This week, David turns to 1915 to study D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, a film of both revolutionary cinematographic technique and profound racism that glorifies the KKK. Ebert's...

On the very first episode of the Cinema Crawl decades of film tour, David looks all the way back to 1902 to study A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la Lune).  In that film, Georges Méliès set the stage for the sci-fi films we...

After a (very long) hiatus, Cinema Crawl is back!  This week, David finally finishes his Stanley Kubrick tour with the master's final film, Eyes Wide Shut.  He also announces his plans for the next year of Cinema Crawl: a...

This week, David digs into Kubrick's penultimate film - 1987's Vietnam War classic Full Metal Jacket.  How does this film stack up against other films about the same war as well as Kubrick's earlier war films? Ebert's...

This week, David delves into the madness of Stanley Kubrick’s great contribution to the horror genre – 1980’s The Shining.  He looks past the many overblown theories about the film and studies the devices Kubrick used to make...

In Episode 25 of the podcast, David continues his Stanley Kubrick marathon with 1975’s Barry Lyndon.  He struggles, this week, to find the good in a film that he did not personally connect with.  He also provides his ranking of the...

This week, David gets a taste of the old ultraviolence with Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1972).  He praises Kubrick’s top notch craftsmanship in A Clockwork Orange and breaks down the moral and political arguments that the...

This week on the podcast, David dissects Stanley Kubrick’s finest film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.  This film is hopeful and beautiful and fascinating and frightening.  Give it a watch if you haven’t before. Kubrick’s favorite...

On Episode 22 of the podcast, David takes a look at Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.  A truly hilarious film.  Maybe go watch it before you listen to...

This week on the podcast, David continues the Stanley Kubrick marathon with 1962’s Lolita.  He raises some ethical concerns with the film’s treatment of its titular character.  Though David acknowledges that the film does not...