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Hosts Jonah and Journey dive into the complete bodies of work for some of New Hollywood’s most unique filmmakers. By contextualizing them with their peers and the industry they worked in and tracking their highs and lows beyond the heyday of the American New Wave, we hope to better frame the influence of these directors and understand the complexities of their careers. Currently exploring the filmography of Peter Bogdanovich.

  1. 3d ago

    Picture Windows 'Song of Songs' (1995)

    We were lucky enough to record in-person again, this time to talk about Bogdanovich’s episode of the 1995 Showtime anthology series Picture Windows. You’ve never heard of it? To be fair, most people haven’t. They brought in filmmakers such as John Boorman, Bob Rafelson, Joe Dante, and more to essentially make a short film based on a classic work of art. Peter’s episode, “Song of Songs,” is based on Botticelli’s Primavera and if you could believe it, it features cheating, being a bad husband, L.B. Stratten, and of course, Peter playing the role of a suave gentleman. It’s the start of Peter’s TV era, so lock in!  We also discuss The Odyssey, the walkability of Somerville, Massachusetts, director John Travolta and how he definitely doesn’t have mommy issues, the wonders of the Fresca slushee, and the on camera star power of Peter Bogdanovich.   Further “Reading”  Picture Windows S1E2 ‘Song of Songs’ on YouTube Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette “CLOWNING GLORY: The first half-hour drama in the Picture Windows series, Soir Bleu brings Norman Jewison full circle” by John Boyle for the Globe and Mail (June 3, 1995) “Showtime’s Fine Art Gallery is a Director’s Milieu” in the Roanoke Times (Sept. 30, 1995) “TV REVIEWS: ‘Picture Windows’ Trilogy No Artistic Masterpiece” by David Kronke for the LA Times (Sept. 30, 1995) “Catch Some Oscar Nominees At Home Before The Awards Show” in the Morning Call (March 15, 1996) THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE We have a website! Visit sortbyearliest.com   Next Episode: Fallen Angels - ‘A Dime a Dance’ (1995)   Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores!   Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

    Picture Windows 'Song of Songs' (1995)

  2. Aug 28

    'Never Say Goodbye' by Yoko Ono (1995)

    In a team-up we never expected, this week we are covering “Never Say Goodbye,” a 1982 Yoko Ono song that Peter Bogdanovich directed a music video for… in 1995. Would it shock you to hear that Peter put his regulars of Eric Stoltz and L.B. Stratten in this? This music video also features (as far as we’ve gotten) Peter’s only canonical queer characters, which is certainly something. Plus, it’s a very catchy song! We also discuss if Peter is an ally, if trains and buses can count as hotels, and our dislike for Sean Lennon’s whole vibe. Plus, an Illegally Yours friend has a special message for Journey’s 26th birthday and we learn some important Peter news!   Further “Reading”  Behind the scenes of filming  Intro trailer for the music video shown at the AMFAR Benefit Gala Cast soundtrack for New York Rock Review: Another Chrous in the Ballad of John & Yoko by Stephen Holden for the NYT (March 31, 1994) “Never Say Goodbye” remastered music video   THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE We have a website now! Visit sortbyearliest.com Next Episode: Picture Windows - ‘Song of Songs’ (1995)   Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores!   Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

    'Never Say Goodbye' by Yoko Ono (1995)

  3. Aug 14

    The Thing Called Love (1993) w/ Isaac Owens

    This week we’re joined by special guest Isaac Owens as we follow Peter all the way down to the Deep South and meet our new pals Miranda, James, Kyle, and Linda Lue Linden in The Thing Called Love. A major box office disappointment of its year, we’re here to once again reappraise a misunderstood Bogdanovich picture (trust us)! We put on our dancin’ boots and quite enjoyed this musical dramedy about a young singer-songwriter named Miranda Presley (no relation to Elvis) as she follows her country music dreams in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s got River Phoenix’s last performance, Sandra Bullock right before she broke out in Speed, fantastic country outfits, really fun country music, and even a virtually invisible cameo of Peter riding a horse. We discuss horrible bars in Nashville’s Broadway, the best fascist romcom of the year, people with rancid vibes at a Bob Dylan concert, our continuing addiction to buying physical media, and the geography of Nashville. Plus, we get hyped for the upcoming release of Jimmy, Isaac introduces batshit IMDB reviews to our Sort By: Lowest segment, and Jonah accidentally manifests the new 4K Criterion of Harold and Maude into existence.    Further “Reading” By Bogdanovich (2011) Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette This Is Orson Welles by Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles They All Laughed AFI Catalog entry The Thing Called Love Director’s Cut DVD  “Movies - Sept. 2, 1992” by Aleene MacMinn for the LA Times November 1994 Cosmo interview with Sandra Bullock Dermot Mulroney playing the cello with Ellen Siskel and Ebert The Thing Called Love episode “Not Phony: Peter Bogdanovich’s The Thing Called Love” by James Kenney (July 18, 2022)   THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE We have a website now! Visit sortbyearliest.com Next Episode: “Never Say Goodbye” by Yoko Ono (1995)   Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores!   Follow Us! Isaac letterboxd.com/concrete14   Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest   Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh   Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

    The Thing Called Love (1993) w/ Isaac Owens

  4. Jul 31

    Noises Off (1992) w/ Jane Altoids

    After the box office flop of Texasville, Peter returns to cinema with an adaptation of a British farce. Would you be shocked to hear that while also flopping at the box office, we think this movie is quite good! We are joined this week by podcaster, critic, and Film Twitter™ darling Jane Altoids to discuss Bogdanovich’s 1992 comedy Noises Off!, also stylized as Noises Off… and simply, Noises Off. After establishing Michael Caine’s anxiety over the show’s Broadway Premiere, the film follows a three act structure of chaos and different performances leading up to its big New York premiere. There’s sardines, there’s mile-a-minute-dialogue, there’s cheating (shocking for a Bogdanovich picture I know), and there’s John Ritter! All the makings of classic (so Disney please give this a 4K release! A Blu-Ray! Please!!). We also discuss Minions & Monsters, the new Jon Bernthal-led Dog Day Afternoon stage play, Bane being the scariest guy we’ve ever seen in our lives, Freddy Got Fingered, awkward filmmaker Q&As,    Further “Reading” By Bogdanovich (2011) Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich by Andrew Yule Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette This Is Orson Welles by Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles Noises Off by Michael Frayn  Noises Off (1992) Behind the Scenes Noises Off (1992) AFI Catalog “Playing ‘Noises Off’ the American Way” by Michael Frayn, LA Times, April 6, 1992 “We Could all Use a Little Sex and Slapstick Comedy Right Now,” Sarah Deshaies talking to Jacob Tierney about his 2015 production of Noises Off! For Cult MTL, February 2, 2017 Vincent Canby for The NYT, March 20, 1992 “Touchstone and Beyond: A History of Disney’s ‘Noises Off’” by Bill Gowsell Michael Caine's "Batman Begin" tweet   THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE We have a website now! Visit sortbyearliest.com   Next Episode: The Thing Called Love (1993)   Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores!   Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest   Jane Altoids twitter.com/staticbluebat Listen to the Pacino Pod! letterboxd.com/staticbluebat/   Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh   Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

    Noises Off (1992) w/ Jane Altoids

  5. Jul 17

    Texasville (1990) w/ Kyle Amato

    It’s a new decade for Peter Bogdanovich and for him that means returning to familiar territory. This week we are joined by Boston Hassle film critic and Hawke Cast cohost Kyle Amato to talk about 1990’s Texasville, the sequel to The Last Picture Show that nobody really asked for (but we quite enjoyed anyway). With nearly all the cast returning and some new faces (oh hey Annie Potts!!), Bog tries to make a comeback by following the life of Jeff Bridges’ Duane in Reagan-era Texas. It’s melancholic and funny all at once and we really wish that people would give it a chance! They even put both the theatrical and director’s cut versions on the Criterion disc of The Last Picture Show! No excuse not to watch! We also talk about Bar Rescue, legacy sequels, Wahlburgers, Journey's continued dislike for The Napa Boys, and the multiple Robert Altman movies Texasville made us think of. Plus, we advocate for how everyone should watch Peter Weir’s Fearless, work out a premise for Call Me by Your Name 2: This Time It’s a Chick!, and Jonah commits the unforgivable sin of forgetting a critical hotel for hotel watch.   Further “Reading” By Bogdanovich (2011) Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich by Andrew Yule Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette Cybil Disobedience by Cybill Shepherd with Aimee Lee Ball “Annie Potts: Deep in the Heart of ‘Texasville’” by David Wallace for the LA Times (Sept. 28, 1990) AFI Catalog for Texasville Variety review of Texasville Peter Travers’ review of Texasville for Rolling Stone Vincent Canby’s review of Texasville for The NYT Janet Maslin’s review of Texasville for The NYT “Welcome to the Age of the Legacyquel” by Matt Singer for Screen Crush, November 23, 2015 The Last Picture Show Criterion ft. Texasville Roger Ebert reviews Texasville Siskel and Ebert review Texasville Peter discussing Texasville with Bobbie Wygant, September 22, 1990 Peter discussing Texasville with Bob Costas, October 1, 1990 Cloris Leachman discussing Texasville with Bobbie Wygant, September 22, 1990 THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE We have a website now! Visit sortbyearliest.com   Next Episode: Noises Off! (1992) with Jane Altoids   Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores!   Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest   Kyle Amato Kyle's Substack Read Kyle's work for Boston Hassle Hawke Cast   Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh   Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

    Texasville (1990) w/ Kyle Amato

  6. Jul 3

    BONUS: The City Girl (1984) + An '80s Roundup w/ Alex Kittle

    After a string of unique releases (and an unexpected relief special we found) this week we’re wrapping up Peter’s 1980s! Much like the 1970s, Peter had a number of unrealized projects in this tumultuous decade (imagine Bog’s Popeye!) and also had his first executive producer credit with Moon Pictures: Martha Coolidge’s 1984 narrative feature debut, The City Girl! The City Girl follows a young Toronto photographer as she breaks up with her s****y boyfriend, has a charmingly awkward threesome, and investigates a local cult. It’s a very solid picture that’s sadly only available via some VHS rips. We also talk about our continued dislike for Ryan O’Neal, Czechoslovakian New Wave classic Daisies, how offputting it is to actually project Targets on film, Peter kinda-sorta being the reason this movie has never had an actual release outside festivals, King Kong needing a heart transplant, and Colleen Camp singing for the city giiiiiiiiiiiirl.    Further “Reading” The City Girl (1984) By Bogdanovich (2011) Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich by Andrew Yule Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide To Punks On Film by Zack Carlson & Bryan Connolly Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words by Marya E. Gates “Rusty Mason: The real woman behind 'Mask'” By Iris Krasnow for UPI (May 14, 1985) “Well, Hello Molly Ringwald!” by Richard Corliss for Time (May 26, 1986) “Our Entire Belief System Must Change” by Martha Coolidge for the NYT (August 14, 2012) “The Chronicler of the Kingdom of New York: Peter Kaplan 1954-2013” by M.H. Miller for Observer (November 30, 2013) “Present Tense: Martha Coolidge” by Sheila O’Malley for Film Comment (Mar/April 2020) “‘I Loved John. I Miss Him a Lot.’ Peter Bogdanovich Reminisces on His Friend John Cassavetes” by John Gallagher for MovieMaker (January 31, 2023) Private Lives screenplay Whereabouts screenplay and draft notes Wild About Harry screenplay The Intimate Writings of Theodor Hammer screenplay Orson Welles Moonlight Intro   THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE We have a website now! Visit sortbyearliest.com Next Episode: Texasville (1990) with Kyle Amato   Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI)   Support your local independent cinemas and video stores!   Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest   Alex Kittle  instagram.com/strictlybrohibited instagram.com/panandscan/ etsy.com/shop/panandscan letterboxd.com/alexkittle/   Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh   Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

    BONUS: The City Girl (1984) + An '80s Roundup w/ Alex Kittle

  7. Jun 26

    Friend to Friend (1989)

    In a 🚨🚨Special Alert 🚨🚨 episode, we are talking about Peter Bogdanovich’s Armenian Earthquake Relief special, Friend to Friend! After months of relentless searching and investigating, Jonah discovered that TWO copies of this Bogdanovich oddity (Bogoddity, some might say) live at the Armenian Museum of America in Watertown, Massachusetts!   In this episode, Jonah tells of his odyssey to find Friend to Friend and we discuss our thoughts on the special itself. Made in an effort to fundraise for relief after the December 1988 earthquake, this special switches between two points. On one hand we are shown informative documentary footage about the earthquake, the Armenian genocide, and overall Armenian history. On the other, we also meet some of the biggest stars of the late 80’s that they could ring up rehearsing the English version of Charles Aznavour’s “Pour toi, Arménie.” We've got Liza, We've got Dionne Warwick, we've got Mannix from Mannix! We also talk about our continued hate for Fathom Events.   Further “Reading” Friend to Friend: Armenian Earthquake Relief (1989), now on YouTube! “Stars sing 'For You, Armenia'” from UPI (January 29, 1989) “Raising Their Voices to Aid Armenian Orphans” by John Burman for the L.A. Times (January 31, 1989) “Stars Band Together For Armenia” by Tom De Savia for Cash Box Magazine [Pg. 4] (February 11, 1989)  THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE   Next Episode: ‘80s Recap + The City Girl (1984) w/ Alex Kittle Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores!   Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

  8. Jun 19

    Illegally Yours (1988)

    We knew there would be some low points in Bogdanovich’s filmography but.. Whew. Talk about a new low! Wait… maybe a Rob Lowe! That’s right, this week we are talking about absolutely nobody’s favorite Bogdanovich picture: Illegally Yours! A movie we watched and somehow found enough to talk about for 90ish minutes. It’s a film that makes no sense, that nobody had fun making, and flopped so bad in summer test screenings that it got pushed to a January release. Illegally Yours is an attempt at a screwball comedy; young juror Richard Dice (Rob Lowe) tries to save his childhood crush, Molly (Colleen Camp), from being sent to jail. There’s cassette tapes, castles, St. Augustine, and Harry Carey Jr.! We also talk about Rob Lowe’s 1989 Academy Awards opening musical number with Snow White, the Nate Rate©, Pete’s weirdest new relationship, “horse protein”, and imagining Bogdanovich’s version of Dune. Further “Reading” By Bogdanovich (2011) Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich by Andrew Yule Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe Illegally Yours (1988) on Tubi Illegally Yours Trailer #1 llegally Yours Trailer #2 “The Rejected Flower: A Heartfelt Defense of Peter Bogdanovich’s Romantic Freefall Through Space, ILLEGALLY YOURS” by James Kenney “Illegally Yours” by Variety Staff (December 31, 1987) “Tough Test” from the L.A. Times Archive (July 19, 1987) “PETER BOGDANOVICH: The Hollywood Flashback Interview” by Alex Simon (April 2002) “Debt-Ridden De Laurentiis is Filmstuck” for the Chicago Tribune (February 24, 1988) Trailer for Young Washington (if a single soul reading this decides to watch, please pirate it and do not give Angel Studios any money) Rob Lowe Opens the 1989 Oscars with Snow White! “Photo Archive: Illegally Yours | Star Rob Lowe and director Peter Bogdanovich make a really bad movie in St. Augustine in 1988” in the St. Augustine Record (September 25, 2012)   THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE Next Episode: ‘80s Recap + The City Girl (1984) Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores! Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad

    Illegally Yours (1988)
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Hosts Jonah and Journey dive into the complete bodies of work for some of New Hollywood’s most unique filmmakers. By contextualizing them with their peers and the industry they worked in and tracking their highs and lows beyond the heyday of the American New Wave, we hope to better frame the influence of these directors and understand the complexities of their careers. Currently exploring the filmography of Peter Bogdanovich.

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