Random Acts of Cinema

Hungarian director Marta Meszaros adds unprecedented depth, humanity, and a whole other meaning to the question asked in countless groan-worthy bumper stickers: “Who adopted who?”

A lonely middle-age…

Poverty.  Betrayal.  Heroin.  Death. But, like in a really funny and clever sort of way that’s just a real pleasure to watch.  Spend some time with some of your best Scottish friends!  Director Danny…

Kon Ichikawa sumptuous remake of an Edo-period revenge tale is magnified by lush camerawork, stirring performances, a jazzy soundtrack, and a fascinatingly unexpected exploration of gender, sexuality…

How Kate got her groove back… could be an alternate title to David Lean’s Katherine Hepburn-starring romance set in the canals of mid-century Venice.  An aging single American lady, looking for a lit…

Feast your ears on a special release of the Patreon-only hit podcast Are You Friedkin Kidding Me? where your intrepid hosts (plus Alexandra!) watch the films of William Friedkin.  This episode…. The …

Feast your ears on a special release of the Patreon-only hit podcast Are You Friedkin Kidding Me? where your intrepid hosts (plus Alexandra!) watch the films of William Friedkin.  This episode…. Well…

Fresh off of his iconic career topping Dracula, director Tod Browning returns to his roots with a domestic drama/crime film cast almost entirely with side-show performers with little-to-no screen act…

Director/Writer/Star Albert Brooks reawakens an early shared film trauma of your two loyal hosts.  Can this Uber-Boomer satire of drop-out idealists living in Reagan's America be salvaged?  Might it …

Now that another season of Random Acts of Cinema has passed, Hollywood can finally take a moment to catch its breath before it must prepare another year of potential delights for us to mercilessly te…

We are joined this week by Dan Connell for a lively discussion as the thriving, dynamic 1980s New York Ball Room scene is revealed to an unsuspecting world in Jennie Livingston’s groundbreaking docum…

Bergman takes us on a journey into the past, to revisit youthful summer love.  But don’t worry: this is all seen through the memory of an emotionally detached beauty left unable to find meaningful em…

Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul weaves a mind-bending 'exquisite corpse'-style tale with sequences narrated by documentary subjects, theatrical troupes, group interviews, cinematic recreations, ta…

Lions! Tightropes! Clowns!  Charlie Chaplin’s last true silent film brings the big top to the big screen.  Hijinks ensue.

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But is it an allegory? Made under Nazi occupation, French filmmaker Marcel Carné created magical medieval fantasy about the devil and his minions who invade a castle full of beautiful, disillusioned …

Ron “The C[l/r]own Prince of Sports Movies” Shelton brings us the ultimate sexy minor league baseball movie that strikes a surprising chord of division between your humble hosts.  Which of us is the …

We are Random Acts of Cinema.  You subscribed to our podcast.  Prepare to listen.  Fairy tales get that inimitable Reiner-treatment in this nostalgic classic picked for Mike's birthday enjoyment.  Pr…

French comedic powerhouse Jacques Tati finally makes his first appearance on the podcast with an introduction to his gentle homage to silent-era character Monsieur Hulot himself.  And this time, he’s…

Wait, so that Ozzie-Osborne-like-bad guy from G.I. Joe who could change the color of his skin made a prequel of that totally problematic Heath Ledger movie from the early 2000s?  Well, not quite.  Ac…

Greg Mottola’s takes the viewer on a frantic ride through Manhattan… and into our hearts.  Sort of.  Really he just reaffirms our love for Parker Posey and somehow gets one of the hosts on the side o…

It’s number 4. It’s Fellini. It’s a beloved and highly influential 1970s nostalgia-infused takedown of everyday people living in and under fascist Italy. And yet for all of these things, it’s truly o…