You're Missing Out: A National Film Registry Podcast

"You never fooled me with your song and dance, not for a second." 

It's our Season 4 premiere! As we do to kick off every season, we are joined by Phil Iscove (Podcast Like It's...) to discuss the 1944 crime noir that landed Billy Wilder his first Oscar nomination for Best Director. Don't forget to stick around at the end to find out what films Mike and Tom are selecting for their 2024 Registry Picks.

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In this fourth edition of You're Missing Out's annual Oscar special, things went long, so for the first time, the team is rolling out a two-parter. And that's not the only new thing around. The newest member of the team, social media manager Amanda Rush, joins Mike, Tom, and Kyle to talk through this year's Oscar race.

Last episode, they talked through each of the 10 Best Picture nominees (American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest).

Now, in Part 2, they'll rank not just the Best Picture nominees, but every film in every category.

Season 4 of You're Missing Out officially starts next week!

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In this fourth edition of You're Missing Out's annual Oscar special, things went long, so for the first time, the team is rolling out a two-parter. And that's not the only new thing around. The newest member of the team, social media manager Amanda Rush, joins Mike, Tom, and Kyle to talk through this year's Oscar race.

On this episode, they'll talk through each of the 10 Best Picture nominees (American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest). In Part 2, they'll rank not just the Best Picture nominees, but every film in every category.

Season 4 of You're Missing Out officially starts next week!

Watch today's episode on YouTube here!

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We're taking our own "movie trip through filmland" as we take a look at the 2023 National Film Registry inductees. Livestreamed on YouTube mere hours after the list was announced, hosts Mike Natale and Tom Lorenzo sat down with friend of the show Anthony DiCaprio (standing in for usual producer Kyle Lampar). Only Anthony knew what films were selected as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress this year. You'll hear Mike and Tom's real-time reactions to the selections, including a few films they themselves submitted to the NFR for consideration.

Surprise! Happy Halloween! While you get your favorite horror films ready for your evening viewing, we've got a special treat for you: Tom Lorenzo's audio diary from his eight days down in Austin, Texas for Fantastic Fest 2023! Hear him speak about the wide range of genre films he saw at the festival, from horror to action to...whatever you want to call The People's Joker.

Mike, Tom and Kyle reflect on the third class of 25 films inducted into the registry, giveout superlatives to the standout performances and craftspeople, reflect on their registry submissions, and look ahead to new adventures in Season 4.

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"Five reels of Buster a detective all dressed up and no place to go."

For our final film of the season, we dive into the Buster Keaton movie where Buster Keaton dives into a movie...literally. Producer Kyle Lampar settles in with us was we watch the many film within a films within this film, and look at the fascinating meta-comedy that Buster Keaton broke his neck to make...again, literally.

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Our Season Finale

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"A Mighty Epic Of Modern Morals!"

Vincent Williams and Len Webb of The Micheaux Mission stop by the show to talk about the first "race film" inducted into the National Film Registry, and it's...not by Oscar Micheaux. We're talking about actor/director Spencer Williams' 1941 morality play The Blood of Jesus. We tackle the equally complex topics of race, religion, and whether Madea Goes to Jail or Boo 2! A Madea Halloween is getting into the Registry first.

Watch the full film The Blood of Jesus for free on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/U4oCPxG_UiM

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"Real life screened more daringly than it's ever been before!"

One of the few films whose reputation is based as much on what isn't onscreen as what is, writer Cat Bowen joins us to talk about Orson Welles' famously interfered-with follow-up to Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons. We talk what works, what's missing, and what made Francois Truffaut call the film a "mutilated masterpiece."

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"PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION By Special Arrangement with the New York Motion Picture Company Presents GEORGE BEBAN in 'THE ITALIAN'"

Once again, we're shaking up the format of the show. First we tackled 1924's Greed, and this week, Mike Natale, Tom Lorenzo, and Kyle Lampar provide feature length commentary on 1915's immigration drama The Italian.

Find the full film with commentary to watch along with us here: https://youtu.be/yOA03hTwSi8

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The You're Missing Out team were hoping to have some much needed rest over Labor Day weekend. They thought "Let's do a simple, silly bonus episode this week." They thought "Let's get some friends together, let's find an idea that's short, and fun, and will only take about an hour."

They were gravely mistaken. This episode was ill-advised.

You're Missing Out is normally about the National Film Registry, but there are, of course, other equally prestigious honors given out annually. In this bonus episode, we take a look at one such honor:

Every year since 1985, the editors of People magazine have selected one celebrity to declare the Sexiest Man Alive. The criteria? The man must be culturally, historically, or aesthetically attractive. This week on You’re Missing Out, we’ll take a look at all of these celebs, to try to get to the heart of why they were selected, and why they’re still sexy.

This week, we’re joined by guests Bella Zaydenberg and Carrie McCabe to talk about People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive.

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Ain't It Scary with Sean & Carrie

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"Empty hearts. Empty lives. Empty homes. Poor little rich girl."

Once upon a time, the Girl with the Curls was the Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood. Bella Zaydenberg (Yahoo!) joins us to talk about film icon Mary Pickford, and the film that both cemented her stardom and arguably stunted her artistic growth, The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917).

Watch The Poor Little Rich Girl for free on our YouTube channel here.

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"Nothing is Written!"

Action for Everyone host and unofficial You're Missing Out War (Movie) Correspondent VyceVictus returns to the show to talk about David Lean's Oscar-winning WWI epic, Lawrence of Arabia. We talk Peter O'Toole, Middle East quagmires, and whether anything truly is written.

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"THEY FOUGHT for the right to rule SHE FOUGHT for the right to love"

Author Philip Womack joins the show to discuss why David O. Selznick's celebrated 1937 adaptation of Anthony Hope's celebrated 1894 novel that should still be celebrated to this day. We talk Ruritanian romances, swashbuckling swordfights, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, and teaching dogs Latin.

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"Gertie: she's a scream. She eats, drinks and breathes! She laughs and cries. Dances the tango, answers questions and obeys every command! Yet, she lived millions of years before man inhabited this earth and has never been seen since!!"

Author and animation expert Donald Crafton joins us to discuss one of the most significant pieces of animation ever made, Gertie the Dinosaur (or technically just "Gertie". We get into it). We talk Winsor McCay, the evolution of the animated drawing, and the original film's very special mix of stage and screen.

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"He's as accustomed to the whip as I am to poverty."

You might know Sholem Aleichem's celebrated comedic hero of Yiddish literature, Tevye (or Tevya) from the musical Fiddler on the Roof. But decades earlier, titan of the Yiddish theatre scene Maurice Schwartz got a camera and a cast together and brought Aleichem's stories to the silver screen for the first time with Tevye.

We teamed up with Daniel Zana & Harry Ottensoser from Jews on Film to discuss the significance of this, the first non-English film ever inducted into the National Film Registry. We look at how it reflects the culture of the Jewish diaspora of both Aleichem and Schwartz's era, the brief but impactful Yiddish Cinema movement, and of course...tradition!

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"The Man Who Made A Monster!"

Folks, it's a Patrick Cotnoir episode. If you're a regular listener, you know what you're in for. But everyone else? Strap in, because first, we're talking 1931's Frankenstein, one of the foundational films of horror cinema. We'll chat James Whale, Boris Karloff, Universal Monsters, and of course, Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing. And then...

"Let The Hunt Begin"

That's right, we're talking 2002's Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. We'll chat Jango Fett, wonky controls, and what one should yell if they've been lit on fire by a wrist-mounted flame thrower.

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"It's nice to be individualistic, but there are certain places to be individualistic."

"I didn't mean to be individualistic."

What better way to examine Frederick Wiseman's sophomore documentary than with a self-described "survivor of the late 60s educational system"? Mike's high school English teacher, Celia Blumm, stops by to talk about what Wiseman captured, what remains eerily true to this day, and what the hell was up with that guy giving "the talk"?

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"Tomorrow the birds will sing."

Actor Jae Kim returns to the show to talk Charlie Chaplin's rebuke of the talkie, the romantic comedy City Lights. We'll talk great gags, moving scenes, and how many filmmakers have lifted so much from this classic Chaplin masterwork.

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Shadowplay (Jae's college film made with Mike and Tom)

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Way, way back in 2018, our hosts Mike Natale and Tom Lorenzo had a different podcast (with the same name, because names are hard, y'all). On that show, they devoted a whole episode to the history of the mighty cinematic ape known as King Kong, who had recently leaped from the silver screen to the Great White Way.

As a supplement to our recent episode on 1933's King Kong with Graham Skipper, we've dug out this vintage podcast episode where the Mike and Tom of the past discuss every major Kong movie up until then, as well as the Broadway musical based on the character.

We'll be back to National Film Registry talk next week, but for now, enjoy the King Kong Special!

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