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The Magic Lantern

Cinematic Memories, Classic and Contemporary

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Episode 008 – No Country for Old Men

Episode 008 – No Country for Old Men

There aren’t many films more personal to me than Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men (2007). I grew up at the f... Read more

9 Nov 2015

52mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 100, Part One – Paris, Texas

Episode 100, Part One – Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984) is our first ever crowdsourced episode choice, and we’re so grateful to you, our listeners,... Read more

23 Mar 2019

1hr 8mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 024 – Psycho

Episode 024 – Psycho

You may think you know all there is to know about Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960). Watch it again. Right now. Joseph St... Read more

4 Jul 2016

1hr 30mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 032 – Halloween

Episode 032 – Halloween

I was eight years old when I saw the first television commercial for John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) and it was galvan... Read more

24 Oct 2016

1hr 23mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 056 – Rear Window

Episode 056 – Rear Window

Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954) has always been one of my favorites, and having too much time on one’s hands while the sum... Read more

28 Aug 2017

1hr 4mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 017 – The Long Goodbye

Episode 017 – The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye (1973) is my favorite Robert Altman film. For the longest time that was McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)... Read more

21 Mar 2016

1hr 4mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 087 – Get Out

Episode 087 – Get Out

In the groundbreaking Get Out (2017), director and writer Jordan Peele wove together terror, horror, dark satire, and la... Read more

8 Oct 2018

1hr 9mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 045 – The Third Man

Episode 045 – The Third Man

The Third Man (1949) is rightly hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. I thought so the very first time I saw it... Read more

10 Apr 2017

1hr 12mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 085 – Grey Gardens

Episode 085 – Grey Gardens

When they were first tasked with making a documentary about the Bouvier family and their reminiscences of East Hampton, ... Read more

10 Sep 2018

58mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 074 – Rope

Episode 074 – Rope

Rope (1948) is Alfred Hitchcock’s almost perfect crime. Based loosely upon the real life case of Leopold and Loeb, it wa... Read more

23 Apr 2018

58mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 040 – I Walked with a Zombie

Episode 040 – I Walked with a Zombie

If someone tells you not to love them, take them at their word. Who knows what may be lurking in their tower? So if we l... Read more

30 Jan 2017

1hr 7mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 003 – Hannah and Her Sisters

Episode 003 – Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) made me want to be a film director. Maybe it was that rosy glow the film cast over me as a... Read more

3 Sep 2015

54mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 112 – Jaws

Episode 112 – Jaws

Are you still afraid to go into the water? Does the specter of a killer shark still haunt you, 44 years after that monst... Read more

9 Sep 2019

1hr 3mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 007 – The Uninvited

Episode 007 – The Uninvited

Why do I enjoy this film so much? In the simplest terms, The Uninvited (1944) features a big house by the sea I really w... Read more

23 Oct 2015

40mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 098 – Andrei Rublev

Episode 098 – Andrei Rublev

This is a very special episode for us. For the first time, we are discussing a film that is a patron’s choice! Ian Buckl... Read more

25 Feb 2019

1hr 6mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 083 – Chinatown

Episode 083 – Chinatown

It is a very great pleasure to revisit something you think you know well and find new facets and new dots to connect. Th... Read more

13 Aug 2018

1hr 2mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 064 – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Episode 064 – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

A world of pure imagination. That’s what we’re promised by Mel Stuart’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), ... Read more

4 Dec 2017

50mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 031 – Black Christmas

Episode 031 – Black Christmas

I resisted the pull of Black Christmas (Clark, 1974) for a very long time. Too long. I thought it was going to be too sc... Read more

10 Oct 2016

1hr 11mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 122 – A New Leaf

Episode 122 – A New Leaf

In A New Leaf (1971), Elaine May’s screenwriting and directorial debut, I think you will see the legacy of her indelible... Read more

13 Jan 2020

56mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 067 – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Episode 067 – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

When I first encountered Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010), I had no idea h... Read more

15 Jan 2018

57mins

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