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Herzog artificially inflates the difficulty of his historically-based film, then has trouble meeting his own demands. Oops.

A satire of midcentury Italian manhood. Maybe.

Andrzej Wadja went from making a very good movie to an amazingly great film in the course of his first three films and we're amazed.

Andrzej Wajda's second feature is a marked technical improvement from his first, and a much more crushing film.

The first in an excursion through the War Film Trilogy of Polish director Andrzej Wajda.

Sometimes a story is changed to try to say something broader about reality. That's a problem when the reality it is changed from is quite a bit more pleasant.

Samurais and nihilism. Of course that means Donovan Hill is joining us!

Volker Schlondorff makes a movie about a kid who very easily convinces himself that torturing someone in order to fit in is a just and noble thing to do.

When I sat down to edit this week's episode I couldn't remember even watching the movie. That's probably not good.

Try to guess which parts of this film are based on the script that originated as a Shakespearean adaptation.

Now eventually you might have Indians in your, in your movie about India, right? Hello? Yes?

Once again let us end our movie podcast with a call for Marxist revolution.

Dassin could make a noir in his sleep. With Night and the City we think he may have tried to.

Dassin's last film before Blacklist enforced exile to Europe isn't quite Marx, but isn't quite not Marx

Christmas is purgatory: renewal and depression.