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Director’s Club (here, there, everywhere)

Episode 1: Cameron Crowe (2011)

Episode 2: Rob Zombie (2011)

Episode 3: Terry Gilliam (2011)

Episode 4: John Landis (2011)

Episode 5: Todd Haynes (2011)

Episode 6: Joseph Losey (2011)

Episode 7: John McTiernan (2011)

Episode 8: Pedro Almodovar (2011)

Episode 9: David Gordon Green (2011)

Episode 10: Sam Raimi (2011)

Episode 11: Woody Allen (2011)

Episode 12: Walter Hill (2011)

Episode 13: Peter Weir (2011)

Episode 14: David Cronenberg (2011)

Episode 16: Tim Burton (2011)

Episode 17: Michael Winterbottom (2011)

Episode 18: Brian De Palma (2011)

Episode 19: Christopher Nolan (2011)

Episode 20: David Mamet (2011)

Episode 21: The Wachowski's (2011)

Episode 22: Errol Morris (2011)

Episode 23: John Carpenter (2011)

Episode 24: Dario Argento (2011)

Episode 25: Steven Soderbergh (2011)

Episode 26: Hal Hartley (2011)

Episode 27: Favorite Films of 2011

Episode 28: Tyler Perry (2012)

Episode 29: Gus Van Sant (2012)

Episode 30: Michel Gondry (2012)

Episode 31: Kathryn Bigelow (2012)

Episode 32: Coleman Francis (2012) (NOTE: APRIL 1ST)

Episode 33: Michael Mann (2012)

Episode 34: David Fincher (2012)

Episode 35: Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)

Episode 36: Jane Campion (2012)

Episode 37: Ridley Scott (2012)

Episode 38: Lars Von Trier (2012)

Episode 39: Richard Lester (2012)

Episode 40: Noah Baumbach (2012)

Episode 41: William Friedkin (2012)

Episode 42: Ralph Bakshi (2012)

Episode 43: Wong Kar-Wai (2012)

Episode 44: Mario Bava (2012)

Episode 45: John Carpenter Part II (2012)

Episode 46: Joe Dante (2012)

Episode 47: Henri Georges-Clouzot (2012)

Episode 48: Park Chan-Wook (2012)

Episode 49: Buster Keaton (2012)

Episode 50: Favorite Films of 2012 / Clip Show

Episode 51: The Coen Brothers (2013)

Episode 52: Robert Zemeckis (2013)

Episode 53: John Cassavetes (2013)

Episode 54: Claire Denis (2013)

Episode 55: Michael Haneke (2013)

Episode 56: David Lynch (2013)

Episode 57: Alfonso Cuaron (2013)

Episode 58: Mike Nichols (2013)

Episode 59: Russ Meyer (2013)

Episode 60: Wes Craven (2013)

Episode 61: Mario Bava Part 2 (2013) (recorded poorly)

Episode 62: Nicolas Winding-Refn (2013)

Episode 63: Hayao Miyazaki (2013)

Episode 64: Vincent Minelli (2013)

Episode 65: Favorite Films of 2013 /Favorite Films of 2013 Part II

Episode 66: Paul Verhoeven (2014)

Episode 67: Otto Preminger (2014)

Episode 68: Steven Spielberg (2014)

Episode 69: Steven Spielberg Part II (2014)

Episode 70: Alexander Payne (2014)

Episode 71: Roman Polanski (2014)

Episode 72: Richard Linklater (2014)

Episode 73: Wim Wenders (2014)

Episode 74: Quentin Tarantino (2014)

Episode 75: Samuel Fuller (2014)

Episode 76: Kelly Reichardt (2014)

Episode 77: Oliver Stone (2014)

Episode 78: Nicholas Roeg (2014)

Episode 79: Wes Anderson (2014)

Episode 80: Terence Fisher (2014)

Episode 81: George Romero (2014)

Episode 82: Andrei Tarkovsky (2014)

Episode 83: Robert Altman (2014)

Episode 84: Favorite Films Of 2014

Episode 85: Stanley Donen (2015)

Episode 86: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (2015)

Episode 87: Larry Cohen (2015)

Episode 88: John Huston (2015)

Episode 90: Jim & Patrick's Greatest Hits & Clips! (2015)

Episode 91: David Cronenberg Part 2 (2015)

Episode 92: Alex Ross Perry (2015)

Episode 93: Steven Soderbergh Part 2 (2015)

Episode 94: David Wain (2015)

Episode 95: Paul Schrader (2015)

Episode 96: Tobe Hooper (2015)

Episode 97: Stuart Gordon (2015)

Episode 98: Krzysztof Kieślowski (2015)

Episode 99: Michael Curtiz (2015)

Episode 100: Favorite Films Of 2015 // Part Two // Part Three

Episode 101: Stanley Kubrick (2016)

Episode 102: George Miller (2016)

Episode 103: Sidney Lumet (2016)

Episode 104: Alfred Hitchcock (2016)

Episode 105: Atom Egoyan (2016)

Episode 106: M. Night Shyamalan (2016)

Episode 107: Martin Scorsese Part One (2016)

Episode 108: Spike Lee (2016)

Episode 109: Sam Peckinpah (2016)

Episode 110: Martin Scorsese Part Two (2016)

Episode 111: Agnes Varda (2016)

Episode 112: Alex Cox (2016)

Episode 113: James Cameron (2016)

Episode 114: Zucker Abrahams Zucker (2016)

Episode 115: Nicholas Ray (2016)

Episode 116: Roger Corman (2016)

Episode 117: Peter Jackson (2016)

Episode 118: Jacques Tourneur (2016)

Episode 119: Peter Bogdanovich (2016)

Episode 120: Jonathan Glazer (2016)

Episode 121: Christmas Gift - Clips & Interview Highlights (2016)

Episode 122: Favorite Films Of 2016

Episode 123: Danny Boyle (2017) - Al & Brad Years Begin

Episode 124: Jacques Tati (2017)

Episode 125: Sergio Leone (2017)

Episode 126: Andrzej Zulawski (2017)

Episode 127: Darren Aronofsky (2017)

Episode 128: Richard Franklin (2017)

Episode 129: Albert Brooks (2017)

Episode 130: Terrence Malick I (2017)

Episode 131: Terrence Malick II (2017)

Episode 132: Jonathan Demme (2017)

Episode 133: Werner Herzog (2017)

Episode 134: Sofia Coppola (2017)

Episode 135: Bong Joon-Ho (2017)

Episode 136: Alan Parker (2017)

Episode 137: Orson Welles I (2017)

Episode 138: Orson Welles II (2017)

Episode 139: James Whale (2017)

Episode 140: Denis Villeneuve (2017)

Episode 141: Akira Kurosawa I (2017)

Episode 142: Favorite Films Of 2017 / Part Two

Episode 143: Rob Reiner (2018)

Episode 144: Andrew Davis (2018)

Episode 145: John Ford I (2018)

Episode 146: Bela Tarr (2018)

Episode 147: Edgar Wright (2018)

Episode 148: Akira Kurosawa II (2018)

Episode 149: Martin & John McDonagh (2018)

Episode 150: John Ford II (2018)

Episode 151: David Twohy (2018)

Episode 152: Robert Altman I (2018)

Episode 153: Preston Sturges (2018)

Episode 154: John Sayles (2018)

Episode 155: Werner Herzog II (2018)

Episode 156: John Frankenheimer (2018)

Episode 157: Don Coscarelli (2018)

Episode 158: Francis Ford Coppola (2018)

Episode 159: Frederick Wiseman (2018)

Episode 160: Favorite Films Of 2018 / Part Two

Episode 161: Steve McQueen (2019)

Episode 162: Walt Disney (2019)

Episode 163: Walt Disney II (2019)

Episode 164: Asghar Farhadi (2019)

Episode 165: Robert Altman II (2019)

Episode 166: Ingmar Bergman I (2019)

Episode 167: Isao Takahati (2019)

Episode 168: Ingmar Bergman II (2019)

Episode 169: Brian De Palma Redux (2019)

Episode 170: Favorite Films Of 2019 / Part Two

Episode 171: Ken Loach (2020)

Episode 172: Ingmar Bergman III (2020)

Episode 173: Anthony Mann (2020) - Jim returns as host

Episode 174: Guy Maddin (2020)

Episode 175: Mike Leigh (2020)

Episode 176: Billy Wilder (2020)

Episode 177: Peter Weir Part II (2020)

Episode 178: Steven Spielberg Part III (2020)

Episode 179: Bob Clark (2020)

Episode 180: Lucio Fulci (2020)

Episode 181: Celine Sciamma (2020)

Episode 182: James L Brooks (2020)

Episode 183: 50 Favorite Films (10th Anniversary Special) (2021)

Episode 184: Films of the Obama Era (10th Anniversary Special) (2021)

Episode 185: Roy Andersson (2021)

Episode 186: David O’Russell (2021)

Episode 187: Chantal Akerman (2021)

Episode 188: Louis Malle (2021)

Episode 189: Tony Scott (2021)

Episode 190: Wong Kar-Wai Redux (2021)

Episode 191: John Sturges (2021)

Episode 192: Richard Donner (2021)

Episode 193: Abel Ferrara (2021)

Episode 194: Sarah Polley (2021)

Episode 195: Fritz Lang (2021)

Episode 196: Favorite Films Of 2021

Episode 197: Jane Campion Redux (2022)

Episode 198: 1992 Films - Year in Review (2022)

Episode 199: Todd Haynes Redux (2022)

Episode 200: Crash & Phantom Thread Commentary (2022)

Episode 201: Keith Gordon & Underrated Films Of 60s (2022)

Episode 202: James Gray (2022)

Episode 203: Stephen Sayadian (2022)

Episode 204: Mia Hansen-Love (2022)

Episode 205: Allan Moyle (2022)

Episode 206: Sergio Mims’ Song of the South Commentary (2022)

Episode 207: Michael Curtiz Redux (tribute to Sergio Mims) (2022)

Episode 208: Ken Russell (2022)

Episode 209: Favorite Films Of 2022

Episode 210: 1993 Films - Year in Review (2023)

Episode 211: Paul Thomas Anderson Part II (2023)

Episode 212: Joan Micklin Silver (2023)

Episode 213: Tsai Ming-Liang (2023)

Episode 214: Carl Franklin (2023)

Episode 215: Wendall B. Harris, Jr. (2023)

Episode 216: Don Bluth (2023)

Episode 217: James Wan (2023)

Episode 218: Frank Oz (2023)

Episode 219: Charlie Kaufman (2023)

Episode 220: Favorite Films of 2023

Episode 221: Alain Resnais (2024)

Episode 222: 1994 Films - Year in Review (2024)

Episode 223: Olivier Assayas (2024)

Episode 224: 50 More Favorite Films (2024)

Episode 225: Another 50 Favorites (2024)

Episode 226: Christopher Nolan Part II (2024)

Episode 227: Keith Gordon + Underrated Films of the 2000s (2024)

Episode 228: Jeremy Saulnier (feat. Mitchell Beaupre) (2024)

Episode 229: Guillermo Del Toro (feat. Chloe Waryan) (2024)

Episode 230: Michael Mann Redux (feat. Brian Tallerico & Ryan Verrill) (2024)

Episode 231: Jackie Chan (feat. Sam Inglis & Gabe Powers) (2024)

Miscellaneous Traditions

50 Favorite Films // 50 More Favorites // Another 50 Favorites

The Yearly Movie Retrospectives (feat. Collin & Erik)
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989 // 1989 Part 2
1988 // 1988 Part 2
1987 // 1987 Part 2
1986
1985 (BTTF Focused)

The Yearly Music Retrospectives (feat. Jason & Dan)
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999 (coming in 2025)
2000
2001

May 30, 2019 (Farewell to WGN As Contributor 9-Minute mark)

May 13, 2019 (Tolkien, Detective Pikachu)

May 05, 2019 (The Intruder, Hail Satan?)

Apr 29, 2019 (Under the Silver Lake, Avengers: Endgame)

Apr 22, 2019 (Her Smell, Teen Spirit, Fast Color)

Apr 15, 2019 (High Life, Diane, Missing Link)

Apr 08, 2019 (Pet Sematary, Shazam!)

Apr 01, 2019 (Sunset, Starfish, Dumbo)

Mar 25, 2019 (Woman at War, Us, RIP Larry Cohen)

Feb 18, 2019 (Happy Death 2 U, Favorite Performances)

Feb 11, 2019 (Cold Pursuit, Arctic, The Prodigy)

Feb 4, 2019 (Miss Bala, Velvet Buzzsaw)

Jan 27, 2019 (80s Movies, Kid Who Would Be King)

Jan 20, 2019 (Glass, Cold War)

Dec 3, 2018 (Burning, The Favourite)

Nov 27, 2018 (Widows, Green Book, Creed II)

Nov 12, 2018 (Girl in the Spider’s Web, Boy Erased)

Nov 5, 2018 (Bohemian Rhapsody, Wildlife)

Oct 29, 2018 (Can You Ever Forgive Me? What They Had)

July 29, 2018 (Mission: Impossible VI, V&V Update)

May 07, 2018 (Overboard, Tully, Chicago Critics Film Fest)

Nov 14, 2017 (Hurricane Maria Benefit, Cinepocalypse)

Sep 11, 2017 (It, Home Again, Columbus)

Aug 29, 2017 (V&V Update, Favorite Albums of the 60s)

June 23, 2017 (V&V Update, Top Movies of the 21st Century)

May 15, 2017 (King Arthur, Snatched, The Wall)

Oct 3, 2016 (Deepwater Horizon, Masterminds)

Sep 19, 2016 (31, Blair Witch, Snowden)

Sep 12, 2016 (Sully, Other People, Complete Unknown)

Aug 01, 2016 (Bad Moms, Don't Think, Jason Bourne, Nerve)

July 25, 2016 (Star Trek: Beyond, Lights Out, Cafe Society)

May 30, 2016 (X-Men Apocalypse, Alice the Looking Glass)

May 23, 2016 (Angry Birds, The Nice Guys, Neighbors 2)

Apr 11, 2016 (Demolition, The Boss, The Invitation, Mr. Right)

Mar 1, 2016 (Eddie the Eagle, Triple 9 + Oscar Thoughts)

Feb 22, 2016 (The Witch, Risen, Touched by Fire)

Feb 15, 2016 (Deadpool, How to Be Single, Zoolander 2)

Feb 8, 2016 (Boy and the World, The Choice, Hail Caesar)

Feb 1, 2016 (Anesthesia, The Finest Hours, Jane Got a Gun)

Jan 25, 2016 (The 5th Wave, 45 Years, The Boy, Dirty Grandpa)

Jan 18, 2016 (13 Hours, Intruders, Moonwalkers, Mustang)

Jan 11, 2016 (Anomalisa, The Forest, Revenant + Golden Globes)

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Episodes feat. the late Sergio Mims

Various Interviews

Guest Appearances - WGN Radio // Nick Digilio

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