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Random Acts of Cinema

Mike Noyes and Charles Peterson

Each week friends Mike and Charlie have Randy (the random number generator) select a film for them to watch from the Criterion Collection. Then they discuss and review it for your listening pleasure. It"s a podcast about the love of film, expanding horizons, painstakingly cataloging the duration of every long take, and friendship.

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01:15:26

301 - An Angel At My Table (1990) with AJ and Richard...

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/05/25

Jane Campion’s filmed adaptation of the memoirs of celebrated New Zealand poet and author Janet Frame offers a desperately poignant and often devastating account of childhood and womanhood in the twentieth century. Played by three different actors at three different periods of her life, Frame’s tender spirit and social anxieties make for a life of modestly monumental triumphs and gut-wrenching personal tragedies. We are joined by AJ and Richard of Cult Popture to help us understand the

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01:30:10

175 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/05/18

Terry Gilliam's adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's acclaimed memoir is a diatribe against Nixonian America, account of a motorcycle race, drug travelogue, and only now the kind of advertisement that the Las Vegas chamber of commerce could get behind. But it's really the story of Thompson's proxy Raoul Duke's (played by Johnny Depp channeling a sort of mumbly Jim Carrey) desperately trying to channel the destructive energy of his drug buddy/lawyer Dr. Gonzo (played by Benicio del Toro channeling

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01:17:34

806 - Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

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2020/05/11

Sometimes all you need is a little classic Hollywood glamour. Jean Arthur and Cary Grant put on some saucy hats and deliver just that it is this action/adventure story about the daring lives of... uh... postal service pilots and the women who love them. Don't worry: Howard Hawks figures out how to make this work with the combination of thrilling special effects, edge-of-your seat danger, and themes of courage, friendship, love, and self-sacrifice. And did I mention Jean Arthur and Cary Grant?

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01:08:31

671 - La Cage Aux Folles (1978)

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2020/05/04

You know what would just be wonderful right about now? A delightful and beloved French farce. Edouard Molinaro’s classic tale of two gay nightclub owners’ attempt to put on a show of conservative domesticity in order to trick a right-wing politician into allowing their son to marry his daughter isn’t exactly timeless - in that it is SO set in 1978 - but it’s charm and hilarious send-up of straight gender performance make it one for the ages. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we

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01:15:31

616 - Shallow Grave (1994)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/04/27

Danny Boyle is on the board! And in uncharacteristic fashion, we’re actually taking a look at the earlier film of a celebrated director rather than some weird, later period film. The randomness of our system was bound to get it right eventually. And the result is a gripping 90s thriller about three Scottish flat mates descending into madness, paranoia, and betrayal after the discovery of a bag full of a cash and their decision to dispose of the corpse of its former owner. And Ewan MacGregor’s

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01:14:07

012 - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

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2020/04/20

On this week’s episode we turn the podcast up to eleve... Oh god. What am I doing? What have I become? With all of these quotable lines, super-clever improv, bad accents, hilarious songs, and tight, tight pants, will we be able to manage even a half-coherent conversation about Rob Reiner’s groundbreaking “rockumentary” parody This Is Spinal Tap? If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave (1994).

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01:14:06

555 - The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/04/13

The seedy, hand-to-mouth, day-to-day scramble in the life of a press agent in New York City seems an unlikely setup for a cruel and bitter piece of star-studded film noir. But Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster are up to the challenge in director Alexander Mackendrick’s take on the hustle and corruption here at the very heart of conservative America’s most nostalgic tent pole. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be reviewing and discussing Rob Reiner’s This is Spinal

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01:22:35

090 - Kwaidan (1965)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/04/06

Randy has been selecting a lot of spooky films for use recently, and the trend continues with Masaki Kobayashi’s 1965 horror anthology Kwaidan. We’re treated to four eerie tales adapted from the collection of Japanese folklore of the same name. Each more gorgeously photographed than the next. Ghostly imperial courts, ice vampires, dead lovers, and mischievous teacup spirits round out the cast of nightmarish characters. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and

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537 - C.H.U.D. (1984)

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2020/03/30

This movie is famous because of it’s hilariously clunky acronym. And you only THINK you know what it stands for. That’s just the first surprise that this old school VHS never-rent has in store for you. The second surprise is that, for all of its reputation, C.H.U.D. kind of has its charms. Well, there goes whatever good will this podcast managed to earn. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Shigeru Wakatsuki's Kwaidan (1965).

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01:06:46

231 - The Last Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

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2020/03/23

Ein Fritz Lang Film! And its a nightmarish psychological crime thriller that was banned by the Nazis no less! It’s also, strangely, a kind of sequel to two different and previously unrelated Lang films: Mabuse the Gambler (1922) and M (1931). In other words, this is a perfect place for us to start with this director. A world-weary police inspector begins to investigate a series of murders traced back to an enigmatic criminal mastermind pulling the strings of a vast organization of professional

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521 - Mystery Train (1989)

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2020/03/16

We have our first sample of Jim Jarmusch with this little gift that Mike chose for Charlie’s extra-special birthday episode. Is this classic three-part anthology set in crumbling Memphis environs a perfect present or a devastating disappointment? With tales of tourists on a rock n’ roll pilgrimage, a widow beset by colorful locals during an unexpected layover, and three working stiffs caught up in an unintended crime spree, the viewer is left to find either a maudlin kind of transcendental

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01:31:18

544 - Head (1968)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/03/09

Bob Rafelson’s Head offers an acid-dipped, musical journey through the artistic and professional frustrations of the Monkees, post TV show and struggling apologize for their existence with the verylanguage of the flower-powered, freak-out culture that had long-since rejected them. Never quite settling on a format, the film jumps from comic vignette, to surrealist mindscape, tv show parody, concert performance, and A Hard Day’s Night-style band chase reimagined as a sun-soaked Californian suicide

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01:18:02

011 - The Seventh Seal (1957)

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2020/03/02

This is a big one folks. We’re starting our foray into the films of Ingmar Bergman with his (and maybe even the Criterion Collection’s) most iconic film: The Seventh Seal. Death! The Plague! Chess! Harlequin tights! This is the podcast that will determine once and for all: does it live up to the hype? We also tackle a few easy quandaries like: does God exist? If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Bob Rafleson’s Head (1968).

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01:16:51

654 - Repo Man (1984)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/02/24

Podcast Episode. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Bob Rafelson’s Head (1968).

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01:05:34

727 - The Innocents (1961)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/02/17

A rambling old English manor. Maze-like hallways leading to shuttered, dusty rooms. Whisperings of derangement, obsession, and suicide. Music boxes in minor keys. Creepy, dead-eyed children who speak in words beyond their years. Fog. Silhouettes in windows. Antique clown dolls seemingly moving on their own accord. This movie might have more gothic horror tropes in it than there are gothic horror tropes. Director Jack Clayton’s The Innocents has atmosphere to spare with Deborah Kerr leading a

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01:13:57

673 - Stromboli (1950)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/02/10

Famed Neo-realist Roberto Rossolini cast an unlikely Ingrid Bergman as the lead in his 1950 film Stromboli. She plays Karin Bjornsen, a displaced and now stateless Lithuanian at the conclusion of World War 2, left unmoored and interred at a displaced persons camp in Italy. With no options remaining, she marries Antonio (played by Mario Vitale), a besmitten soldier who takes her home to his native island, and the tiny village of his birth. Left to make house while her husband works for a meager

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481 - Made In U.S.A. (1966)

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2020/02/03

In Made In U.S.A., Anna Karina plays a Philip Marlowe-inspired hard-boiled-but-in-a-A-line-dress detective scouring the underbelly of Atlantic-Cité for the killer of her murdered boyfriend. Director Jean-Luc Godard makes his first random appearance on the podcast with his French New Wave romp that spins 1940s Bogart into Go-Go Pop Art. If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Roberto Rossolini’s Stromboli (1950).

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01:12:45

061 - Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/01/27

We’re taking a break from our normally scheduled podcast for a very special episode. In remembrance of director Terry Jones, who passed away just before this recording, we watched his all-time comedy classic, Monty Python’s Life of Brian. And yeah, a lot of our so-called “review” is us just poorly reenacting our favorite jokes, but such is the group’s legacy for dorks like us. But we also get deep into a conversation about religious controversy in film, the merits and faults of a persistent

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01:20:04

504 - Hunger (2008)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/01/20

Director Steve McQueen’s first feature film goes deep into the circumstances of a series of prisoner protests in Northern Ireland in 1981. With a clinical and procedural examination of their bodies both as sites of victimization and instruments of protest, the film considers the cruelty, strategy, determination and oppression of modern incarceration. Among the inmates, Bobby Sands (played by Michael Fassbender) plans a resolute and deadly hunger strike until his republican brethren have their

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01:32:44

075 - Chasing Amy (1997)

Random Acts of Cinema ·

2020/01/13

We are joined by podcast alums Shelley and Max for a viewing of celebrated and idiosyncratic auteur - hey, we're 90s kids - Kevin Smith’s first foray into a larger world of ambition, exposure, and budget, examine the love triangle between New Jersey natives and comic book creators Holden (played by charismatic star-on-the-rise and future academy award winner Ben Affleck), Banky (played by future My Name Is Earl powerhouse Jason Lee), and Alyssa (costar of the future box-office smash Big

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