Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

Welcome To Saturday Night At The Movies With Steven Jay Rubin! The podcast that celebrates film past present and future!

THE OTHER SPIELBERG

Steve interviews screenwriter and author Anne Spielberg, who co-wrote one of the most popular comedies of the 80s: "Big" and who dives into a behind the scenes discussion of that true classic.

11-18
01:00:32

From Indians to Native Americans: A Progression in Cinema

Steve interviews film historian and author  Bob Herzberg (Savages and Saints) about the evolution of Native American depictions in American film,  from the silent era to "Dances with Wolves."

11-04
57:55

REWINDING THE 80S

Steve interviews author and film historian John Malahy who chronicles one of Hollywood's most profitable decades in his new book,

11-04
54:16

M Speaks

Reaching back into his 007 archives, Steve uncovers his 1977 interview with veteran British character actor Bernard Lee, who discusses his career and the road that led him to playing James Bond's boss eleven times. 

10-21
30:40

"We Don't Have to Show You No Stinkin' Badges"

Steve interviews author and film historian Nat Segaloff  (Bogart and Huston) all about the making of the screen classic "The Treasure of Sierra Madre."

10-14
53:11

The Legendary Mankiewicz Brothers

Steve interviews author Nick Davis, whose book "Competing with Idiots," offers a very inside look at the lives of "Citizen Kane" writer Herman Mankiewicz, and his brother, writer/director Joseph Mankiewicz ("All About Eve," "Julius Caesar," "Cleopatra").

09-23
55:59

The Producer's Windy Road

Steve interviews veteran producer Arne Schmidt ("Robocop," "Pretty in Pink," Ferris Buehler's Day Off," "We Were Soldiers") all about his career and how it began with a chance meeting with director John Frankenheimer.

09-16
01:06:10

The Legacy of "Sahara" (1943)

Joined by combat veteran and former tank commander Rory Aylward, Steve celebrates the 1943 Humphrey Bogart classic desert war film, Sahara.

09-09
54:21

The Dark Side of Time Travel

Steve interviews producer Ben Cooke and writer/director Jason Eric Perlman all about their new sci-fi thriller, "Site."

09-02
57:54

Remembering Cuckoo's Nest on its 50th

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1975 release of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,"  Steve interviews actor Brad Dourif, who portrayed Billy Bibbitt opposite Jack Nicholson in what became the Best Picture of the Year.

08-26
51:26

The Gilded Age - a Supreme Design Challenge

Steve interviews three-time Emmy-winning production designer Bob Shaw ("The Sopranos," "Mad Men") all about the sumptuous HBO Max series "The Gilded Age" and its portrait of life on the upper east side of Manhattan in the 1880s. 

08-19
55:13

Strangers on a Train

Steve interviews film historian, author and Hitchcock expert Stephen Rebello (The Making of Psycho) all about his latest book: Cross Cross: The Making of Strangers on a Train.

08-12
01:04:01

The Deans of American Comedy

Steve interviews comedy writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, the virtual deans of American movie comedies of the 1980s and 1990s, with such credits as "Splash," "Parenthood," "City Slickers," "Night Shift," "A League of Their Own," and many more.

08-05
01:07:43

Andrea Eastman's Hollywood Stories Part 1

Everyone likes a good Hollywood story, and Andrea Eastman, former agent, studio executive and the woman who cast The Godfather has a million of them. Starting this week, we will be presenting a series of interviews with Andrea, where she relates fascinating stories about Hollywood’s elite, including Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner, Jerry Weintraub, Roy Scheider, Richard Gere and more.

07-28
46:32

Resurrection Blvd at 25

This week Steve celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the landmark Showtime series, "Resurrection Blvd.," all about the fighting Santiagos, a family of East L.A. boxers, which starred Elizabeth Pena, Michael DeLorenzo, Nicholas Gonzalez, Marisol Nichols, Tony Plana and Ruth Livier.  

07-21
52:47

Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

This week Steve and public relations executive Stan Rosenfield celebrate a true classic, 1957's iconic courtroom drama, "12 Angry Men," which marked the feature directing debut of Sidney Lumet.

07-14
49:28

007 Screenwriter Richard Maibaum is Back

This week we continue with our 1977 archival interview with the late, great James Bond screenwriter, Richard Maibaum. Having revealed his origins as a playwright and studio scriptwriter, as well as the birth of the Bond films in last week's episode, this time we get into a lengthy discussion of the making of the Bond movies, focusing on "From Russia with Love," "Goldfinger," "Thunderball," "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "The Spy Who Loved Me."

07-07
01:02:28

My Name is Maibaum, Richard Maibaum

Reaching back into his interview archives from 1977, Steve features Part One of an extensive interview with screenwriter Richard Maibaum, who, starting with "Dr. No," wrote thirteen James Bond movies.  

07-01
32:00

Who Will Be the Next James Bond?

Steve is joined by 007 Magazine founder and editor Graham Rye as they debate the choices for the next cinema 007.  

06-25
45:11

Desi Arnaz: TV Titan

Steve interviews author and former journalist Todd S. Purdum all about his concise and fascinating biography Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television.

06-17
42:08

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