Never Did It

Mar 04 2025 100 ep. 34 mins 3

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100 years, 200 movies. Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler assign each other one movie the other has never seen for each of the last 100 years.

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1957: 'Throne of Blood' and '3:10 to Yuma'

Mar 04 2025 29 mins

Akira Kurosawa brought Macbeth to feudal Japan with his masterpiece, Throne of Blood, while Glenn Ford & Van Heflin battled it out in the Wild West. Connect with us:Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/Brad on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/Jake on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jake_ziegler/Never Did It on F

2010: 'The American' and 'Boy'

Feb 25 2025 49 mins

People were disappointed in director Anton Corbijn's film 'The American', starring George Clooney. We're here to tell you why it's worth a lot of love. We do the same for Taika Waititi's 'Boy', but everyone who sees it likes it; we just don't think you've seen it.Connect with us:Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/li

Bonus: The First Annual Never Did It Awards + Oscar Predictions

Feb 18 2025 46 mins

The stars are out and Jake even wore a tie (find us on YouTube to see it!) to award the 2024 movie season's best actors, actresses, writers, directors, animators, documentarians, and overall films. Connect with us:Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/Brad on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/Jake on Letterboxd: http

1978: 'Death on the Nile' and 'Days of Heaven'

Feb 11 2025 60 mins

Professor Jeff Richardson returns to talk about Peter Ustinov leading an all-star cast including David Niven, Angela Lansbury, Maggie Smith, Betty Davis, and George Kennedy in perhaps the best murder mystery ever put to film. Then everyone shifts gears to Terrence Malick's moving painting 'Days of Heaven', featuring one of Richard Gere's first performances. Connect

1947: 'Gentleman's Agreement' and 'Nightmare Alley'

Feb 04 2025 29 mins

Elia Kazan and Gregory Peck tried to take on antisemitism and won a Best Picture Oscar, but the movie is bizarre by today's standards. Tyrone Power dazzled in the original Nightmare Alley. Plus a brief chat about Steven Soderbergh. Connect with us: Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/ Brad on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.co

2006: 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' and 'The Lives of Others

Jan 28 2025 38 mins

We dip our toes into the world of anime with Mamoru Hosada's 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time', and then take a look at the dark side of East Germany with Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's 'The Lives of Others'. Connect with us: Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/ Brad on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.c

1965: 'Onibaba' and 'Thunderball'

Jan 21 2025 65 mins

Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba is an amazing, stripped down terror, while the James Bond film Thunderball will have you scared for other reasons. Sean Connery, yikes. We also dropped reviews for the Brutalist and the Count of Monte Cristo in this one, so stick around for those. Connect with us: Never Did It on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@neverdiditpod Never Did It on Letterbox

2012: 'Arbitrage' and 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi'

Jan 14 2025 42 mins

David Gelb goes to Japan to share Jiro Ono's sushi passions with the world, while Nicholas Jarecki makes his directorial debut with an underseen banger from Richard Gere, Tim Roth, and Susan Sarandon. Connect with us: Never Did It on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@neverdiditpod Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/ Brad on Let

1926: 'The General' and 'Faust'

Jan 07 2025 22 mins

Buster Keaton's 'The General' was hugely influential on movies ranging from Bridge on the River Kwai to Mad Max: Fury Road, and F.W. Murnau's Faust will shock you with it's effects. Connect with us: Never Did It on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@neverdiditpod Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/ Brad on Letterboxd: https://let

2019: 'Blinded by the Light' and 'Love, Antosha'

Dec 31 2024 53 mins

Love, Antosha' is a sweet tribute to Anton Yelchin, an actor we lost too young, and Gurinder Chadha brings a taste of Indian cinema to Britain with her story of Pakistani boy's love for the Bruce Springsteen. Connect with us: Never Did It on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@neverdiditpod Never Did It on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/list/never-did-it-podcast/ Brad