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March 22, 2025

A Few Words About Gene Hackman

Last year I got really depressed about Gene Hackman.I was watching a lot of his movies for no particular reason (according to Letterboxd he was my most watched actor for 2024) and the fact that he hadn’t made a movie since 2004 started to just…

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Feb. 1, 2025

Closing Night Returns

Hey all! Closing Night, the sort of spiritual sister of The Industry, has returned for a second season. If you’re not familiar with Closing Night, I’ll fill you in. Host Patrick Oliver Jones (a seasoned theater actor himself) dives into…

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Aug. 12, 2024

The Challenger: Episode 4 of Stories My Brother Used To Tell

Episode four of my five episode limited series Stories My Brother Used To Tell is here.  It's 1987 and 18 year old Eric has bought his first car, a 1978 Dodge Challenger. Well, okay, his first legal car. It's pretty. It's sporty. It …

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July 11, 2024

Stories My Brother Used To Tell - Episode Two

Episode two of my five episode limited series Stories My Brother Used To Tell is here.  What's it about? Following the aftermath of the episode one Eric, a is 16-year-old without a car or driver's license working away at a pizzeria in a mall.…

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July 5, 2024

Stories My Brother Used To Tell Is Here

Before I embark on the next season of The Industry, I am taking a detour to make a small semi-personal limited series. If you're subscribed to The Industry then you have probably already noticed the trailer to Stories My Brother Used To Tell in your…

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July 26, 2023

Justified: City Primeval Just Made an Indirect Link to Jackie Brown (and a direct link to Out of Sight)

After years away the FX series Justified has returned to the small screen with the limited series Justified: City Primeval. In this continuation US Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) is stuck in Detroit trying to solve the murder of a not so h…

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July 23, 2023

Ranking The Impossible

Everyone loves a movie ranking, right? So, with a new Mission Impossible movie out there in the world I thought I would add to the noise by giving the definitive ranking of this series! I will point out that this is a series that I truly enjoy and l…

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Sept. 5, 2022

Roar Comic Strips!

I recently came across some fairly unique marketing that was used for the movie ROAR, a movie which was covered on The Industry in 2021,  It's a series of ROAR comic strips were made and printed in British comic books to help spread the word a…

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June 5, 2022

What Is It About Inside Llewyn Davis?

Recently Criterion, the prestige DVD makers, had one of their flash sales. Fifty percent off! Normally, I am able to resist such things, but I decided I would get one for my daughter (Bottle Rocket). However, while I was browsing the site, I came ac…

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May 7, 2022

The Jockey Club is here!

The first episode of my LET IT RIDE podcast, The Jockey Club has been released. Well, it's the episode before the first episode. An episode zero.  In it I speak with Blake Howard from One HEAT Minute Productions, the king of podcasts that look…

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April 11, 2022

Introducing The Jockey Club

Fort the last few weeks I've been working on another podcast, this time about my favorite movie, Let It Ride. The podcast is called The Jockey Club. Each episode will feature me speaking with a different guest (a fan, a horse racing expert, a movie…

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March 17, 2022

Show Notes for Two Princes: Part 1

Books Tandet, A. Joseph. The Lawyer and The Little Prince.  iUniverse, December 4, 2008.  Wilder, Gene. Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search For Love And Art. St. Martins Press, March 1, 2005. McKecknie, Donna and Lawrence, Greg. Time Ste…

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March 4, 2022

Find This: Missing Marathon Man Scene

By Dan Delgado Note: This blog post spoils most Marathon Man, but since it's been over 45 years I think it's okay.    I love the move Marathon Man.   I first saw it when I was a kid, about nine years old I think (which by the way,…

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March 3, 2022

The Extreme Sadness of American Graffiti

(NOTE: I wrote this blog post in 2013 after coming from a AG screening) By Dan Delgado When you think of the 1970’s classic American Graffiti, what comes to mind? Crazy kids out all night having a good time? Bittersweet nostalgia?  The …

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Dec. 14, 2021

Show Notes for The Fall and Rise of Super Mario Bros

Links Terry Runte site: Terry Runte - Stories & more with Parker Bennett Super Mario Bros Movie Archive: Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive -- News/Update Archive (smbmovie.com) Music from Epidemic Sound: Premium Music for Content Creator…

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Nov. 4, 2021

Show Notes for Grizzly II

Articles Raftery, Brian. What Do George Clooney, Nazareth, and a 16-Foot Mechanical Bear Have in Common? The Ringer, August 31, 2020.  https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/8/31/21406226/grizzly-ii-george-clooney-laura-dern-john-rhys-davies …

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Sept. 6, 2021

Show Notes for Harold Lloyd's Last Film

Resources Lloyd v. California Pictures Corp https://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2d/136/638.html   Curtis, James. Between Flops: A Biography of Preston Sturges Published in hardcover by Harcort Brace Jovanovich, 1982. h…

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July 6, 2021

Show Notes for Comrade Cukor

Shaw, T. (2012). Nightmare on Nevsky Prospekt: The Blue Bird as a Curious Instance of U.S.-Soviet Film Collaboration during the Cold War. Journal of Cold War Studies, 14(1), 3-33. Retrieved February 24, 2021, from https://www.jstor.org/sta…

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Feb. 23, 2021

Show Notes for Lions and Tigers and Stitches, Oh My! The Making of Roar

Articles Wealder, David. Courtney Goodin Part One: The Analog Years. 695 Quarterly, Vol. 3, Issue 3. Summer 2011. https://www.local695.com/magazine/courtney-goodin-part-one-the-analog-years/ Cooney, Tim. And What… Give Up Sh…

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Jan. 13, 2021

Show Notes for Nicholas Ray Episode

Sources used for When Nicholas Ray Made a Student Film... at 61   Stevens, Brad. Libido, morality, and a broom. BFI.org.uk. May 15, 2015. Karp, Josh. Dennis Hopper’s Mad Vision. Esquire Magazine. October 1, 2018. …

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Nov. 18, 2020

Show Notes for The Woodstock on Wheels

Get Michael Oberman’s book Fast Forward, Play, and Rewind. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fast-forward-play-and-rewind-michael-oberman/1135880500 Read Rick Ouellette’s Reel and Rock blog on the Medicine Ball Caravan. https:/…

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Oct. 10, 2020

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Am I taking too long between episodes? Need a cinematic fix in the meantime? Then check out these Industry approved podcasts. https://lnns.co/AenlzwZ8CIY  

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Sept. 16, 2020

Show Notes for How Superman IV Became a Disaster: Christopher Reeve's Two-Picture Deal

You can watch Harper’s documentary on Superman IV here Sources Scivally, Bruce. Superman on Film, Television, and Radio. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2008. Richard, Julie. Reeve Not Happy With Last Film&rsqu…

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July 22, 2020

Show Notes for Blood Circus

Show Notes The American Cinematheque Podcast, hosted by Grant Moninger. https://americancinematheque.com/podcasts/ Video The Santo Gold auction infomercial:   Articles Anft, Michael.  “Fool’s Gold” – S…

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