The Frances Farmer Show

Episode Five: Sneakers and Whirlpool

This week Mike and Sean journey to the Bay Area, sort of, for a pair of movies that are kind of set in San Francisco, Phil Alden Robinson's all-star 1992 caper/heist film Sneakers and Otto Preminger's 1949 noir melodrama Whirlpool. They also talk about their Essential Hacker Films, the career of Robert Redford and share the definitive list of the 12 Greatest Living Narrative Filmmakers.

Episode Four: Duel of Fists and Tears of the Black Tiger

This week Sean and Mike journey to Thailand and discuss Chang Cheh's 1971 Shaw Brothers boxing film Duel of Fists (aka Fist Attack) and Wisit Sasanatieng's award-winning genre mashup Tears of the Black Tiger, from 2000. They also talk about the best movies of the year so far, their Essential Kung Fu Movies and the work of director Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Hear Sean tirelessly rail against the evils of Miramax, Netflix and disrespect for Asian genre cinema in general as Mike vainly tries to make him stick to the subject at hand.

Episode Two: Dead Man and Ride Lonesome

In this week's episode, Sean and Mike talk Westerns with Jim Jarmusch's 1995 Dead Man and Budd Boetticher's 1959 film Ride Lonesome. They also tackle the thorny subject of the depiction of Native Americans on film, movies about loneliness and the career of character actor Lee Van Cleef.

Episode One: The Big Heat and Drug War

In this inaugural episode of The George Sanders Show, Sean and Mike discuss Fritz Lang's classic 1953 film noir The Big Heat and Johnnie To's upcoming crime epic Drug War. They also discuss their favorite cinematic highs and lament the demise of Seattle's Egyptian Theatre and the deaths of two great artists.