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Ep. 50: Ugetsu & Cinema's Greatest Ghost Stories

Aug 23, 2016

On today's show, we're rounding out the Sight and Sound Top 50 with Kenji Mizoguchi's ghost story, Ugetsu Monogatari ('53). Notable for both its stunning long takes and its condemnation of the oppressive patriarchal values of Feudal Japan, Ugetsu has become the quintessential Mizoguchi text. Flixwise co-producer, Martin...


Aug 23, 2016

On today's show, we're rounding out the Sight and Sound Top 50 with Kenji Mizoguchi's ghost story, Ugetsu Monogatari ('53). Notable for both its stunning long takes and its condemnation of the oppressive patriarchal values of Feudal Japan, Ugetsu has become the quintessential Mizoguchi text. Flixwise co-producer, Martin...


Aug 9, 2016

At long last we've finally come to a Charlie Chaplin entry on the Sight and Sound Greatest of All Time list. Landing square on the 50th spot is Chaplin's 1931 feature, City Lights. Biographer, screenwriter, and film historian Professor Joseph McBride joins Lady P to talk about the legendary director and the enduring...