podcasts

Episode 148: Akira Kurosawa Part 20:00/2001× The Director's Club pays a return journey to the world of Akira Kurosawa!  Focusing this time on the second half of his career, we take a loo k at his biggest box office success, his iconic lone samurai warrior Sanjuro,

Bonus Episode: Take Shelter! Jim Turns 400:00/2001× Jim here again!  Well, I can't believe, This is 40?  One day in and I can already say that it's nothing like that overlong Judd Apatow movie.  While waiting for my midlife crisis to commence, I invited

Bonus Episode: Melanie Lynskey & Vincent Grashaw0:00/2001× Hello there everyone!  Jim here.  Former co-host of this here show. More is explained in the intro(s) but I decided to offer up a special bonus treat here for both Director's Club + Voices and Visions alike.

Episode 147: Edgar Wright0:00/2001× We are pleased to welcome back Chicago Film Discussion Group Organizer Peter Richards as we look at the comic and kinetic career of the U.K.’s own Edgar Wright.  Best known for his trilogy of genre parodies with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost,

Episode 146: Béla Tarr0:00/2001× In this episode, the Director's Club takes a trek to Hungary to check out the films of Béla Tarr, whose long shots without cutting, luscious imagery of darkness, deliberate yet poetic camera movements, and stark perspectives of man and nature has sculpted

Episode 145: John Ford Part One0:00/2001× In this episode, the Director's Club delves into the Green Valleys, Stagecoaches, and Long Voyages shown in the works of the legendary director John Ford.  With the help of fellow Chicago Film Discussion Group member Peter Richards (who guested on