Episodes
Ep# 49 - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the 60s
Bart & Jenna watch every Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie from the 1960s then discuss the television show's bootleg Bond origins and the subsequent U.N.C.L.E. mania that followed.
Ep# 48 - Kiss, Marry, Kill in the 60s: 1966
Bart & Jenna play Kiss Marry Kill with the year 1966. Including discussion on How To Steal A Million, The Round-Up, Death of a Bureaucrat, Once Before I Die, The Swinger and Trans-Europ-Express.
Ep# 47 - Stanley Kauffmann's 60s Pick - Jules and Jim
Bart and Jenna dust off a 1962 article by Stanley Kauffmann on Truffaut’s Jules and Jim to use as a sounding board for how and why ‘60s filmgoers showed up for and reacted so favorably to challenging “art” films.
Ep# 46 - Nancy Kwan in the 60s
Nancy Kwan had two major hits right in the beginning of the decade, and then what? Bart & Jenna investigate the bizarre twists and turns of Kwan’s ‘60s career and the pitfalls of being a Chinese actor in the dominantly white world of Hollywood.
Ep# 45 - Haskell Wexler in the 60s
Bart & Jenna dive into the work of Haskell Wexler – one of the true auteur cinematographers who got his start in the 1960s. Featuring a heated debate on Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as iconic in wit as it is in visual flare, and Medium Cool – a hybrid film that incorporates almost every trick he learned from the decade.
Ep# 44 - Ann Kibbie's 60s Pick - Days of Wine and Roses
Guest Ann Kibbie, English Literature professor at Bowdoin College, joins Cinema60 to discuss Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick's Days of Wine and Roses – a film she classifies as being firmly in the horror genre.
Ep #43 - Japanese New Wave Cinema in 1969
In this very NSFW episode, Bart & Jenna discuss the boundary pushing films of 1969 Japan, one of their favorite New Wave movements. Replete with nudity, graphic violence and sexual themes, it’s some of the wildest stuff they’ve covered yet.
Ep# 42 - Paul Bishop's 60s Pick - The Professionals
Guest Paul Bishop of the Six Gun Justice podcast joins us to discuss The Professionals. From talk of truth and morality, sexism and racism, as well as some memorably badass women warriors, they’ve got quite a bit on their plate.
Ep #41 - Jazz Anxiety Films in the 60s
Bart & Jenna set out to define Jazz Anxiety movies, a genre that they made up. Beyond just utilizing jazz to get across a mood, all of these movies actively reflect the scores in their filmmaking, resulting in abstract visual punches to non-linear plots.
Ep #40 - Kiss, Marry, Kill in the 60s: 1965
Bart & Jenna play Kiss Marry Kill with the year 1965. Having made their way to the middle of the decade they celebrate by railing against “normals,” smashing the established film canon, and pointing out how horny every movie is.
Ep #39 - Marshall Terrill's 60s Pick - Bullitt
Guest Marshall Terrill joins Cinema60 to talk all things Steve McQueen, including his latest book on the man. They also talk Bullitt, from its wild behind-the-scenes goings on to the surprising connection between McQueen, the Zodiac Killer and Charles Manson.
Ep #38 - Richard A. Lertzman's 60s Pick - Oceans 11
Guest Richard A Lertzman talks frankly to Cinema60 about his new book Deconstructing the Rat Pack: Joey, The Mob and The Summit and breaks down the impetus behind the original Ocean's 11 film.
Ep #37 - Luis Buñuel in the 60s
By the 1960s, Luis Buñuel had settled into his late career streak of unparalleled masterpieces. Bart & Jenna investigate the surreal and Catholic-guilt ridden world of this atheist auteur. To their own surprise, it turns out they don’t really see eye-to-eye on any of his films.
Ep #36 - Ryan Moore's 60s Pick - Barbarella
Bart & Jenna are joined by Ryan Moore of Lost in the Longboxes! podcast for a discussion on the Barbarella comic and film. So bust out your psycho-cardiogram, pop a pleasure pill, and allow Cinema60 to take control…
Ep #35 - Eyeliner Westerns in the 60s
Out here in the desert you only have two friends, your rifle and your flat angled eyeliner brush. Bart & Jenna curate a list of 1960s westerns starring women and their incredible ability to deflect desert heat from melting their full face makeup. It’s a positive who’s who of important ‘60s babes!
Ep# 34 - Deadpan International Bond Satires in the 60s
Bart and Jenna take a dive into Bart’s choice of international James Bond spoofs and wrestle with the question of why it is James Bond has been so spoofed, remade and perpetuated throughout the entire world. You might ‘get it,’ you might not, but if nothing else you will be introduced to some of the most memorable theme songs this side of “Goldfinger.”
Ep #33 - Danny Reid's 60s Pick - 36 Hours
Cinema60 welcomes Danny Reid, creator of pre-code.com, to talk about George Seaton’s 36 Hours, a James Garner World War II thriller that twists like a Twilight Zone episode and breaks our expectations of cinematic Nazi tropes.
Ep #32 - New German Cinema in the 60s
Bart and Jenna dive into the early works of New German Cinema, a movement that walks the line between the personal and the political in order to navigate feelings of guilt and anger.
Ep #31 - Natasha Degen's 60s Pick: Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Cinema60 welcomes Natasha Degen, chair of Art Market Studies at FIT, to talk about William Klein’s Who Are You Polly Maggoo?, a film that satisfies Natasha’s research, Jenna’s mod-fashion fetish, and Bart’s love of absurdist comedy.
Ep #30 - Kiss Marry Kill in the 60s: 1964
Bart & Jenna play Kiss Marry Kill with the year 1964. From Woman in the Dunes to Marnie, this episode’s a bit of a deep-dive into the hopelessness of the human condition (but, you know, in a fun way).