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The Golden Hour Film Podcast — 123 episodes

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#122 The Most Realistic War Movie Ever Made? - The Battle of Algiers (1966) Review

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#121 Is High & Low (1963) Kurosawa's best drama?

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#120 South Korea's Greatest Classic - The Housemaid (1960) Review

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#119 The Greatest Political Thriller You've Never Heard Of - Z (1969) Review

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#118 Is The Red Shoes (1948) The Greatest British Film Ever?

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#117 The Most Important Sci-Fi Movie EVER - Metropolis (1927) Review

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#116 Santo & Blue Demon vs the Monsters (1970) Review - Lucha Libre Cinema at its strangest? w/ Snowboiii

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#115 The Best Classic Spy Thriller? - North By Northwest (1959) Review

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#114 Is Vertigo (1958) The Greatest Crime Thriller of All Time?

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#113 The Wrong Man (1956) Review - Hitchcocks Take on a True Story

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#112 When Hitchcock Remade His Own Movie - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Review

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#111 Hitchcock's Darkest Comedy - The Trouble with Harry (1955) Review

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#110 To Catch a Thief (1955) Review - Grace Kelly, Cary Grant and the French Riviera

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#109 Dial M for Murder (1954) Review - The Most Hitchcockian Film Ever Made?

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#108 Alfred Hitchcocks Greatest Movie Hook? - I Confess (1953) Review

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#107 Alfred Hitchcocks Greatest Ever Shot - Strangers on a Train (1951) Review

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#106 Stage Fright (1950) Review - An Underrated Hitchcock Gem?

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#105 Is The Sound of Music (1965) The GREATEST MOVIE MUSICAL OF ALL TIME?

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#104 David Leans Greatest Epic? - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Review

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#103 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Review - How Old Hollywood Depicted Soldiers Coming Home

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#102 You Can't Take It With You (1938) Review - Frank Capra's Bizarre Best Picture Winner

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#101 The Greatest Movie Crew of All Time? - The Philadelphia Story (1940) Review

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#100 Why His Girl Friday (1940) Is More Relevant Than Ever Today

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#99 Bringing Up Baby is screwball comedy at its craziest (but it works)

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#98 How It Happened One Night (1934) Changed Comedy Forever

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#97 The Roaring Twenties (1939) Review - A Timeless Gangster Classic

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#96 Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) - The Best Gangster Film You've Never Heard Of

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#95 The Public Enemy (1931) Review - How James Cagney Burst Onto The Scene

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#94 Hollywoods First Gangster Icon: Little Caesar (1931) Review

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#93 The Most Important Gangster Movie You Never Heard Of: The Doorway To Hell (1930) Review

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#92 The Batman Movie That Deserves More Love

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#91 Little Women (1933) Review - Is Katharine Hepburn the Best Ever Jo March?

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#90 One of the Greatest Thrillers of All Time - Cape Fear (1962) Review

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#89 Old Hollywoods Most Censored Film: Scarface (1932) Review

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#88 The Greatest Opening Shot Ever? Touch of Evil (1958) Movie Review & Analysis

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#87 The Lady From Shanghai: Orson Welles' Troubled Masterpiece

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#86 The Movie That Showed Hollywoods True Colours: Sunset Boulevard Review

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#85 A Film that Defines Film Noir - Out of the Past Review

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#84 Film Noir at its Darkest: The Big Heat Review

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#83 Is The Big Sleep the Quintessential Film Noir?

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#82 Gilda: A Classic Hollywood Icon

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#81 Stranger on the Third Floor: The Original Film Noir

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#80 The Zombie Movie That Fought Racism (By Accident): Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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#79 Did Hitchcock Go Too Far With The Birds?

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#78 Godzilla: Japans Response To World War II

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#77 The War of the Worlds (1953) is a mess...

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#76 How King Kong Shaped Blockbuster Cinema

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#75 Is The Italian Job The Funniest Heist Movie Ever?

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#74 How Bonnie and Clyde Changed Violence In Cinema

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#73 Does Ocean's 11 Only Exist To Stroke Sinatras Ego?

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#72 When Film Noir Met The Heist Genre: The Asphalt Jungle

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#71 Does Blofelds Debut Disappoint? You Only Live Twice Review

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#70 Thunderball: Underwater Warfare and Bond in the Bahamas

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#69 The Best Bond Movie? Goldfinger Review

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#68 A Worthy Bond Sequel? From Russia With Love Review

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#67 Getting Bond Right First Try: Dr. No

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#66 Why Dr. Strangelove Couldn’t Be More Relevant Today

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#65 Is Paths of Glory Kubricks Greatest War Movie?

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#64 The Snows of Kilimanjaro is a Mess

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#63 Christopher Reeves Superman: The Birth of an Icon

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#62 How Alfred Hitchcock Made One Of The Greatest Ever Thrillers All In One Location: Rear Window

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#61 One of Hollywoods Darkest Classics: A Streetcar Named Desire

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#60 An Iconic Film Noir Set in Old Hollywood: In A Lonely Place

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#59 Why Citizen Kane Is Perfect

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#58 The Perfect Sounding Movie: The Conversation

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#57 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: An Extraordinary New Wave Musical

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#56 Is Alain Delon The Coolest Actor Ever? The Leopard Review

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#55 1960s Italian Celebrity Culture: La Dolce Vita

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#54 Marty: Hollywoods Original Underdog Story

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#53 How Do You Review Persona?

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#52 Cleo From 5 to 7: The French New Wave At Its Finest

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#51 Martin Scorsese Sent Us Here: Ashes & Diamonds

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#50 Is Seven Samurai The Best Movie Ever?

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#49 How a Rated X Movie Won Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy

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#48 Does Marlon Brando Give Cinemas Greatest Performance in On The Waterfront?

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#47 Cannes First Favourite Film: The Lost Weekend

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#46 Wings: Hollywoods First Best Picture

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#45 Ball of Fire: Old Hollywoods Greatest Gangster Comedy

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#44 Brief Encounter Broke Our Hearts

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#43 How Roman Holiday Made Audrey Hepburn Cinematic Royalty

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#42 What Makes Casablanca So Iconic?

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#41 The Spy Who Came In From The Cold: The Best Spy Movie You Haven’t Seen

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#40 James Dean at His Coolest: Rebel Without A Cause

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#39 How The Wolf Man Changed Hollywood Werewolves Forever

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#38 Charlie Chaplins ‘Tramp’ At Its Peak: City Lights

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#37 How Nosferatu Ripped Off Dracula In The Best Way Possible

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#36 How The Apartment Gave Us Two Of Cinemas Most Likeable Characters

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#35 It's a Wonderful Life: The Greatest Christmas Movie Ever or Overrated?

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#34 Is White Christmas Actually Any Good?

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#33 How Santa Claus Was Taken To Court: Miracle On 34th Street

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#32 Orson Welles Greatest Role: The Third Man Review

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#31 Is The Maltese Falcon The Funniest Film Noir Ever?

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#30 How Double Indemnity Gave Us Hollywoods Greatest Femme Fatale

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#29 Where The Sidewalk Ends: Otto Premingers Film Noir Hidden Gem

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#28 Is Laura The Greatest Film Noir of All Time?

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#27 Bride of Frankenstein: How James Whale Created The Greatest Sequel In Early Horror History

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#26 Is The Invisible Man The Best Film of the 1930s?

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#25 How Frankenstein Holds Up Nearly 100 Years Later

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#24 How Dracula Changed Horror Forever

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#23 The Movie That Inspired The Joker: The Man Who Laughs

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#22 The Greatest Screenplay in Cinema History: 12 Angry Men

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#21 Is Psycho the Greatest Horror Movie of All Time?

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#20 Gone With The Wind: The 4-Hour Movie That Changed Hollywood Forever

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#19 Sweet Smell of Success: Fame, Lies and Betrayal in the Media

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#18 Stalag 17: When Billy Wilder Made His Most Important Film

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#17 Under Capricorn: A Technicolor Snoozefest

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#16 One of Cinemas Greatest Thrillers: Rope

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#15 When Even Gregory Peck Couldn’t Salvage a Hitchcock Flop: The Paradine Case

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#14 Is Notorious! Hitchcocks Greatest Spy Movie?

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#13 How The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Shaped Horror Cinema

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#12 Is Bicycle Thieves the Greatest Italian Neo-Realist Movie?

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#11 Poitín: Irelands First Feature Film

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#10 Is The Seventh Seal Bergmans Best Movie?

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#9 How Salvador Dali Saved Spellbound

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#8 Lifeboat: Hitchcocks Original Bottle Movie

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#7 Is Shadow of a Doubt Hitchcocks Darkest Thriller?

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#6 How Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid Changed Westerns feat. Maple Street Movies

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#5 Saboteur: An Underrated Classic Spy Thriller

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#4 When Studio Interference Ruins a Movies Ending: Suspicion!

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#3 Mr. & Mrs. Smith: When Hitchcock tried to make a RomCom (and failed)

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#2 Is Foreign Correspondent Hitchcocks most underrated film?

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#1 Rebecca: Alfred Hitchcocks Gothic Masterpiece