975)

1980s

Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984)

1990s

The Sleeping Car (Curtis, 1990)

2000s
In Vanda's Room (Costa, 2000)

2010s

The Unspeakable Act (Sallitt, 2012)

Rapid Fire Reviews
The Giver (Noyce, 2014), Toad Road (Banker, 2012), Persona (Bergman, 1966), and Tomatoes Another Day (Watson, 1930)

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Episode #2

brianhavok@hotmail.com (Decades of Cinema) — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:36:00 +0000

Welcome back! Sean and Brian are back in the studio tackling ten decades of cinema!

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Without further adieu -- here's this episode's films!

1920s

The Big Parade (Vidor, 1925)

1930s

Vampyr (Dreyer, 1932)

1940s

They Were Expendable (Ford, 1945)

1950s

The Night of the Hunter (Laughton, 1955)

1960s

La Dolce Vita (Fellini, 1960)

1970s

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir, 1975)

1980s

Night of the Creeps (Dekker, 1986)

1990s

Hard Eight (Anderson, 1996)

2000s

Notorious (Tillman Jr. 2009)

2010s

Maniac (Khalfoun, 2012)

Rapid Fire Reviews

Martyrs (Laugier, 2008), Being Flynn (Weitz, 2012), Life Itself (James, 2014), and Birth (Glazer, 2004)

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DoC on Facebook

brianhavok@hotmail.com (Decades of Cinema) — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:05:00 +0000

You can now follow Decades of Cinema on Facebook!

One of the things we'll be doing exclusively there is in the days leading up to new episodes revealing the selected films every couple days. We'll also use it as a hub to share interesting essays, articles, critical analysis, etc.

Episode #1

brianhavok@hotmail.com (Decades of Cinema) — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:00:00 +0000

It's finally here! The premiere episode of Decades of Cinema! Below are various ways of listening to the show and links followed by a rundown of this episode's film list! Enjoy!

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Without further adieu -- here's this episode's films!

1890s

Comic Costume Race (Paul, 1896)

1900s

The Dancing Pig (1907)

1910s

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (Griffith, 1919)

1920s

Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929)

1930s

Alexander Nevsky (Eisenstein, Vasilev, 1938)

1940s

The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles, 1942)

1950s

Hiroshima Mon Amour (Resnais, 1959)

1960s

Spartacus (Kubrick, 1960)

1970s

Mark of the Devil (Armstrong, Hoven, 1970)

1980s
Fitzcarraldo (Herzog, 1982)

1990s
The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992)

2000s
Castaway on the Moon (Lee, 2009)

2010s
John Carter (Stanton, 2012)

Rapid Fire Reviews

Mr. Jones (Mueller, 2013), Computer Chess (Bujalski, 2013), The Internship (Levy, 2013), The Signal (Eubank, 2014), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (Robinson, 2014), and My Dinner with Andre (Malle, 1981)

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