top of page

“Filmically Perfect” Podcast Archive

FP080: “Rosebud...”

May 23, 2008

Citizen Kane (1941)

Orson Welles—twenty-five years old—comes to Hollywood and makes this film. Amazing. IMDb entry

FP079: “No Bucks, No Buck Rogers!"

May 16, 2008

The Right Stuff (1983)

Philip Kaufman’s EPIC filming of Tom Wolfe’s book about the Mercury Space Program is not only a PERFECT MOVIE, but arguably one of the...

FP078: The Heart Must Be The Mediator

May 9, 2008

Metropolis (1926)

From that fateful day in 1975, when Film Guy Geo. Willeman got his Super 8mm print of Metropolis, it was a given that this film would be...

FP077: “Thangyuverrahmuch…"

May 2, 2008

Elvis: That’s The Way It Is (1971)

Denis Sanders created the perfect Elvis Time Capsule with his 1970 film Elvis: That’s The Way It Is. Elvis fan or no, one cannot deny the...

FP076: ¡El Ángel Exterminador!

April 25, 2008

The Exterminating Angel (1961)

After returning from exile to his native Spain, director Luis Buñuel made one his greatest and most controversial films—Viridiana. After...

FP075: “Come on, hit me. Harder. Harder.”

April 18, 2008

Raging Bull (1980)

Harsh—gritty—dark—and that’s just the opening credits!! Martin Scorsese’s unflinching portrait of boxer Jake LaMotta won the “Best...

FP074: “IN-VALID"

April 11, 2008

Gattaca (1997)

GUANINE—ADENINE—THYMINE—CYTOSINE. The four amino acids that make up deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, the stuff that we are made of, to...

FP073: “Offerings to the Gods of Speed"

April 4, 2008

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)

Roger Donaldson’s unfairly overlooked gem is, in our minds, one of the finest stories of the power of the human spirit EVER. Anthony...

Movie Index

Original content © 2006-2024 by J. Todd Anderson & Geo. Willeman

 

Contact Us

  • White Facebook Icon
  • White SoundCloud Icon
  • Unknown-1
bottom of page