OV333 - Ebert's Great Movies Part 6 - Yojimbo (1961) and Le Samourai (1967) - Tenet (2020), Dazed and Confused (1993), Alex Garland's Men, and Master of None Season 3 Announced
The Obsessive Viewer - Weekly Movie/TV Review & Discussion Podcast
Release Date: 01/31/2021
The Obsessive Viewer - Weekly Movie/TV Review & Discussion Podcast
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This week’s stinger comes from our Patreon-exclusive recording: 108 - OV B-Roll - “Julanuary 19th” - Last Movie of the Trump Administration, Pet Sematary and The Dead Zone, Books About Filmmakers - Jan 19, 2020
Timestamps
- Show Start - 00:31
- Matt Gets a Gift - 05:10
- News - 10:44
Roger Ebert’s Great Movies - 17:27
- Yojimbo (1961) - 19:05
- Spoiler Review - 46:10
- Le Samourai (1967) - 52:30
- Spoiler Review - 1:09:17
- Selections for Part 7 - 1:21:03
Potpourri - 1:24:38
- Matt: Dazed and Confused (1993) - 1:25:04
- Ben: Tenet (2020) - 1:31:11
- Closing the Ep - 1:47:08
- Stinger: "Julanuary 19th" - 1:48:20
- Pre-Recorded Outro - 1:50:13
Matt’s Recent Reviews
- No Sleep October: The Mist (2007) - Guest Essay at Midwest Film Journal
- Totally Under Control (2020) - 5 stars
- Fail Safe (1964) - 5 stars
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) - 4 stars
Ben’s Recent Reviews
- Ben's Happy Valley Essays - Midwest Film Journal
- The Boys in the Band (2020) - 5 stars
- HIFF2020: The Outside Story (2020) - 3 stars
- HIFF2020: Picture Character (2020) - 5 stars
- HIFF2020: Molto Bella (2020) - 5 stars
- On the Rocks (2020) - 4 stars
- David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) - 5 stars
Related Links
- Alex Garland Sets New Film ‘Men’ at A24, Jessie Buckley Tapped to Star - Variety
- Paramount+ will replace CBS All Access on March 4th - Engadget
- Aziz Ansari's 'Master of None' Reportedly Returning for Season 3, and Big Changes Are Ahead - Collider
- Nathalie Delon Dies: Glamorous French Actress Who Starred In ‘Le Samourai’ Opposite Husband Alain Delon Was 79 - Deadline
- Roger Ebert's Great Movies Masterlist - Letterboxd
- Essay: Celebrating the Kurosawa-Mifune collaboration - October 25, 2002
- Great Movie: Yojimbo (1961) - April 10, 2005
- Great Movie: La Samourai (1967) - June 8, 1997
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