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Before his trilogy of epics, David Lean made us laugh by turning Charles Laughton into a buffoon in "Hobson's Choice." Meanwhile, Charles Crichton cracked us up with Alec Guinness in Ealing Studios' "The Lavender Hill Mob." Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest James Sanford. #classicmovies #britishcomedy

Carol Reed and Orson Welles had you questioning your morality with "The Third Man," while Ealing Studios brought in Robert Hamer to direct Alec Guinness giving 8 different performances in "Kind Hearts and Coronets." Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Richard Smith. #classicmovies #britishfilm

Our UK miniseries "You Sound Like You're From London" continues with a couple of movies that look to a future that contained within it an inevitable war. "Things to Come," written by H.G. Wells, imagines a world in which the war went on for decades, and could only be stopped by peace gas. In "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," Sam Wood shows us a more personal look at a life effected by war, and how it disrupts the connections we make. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Drake Lucas [https://www.toughpigs.com/author/drake/].

We kick off our new miniseries, "You Sound Like You're From London" with a pair of fascinating movies from the 1920s. Herbert Ponting's documentary about the 1910 expedition to the South Pole is a harrowing and crucial look at the art of documentary filmmaking. And Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog" is an interesting look at the early career of one of the most famous directors of all time. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler.

Christopher Nolan and Olivia Wilde have put out two of the best movies of the summer... and they couldn't be more different from one another. See what Matt Damon, Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Seth Rogen, Robert Patinson, Zendaya, Himesh Patel, Charlize Theron, John Leguizamo, and John Bernthal are getting up to in July. Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler

We look over the lineup for the 2026 Z at the Movies Streaming Film Festival, Jake's annual fantasy film festival exercise. See the list here: https://letterboxd.com/jake_ziegler/list/z-at-the-movies-streaming-film-festival-2026/ Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler

"Sirat", "The Secret Agent", "Lesbian Space Princess" and the Chinese animated film "Nobody" got some attention last year, but not near enough. Hear what we had to say about our favorite movies of 2025. Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler 0:00 Introduction | 1:10 Sirat | 12:00 Lesbian Space Princess | 17:25 The Secret Agent | 28:42 Nobody | 35:26 The Best Movies of 2025 | 49:00 Catching up on new movies

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a huge hit, so we look back a the first film in the series and this one to see how Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci performed. Anyone else think it's weird that no one ever mentions David Frankel, the guy who directed both movies? Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson. 0:00 The Devil Wears Prada - 6:03 The Devil Wears Prada 2

On our season finale, we look at two women-directed movies from 2021, both about teenage girls coming into adulthood. You'd think they'd share a similar trajectory, but one won Best Picture at the Oscars, and the better one sits on HBO Max in relative obscurity. Here what we had to say about Sian Heder and Megan Park's movies. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler. #rankingmovies

As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, the 2010s serve up the mumblecore classic "Your Sister's Sister" and the ultra-serious "Clemency". We look at Lynn Shelton's very funny outing starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie Dewitt, and Mark Duplass. Chinonye Chukwu's death row drama, starring Alfre Woodard as the powerful lead, gets a lot of scrutiny this week. We also hear from Ryan Verrill about his new physical media and film distribution venture, Antenna Releasing! Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Ryan Verrill 0:00 Antenna Releasing 9:03 Your Sister's Sister 17:34 Clemency #physicalmedia #bluray #4kmovies

We had some fun rewriting Oscar history and deciding who would have been nominated and who would have won the Best Director Academy Award from 2011-present if only women were eligible. Nominees/winners Kathryn Bigelow, Greta Gerwig, Chloe Zhao, Emerald Fennell, Sophia Coppola, and Jane Campion aren't the only ladies getting the spotlight here. We look at the movies of Emma Seligman, Scarlet Johan, Scarlett Johansson, Lulu Wang, Ava DuVernay, and many more. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler 0:00 Introduction, 3:00 2011, 6:33 2012, 9:35 2013, 12:03 2014, 14:56 2015, 17:27 2016, 19:23 2017, 22:30 2018, 25:37 2019, 29:34 2020, 34:12 2021, 37:50 2022, 40:13 2023, 43:22 2024, 47:09 2025 #barbie #zerodarkthirty #powerofthedog

As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, "Frida" and "Morvern Callar" take center stage. We look at Julie Taymor's biopic and guess at how much interference Harvey Weinstein inflicted on it, and we let ourselves feel sad as we watch Lynne Ramsay's "Morvern Callar" and talk about how it relates to her newest film, "Die My Love." And stick around to the end to hear Jake give his predictions for the 98th Academy Awards/2026 Oscars. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Meghan Fischer 0:00 Introduction |0:55 Frida |16:46 Morvern Callar |25:45 Top 10 Women-Directed Movies of the 2000s | 32:45 Predicting the Oscars #classicmovies #fridakahlo #mexicocity

Our journey looking at a century of the movies directed by women brings us to a turning point. The 1990s saw a huge upswing in women-directed films. We take a look at Jane Campion's "The Piano", Kathryn Bigelow's "Strange Days", Beeban Kidron's "To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar", and Kasi Lemmons' "Eve's Bayou". Hosted by Brad Garoon and Jake Ziegler 0:00 Introduction |0:38 The Piano |11:26 Strange Days |22:40 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar |30:42 Eve's Bayou |40:08 Top Women-Directed Movies of the 1990s

The stars are out and Jake is wearing a tie. It's time to find out who the big winners of the 2026 movie year are at the first ever Never Did It Awards, or Niddies! Connect with us: Brad on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/bradgaroon/ Jake on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jake_ziegler/ Never Did It on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neverdiditpodcast Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson 0:00 Introduction; 1:23 Best Stunts; 5:00 Best Animated Feature; 8:45 Best Supporting Actor; 11:54 Upper Enchelon Award for Directing; 14:26 Best Documentary Feature; 19:26 Best Supporting Actress; 22:09 Best Voice Acting Performance; 25:51 Best First Feature; 28:25 Best Screenplay; 31:39 Best Breakout Performance ;33:33 Upper Enchelon Award for Acting; 35:51 Best Leading Actress; 38:12 Best Leading Actor; 41:59 Best Director; 44:45 Best Picture

As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, "Yentl" and "Pet Sematary" take center stage. We look at Barbra Streisand's directorial debut has us enjoying the performances and the politics and being confused by the music. Mary Lambert's adaptation of the Stephen King book has us scratching our heads entirely. Soap opera acting, dangling plot points, too many themes (or are there no themes at all?) make this fun to talk about after being tough to watch. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Danielle Segel 0:00 Introduction; 0:30 Yentl; 17:32 Pet Sematary #classicmovies #horrormovies #jewishmovies

After a 40-year drought, Hollywood studios let women control films behind the camera with Elaine May's "A New Leaf". In the documentary world, Barbara Kopple released her epic chronicling of the coal miners' strikes in "Harlan County, USA". And in Europe, Chantal Akerman put out the notorious "Jeanne Dielman". Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest James Sanford. 0:00 Introduction 0:58 A New Leaf 19:17 Harlan County, USA 36:26 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles #newhollywood #classicmovies #womeninmovies

In the 1960s, Hollywood studios hired virtually no women to direct their films. In Europe, women were directing trailblazing movies. We take a look at Agnes Varda's "Cleo from 5 to 7" and Věra Chytilová's "Daisies". Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Jeff Richardson. 0:00 Introduction, 0:40 Daisies, 14:03 Cleo from 5 to 7, 29:55 The Best Movies of the 1960s

Our women director miniseries continues with two VERY different movies from the 1950s. Muriel Box's "Eyewitness" is a fun, silly bit of pulp, while Kinuyo Tanaka's "Forever a Woman" (or its original title, "The Eternal Breasts") is a warm if dire look at female isolation in post-War Japan. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Nina Chernik 0:00 Introduction, 1:14 Eyewitness, 7:31 This Other Eden, 8:49 Forever a Woman #classicmovies #akirakurosawa #blackandwhite

As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, we take a serious turn in the 1940s. Ida Lupino's "Not Wanted" and Dorothy Arzner's "Dance, Girl, Dance" are discussed in terms of what they said about their directors and cast. Then we turn to Wanda Jakubowska's "The Last Stage", a movie made by a Holocaust survivor, filmed in the concentration camp at which he was imprisoned. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Maren Moreno 0:00 Introduction2:12 Dance, Girl, Dance11:42 Not Wanted16:13 The Last Stage #classicmovies #stevenspielberg #blackandwhite

As we continue our look at a century of women-directed movies, "Madchen in Uniform" bursts through the pack. Directed by Leontine Sagan, the movie deals with a (too) young girl in love with her teacher at an all-girls boarding school. We also look at B-movie "The Woman Condemned, by Dorothy Davenport. Hosted by Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler, with guest Katy Hartnett 0:00 Introduction 1:50 The Woman Condemned 14:31 Madchen in Uniform 27:34 Bugonia 31:31 Todd Philips #classicmovies #agnesvarda #blackandwhite