Clams Kino
A podcast where we discuss movies and our relationship to them. We are currently working on covering all of Sidney Lumet's movies in a quest to discover what keeps him from being an auteur.
Episodes
4 episodes
Serpico: Honest clam? Or self-righteous Rock?
We return to the sleazy streets of New York City, where bohemian cop Frank Serpico runs into the conservative institution that is the NYPD. There he learns he can not in fact speak a little Spanish to 'em and we learn a lot about how cool Serpi...
The Deadly Affair: Shucking to find the communist Clam
It is the Cold War, you are a British spy, your wife is sleeping with a bunch of randy musclemen and all you really want to do is go back to sharing a bunk with your old military "friend." Oh dear. In this one expect lots of rants ...
Night Falls on Manhattan: Die a Clam or live long enough to be a Rock
Our journey starts in earnest with 1996's Night Falls on Manhattan, a film we are sure is very near and dear to everyone's hearts. Here we start learning about Lumet's particular image of New York City; populated by scheming politicians, cantan...
A Thesis Statement: Sidney Lumet and Auteur Theory (and clams)
Welcome to Clams Kino! In this episode we, Jacob and Chris, introduce our exhaustive survey into the films of Sidney Lumet. We hope to find that because of Sidney Lumet's ambiguous status as an auteur we will illuminate something about our coll...
