Category: Podcasts
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RUTGER HAUER (1944-2019)
Rutger Hauer was a wild actor with a widely diverse array of roles — some of them all-time great (Blade Runner!), some of them…. not so much. We look at Nighthawks and Flesh + Blood as ways of getting at this weird cat.
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TONI MORRISON (1931-2019)
Author Toni Morrison leaves a huge shadow behind her as she leaves this world and moves on to the next — and we are ill-equipped to discuss. We give it a crack, though, with talk about Beloved and Tar Baby.
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RIP TORN (1931-2019)
Or as we like to say on the podcast, RIP Rip. We look at two wildly different films from the great character actor’s legacy: Coming Apart (1969) and Extreme Prejudice (1987).
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LARRY COHEN (1936-2019)
This month, death takes a holiday — so we return to an honouree from earlier in the year, B-movie director Larry Cohen, with discussion of his films Black Caesar and God Told Me To.
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JOHN SINGLETON (1968-2019)
John Singleton passed away, way too young, in April of this year, having directed only 10 features. We look back at some of the most important, from Boyz n the Hood to 2 Fast 2 Furious.
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AGNÈS VARDA (1928-2019)
The film world mourns as the funny old cat lady with the red and white fringe goes to the great beyond. Agnès Varda was one of the most influential (and, until relatively recently, undersung) French filmmakers of the 20th century, who continued to work right up until her death. To celebrate her life, we watch…
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STANLEY DONEN (1924-2019)
The last surviving director of Hollywood’s “Golden Age” died in February and we’re gonna talk about it, by way of Stanley Donen’s films Indiscreet and Two For The Road.
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ALBERT FINNEY (1936-2019)
An actor who made a mark in six consecutive decades of film, Albert Finney is the first 2019 death to make it to Deathwatch. We look at his films Under The Volcano and Tom Jones while discussing the impact of his career as a whole.
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PENNY MARSHALL (1943-2018)
The first female director to break the $100M-grossing club, Penny Marshall got her start in TV before transitioning into a weirdly brief, highly beloved career as a feature film director. For today’s episode we look at her debut feature, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, before moving on to the one she’ll be remembered for, A League Of…
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GEORGE H.W. BUSH (1924-2018)
The 41st president of the United States, George H.W. Bush presided over one of the greatest health emergencies in American history and was directly or indirectly responsible for well north of a million people. Here at Deathwatch, that’s worth a show.