Season 6

The 80s Movie PodcastJuly 11, 2024x
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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985): Madonna, Mistaken Identity, and Susan Seidelman’s Breakthrough - The 80s Movie Podcast

A deep dive into Desperately Seeking Susan, Susan Seidelman’s stylish 1985 cult classic starring Ma...

The 80s Movie PodcastJune 21, 2024x
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Brats (2024): Andrew McCarthy Andrew McCarthy Revisits the Rise and Fallout of the Brat Pack - The 80s Movie Podcast

Explore Brats (2024), Andrew McCarthy’s documentary about the Brat Pack, as The 80s Movie Podcast e...

The 80s Movie PodcastJune 12, 2024x
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Smithereens (1982): Susan Seidelman’s Punk Rock Portrait of a Vanishing New York - The 80s Movie Podcast

Our regular spotlight on influential female filmmakers returns with one of the most important indep...

Crimewave (1986): Sam Raimi, the Coen Brothers, and Their Cult Comedy Disaster - The 80s Movie Podcast

On this episode, we’re going to tackle a movie from the early 1980s that, if made today with the sa...

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983): The Lost Jackie Gleason Version, Burt Reynolds’ Exit, and a Franchise in Trouble - The 80s Movie Podcast

By 1983, the road had gotten a lot bumpier for one of the biggest franchises of the late 1970s and ...

The 80s Movie PodcastJanuary 12, 2024x
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Threads (1984): The 80s Nuclear Holocaust Movie That Still Haunts Viewers More Than Forty Years Later - The 80s Movie Podcast

This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens looks back at Threads (1984), the harrowing ...