On Episode 20, David continues his tour of Stanley Kubrick’s films with 1960’s Spartacus.  This sword and sandals epic, which stars Kirk Douglas, is a rare entry in Kubrick’s filmography: a project over which Kubrick did not...

This week on the podcast, David discusses what may be the greatest anti-war film ever made: Stanley Kubrick’s 1957 Paths of Glory.  In his review of that film, Roger Ebert writes, “When Truffaut famously said that it was...

On Episode 18 of Cinema Crawl, David begins his tour of the filmography of Stanley Kubrick! Over the next few weeks, the podcast will work chronologically through all the Kubrick films which appear on our list of 1000 films.  We start this week...

Amid the (very strange) ramp up to the presidential election season here in the United States, David takes a look at one of the great American political films: 1976's All the President's Men.  This film stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as...

On Episode 16 of the Cinema Crawl podcast, David discusses the Charlie Kaufman penned and Michel Gondry directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a genre-bending classic from 2004. David celebrates Charlie Kaufman's excellent body of work. On...

More zombies!  This week, David talks George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, the bigger, better 1978 follow up to last week's Night of the Living Dead.  David also discusses the passing of legendary musician and actor David Bowie as well as...

  This week on the show, David takes a look at George Romero's classic horror Night of the Living Dead.  David examines the film's place in history and its role as a launching point for the modern zombie craze. BBC Article on the...

On Episode 13 of the podcast, David breaks rules 1 and 2 by talking Fight Club!  He praises the style of the film while challenging some of the film's philosophy and social critiques. Ebert's...

This week, David celebrates the joy of the holidays by arguing that It's a Wonderful Life is the most depressing Christmas movie ever made.  Enjoy! Ebert's...

Here is the second of our two episodes on the Star Wars films!  This week, David looks at 1980's The Empire Strikes Back and argues that it represents the very best that the Star Wars films have to offer. The New York Times review:...