For all you proper film enthusiasts who would like to peruse the films of TruStory FM’s entertainment podcasts by release decade. Get ready for a firehose of film history in these here stacks.
Krissy, Nathan, and guest Mandy Kaplan revisit When Harry Met Sally… (1989)—Nora Ephron’s screenplay, Harry’s infamous thesis, and what it’s like to finally watch a film you’ve only known in clips.
Pete Wright joins us to dig into Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), where the real question isn’t whether Al Capone goes down, but how far a Fed is willing to bend to make it happen.
We dig into Resurrection in our Ellen Burstyn series—healing without doctrine, faith without explanation, and a performance that carries everything.
We strap in for Philip Kaufman’s sweeping 1983 epic The Right Stuff—a film so genuinely, stubbornly good that it nearly breaks our ability to snark about it.
Francis Zagarigo and Jenna Jacobsen of the Very Fine Friends podcast join us to take on Invasion U.S.A., the Chuck Norris one-man-army spectacular.
Mamet’s directorial debut, House of Games, follows a psychiatrist who wrote the book on obsession—literally—into a world of professional con men. Pete and Andy discuss.
Two returning special guests—Kyle Olson and Pete Wright—join us to dig into one of the most electric, beguiling, and undeniably Prince films ever committed to celluloid: Purple Rain (1984).
Practical effects, paranoid ensemble, Morricone’s score: producer/writer Josh Hyams on John Carpenter’s The Thing and what makes it still unmatched.
Eric Weir joins us to tackle The Dark Crystal (1982), the film that proved Muppets could die on screen and parents could regret their viewing choices. Turns out, it’s warm, weird, and genuinely curious!
We dig into John Badham’s WarGames for our March member bonus episode—the AI that learns, the script that sidesteps, and the film that actually changed federal law. Thinking Machines series.