Tag: podcast
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Fury Road update #9
Hello Kickstarters. I hope you’ve all been having a decent summer — I know it’s been strange and rough, and (as I quipped on twitter the other night) is more like being stuck in the midst of the longest winter of our lives than anything “warm.” Still: we’ll get there, even if it means turning…
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THE MOVIES (1895-2020)
For the final episode of Deathwatch, we look at the final nail in the coffin of mainstream moviegoing, and how the movies as a popular art form are about to die, transform, and be reborn.
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BUCK HENRY (1930-2020)
Buck Henry wrote The Graduate, hosted Saturday Night Live, co-directed with Warren Beatty, and never took his pyjamas off. We discuss his career by way of Heaven Can Wait and Town & Country. Plus, a surprising announcement about the future of death, and Deathwatch.
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DIAHANN CARROLL (1935-2019)
Groundbreaking actress, singer, and activist Diahann Carroll died at the beginning of this month at the age of 84, and we’re here to talk about some of her work: Carmen Jones (1954), Hurry Sundown (1967), Claudine (1974) and — of course — The Star Wars Holiday Special.
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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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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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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…