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"Mabel is not crazy, she's unusual. She's not crazy, so don't say she's crazy." Youtuber and John Cassavetes aficionado Robert Bellissimo joins the show to talk about the aformentioned director's most celebrated independent film, A Woman Under the Influence. We talk Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, and what's Mike's take on Cassavetes. Next week:Duck Soup w/ Mark LevyHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Robert BellissimoYouTube Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"You are not a child anymore. You soon will be a goddam man." Photographer and founder of Black Women Directors Danielle A. Scruggs joins us to tackle Charles Burnett's long locked-away neo-realist masterpiece Killer of Sheep. We'll tackle the film's impact, its influence, and the many, many layers hidden beneath its seemingly "slice of life" structure. Next week:A Woman Under the Influence w/ Robert BellissimoHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Danielle A. ScrugsBlack Women DirectorsWebsite Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"The Best American Movie Of The Year!" Critic and author Richard Newby stops by to dissect arguably the murkiest, most unrelenting film in Martin Scorsese's oeuvre, Raging Bull. We'll step into the ring with the complex tale of Jake LaMotta, touching on boxing, film editing, and what the film's cryptic ending quote means to us.Rent Raging Bull hereNext week:Killer of Sheep w/ Danielle ScruggsHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Richard NewbyTwitterWe Make Monsters Here Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

“Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter.” Dr. Sabina Stent joins us to discuss one of the most influential surrealist films, and the radical creative figures who both made and championed it, in particular Maya Deren. We'll talk horror imagery, avant garde art, and Beavis and Butthead.Watch Meshes of the Afternoon here for freeWatch Un Chien Andalou (referenced heavily in the episode) here for freeNext week:Raging Bull w/ Richard Newby (rent it here)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Dr. Sabina StentTwitterLinktree Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"Beautiful! Stirring! Dramatic!" Just who was Pare Lorentz? What does it mean to be "FDR's Filmmaker"? And how did government film with a covertly conservationist bent end up alongside The Godfather and Raging Bull in the second class of Registry inductees? Our guest, Dr. Robert J. Snyder, joins us to answer those questions and more. We'll talk Lorentz's career, what it's like writing an essay for the National Film Registry, and even touch on our favorite cuss words.Watch The River here for freeNext week:Meshes of the Afternoon w/ Dr. Sabina Stent (watch it here for free)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Dr. Robert J. SnyderDr. Snyder's National Film Registry EssayCrohn's and Colitis Foundation Pare Lorentz Center Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"From the Secrets of WOMAN'S LOVE-LIFE comes this Heart-stopping story of DEVOTION! SACRIFICE! SHAME! " Comet Over Hollywood creator Jessica Pickens joins the show to discuss a stirring drama about the loss of love, the passage of time, and whether we ever really know who we are. We'll talk Walter Huston, William Wyler, Ruth Chatterton, and David Niven in full stuffy scumbag mode.Rent Dodsworth hereNext week:The River w/ Dr. Robert J. Snyder (watch it here for free)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Jessica PickensTwitterComet Over Hollywood Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"You Could Watch it for Hours and Still Want More!!" The musical theatre duo of Hass & Swanton return to the show to talk about the most famous movie musical starring the famous musical star Maurice Chevalier (which most musical fans probably still haven't heard of). We'll talk Richard Rogers, Chevalier, Rouben Mamoulian, and Pepe Le Pew.Next week:Dodsworth w/ Jessica Pickens (rent it here)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitter Guest:Kyle Reid Hass & Jeremy SwantonYouTube Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"Garbo Laughs!" Journalist Bella Zaydenberg (Yahoo!) joins us to talk about the riotous romantic comedy about a Russian envoy. We'll talk Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Russian culture, and whether Mike is ever actually funny.Rent Ninotchka hereNext week:Love Me Tonight w/ Kyle Reid Hass & Jeremy SwantonHosts:Michael NataleTwitterLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitter Guest:Bella ZaydenbergTwitter Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"Where every sound creates a picture" Jordan Beck (Sgt. Stubby) returns to the show, to once again examine a grand, ambitious animated feature from Walt Disney, Fantasia (1940)! We discuss classical music, experimental animation, the origins of heavy metal imagery, and Tom quite literally flips a chair! Next week:Ninotchka w/ Bella Zaydenberg (rent it here)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitter Guest:Jordan BeckTwitterFollow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

We're off for Fourth of July weekend, so we pulled an episode out of the ol' YMO 1.0 archives: VyceVictus' first ever appearance on the old version of our podcast, discussing a sure-to-be National Film Registry inductee, 1996's Solo! We'll be back next week with regular episodes, starting with Walt Disney's Fantasia!Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:VyceVictusTwitterAction For Everyone Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"A remarkable, passionate work. A reminder that there cannot be neutrals anywhere." Documentarian Amy Nicholson (Pickle, Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride) joins us to break down all the ways this remarkable, Oscar-winning documentary broke new ground for the medium. From the struggles of the miners in the titular county to the trials of Barbara Kopple attempting to capture it all, hear how both the film's techniques and, tragically, its topics are still deeply relevant today.Next week:Fantasia w/ Jordan BeckHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Amy NicholsonTwitterWebsite Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"A staid professor. A wild lady. A tame leopard. Put them all together , they spell SMOTHER! It's a downpour of uproar!" Ryan Luis Rodriguez (Reels of Justice, The Coolness Chronicles) joins us for some madcap antics, discussing one of the great screwball comedies of the era, Bringing Up Baby! We'll talk Grant, Hepburn, Hawks, and of course, the titular leopard.Rent Bringing Up Baby hereNext week:Harlan County, USA w/ Amy NicholsonHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Ryan Luis RodriguezReels of Justice PodcastThe Coolness Chronicles PodcastThe Coolness Chronicles Twitter Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"A Happy-Go Lucky Hitch-Hiker on the Highway to happiness! He wanted to see the world . . . but wound up in Lover's Lane!" Reels of Justice co-host Maynard Bangs decides to slum it here on You're Missing Out to see how the other half lives. Along the way, there's conversations about Preston Sturges, Veronica Lake, and Bruce Wayne's second alter-ego, Matchstick Malone!Rent Sullivan's Travels hereNext week:Bringing Up Baby w/ Ryan Luis Rodriguez (rent it here)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Maynard BangsReels of Justice PodcastReels of Justice Twitter Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"Teenage terror torn from today's headlines!" Ben Hosley of the Blank Check podcast, and self-described "scum-bum expert", joins the show to talk about the juvenile delinquent film that started them all, and redefined cool for a generation, Rebel Without A Cause. We'll talk porch movies, James Dean, leather jackets, drag racing, Nicholas Ray, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, and grenades. Yes, that's right, grenades.Rent Rebel Without A Cause hereNext week:Sullivan's Travels w/ Maynard Bangs (rent it here)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Ben HosleyTwitterBlack Check Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music:

"The Human Side of the War as Seen Through the Eyes of Youth!" Journalist and Action for Everyone host VyceVictus returns to the show to discuss the landmark WWI film All Quiet on the Western Front. We talk about the film's stirring depictions of the physical and mental tolls of combat, its Oscar success on the precipice of the Hayes code, and how this film about the War to End All Wars also anticipated the next one.Rent All Quiet on the Western Front hereNext week:Rebel Without A Cause w/ Ben Hosley (rent it here)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:VyceVictusTwitterAction For Everyone Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"They sold their souls for..." We assemble a trio (Mike, Tom, and returning guest David Bluvband) take a journey beyond the border in search of a very special treasure: Answers. Answers to: Did Warner Bros. know how to market this movie? Was it snubbed for Best Picture? And who was the original novel's mysterious author, B. Traven?Rent The Treasure of the Sierra Madre hereNext week:All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) w/ Vyce Victus (rent it here) Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:David BluvbandTwitter Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"The Screamingly Funny Story of the College "Boob," Who Was Always the "Goat" but Did not Know It, but Who Finally Realized His Predicament and Came Through a Real hero!" Screen Drafts host Clay Keller joins the show to talk about the "third genius" Harold Lloyd, the once-king of silent comedy now in the shadow of Keaton and Chaplin, in his most popular film of his day, The Freshman. We'll talk the 1920s "collegiate craze", football, pratfalls, and...silent movie tie-in songs?Watch The Freshman here (for free!)Hosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Clay KellerTwitterScreen Drafts Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"The landmark film that took us on the road to the Kennedy White House" Friend of the show, and You're Missing Out's political correspondent, Amanda Rush returns to talk about Robert Drew's landmark work of cinema verite documentary, Primary. We'll talk Kennedy, primaries, and...Muncher from Ghostbusters: Afterlife?Rent Primary hereHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Amanda RushTwitter Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"Rich is their humor! Deep are their passions! Reckless are their lives! Mighty is their story!" George Lucas Talk Show producer Patrick Cotnoir returns to the show to make good on his promise to talk How Green Was My Valley, the John Ford drama now best remembered as "the film that beat Citizen Kane for Best Picture". We'll talk about how it's actually so much more, plus... "Deflect... defeat... destroy!" Yes, that's right. We also make good on our promise to devote a chunk of our How Green Was My Valley episode to the forgotten Playstation 1 video game Star Wars: Episode I- Jedi Power Battles. Hear talk of wonky AV cables, difficult missions, and a spirited debate on whether Ki-Adi Mundi is secretly in the game.Rent How Green Was My Valley hereHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Patrick CotnoirTwitterThe George Lucas Talk Show Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale

"An offer you can't refuse" In the 50 years since its landmark release, what more is there to say about Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather? It turns out, a lot! Filmmaker Patrick Willems joins the show to talk Robert Evans, wine, his good buddy Francis, and...Ernest P. Worrell?Rent The Godfather hereHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Patrick WillemsTwitterYoutube Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale