It's On The List
Gerry and Sammy talk about movies. Old, new, bad, good, and everything in between. Generally, two films that are loosely connected in some form or fashion will be discussed in each episode, but the boys will divert from this format to rank the filmographies of certain directors, discuss end-of-the-year best-of lists, etc. Come listen to the two smartest people in the world deliver their objectively correct analyses on a variety of films. Hosts: Gerry Hartman, Sammy Ray. Theme song produced by Eric Powell
Episodes
54 episodes
#55: Dissociating at the Zoo
Sammy and Gerry tackle one of the great pop melodramatists of his time - you know him, you love him, it's the one and only Cameron Crowe. The boys discuss his despairing Y2K head-trip, Vanilla Sky (2001), and his beautifully bitterswee...
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Episode 55
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1:05:30
#54: Milwaukee Film Festival 2025
On this VERY belated podcast covering April's Milwaukee Film Festival, Gerry takes on hosting duties by himself to discuss the films he saw. Titles include: The Shrouds, Cloud, Black Dog, Magic Farm, WTO/99, and more!(00:00) Intro...
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Episode 54
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33:10
#53: Bava Told Me To
Genre schlock or high art? The answer is yes. Sammy and Gerry are talking about Giallo maestro Mario Bava's A Bay of Blood (1971) and New York crime/horror filmmaker Larry Cohen's God Told Me to (1976), two...
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Episode 53
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50:10
#52: Here (2024) and There
In the last episode, Gerry and Sammy discussed films about trains - one of cinema's oldest subjects, and a topic which innately ties into cinema's essence of moving images. This episode, we're leaning in the other direction, toward isolated loc...
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Episode 52
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1:03:39
#51: Trains
We're talking about train movies - more specifically, Nazi train movies. Discussed today are: John Frankeneheimer's suspense-filled The Train (1964) and Lars Von Trier's stylish neo noir Europa (1991). Contains ...
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Episode 51
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44:21
#50: Nosferatu(s)
Another year goes by, another Dracula adaptation hits the cinemas... Sammy and Gerry are discussing 3 of the most famous film adaptations of the classic text - the 3 which are entitled "Nosferatu:" F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent classic, Werner Herz...
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Episode 50
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1:08:24
#49: 2024 in Review
Another year has come and gone, the unstoppable march of time continues to yield physical and psychological torment, and another crop of new films has hit the public consciousness. Sammy and Gerry dive into the cinema that 2024 had to offer: th...
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Episode 49
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2:27:10
#48: Only Angels Have Wheels
On this holiday weekend, Gerry and Sammy are feeling thankful for the films of Howard Hawks - one of the greatest Hollywood auteurs. Discussed are: the similarities and subtly radical differences between Hawks' aviation melodrama Only ...
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Episode 48
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47:40
#47: Black Cats and Bye Bye Men
Spooky season is reaching its climax, so Sammy and Gerry decided to dive into two equally revered and beloved horror films: Edgar G. Ulmer's classic The Black Cat (1934), and Stacy Title's misunderstood masterpiece (according to some, ...
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Episode 47
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1:10:16
#46: Francis Ford Coppola
In anticipation of Megalopolis' release this weekend, Sammy and Gerry are discussing their top 5 favorite films by Francis Ford Coppola. They discuss the arc of Coppola's career, from his low budget 60s work to his renowned 70s bl...
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Episode 46
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1:21:04
#45: Sammy is Going to Lisbon
The title says it all - Sammy is going on a trip to Lisbon, so he and Gerry decided to discuss some films about Portugal: Raul Ruiz's sprawling epic, Mysteries of Lisbon (2010), and Rita Azevedo Gomes' stunningly beautiful The Port...
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Episode 45
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1:02:22
#44: The Mise-en-Scène Gods
Come on a journey with us to the other side of the French New Wave: working alongside the more renowned likes of Godard, Truffaut, and Varda, critics/filmmakers Alexandre Astruc and Paul Vecchiali are two of the unsung greats of French cinema. ...
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Episode 44
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1:11:55
#43: Ancient and Modern China
Gerry and Sammy examine two of China’s greatest filmmakers - King Hu and Jia Zhangke - by talking about their films Legend of the Mountain (1979) and Mountains May Depart (2015). They discuss the films’ interesting depictions ...
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Episode 43
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1:46:22
#42: Genre-hopping with Kiyoshi Kurosawa and M. Night Shyamalan
Two maestros of fascinating genre-blending released two of their strangest genre mashups in the late 2010s: M. Night Shyamalan's trilogy capper Glass (2019) and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Before We Vanish (2017). The boys discuss how ...
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Episode 42
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1:20:17
#41: Milwaukee Film Festival 2024
TIFF? NYFF? Cannes? Outdated, normie festivals. All of the cool kids were attending the annual Milwaukee Film Festival, which was held from April 11th-April 25th in the utopian Midwest city by the lake. While Sammy was busy doing lame things su...
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Episode 41
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37:28
#40: Romcoms (sort of)
This episode covers (relatively) lighter fare after consecutive episodes of much weight and intensity. Sammy and Gerry talk about Claire Denis' Let the Sunshine In (2017) and Mabel Cheung's Eight Taels of Gold <...
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Episode 40
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49:14
#39: Early and Late Style: The Works of Tobe Hooper (ft. William Mai)
Gerry and Sammy welcome a returning guest back to the pod: William Mai is here to discuss all things Tobe Hooper, focusing on his seminal classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and his lesser-known final film Djinn (2013)....
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Episode 39
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1:15:21
#38: Hurt People Hurt People
Sammy and Gerry delve into the darkest parts of humanity in this episode, covering Monte Hellman's Igauana (1988) and Frank Borzage's Moonrise (1948). The films depicted tormenters and the tormented, as the...
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Episode 38
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1:17:26
#37: Straub/Huillet/Costa
The boys are back to discuss 3 very important filmmakers - the French duo of Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet, as well as the man who studied under them, Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa. Sammy and Gerry talk specifically about Straub and ...
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Episode 37
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1:06:29
#36: Whatever happened to Gary Cooper?
The boys are bringing you an Old Hollywood double bill featuring two films starring the inimitable screen presence Gary Cooper: King Vidor's fascinating adaptation of Ayn Rand's deranged conservative text The Fountainhead (19...
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Episode 36
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47:06
#35: The Real Heroes (Spencer Stone and Abraham Lincoln)
The boys honor a subject near and dear to their hearts: Real American Heroes. The films discussed in this episode are Clint Eastwood's bizarre modernist meta-drama The 15:17 to Paris (2018) and John Ford's courtroom drama/superhero ori...
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Episode 35
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1:01:52
#34: Bumology
Love, loss, jealousy, coping, beauty, wide-lenses... we're talking about all of the important things in life today, discussing Harmony Korine's The Beach Bum (2019) and Terrence Malick's Song to Song (2017). We discuss the mon...
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Episode 34
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47:17
#33: 2023 Year in Review
Our latest behemoth annual recap episode has arrived. We talk all things film from the year 2023: our favorite films, our least favorite films, our favorite older films that we watched last year - we indulge in both love and hate, singing the p...
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Episode 33
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1:53:47