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Arthouse Legends Podcast

Welcome to Arthouse Legends Podcast - Where High Art and Geek Culture Collide! The goal of this podcast is to take a look at critically acclaimed and well-received films and consider if these films truly deserve their revered status in the cultural zeitguest. Using our combined film knowledge, geeky obsessions and general fart jokes, we take a bite out of much-beloved films, sometimes in love, other times in scorn, but never out-of-bounds.

Aug 29, 2015

In 1969, the wildly popular rock band The Rolling Stones was finishing up their American tour with a free charity concert at the Altemont Springs Raceway in California, a concert that was touted to be on par with Woodstock. Documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were on hand to document...


Aug 19, 2015

In 1979, street gangs had been a feared norm in inner city life. Director Walter Hill decided the best way to deal with the issue was to make a film about one such gang called The Warriors who must get through treacherous turf from the Bronx all the way home at Coney Island with hundreds of gangs (and cops) hot on...


Aug 14, 2015

In 1985, Australian auteur Peter Weir came to America to make his first Hollywood film. For this effort, he chose Witness about a young Amish boy who sees a murder and the police officer who is trying to protect him and his mother. Nominated for Academy Awards, including one for Harrison Ford, does Witness deserved...


Aug 5, 2015

Just after World War II, Italy was in the midst of great hardship. Director Vittorio De Sica, utilizing practical locations and unknown actors, created a film that captured the hardship of a man whose employment is at risk when his bicycle is stolen. Having only one day to find it, he and his young son traverse Rome in...