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You don’t have to love Christmas to love this podcast. Film critic Collin Souter and renowned sheep expert Kerry Finegan delve into every type of Christmas movie they can find. Classics, non-classics, horror, Hallmark, obscurities, foreign, shorts, TV specials, unnecessary sequels and remakes. Even films that you might not think of as traditional Christmas movies. The great, the awful and the unusual, all year round.
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Join Mr. Modernism George Smart and crew as they talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most exciting and controversial buildings in the world. USModernist Radio is backed by the nonprofit educational archive USModernist, the largest open digital archive for Modernist residential architecture in America. www.usmodernist.org
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Every great film and TV maker began as a Red Carpet Rookie. In this podcast each episode you’ll learn from the life and career story of someone who’s grown to the top of the entertainment business, hearing how they mastered their craft with lessons you can apply to harness your own creative talent in your own career and everyday life. From lessons given by Spielberg to Oscar-winners tips on imposter syndrome, and some pretty crazy on-set anecdotes thrown in for good measure… My name is Mike ...
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Send us a text Mike and Jim break down Conclave, the Vatican thriller based on Robert Harris’s 2016 novel. This high-stakes drama takes moviegoers inside the secretive world behind Vatican walls, revealing the power plays and politics involved in electing a new Pope. Tickets for Conclave, Venom 3 - The Last Dance, and all the movies playing this we…
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In nearly every major city, housing the homeless is a major problem. Since the defunding of residential mental health programs in Reagan era, the dramatic cost of housing, and other cutbacks in the welfare safety net, America created a huge population of people with problems who have nowhere to live except outside. Especially in California, which h…
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In nearly every major city, housing the homeless is a major problem. Since the defunding of residential mental health programs in Reagan era, the dramatic cost of housing, and other cutbacks in the welfare safety net, America created a huge population of people with problems who have nowhere to live except outside. Especially in California, which h…
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Starring Mickey Rooney. Yes, that Mickey Rooney. Five years ago, Kerry, Collin and guest Patrick Ripoll made a pact to talk about the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" films every year in October. The pact has been fulfilled with "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker," as of now, the final film in the series. It did not disappoint. Rooney stars a…
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Send us a text In anticipation of the 25th anniversary screening of David Fincher’s Fight Club, Mike takes a deep dive into the film's realistic, story-driven depiction of cinema projection, which plays a key role in the movie's storyline. The discussion then explores the nuances of both modern film and digital cinema projection, prompting Mike to …
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Where does the real work get done in Modernist preservation? State and local preservation groups show up at long, boring, and ridiculously bureaucratic public meetings, week after week, sometimes for years. They get historic preservation tax credits passed in most states, and they monitor everything from development to the preservation easements we…
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Where does the real work get done in Modernist preservation? State and local preservation groups show up at long, boring, and ridiculously bureaucratic public meetings, week after week, sometimes for years. They get historic preservation tax credits passed in most states, and they monitor everything from development to the preservation easements we…
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Send us a text Mike chats with LA-based author Michael McClellan about his co-authored book with Stephen Farber, Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies. Michael will be presenting the book and hosting a special screening of 1962's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove on Monday, October 21st, at 7:30 PM. He’ll …
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Today you’ll hear from Miami architect and author Chad Oppenheim; from Long Beach architect Alan Pullman; from New Canaan author David Peterson, and later we swoon again with returning musical guest Halie Loren singing from her new album.بقلم george smart
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Today you’ll hear from Miami architect and author Chad Oppenheim; from Long Beach architect Alan Pullman; from New Canaan author David Peterson, and later we swoon again with returning musical guest Halie Loren singing from her new album.بقلم george smart
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First, a quick explanation over what went wrong with the "Go" episode. Then, Kerry and Collin are joined by returning guest, Christine Sellin, to talk about Laika Animation Studios' amazing 2012 movie, "ParaNorman," a movie that accomplishes so much in just under 90 minutes and does so with style, wit, astonishment and braaaiiiinnnnssss!! What is t…
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Send us a text Episode 27 - Mike sits down with long-time Classic Cinemas pal, Mark Mazrimas, to discuss the jam-packed slate of current and specialty Halloween programming Classic Cinemas is bringing to our theatres this month. October offers an incredible opportunity to see classics that aren’t showing anywhere else, including Ghostbusters (1984)…
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Interviewing the children of mid-century architects has been one the best parts of producing USModernist Radio. We’ve had the pleasure of talking to Hicks Stone, son of Edward Durell Stone; John Barnes, son of Edward Larrabee Barnes, Ainsley Gores Gilligan, daughter of Landis; Fred Noyes, son of Eliot; Eric and Susan Saarinen, children of Eero; Ray…
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Interviewing the children of mid-century architects has been one the best parts of producing USModernist Radio. We’ve had the pleasure of talking to Hicks Stone, son of Edward Durell Stone; John Barnes, son of Edward Larrabee Barnes, Ainsley Gores Gilligan, daughter of Landis; Fred Noyes, son of Eliot; Eric and Susan Saarinen, children of Eero; Ray…
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Send us a text Mike is beyond excited about his screening of Coppola's 25-years-in-the-making, soon-to-be-classic, epic science-fiction adventure Megalopolis. There are plenty of interesting takes on this film, but Mike hails it as "amazing... in every way that a film can be amazing." Sounds like a must-see. Tickets and showtimes available here.…
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Being a Black architect in the white-male-dominated 20th century was tough. You were paid less, worked harder, and rarely got any credit. That is, if you could get hired at all. For example, by 1950 there were only two Black architects registered in North Carolina, both male. By 1980 the number was only 65 out of 1909. Even by 1993, Black architect…
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Being a Black architect in the white-male-dominated 20th century was tough. You were paid less, worked harder, and rarely got any credit. That is, if you could get hired at all. For example, by 1950 there were only two Black architects registered in North Carolina, both male. By 1980 the number was only 65 out of 1909. Even by 1993, Black architect…
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Kerry and Collin celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Go" by talking to one of its biggest fans, film programmer Mike Schindler. The film has the late-'90s influences all over it: the "Pulp Fiction"-like structure, a hyper-active techno soundtrack and a cast of young actors who made their marks in TV shows like "Party Of Five" and "Dawson's Creek." W…
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Send us a text Mike dives deep, exploring how the Transformers franchise has shifted his perspective on filmmaking. He also delves into the upcoming art-house horror film The Substance, which some are calling Demi Moore's best work yet. Tickets for all the films we are talking about are available here.…
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The 2024 Architecture and Design Film Festival, or ADFF, starts up next week in New York. This long-running series is led by returning podcast guest Kyle Bergman, who founded the ADFF in New York in 2008 and hosts versions all over the world. ADFF seeks out films with impassioned, human stories that appeal to both architects and the general design-…
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The 2024 Architecture and Design Film Festival, or ADFF, starts up next week in New York. This long-running series is led by returning podcast guest Kyle Bergman, who founded the ADFF in New York in 2008 and hosts versions all over the world. ADFF seeks out films with impassioned, human stories that appeal to both architects and the general design-…
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Send us a text Mike dives into a packed week at the theatres, featuring a rare "unicorn" screening of Shoot the Moon (1982), an exclusive sneak peek at Transformers ONE, and a chilling look at the arthouse horror film The Substance starring Demi Moore. Plus, Classic Cinemas Lake Theatre welcomes Nicholas Meyer (screenwriter of Star Trek: The Wrath …
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For every 3 or 4 Modernist buildings out there, there is likely one amazing unbuilt building with plans sitting in a drawer or a hard drive somewhere. Exploring the wonderful world of the imagined but not realized, joining us are the authors of Never Built Los Angeles, Never Built New York, and the new book, the Atlas of Never Built Architecture, S…
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For every 3 or 4 Modernist buildings out there, there is likely one amazing unbuilt building with plans sitting in a drawer or a hard drive somewhere. Exploring the wonderful world of the imagined but not realized, joining us are the authors of Never Built Los Angeles, Never Built New York, and the new book, the Atlas of Never Built Architecture, S…
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Kerry and Collin are joined be frequest guest Patrick Ripoll (co-host of 96 Greers) to talk about one of the essential Judy Garland movies, the technicolor marvel "Meet Me In St. Louis," in which the song "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" made its debut and would eventually become a standard. Vincente Minnelli's timeless classic would also m…
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Send us a text Mike sits down with our resident technical guru and Master Booth Technician, Alan Gilbertson, to discuss what makes our XQ Premium Presentation so incredibly state-of-the-art. Tune in to hear about the what, why, and how of these upgrades and how they've positively transformed the movie-going experience. And as always, check out your…
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Today we’re talking about Modernist havens San Diego and La Jolla with midcentury author and historian Keith York; plus Joan Gand and Lauren Lockhart of the La Jolla Historical Society on their upcoming Modernist tour, of which USModernist is a sponsor. Later on, jazz with Lisa Veronica Wood and the Sidecar Social Club.…
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Today we’re talking about Modernist havens San Diego and La Jolla with midcentury author and historian Keith York; plus Joan Gand and Lauren Lockhart of the La Jolla Historical Society on their upcoming Modernist tour, of which USModernist is a sponsor. Later on, jazz with Lisa Veronica Wood and the Sidecar Social Club.…
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Send us a text Mike and Jim discuss the York Theatre's 100th anniversary and the exciting film programming that will celebrate a century of cinematic excellence. If you're interested in joining us on Sunday for the 100th Celebration, or attending any of the Wednesday films that follow, please visit us here for details.…
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It’s a sad day in the studio, because this is the last Modernism Week show of 2024. We’ve brought you 11 wonderful episodes from our annual pilgrimage, and today wraps up the series with returning guests mid-century historian Charles Phoenix; Natascha Drabbe of iconichouses.org; traveling all the way from Canberra, Australia, Phillip Jones the Mart…
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It’s a sad day in the studio, because this is the last Modernism Week show of 2024. We’ve brought you 11 wonderful episodes from our annual pilgrimage, and today wraps up the series with returning guests mid-century historian Charles Phoenix; Natascha Drabbe of iconichouses.org; traveling all the way from Canberra, Australia, Phillip Jones the Mart…
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Send us a text Well, this "wild ride" of comic book-to-film adaptations officially concludes with this episode. In Part Three, we take an in-depth look at the MCU and its interconnected storylines, explore Warner Brothers' response with the creation of Wonder Woman, and even give you a sneak peek into the 2025 world of Superman. We hope you enjoyed…
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First-time guest Alejandro Riera joins Kerry and Collin to talk about the Chicago-based family comedy "Nothing Like The Holidays," which came out in 2008 and features a predominantly Puerto Rican cast. This follows the "Family Stone" and "This Christmas" formula of having all the grown-up kids coming home for the Christmas season, all of whom are f…
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Today we’re talking about an architecture TV series spanning the globe and a new design documentary. Joining us is ByDesign’s Mike Chapman and IBM archivist Jamie Martin, who is featured in the new documentary Modernism Inc. Later, musical guest Paget Moren.بقلم george smart
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Today we’re talking about an architecture TV series spanning the globe and a new design documentary. Joining us is ByDesign’s Mike Chapman and IBM archivist Jamie Martin, who is featured in the new documentary Modernism Inc. Later, musical guest Paget Moren.بقلم george smart
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Send us a text After last week’s comic book-style cliffhanger in part one, Mike swoops in to continue his comic book-to-movie adaptation anthology, covering the years 1998-2008. He kicks off with Wesley Snipes in Blade, explores the film births of X-Men, Spider-Man, and Iron Man, and does a deep dive into the darker evolution of the Batman franchis…
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In this our next to last show from Modernism Week 2024, George talks with San Francisco concrete designer and architect Fu Tung Cheng, and later Marisa Mulder + Jim Burns + Brooke Babcock on composer and arranger Jimmy Van Huesen, who with Frank Sinatra as his muse carried the great American songbook to new heights in the 1950’s and 1960’s.…
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In this our next to last show from Modernism Week 2024, George talks with San Francisco concrete designer and architect Fu Tung Cheng, and later Marisa Mulder + Jim Burns + Brooke Babcock on composer and arranger Jimmy Van Huesen, who with Frank Sinatra as his muse carried the great American songbook to new heights in the 1950’s and 1960’s.…
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Send us a text Mike wraps up the summer of cinema by kicking off the first episode of his three-part series exploring the history of comic books and their adaptation to cinema over the past 75 years. He delves into the evolution of superhero filmed serials from the 1940s, progressing to the big screen adaptations of iconic characters like Superman …
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