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"I don't know when. I don't know how. But I know something's starting right now..." Mike, Tom, and Kyle return for a special live reaction of the 2022 National Film Registry inductees. Season 3 coming soon! Production Socials Michael Natale, Co-Host Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo, Co-Host Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Kyle Lampar, Producer & Editor Twitter Instagram   Other Links Twitter Website

Our friends over at Podcast Like It's 1999 had Mike & Tom on this week to talk about Rosetta, which won the 1999 Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. That got them thinking about their favorite Palme D'Or winners across the 75 festivals and 99 films to ever receive Cannes' highest honor. So, as a thanks to the team at Podcast Like It's 1999, we're throwing up this bit of supplemental material to pair with their Rosetta episode, Mike and Tom's Top Ten Palme D'Or winners. Find our Podcast Like It's 1999 episode here. Thanks again to Phil, Kenny, Ernie, and the whole crew for five fantastic years of episodes.   Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

Mike, Tom and Kyle reflect on the second class of 25 films inducted into the registry, the past 25+ episodes of the series, and the many films that lay ahead. Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Big as the men who faced this challenge! Bold as the women who loved them!"   For the final film of Season 2, we circle our wagons and wind down, with our producer Kyle Lampar coming on mic to talk about Howard Hawks' celebrated Western, Red River. We'll talk John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, subtext, sunsets, and special belt buckles.   Next week: Our Season Finale Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Wonderful news...about wonderful people!...in a wonderful picture! It's a wonderful love! It's a wonderful laugh!"   Culture critic and Queen of Christmas Cinema Emily St. James joins us to talk about what is arguably the ultimate Christmas movie, Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life. We'll talk the film's inherent sadness, its overstated "failure", and...Bicentennial Man? Next week: Red River w/ Kyle Lampar Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Emily St. James Twitter   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

" War Is Swell ...when the Marx Brothers are in it. They'll be out of the trenches by Christmas...if the food doesn't improve!"   Comedian Mark Levy joins the show to talk all things Marx, as we look at their most celebrated Paramount comedy, Duck Soup. We'll talk political satire, Ruritanian romance, and of course, the Wu-Tang Clan.   Next week: It's A Wonderful Life w/ Emily St. James Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Mark Levy Twitter   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Mabel is not crazy, she's unusual. She's not crazy, so don't say she's crazy."   Youtuber and John Cassavetes aficionado Robert Bellissimo joins the show to talk about the aformentioned director's most celebrated independent film, A Woman Under the Influence. We talk Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, and what's Mike's take on Cassavetes.   Next week: Duck Soup w/ Mark Levy Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Robert Bellissimo YouTube   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"You are not a child anymore. You soon will be a goddam man."   Photographer and founder of Black Women Directors Danielle A. Scruggs joins us to tackle Charles Burnett's long locked-away neo-realist masterpiece Killer of Sheep. We'll tackle the film's impact, its influence, and the many, many layers hidden beneath its seemingly "slice of life" structure.   Next week: A Woman Under the Influence w/ Robert Bellissimo Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Danielle A. Scrugs Black Women Directors Website   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"The Best American Movie Of The Year!"   Critic and author Richard Newby stops by to dissect arguably the murkiest, most unrelenting film in Martin Scorsese's oeuvre, Raging Bull. We'll step into the ring with the complex tale of Jake LaMotta, touching on boxing, film editing, and what the film's cryptic ending quote means to us. Rent Raging Bull here Next week: Killer of Sheep w/ Danielle Scruggs Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Richard Newby Twitter We Make Monsters Here   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

“Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter.”   Dr. Sabina Stent joins us to discuss one of the most influential surrealist films, and the radical creative figures who both made and championed it, in particular Maya Deren. We'll talk horror imagery, avant garde art, and Beavis and Butthead. Watch Meshes of the Afternoon here for free Watch Un Chien Andalou (referenced heavily in the episode) here for free Next week: Raging Bull w/ Richard Newby (rent it here) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Dr. Sabina Stent Twitter Linktree   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Beautiful! Stirring! Dramatic!"   Just who was Pare Lorentz? What does it mean to be "FDR's Filmmaker"? And how did government film with a covertly conservationist bent end up alongside The Godfather and Raging Bull in the second class of Registry inductees?   Our guest, Dr. Robert J. Snyder, joins us to answer those questions and more. We'll talk Lorentz's career, what it's like writing an essay for the National Film Registry, and even touch on our favorite cuss words. Watch The River here for free Next week: Meshes of the Afternoon w/ Dr. Sabina Stent (watch it here for free) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Dr. Robert J. Snyder Dr. Snyder's National Film Registry Essay Crohn's and Colitis Foundation   Pare Lorentz Center   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"From the Secrets of WOMAN'S LOVE-LIFE comes this Heart-stopping story of DEVOTION! SACRIFICE! SHAME! "   Comet Over Hollywood creator Jessica Pickens joins the show to discuss a stirring drama about the loss of love, the passage of time, and whether we ever really know who we are. We'll talk Walter Huston, William Wyler, Ruth Chatterton, and David Niven in full stuffy scumbag mode. Rent Dodsworth here Next week: The River w/ Dr. Robert J. Snyder (watch it here for free) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Jessica Pickens Twitter Comet Over Hollywood   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"You Could Watch it for Hours and Still Want More!!"   The musical theatre duo of Hass & Swanton return to the show to talk about the most famous movie musical starring the famous musical star Maurice Chevalier (which most musical fans probably still haven't heard of). We'll talk Richard Rogers, Chevalier, Rouben Mamoulian, and Pepe Le Pew. Next week: Dodsworth w/ Jessica Pickens (rent it here) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter   Guest: Kyle Reid Hass & Jeremy Swanton YouTube   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Garbo Laughs!"   Journalist Bella Zaydenberg (Yahoo!) joins us to talk about the riotous romantic comedy about a Russian envoy. We'll talk Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Russian culture, and whether Mike is ever actually funny. Rent Ninotchka here Next week: Love Me Tonight w/ Kyle Reid Hass & Jeremy Swanton Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter   Guest: Bella Zaydenberg Twitter   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Where every sound creates a picture"   Jordan Beck (Sgt. Stubby) returns to the show, to once again examine a grand, ambitious animated feature from Walt Disney, Fantasia (1940)! We discuss classical music, experimental animation, the origins of heavy metal imagery, and Tom quite literally flips a chair!   Next week: Ninotchka w/ Bella Zaydenberg (rent it here) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter   Guest: Jordan Beck Twitter Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

We're off for Fourth of July weekend, so we pulled an episode out of the ol' YMO 1.0 archives: VyceVictus' first ever appearance on the old version of our podcast, discussing a sure-to-be National Film Registry inductee, 1996's Solo!   We'll be back next week with regular episodes, starting with Walt Disney's Fantasia! Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: VyceVictus Twitter Action For Everyone   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"A remarkable, passionate work. A reminder that there cannot be neutrals anywhere."   Documentarian Amy Nicholson (Pickle, Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride) joins us to break down all the ways this remarkable, Oscar-winning documentary broke new ground for the medium. From the struggles of the miners in the titular county to the trials of Barbara Kopple attempting to capture it all, hear how both the film's techniques and, tragically, its topics are still deeply relevant today. Next week: Fantasia w/ Jordan Beck Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Amy Nicholson Twitter Website   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"A staid professor. A wild lady. A tame leopard. Put them all together , they spell SMOTHER! It's a downpour of uproar!"   Ryan Luis Rodriguez (Reels of Justice, The Coolness Chronicles) joins us for some madcap antics, discussing one of the great screwball comedies of the era, Bringing Up Baby! We'll talk Grant, Hepburn, Hawks, and of course, the titular leopard. Rent Bringing Up Baby here Next week: Harlan County, USA w/ Amy Nicholson Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Ryan Luis Rodriguez Reels of Justice Podcast The Coolness Chronicles Podcast The Coolness Chronicles Twitter   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"A Happy-Go Lucky Hitch-Hiker on the Highway to happiness! He wanted to see the world . . . but wound up in Lover's Lane!"   Reels of Justice co-host Maynard Bangs decides to slum it here on You're Missing Out to see how the other half lives. Along the way, there's conversations about Preston Sturges, Veronica Lake, and Bruce Wayne's second alter-ego, Matchstick Malone! Rent Sullivan's Travels here Next week: Bringing Up Baby w/ Ryan Luis Rodriguez (rent it here) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Maynard Bangs Reels of Justice Podcast Reels of Justice Twitter   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music by Mike Natale

"Teenage terror torn from today's headlines!"   Ben Hosley of the Blank Check podcast, and self-described "scum-bum expert", joins the show to talk about the juvenile delinquent film that started them all, and redefined cool for a generation, Rebel Without A Cause. We'll talk porch movies, James Dean, leather jackets, drag racing, Nicholas Ray, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, and grenades. Yes, that's right, grenades. Rent Rebel Without A Cause here Next week: Sullivan's Travels w/ Maynard Bangs (rent it here) Hosts: Michael Natale Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Tom Lorenzo Twitter Instagram Letterboxd   Producer: Kyle Lampar Twitter Instagram   Guest: Ben Hosley Twitter Black Check   Follow the Show: Twitter Instagram Website   Music: