Episodes
Ep# 69 - Egypt's Golden Age of Cinema in the 60s
Bart & Jenna dive into a positive who’s who of Egyptian cinema – including young Omar Sharif and Soad Hosny, multiple Naguib Mahfouz adaptations, and even two films that broke through to the Western world: the Muslim Crusade epic Saladin and the internationally celebrated The Night Counting The Years.
Ep# 68 - Korean War Movies in the 60s
In this episode, Bart & Jenna take the opportunity to dig a little deeper into the war and cinematic “Golden Age” that time forgot. Watching three American films about the Korean War side-by-side with three films from South Korea.
Ep #67 - Kiss, Marry, Kill in the 60s: 1969
For their last Kiss Marry Kill, Jenna chooses three English-language comedies while Bart chooses three foreign firsts, all for the year 1969.
Ep #66 - Anthony Perkins in the 60s
Tony Perkins ran away from Hollywood and ended up having one of the strangest careers of any major star of the 60s. Fortunately that makes him a treasure trove of the sort of lost treasures Bart & Jenna love.
Ep #65 - Bootleg Bond in the 60s - Agent 077
Bart & Jenna go to Italy to scout out Agent 077 – the ever forgettable Eurospy with the ever changing name and face.
Ep #64 - Francis Ford Coppola in the 60s
Bart & Jenna brave the early films of Francis Ford Coppola, from nudie flicks and genre cash-ins, to a couple of fascinating failures and one genuinely great film.
Ep# 63 - Zoë Rogan's 60s Pick - Bells Are Ringing
Bart & Jenna talk to budding film scholar and popular Letterboxd user, Zoë Rogan, about Bells Are Ringing. Also how to get younger generations into classic cinema even when it doesn’t have the charm of Dean Martin and Judy Holliday.
Ep# 62 - Ukrainian National Cinema in the 60s
Bart & Jenna talk about Ukranian cinema from Dovzhenko Studio and its search for a national cinema in the 1960s.
Ep #61 - Andrew Sarris's 60s Pick: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Bart & Jenna discuss Andrew Sarris’ career and his unique voice in the world of film criticism before they get lost in a tangle of wildly differing opinions on The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Ep# 60 - Kiss, Marry, Kill in the 60s: 1968
Bart & Jenna play Kiss, Marry, Kill with the year 1968 – including in depth discussions on the pitfalls of 60s masculinity, the triumphs of 60s feminism, and getting super high in front of your parents. Or, well, Peter Sellers’ parents.
Ep# 59 - King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table in the 60s
Bart & Jenna dive headfirst into a world of myth, magic, legend and a whole lot of jousting with an episode dedicated to Arthurian legend – from Camelot to Disney to Harryhausen rip-offs.
Ep# 58 - Stan Brakhage in the 60s
Bart & Jenna challenge themselves to sit down to watch over five hours of silent experimental film from the most influential experimental filmmaker of his century: Stan Brakhage.
Ep# 57 - Gabriele Caroti's 60s Pick - Bronco Bullfrog
Guest Gabriele Caroti talks to Bart & Jenna about Bronco Bullfrog, a gritty but delightful piece of British kitchen sink realism, set against the backdrop of the working class teens in East London.
Ep# 56 - British Spy Films in the 60s
Bart & Jenna take a dutch-angled romp through a series of nihilistic, anti-Bond spy films and find there’s plenty of drama to be found in a more realistic portrayal of spy work.
Ep# 55 - Mexican Horror Films in the 60s
Bart & Jenna brave the unknown and journey to the land of Mexican Horror films to peek through their fingers at vampires, werewolves, ghosts and murderers – all of whom speak Spanish!
Ep #54 - Kiss, Marry, Kill in the 60s: 1967
Bart & Jenna play Kiss Marry Kill with the year 1967 and stumble upon an intriguing pattern. Including discussion on Peppermint Frappe, Herostratus, PlayTime, The Sorcerers, How I Won The War and I’ll Never Forget What's'isname.
Ep# 53 - Joanne Woodward in the 60s
In this episode, Bart and Jenna trace Joanne Woodward's 1960s films alongside that of her more famous husband and decide that hers are the ones they really wanted to talk about.
Ep# 52 - Sapphic Cinema in the 60s
Bart & Jenna open their minds and hearts and experiment with a global variety of films that explore the highs and lows of sapphic love.
Ep #51 - The Milos Forman School in the 60s
Bart & Jenna explore the Czechoslovak New Wave through the darkly funny films of Miloš Forman, Ivan Passer, Jaroslav Papoušek and Václav Šašek.
Ep #50 - The Soviet Fairy Tales of Aleksandr Rou in the 60s
Bart & Jenna dive into the magical 1960s films of Aleksandr Rou – a mystical, technicolor world of amazing costumes, practical effects and live bears… aka Soviet fairy tales.