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Steve Guntli and Mikayla Nicholson are watching every single one of Roger Ebert's Great Movies!
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Mikayla Nicholson makes her grand return to Roger's List this week to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's ambitious 1999 opus MAGNOLIA, featuring an all-star cast in a mind-bending intergenerational drama!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs
Minimus Maximus from the Off the Cuffs podcast joins me for another epic tour of the American South with NASHVILLE, Robert Altman's 1975 masterpiece featuring a cast of dozens! It's a movie that defies easy categorization but rewards viewers each and every time.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Instagram: @rogerslitpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Magnolia 
This week, Doug McCambridge, host of the amazing Good Times, Great Movies podcast, stops by to discuss Wim Wenders' lyrical, fascinating road movie PARIS, TEXAS (1984). We dissect the movie's themes and look at the amazing career of veteran character actor Harry Dean Stanton.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Nashville   
Nicholas Loup and Jordan Courtney, hosts of the Filmshake podcast, join me this week to talk about Francois Truffaut's brilliant comedy DAY FOR NIGHT (LA NUIT AMERICAINE) from 1973, one of the greatest movies about making movies!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpodcast@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Paris, Texas
My dear friend Luke Rahmsdorff-Terry joins me this week to discuss John Ford's STAGECOACH (1939), the film that shaped cinema's most popular genre for decades to come and produced one of Hollywood's biggest-ever movie stars with John Wayne! Does this rip-roaring Western adventure hold up today or has it been bested by it's imitators?  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Day For Night (La Nuit Americaine)    
This week we're diving in to one of the weirdest movies on the list, Alejandro Jodorowski's surrealistic cult classic EL TOPO. Woody Ciskowski joins me to look at Jodorowski's incredibly long, strange career and analyze the bizzare confluence of images that makes up his signature film, an acid western that helped invent the concept of the Midnight Movie!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Stagecoach 
This episode is anything but a surefire flop, because we've got the amazing Diana Goodman (@lecinenerd) from the Thirty, Twenty, Ten podcast to talk about Mel Brooks' THE PRODUCERS! Often considered one of the funniest films of all time, this ribald satire was too shocking for audiences in the 60s but has found a new appreciation over time!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: El Topo 
Get your motor running, because we're taking on the countercultural classic EASY RIDER! Emma Delaney and Nicole Vettese are riding sidecar on Dennis Hopper's motorcycle odyssey across America, one of the most influential American movies of all time!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com Instagram: @rogerslistpod Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: The Producers 
We're getting meta this week with the mind-bending 2002 comedy ADAPTATION! Comedian and podcaster Jesse Whitehead joins me to dig in to Charlie Kaufman's writer's block opus, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Easy Rider 
Joseph Finn joins me to tackle one of the most challenging films we've encountered so far! We watched THE GREY ZONE, a harrowing Holocaust drama directed by beloved character actor Tim Blake Nelson!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Adaptation 
It's the first of our many encounters with Martin Scorsese on this show, and we're opening it up with a real heavyweight. We're talking about RAGING BULL, Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece featuring a performance by Robert DeNiro that redefined acting for an entire generation. Mike Lydon and Nicole Vettese return to spar with this challenging, beautiful, fascinating film.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: The Grey Zone 
Author Molly Grattan joins me this week to chat about THE BAND WAGON, an exuberant Technicolor musical starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse! We discuss the history of MGM musicals, the parallels with SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, and celebrate a much-needed blast of cinematic joy.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Raging Bull 
Humphrey Bogart gives one of his best performances as the improbably named Dix Steele in this moody, brilliant film noir from director Nicolas Ray! Karl Horberg is on hand to discuss this Hollywood-set potboiler, featuring an amazing turn by Gloria Grahame! This one really blew me away; check it out free on Amazon Prime. Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: The Band Wagon 
This week, we're heading to Alex Proyas' gothic, brilliant DARK CITY! Dan Reese joins me to talk about this modern sci-fi masterpiece starring Rufus Sewell, Jennifer Connolly, Kiefer Sutherland, and William Hurt. Blending film noir, horror, and sci-fi, this 1998 gem out-Matrixes THE MATRIX.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: In A Lonely Place 
Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by the release of this week's episode! Andy Bowman from the Geek 101 and Monkey Off My Backlog podcasts joins me to discuss Richard Loncraine's explosive 1995 adaptation of Shakespeare's RICHARD III, featuring a breakout performance from Ian McKellan as the Bard's nastiest villain. This sets the story in an alternate history version of WWII era London, and doesn't skimp on modern-era sex, violence, and style.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Dark City 
David Lean's 1946 take on Charles Dickens' immortal classic is considered by most to be the definitive adaptation; how does it hold up today? Tessa Swehla from the Monkey Off My Backlog podcast joins me to dig in to this sumptuous, witty, gothic rendition of a classic.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com Instagram: @rogerslistpod Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Richard III (1995) 
Pour a nice glass of "wine" and kick back for this special Halloween treat! We're delighted this week to be joined by Gena Radcliffe, film critic for The Spool and host of the wonderful Kill by Kill Podcast, to discuss Tod Browning's 1931 classic DRACULA, with Bela Lugosi in his iconic turn as the bloodthirsty count!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Great Expectations 
Nobody's perfect, but this sparkling Billy Wilder comedy comes pretty close. This week, Lynsey Pennington returns to discuss SOME LIKE IT HOT, one of the all-time great American comedies with an iconic performance from Marilyn Monroe!  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Dracula 
We're back in the realm of German Expressionism this week with another ahead of it's time, larger than life production: FW Murnau's FAUST. This week, Tim Stevens from Marvel.com and The Spool is on hand to discuss this most metal of silent films, with it's amazing makeup and special effects.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod  Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com  Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/7ESRs Next week's episode: Some Like It Hot 
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, as Orson Welles can attest with CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT, his bold remixing of Shakespeare's HENRY IV and HENRY V. Mike Lydon, host of the Cult Standard and Courage the Cowardly Podcast, joins me to discuss Welles' debauched interpretation of Falstaff, the incredible trickery that went into the production, and one of the coolest battle scenes ever.  Hosted by Steve Guntli  Logo by Corinne Kempen  Twitter: @rogerslistpod Email: rogerslistpod@gmail.com Instagram: @rogerslistpod  Next week's episode: Faust 
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