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As a bonus for our episode on The Phynx, here’s more of the interview with Larry Hankin where he discusses his early days in The Committee, on Laverne & Shirley, in Escape from Alcatraz, and more.

Jonathan Melville returns to podcast to discuss his latest book, A Kind of Magic: The Making of the Original ‘Highlander’. It’s an exhaustive book about Russell Mulcahey’s 1986 film. Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/2HbC1xB

#Noirvember2020 concludes with a look at William Friedkin’s To Live & Die in L.A. (1984). The film pits Treasury agent William Petersen as Richard Chance against Willem Dafoe as artist and forger Rick Masters. Based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Petievich, it’s an unexpected cat and mouse story bathed in the harsh light of Los Angeles. Jedidiah Ayres and Andrew Nette join Mike to discuss the film, Boiling Point, Wang Chung, and more.

More from editor M. Scott Smith as he discusses working on The Crow, Mobsters, Darkman, and My Name is Bruce.

John Badham returns to the podcast to discuss the latest edition of his invaluable guide, On Directing. Mike also talks with Mr. Badham about the Blu-Ray release of his film The Hard Way.

On this special episode Yaniv Eidelstein and Skizz Cyzyk join Mike to discuss the latest documentary feature by Alex Winter, ZAPPA. It’s a two plus hour look at composer, musician, artist, singer, agent provocateur Frank Zappa.

On this special episode we’re looking at the 1984 film from director Alan Sacks, Du-Beat-E-O. It’s a movie as unusual as its name. It’s the multi-layered story of a director — the titular Du Beat E O played by Ray Sharkey — who is given a chore to put together a film about the band The Runaways. At the same time we hear a postmortem of the film as we’re watching it unfold courtesy of a running fictive director’s commentary. Adam Spiegelman (Proudly Resents) and Heather Drain (Mondo Heather) join Mike to discuss the history of the show as well as one of its participants — El Duce of The Mentors. Interviews include co-writer Mark Sheffler, musician Mark Wheaton, and director Alan Sacks.

We continue Noirvember 2020 with a look at Peter Yates’s The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Based on the novel by George V. Higgins, the film stars Robert Mitchum as the titular Coyle, an over-the-hill small time crook who’s trying to get by in the milieu of Boston’s underground. The film is rich with incredible character actors like Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Alex Rocco, and more. Andrew J. Rausch and Eric J. Peterson join Mike to discuss the film as well as crime writing and the Boston beat.

On this special episode, Mike talks with author Glenn Kenny about his new book, Made Men, the Story of Goodfellas, a terrific tome all about Martin Scorsese’s seminal 1990 gangster film. Get the book at https://amzn.to/2Kj23Ab

Noirvember 2020 continues with a look at Robert Montgomery’s Ride the Pink Horse. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes, the film also stars Montgomery as Lucky Gagin, a man who comes to the small town of San Pablo, New Mexico during their annual fiesta…. Jedidiah Ayres and Carol Borden join Mike to discuss the various adaptations of Ride the Pink Horse. Sarah Weinman discusses Dorothy B. Hughes’s career.