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FilmScene focuses on a wide variety of topics about classic films (meaning pre-1970's) and their biggest stars. Tim & Karen cover news & information for movie fans & collectors, as well as many top 10 lists.
On a FilmScene special presentation, we give you a 1949 radio broadcast of Red River, with that film's star John Wayne.
Making our way up the AFI 100 list, we hit #93, The Apartment, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray.
This week we hit #94 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies List, 1990's Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotti and Lorraine Bracco.
This week we hit #95 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies List, 1994's Pulp Fiction, from director Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis.
This week we hit #96 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies List, 1956's John Ford masterpiece The Searchers, starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles and Natalie Wood.
This week we discuss #97 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list, the Howard Hawks screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby, released in 1938 and starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.
This week we discuss #98 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list, Clint Eastwood's 1992 classic Unforgiven, starring Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.
This week we continue our discussion of the American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Movies List with 1967's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier.
As Karen & Tim begin to countdown the American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Movies List, we begin with a discussion of 1942's Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney.
Today we count down the Top 10 Epic Films from the Classic pre-1970's time period. From Spartacus to The Longest Day, what are your faves with long running times?
Tim, Karen & Walter countdown the Top 10 movies from New Hollywood, an era defined by writer & director control, smaller character driven pieces, and the birth of the true Hollywood blockbuster.
Tim & Karen are joined by special guest Walter to discus Walter's favorite movie of all time, Bergman's 1957 classic The Seventh Seal.
Tim & Karen are joined once again by Walter to discuss one of Walter's faves: The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic.
This week on FilmScene, Tim & Karen are joined by guest Walter Gordon to discuss Hayao Miyazaki's classic 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Find out how the Studio Ghibli animation revolution began.
Our Christmas gift to you: The 1948 Lux Theater Radio presentation of Miracle on 34th Street, starring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, and Edmund Gwenn.
This week Karen & Tim countdown the Top 10 movies of legendary actor Cary Grant. Which is your favorite? Arsenic and Old Lace? An Affair to Remember? Suspicion? We'll cover them all!
Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 movies from 1951. Are your favorites here? Musicals to science fiction to suspense to drama, black & white to color.... 1951 had it all!
This week, from the pages of pop culture, Tim & Karen discuss the career of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and countdown 10 of his greatest films (so far!). Starting in television directing, Spielberg quickly gained the reputation to move on to feature films and beyond expectations helped invent the blockbuster, and become one of the most successful directors and cinema storytellers of all time.
This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Romantic films from the Classic (pre-1970) time period. Breakfast at Tiffany's? An Affair to Remember? West Side Story? What are your favorite Romance movies?
This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 films of star James Stewart, an actor of unique talent & charm. We'll go from suspense to westerns to comedy, from The Naked Spur to Harvey... what are your faves?
This week Tim & Karen make their picks for what they think will win at this year's Academy Awards. What are your picks?
This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Movies from 1932, one of the earliest years in "talking pictures", a year of horror & gangsters, a little drama & comedy, Karloff to the Marx Brothers...
This week on our recurring segment, Movies We Love, Tim & Karen discuss the 1980 cult classic Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour as time traveling lost loves. "Come back to me."
Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Classic (pre-1970's) Animated Movies. Fairy tales from Sleeping Beauty to Snow White and classic Literature from Gulliver's Travels to Alice in Wonderland.... animation is more than just cartoons.
This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Films of the year 1957 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_in_film), from Old Yeller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Yeller_(film)) to The Seventh Seal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seventh_Seal) and everything in between. What are you favorites?
This week, a FilmScene Special Presentation as we showcase the original radio version of It's a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.
Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Christmas Television Specials, From Magoo to Rudolph, The Grinch to Charlie Brown...
This week Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 classic (pre-'70's) sports films. From baseball to pool to racing to golf...
This week Tim & Karen count down the Top 10 films of 1969, the final year in our self defined "Classic" time period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_in_film
Tim & Karen countdown the Top 10 Classic Book to Film Adaptations.... movie book reports.
Tim & Jason discuss the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Gordon_(film)) on a new segment called "Movies We Love". Who is Sam J. Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_J._Jones)? And how did Max von Sydow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Sydow) end up in this movie?
Tim & Jason countdown their Top 10 movies from Epic British Director David Lean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lean). Don't forget to subscribe for FREE on iTunes, and check us out on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FilmScenePodcast?ref=hl) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/filmscene1).