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There's Sometimes a Buggy

Join Dave and Elise every week for a buggy-ride of cinematic exploration. A bilingual Montreal native and a Prairies hayseed gravitate to Toronto for the film culture, meet on OK Cupid, and spur on each other's movie-love, culminating in this podcast. Expect in-depth discussion of their old favourites (mostly studio-era Hollywood) and their latest frontiers (courtesy of the TIFF Cinematheque and various Toronto rep houses and festivals). The podcast will be comprised of several potentially never-ending series: - Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto: Our Perspectives on Choice Local Retrospectives - Hollywood Studios – Year by Year: Deep-cut dishing on Paramount, MGM, Warner Br...

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1946: STEP BY STEP & CRACK-UP

48 mins; May 09, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 13: THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (1961) & THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962)

59 mins; May 03, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century-Fox – 1946: THE DARK CORNER & THE RAZOR'S EDGE

82 hours 27 mins; April 25, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 12: BUT NOT FOR ME (1959) and CONSPIRACY OF HEARTS (1960)

51 mins; April 18, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1946: DEVOTION & NIGHT AND DAY

80 hours 0 mins; April 11, 2024

Special Subject – Produced By Sam Goldwyn, The 1930s - THE DARK ANGEL (1935), DODSWORTH (1936), THESE THREE (1936) and WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

94 hours 20 mins; April 06, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 11: LES AMANTS DE MONTPARNASSE (1958) and MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (1958)

65 hours 5 mins; March 29, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1946: TWO SMART PEOPLE and A LETTER FOR EVIE

61 hours 33 mins; March 21, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 10: TEUFEL IN SEIDE (1956) and LA VIE À DEUX (1958)

77 hours 5 mins; March 14, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1946: MISS SUSIE SLAGLE'S and THE BLUE DAHLIA

64 hours 25 mins; March 07, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1945: THE SUSPECT & LADY ON A TRAIN

49 mins; February 29, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 9: MAIN STREET TO BROADWAY (1953) and FEUERWERK (1954)

51 mins; February 22, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1945: JOHNNY ANGEL & CORNERED

58 mins; February 15, 2024

Valentine's Special Subject – MARNIE (1964) & LA CAPTIVE (2000)

84 hours 43 mins; February 08, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1945: FALLEN ANGEL & LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN

72 hours 53 mins; February 01, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 8: THE LONG DARK HALL (1951) and THE FOUR POSTER (1952)

60 hours 27 mins; January 25, 2024

Special Subject- Silent Ozu Sampler – TOKYO CHORUS (1931), I WAS BORN BUT… (1932), and PASSING FANCY (1933)

64 hours 49 mins; January 18, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 7: MY GIRL TISA (1948), NO MINOR VICES (1948) and HANS LE MARIN (1949)

63 hours 56 mins; January 11, 2024

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1945: SARATOGA TRUNK & DANGER SIGNAL

59 mins; January 04, 2024

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 6: CLOAK AND DAGGER (1946) and BODY AND SOUL (1947) + Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto, Ernst Lubitsch at TIFF Cinémathèque, Part 3

72 hours 53 mins; December 29, 2023

Special Subject – Have Yourself a Monty Woolley Christmas – THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942), LIFE BEGINS AT EIGHT-THIRTY (1942) and THE BISHOP'S WIFE (1947) + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto

64 hours 1 min; December 21, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1945: THE CLOCK & YOLANDA AND THE THIEF + FEAR AND MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO – Ernst Lubitsch retrospective at TIFF Cinémathèque, Part I

78 hours 36 mins; December 14, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 5: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (1945) and BEWARE OF PITY (1946)

73 hours 20 mins; December 07, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1945: THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET & SALTY O'ROURKE

54 mins; November 30, 2023

Special Subject - Silent Proto-Noirvember with Ozu – WALK CHEERFULLY (1930), THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (1930) and DRAGNET GIRL (1933) + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)

71 hours 11 mins; November 23, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 4: THUNDER ROCK (1942), THE GENTLE SEX (1943) & ENGLISH WITHOUT TEARS (1944)

81 hours 46 mins; November 16, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1944: WEIRD WOMAN & COBRA WOMAN

63 hours 11 mins; November 10, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 3: A GIRL MUST LIVE (1939) & THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS (1940)

44 mins; November 03, 2023

Special Subject – Heavy Metalious Hallowe'en – Peyton Place (Novel), PEYTON PLACE (1957) & PEYTON PLACE TV series

80 hours 21 mins; October 26, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1944: PASSPORT TO DESTINY & NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART

45 mins; October 19, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 2: COMMAND PERFORMANCE (1937) & CRACKERJACK (1938)

46 mins; October 12, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1944: THE EVE OF ST. MARK & IN THE MEANTIME, DARLING

60 hours 7 mins; October 06, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 1: CRIME UNLIMITED (1935), SECRET AGENT (1936), and THE GREAT BARRIER (1937)

55 mins; September 28, 2023

Special Subject - Stanley Cavell's Pursuits of Happiness + THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937), HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) & ADAM'S RIB (1949)

103 hours 21 mins; September 21, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1944: PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE & THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS

55 mins; September 15, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 13: THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965) and FLIGHT OF THE DOVES (1971)

54 mins; September 07, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1944: SONG OF RUSSIA & KISMET

64 hours 42 mins; September 01, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 12: SUSAN SLADE (1961) & SUMMER MAGIC (1963)

77 hours 3 mins; August 25, 2023

Special Subject – Silent Naruse – FLUNKY! WORK HARD (1931), NO BLOOD RELATION (1932), APART FROM YOU (1933), EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS (1933)

74 hours 56 mins; August 18, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1944: LADY IN THE DARK & AND NOW TOMORROW

55 mins; August 10, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 11: THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (1960) & SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960)

53 mins; August 03, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1943: THE STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLF HITLER & SON OF DRACULA

46 mins; July 27, 2023

Special Subject: Film Noirlsons by Phil Karlson – KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952), 99 RIVER STREET (1953), FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE (1955) and THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955)

103 hours 8 mins; July 21, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 10: THIS EARTH IS MINE (1959) and A SUMMER PLACE (1959)

67 hours 47 mins; July 14, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1943: THE FALLEN SPARROW & THE SEVENTH VICTIM + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO

80 hours 6 mins; July 06, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 9: OLD YELLER (1957) and THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER (1959)

62 hours 29 mins; June 30, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1943: STORMY WEATHER & THE GANG'S ALL HERE

89 hours 51 mins; June 23, 2023

Special Subject – Silent Vidor Sampler – THE SKY PILOT (1921), PEG O' MY HEART (1922), WILD ORANGES (1924), and LA BOHEME (1926)

83 hours 53 mins; June 16, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 8: TRIAL (1955) and FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)

52 mins; June 08, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1943: MISSION TO MOSCOW & EDGE OF DARKNESS

75 hours 9 mins; June 02, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 7: MAKE HASTE TO LIVE (1954) and THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954)

67 hours 30 mins; May 26, 2023

Special Subject – Jacqueline Audry Sampler – GIGI (1949), OLIVIA (1951), HUIS CLOS (1954) and LES PETITS MATINS (1962)

88 hours 31 mins; May 19, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1943: THE HUMAN COMEDY & LASSIE COME HOME

82 hours 40 mins; May 12, 2023

Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 6: I WANT YOU (1951) and INVITATION (1952)

79 hours 51 mins; May 05, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1943: THE PALM BEACH STORY & NO TIME FOR LOVE

77 hours 44 mins; April 28, 2023

Special Subject – Produced by Joan Harrison, Part 2 - RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947), ONCE MORE, MY DARLING (1949), YOUR WITNESS (1950), and CIRCLE OF DANGER (1951)

96 hours 48 mins; April 21, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1942: THE MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET & SABOTEUR

80 hours 21 mins; April 14, 2023

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 5: MISTER 880 (1950) & CALLAWAY WENT THATAWAY (1951)

51 mins; April 07, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1942: THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS & CAT PEOPLE

71 hours 52 mins; March 31, 2023

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 4: GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947) and MOTHER DIDN'T TELL ME (1950)

53 mins; March 24, 2023

March Special Subject – March Minnelli Madness – THE LONG, LONG TRAILER (1954); THE COBWEB (1955); SOME CAME RUNNING (1958); and HOME FROM THE HILL (1960)

104 hours 4 mins; March 17, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1942: FOOTLIGHT SERNADE and SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto

82 hours 55 mins; March 10, 2023

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 3: CLAUDIA AND DAVID (1946) and TILL THE END OF TIME (1946) + Fear & Moviegoing In Toronto

83 hours 19 mins; March 03, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1942: KINGS ROW and JUKE GIRL + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto

102 hours 44 mins; February 24, 2023

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 2: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945) and THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946) + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO – Perpetratin' Realism series at TIFF Lightbox

76 hours 4 mins; February 16, 2023

Valentine's Day 2023 – KISS ME GOODBYE (1982) and MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940) + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO – TIFF Lightbox - Love Will Tear Us Apart Series

60 hours 49 mins; February 10, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1942: WOMAN OF THE YEAR & TORTILLA FLAT + Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto – 35th Anniversary Screening of Midnight Run (1988)

75 hours 26 mins; February 03, 2023

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 1: CLAUDIA (1943) and THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (1945) + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO (Delphine Seyrig series)

91 hours 17 mins; January 27, 2023

January Special Subject – Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire – Part 2 + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO

79 hours 36 mins; January 19, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1942: SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS & THE ROAD TO MOROCCO + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO – Delphine Seyrig series at TIFF: Be Pretty and Shut Up (1981), India Song (1975) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

79 hours 39 mins; January 12, 2023

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 12: THE IMPATIENT YEARS (1944); A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948) and SHANE (1953) + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET (1996)

91 hours 1 min; January 06, 2023

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1941: THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS & UNFINISHED BUSINESS

89 hours 37 mins; December 30, 2022

Christmas 2022 Special Subject – REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) and I'LL BE SEEING YOU (1944)

94 hours 3 mins; December 23, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 11: THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) and A LADY TAKES A CHANCE (1943)

75 hours 5 mins; December 16, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1941: CITIZEN KANE & DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER + 2022 Sight and Sound Poll

99 hours 7 mins; December 09, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 10: THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES (1941) and THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942)

74 hours 58 mins; December 02, 2022

Special Subject – Noirvember Sirk – LURED (1947); SLEEP, MY LOVE (1948); SHOCKPROOF (1949) and THUNDER ON THE HILL (1951)

74 hours 29 mins; November 25, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1941: I WAKE UP SCREAMING & CONFIRM OR DENY + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Palm Beach Story (1942) and Melody of Murder (1944)

78 hours 17 mins; November 18, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 9: TOO MANY HUSBANDS (1940) and ARIZONA (1940)

86 hours 3 mins; November 11, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1941: THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (dir. Raoul Walsh) and MANPOWER (dir. Raoul Walsh)

86 hours 42 mins; November 04, 2022

Halloween 2022 Special Subject – The Haunted Mizoguchi – UGETSU (1953) and SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954)

88 hours 24 mins; October 28, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 8: ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939) and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939) + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto – L'amour par terre (1984)

98 hours 7 mins; October 21, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1941: A WOMAN'S FACE and THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO: BUCK AND THE PREACHER (1972)

88 hours 38 mins; October 13, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 7: EASY LIVING (1937) and YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto – DRACULA (1931) & BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992)

96 hours 31 mins; October 07, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1941: THE LADY EVE & REACHING FOR THE SUN + FEAR & MOVIEGOING IN TORONTO: THE HUDUSCKER PROXY (1994) & FEMME FATALE (2002)

83 hours 35 mins; September 30, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 6: MORE THAN A SECRETARY (1936) and HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (1937)

90 hours 5 mins; September 23, 2022

September Special Subject – German Sirk Sampler – Part 2 – THE FINAL CHORD (1936) & CHEATED BY THE WIND (1937) + Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto: MARNIE (1964)

60 hours 4 mins; September 15, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1940: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES and THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS

70 hours 26 mins; September 09, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 5: MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936), THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD (1936) & ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN (1936) + Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto

63 hours 52 mins; September 02, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1940: VIGIL IN THE NIGHT & ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS

93 hours 51 mins; August 26, 2022

August Special Subject – German Sirk Sampler – Part 1 – THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT (1935) & PILLARS OF SOCIETY (1936)

61 hours 47 mins; August 18, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 4: THE DEFENSE RESTS (1934), THE PUBLIC MENACE (1935) & IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK (1935)

83 hours 37 mins; August 12, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1940: BRIGHAM YOUNG & JOHNNY APOLLO

64 hours 38 mins; August 05, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 3: PUBLIC HERO NO. 1 (1935) and DIAMOND JIM (1935)

60 hours 45 mins; July 29, 2022

July Special Subject – Duels in Max Ophüls – LIEBELEI (1933); LETTER FROM AN UNKOWN WOMAN (1948); and THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… (1953)

85 hours 52 mins; July 22, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1940: THE LETTER & ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO

76 hours 4 mins; July 15, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 2: THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (1935) and PARTY WIRE (1935)

66 hours 29 mins; July 08, 2022

Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1940: NORTHWEST PASSAGE & STRANGE CARGO

83 hours 33 mins; July 01, 2022

June Special Subject – Silent Dreyer Sampler – MICHAEL (1924) & MASTER OF THE HOUSE (1925)

61 hours 30 mins; June 24, 2022

Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 1 – WHIRLPOOL (1934) and THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN LIFE (1934)

100 hours 19 mins; June 17, 2022

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