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“Filmically Perfect” Podcast Archive

FP104: “I Can’t Help Myself!”

June 18, 2010

M (1931)

Not surprisingly, it took Germany's "uber-director" Fritz Lang a few years before he was ready to make his first sound film. In fact, he...

FP103: “The Men’s Bathroom is out of order again...”

June 11, 2010

Employees’ Entrance (1933)

Warren Williams goes toe-to-toe with the demure and extremely cute Loretta Young and the not so demure but still somewhat cute (in a...

FP102: “The erupting night will crush us all…"

May 28, 2010

Wooden Crosses (Les Croix de Bois) (1932)

As far as French film directors go, Raymond Bernard is one of the most neglected. At the time he made "Wooden Crosses" in 1932, there...

FP101: “I have taken a liking to you…"

May 21, 2010

White Zombie (1932)

Arguably one of the best and most gothic of the early sound horror film cycle, with Bela Lugosi at his best as the villainous Murder...

FP100: It's a hard world for little things

May 7, 2010

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

WELCOME TO EPISODE 100!! Charles Laughton created a singular work of art with "The Night of the Hunter." A film so intensely personal...

FP099: “kill every one of them before they are born!”

April 30, 2010

Los Olvidados (1950)

The last time we spoke about Luis Buñuel, he was making fun of rich hypocrites in The Exterminating Angel. In this earlier film, a far...

FP098: Another Fine Mess

April 23, 2010

The Music Box (1932)

“The Boys.” “Two Minds Without a Single Thought.” “The Fiddle and the Bow.” “Dick and Doof.” No matter what they are called, or in what...

FP097: Guilty Pleasures No. 4

April 16, 2010

The California Kid (1974) & Streets of Fire

Back again after a much longer hiatus than we expected!! Two movies, both great in their own way but not quite perfect, chosen without...

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