This week on The Cine-Files we honor one of the most important composers and artists of the last century, Stephen Sondheim, by revisiting a conversation on the musical that brought him international attention, West Side Story for which he did the lyrics. This is one of our favorite conversations and we couldn't revisit this iconic film without inviting our guests, Milena Govich and David Cornue back to the microphone to put the life and work of Stephen Sondheim into perspective. This was a wonde...
Dec 10, 2021•2 hr 16 min
Happy Thanksgiving Cine-Files, we are going way back to November of 2017 when Steve and John discussed what is, without question the greatest Thanksgiving film ever made, John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles. However, before they get into the movie, John and Steve talk about how their perspective on this film has changed in the last four years. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/32vgVo8 Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at ht...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 57 min
The Cine-Files is not only thrilled to conclude their conversation of one of the greatest western's in the history of cinema, George Stevens 1953 classic, Shane, but they are eve more thrilled to have spoken to the director's son, George Stevens Jr, who was on set with Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jack Palance and Jean Arthur almost 70 years ago. Shane is, without question, one of the greatest westerns ever made and if you haven't seen it you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3qDkuTk Do...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 257
On this very special episode of The Cine-Files, we are joined by a true pillar of the Hollywood community. George Stevens Jr. is not only the son of the director of this incredible film but the founder of The American Film Institute, the Creator of the Kennedy Center Honors and a man who has forged a link between Hollywood and Washington DC to support the arts and artists throughout the United States. Shane is, without question, one of the greatest westerns ever made and if you haven't seen it y...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 6Ep. 256
John and Steve just finished a livestream on two of Steve's favorite Kung Fu films, Jackie Chan's Drunken Master and Drunken Master 2 (Or Legend of the Drunken Master in the US) Drunken Master is the film that made Jackie Chan a star and for pure athleticism, inventiveness and number of fight scenes it simply can't be beat. When Jackie Chan returned to the role of Wong Few-Hung 15 years later he might have lost a step in terms of physicality (all evidence to the contrary) but he has definitely g...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 6Ep. 255
It's Halloween at The Cine-Files and we are celebrating by exploring the most self referential horror movie in the history of the genre, Scream. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3rArLSd Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris The Cine-F...
Oct 29, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 253
It's here, the episode you've been waiting for, the one where John, Steve and their special guest, Emmy award winning sound editor Jon Greber conclude their deep dive into, what many consider to be Paul Thomas Anderson's masterpiece, There Will Be Blood. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3BX0Ynh Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net F...
Oct 23, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 254
This week on The Cine-Files, we continue our exploration of Paul Thomas Anderson's brilliant, challenging, raw, emotional, poetic and fundamentally unknowable film, There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day lewis and Paul Dano with special guest Jonathan Greber. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3BX0Ynh Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-file...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 6Ep. 252
There are few films that have been requested more than Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood and for good reason. It is a film that is truly unlike anything else and we are honored to have Emmy winning sound editor Jon Greber joining us for what is an absolutely remarkable conversation. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3BX0Ynh Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we f...
Oct 15, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 6Ep. 251
To celebrate their 250th Episode, John and Steve went live to answer your questions and talk about what The Cine-Files has meant to them. Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris The Cine-Files Twitter @cine_files Instagram thecinefilespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotif...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Season 5Ep. 250
To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, The Outlaw, John Rocha is taking us back to 1988 to discuss one of his favorite films about an educational hero who, like The Outlaw's family, immigrated from Bolivia and made his mark in America. Jaime Escalante transformed the lives of thousands of students in East Los Angeles. His passion for education, unique teaching style and belief that his students could excel resulted in more students passing the AP Calculus test than any one thought possible. It's ...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 50 min•Season 5Ep. 249
One can argue that there is no more influential period in cinema than the French New Wave. Without it there is no cinematic revolution in the seventies. No Scorsese, Bogdanavich or Hal Ashby. Can there be a Reservoir Dogs or Quinten Tarantino without Jean Luc Godard? The odds are, the answer is no. And no other film exemplifies the French New Wave more completely than Jean Luc Godard's groundbreaking masterpiece, Breathless. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right...
Sep 24, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 248
There are many arguments about the funniest team in the history of cinema. There are die hard Laurel and Hardy fans. Some people love Abbot and Costello. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis made some of the most successful comedies of all time and, of course, one cannot overlook the genius of Monty Python. Still, for the combination of physical comedy, brilliant wit and pure chaos it's tough to beat the Marx Brothers and for Max Brothers Movies, it's tough to beat the brilliant and irreverent Duck Soup....
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 5Ep. 247
In this week's episode, Steve and John are once again joined by the hosts of The Lubber's Hole podcast to explore Peter Weir's period epic, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, based on the Patrick O'Brian Novels. This conversation is, if anything better than the last one. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3ycKOVa And if you're a Patrick O'Brian fan a subscription to The Lubber's Hole is definitely in your future. https://po...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 246
Well it's finally happened. With the help of Ian Bradley and Mike Shank from The Lubber's Hole Podcast, The Cine-Files is finally digging in to the the film based on Steve's favorite series of books, Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey -Maturin series. Peter Weir does a masterful job capturing the living detail of a British Man of War in the Napoleonic era and Russel Crow and Paul Bettany brilliantly embody Stephen Maturin and Captain Jack Aubrey. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or str...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 5Ep. 245
This Week The Cine-Files are breaking all their rules to explore the Steve's film The Assistants on this month's Cine-Files Live. Not only that but they are joined in their conversation by producer and casting director, Karen P. Morris, cinematographer, Aaron Torres and actors, Kathleen Early, Tate Hanyok and the great, great Joe Mantegna. That's right Joe Mantegna has been gracious enough to join us on The Cine-Files Live. You can listen to the audio here but if you want the full picture you ne...
Aug 30, 2021•2 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 244
How would you feel if you found out that a rat was making your dinner? Would you be disgusted, nauseous, Angry, or would you accept, as Anton Ego, explained, that a great artist can come from anywhere? If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3zDhO9f Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?re...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 243
It's hard to pick the strangest idea for a film to come out of Pixar studios; a garbage collecting robot? An old man who takes his house Up with a bunch of balloons? Or maybe it's that trip inside a little girl's brain? However, the story of a rat who dreams of becoming a great chef and (Spoiler Alert) succeeds has got to be in the running. And of course, we wouldn't dream of doing a Pixar movie without our resident animation expert MIchael Vogel to help us out. If you haven't seen this incredib...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 5Ep. 242
This film is a compelling and haunting exploration into the relationship between one of America's most infamous outlaws and the man who decided to kill him. There were so many questions that came up as Steve and John explored this incredible film. The kind of questions that you can't answer but never get tired of exploring. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3BNr50i Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCin...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 241
Almost since the beginning of The Cine-Files, John and Steve have been planning to tackle this incredible western. It was one of John's favorites and Steve had never seen it, so he held off one watching it until they were ready to do the show. It certainly was worth the wait and the conversation they had on the first part of this gorgeous and thought provoking films is one of their favorites. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3BNr50i Do...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 240
The Cine-Files and Geek Buddies are together again to honor the great Richard Donner with a live discussion of one of his most popular films. However, Michael, Shannon, John and Steve don't exactly have the same opinion on this 80's adventure story. This is a Cine-Files Live episode so while you can certainly listen to the audio here, it's even more sense to see the conversation on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/C3bBbZYz_lM If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 239
Steve and John are almost sad to be concluding their exploration of one of their favorite films, John McTiernan's archetypal action film, Die Hard. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3fZ93zm Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therochasays Steve @srmorris The Cin...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 5Ep. 238
This week on The Cine-Files, Steve and John continue their exploration of one of the greatest action films of all time, John McTiernan's, Die Hard. Yippeee Ki Yay MotherFucker If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3fZ93zm Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at https://www.cine-files.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCineFilesPod/?ref=bookmarks John @therocha...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 237
To say that Die Hard is one of Steve and John's favorite movies is an understatement. To say that The Cine-Files didn't come close to doing it justice back in 2016 is a fact. To say that they were thrilled that you picked this movie for them to redo in 2021 is as true as it can be. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3fZ93zm Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature at ...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 52 min•Season 5Ep. 236
Are you interested in the early days of The Cine-Files? Then look no further than our exploration of Superman with special guest, Michael Vogel. This was the third episode of the podcast and to say that we didn't know what we were doing was an understatement. However, that didn't stop us from having a fantastic conversation and if you are interested in the versatility and comedic timing of Ned Beatty than this movie, contrasted with Deliverance and Network definitely brings home the point. If yo...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 23 min
It's no surprise to anyone that actors are often type cast in Hollywood. What is a surprise is that only a couple of years after Ned Beatty was humiliated in his first film, Deliverance, that he was cast as one of the most powerful and intimidating leaders in corporate America. Arthur Jenson is on screen for less than five minutes but the impression he leaves is as indelible as it is disturbing. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3d1vbHy...
Jun 24, 2021•2 hr 55 min
A few days ago we lost one of the most versatile character actors in the history of film, Ned Beatty and to honor him, we are releasing three performances that highlight that incredible versatility. The first is his movie premiere in the disturbing, powerful and indelibly memorable Deliverance, directed by John Boorman and starring, Burt Reynolds, John Voight, Ronnie Cox and, of course, Ned Beatty If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3xPbz...
Jun 23, 2021•2 hr 4 min
We all know Steve has a tough time ranking stuff but John finally convinced him to do it and the result is an absolutely fantastic conversation. Of course, what make this live episode even better is the myriad of Cine-Files Announcements from the tribute to Ned Beaty next week to 2021's Cine-Files redo to the announcement of next month's Cine-Files Live. In a complete break from Cine-Files traction, next month's live show will be devoted to the Films of Steve Morris with a focus on The Assistant...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 5Ep. 235
There are many firsts in this episode of The Cine-Files -- First Cary Grant Movie, First Rosalind Russell Movie, First film directed by Howard Hawks and their first true Screwball Comedy. That's a lot of firsts for one episode and John and Steve have an absolute ball discussing them. If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here. https://amzn.to/3w3YIbc Don’t forget to support The Cine-Files at https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles and purchase any film we feature a...
Jun 11, 2021•2 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 234
Every week on https://www.patreon.com/TheCineFiles, John and Steve release brief (and sometimes not so brief) conversations that we call "Cine-Files Shorts". Most of the topics are chosen by the patrons themselves and they have covered everything from movies and TV, actors, directors and fans to food, sports, travel, and philosophy. We have some great conversations lately and thought we'd release four of our favorites so you can hear a sample of what's available on Patreon. Don’t forget to suppo...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 47 min
