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The Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 21: VIFF 2019Sean and Evan and Melissa and Lawrence discuss some of the films they saw at the 2019 Vancouver International Film festival. Movies discussed include: Amanda (Mikhaël Hers), Wet Season (Anthony Chen), I Was at Home, But. . . (Angela Schanelec), Fourteen (Dan Sallitt), The Whistlers (Corneliu Porumboiu), Parasite (Bong Joonho), Young Ahmed (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne), and A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick).2019-10-1800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 20: SIFF 2019Sean and Evan discuss some of the films they saw at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, including neo-giallos from Peter Strickland (In Fabric) and Yann Gonzalez (Knife+Heart), Joan Micklin Silver's shambolic newspaper picture Between the Lines, Radu Jude's I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, James Mason supercut Invest in Failure (Notes on Film 06-C, Monologue 03), Chuck Smith's doc Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground, Makoto Tezuka's Legend of the Stardust Brothers and more.2019-06-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 19: VIFF 2018Sean and Evan discuss some of the films they saw at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival, including Christian Petzold's Transit, a variety of Moody Asian Noirs (Manta Ray, Lush Reeds, A Land Imagined), Bi Gan's Long Day's Journey Into Night, Ulrich Köhler's In My Room, Derek Chiu's No. 1 Chung Ying Street and Jodie Mack's The Grand Bizarre.2018-10-1900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 18: SIFF 2018Looking back at the just-concluded Seattle International Film Festival, Sean, Evan and Ryan discuss Paul Schrader's First Reformed, Claire Denis's Let the Sunshine In, Vivian Qu's Angels Wear White, and more festival highlights.2018-06-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 17: 2017 Year in ReviewSean, Evan and Ryan get together to talk about some of their favorite movies of 2017. Titles include: Baahubali: The Conclusion, The Work, On the Beach at Night Alone, Sleep Has Her House, Good Time, Mother!, Phantom Thread, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and Lucky.2017-12-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 16: The Last jediWe tracked him down and thawed Mike out of his carbonite prison for this special episode all about Star Wars and The Last Jedi. Topics include but are not limited to: Porgs, galactic capitalism and the flaws inherent in the Republic, Ron Howard, wipes, and Mike's dog.2017-12-2400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 15: VIFF 2017 RecapWe talk about many of the movies we saw at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Films discussed include: Maison du bonheur, Milla, Caniba, 24 Frames, Claire's Camera, The Square, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the Future//Present program (Fail to Appear, Mass for Shut-Ins, Still Night Still Light, Prototype, Black Cop, Scaffold, Forest Movie), Faces Places, Top of the Lake: China Girl, 120 Beats per Minute, Bad Genius, Wonderstruck, The Florida Project, and SPL: Paradox.2017-10-1700 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 14: True GritFresh from Melissa introducing the film at the Pickford Film Center in Bellingham, we talk about three versions of True Grit: the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, the 1969 film version directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne, Kim Darby and Glen Campbell, and the 2010 adaptation by the Coen Brothers, with Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld and Matt Damon.2017-08-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 13: SIFF 2017 Part TwoThe 2017 Seattle International Film Festival has come to an end and Sean, Evan and Ryan get together to talk about what they saw, what they liked and didn’t like among the festival's archival presentations and new releases. Film discussed include: The Dumb Girl of Portici, Taste of Cherry, Love and Duty, Brainstorm, A Ghost Story, Nocturama, Columbus, Godspeed, Gook and Mr. Long.2017-06-1600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 12: SIFF 2017 Part OneHalfway through the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival, Sean, Melissa, Evan and Ryan get together to talk about what they've seen, what they liked, didn't like and are looking forward to as the festival moves into its final two weeks. Film discussed include: Yourself and Yours, Person to Person, Sami Blood, Searchers, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Knife in the Clear Water, Beach Rats, Maurice, Vampire Cleanup department, Cook Up a Storm, God of War, By the Time it Gets Dark, The Unknown Girl, Finding Kukan, and Bad Black.2017-05-3100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowThe Frances Farmer Show #11: A Quiet Passion, Chungking Express and Fallen AngelsAfter a lengthy absence, The Frances Farmer Show returns as Melissa and Sean take a quick look at some films playing on Seattle Screens, including a preview of Terence Davies's Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion, which opens here on May 5th. They also discuss Wong Kar-wai's mid-90s masterpieces Chungking Express and Fallen Angels.2017-04-2800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 10: Three and Shock CorridorThis week Mike and Sean, for the third time, trek out to downtown Seattle to catch the opening night of the new Johnnie To film, the hospital-set thriller Three, with Louis Koo, Zhao Wei and Wallace Chung. Paired with it is another thriller set in a hospital, Samuel Fuller's 1963 Shock Corridor, about a journalist who goes undercover in a mental institution and comes unglued.2016-06-2500 minThe Frances Farmer ShowSpecial Episode: Oki's MovieOn this special episode of The Frances Farmer Show, recorded last summer for another podcast which ended up not being published, Sean talks about director Hong Sangsoo with Thomas Prieto and Ty Landis, specifically focusing on Hong's 2010 film Oki's Movie.2016-06-1500 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 8: SIFF 2016 Wrap-UpAs the Seattle International Film Festival draws to its close, we get together the low-points and high-points of the local juggernaut marathon. Movies discussed include: Dragon Gate Inn, Mountains May Depart, Trivisa, I am Belfast, Under the Sun, The Bacchus Lady, and Creepy.2016-06-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 7: SIFF 2016 Midpoint ReportAlmost halfway through the marathon that is the Seattle International Film Festival, we take a break to talk about some of the films we've seen so far. Movies discussed include: Chimes at Midnight, Sunset Song, Love & Friendship, Long Way North, Our Little Sister, Alone, The Island Funeral, Concerto, A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, Cameraperson, Women He's Undressed, In a Valley of Violence, The Final Master, Lo and Behold, The Lure, Tiny, The Seasons in Quincy and A Scandal in Paris.2016-05-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 6: SIFF Preview, The Long Day Closes and Tokyo SonataWith the Seattle International Film Festival fast approaching, we discuss earlier films by two prominent directors whose films will be bookending this year's SIFF. Terence Davies will be kicking the festival off with his Sunset Song, while Kiyoshi Kurosawa will bring it to a close with Creepy, and so we talk about Davies's 1992 masterpiece of poetic memory The Long Day Closes and Kurosawa's 2008 surreal domestic melodrama Tokyo Sonata. We're joined as well by Melissa to preview this year's festival, running down some new obscurities, interesting documentaries, much-anticipated archival presentations and more. All that, plus cameo appearances from TS Eliot and...2016-05-1400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 5: A Brighter Summer Day, SPL 2 and Purple RainWith Mike on vacation his week Sean is joined by Seattle Screen Scene writer Melissa Tamminga to discuss Edward Yang's long sought after 1990 epic A Brighter Summer Day, which has just recently been released by the Criterion Collection, and Soi Cheang's action film SPL 2: A Time for Consequences, starring Tony Jaa and Wu Jing, which will be released here in the US as Kill Zone 2 in a couple of weeks. They also pick their essential Violent Youth films, take a look ahead to what's coming soon to Seattle (and Bellingham) Screens and talk about Prince's classic 1984 film Purple Rain.2016-04-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 4: Youth of the Beast and SonatineThis week, to mark the on-going Seijun Suzuki retrospective at the Grand Illusion and the Northwest Film Forum, we discuss the idiosyncratic Japanese director's career and one of his more famous and influential gangster films, 1963's Youth of the Beast. We also talk about the Yakuza film in general, and all the crazy things Suzuki did to it, and take a look at actor/director Takeshi Kitano's own take on the yakuza film in his 1993 film Sonatine. All that plus more goings on around town, including an upcoming tribute to a great director at the Film Forum and the novelty...2016-04-1600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 3: Prospero's Books and The Princess of FranceWith the First Folio in town at the Seattle Public Library, we take a look at a couple of unusual Shakespeare adaptations. First is Peter Greenaway's 1991 adaptation of The Tempest, Prospero's Books, with John Gielgud and Mark Rylance. Then we discuss Matías Piñeiro's 2014 riff on Love's Labour's Lost, The Princess of France. We also pick our Essential Shakespeare films, look around at what's coming soon to Seattle Screens, and discuss the 1946 film Dirty Gertie from Harlem USA, directed by Spencer Williams and playing as part of the Pioneers of African-American Cinema here in town and touring around the cou...2016-04-0200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 2: Mysterious Object at Noon and Gates of the NightWith Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest film Cemetery of Splendour making its debut on Seattle Screens this week, we take a look at his debut feature, from 2000, the experimental documentary-fiction hybrid Mysterious Object at Noon. The narrative of that film being based on the surrealist parlor game "the exquisite corpse", we also discuss a 1946 film that was written by one of the original participants in the exquisite corpse game, Gates of the Night, written by Jacques Prévert and directed by Marcel Carné. We also take a look ahead at what's coming soon to Seattle Screens, a look back at Te...2016-03-1900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 1: The Big Sleep and Fire Walk with MeThis is the debut episode of The Frances Farmer Show. Each episode we talk about an older movie and a newer movie and a bunch of other things besides, with a special, but by no means exclusive, look at cinematic goings-on in the Seattle area. This week, we discuss Howard Hawks's 1946 Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Bacall film noir The Big Sleep and David Lynch's prequel to his acclaimed early 90s television series Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. We also take a look back at last week's Oscars, a look ahead to what's coming to Seattle Screens and a look all around...2016-03-0500 min
The Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 83: Special AnnouncementWe interrupt your Oscar weekend with a Special Announcement. The show is changing names and changing homes. Nothing else major will change. The show will still be in the same format and be found on the same podcast feed. But we're moving the show over to Seattle Screen Scene in an attempt to streamline our endeavors. Hopefully this will cause very little disruption in all of our lives.2016-02-2700 min
The Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 82: The Razor's Edge, Canyon Passage and the Best of 2015In anticipation of next week's Academy Awards, Mike and Sean run down their picks in the top categories, both who they think will win and who should win the awards, out of all the films and performances from 2015. They also start their year-long exploration of the films of 1946 with one of that year's Best Picture contenders, The Razor's Edge, with Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power, and Jacques Tourneur's Western Canyon Passage, starring Dana Andrews, in some circles now one of the highly regarded films of that year, but which then received only one Oscar nomination (for Best Song).2016-02-2000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 81: The Bad Sleep Well and BastardsThis week, Mike and Sean tackle two harrowing films about revenge and economics from master auteurs. First up is Akira Kurosawa's 1960 The Bad Sleep Well, starring Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori and Takashi Shimura, that's followed by Claire Denis's 2013 film Bastards, with Vincent Lindon, Chiara Mastroianni and Michel Subor. They also pick their essential Capitalism is the Devil movies, discuss the career of Toshiro Mifune and check out What Mike's been Watching.2016-02-0600 min
The Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 80: Iron Monkey and Mismatched CouplesThis week on The Donnie Yen Show, Mike and Sean discuss two of the star's collaborations with director Yuen Woo-ping: 1993's kung fu epic Iron Monkey and 1985's breakdancing comedy Mismatched Couples. They also take a look at Donnie's latest release, Ip Man 3 and pick their Essential Dance Fights. They'll also examine Donnie's career as a whole and this week's music comes from the man himself.2016-01-2300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 79: Noroît and The Black PirateIn anticipation of the local premiere of Jacques Rivette's monumental 1971 serial Out 1, this week Mike and Sean take a look at his 1976 pirate film Noroît, starring Geraldine Chaplin. Continuing the theme, they discuss Douglas Fairbanks's 1926 classic The Black Pirate, make their picks for Essential Pirate Film and talk about the career of the greatest swashbuckler of them all, Errol Flynn. And, we promise, nobody talks like a pirate.2016-01-0900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowHelp!, A Pistol for Ringo and the Best of 1965It's time for the annual end of the year George Sanders Show, completing their year-long look at the best films of 1965. Sean and Mike discuss The Beatles in Richard Lester's Help! along with Duccio Tessari's spaghetti Western A Pistol for Ringo. They also name the best performances, screenplays, directors and films of 1965.2015-12-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 77: The Force AwakensUnable to contain their excitement for the latest Star Wars film, Mike and Sean get together for a special bonus episode to discuss The Force Awakens. What was supposed to be a quick little episode stretched to over an hour (and could have gone for a lot longer) because it's Star Wars and they really could talk about it for hours and hours.2015-12-2300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode76: Alexander, Nightmare Alley and 2015 DiscoveriesFor their third annual Discoveries episode, Mike and Sean take a look back at some of the best older movies they watched for the first time in 2015. From Sean's list of first-time views, Mike chose to discuss Oliver Stone's 2004 historical epic Alexander, in its Ultimate Cut version. From Mike's list, Sean chose the Tyrone Power carny noir Nightmare Alley, directed by Edmund Goulding in 1947.2015-12-1200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 75: Star Wars and Turkish Star Wars (The Man Who Saves the World)In anticipation of the upcoming The Force Awakens, Sean and Mike take a look back at the first film either of them ever saw, George Lucas's 1977 Star Wars. And in celebration of Thanksgiving, they also talk about Çetin İnanç's 1982 epic The Man Who Saves the World, also known as Turkish Star Wars. They also talk about the singular, wildly successful and somewhat disappointing career of George Lucas and make their picks for the essential Blockbuster Saga.2015-11-2800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode74: Major Dundee and The Heroes of TelemarkThis week, on the annual Veteran's Day War Movie episode, Mike and Sean watch a pair of 1965 films from a pair of great directors, both of which just happen to star Richard Harris. First is Sam Peckinpah's Civil War-era Major Dundee, with Charlton Heston, then Anthony Mann's The Heroes of Telemark with Kirk Douglas leading a band of Norwegians against the Nazis. They also talk about Peckinpah's career in general and pick their Essential Resistance Films.2015-11-1400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 73: Planet of the Vampires and Goke, Body Snatcher from HellFor the annual Halloween episode, Mike and Sean take a look at a couple low budget films from the mid 1960s, Maria Bava's AIP co-production Planet of the Vampires and Hajime Sato's Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell. Both films feature inventive special effects, zombification, questionable acting and a whole lot of dread. They also talk about the career of the late Maureen O'Hara, lament the demise of Grantland, pick their Essential Cinematic Vampires and see what's playing around the multiplexes.2015-10-3100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 72: Je tu il elle, Le bonheur and VIFF WrapupThis week Mike and Sean take a look at an early work by the late director Chantal Akerman, her feature debut Je tu il elle, along with a 1965 film by director Agnès Varda, Le bonheur. They also put a cap on their discussions of the 2015 Vancouver International Film festival, with some thoughts on Jia Zhangke's Mountains May Depart, Corneliu Porumboiu's The Treasure, Sylvia Chang's Murmur of the Hearts, Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days and, yet again, Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin.2015-10-1900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 71: VIFF Report #2Mike and Sean are still at the Vancouver International Film Festival, and are joined for this second dispatch by fellow Seattle Screen Scene critic Melissa Tamminga. They discuss new films from Hong Sangsoo (Right Now, Wrong Then), Hou Hsiao-hsien (The Assassin), Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights), Lee Kwangkuk (A Matter of Interpretation), Jafar Panahi (Taxi) and more.2015-10-0400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 70: VIFF Report #1Mike and Sean check-in with a first look at some of the films they've been seeing at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival. Discussed in this episode are new movies from star auteurs Guy Maddin, Thom Andersen, and Miguel Gomes, as well as ones from up-and-coming directors such as Lee Kwangkuk, Luo Li, Kim Gwangtae and Philip Yung.2015-09-2900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 69: Office and Police, AdjectiveIn what is quickly becoming an annual tradition, Mike and Sean ventured out their local AMC theatre to record an episode on-location at the Seattle premiere of the new Johnnie To film. This year it's Office, a musical drama set in a financial firm in the midst of the 2008 collapse starring Chow Yun-fat, Tang Wei, Eason Chan and Sylvia Chang (who also adapted the screenplay from her own play, Design for Living). Chang as well has a film she's directed playing at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival, as does Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu, whose 2009 film Police, Adjective they also...2015-09-2000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 68: Top Ten Films of All-TimeOn this very special episode, Sean and Mike make their fourth annual Top Ten Films of All-Time selections. Films noirs, Great Actresses, Silent Comedies, Hong Kong movies, terrible pronunciation of French words and much much more!2015-09-0500 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 67: Man of Aran and Neo TokyoThis week, for a long and unimportant series of reasons, Mike and Sean take a look at Robert Flaherty's 1934 film Man of Aran and the 1987 anime anthology Neo Tokyo, directed by Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Katsuhiro Ōtomo. They also talk about realism in documentaries and danger in children's cartoons, make their picks for Essential Pseudo-Documentary and discuss a Mystery Person of the Week.2015-08-2300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 66: The Look of Silence and The Sound of MusicThis week Mike and Sean talk about The Look of Silence, the latest film from director Joshua Oppenheimer, a companion piece to his acclaimed 2012 documentary on Indonesian genocide The Act of Killing. And they continue their quest through the films of 1965 with that year's Oscar winner for Best Picture, The Sound of Music. They take a look at the career of that film's director, Robert Wise, and make their picks for the Essential 1960s Musical Blockbuster.2015-08-0600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 65: The Green Ray and X: The Man with X-Ray EyesSean and Mike celebrate the Seattle release of the restored version of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy in the most natural way possible: with Eric Rohmer's 1986 film The Green Ray and Roger Corman's 1963 X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes. They also talk about Corman in general, pick their Essential Non-Noir B-Movies and check-in on What Mike's Watching (hint: there's a Ray involved).2015-07-2900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 64: Summer Interlude and Songs from the Second FloorWith Roy Andersson's latest set to open in Seattle in a few days, Sean and Mike decided to spend a cinematic summer in Sweden with Ingmar Bergman's 1951 film Summer Interlude and Andersson's own 2000 film Songs from the Second Floor. They also pick their Essential Swedish Movies, celebrate the greatest Swede of all, Ingrid Bergman, and lament the losses this week of Omar Sharif and The Dissolve.2015-07-1100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 63: Blackhat and A Better TomorrowOn the occasion of its single showing in Seattle this week, Mike and Sean talk about John Woo's A Better Tomorrow, with Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung. They also discuss Michael Mann's Blackhat, with Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, out now on video and one of the best films of the year so far. And they argue about Pixar's latest, Inside Out, celebrate Mel Brooks's birthday and make their picks for the Essential American Movie.2015-06-2900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 62: 2015 Seattle International Film Festival RecapMike and Sean take a look back at their month with the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival. Their discoveries, surprises, disappointments, the best, the worst and the most SIFF moments of this year in the world's longest film festival.2015-06-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 61: SIFF Special - Interview with Atticus RossAbout midway through the marathon that is the Seattle International Film Festival, Sean and Mike take a moment to sit down and talk a bit about what's happened so far and what else there is to see. But mostly, this is the interview Mike did with Love & Mercy composer Atticus Ross.2015-05-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 60: Linda Linda Linda and The Affairs of Dobie GillisIn conjunction with the release this weekend of the movie event of the year, Pitch Perfect 2, Mike and Sean talk about a couple of other films about young people making music. Bae Doona stars in Linda Linda Linda, Nobuhiro Yamashita's 2005 film about a high school punk band and Don Weis's 1953 college musical comedy The Affairs of Dobie Gillis stars Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van and Bob Fosse himself. They also discuss the career of Anna Kendrick, the greatest actress of her generation, the new Avengers movie and pick their essential College Movies.2015-05-1700 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode59: Clouds of Sils Maria and Centre StageThis week Mike and Sean take a look at the latest blockbuster from Olivier Assayas, Clouds of Sils Maria, starring Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart. As well they look back at another film about acting, 1991's Centre Stage, directed by Stanley Kwan and starring Maggie Cheung. They'll also talk about the careers of Juliette Binoche and Maggie Cheung in general, the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival and the Rolling Stones.2015-05-0200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 58: Jauja and Three Crowns of the SailorThis week Mike and Sean head down South American Way for Jauja, an unusual new Western starring Viggo Mortensen directed by Argentine auteur Lisandro Alonso, and Three Crowns of the Sailor, Chilean surrealist Raoul Ruiz's 1983 film about ghosts, storytelling and storytelling ghosts. They'll also talk about Harrison Ford, for some reason, and pick their essential Weird Westerns.2015-04-1800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 57: Days of Thunder and Red Line 7000This week Mike and Sean gear up for a discussion of NASCAR classics Days of Thunder and Red Line 7000. The former is Tony Scott's 1990 blockbuster starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, the latter one of the last films directed by Howard Hawks. They'll also discuss the Fast and the Furious franchise, the career of Tom Cruise and pick their Essential Car Movies. And they'll also talk a lot about Beck, for some reason.2015-04-1200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 56: Where Danger Lives and Farewell, My LovelyAs Mike is embroiled in a month-long marathon of films noir, he drags Sean along this week to discuss a pair of Robert Mitchum's lesser-known efforts, 1950's Where Danger Lives, with Faith Domergue and Claude Rains and direction by John Farrow, and 1975's Raymond Chandler-adaptation Farewell, My Lovely, with Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland and Harry Dean Stanton. They also pick their Essential Noirs and talk about the long, great acting career of Robert Mitchum and appreciate his all-too-brief singing career.2015-03-0700 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 55: Doctor Zhivago and DarlingThis Oscar weekend, Mike and Sean count down their favorite films of 2014 and make their picks for the various Acting, Writing and Directing Awards. They also take a look back at two of the Best Picture nominees of 1965, both of which star Julie Christie: David Lean's epic romance Doctor Zhivago, with Omar Sharif, Alec Guiness and the always-menacing Rod Steiger and John Schlesinger's Swingin' 60s Darling, with Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey.2015-02-2200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 54: Alphaville and A SeparationThis week, as the annual film festival is on-going in Berlin, Mike and Sean take a look at a pair of past winners of the prestigious Golden Bear award, Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 neo-noir Alphaville and Asghar Farhadi's highly acclaimed domestic/courtroom drama A Separation, from 2011. They also discuss Godard's career in general, pick their Essential Golden Bear Winners and complain about everything in the news, from Birth of a Nation to the Dissolve, the new Varsity Theatre and martial arts movies at the Cinerama.2015-02-1200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 53: Selma and Malcolm XThis week Sean and Mike discuss a pair of historical dramas: Ava DuVernay's leading 2014 Oscar contender Selma along with Spike Lee's 1992 biopic Malcolm X. They also discuss the career of Spike Lee, choose their Essential Biopics, make shameful admissions of ignorance regarding Oprah and Denzel Washington and unveil a new project about Seattle-area film.2015-01-2400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 52: The Shopworn Angel and The Cheyenne Social ClubThis week, on the occasion of a double feature of The Philadelphia Story and The Shop Around the Corner at the Grand Illusion Theatre in Seattle, Mike and Sean devote the show to their love of James Stewart, the greatest movie actor of all-time. They'll talk about his 1938 film The Shopworn Angel, with Margaret Sullavan, and his 1970 film The Cheyenne Social Club, with Henry Fonda. In addition, they'll lament the latest Seattle movie theatre closures and discuss their picks for the Top Ten Films of the Decade So Far.2015-01-1000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 51: Love Streams, Streets of Fire and the Best of 1984Continuing an annual tradition, Mike and Sean step away from the end of 2014 festivities to take a look at the best in film from 30 years ago, with Top Ten lists and Fake Awards for the movies of 1984. Alongside that, they discuss John Cassavetes's Love Streams with Gena Rowlands and Walter Hill's gangland rock epic Streets of Fire.2014-12-2700 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 50: Coffy, Golden Chicken and 2014 DiscoveriesThis week Mike and Sean take a look back at their favorites among the older movies they saw for the first time in the past year, highlighting Pam Grier in 1973's blaxploitation classic Coffy and Sandra Ng in the Hong Kong comedy-drama Golden Chicken, from 2002.2014-12-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 49: Awaara and SholayThis week, Mike and Sean celebrate Thanksgiving with a pair of Bollywood classics, 1951's Awaara, starring Nargis and Raj Kapoor, who also directed, and 1975's epic Western Sholay starring Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra and directed by Ramesh Sippy. They also discuss the late Mike Nichols, celebrate Busby Berkeley's birthday, pick their Essential Movie Buddies and, for some reason, talk about an 80 second commercial for a movie that doesn't open for thirteen months.2014-11-2900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 48: Renaldo & Clara, Masked & Anonymous and Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2This week's episode is recorded on location at an AMC theatre in downtown Seattle where Johnnie To has crashed Mike and Sean's celebration of cinematic Bob Dylan (on the occasion of the official release of the complete Basement Tapes). Before and after a trip into the movie theatre, they talk about two iterations of post-crash Dylan: his own four hour 1975 concert film/experimental indie drama Renaldo & Clara and his 2003 collaboration with Larry Charles and a cast of dozens, Masked and Anonymous. They also take a few minutes to talk about the To film, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2, about which...2014-11-1600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 47: Toute la mémoire du monde and Russian ArkThis week, in celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the great film archivist, curator and programmer Henri Langlois, Sean and Mike take a tour of some cinematic libraries and museums with Alain Resnais's 1956 short film Toute la mémoire du mode about the Bibliothèque nationale and Alexander Sokurov's 2002 Russian Ark about the Russian State Hermitage Museum. They'll also talk about Langlois, Orson Welles, Princesses, the Internet and more.2014-11-0400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 46: Gone Girl and The VanishingThis week Mike and Sean tackle David Fincher's big hit Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike along with the late George Sluizer's 1988 film about a missing woman, The Vanishing. They'll also recap Sean's trip to the 2014 Vancouver International Film Festival, celebrate Independent Video Store Day with their Essential Films You Can Only Get at Scarecrow Video, and discuss the concept of "It" while making their picks for modern day It Girls and It Boys on the 150th birthday of writer Elinor Glyn. All this and Mike finally watched Boyhood too.2014-10-1800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 45: How to Marry a Millionaire and Down with LoveWanting a break from all the weird and dour movies they've been watching lately, Mike and Sean celebrate the bright and colorful of Fox Cinemascope romantic comedies, with 1953's How to Marry a Millionaire, starring Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe, and Down with Love, from 2003, with Renee Zellweger and Ewan MacGregor. Also, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of cinema pioneer Louis Lumière, they make their picks for Essential Early Film.2014-10-0600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 44: Videodrome and WavelengthWith the Toronto Film festival just ending and the Vancouver Film Festival one week away, Mike and Sean celebrate the Great White North with a pair of the most-acclaimed Canadian films of all-time, David Cronenberg's 1983 mind-bender Videodrome and Michael Snow's experimental classic Wavelength, from 1967. Along they way, they preview Sean's trip to VIFF 2014, make their picks for Essential Canadian Film and celebrate the life and work of the Greatest Canadian, Rick Moranis.2014-09-2000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 43: Top Ten Films of All-TimeOn this very special episode, Sean and Mike make their third annual Top Ten Films of All-Time selections. Hitchcock, Hawks, Hong and much much more!2014-09-0700 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 42: Strike and MatewanFor this year's Labor Day episode, Mike and Sean take a look at a pair of movie about the organization and collective action of workers, Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 debut feature Strike and John Sayles's acclaimed 1987 film Matewan. They also pick their Cinemassential Films About Work, celebrate the career of the hard-working filmmaker Werner Herzog, rail against the travesty that is aspect-ratio cropping and discuss the latest essay from Professor David Bordwell.2014-09-0100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 41: Rock 'N' Roll High School and Pitch PerfectThis week Mike and Sean take on a pair of modern teenage musicals. First up is Roger Corman's explosive Rock 'N' Roll High School, directed by Allan Arkush in 1979 and starring PJ Soles and The Ramones. Then they attempt to harmonize over 2012's instant classic about the world of competitive collegiate a cappella, Pitch Perfect, starring Anna Kendrick. Also this week: the latest in the Scarecrow Video Kickstarter campaign, a lament for the Leonard Maltin Film Guide, a look at the career of Joe Dante and remembrances of the late Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall.2014-08-2000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 40: The Genius of the System, Hellzapoppin' and The Barefoot ContessaThis week Mike and Sean break from the normal routine to discuss their summer reading, Thomas Schatz's seminal study of the Hollywood studio era, The Genius of the System. In between rants about misguided and wrong-headed critics of auteurism, they also take a look at a couple examples of the studio system at work: the anarchic 1941 Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson "film" Hellzapoppin' and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's stately 1954 melodrama The Barefoot Contessa, with Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner.2014-07-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 39: Lola and LolaThis week, on the eve of Mike's European vacation to France and Germany, we take a look at a couple of films from those countries that just happen (a total coincidence we swear) to have the same title: Jacques Demy's 1961 film Lola, starring Anouk Aimée and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1981 Lola, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl.As well we'll discuss our Essential Vacation films, celebrate the career of our Person of the Week, Jacques Demy, and talk about the greatness of pirate movies and the terribleness of Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films.2014-07-1400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 38: Snowpiercer and Virgin Stripped Bare by Her BachelorsThis week, Mike and Sean take a look at films by contemporary Korean directors: Bong Joonho's newly released English language debut Snowpiercer and Hong Sangsoo's third feature film Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors from 2000. Bong himself is the subject as well of the first ever George Sanders Show interview, as he sat down to talk to Mike about the new film, movies about trains and what Hong Sangsoo is really like.2014-07-0100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 37: The 2014 Seattle International Film FestivalThis week, Mike and Sean discuss the films they caught at this year's Seattle International Film Festival. Featured are films from Richard Linklater, Kelly Reichardt, Fruit Chan and Wong Jing, along with an acclaimed documentary, a remake of an acclaimed Western, a Treasure Hunter, an animated film from Brazil and an award-winning Chinese film noir. Also which rock stars made the best movie theatre guests and hazy memories of Judgement Night.2014-06-1200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 36: Hatari! and White Hunter, Black HeartBefore diving into the Seattle International Film festival, Mike and Sean decide they needed a little vacation, so they head off on safari in search of big game: Howard Hawks's idiosyncratic 1962 adventure Hatari! and Clint Eastwood's 1990 film about the making of The African Queen White Hunter, Black Heart. Clint Eastwood is the somewhat controversial Person of the Week and they also make their picks for Essential Movies about White People in Africa.2014-05-2000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 35: Under the Skin and StarmanThis week, Mike and Sean talk about Jonathan Glazer's eerie new movie Under the Skin and John Carpenter's underrated 1984 film Starman. They also can't help discussing Jim Jarmusch's latest, Only Lovers Left Alive. Also: a look at Scarlett Johansson, the Essential Doppelgänger films and a preview of the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival.2014-05-0600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 34: La última película and Never Give a Sucker an Even BreakIn anticipation of its Seattle theatrical release, Sean and Mike take a look at Raya Martin and Mark Peranson's 2013 film La última película and have paired it with another meta-movie, WC Fields's Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, from 1941. They also run down the best animated films of all-time and the upcoming Cannes lineup, talk about Person of the Week Dennis Hopper (including a shocking, unbelievable reveal about Mike) and pick their essential movies about movies. 2014-04-2300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 33: The Magnificent Ambersons and PlatformThe George Sanders Show takes a trip to nostalgia-land this week, with discussions of Orson Welles's second feature, The Magnificent Ambersons, from 1942 and Jia Zhangke's second feature, Platform, from 2000. They also pick the movies that most evoke their own youths, talk about Orson Welles in general and speculate on the karmic potential of pigeons caught in wood stoves.2014-04-0800 min
The Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 32: Pride of the Yankees and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor KingsGet your peanuts and Cracker Jack ready as The George Sanders Show celebrates Opening Day of baseball season with a look at two classic films about the National Pastime, Sam Wood's Lou Gehrig biopic Pride of the Yankees from 1942, and John Badham's 1976 tale of the Negro Leagues, The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings. They'll also pick their Essential Baseball Movies, celebrate (once again) the work of Akira Kurosawa on the occasion of his 104th birthday, and share their thoughts on the latest from Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang, Charles Schulz in 3D and Nymphomaniac-watching babies. Play Ball!2014-03-2500 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 31: The Three Musketeers and Jason & the ArgonautsCelebrating the release of the latest film from director Paul WS Anderson, Mike and Sean take a look at his 2011 version of The Three Musketeers and another swashbuckling classic, Don Chaffey's Jason & the Argonauts (featuring special effects by Ray Harryhausen). They'll also look back at the careers of Alain Resnais and Harold Ramis, discuss the controversy surrounding The Act of Killing, and dive a bit into Kent Jones's recent essay on the state of the Auteur Theory.2014-03-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 30: Oscar Spectacular, The Great Ziegfeld and ChicagoIt's Oscar season and Sean and Mike celebrate by watching a pair of past Best Picture winners, 1936's musical biopic The Great Ziegfeld and Rob Marshall's 2002 musical Chicago. They also rundown their predictions for the major award categories as well as who they think should win and unveil their Top 5 Films of 2013.2014-02-2500 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 29: The Train and Emperor of the NorthRather than trekking out to their local multiplex to check out the latest all-star caper from George Clooney and company, Mike and Sean this week talk about another movie about saving art from Nazis, John Frankenheimer's 1964 film The Train, starring Burt Lancaster. They keep on chugging along that line with Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine in Robert Aldrich's hobo adventure Emperor of the North, from 1973. They also pick their Essential Train Movies, discuss the career of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman and debate the relationship between aesthetics and morality, cinematic guilt and pleasure.2014-02-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 28: Her and The DollContinuing their look at some of the more acclaimed films of 2013, this week Mike and Sean talk about Spike Jonze's man-machine romance Her while also looking back almost a century to Ernst Lubitsch's 1919 silent comedy The Doll. They also find time to take shots at David O. Russell's ludicrous American Hustle, debate the merits of screenplay stealing, make their picks for Essential Voice-Acting Performance and celebrate the birthday of one of their favorite actors, Mr. Paul Newman.2014-01-2800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode 27: The Wolf of Wall Street and L'ArgentOn this, the Money Episode, Mike and Sean discuss the latest film from Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio along with Marcel L'Herbier's 1928 classic L'Argent. They also pick their Essential Money Movies, discuss the late career renaissance of Martin Scorsese and can't help but talk about the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis. Plus the good and bad of the ease of digital filmmaking and the death of a cinematic giant, Run Run Shaw.2014-01-1400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twenty-Six: I'm No Angel, Dragnet Girl and 1933 in ReviewFor our last episode of 2013, we celebrate the year in film 1933, with a look at Mae West in I'm No Angel and Yasujiro Ozu's Dragnet Girl. We'll also make our picks for the best performances directors and screenplays of 1933, and name our top five films of the year. We'll also listen to some of the top songs of 1933 and struggle vainly to be coherent when talking about the greatness of Duck Soup.2013-12-3100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twenty-Five: Meet Me in St. Louis and A Christmas TaleChristmas time is here, and Mike and Sean deck the halls with Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien in Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St. Louis and then take a sleigh ride to France to celebrate family dysfunction with Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni and Anne Consigny in Arnauld Desplechin's A Christmas Tale. They'll also raise a wassail in salute to the career of Judy Garland and ring some silver bells for their Essential Christmas movies while Mike explains why all he wants for Christmas is Paul Rudd.2013-12-2400 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twenty-Four: Crank and The VictimTaking a look back at the older films they saw for the first time in 2013, Mike and Sean revisit Neveldine/Taylor's 2006 Crank and Sammo Hung's 1980 The Victim (aka Lightning Kung-Fu). They also count down their top five movies discoveries of 2013 and listen to some of their favorite songs of the year. And for some reason they spend five minutes arguing about Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers.2013-12-1600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twenty-Three: The Hudsucker Proxy and Lady for a DayUnable to catch their latest film, Mike and Sean take a look at the Coen Brothers' 1994 movie The Hudsucker Proxy and one of its screwball antecedents, Frank Capra's 1933 Lady for a Day. They also discuss the Coens and screwball comedies in general, the nature of critical fogeyism and the sorry state of the Seattle Mariners. Sure sure.2013-12-0900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twenty-Two: Computer Chess and The Chess PlayersThis week Sean and Mike shut out the rest of the world and get lost in their own infinite loops as they tackle Andrew Bujalski's 2013 film Computer Chess and Satyajit Ray's 1977 The Chess Players. They also run-down their plans for list-making season, make fun of the Independent Spirit Awards and talk about how great Terrence Malick is on the occasion of his 70th birthday.2013-12-0200 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twenty-One: Monsieur Verdoux and Bonfire of the VanitiesCelebrating Thanksgiving with a couple of Turkeys this week, Mike and Sean take a look at two films that flopped on their initial release: Charlie Chaplin's 1947 Monsieur Verdoux and Brian DePalma's Bonfire of the Vanities, from 1990. They also discuss the career of Charlie Chaplin, get the inevitable onslaught of award-talk rolling and make their picks for Essential Cinema Feast.2013-11-2500 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twenty: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Three AgesThis week, Mike and Sean celebrate the Doctor Who 50th anniversary with a look at a pair of timey-wimey movies, the late 80s classic Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Buster Keaton's 1923 triptych Three Ages. They'll also discuss the best undistributed films of 2013, their essential Time Travel movies and cover a small fraction of what Mike has to say about The Doctor.2013-11-1800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Nineteen: The Big Parade and The Red and The WhiteThis week, we celebrate Armistice Day with a pair of World War I movies (more or less) with King Vidor's 1925 smash hit The Big Parade and Miklós Jancsó's The Red and The White, from 1967. We'll also make our picks for Essential WWI movies and discuss the great actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr, who would have turned 99 years old this week. Also: more on the state of video stores with news from Blockbuster and TCM, a look at some upcoming Yasujiro Ozu retrospectives and the European Film Award nominations featuring a few George Sanders favorites.2013-11-1100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Eighteen: Ingeborg Holm and The Holy MountainThis week, Mike and Sean celebrate a number of milestones: the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Victor Sjöström's seminal realist feature Ingeborg Holm, the 40th anniversary of Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealist masterpiece The Holy Mountain and the 100th birthday of actor Burt Lancaster. They also pick their essential Social Problem films, take a look at new directions for a pair of former Chicago Reader film critics and listen to a lot of Lou Reed music.2013-11-0100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Seventeen: Cat People and The Black CatCelebrating a Feline Halloween, this week we take a look at Paul Schrader's 1982 film Cat People, starring Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell and Edgar G. Ulmer's 1934 The Black Cat, with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. We'll also talk about Lugosi in general and pick our Cinemessential Cats. And, of course, we talk about Johnnie To, specifically in unhappy response to the recent Grantland article about the Hong Kong director.2013-10-2500 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Sixteen: Belle de jour and Belle toujoursThis week, in honor of the 70th birthday of iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve, Mike and Sean take a look at one of her classic films, 1967's Belle de jour, directed by Luis Buñuel, along with Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira's 2006 sequel/homage to that film, Belle toujours. They'll also talk about Deneuve's career as a whole, name their essential movies wherein a housewife becomes a prostitute and discuss the impact of Instant Netflix on canon formation on the eve of Video Store Day.2013-10-1800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Fifteen: Solaris and SolarisThis week, tying in with the high-profile release of Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, Mike and Sean take a look at one of that film's star's earlier sci-fi films, George Clooney in Solaris, directed by Sean's directorial Kryptonite Steven Soderbergh, along with an earlier adaptation of that same material by Russian auteur Andrei Tarkovsky. They also recap Sean's trip to the Vancouver International Film Festival, discuss George Clooney's career and make their picks for the Essential Film Wherein People See Dead People.2013-10-1100 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Three: Charade and The Truth About CharlieSean and Mike tackle the subject of remakes with Jonathan Demme's 2002 film The Truth About Charlie and the film it was based on, 1963's Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn vehicle Charade. They also discuss their picks for the Essential film remake, the career of Charade director Stanley Donen, what Criterion DVDs should be on your wishlist for the big sale and the intentional nature of Marky Mark Wahlberg's hats.2013-10-0900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Fourteen: Harakiri and Hara-Kiri: Death of a SamuraiThis week, in conjunction with a local series of samurai films, Mike and Sean take a look at Masaki Kobayshi's 1962 classic Harakiri, with Tatsuya Nakadai, as well as 2011's remake of that film, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. They also discuss the career of Akira Kurosawa, pick their Essential Samurai Films and look forward to the Vancouver International Film Festival and backward at Ron Howard and Michael Keaton.2013-09-2800 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Thirteen: Once Upon a Time in America and The Roaring TwentiesThis week Sean and Mike take a look at a couple of classic gangster films, Sergio Leone's 1983 epic Once Upon a Time in America and Raoul Walsh's The Roaring Twenties, from 1939. They also discuss the career of Robert DeNiro, the state of Seattle landmark Scarecrow Video and make their picks for the essential films about the 1920s that were not made in the 1920s.2013-09-2000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Twelve: The Black Stallion and The KillingThis week, Mike and Sean talk about a pair of movies revolving around horse racing: Carroll Ballard's atmospheric 1979 family film The Black Stallion and Stanley Kubrick's innovative 1956 noir heist movie The Killing. They also pick their Essential Cinematic Animals and discuss the career of Stanley Kubrick and the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki. They also talk about an essay about nostalgia and Spielberg's Hook by Travis Vogt and bemoan the spread of the "second screen" movie experience.2013-09-1300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Eleven: Top Ten Films of All-TimeThis week, following the Labor Day Weekend list-making tradition, Mike and Sean take a break from their regular double feature format to pick the films that would make up their hypothetical Sight & Sound Top Films of All-Time ballots, each listing ten of their favorite movies, ones they think can be considered among the greatest films ever made.2013-09-0600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Ten: The Grandmaster and A Touch of ZenThis week Mike and Sean discuss a pair of martial arts films, Wong Kar-wai's latest The Grandmaster, starring Tony Leung and Zhang Ziyi and King Hu's 1971 masterpiece A Touch of Zen. They also take a look at the career of Wong Kar-wai and make their picks for the Essential Fight Scene of all-time.2013-08-3000 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Nine: Ishtar and Sons of the DesertA cavalcade of comedy classics as MIke and Sean tackle Elaine May's neglected masterpiece Ishtar and Laurel and Hardy's acclaimed 1933 feature Sons of the Desert. They boys also talk all about the Marx Brothers and share their picks for Essential Slapstick movies.2013-08-2300 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Eight: Gun Crazy and Point BreakThis week, Mike and Sean dive into the seedy noir world of Joseph H. Lewis's 1950 film Gun Crazy, take a stroll along the beach with Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break and talk about their Essential Adrenalizing films. They'll also take a closer look at the career of Keanu and debate the proper usage of the phrase "Vaya con Dios'.2013-08-1600 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Seven: Logan's Run and WALL-EThis week, Mike and Sean tackle a pair of sci-fi classics with discussions of Michael Anderson's 1976 film Logan's Run and Andrew Stanton's acclaimed Pixar film WALL-E. They also discuss Stanton and Pixar in general, the Essential Animated Films of the 21st Century and the latest news in Harvey Weinstein's scissors and Dr. Who's casting.2013-08-0900 minThe Frances Farmer ShowEpisode Six: Two Lovers and Two English GirlsThis week Sean and Mike explore some romantic geometry with James Gray's 2008 film Two Lovers and François Truffaut's Two English Girls. They also discuss Truffaut's career in general, along with their picks for the Essential Love Triangle movies and the dire state of summer blockbuster cinema.2013-08-0200 min