The thirteenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our future cult classic pick, Universal horror sequel . Directed by Rowland V. Lee from a screenplay by Willis Cooper and starring Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lionel Atwill and Josephine Hutchinson, was the third movie in Universal’s franchise based on Mary Shelley’s classic novel. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from B.R. Crisler in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/01/30/archives/the-screen-son-of-frankenstein-with-boris-karloff-seen-at-the.html), , and Basil Wright in (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-march-1939/16/the-cinema https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-march-1939/16/the-cinema). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our audience choice poll winner, the Marx Brothers’ .

52m

Mar 27

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, Ritz Brothers comedy . Directed by Allan Dwan and starring the Ritz Brothers (Jimmy, Harry, Al), Patsy Kelly, Anita Louise, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi and Edward Norris, was the fourth film adaptation of Ralph Spence’s play. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/05/28/archives/the-screen-the-gorilla-with-the-ritz-brothers-patsy-kelly-and.html), Mary Harris in , and J.R.R. in the . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our future cult classic pick, Universal horror sequel .

56m

Mar 20

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Civil War-era epic . Directed by Victor Fleming and starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard and Hattie McDaniel, won 10 Oscars including Best Picture. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/20/archives/the-screen-in-review-david-selznicks-gone-with-the-wind-has-its.html), John C. Flinn in (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/gone-with-the-wind-2-1200412649/), and (https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/may/28/archive-gone-with-the-wind-1940). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen’s pick, Ritz brothers comedy .

1h 17m

Mar 13

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the New York Film Critics Circle Best Film winner, William Wyler’s . Directed by William Wyler from a screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht and starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Hugh Williams, is the earliest surviving film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode comes from Frank S. Nugent in , (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/wuthering-heights-2-1200412239/), and Graham Greene in (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/5th-may-1939/16/the-cinema https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/5th-may-1939/16/the-cinema). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Civil War-era epic .

1h 9m

Mar 06

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features Jason’s personal pick, Howard Hawks’ Directed by Howard Hawks from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Rita Hayworth and Richard Barthelmess, is often considered one of Hawks’ greatest films. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/05/12/archives/the-screen-in-review-howard-hawkss-only-angels-have-wings-reaches.html), , and Marion Aitchison in the . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring the New York Film Critics Circle Best Film winner, William Wyler’s .

57m

Feb 28

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our foreign film pick, Jean Renoir’s . Directed and co-written by Jean Renoir and starring Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot and Jean Renoir, was considered a failure until its restoration and rediscovery in the 1950s. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/the-rules-of-the-game-2-1200411957/), Bosley Crowther in (https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/10/archives/the-screen-four-films-bow-over-weekend-golden-twenties-chronicle-of.html), and Virginia Graham in (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/2nd-february-1951/14/cinema https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/2nd-february-1951/14/cinema). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring Jason’s personal pick, Howard Hawks’ .

1h 4m

Feb 21

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features a special Valentine’s Day pick, Leo McCarey’s . Directed and co-written by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya and Lee Bowman, was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/17/archives/the-screen-love-affair-a-bittersweet-romance-opens-at-the-music.html), (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/love-affair-1200412039/), and . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our foreign film pick, Jean Renoir’s .

52m

Feb 14

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features Josh’s personal pick, George Cukor’s . Directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin and starring Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland and Joan Fontaine, was based on the hit 1936 Broadway play by Clare Boothe. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Mildred Martin in the, Mae Tinee in the , and Katherine Howard in the . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring a special Valentine’s Day pick, Leo McCarey’s .

1h 1m

Feb 07

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our animation pick, the Fleischer brothers’ . Directed by Dave Fleischer, based on the novel by Jonathan Swift, and starring the voices of Sam Parker, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce and Lovey Warren, was the first feature-length animated film from Fleischer Studios. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/12/21/archives/the-screen-in-review-max-fleischers-picturebook-cartoon-of.html), (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/gulliver-s-travels-2-1200412071/), and Richard L. Coe in . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring Josh’s personal pick, George Cukor’s .

57m

Jan 31

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the Cannes Film Festival winner, Frank Capra’s . Directed by Frank Capra from a screenplay by Sidney Buchman and starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette and Edward Arnold, was awarded the top prize at the 2019 recreation of the canceled 1939 Cannes Film Festival. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/10/20/archives/the-screen-in-review-frank-capras-mr-smith-goes-to-washington-at.html), (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mr-smith-goes-to-washington-1939-review-1235003057/), and Jay Carmody in . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our animation pick, the Fleischer brothers’ .

1h 6m

Jan 24

The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features the year’s biggest flop, ice skating showcase . Directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring James Stewart, Joan Crawford, Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone, was created as a showcase for the International Ice Follies touring ice show. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/17/archives/the-screen-love-affair-a-bittersweet-romance-opens-at-the-music.html), (https://variety.com/1938/film/reviews/ice-follies-of-1939-1200412063/), and R.W.D. in . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring the Cannes Film Festival retrospective winner, Frank Capra’s .

57m

Jan 17

The second episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our pick for a movie from a major filmmaker, John Ford’s . Directed by John Ford from a screenplay by Dudley Nichols and starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell and Louise Platt, was Wayne’s breakthrough film and the first Western that Ford shot in Monument Valley. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/03/archives/the-screen-a-fordpowered-stagecoach-opens-at-music-hall-mickey.html), (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/stagecoach-1200412191/), and Jay Carmody in . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment featuring the year’s biggest flop, ice skating musical .

59m

Jan 10

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features one of the highest-grossing films at the box office, fantasy musical . Directed by Victor Fleming, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum, and starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Burt Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton and Frank Morgan, was nominated for six Oscars and is considered one of the greatest movies ever made. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/18/archives/the-screen-in-review-the-wizard-of-oz-produced-by-the-wizards-of.html), John C. Flinn in (https://variety.com/1939/film/reviews/the-wizard-of-oz-3-1200412289/), and Russell Maloney in (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/08/19/the-wizard-of-hollywood). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1939 installment, featuring our pick for a notable movie from a major filmmaker, John Ford’s .

1h 12m

Jan 03

In the second of two special holiday episodes for this year, we’re looking back to our season on the films of 2003, to talk about Japanese animated movie . Directed and co-written by Satoshi Kon and starring the voices of Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki and Aya Okamoto, was Kon’s third feature-length animated film. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tokyo-godfathers-2004), Manohla Dargis in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jan-16-et-dargis16-story.html), and Tasha Robinson in the (https://www.avclub.com/tokyo-godfathers-1798199284).  Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the premiere of our new season on the films of 1939, featuring the box office champion, .

50m

Dec 27, 2023

In the first of two special holiday episodes for this year, we’re looking back to our season on the films of 1980, to talk about holiday horror movie . Written and directed by Lewis Jackson and starring Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn and Dianne Hull, was banned and vilified in its initial release but has since become a cult classic. Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for our next holiday bonus episode, featuring Satoshi Kon’s 2003 animated film .

54m

Dec 20, 2023

NOTE: This episode was a timed exclusive over on our producer David Rosen’s Patreon. Sign up to one of the tiers for access to bonus episodes and more great content from us, Piecing It Together and David Rosen. https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1975 features the movie most requested by listeners on our social media pages, Stanley Kubrick’s . Written and directed by Stanley Kubrick (from the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray) and starring Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger and Michael Hordern, was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and won four. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/barry-lyndon-1974), Vincent Canby in the  (https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/19/archives/screen-kubricks-barry-lyndon-is-brilliant-in-its-images.html), and Charles Champlin in the . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at 

47m

Dec 13, 2023

NOTE: This episode was a timed exclusive over on our producer David Rosen’s Patreon. Sign up to one of the tiers for access to bonus episodes and more great content from us, Piecing It Together and David Rosen. https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1975 features Robert Altman’s Best Picture nominee . Directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Joan Tewkesbury and starring Ronee Blakley, Henry Gibson, Ned Beatty, Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Lily Tomlin and many more, was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nashville-1975), Pauline Kael in , and Vincent Canby in  (https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/12/archives/nashville-lively-film-of-many-parts.html). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we’ve been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for future episodes.

58m

Dec 06, 2023

In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1987, we talk about alternate movies we considered including in all of our different categories this season, and read suggestions from some listeners about their favorite 1987 movies. Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in next time for the first of two special holiday episodes this year, featuring a return to our 1980 season with horror movie .

40m

Dec 01, 2023

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features our audience choice pick, Paul Verhoeven’s . Directed by Paul Verhoeven from a screenplay by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith and Daniel O’Herlihy, prevailed over two other classic action movies in our 1987 audience choice poll. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert(https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/robocop-1987), Michael Wilmington in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-17-ca-2777-story.html), and Dave Kehr in the (https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-07-17-8702220474-story.html). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next installment, the epilogue to our 1987 season.

1h 4m

Nov 29, 2023

This bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features a special Thanksgiving pick, John Hughes’ . Written and directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin, John Candy and Laila Robins, marked Hughes’ transition from teen movies to more adult fare. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/planes-trains-and-automobiles-1987), Richard Schickel in , and Janet Maslin in (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/25/movies/film-planes-trains-and-automobiles.html). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring our audience choice winner, .

1h 0m

Nov 22, 2023

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features our future cult classic pick, Bruce Robinson’s . Written and directed by Bruce Robinson and starring Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths and Ralph Brown, was inspired by Robinson’s own experiences as a young man in the 1960s. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/19/movies/film-withnail-and-i-a-british-60-s-comedy.html), Joel Siegel in the (https://chicagoreader.com/film/two-english-guys/), and Hilary Mantel in (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/27th-february-1988/37/cinema https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/27th-february-1988/37/cinema). Thanks to our guest Jon Towlson, author of . Check out Jon on Twitter at @systemshocks https://twitter.com/systemshocks and purchase his book on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/40-Cult-Movies-Alice-Zombies/dp/B0CKLR41KW). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at 

1h 27m

Nov 15, 2023

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, Sam Raimi’s . Directed and co-written by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks and Kassie Wesley, helped launch the ongoing franchise. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/evil-dead-2-dead-by-dawn-1987), Caryn James in (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/13/movies/film-evil-dead-2-dead-by-dawn.html), and Kevin Thomas in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-13-ca-5566-story.html). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring our future cult classic pick, Bruce Robinson’s .

1h 4m

Nov 08, 2023

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Bernardo Bertolucci’s . Directed and co-written by Bernardo Bertolucci and starring John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O’Toole and Ying Ruocheng, was nominated for nine Oscars and won them all. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-last-emperor-1987), Sheila Benson in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-20-ca-15017-story.html), and Pauline Kael in . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring our producer David Rosen’s pick, Sam Raimi’s .

1h 6m

Nov 01, 2023

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features a special Halloween selection, Joel Schumacher’s . Directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Dianne Wiest, Jami Gertz and Corey Feldman, had a major influence on the development of the vampire genre. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lost-boys-1987), Caryn James in (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/31/movies/film-the-lost-boys.html), and Michael Wilmington in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-31-ca-188-story.html). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, Bernardo Bertolucci’s .

1h 4m

Oct 25, 2023

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features a Sundance Film Festival award winner, Lizzie Borden’s . Directed and co-written by Lizzie Borden and starring Louise Smith, Ellen McElduff, Amanda Goodwin and Marusia Zach, premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival and won Special Jury Recognition at Sundance in 1987. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode comes from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/working-girls-1987), Vincent Canby in (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/27/movies/film-working-girls.html), and Sheila Benson in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-27-ca-291-story.html). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring a special Halloween selection, Joel Schumacher’s .

57m

Oct 18, 2023

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features Jason’s personal pick, Rob Reiner’s Directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman and starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon and Andre the Giant, was adapted by Goldman from his own 1973 novel. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-princess-bride-1987), Janet Maslin in (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/25/movies/film-princess-bride-full-length-fairy-tale.html), and Michael Wilmington in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-25-ca-6496-story.html). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring a Sundance Film Festival award winner, Lizzie Borden’s .

54m

Oct 11, 2023

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features our foreign film pick, Abbas Kiarostami’s . Written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami and starring Babak Ahmadpour, Ahmed Ahmadpour and Khodabaksh Defai, is the first movie in Kiarostami’s acclaimed Koker trilogy. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Gemma Files in , Jonathan Rosenbaum in the er (https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/where-is-my-friends-house/), and Dennis Schwartz in Ozus World Movie Reviews (https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/whereismyfriendshouse/). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring Jason’s personal pick, Rob Reiner’s .

52m

Oct 04, 2023

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features Josh’s personal pick, Norman Jewison’s . Directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley and starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia and Danny Aiello, was nominated for six Oscars and won three. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/moonstruck-1988), Sheila Benson in the (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-16-ca-19394-story.html), and Rita Kempley in the (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/moonstruck.htm). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring our foreign film pick, Abbas Kiarostami’s .

53m

Sep 27, 2023

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features our documentary pick, Ross McElwee’s . Directed by and featuring Ross McElwee, won the documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 1987 Sundance Film Festival. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in (https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/05/movies/film-a-documentary-sherman-s-march.html), Paul Attanasio in (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/shermansmarchnrattanasio_a0ad8a.htm), and Jay Carr in . Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring Josh’s personal pick, Norman Jewison’s .

1h 4m

Sep 20, 2023

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, Maurice Pialat’s . Directed and co-written by Maurice Pialat, adapted from the novel by Georges Bernanos, and starring Gerard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Alain Artur and Yann Dedet, was nominated for seven César Awards, including best film. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Janet Maslin in (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/03/movies/film-festival-under-satan-s-sun-on-faith-and-its-testing.html), Hal Hinson in (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/underthesunofsatan.htm), and Hilary Mantel in (http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/7th-may-1988/43/cinema https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/7th-may-1988/43/cinema). Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com https://www.awesomemovieyear.com/ for more info about the show. Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod https://twitter.com/awesomemoviepod You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy https://twitter.com/JHarrisComedy You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed https://twitter.com/signalbleed You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com https://www.piecingpod.com/, on Twitter at @piecingpod https://twitter.com/piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod. You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/, signalbleed https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/ and bydavidrosen https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1987 installment, featuring our documentary pick, Ross McElwee’s .

52m

Sep 13, 2023