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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friendsmeadowlark-media.com
Cinephile: Passionate interest in film, film theory, and film criticism. It's a term that fits Adnan Virk perfectly. Join each week as he reviews the newest films, latest television, and chats with heavy hitters in the entertainment industry about their recent projects and successful careers. From engaging conversations to entertaining topics, Cinephile also offers historical perspective, recapping some of the most influential tv shows and films of our lifetime.
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Episodes

The Long Goodbye

Adnan talks about the end of Cinephile Episode 1 of The Penguin on MAX Ed Wood The People vs Larry Flynt Scorsese’s Cape Fear (91) Hot Tub Time Machine Plus Joseph Maddio joins the show to talk about The Featherweight and The Penguin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 24, 20241 hr 6 min

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice + Bob Costas

Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Didi Barney’s Version 25th anniversary of Being John Malkovich Black Narcissus Plus Bob Costas joins the show to talk Baseketball and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 10, 20241 hr 30 min

Sing Sing + The Dekalog + Ian Eagle

Sing Sing The Dekalog The Secret in their Eyes Taste of Cherry Harry reviews Alien Romulus Then the great Ian Eagle joins the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 20241 hr 39 min

Deadpool & Wolverine + Out of the Past + Two Interviews!

Deadpool & Wolverine Out of the Past Yasujiro Ozu’s The End of Summer Brick A Summer's Tale Plus two interviews! One with Edward James Olmos and one with author T. J. Newman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 13, 20241 hr 12 min

Made In England + Capturing the Friedmans + Doug Liman talking The Instigators

Made in England: the Films of Powell and Pressburger Skywalkers: A Love Story Land of Bad Wild Things Guy Ritchie's The Covenant Capturing the Friedmans + Adnan talks about seeing Paul Giamatti speak live and Doug Liman talks about his new movie The Instigators! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 30, 20241 hr 9 min

Longlegs + Joe Buck!

3 deaths: Donald Sutherland, Robert Towne, and Shelley Duvall Longlegs Beverly Hills Cop Axel F Longlegs Road House Harry talks Presumed Innocence Then the great Joe Buck joins the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 20241 hr 6 min

Kinds of Kindness + First Reformed + Claire Atkins Returns!

Kinds of Kindness Despicable Me 4 First Reformed Plus Up In The Air with Claire Returns! Claire, Adnan, and Harry talk Wildcat, Wicked Little Letters, One Fine Day, Primal Fear, Desperately Seeking Susan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 09, 202440 min

Horizon: An American Saga + Sam Morril joins the show!

Horizon: An American Saga Enemy of The State Inside Out 2 Then comedian Sam Morril joins the show to talk film noir, comedy, and Orson Welles! Sam's new special "You've Changed" comes out July 9 on Prime Video!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 02, 202449 min

Federer: Twelve Final Days + Auto Focus + Dan Stanczyk Returns!

Federer: Twelve Final Days Auto Focus + Mean Streets 50th Anniversary and Armie Hammer attempts a return? Then Cinephile’s original producer Dan Stanczyk joins the show to talk Adnan as an NBA owner, Double Jeopardy, Muckbangs, and the release of his upcoming book "Stugotz’ Personal Record Book" that he co-wrote with Stugotz himself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 18, 20241 hr 10 min

Hit Man + Crash (1996)

Adnan and Harry give their top 5 movie scenes of all time Hit man Crash (1996) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 202433 min

Garfield + The Naked Gun

Garfield Harry’s review of Furiosa The Naked Gun + Adnan recaps his Ezra press junket experience Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 04, 202434 min

Furiosa + The Jinx: Part 2 + Tony Goldwyn

Adnan's Sports Emmy Awards Recap Kevin Costner’s big gamble Furiosa The Jinx: Part 2 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp BONUS: Adnan sits down with director Tony Goldwin to talk about his new film Ezra. Editor's Note: We had some issues with Adnan's mic in the interview with Tony. Tony's audio sounds great though! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 202447 min

If + Unfrosted

If Unfrosted John Frankenheimer’s Seconds Bad Lieutenant Also Roger Corman’s passing and Paul Schrader’s comments on a taxi driver sequel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 21, 202434 min

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes + Challengers

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Challengers Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Don’t Look Now New Rose Hotel Plus book reviews! March Violets The Lathe of Heaven Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 14, 202429 min

Civil War + Changes to Cinephile

Civil War. Adnan and Chris’ Braves tickets dilemma. Sunset Boulevard. Adnan getting trapped in a Florida Panthers group chat. Anyone but You. Adnan gets emotional talking about Planes, Trains and Automobiles alternate ending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 30, 20241 hr 8 min

Coming to America + Jeff Garlin

Coming to America. Jeff Garlin joins Adnan. Sugar. NHL Playoffs talk. Bowfinger. Adnan is headed to the Emmys. Scorsese eyes Frank Sinatra Biopic with Leonardo DiCaprio. We learn too much about Chris' dating history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 23, 202451 min

Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces + Scott Rogowsky

Steve! (Martin).... also.. A Documentary in 2 Pieces. Friend of the podcast, Scott Rogowsky joins Adnan to discuss one of the strangest films in Cinephile history. Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist. An all-time great dog name. Chris’ trip to the Bahamas. Ramy Youssef: More Feelings. Adnan’s gift for Bob Costas. In A Lonely Place. You don’t always want to be the person initiating texts. Great middling by Adnan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Apr 16, 20241 hr 8 min

Keith Olbermann + Curb Your Enthusiasm

Adnan is joined by his friend and mentor Keith Olbermann. The final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Adnan reviews his favorite documentary of all time, Crumb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 09, 20241 hr 5 min

Godzilla X Kong + Ikiru

Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. Who paid for lunch with Adnan and Dan Le Batard? Adnan talks to authors Alain Silver and James Ursini about their book, Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir. Is Adnan spending too much at movie theaters? Ikiru. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 02, 202455 min

Love Lies Bleeding + Another Paul Giamatti Movie?!

Love Lies Bleeding. Cinephile vault: One of Adnan’s favorite interviews ever with filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld. Yet another Paul Giamatti movie: Win Win. The audience is concerned about how much money Adnan is spending at movie theaters. Kung Fu Panda 4. Last movie you walked out of? Hockey talk with Adnan and Chris. Four Daughters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 202453 min

Drive-Away Dolls + Adnan's Lunch with Le Batard

Drive-Away Dolls. Meadowlark Media’s high-tech water dispenser. Adnan is joined by director Alexandre O. Philippe to discuss his William Shatner documentary, “You Can Call Me Bill”. What Happens Later. Adnan’s lunch with Dan Le Batard. Lone Star. One of the most surprising movie reviews in Cinephile history. To Kill A Tiger. Adnan’s awkward fan encounter. Great supporting characters in rom-coms. El Conde. Adnan gets super old with Rays pitcher Pete Fairbanks. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Mar 19, 202453 min

OSCARS RECAP

Adnan Virk and Chris Cote react to the 2024 Academy Awards and our successful watch along from the Meadowlark studios in Miami with Ben Lyons and David Samson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 202440 min

Oscar Predictions + Private Parts

Adnan tells you who should and who will win all the Oscar Awards. Private Parts. All of the Oscar nominated Animated Shorts. Oscar nominated director Misan Harriman joins Adnan to discuss The After. We remember Richard Lewis by replaying his 2017 appearance on Cinephile. Adnan shares some info on our Oscar watch party/live stream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 05, 20241 hr 17 min

Dune: Part Two + Cigs and SAGs

Dune: Part Two. (No spoilers) SAG Awards recap. Director Chris Cassel joins Adnan to discuss his documentary “To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb”. Chris fell in love with New York. The Third Man. The Coen brothers broke up?! Adnan does some Bob Costas/Ben Mankiewicz middling. Films you won’t believe Alexander Payne has contributed to. Chris’ limited fake Christopher Walken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 202456 min

In the Line of Fire + More Oscar Nominated Films

Author Mark Kamine joins Adnan to discuss his book “On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry”. Hitchcock’s Notorious. In the Line of Fire. Adnan continues to watch Oscar nominated films: The After. Knight of Fortune. The ABCs of Book Banning. The Barber of Little Rock. Island in Between. The Last Repair Shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 20241 hr 9 min

Whiplash + Adnan's Dinner with Bob Costas

Whiplash. Adnan’s dinner with Bob Costas and Ben Mankiewicz. Chris shares Super Bowl stories from Las Vegas. Paying for group dinners. Nimona. How many texts before we’re friends? TCM host Dave Karger joins Adnan. The stresses of sharing a pizza. 99 Homes. How Adnan dealt with his kid getting yelled at. Bobi Wine: The People’s President. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 20241 hr 12 min

Bob Marley: One Love + Kingsley Ben-Adir joins Adnan

Adnan is joined by Kingsley Ben-Adir, the star of Bob Marley: One Love. Private Life. Oscar nominated short The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Strange Way of Life. Oscar nominated documentary 20 Days in Mariupol. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 07, 202447 min

Wonka + Sideways

Wonka. Adnan met Dan Soder. Sideways. Respected film critic Adnan Virk gets an entire theater to himself for a screening. We’re talking to director Nicole Newnham about her documentary “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”. It’s about Shere Hite's bestselling book The Hite Report that liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys. Her findings rocked the American establishment and conversations about gender and sexuality. Learn more about you...

Jan 31, 202445 min

OSCAR NOMINATIONS SPECIAL

Adnan reacts to the 2024 Oscar nominations, reviews the latest season of Fargo, and is joined by director Charles Stones lll about his new film with Snoop Dogg, The Underdoggs. Also, we continue to celebrate Paul Giamatti discussing his film American Splendor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 202454 min

Ben Lyons + Adnan Meets Paul Giamatti

Adnan is joined by Ben Lyons to recap their time at the Critics Choice Awards. Which celebrity made Adnan nervous? Pizza in a bag. Ryen Russillo bails on Adnan for Adrian Wojnarowski. Origin. Chris wouldn't know how to be a cannibal. Society of the Snow. Is the Barbie screenplay Original or Adapted? Cinderella Man. What is Christopher Nolan’s favorite Fast and the Furious movie? Chris reviews Saltburn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 20241 hr 4 min
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