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What I Watched Last Night...

by Charles Tashiro

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A series of reviews of classic films based on recent screenings. It rarely looks at new releases.

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Episodes

  1. The Thin Man

    The irrepressible appeal of a classic

  2. Red Psalm

    Miklos Jancó’s powerful dramatization of a 19th century peasant rebellion

  3. Arabian Nights (1974)

    Pasolini’s sensuous take on the Thousand and One Nights

  4. The Snorkel

    Creepy thriller from Hammer Films

  5. The New World

    Terrence Malick’s epic vision of Pocahontas and the Jamestown colony

  6. The Golem

    German Expressionism at its wonkiest

  7. Spellbound

    Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in Hitchcock’s famous exploration of the dream world

  8. Hangover Square

    An unusual combination of horror and Edwardian costume film

  9. Seance on a Wet Afternoon

    A compelling psychological thriller that could be more than it is

  10. Gigi

    It may have won Best Picture, but this Lerner and Loewe musical ages poorly.

  11. March or Die

    A moody take on a traditional genre

  12. El Cid

    Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren star in Samuel Bronston’s epic vision of medieval Spain.

  13. The Poseidon Adventure

    The world (or at least an ocean liner) turned upside down

  14. Network

    Paddy Chayefsky’s rant against TV

  15. The Asphalt Jungle

    John Huston’s classic crime drama

  16. Dick Tracy

    Warren Beatty makes a comic book movie

  17. Hello Dolly!

    Overstuffed turkey

  18. Margin Call

    A character study centered on the 2008 financial meltdown

  19. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    Still as scary as ever

  20. Tokyo Story

    A classic of Japanese cinema

  21. The Tin Drum

    Looking at the world through the eyes of someone who won’t grow up

  22. Juggernaut

    Off-beat British mid-70s disaster film directed by Richard Lester

  23. Blind Date (1959)

    Surprisingly gripping early Losey murder mystery

  24. The Boys from Brazil

    Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, lots of resources and a very bad idea

  25. Ryan’s Daughter

    The film that nearly sank David Lean

  26. Slaughterhouse Five

    George Roy Hill’s adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel

  27. Carnal Knowledge

    Seamy content filmed almost too well

  28. Cat People (1942)

    Classic horror with a psychological twist

  29. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

    What it was like to be rich and Jewish in Fascist Italy

  30. The Wild Bunch

    Sam Peckinpah’s controversial epic Western

  31. Gosford Park

    Robert Altman’s murder mystery on an English country estate

  32. Easy Rider

    A film that needs no introduction, but might benefit from some thought

  33. The Candidate

    Robert Redford runs for office

  34. Night Moves (1975)

    When the detective is not so smart

  35. Update Jul 2025

    Why my output has slowed down

  36. Soldier of Orange

    Paul Verhoeven’s epic WWII drama with Rutger Hauer

  37. Topkapi

    Mid-60s caper heist that inspired Mission: Impossible

  38. Made in USA

    Jean-Luc Godard’s provocative detective film with Anna Karina

  39. The Hunger

    Vampires in the '80s

  40. Diabolique (1955)

    A diabolical combination of adultery and horror from the director of Wages of Fear

  41. And Then There Were None (1945)

    An old-fashioned telling of a classic Christie mystery

  42. Royal Flash

    Malcolm McDowell in a little-known costume adventure

  43. Foreign Correspondent

    Somewhat overrated Hitchcock thriller

  44. La Prise de Pouvoir par Louis XIV (The Rise to Power of Louis XIV)

    17th century French history according to Roberto Rossellini

  45. The Cassandra Crossing

    ‘70s disaster film with a difference

  46. Letter from an Unknown Woman

    Max Ophuls’s Hollywood masterpiece

  47. All About Eve

    All the scheming in the New York theatre world

  48. Cabaret

    Kander, Ebb, Fosse, Minnelli

  49. The Duellists

    Ridley Scott’s first feature, with Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel I deal with this in greater detail here: https://cinema.usc.edu/assets/100/15998.pdf

  50. Don’t Look Now

    Nicholas Roeg’s paranormal thriller, with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie

About this show

A series of reviews of classic films based on recent screenings. It rarely looks at new releases.

Hosted by

Charles Tashiro

Categories

TV Film Reviews

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does What I Watched Last Night... have?

What I Watched Last Night... has 50 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on November 1, 2026.

What is What I Watched Last Night... about?

A series of reviews of classic films based on recent screenings. It rarely looks at new releases.

How often does What I Watched Last Night... release new episodes?

What I Watched Last Night... publishes monthly, based on its 50 episodes since March 2021.

Who hosts What I Watched Last Night...?

What I Watched Last Night... is created and hosted by Charles Tashiro.
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