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Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
The Mexican Revolution on Film
This week Steve interviews author Bob Herzberg about his book Revolutionary Mexico on Film: A Critical History 1914-2014, covering such memorable titles as “The Wild Bunch,” “The Professionals,” “Juarez,” “Viva Zapata,” “Bandido,” Villa Rides” and more.
2025-05-20
1h 04
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Directing "2 Days in the Valley"
Steve interviews writer/director John Herzfeld all about his cool 1996 crime drama "2 Days in the Valley," his award-winning HBO bio-pic "Don King," and other key credits.
2025-05-14
1h 15
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Guilty Pleasure Movies
Steve is joined by Emmy award-winning screenwriter Brooks Wachtel and screenwriter and producer Steve Mitchell as they discuss their favorite guilty pleasures. - movie wise, including such gems as "The Three Stooges Meet Hercules," "The Beach Girls," "Rocketship XM," "The Private LIfe of Sherlock Holmes," "The Quiller Memorandum" and others. What's your guilty pleasure movie?
2025-04-29
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Marcia Clark Rips the 1953 Barbara Graham Case to shreds.
Steve interviews Marcia Clark, former lead prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial, all about the 1953 Barbara Graham case, depicted in the 1958 film, "I Want to Live," which netted Susan Hayward the Best Actress Oscar that year, and revealed in fascinating detail in Clark's terrific new book, Trial by Ambush.
2025-04-22
52 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
The Sound of Music at 60
Steve goes into his Interview files to retrieve a 1980 interview with Academy Award-winning director Robert Wise who discusses the making of "The Sound of Music," the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1965.
2025-04-08
48 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Happy Days Are Here Again
Steve interviews author/producers Fred Fox, Jr and Brian Levant, both veteran television writers, story editors and show runners, all about their book, "50 Years of Happy Days: A Visual History of an American Television Classic."
2025-04-01
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
The Movies in Uniform
Steve interviews author and film historian Bob Herzberg, all about his book Hollywood and the Military Bureaucracy, focusing on the historical underpinnings and context of such immortal classics as Bataan, Attack, From Here to Eternity, The Young Lions and Patton.
2025-03-25
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Actor Jack O'Halloran -"Super Villain from the Phantom Zone and Beyond"
Steve interviews former heavyweight boxing champion/turned actor Jack O'Halloran ("Superman," "King Kong," "Hero and the Terror")
2025-03-04
1h 00
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
When Cold War Films Were Hot
Steve and fellow film historian Avie Hern discuss the staying power of the 1964 Cold War Thriller "Seven Days in May," which starred Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, a solid all-star cast in a riveting story written by Rod Serling, based on the terrific novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II and directed by John Frankenheimer.
2025-02-24
52 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
The James Bond Movie Patriarch Speaks
This week Steve goes into his personal research files and features an interview he did with 007 movie producer Albert R. Broccoli, conducted in Mr. Broccoli's office in MGM's Thalberg Building in the summer of 1977. They discuss the origins of the James Bond movie series, the dealmaking, the casting, the obstacles and challenges, and Mr. Broccoli discusses his early day, from farming broccoli on Long Island to arriving in Hollywood.
2025-02-17
57 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Breaking Down the Oscar Steeplechase
Steve speaks with Deadline reviewer and awards season analyst Pete Hammond all about this year's Oscar contenders, including "Wicked," "Anora," "The Brutalist," "Conclave," Emilia Perez" and much more.
2025-02-14
49 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Oscar Worthy Films
Steve is joined by his writing partner Billy Riback (a two-time Emmy and Globe nominated writer) to discuss this year's crop of potential Oscar-winning films, including "Wicked," "A Complete Unknown," "Anora," "Dune 2," "Emilia Perez" and much more.
2025-02-14
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Errol Flynn: The Final Decade
Steve once again is joined by author Robert Florczak (Errol Flynn: The Illustrated Life Chronology), as they discuss the final decade of Flynn's work, including such titles as his last western "Rocky Mountain," "The Sun Also Rises," "The Roots of Heaven" and the little-seen "Cuban Rebel Girls."
2025-02-04
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Cinema of the Holocaust
In time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Steve is joined by cultural historian and author Jud Newborn (Sophie Scholl and The White Rose) as they discuss the films that have documented the Holocaust - both foreign and domestic - including "Night and Fog" "Schindler's List," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and many more.
2025-01-28
1h 07
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Film Producing Dynamics
Steve interviews film and television producer and former production executive Marc Charles Rosen (Threshold) who gets into an insightful discussion on producing dynamics today
2024-12-16
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Family Film Dynamo
Steve interviews writer/director Mark Rosman whose career began with the cult horror film "The House on Sorority Row," later settling nicely into family films like "A Cinderella Story," "The Perfect Man" and "Life Size" and the upcoming personal drama "Keep Coming Back."
2024-12-03
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Hell and Low Water
Steve interviews Australian filmmaker Bruce Hunt all about his supernatural horror/thriller "The Cave," which co-stars Cole Hauser ("Yellowstone") and Lena Headey ("Game of Thrones")
2024-11-26
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Sound the Trumpets, Beat Out the Stroke - it's Charlton Heston Night
Steve is joined by fellow film historians John Trafton and Avie Hern to discuss the prodigious career of widescreen icon Charlton Heston, covering everything from his early work in The Greatest Show on Earth, to his biblical epics The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, to his science fiction spectacular Planet of the Apes.
2024-11-19
1h 04
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Honey, I Cranked a Screenplay
Steve interviews Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom Schulman, who won his Academy Award for "The Dead Poet's Society," but also wrote the comedy classics "What About Bob?" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."
2024-11-12
57 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Amber Alert: Compelling Thriller
Steve interviews writer/director Kerry Bellessa and his producer/wife Summer all about their taut 2024 thriller "Amber Alert."
2024-10-29
49 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
TV Themes Galore
This week Steve interviews renown film and television music historian Jon Burlingame about TV themes and the impact they've made over the years, referencing such classics as "Gilligan's Island," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Game of Thrones," "Friends," "Cheers", "Mission Impossible," "Hawaii 5-0," "Combat" and many more.
2024-10-22
1h 12
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Ride'em Cowboys
Steve interviews Geno Cuddy, a walking encyclopedia of B Western lore. Through Geno, we learn about the product of Hollywood's Poverty Row studios, and cowboy actor legends Roy Rogers, William S. Hart, Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, Sunset Carson, Buster Crabbe, Lash Larue and others, in a spirited discussion about a little known but vital part of early Hollywood history.
2024-10-15
1h 07
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Blockbuster Publicist
Steve interviews retired publicity executive Marvin Levy who started his career publicizing Best Picture Oscar winners "Gigi," "Ben-Hur," and "Lawrence of Arabia," eventually becoming director Steven Spielberg's top PR exec, where he was involved in everything from "Jaws" to "West Side Story," with stops along the way with "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Schindler's List," "Saving Private Ryan" and many more.
2024-10-01
51 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Dyan Cannon: A Force of Nature
Steve interviews three-time Academy Award nominee Dyan Cannon on her lengthy career in television and film, including her Oscar-nominated performances in "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" and "Heaven Can Wait," her marriage to Cary Grant, and her friendship with Peter Sellers and Charles Grodin.
2024-09-25
49 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
King Suit
Steve interviews former president of 20th Century Fox Television Harris Katleman, who also served in the top TV spot at MGM Television, Columbia Pictures Television and Goodson Todman Productions. In a career spanning over 50 years, Mr. Katleman takes us from the early days of working for Lew Wasserman at the the MCA agency to getting Rupert Murdoch to greenlight "The Simpsons," much of which is detailed in his excellent autobiography "You Can't Fall Off the Floor," which he co-wrote with his grandson, Nick.
2024-09-16
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Russ Tamblyn - Actor/Dancer Extraordinaire
Steve interviews Academy Award-nominated actor/dancer and now author Russ Tamblyn about his autobiography Dancing on the Edge, and his long film career, which includes such classics as "West Side Story," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "The Long Ships," "The Haunting," "Don't Go Near the Water" and many more.
2024-09-10
56 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Julian Schlossberg: Master Storyteller
This week Steve brings back author, producer, writer, former studio executive, distributor and broadcaster Julian Schlossberg, whose latest book "My First Book Part 2" continues diving into his eclectic entertainment resume, with stops along the way with John Cassavetes, Elaine May, Charles Grodin, Elia Kazan, Marlo Thomas and many more.
2024-09-03
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
The Emperor of "Emperor"
Steve interviews writer/director/producer and former studio executive/distributor Mark Amin all about his directorial debut - the pre-Civil War epic drama "Emperor"
2024-08-27
54 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Showtime - Original Movie Hub 1994-2004
Steve continues his conversation with former Showtime president of programming Jerry Offsay, discussing such films as "Bastard out of Carolina," "Riot," "Alone," "Dirty Pictures," "Laughter on the 23rd Floor," how they were financed and much more.
2024-08-13
1h 16
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Indie Film Director Sam Irvin
Steve interviews film director, author, journalist, and historian Sam Irvin about his early career as a fanzine editor, journalist and programmer, his position as assistant to Brian De Palma, and his eclectic genre films, which include, amongst many others, "Elvira's Haunted Hills."
2024-08-06
1h 08
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
George Chakiris - His West Side Story
This week Steve interviews Academy Award-winning actor George Chakiris ("West Side Story") about his career, his films and his new book, "My West Side Story: A Memoir."
2024-07-30
1h 02
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Hitchcock: for "The Birds"
As part of a Cinefantastique retrospective back in the 70s, Steve returns to an interview he conducted with Alfred Hitchcock, where the master of suspense discusses the making of his classic end-of-the-world story: "The Birds."
2024-07-23
43 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Front Line Producing – Dimitri Villard
This week Steve interviews eclectic writer/producer Dimitri Villard whose credits include the sci-fi comedy “Flight of the Navigator,” Jim Carrey’s first starring role in “Once Bitten,” and the Sandra Bullock/Chris O’Donnell starrer “In Love and War.” He has great war stories in the Hollywood trenches.
2024-07-02
54 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Errol Flynn: The War Years
Steve brings author Robert Florczak back to discuss the war films Errol Flynn starred in during the Second World War, including "Desperate Journey," "Edge of Darkness" and "Objective Burma."
2024-06-25
48 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
An Officer and a Gentleman at 42
This week, Steve interviews Oscar-nominated screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart all about his 1982 classic "An Officer and a Gentleman." He also discusses the sequel novel he has written, "An Officer and a Gentleman's Daughter."
2024-06-18
52 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Former Showtime president of programming Jerry Offsay
This week, Steve interviews former Showtime president of programming Jerry Offsay, who engineered one of the biggest original motion picture movie development slates in history, green lighting over 300 films over a ten-year period. In Part One of a two parter, we learn all about Jerry’s early life, and how he transitioned from lawyer to top studio executive.
2024-06-11
1h 09
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Civil Warrior
This week Steve interviews filmmaker Ron Maxwell all about his epic film "Gettysburg" and the challenges of putting the decisive Civil War battle on film
2024-05-13
1h 01
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
One of the First Female Producing Moguls
Carolyn Pfeiffer has enjoyed a long and prolific career in motion pictures. Her new autobiography "Chasing the Panther" intimately charts her rise from executive star assistant in Europe to leading publicity agency owner to studio executive, producer, educator and author. This week Steve interviews her all about her formative years in show business.
2024-05-06
57 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Birth of a Super Agent turned Producer
Alan Gasmer was legendary at the William Morris Agency as a top film packaging agent and all around great guy. Turning to producing, one of his first hits was the action packed "Vikings" television series. This week, Steve interviews Mr. Gasme, learning all about how he came to be such an effective Hollywood player.
2024-04-29
1h 16
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Robert Walden - Part 2
This week, three-time Emmy nominated actor Robert Walden returns for the conclusion of his interview with Steve, wherein he shares fascinating behind the scenes insight into his feature film debut in "Bloody Mama," plus "All the President's Men" and "Capricorn One."
2024-04-16
1h 03
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
The John Ford Cavalry Trilogy
This week, Steve interviews author/film historian Michael F. Blake who has written a wonderful new book, The Cavalry Trilogy: John Ford, John Wayne and the Making of Three Classic Westerns. If you're a fan of those iconic films, you'll love this interview where Blake goes deep behind-the-scenes.
2024-04-10
1h 10
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Welsh Comic Thriller "Tollbooth" Rocks
This week on Saturday Night at the Movies, Steve speaks with screenwriter Matt Redd, digging deep into the cool Welsh comedy thriller "Tollbooth."
2024-04-02
42 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Youth and Suicide in American Film
This week Steve interviews filmmaker David Lee Miller and author Alessandra Seggi, who has written the important book "Youth and Suicide in American Film." Together they discuss the history of how suicide has been featured in our cinema history, dating back to "It's a Wonderful Life," "Rebel Without a Cause," and including Miller's game changing teen dramedy "My Suicide," which was recently renewed for five more years by Netflix.
2024-03-26
1h 06
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Spending A Night at the Museum
To help celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the clever 2006 comedy fantasy "Night at the Museum," Steve interviews the delightful Jake Cherry, who played Ben Stiller's son, Nick.
2024-03-13
49 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Character Actor Icons
This week, Steve interviews author/film historian Manny Pacheco (Forgotten Hollywood, Forgotten HIstory) who has wonderful behind-the-scenes stories about such iconic American character actors as Frank Morgan ("The Wizard of Oz"), Lionel Barrymore ("It's a Wonderful Life"), Peter Lorre ("Casablanca"), Arthur Lake ("Blondie"), Van Heflin ("Patterns") and more.
2024-03-05
57 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Robert Walden on "The Hospital"
This week, Steve speaks with veteran character actor Robert Walden about his origins and his experience working with writer Paddy Chayefsky and actor George C. Scott on the classic dark comedy "The Hospital" (1971)
2024-02-27
53 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Craig Edwards on "The Bowery Boys"
From the Dead End Kids to the East Side Kids to "The Bowery Boys," this week Steve interviews journalist and film historian Craig Edwards about the history of Slip, Satch and the rest of those wacky Bowery Boys whose 48 films form one helluva comedy legacy.
2024-02-20
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Forty Years of "Who're You Gonna Call."
To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of "Ghostbusters" and the 100th Episode of "Saturday Night at the Movies," Steve Interviews producer Joe Medjuck about his long association with director Ivan Reitman and the legacy of those wacky spectral exterminators.
2024-02-14
58 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Sommersby Comes to Life
Steve interviews screenwriter Nicholas Meyer all about his original screenplay for the Richard Gere/Jodie Foster post-Civil War drama Sommersby (1993)
2024-02-05
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Julian Schlossberg: Producer for all Seasons
Steve interviews veteran film and theatrical producer Julian Schlossberg about his newly released audio book "Try Not To Hold It Against Me," his longtime creative relationship with writer/director Elaine May and his frustrating experience as a production VP at Paramount in the late 70s.
2024-01-29
45 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Steve is joined by screenwriter and film historian Steve Bonds as they discuss the MGM war film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" on its 80th anniversary and the legacy of the original Doolittle Raiders.
2024-01-15
56 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Oscar Bait With Pete Hammond
Steve speaks with awards analyst and Deadline Hollywood film critic Pete Hammond about the current crop of 2023 awards contenders, including "Killers of the Flower Moon," Oppenheimer," "Maestro," "American Fiction" and many more.
2024-01-08
41 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Merry Christmas from Saturday Night at the Movies
This week Steve and his co-host, screenwriter, author and award-winning playwright Gary Goldstein showcase the greatest Christmas movies of all time, including "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th St," "Love Actually," "Home Alone," and, yes, "Die Hard."
2023-12-11
53 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
David Zucker on ”Airplane”
Steve interviews "Airplane" co-writer and co-director David Zucker, who, with his two partners Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, has written a terrific new book, "Surely You Can't be Serious: The True Story of 'Airplane.'
2023-12-05
57 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Dumb and Dumber at nearly 30
Steve interviews co-screenwriter Bennett Yellin about his experience collaborating with the Farrelly Bros. on the hit comedy "Dumb and Dumber," which will celebrate its 30th Anniversary in 2024.
2023-11-21
54 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Vernon Wells on ”The Road Warrior”
Steve interviews Australian actor Vernon Wells about his extraordinary experience as Wez, the rolling bike leader who battles Mel Gibson in 1981's "The Road Warrior.
2023-11-14
1h 05
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Robert Wagner - Movie and Television Star
Steve interviews Robert Wagner about his early contract player days at 20th Century Fox, focusing on such titles as "Titanic," "In Love and War," "The True Story of Jesse James" "Between Heaven and Hell," and "The Hunters."
2023-11-07
52 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Celebrating ”The Sting” at 50
Steve interviews screenwriter David S. Ward who deservedly won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "The Sting," released 50 years ago.
2023-11-03
1h 04
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
The Skinny on Steven Spielberg’s ”Duel.”
Steve interviews author and film historian Steven Awalt, whose book "Steven Spielberg and Duel: The Making of a Career" goes deep into the helmer's TV movie debut.
2023-10-24
57 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Michael Curtiz - Super Director
Steve speaks with author Alan K. Rode whose amazing biography of director Michael Curtiz ("Casablanca," "The Adventures of Robin Hood") - Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film - is a beautifully written and exhaustively researched study of one of America's premiere directors.
2023-10-17
1h 09
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
A Deep Dive into Bulletproof Monk
Steve interviews screenwriters Cy Voris and Ethan Rieff ("Kung Fu Panda") celebrating the 20th anniversary of their action adventure thrill ride, "Bulletproof Monk."
2023-10-10
1h 10
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Producer Larry Kasanoff; ”A Touch of the Madness”
Steve interviews producer Larry Kasanoff (Mortal Kombat), focusing on the author's essential advice for budding filmmakers culled from his new book, "A Touch of the Madness
2023-10-03
44 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Nicholas Meyer on ”Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Steve interviews writer/director Nicholas Meyer about what is arguably the best Star Trek movie of all time.
2023-09-25
1h 00
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Brian Trenchard-Smith: Master Maverick
Steve interviews prolific indie filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith, focusing on three of his best: "The Man from Hong Kong," "The Siege at Firebase Gloria," and "Britannic."
2023-09-18
1h 04
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 83: A Deep Dive into 1972’s ”The Heartbreak Kid”
Steve and his comedy writing partner, Billy Riback, now on video, analyze one of the great comedy films of all time, 1972's "The Heartbreak Kid," directed by Elaine May and written by Neil Simon from a Bruce Jay Friedman short story.
2023-09-11
56 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 82 Gregory Kulon on The Valley of Gwangi
Steve interviews author and film historian Gregory Kulon on the making of the 1969 cowboys vs dinosaurs movie, "The Valley of Gwangi."
2023-09-04
46 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 81: Kat Kramer on ”It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
Steve interviews actress and film historian Kat Kramer about the legacy of her father, director Stanley Kramer, and his epic comedy, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," which is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year.
2023-08-29
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 80: Justin Humphreys on George Pal
Steve interviews author Justin Humphreys, whose new book is the extremely well-researched George Pal: Man of Tomorrow.
2023-08-21
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 79: Frank Thompson
Steve speaks with author Frank Thompson, author of “Alamo Movies,” discussing many of the terrific films about the famous 1836 siege.
2023-08-14
1h 01
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Episode 78: Peter Sherayko
Steve speaks with veteran Hollywood Western specialist Peter Sherayko about how he became the go-to guy for supplying western programming with everything they need, and how he came to take a good role in one of the greatest westerns ever – “Tombstone.
2023-08-08
1h 06
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Episode 77: Spy Film Night
To celebrate the history of spy movies, Steve brings together a unique group of spy movie aficionados, including: Academy Award-winning special effects makeup artist and producer Robert Short, 007 super collector and international litigator Malcolm McNeil, spy culture prop collector and museum creator Danny Biederman and thriller author Steve Kobrin.
2023-08-01
1h 13
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Episode 76: Robin Cowie
Steve interviews producer Robin Cowie, who helped engineer 1999's "The Blair Witch Project," the most successful horror film in history.
2023-07-24
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 75: Bruce Greenwood
Steve interviews actor Bruce Greenwood about his eclectic career, including key roles in Double Jeopardy, Thirteen days (as JFK), Star Trek (as Captain Pike) and National Treasure (as the President).
2023-07-17
53 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 74: Bob Burns
Steve speaks with one of Hollywood's most renown prop preservationists, film historians and Halloween showmen - Bob Burns - the man who owns the original "Time Machine" (1960)
2023-07-08
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 73: David Ansen
Steve interviews longtime Newsweek critic David Ansen about the state of storytelling today and how he got to be one of America's most celebrated film reviewers.
2023-06-20
56 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 72: Dwayne Epstein
Steve speaks with author and Lee Marvin biographer Dwayne Epstein about his latest book, Killing Generals: The Making of "The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II MOvie of All Time.
2023-06-13
1h 04
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Episode 71: John Ford Night
Steve celebrates John Ford night by interviewing Ford biographer Joseph McBride (Searching for John Ford), the author of 24 film books, many of them on prominent film directors.
2023-06-06
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 70: Sam Fuller Night
To celebrate Sam Fuller night, Steve speaks with the iconic maverick filmmaker's wife Christa and daughter Samantha who co-produced the terrific documentary "A Fuller Life" (currently on AppleTV+)
2023-05-29
1h 02
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Episode 69 - Hollywood impersonators
Steve introduces four talented Hollywood impersonators - Joel Gibbs, Allan Murray, Tom Stern and Avie Hern - who bring a host of famous actors to life for an old fashioned Hollywood party
2023-05-23
58 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 68: Robert Florczak
Steve interviews author and film historian Robert Florczak, the world's leading authority on actor Errol Flynn, about his extraordinary new coffee table book, Errol Flynn:The Illustrated Life Chronology.
2023-05-17
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 67: Peter Bart
Steve speaks with Peter Bart, the former editor and chief of Variety, who also served as a production executive at Paramount Pictures, and is also a celebrated author, columnist and commentator.
2023-05-09
53 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 66: Lorraine Gary
Steve interviews actress Lorraine Gary about her long association with the "Jaws" film series - as Ellen Brody - her sixty plus years as the wife of Universal Pictures mogul Sid Sheinberg and her origins in Hollywood.
2023-05-01
51 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 65: Julian Schlossberg
Steve speaks with producer, indie distribution executive, major studio honcho, Broadway producer, talkshow host and author Julian Schlossberg about his fascinating show business career.
2023-04-25
51 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 64: Joel Thurm
Steve speaks with uber casting director Joel Thurm whose many credits include "Grease," "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Airplane," and who's authored a new book “Sex, Drugs and Pilot Season: Confessions of a Casting Director.”
2023-04-18
1h 19
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Episode 63: Nancy Olson
Steve interviews actress and author Nancy Olson Livingston about her amazing film experiences on "Sunset Blvd," "Battle Cry" and "Union Station," as well as her new autobiography "A Front Row Seat.
2023-04-11
56 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 62: Andrea Eastman
Steve goes inside "The Godfather" with Andrea Eastman, who was in charge of casting the epic story of the Corleone family. She also discusses casting "Love Story" and her origins that eventually led to her becoming one of the most powerful talent agents in Hollywood.
2023-04-03
49 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 61: Funny Man Eddie Deezen
Steve speaks with comic actor Eddie Deezen about his experiences working on such film classics as "Grease," "War Games," and "1941."
2023-03-28
42 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 60: Billy Wilder Tribute
Steve and media specialist Stan Rosenfield celebrate the dazzling directing career of Billy Wilder, focusing on "Sunset Blvd," "The Apartment," "Some Like It Hot," "Sabrina" and "One, Two, Three."
2023-03-21
51 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 59: Constance Towers
Steve speaks with stage, screen and television actress Constance Towers about her origins in show business, her co-starring role opposite John Wayne and William Holden in director John Ford's Civil War drama "The Horse Soldiers," her subsequent co-starring role in Ford's "Sergeant Rutledge," and her work with maverick director Sam Fuller on "The Naked Kiss."
2023-03-14
1h 00
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Episode 58: Alan Rudolph
Steve speaks with maverick film director Alan Rudolph (The Moderns, Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle) about his origins, his father, director Oscar Rudolph, his association with director Robert Altman, and the influences that made him one of Hollywood's most interesting storytellers.
2023-03-07
1h 11
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George Lazenby
Steve interviews Australian George Lazenby, the man who, despite no acting experience whatsoever, replaced Sean Connery as James Bond, and starred opposite Diana Rigg in one of the greatest Bond movies ever - "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."
2023-02-28
52 min
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Episode 55: Stefanie Powers
Steve speaks with actress Stefanie Powers about the origins of her long career in film and television, her Blake Edwards thriller Experiment in Terror, her John Wayne movie, McClintock, and how she almost became part of the classic West Side Story
2023-02-21
1h 09
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Episode 55 Gary King
Steve speaks with special effects maestro Gary King - part of the King family of special effects experts - his entry into the business, and his work on such classics as Young Frankenstein, The Towering Inferno, The Final Countdown and Endangered Species.
2023-02-14
58 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 54: George Stevens Jr.
Steve speaks with legendary producer, director, writer, documentarian, playwright and founder of the American Film Institute, George Stevens Jr., who shares details about his dad's directing career and World War II service, "The Diary of Anne Frank," the Hollywood blacklist period, the documentary "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey" and the beginnings of the AFI.
2023-02-07
55 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 53 Wayne Kramer
Steve speaks with director Wayne Kramer, whose 2003 drama, The Cooler, starring Wiliam H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Paul Sorvino, and Maria Bello, is one of the best Las Vegas films ever.
2023-01-31
1h 14
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Episode 52: Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns
Steve is joined for an eclectic evening by pop culture historians Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns, authors of the book "The Show Won't Go One: The Most Shocking, Bizarre and Historical Deaths of Performers Onstage." In addition to discussing the book and its upcoming sequel "Hollywood Endings," they go deep on Jerry Lewis's "The Errand Boy" and the life and career of actor Lawrence Tierney, the subject of Kearn's new book, "Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real Life Tough Guy."
2023-01-24
1h 06
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Episode 51 Derek Sculthorpe
Steve speaks with British film historian and author Derek Schulthorpe about his books on such iconic character actors as Edmond O’Brien, Van Heflin, Sidney Greenstreet, Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy and Ruth Roman.
2023-01-17
52 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 50: Gary Gerani
Steve speaks with author, screenwriter, Blu-ray commentator and trading card expert Gary Gerani, as they discuss his career, his cult classic Pumpkinhead, and the 1957 courtroom classic 12 Angry Men.
2023-01-09
1h 14
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Episode 49: Rory Aylward and Romano Orzari
Steve joins fellow producer Rory Aylward and actor Romano Orzari to dive into the behind the scenes details of "Silent Night," the true World War II drama they produced for the Hallmark Channel twenty years ago.
2023-01-03
59 min
Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies
Episode 48: Eddie Muller
Steve chats with Eddie Muller, the Czar of Noir from Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, focusing on two classics, "The Killers" (1946), and "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950).
2022-12-27
1h 01