March 2017 - The Magic Lantern

EPISODES

Episode 044 – The Enchanted Cottage

March 27, 2017

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I first saw The Enchanted Cottage (1945) very late at night, alone. I was entranced by the very singular tone and the quiet romance, and while the film stayed with me, it hasn’t necessarily been constantly on my mind. Since our episode on Desperately Seeking Susan (Seidelman, 1985), I’ve been…

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Episode 043 – The Andromeda Strain

The Magic Lantern

March 13, 2017

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The Andromeda Strain (1971) is one of the building blocks of my scifi cinema education. I was born as science fiction films really began to lean into realism and more serious subject matter. The fears of the atomic age were beginning to wane and anxieties about artificial intelligence and what…