• Episode 29: Getting Gertie's Garter
    Feb 14 2025

    We're still on the road to After Hours and talking about another Allan Dwan farcical comedy, 1945's Getting Gertie's Garter. Sarah and MJ chat about why we're bad at using Letterboxd (ironic considering this podcast started from a Letterboxd list!), where this film unfortunately falls apart, and the perils of trying to turn a silent movie into a talkie.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 28: The Inside Story
    Jan 29 2025

    Is money fake? What even is time? Join MJ and Sarah as they ruminate on these big questions while also talking about 1940s farcical comedy, The Inside Story. This is the first of three companion movies for Martin Scorsese's After Hours, so we talk about its connections to that movie, when is the right time to make movies about big events, and the relevance the movie has to today.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 27: The King of Comedy
    Dec 10 2024

    This week Sarah and MJ discuss the under-appreciated Martin Scorsese movie, The King of Comedy. We get into the Joker of it all (unfortunately), the skilful way the film flirts with what is real and what isn't, as well as discussing our own fleeting brushes with internet fame via viral tweets.

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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • Episode 26: Station Six-Sahara
    Nov 25 2024

    This week we're on the very short road to Raging Bull with 1963's companion film, Station Six-Sahara. Opinions on it are split between your LPWM co-hosts, but we've got plenty of ideas about how this film could be improved, why it should be an exploitation film, and why we're both very annoyed with Nicole Kidman.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Episode 25: Raging Bull
    Oct 29 2024

    We've finally arrived at Raging Bull, a strong contender for Martin Scorsese's best film and a first time watch for one of your co-hosts! We discuss the incredible performances, Thelma Schoonmaker's impeccable editing, and the brilliant way Scorsese incorporates religious imagery into this boxing movie that isn't really about boxing.

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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • Episode 24: Rocco and His Brothers
    Oct 15 2024

    Our final stop before Raging Bull it's a doozy! Rocco and His Brothers was clearly a huge influence on Martin Scorsese's own boxing drama, but it is also a great, great movie in it's own right. Join Sarah & MJ as they discuss the beautiful brutality of this movie, why sometimes 3 hours movies are okay actually, and finish things off with a quite frankly shocking revelation from Sarah to get you pumped up for the next episode.

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    1 hr and 42 mins
  • Episode 23: Gertrud
    Oct 4 2024

    Inching ever closer to Raging Bull, this week we talk about 1964's Gertrud, aka the movie that could've been an email. We talk about the pitfalls of adapting a play into a film — as well as those that manage to pull it off — and the crucial element to making unlikeable characters watchable.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 22: Force of Evil
    Sep 17 2024

    Strap in, the slow journey towards Raging Bull continues, and this week we discuss 1948's Force of Evil. We get into the similarities between this and On the Waterfront as well as some of the takeaways Martin Scorsese had for his own films ... beyond just Raging Bull.

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    1 hr and 10 mins