
Episodes
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).
Ep #29 - Sophia Loren in the 60s
In this double-sized episode, Bart & Jenna tackle the globe-trotting filmography of Sophia Loren. They discuss four of these films in depth: Two Women, El Cid, Yesterday Today & Tomorrow and A Countess From Hong Kong
Ep #28 - Rachael Guma's '60s Pick: Fahrenheit 451
Bart & Jenna welcome guest Rachael Guma to talk about her love of Francois Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451. She in turn blows their minds with a theory about how the film uses squares and circles as a visual language.
Ep #27- Technophobic Science Fiction in 1968
Jenna & Bart discuss, in order from the ridiculous to the sublime, several selections from this annus mirabilis of sci-fi films that engage directly with societal anxieties of the future.
Ep #26 - Pauline Kael's 60s Pick: Bonnie and Clyde
Guest Pauline Kael joins Cinema60 in spirit to talk about one of her favorite films from the ‘60s: Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde! No reading required as Bart & Jenna argue her case for the film against their own personal misgivings.
Ep #25 - Kyle Eagle's '60s Pick: Sweet Love, Bitter
Guest Kyle Eagle, host of The Major Scale jazz radio show, talks with Bart & Jenna about Sweet Love, Bitter. Starring Dick Gregory, this under watched gem explores jazz, drug addiction, and racial inequality.
Ep #24 - Tennessee Williams in the '60s
Bart & Jenna take a look at Tennessee Williams in decline and find far more gems than they expected—from Fugitive Kind to The Night of the Iguana. Also they watch Boom!, also a film indeed.
Ep #23 - Bootleg Bond in the 60s - O.S.S. 117
Bart & Jenna take another dip in the hot tub that is bootleg James Bond. This time they focus on the French Bond, known as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, aka O.S.S. 117–a secret agent franchise that technically pre-dates Bond by four years!
Ep #22 - Greg Jackson's 60s Pick: Hands Over the City
Author Greg Jackson joins Cinema60 to talk about why Francesco Rosi’s Hands Over The City scores high on his list of favorite ‘60s films.
Ep #21 - Kiss, Marry, Kill in the 60s: 1963
Bart and Jenna go global with their kiss, marry, kill choices of 1963 movies. They chose six different movies from six different countries, ending with a slaughter of two sacred cows of cinema.