Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.
Today we’re trying something new. This is the first episode of what we are calling The Final Frame. Here we will dissect the final film of a great, well-respected filmmaker, wrapped in the context of said filmmaker’s entire career. Our first subject: Alfred Hitchcock. His final film: Family Plot, starring Karen Black, William Devane, Barbara Harris, and Bruce Dern.
Released in 1976, the loose thriller-comedy was received warmly enough, though the raves were few and far between. The film performed admirably, though one wagers it has been mostly lost in the ocean of great works by the director. Only four years later, Hitchcock would pass away as he prepared to film a spy thriller entitled The Short Night,...
Today we’re trying something new. This is the first episode of what we are calling The Final Frame. Here we will dissect the final film of a great, well-respected filmmaker, wrapped in the context of said filmmaker’s entire career. Our first subject: Alfred Hitchcock. His final film: Family Plot, starring Karen Black, William Devane, Barbara Harris, and Bruce Dern.
Released in 1976, the loose thriller-comedy was received warmly enough, though the raves were few and far between. The film performed admirably, though one wagers it has been mostly lost in the ocean of great works by the director. Only four years later, Hitchcock would pass away as he prepared to film a spy thriller entitled The Short Night,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.
Today we travel back in time to talk Katharine Hepburn. Conor and I are joined by Nate Washburn, the talented actor/writer who runs the great The Classic Hollywood Movie You Should Know. The four Hepburn B-Sides we discuss include: Sylvia Scarlett, Mary of Scotland, Keeper of the Flame, and Undercurrent. It’s an eclectic mix of performances from one of the best to ever do it.
We dig into the lifelong relationship between Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, examine the differences between Mary of Scotland and 2018’s Mary Queen of Scots, praise the theater actress Audrey Christie, discuss the ways one could reimagine the thriller Undercurrent for the modern-day and tiptoe around Charles Lindbergh while...
Today we travel back in time to talk Katharine Hepburn. Conor and I are joined by Nate Washburn, the talented actor/writer who runs the great The Classic Hollywood Movie You Should Know. The four Hepburn B-Sides we discuss include: Sylvia Scarlett, Mary of Scotland, Keeper of the Flame, and Undercurrent. It’s an eclectic mix of performances from one of the best to ever do it.
We dig into the lifelong relationship between Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, examine the differences between Mary of Scotland and 2018’s Mary Queen of Scots, praise the theater actress Audrey Christie, discuss the ways one could reimagine the thriller Undercurrent for the modern-day and tiptoe around Charles Lindbergh while...
- 4/9/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Welcome to The B-Side, a podcast from The Film Stage. Here we explore movies featuring established stars that flopped at the box office, have been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones. So strap in and listen close as we dive into the big swings and big misses from some of the most well-known names in the business.
In the latest episode, Dan Mecca is joined by podcast producer Conor O’Donnell and Nate Washburn, a New York City-based actor and writer who is also the host of “The Classic Hollywood Movie You Should Know,” an online series that explores a variety of, well, classic Hollywood movies you should know. We discuss the B-Sides of Humphrey Bogart, the hard-edged star of Casablanca and The Treasure of Sierra Madre.
The films discussed here include Dead Reckoning,...
In the latest episode, Dan Mecca is joined by podcast producer Conor O’Donnell and Nate Washburn, a New York City-based actor and writer who is also the host of “The Classic Hollywood Movie You Should Know,” an online series that explores a variety of, well, classic Hollywood movies you should know. We discuss the B-Sides of Humphrey Bogart, the hard-edged star of Casablanca and The Treasure of Sierra Madre.
The films discussed here include Dead Reckoning,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
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