Posts Tagged ‘Martin Scorsese’
Top 5 – Underrated Martin Scorsese Films
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. Inspired by the film Hugo, Allen and Edward share their top 5 underrated Martin Scorsese films. This segment is also available on Stitcher and iTunes. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the…
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Episode 109 – The Business of Horror
Spencer and Greg investigate what makes a horror film financially successful and give their DVD picks of the week.
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Episode 87 – Celebrating Two Years
Spencer and John are joined by special guests for the MacGuffin’s second anniversary. They look back at the evolution of the podcast and the website.
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Bird Watching – Adrienne Shelly’s “Sudden Manhattan”
What an oddly sad experience, watching the quirky little film Sudden Manhattan (1996), from the late actress, writer, and director Adrienne Shelly. In her film, Shelly stars as an aimless 30-year-old woman named Donna, living in Manhattan, who has just lost her job, and thinks…
READ MOREEpisode 73 – The Green Hornet Dilemma
A look back at the careers of Ron Howard and Michel Gondry before the releases of The Dilemma and The Green Hornet respectively, before closing out the episode with the DVD picks of the week.
READ MOREFilm Review – Black Swan
In his latest film, director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, and The Wrestler) creates a psychoactive, sexual thriller that, like his previous films, taps into the raw emotion of human obsession. Black Swan tells the story of Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman),…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – Raging Bull
The opening title sequence immediately puts the viewer in the world of the film’s character. A boxer, warming up in a ring, is the center of everyone’s attention, but he is all alone. Smoke rises up around him as if it came straight from the…
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