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\nMy pal Jason Bailey and his pal Mike Hull host a fascinating podcast called A Very Good Year<\/a>, which they describe as: “Each week we invite a guest (filmmakers and actors, critics and historians, comedians and musicians) who loves movies, and ask them to select their favorite year of movies. Some pick a year from their movie-going past; some go deep into film history. Whichever the case, we spend (about) an hour talking about that year: we ask them to share their top five films of the year, and tell us why they love them; we look at the year\u2019s news headlines, award winners, and box office champions; and we finish with a lightning round, where we talk about as many films as possible in as few minutes as possible.”<\/p>\n It’s SUCH a fun format, because you get good movie talk – old faves and probably some you’ve never heard of, but are happy to learn – and you also get the year’s headlines, an attempt to put the film into the larger context of the world. I love it! So I was happy to come on board as a guest. <\/p>\n I chose 1953 as “my year”. It’s not in any way “my favorite year” but it’s an important and interesting year and I thought it would be fun to dig into why. <\/p>\n Thanks Jason and Mike for having me on!<\/p>\n You can listen to the ep here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My pal Jason Bailey and his pal Mike Hull host a fascinating podcast called A Very Good Year, which they describe as: “Each week we invite a guest (filmmakers and actors, critics and historians, comedians and musicians) who loves movies, … Continue reading