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Is 'Barry Lyndon' Stanley Kubrick's Hidden Gem?
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Is 'Barry Lyndon' Stanley Kubrick's Hidden Gem?

Episode 17: Sally's Summer Arthouse Film Course Continues With An 18th Century Costume Drama
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After the frenetic, high stress of “Uncut Gems” we decided on something a bit slower in pace for the next installment of our ongoing series.

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Check out the five previous entries in the series:

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Why "Uncut Gems" Feels Like a New Classic
Listen now (21 min) | Having finished discussing amazing animated films with our niece, we return to the profanity-punctuated realm of audacious arthouse cinema with 2019’s dazzling “Uncut Gems,” an unforgettable thriller starring Adam Sandler as a charismatic gambler perpetually robbing Peter to pay Paul…
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4 years ago · David Swindle and Sally Shideler
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Why We Had to Introduce Our Niece to “The Prince of Egypt”
Listen now (32 min) | We explain our appreciation for Dreamworks’ amazing telling of the story of Moses and why we shared it with our niece while on vacation…
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4 years ago · 1 like · David Swindle and Sally Shideler
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Introducing Our Niece to "Inside Out," Pixar's Greatest Film (GOTD Audio Podcast #9)
Listen now (20 min) | Back home in our desert hideaway, now with working air conditioning and a playful puppy at our side, we discuss the value of sadness…
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4 years ago · 1 like · 1 comment · David Swindle and Sally Shideler
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Trainspotting: An Optimistic Film About Hard Drugs (GOTD Audio Podcast #8)
Listen now (26 min) | For our first installment of Sally’s Summer Arthouse Cinema Course we discuss the cult classic Trainspotting, one of David’s longtime favorites and a first time viewing for Sally…
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4 years ago · 1 like · 1 comment · David Swindle and Sally Shideler
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New Series: How my 25 Years in the Arthouse Cinema Scene Shaped Sally’s Summer Film School (GOTD Audio Podcast 6)
Listen now (36 min) | Managing Editor Sally Shideler makes her podcast debut as we start a new series exploring classic “arthouse” cinema we hope will inspire our own creative efforts…
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4 years ago · 1 like · 2 comments · David Swindle and Sally Shideler

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