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Episode 176 – TREE OF LIFE / ROAD TO NOWHERE / Special Guest: Steven Gaydos

Episode 176 - TREE OF LIFE / ROAD TO NOWHERE / Special Guest: Steven Gaydos

Episode 176 – Thoughts on the syrupy yet beautiful TREE OF LIFE and the mysterious and stunning ROAD TO NOWHERE; includes an interview with ROAD writer Steven Gaydos.  Also discussed:   STAVISKY… and REJOICE AND SHOUT.


Carlos Reygadas, BATTLE IN HEAVEN and the Sound of Silence

Carlos Reygadas, BATTLE IN HEAVEN and the Sound of Silence

The Film Talk’s magnificent JumboChat5000 operating system, which also coughs up my lottery numbers, recently flagged up a months-old post by my comrade Tony Youngblood about cinema anima.


'I'm Up to My Neck in Being an American, whether I Like it or Not'

'I'm Up to My Neck in Being an American, whether I Like it or Not'

Wallace Shawn – you know, Wallace Shawn, man of wit and letters, agreeable suppers with theatre directors,  and potentially poisoned cups of mead, has some things to say about life.  Haymarket Books have gathered his elegant essays in a book (remarkably enough it’s titled ‘Essays‘) which turns out to be one of the wisest and [...]