Apple Podcasts
Google Podcasts
Spotify
Stitcher
Episode 17 – 8½ (1963)
It’s 1963. We’re crossing the Atlantic to visit Italy, a preeminent filmmaking country. In the 1950s-60s, Italian film was largely known for Commedia all’Italiana (“Comedy in the Italian way”),...
All Episodes
Episode 16 – Shane (1953)
It’s 1953. We’re in the middle of the Golden Age of Hollywood; we’re also in the pinnacle decades of the western, a truly American plot. Westerns have been around...
Episode 15 – Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
It’s 1943. World War 2 is raging, and nearly all the movies are war-related in some way. Into this comes a story of evil visiting idyllic small-town America. The...
Episode 14 – 42nd Street (1933)
It’s 1933. It’s the Depression, and audiences want movies that don’t sugarcoat the truth, but they want escapism too. That means it’s time for a new type of musical....
Episode 13 – The Ten Commandments (1923)
It’s 1923. The building blocks of classic Hollywood are coming together and the people are enjoying silent movies in their movie palaces in the years following the Great War....
Episode 12 – Mabel’s New Hero (1913)
It’s 1913. The movie industry is starting to move from the East Coast out west, and nickelodeons are a growing staple of American society. Out of those burgeoning years...
Episode 11 – The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Welcome to season 2 of Let’s Finally Watch This, a podcast for casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies. Once again we’re traveling through the...
Let’s Finally Watch This: Season 1 Wrap-Up
It’s the end of Season 1. It’s been a trip. Now it’s time to look back at the constants and changes that accompanied a century of film. We’ll also...
Let’s Finally Watch This: Episode 10 – Life of Pi (2012)
It’s 2012. Movies are experimenting with 3-D and Blu-ray is making inroads. This movie, considered a prime example of good 3-D storytelling, follows Pi, an Indian man whose story...
Let’s Finally Watch This: Episode 9 – Gangs of New York (2002)
It’s 2002. Sequels and franchises are everywhere, and digital filmmaking is just beginning. This movie, however, is the exception that proves the rule. Gangs of New York, directed by...