Jack Nicholson and Martin Scorsese didn’t work together until 2006… Adam and Josh help casting agents avoid future mistakes with a countdown of their Top 5 Actor-Director Collaborations That Need To Happen. Speaking of collaborations, “Dark Shadows” is the 8th for Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Should it be their last? Plus, a discussion of the first film in the Contemporary Iranian Cinema Marathon, Abbas Kiarostami’s “Close-Up.”

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0:00-15:14 - Review: “Dark Shadows”
Music: “Pass The Mic,” Beastie Boys
16:29-19:29 - Audible Recommendations
20:17-27:05 - Massacre Theatre
27:06-34:15 - Polls / Notes
34:16-48:04 - Iranian Cinema #1: “Close-Up”
Music: “Sabotage,” Beastie Boys
49:19-52:37 - Donations
53:11-1:18:47 - Top 5: Actor-Director Collaborations That Need To Happen
1:18:48-1:21:54 - Close/Outtake

MUSIC

- Beastie Boys

NOTES

- Massacre Theatre winner: John Kinsella

- Audible recs: A Moveable Feast, The Wind Through the Keyhole

LINKS

- Filmspotting’s Summer Docs Class

- Drive-in Double Feature

- Kartemquin Labs event at Siskel

- Kiarostami’s Poetic License

- SNL’s Amazon Mother’s Day Ad

- Top 5 Actor-Director Collaborations That Need to Happen

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