Our Moirch Noirs moirch on with 1954's Black Widow! Gather the clues and see if you can solve the mystery of how one crunchy-haired woman gets her way in the big, bad city - until she doesn't! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. Black Widow was directed by Nunnally Johnson and stars Van Heflin and Ginger Rogers. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate...
Mar 15, 2023•57 min
It's Noirs of Moirch month, so be on the lookout for femme fatales - especially those who would have you thrown off a belltower next to a popular water feature. Apply your bedtime lipstick and put on your slicker, we're getting soaked by 1953's Niagara! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Niagara was directed by Henry Hathaway and stars Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr
Not only is it Shrishma's choice this week, but it's also a CROSSOVER EPISODE! Join us as we do our old Booray For Bollywood routine on this breezy 3-hour epic of love and yard swings - it's 1991's Lamhe! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Lamhe was directed by Yash Chopra and stars Sridevi and Anil Kapoor. If you liked this episode, check out Booray For Bollywood with Shrishma Naik on the Sauropod! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/booray-for-boll...
Mar 01, 2023•55 min
Americans Abroad, Romancing Themselves and Others Month concludes with the fussiest Rock Hudson vehicle yet! Pack up your fake hotel accoutrements and any hope of getting laid - it's 1961's Come September! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Come September was directed by Robert Mulligan and stars Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patre...
Feb 22, 2023•55 min
American Romance Abroad Month (is this what we should call this?) rolls on with a swing through the eternal city. Prepare for typing, answering phones, severed brake lines, and a charming Venitian kidnapping - it's 1954's Three Coins in the Fountain! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Three Coins in the Fountain was directed by Jean Negulesco and stars Clifton Webb and Dorothy McGuire. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus co...
Feb 15, 2023•58 min
Our continental month of romance continues with a rare US-UK co-production: 1963's In the Cool of the Day! It's a movie in which all the characters actively try to or succeed at leaving the film, so don't miss it. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. In the Cool of the Day was directed by Robert Stevens and stars Peter Finch and Jane Fonda. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmo...
Feb 08, 2023•45 min
Happy 2023, listeners! The wait is finally over, and we're kicking off the new year with some peak Audrey and a lot of themed dancing in 1957's Funny Face! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. Funny Face was directed by Stanley Donen and stars Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, ra...
Feb 01, 2023•52 min
Excitement abounds when a man sleeps through the first half of the movie he is hosting a podcast about - it's a thrilling, fumbling conversation about 1957's An Affair to Remember! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. An Affair to Remember was directed by Leo McCarey and stars Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. NEW EPISODES START FEBRUARY 1, 2023! SEE YOU THERE! Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-delux...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr
The holiday season reaches new heights of useless crooning and dancing in 1954's White Christmas! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. White Christmas was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show: Instagram: @timemachinep...
Dec 21, 2022•53 min
Get ready to make room in your holiday rotations for the low-key, witchy Christmas classic, Bell Book and Candle from 1958! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Bell Book and Candle was directed by Richard Quine and stars Kim Novak and James Stewart. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, re...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr
Bust out your buffalo plaids and all the trimmings your Christmas tree requires as we slip from autumn into winter with the fretful midcentury romance of 1955's All That Heaven Allows! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. All That Heaven Allows was directed by Douglas Sirk and stars Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemach...
Dec 07, 2022•59 min
It's time for a glass of pulpy adventure, Peruvian-style, with the fake plastic jungles and stock footage canisters of 1954's Secret of the Incas! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Secret of the Incas was directed by Jerry Hopper and stars Charlton Heston and Robert Young. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so ...
Nov 30, 2022•59 min
Our "Space: At Home and Abroad" mini-arc concludes with a Martian invasion of America's sandtraps. Prepare to dial up a mile of stock military footage and enjoy Invaders From Mars from 1953! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Invaders From Mars was production designed and directed by William Cameron Menzies and stars Helena Carter and Arthur Franz. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe leng...
Nov 23, 2022•46 min
We're examining the concept of "space" both at home and abroad over the next two weeks. First up, we road trip with a bunch of lookalike midcentury men in 1950's Destination Moon! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Destination Moon was directed by Irving Pichel and stars John Archer and Warner Anderson. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine W...
Nov 16, 2022•59 min
Join us for our first installment of Old Movie Almanac, the show in which we do a distraction-heavy deep-dive into one of the years we're exploring on our adventure in the world beyond the window. Watch out for bees! Featuring Bryndís Reynisdóttir and Justin Zeppa. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show: ...
Nov 09, 2022•55 min
Let's take a brief respite from our window of time to join Carolyn and her pick, 1984's Ghostbusters! The spooks, the slime, the demon dogs, the lines - everything you've ever loved will be dismantled here, followed by a delicious cigarette. Featuring Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Ghostbusters was directed by Ivan Reitman and stars Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length ...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr
Get yourself a trick-or-treat bag filled with nervous guy energy, courtesy of Don Knotts in 1966's The Ghost and Mr. Chicken! Featuring Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken was directed by Alan Rafkin and stars Don Knotts and Joan Staley. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and f...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr
We're at war, people, this is not a drill! Prepare to meet your feathery doom with 1963's The Birds! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. The Birds was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show: Inst...
Oct 19, 2022•59 min
Book-themed dinner parties are the perfect opportunity to bring the whole gang together...for MURDER. It's 1948's Rope! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Rope was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and stars James Stewart and John Dall. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr
How much do you love fall? Do you love it enough to give 1955's The Trouble with Harry a pass? Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. The Trouble with Harry was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and stars John Forsythe and Shirley MacLaine. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow ...
Oct 05, 2022•57 min
Explore the cesspool of mid-50s gender hierarchies with 1954's Woman's World! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. Woman's World was directed by Jean Negulesco and stars Van Heflin and Lauren Bacall. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show: Instagram: @timemachinepodcasts Facebook: fa...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr
Follow our classy women of the postwar era into the typewriter-filled workplace of 1959's The Best of Everything! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. The Best of Everything was directed by Jean Negulesco and stars Hope Lange and Stephen Boyd. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, a...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr
Join us as we track the course of women during the Atomic Age, as articulated by a bunch of Hollywood men. The next stop is college with 1960's Where the Boys Are! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, and Justin Zeppa. Where the Boys Are was directed by Harry Levin and stars Dolores Hart and George Hamilton. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so pleas...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Reputations will be destroyed and smooches will be deployed in 1957's Peyton Place! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Peyton Place was directed by Mark Robson and stars Lana Turner and Lee Philips. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow the show: Instagram: @timemachine...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr
It's the thrilling origin story for gray mid-century men in gray mid-century suits with 1956's The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit was directed by Nunnally Johnson and stars Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so pl...
Aug 31, 2022•59 min
You will believe a woman of the 1950s can only be judged by her relationships with men! Please enter the smoky, groping spaces found in 1956's Hilda Crane. Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Bryndís Reynisdóttir, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Hilda Crane was directed by Philip Dunne and stars Jean Simmons and Guy Madison. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciat...
Aug 24, 2022•55 min
Look out world, our Katherine is picking the movie this week and she's chosen 1981's Excalibur! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Bryndís Reynisdóttir, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Excalibur was directed by John Boorman and stars Nigel Terry and Helen Mirren. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, review, and follow ...
Aug 17, 2022•57 min
What could possibly improve upon the original Beach Party? More bodybuilding and more Buddy Hackett, obviously - it's 1964's Muscle Beach Party! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Bryndís Reynisdóttir, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Muscle Beach Party was directed by William Asher and stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appr...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr
Ever heard of surfing? We hope so, or this episode about Beach Party from 1963 will make less than zero sense! Featuring Dettifoss Bergmann, Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Bryndís Reynisdóttir, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Beach Party was directed by William Asher and stars Robert Cummings and Dorothy Malone. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so...
Aug 03, 2022•56 min
Please inflate your waders and drop a feathery lure into the waters of 1964's Man's Favorite Sport?! Featuring Shrishma Naik, Carolyn Naoroz, Bryndís Reynisdóttir, Katherine Sherlock, and Justin Zeppa. Man's Favorite Sport? was directed by Howard Hawks and stars Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss. Join us on Patreon at the Boom Room for exclusive, ad-free bonus content in the form of super-deluxe length episodes: patreon.com/oldmovietimemachine We appreciate your support, so please subscribe, rate, ...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr
