Altmania

We finally begin the '90s Altman era! And kicking us off is this dreamy, strange look at the brothers Vincent and Theo Van Gogh. We share maybe one of the best Altman stories surrounding a legal battle with a Dutch producer. Talking Tim Roth, artist's success after death, Mike Leigh, post-impressionism. We get into some pretty serious discussion about art and corporatism and then w

It's the third and final episode of our Tanner '88 mini-series -- we're sad to say goodbye to our friend Jack, but we'll see him again soon in Tanner on Tanner. We get into these last few episodes, which really bring it all home. Talking about our previous election experience, the convoluted mess that is the primary system, and we finish out on a high note. Join us as we wrap up th

Moving ahead with the Tanner mini-series, we get into our most relevant episodes so far. Talking protests, television, the war on drugs - and we bring judgment day to Chris Matthews. Here's some links from our intro if you want to help some people out fighting for this cause today. https://campusbailfunds.com/ http://bit.ly/CampSupportLogistics https://linktr.ee/columbiasjp https:/

We're kicking off our three-part mini-series on the Altman HBO series TANNER '88! We get into Doonesbury, talk about presidents, the 90s handheld camera vibe, smoking indoors, and we reveal our favorite Beatle. Enjoy!!

It's our last movie of the 80s, and Bob's final TV movie. We also compare this with the 2023 adaptation by William Friedkin, talk about him and Altman's careers, court room thrillers, military jargon, naval ships, Eric Bogosian's incredible acting. This one's got it all! Salute bobbleheadsMusic: The Supreme Jubilees - It'll All Be Over The Supreme Jubilees - We'll Understand Mac De

We've dragged our feet long enough, but it's time for us to get into Altman's final movie from the year 1987. After all these surprise hits in the 80s Bob era, we finally hit a big old goose egg, and it's Beyond Therapy. We get into Altman and Christopher Durang's differing scripts, Jeff Goldblum being bad at improv, 80s yuppie freaks, and we try to figure out who is to blame for t

It's TV movie week as we look into the 1987 2-parter BASEMENTS, Altman's adapted version of two Harold Pinter works. We get into John Travolta's British accent, Tom Conti's voice, Linda Hunt's voice, it's a voice heavy episode! We talk Harold Pinter and have a fun time dissecting these two strange but interesting stories. Check this one out sometime! It's a fascinating watch and av

Huge episode this week! We're talking about Bob's 1987 (filmed in 1983) movie, OC AND STIGGS. A crazy teen-movie satire that was way ahead of its time in the stuff it was even satirizing - that's the power of BOB (get it, its like a reference to 80s movie back to the future). Seriously though, we have to thank Hunter Stephenson very much for their article '"The Utterly Monstrous, M

We're talking THE LAUNDROMAT. Is it Robert Altman's 1985 HBO tv movie? Or is it something else? Tune in and find out!

We return with the Sam Shepard-penned Altman movie, returning to his unique visual style and getting back into a bigger budget for CANNON FILMS. We talk everything from Harry Dean Stanton, Cannon Productions, girls in Cookie Monster pajamas, Sam Shepard looking like Denis Leary, and the wickedly talented Kim Basinger. Thanks for sticking with us! We love you all Music (can you tell