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SMC Pod #178: Gene Hackman - A helluva actor

3/27/2025 • 45 min

The strange and still not fully understood deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife of 30+ years Betsy Arakawa may unsettle us for awhile or for always. But Gene Hackman's contribution to cinema is undeniable. From 1967's Depression-era gangster movie Bonnie & Clyde through Wes Anderson's 2001 comedy The Royal Tenenbaums, Gene Hackman captivated audiences with… Play episode

SMC Pod #177: Roger Corman's Rules 2: The Spawning!
SMC Pod #176: Adaptation Pt 2-The Haunted House movie
SMC Pod #175: Adaptation Part 1: Frankenstein (novel) to movie (1931, Jame…
SMC Pod #174: Dialogue-less Movies (Pure Cinema)
SMC Pod #173: The state of cinema, 2025 (it's rough)
SMC Pod #172: Is this Cinema? I: Pasolini's Salo or 120 Days of Sodom
SMC Pod #171: Watershed movies
SMC Pod #170: Bill Murray, the Agony & The Ecstasy
SMC Pod #169: David Lynch, an appreciation
SMC Pod #168: The Lubitsch Touch, a prologue
SMC Pod #167: Akira Kurosawa, Master Filmmaker, 2025 Edition
SMC Pod #166: 2024, the year in movies
SMC Pod #165: Stanley Kubrick, Director of 2020
SMC Pod #164: Alfred Hitchcock, Director of 2023
SMC Pod #163: Roger Corman's Rules
SMC Pod #162: Thanksgiving special-Giving thanks for the Bravo Channel (ea…
SMC Pod #161: What is a masterpiece & masterpiece inflation
SMC Pod #160: CRUMB & The dark documentary (A deeper doc dive Part II)
SMC Pod #159: Communicating cinematically or ”An idea in every shot”
SMC Pod #158: Why PSYCHO is the 2001 of Horror movies
SMC Pod #157: Filmmaker Sensibilities: Blockbuster vs Art House
SMC Pod #156: Sex in American Cinema and the X & NC-17 Rating
SMC Summer Podcast #10: Twin Peaks:The Return Parts 9-18 & SMC Pod #115: T…
SMC Summer Pod #9: When Hitchcock experiments & SMC Pod #108 Repost The Hi…
SMC Summer Pod #8: Twin Peaks The Return Parts 1-8 & SMC Pod #10000 Repost…
SMC Summer Pod #7: Personal Favorite movies of the 21st century & SMC Pod …
SMC Summer Pod #6: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me & The Missin…
SMC Summer Pod #5: Twin Peaks Season 1 & 2 Deep Dive + SMC Pod #85 repost:…
SMC Summer Pod #4: David Lynch, Twin Peaks, & the nexus of TV and Cinema +…
SMC Summer Pod #3: William Friedkin, the passing of the 70’s guard, and SM…
SMC Summer Pod #2: Box Office, Critical Success, Longevity + SMC Pod #15: …
SMC Summer 2023 Pod #1:When you have to reshape a movie & SMC Pod #1 Repost
SMC Podcast #155: David Lynch’s THE STRAIGHT STORY & Directors’ Oddball En…
DEFEND THIS MOVIE #11: William Friedkin’s CRUISING
SMC Pod #154: The Fourth of July and Other Summer Holiday Movies!
SMC Pod #153: SEVEN SAMURAI Special!
SMC Pod #152: Comfort Food Movies + WE BOUGHT A ZOO!
SMC Bitesize Pod 4: The Heirs of ”The Wizard of Oz”
SMC Bitesize Pod 3: The ”Perfect Movie”
SMC Bitesize Pod 2: The Life Cycle of Lord of the Rings as cinema
SMC Bitesize Pod 1: Lars Von Trier’s EUROPA/ZENTROPA (1991)
SMC Pod #151: The 2023 Palm Springs 70mm Getaway Recap!
SMC Pod #150: BILL & TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY + Sequels That Are Better Than th…
SMC Pod #149: Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE + More Passion Projects!
SMC Pod #148: Russ Meyer’s BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS + Roger Ebert!
SMC Pod #147: CLERKS + Kevin Smith!
SMC Pod #146: Spring Holiday Movies!
SMC Pod #145: PURPLE RAIN + Musicians in Film!
SMC Pod #144: Body Swap Movies!

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