Going Hollywood - Movies and Television from the Golden Age to Today

Vagabond Shoes: "New York, New York" (1977) with Special Guest Brandon Davis

June 10, 2026·1h 12m
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Start spreading the news! I'm flying solo without Brad this week, so I called in film historian Brandon Davis to help me unpack Martin Scorsese’s flawed but brilliant masterpiece from 1977, "New York, New York" starring the one and only Liza Minnelli and Robert DeNiro. We get into why the movie shocks people on first watch: lavish MGM-style sets, painted-backdrop “Technicolor” vibes, and then suddenly two people fighting like it’s a bruising 1970s relationship drama. We talk ab...

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