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The Searchers podcast is the passion of three cinephiles who seek to guide you across the potentially overwhelming and untraversed regions of cinema. After a long day toiling through the grassy knolls, dry deserts, and rocky slabs, you deserve a break. Come on down and warm yourself by the fire, crack open a beer, and join us.
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- 2 days ago1h 34m
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Episode 141
Hey, everyone, we've been talking about this one since Episode 7 back in 2022, and we finally sat down with William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives. Kevin was the only one of us who'd already seen it. Now all three of us have, and we're riding along with three servicemen coming home to Boone City: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, and first-time actor Harold Russell, with Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Cathy O'Donnell. Is it a portrait of three guys trying to build a life after the war, or is it propaganda? We get into that Letterboxd argument, the drugstore fight, Wyler's blocking and Gregg Toland's deep focus, a cab ride that hit one of us pretty hard, and what the title is actually referring to. Plus our guess-the-Letterboxd-rating game, a National Film Registry coincidence with The Searchers itself, and a little Golden Age smoke in the air. Tune in to find out! Happy Veterans Day! We'll see you again close to Thanksgiving.
- 2 weeks ago1h 14m
Terror Train (1980) - Episode 140
We know you loyal listeners aren't chicken… or are you? Following Ghostwatch and Legend, The Searchers punch their tickets for the last train of spooky season, and the irony is thick: Ben, our resident horror hater, made the most horror pick of the bunch! It's Terror Train (1980), a movie pitched as "Halloween on a train" (even though it's New Year's?) so this year Halloween comes with a caboose. It stars a young Jamie Lee Curtis in her early scream queen days, with one of our faves, John Ford regular Ben Johnson, as the conductor, and a young David Copperfield as the magician on board! We dig into Roger Spottiswoode's directing debut (yes, the future Tomorrow Never Dies guy), Kubrick cinematographer John Alcott lighting those cramped train cars with Christmas lights, and the Ford advice that had Ben Johnson asking for fewer lines. Plus we watch the 2022 Tubi remake trailer live, play our Letterboxd guess-the-rating game, and pitch a silent movie told in text messages. Did Ben survive his own pick? All aboard to find out!
- 2 weeks ago1h 11m
Legend (1985) - Episode 139
Hey, everyone, spooky season continues, and this time Kevin leads us into the dark forest of Legend (1985). It's Tom Cruise's only team-up with Ridley Scott, a year before Ridley's brother Tony made Cruise a box-office giant with Top Gun. Throw in Mia Sara in her first film and Tim Curry under a whole lot of prosthetics. Which cut did we watch? The theatrical, Tangerine Dream score and all, so yes, there's a Director's Cut debate. We also dig into the forest built on a soundstage, the editing that left Chris saying "the beat's off," and why Jack might just be Link. Is it unicorn-worthy, or should it have stayed in the dark? Tune in to find out! PS: A fond farewell to the great Tim Curry, who made Darkness unforgettable.
- 3 weeks ago1h 17m
The Crimson Pirate (1952) - Episode 138
Two episodes in one day? It's a double drop! Hot on the heels of The Haunted Palace (1963), Ben and Chris trade the haunted castle for the high seas with The Searchers' first-ever pirate movie: Robert Siodmak's The Crimson Pirate (1952), starring Burt Lancaster and his old circus partner Nick Cravat, with Eva Bartok and a young Christopher Lee. Is a swashbuckler a fair October pick? Is Burt swinging from the masts doing his own stunts the most Jackie-coded thing in Golden Age Hollywood? What does the "Crimson" in the title have to do with the Hollywood blacklist? Plus a brand-new guess-the-Letterboxd-rating game, a hair-raising Christopher Lee stunt story straight out of a Lancaster biography, some listener mail, and Ben powering through a cold. Listen and find out! Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. Thank you. Please rate us a 5/5, and review us on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to us. Follow us on Letterboxd.com if you'd like to see what we've recently watched. Ben, Chris, & Kevin Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
- 3 weeks ago55 min
The Haunted Palace (1963) - Episode 137
Horror Adjacent™ Month rolls on! With Kevin off the trail this time, Ben and Chris light the torches for Roger Corman's The Haunted Palace (1963), starring Vincent Price in a dual role opposite Debra Paget (in her final film), Lon Chaney Jr., and Elisha Cook Jr. It's sold as "Edgar Allan Poe's," but it's really H.P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and the guys can't get over the irony of the first major Lovecraft movie getting credited to Poe. Is this Price's most fleshed-out role of the Corman era? How do you finance a movie with the change in a pay phone's coin slot? And why does Albert Pyun keep coming up? Add fire effects that hold up, makeup that doesn't quite, a pitch for a Mr. Vampire bonus episode, and a closing Vincent Price impression. Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. Thank you. Please rate us a 5/5, and review us on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to us. Follow us on Letterboxd.com if you'd like to see what we've recently watched. Ben, Chris, & Kevin Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/
- Oct 12, 202654 min
Ghostwatch (1992) - Episode 136
Hey, everyone! So Chris and Kevin have been hopping on the documentary train even when they don’t realize it! Following our coverage of the mockumentary, Waiting for Guffman, and a real documentary, Linsanity, the dudes jump onto the horror pseudo-documentary, Ghostwatch, from 1992. It’s not just any simple horror flick! This little gem scared the bejeezus out of viewers when it first aired on BBC1. Can art transcend such boundaries through a special live broadcast format nowadays, or are we past it? Tune in to hear the guys wax poetic on this unexpected kick-off to Horror Adjacent season here on The Searchers! Submit your mailbags to us at thesearcherspodcast@gmail.com. Thank you. Please rate us a 5/5, and review us on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to us. Follow us on Letterboxd.com if you'd like to see what we've recently watched. Ben, Chris, & Kevin
- Oct 2, 20261h 1m
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) - Episode 135
Ben and Chris try something very different with their first Searchers review of a Spanish language film. Was it a terrible idea? Listen and find out.
- Sep 23, 20261h 7m
Do the Right Thing (1989) - Episode 134
The Searchers are running the mainstream trail on this last episode before Horror Adjacent™ Month. Kevin and Chris cover whiny Spike Lee's claim to fame, Do the Right Thing (1989). Ben definitely did not use his newborn as an excuse to skip this episode. Please rate us a 5/5, and review us on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to us. Follow us on Letterboxd.com if you'd like to see what we've recently watched. Ben, Chris, & Kevin Our episode catalogue: https://searchersfilmpodcast.podbean.com/ Follow Mitch on Letterboxd, HERE. Also, find him on his podcast is on YouTube, HERE.
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