44 episodes

Film historians Mike Vanderbilt and Adam Carston look back at the rich history of the double feature from a very Chicago point of view, exploring not only the history of the films but the stories of the theaters that screened them.

Windy City Double Feature Picture Show Michael Vanderbilt

    • TV & Film

Film historians Mike Vanderbilt and Adam Carston look back at the rich history of the double feature from a very Chicago point of view, exploring not only the history of the films but the stories of the theaters that screened them.

    Psych-Out (1968) + The Born Losers (1967)

    Psych-Out (1968) + The Born Losers (1967)

    This week, Adam and Mike look back at an AIP counter-culture double of PSYCH-OUT (1968) and the debut of Billy Jack in THE BORN LOSERS (1967) that opened at the Studio Theatre on March 8, 1968.

    • 1 hr 51 min
    Play Misty For Me (1971) + The Beguiled (1971)

    Play Misty For Me (1971) + The Beguiled (1971)

    Chicago's very own programmer and critic John Dickson joins Adam and Mike as the trio look back at the Clint Eastwood thriller two-fer, PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) and THE BEGUILED (1971) that opened at the Chicago Theatre on March 8, 1972.

    • 2 hrs 28 min
    Rififi (1955) + Diabolique (1955)

    Rififi (1955) + Diabolique (1955)

    This week we look back at a double feature of two iconic French thrillers, Jules Dassin's RIFIFI and DIABOLIQUE that opened at the Carnegie on February 15, 1957.

    • 1 hr 59 min
    Time Bandits + Time Walker + The Sword & The Sorcerer

    Time Bandits + Time Walker + The Sword & The Sorcerer

    Adam and Mike take on their first triple feature the fantasy trifecta of Terry Gilliam's TIME BANDITS (1981), the star mummy midnight movie TIME WALKER (1982), and Albert Pyun's barbarian-sploitation epic THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER (1982) that opened at the Devon Theatre on January 14, 1983

    • 2 hrs 43 min
    The Boy Friend (1971) + Get Carter (1971)

    The Boy Friend (1971) + Get Carter (1971)

    Mike and Adam kick off Season 3 with a look back at the very British double feature of Ken Russell's THE BOY FRIEND (1971) and Michael Caine in GET CARTER (1971) that premiered at the Olympic Theater on March 31, 1972.
    They're joined by historian, author, raconteur, and returning champion, Justin Humphries.

    • 2 hrs 16 min
    Kansas City Confidential (1952) + The Lusty Men (1952)

    Kansas City Confidential (1952) + The Lusty Men (1952)

    This week, Adam and Mike are celebrating Noirvember with a terrific cops, robbers, and cowboys double feature of KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952) and Robert Mitchum and Susan Heywood in THE LUSTY MEN (1952), the former of which had its world premiere in Chicago seventy years ago this month!

    • 2 hrs 3 min

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