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CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assassination, graphic details of gunshots, homophobia, lies, drugging, conspiracy theories, war. Our show wraps up season 6 with a quick recap of the 95th Academy Awards, in which Jimmy Kimmel only tiptoed over the line a few times and someone in a bear costume tripped Elizabeth Banks and accosted Malala Yousafzai. That was the wildest (and funniest moment) of the night in a still enjoyable Oscars - fun bits, good presentations, and lovely speeches. But the big winner of the night are those weirdos who made the weirdest and most beautiful movie of the year, Everything Everywhere All at Once. We can’t help but be overjoyed at the result, considering we’ve been hailing the movie as our favorite for a whole calendar year. And while the Academy still needs to nominate some women in directing categories and re-examine their actor nominees, overall, it’s been a pretty great year for movies, and for new voices. Grab some popcorn or your favorite hangover cure as we talk about this year’s Oscars on the season finale of Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assassination, graphic details of gunshots, homophobia, lies, drugging, conspiracy theories, war. Our Oscars ‘91 series comes to an end with the 64th Academy Awards, live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. And what an…Oscars it was. Look, we won’t mince words, this was a boring Oscars. No one looks particularly excited to be there, even Billy Crystal. At least he had an excuse, fighting through the flu to give a lackluster performance. This was the tail end of the Oscars taking itself far too seriously, and it shows. Though there’s some good bits, some memorable jokes, and, if you know literally anything about Oscars history, a big winner for the night. Throw on your tux or gown and get ready for our final discussion of Oscars ‘91 this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpts taken from The 64th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal and directed by Jeff Margolis. Aired March 30, 1992 on ABC.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assassination, graphic details of gunshots, homophobia, lies, drugging, conspiracy theories, war. We’re fast approaching the 95th Academy Awards, so that means it’s time to get our picks set for all the categories! Will Everything Everywhere All At Once complete its awards cycle, or will another challenger upset? Will Jimmy Kimmel hold the fort down after last year’s unexpected ceremony? And what will we enjoy more - the sheer exuberance of “Naatu Naatu” or the sheer delight of seeing David Byrne onstage at the Oscars? Grab your ballots and prepare for your Oscar pools as we discuss our picks for the 2023 Oscars on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpts taken from the scores to the following movies: All Quiet on the Western Front - Volker Bertelmann Babylon - Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin - Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All at Once - Son Lux The Fabelmans - John Williams "Applause" - Tell It Like a Woman - Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren "Hold My Hand" - Top Gun: Maverick - Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga and BloodPop "Lift Me Up" - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler "Naatu Naatu" - RRR - Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyrics by Chandrabose "This Is a Life" - Everything Everywhere All at Once - Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyrics by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assassination, graphic details of gunshots, homophobia, lies, drugging, conspiracy theories, war. Our last movie for the series is so good, we just don’t have much to say about it. Get a story about two strong Southern women, wrap it in a beautiful plot about a pushover finally finding her own strength in the world, and give the bow of Jessica Tandy being the best storyteller ever. That’s all you need for this beautiful story about friendship, love, and the South. The cast is incredible, the writing is impeccable, and the directing is…well, it’s exactly what it needs to be. In fact, the only problem is the fact that this movie wasn’t able to get to the deeper romance between its two leads - and even then, it’s still pretty romantic. Grab your hammer and start slamming the walls as we talk about Fried Green Tomatoes this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from "The Whistle Stop Café" from the score to the motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes. Written and composed by Thomas Newman. Copyright 1991 Universal City Studios, Inc.; 1992 MC Records, Inc. Excerpt taken from the introduction to the 64th Academy Awards, conducted by Bill Conti. Aired March 30, 1992 on ABC.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assassination, graphic details of gunshots, homophobia, lies, drugging, conspiracy theories, war. This week we’re back with another appearance from one of the show’s most polarizing figures, but this time, she’s not the issue. No, Barbra actually brings some nuance and care to this movie, but the problem is the actual movie itself, or rather, the novel it’s based on. There’s a whole lot that has to be unpacked in this story, and much of it more thoughtfully and carefully than anyone involved really had time for. It’s not hard to see why this movie was a hit, for sure, but Barbra’s wearing too many hats, and even an all-time great performance from Nick Nolte can’t save this movie from sinking under the weight of all its trauma voyeurism and horrible ethics. Get ready to share way too much as we discuss The Prince of Tides this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the soundtrack to the motion picture The Prince of Tides. Written and composed by James Newton Howard. Copyright 1991 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. Excerpt taken from "The Whistle Stop Café" from the score to the motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes. Written and composed by Thomas Newman. Copyright 1991 Universal City Studios, Inc.; 1992 MC Records, Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assassination, graphic details of gunshots, homophobia, lies, drugging, conspiracy theories, war. This week we discuss what, in retrospect, was the most controversial film of the year, even more than two serial killer films. No, the honor of Film That Made Everyone Angry was this week’s movie, predicated on flipping the script on the most infamous moment in American political history. And yet, for a movie tackling such a weighty subject, with a strong, self-assured filmmaker at the helm, this is an absolute stinker of a movie. it’s bad enough that the movie trades in some of the worst and most easily debunked conspiracy theories surrounding November 22, 1963; it’s also just so incredibly boring. Kevin Costner is reduced to expounding exposition while everyone else has to overact around him, all because Oliver Stone needed to shove his own dark beliefs into the public sphere. In doing so, he created a new level of doubt that has since transformed into some of the most dangerous conspiracy believers in society. All rise as we put JFK on trial this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Prologue” from the soundtrack to the motion picture JFK. Written and composed by John Williams. Copyright 1991 Warner Bros. Inc.; Regency Enterprises; Le Studio Canal+; Elektra Entertainment. Excerpt taken from “Mr. Lucky,” copyright 1980 Music De Wolfe. Excerpts taken from JFK, © 1991 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from “The Boyfriend (Part 2)” from the show Seinfeld, © 1989- 1998 Castle Rock Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from Bull Durham, © 1988 ORION PICTURES CORPORATION. Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the soundtrack to the motion picture The Prince of Tides. Written and composed by James Newton Howard. Copyright 1991 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of allegations of sexual harassment, misconduct, and assault against a writer. Also, misogyny, verbal and physical abuse, murder, humiliation, death. We’re going over to the mob this week by discussing the most-nominated film of this Oscars series, and also one of the most boring. It’s so dull, it can’t even cut through butter. There’s a dozen incredibly good stories just waiting to be told about Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Vegas, and the mafia in the 40’s and 50’s, and absolutely none of them get coverage in this movie. No, instead we get a psychosexual abusive romance that somehow is supposed to be the throughline for a bunch of historical exposition and horribly unwarranted violence. The writing is so bad here that there are multiple deserved acting nominations and some really incredible technical achievements and all of them get lost by the wayside. Flip on your screentest and brace yourself as we watch Bugsy on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Bugsy (Act of Faith #2)” from the soundtrack to the motion picture Bugsy. Written and composed by Ennio Morricone. Copyright 1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Excerpt taken from “Prologue” from the soundtrack to the motion picture JFK. Written and composed by John Williams. Copyright 1991 Warner Bros. Inc.; Regency Enterprises; Le Studio Canal+; Elektra Entertainment.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexual assault, rape, and sexual advances toward a minor. Also, assault, violence, misogyny, attempted murder. This week, we’re talking about a thriller that’s a remake of a classic thriller by one of the most famous directors in American movies. And it’s all because of Steven Spielberg. Well, OK, it’s also because Martin Scorsese saw the chance to make a hit movie, and wow does he deliver. There’s nothing particularly special about this week’s movie on paper - it’s a well-thought, taut thriller. But it’s Marty’s flourishes and powerhouse performances from Robert DeNiro and Juliette Lewis that propelled this film to Oscar status. At the end of it all, it’s a gripping, scary, and fun ride of a movie - and sometimes that’s just all you need.. Get the fishing line tied around your teddy bear as we watch Cape Fear on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Max” from the soundtrack to the motion picture Cape Fear. Written and composed by Bernard Hermann, and arranged and composed by George Fenton. Copyright 1991 Universal City Studios, Inc. and Amblin Entertainment, Inc.; MCA Records, Inc. Excerpts taken from the film Cape Fear (1991), © 1991 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from “Bugsy (Act of Faith #2)” from the soundtrack to the motion picture Bugsy. Written and composed by Ennio Morricone. Copyright 1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, grief, trauma, loss, catatonia, mental illness, delusion, guilt, shame, AIDS, homelessness, misogyny, depression. This week we’re discussing a film that’s one of the most beautiful messes you’ll ever see. Beautiful, because it revels in medieval mythology while telling a story of redemption in our modern lives. Messy, because our director didn’t seem to care about creating a consistent, thorough world for his characters to live in. It’s a movie that doesn’t hold up as well on deeper scrutiny, and yet also hits you right in the heart with a truly lovely story and incredibly strong performances from some of the best actors in the business. If only Terry Gilliam had reigned himself in just a little bit, this would have been absolutely perfect. Grab your armor and weapons from the scrap heap as we watch The Fisher King on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “How About You (Swing Version)” from the soundtrack to the motion picture The Fisher King, written by Burton Lane and arranged by George Fenton. Copyright 1991 Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.; MCA Records, Inc. Excerpts taken from the film The Fisher King, © 1991 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from “Max” from the soundtrack to the motion picture Cape Fear. Written and composed by Bernard Hermann, and arranged and composed by George Fenton. Copyright 1991 Universal City Studios, Inc. and Amblin Entertainment, Inc.; MCA Records, Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, alcohol, drinking, racism, antisemitism, fascism, Nazis, gunshots. We continue our Oscars ‘91 series this week with yet another dark movie about Hollywood. Though this version has a twist: it’s the Coen brothers, and they’re making things incredibly weird, as they’re known to do. For a movie written about writer’s block by two writers dealing with writer’s block, it happens to be a fairly decent movie. It’s just that the Coens hadn’t struck that balance of digging up obscure references and making them instantly relatable. John Turturro and John Goodman give truly incredibly performances, but the Coens seem to have internalized the story a bit too much. Roll in some paper and get to typing as we watch Barton Fink on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Fade Out - The End” from the soundtrack to the motion picture Barton Fink, composed by Carter Burwell. Copyright 1991, 1996 TVT Records. Excerpts taken from the film Barton Fink, © 1991 Circle Films, Inc. Excerpt taken from “The Red Knight Suite” from the soundtrack to the motion picture The Fisher King, composed by George Fenton. Copyright 1991 Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.; MCA Records, Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, gun violence, gangs, racism, police, gang violence, crime, death. Oscars ‘91 continues this week with a movie that lives up to the title of the show, because we really should have seen this movie already. John Singleton, right out of film school, created a narrative that was so authentic and poignant that it didn’t matter how predictable the story arc was. The plot isn’t complicated, the characters are relatively simple, but it’s the reality of life in South Central LA that makes this movie so incredibly powerful. That, and incredible performances from a cast of rising stars, all poised to become household names in the wake of the movie. Grab some barbecue and settle in for Boyz n The Hood on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “How to Survive in South Central,” written and performed by Ice Cube and produced by Ice Cube and Sir Jinx. © 1991 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.; Qwest Records. Excerpts taken from the film Boyz n The Hood, © 1991, 1992 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from “Fade Out - The End” from the soundtrack to the motion picture Barton Fink, composed by Carter Burwell. Copyright 1991, 1996 TVT Records.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, attempted sexual assault, theft, robbery, guns, police, misogyny, neglect, suicide. We’re continuing our Oscars ‘91 series with a groundbreaking major studio movie in its willingness to put women front and center as our heroines. Although, these two aren’t the perfect protagonists by any measure, but they are truly compelling. And while the film is rightly remembered as a classic, it’s not without its faults. There’s a lot of the movie that focuses away from what makes it so great, either out of messy writing or frustrating directing. Still, anytime you can put Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in a car in the southwest, it’s worth the price of admission. Hit the pedal all the way down as we discuss Thelma & Louise on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Thelma & Louise / End Credits” from the motion picture soundtrack to Thelma & Louise, written and composed by Hans Zimmer. Copyright 1991 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Music Inc. Excerpts taken from the film Thelma & Louise, © 1991 METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. Excerpt taken from “How to Survive in South Central,” written and performed by Ice Cube and produced by Ice Cube and Sir Jinx. © 1991 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.; Qwest Records.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, serial killers, torture, graphic murder, transphobia, Nazi symbology, horror, terror, darkness, mental illness, body mutilation. It’s time for our Oscars series, and we’re kicking our review of the Oscar movies of 1991 with a horror film unlike any other. In fact, this movie really isn’t a serial killer or slasher film at all; it’s more of a psychological journey wrapped in a horror package. In fact, if you only know the cultural signposts from the film, you’d be hard pressed to realize that the film’s main character isn’t it’s iconic anti-hero or its dark, horribly twisted villain. No, it’s the outstanding performance of Jodie Foster and the writing of Clarice Starling that truly make the film come alive. It just helps that Anthony Hopkins gives us a masterful, iconic performance to match and foil. Let’s have an old friend for dinner as we discuss The Silence of the Lambs on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the motion picture soundtrack of The Silence of the Lambs, written and composed by Howard Shore. © 1990 Orion Motion Pictures Corporation; ℗ © 1991 MCA Records, Inc. Excerpts taken from the film The Silence of the Lambs, © 1991 Orion Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Excerpt taken from “Try Everything” from the soundtrack to Zootopia, written and composed by Mikkel Eriksen, Sia Furler, and Tor Erik Hermansen and performed by Shakira. Copyright 2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Walt Disney Records. Excerpt taken from “Thelma & Louise / End Credits” from the motion picture soundtrack to Thelma & Louise, written and composed by Hans Zimmer. Copyright 1991 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Music Inc.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of gaslighting, theft, lying, sexism, misogyny. As a special bonus, we’re discussing all the movies we saw in 2022, including a few last minute additions! Will we share the same disdain for our worst movies of 2022? Will he agree on all of the greatest movies this year? Check in and find out! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Mr. Lucky” from Music De Wolfe, Copyright 1980.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of gaslighting, theft, lying, sexism, misogyny. We’re wrapping up our History Lessons series with an episode about two young, everyday reporters at the Washington Post that just happened to stumble on the greatest political coverup in United States history. But while Watergate became a national disgrace, it started off with two guys pulling at threads. That story is masterfully weaved by one of our greatest screenwriters, William Goldman, into a political thriller that’s somehow more compelling and tense than movies where the characters are in literal peril. Sure, Woodward and Bernstein uncovered a massive criminal conspiracy in the highest echelons of power. This movie, though, is not just about that, but about how two nobodies somehow revealed that story to the world, and the mistakes they made along the way. And that is a subject that’s worth the price of admission. Go home, take a bath, sleep for about 15 minutes, and then get back to work as we discuss All the President’s Men on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from the motion picture soundtrack to the film All the President’s Men, composed by David Shire. © 1976 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Excerpts taken from the film All the President’s Men, © 1976 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: war, terrorism, guerilla war, torture, death, execution, bombing, violence, colonialism, racism. This week we’re headed to North Africa, for a story of will and determination for freedom that’s unlike any other. From 1954 to 1962, Algeria fought a tough, complicated war for independence from colonial rule from France, a war that upended the French political system and began a long, difficult process of African decolonization. That’s a lot to try to pack into a single film, but director Gillo Pontecorvo does so with absolute perfect thought and foresight. Using mostly non-actors and filming in many of the actual locations where the events of the war took place, this week’s film is an absolute testament to vérité filmmaking. Viva L'algerie as we discuss The Battle of Algiers on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from "Tema Di Ali (#2)” from the motion picture The Battle of Algiers composed by Ennio Morricone and Gillo Pontecorvo. ℗© 1966, 2015 Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. srl. (una Società del Gruppo Sugar) / Universal Music Publishing Ricordi srl. Excerpt taken from the motion picture soundtrack to the film All the President’s Men, composed by David Shire. © 1976 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of a suicide from 31:20-31:44 and abuse and torture of prisoners from 33:19-34:08. Also, discussion of mass murder, antisemitism, alcoholism, execution, mass killings, death, grief. We move out of the fog of war to a much weirder and funnier moment of history this week as we dive into the power vacuum of Soviet power in 1953. More importantly, though, we’re watching an Armando Iannucci film, which means razor-sharp satire and incredibly inventive cursing, both of which are present here. But while the movie is executed impeccably, it misses the absurd scale of Soviet terror and power under their most feared and, at times, respected leader. To be sure, the performances here are incredibly funny and on the mark. But Iannucci wanted to pull punches in the name of realism and perhaps should have just leaned in a bit more. Make sure to run while you plot your next move as we discuss The Death of Stalin on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from the “National Anthem of the USSR” as performed by The Red Army Choir, copyright 2002 Silva America. Excerpts taken from the film The Death of Stalin are © 2017 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from "Tema Di Ali (#2)” from the motion picture The Battle of Algiers composed by Ennio Morricone and Gillo Pontecorvo. ℗© 1966, 2015 Creazioni Artistiche Musicali C.A.M. srl. (una Società del Gruppo Sugar) / Universal Music Publishing Ricordi srl.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of prisoners of war, execution, war crimes, torture, concentration camps, Nazis, the SS and Gestapo, war, death, imprisonment. We’re moving on to World War II this week with a film that more prison break than war movie. Though in this case, it also happens to be 100% real, and the real story might even be more wild than the movie. It’s a star-studded, solid cast with some outstanding writing. Unfortunately, the story is so sweeping, with so many characters, that even 3 hours doesn’t give us quite enough to really latch onto. But despite terrible studio notes and a diva actor in the lead role, it’s still one heck of a movie, even 60 years on. Make sure to empty the dirt from your stockings in the garden as we talk about The Great Escape on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpts taken from the film The Great Escape are © 1963 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and John Sturges. All Rights Reserved Excerpt taken from the “National Anthem of the USSR” as performed by The Red Army Choir, copyright 2002 Silva America.

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suspected sexual assault during prison torture from 25:33-26:44, and a brief mention of suicide from 43:02-43:15. Also, discussion of torture, racism, brownface, racist portrayals in movies, homophobia, war, death, grief, murder. Our next history lesson takes us on a journey across the desert through the longest film to date for this show. Clocking in at just under four hours, David Lean’s masterpiece is a film that truly stands alone in its scope and technique in filmmaking. No one had ever made a movie quite like this in 1962, and it feels safe to say no one will ever make another one like it again. Because the original story of the figure behind this week’s movie and the process of making the film itself were both epic in every sense of the word. And while we have some issues with the script and storytelling, the sheer beauty, magnitude and influence of this week’s film are simply undeniable. Grab your gun and climb on your camel as we continue our History Lessons series with 1962’s Lawrence of Arabia on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpts taken from the film Lawrence of Arabia are © 1962 renewed 1990 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from “Mr. Lucky” from Music De Wolfe, Copyright 1980. Excerpt taken from “Sabre Dance from the Gayane Suite No. 3,” composed by Aram Khachaturian and performed by the Bernliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, December 31, 2013. Excerpt taken from “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” composed by Benjamin Britten and performed by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, October 3, 2010. Excerpt taken from the film The Great Escape is © 1963 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and John Sturges. All Rights Reserved

CLICK TO SUBSCRIBE ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of Nazi Party reaction to the film, including antisemitism and antisemitic statements from Nazi leaders from 16:49 to 19:16. Also, discussions of war, dismemberment, mass death, post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), “shell shock”, gruesome death and injury, fear, grief, murder. Our next History Lesson takes us to the Great War and the German war machine leading valiant young men into the greatest human meat grinder of the 20th Century. At the Western Front of World War I, millions were killed in matters of days as generals and nobles led young boys and men into constant machine gun fire in battles that yielded little more than feet of territory. And this film depicts every bit of that, in fairly graphic detail, with one caveat - it’s our oldest film yet, premiering in 1930. Director Lewis Milestone had a vision for this film though, a bold, brash, and bleak vision of the horror of war, which complemented Erich Maria Remarque’s landmark novel perfectly. It’s a film so stirring in its visual depiction of the massive global trauma of war that its star, Lew Ayres, became a conscientious objector to World War II, an admittedly greater effort for the common good. And it’s all because of a truly masterful work, whose only flaw is its age - the style of acting, the dialogue and structure, it’s all a bit new to movies, and can be choppy at times. But it’s guaranteed that this film will leave you with lasting images throughout your life. Who will be the first to volunteer as we continue our History Lessons series with 1930’s All Quiet on the Western Front on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at macintoshandmaud@gmail.com, or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from the film All Quiet on the Western Front is © 1930 Universal Pictures Corporation. Renewed 1958 Universal Pictures Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Excerpt taken from the film Lawrence of Arabia is © 1962 renewed 1990 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.