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A Very Good Year
A Very Good Year
Jason Bailey & Michael Hull

“Fun City Cinema” hosts Jason Bailey and Mike Hull proudly present “A Very Good Year,” a podcast with a simple premise: each... more

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Episodes

1960 with Alexandre O. Philippe

Alexandre O. Philippe has funneled his life-long cinematic obsessions into movies of his own, directing such documentary treats as “78/52:... more

28 May 2023 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
A Special Announcement

We're now on Substack, and you can get more of the show for just a few bucks a month. Let's... more

27 May 2023 · 1 minute
1933 with Megan Abbott

We welcome Film Twitter's favorite crime novelist, the Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling Megan Abbott, author of the new and... more

21 May 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
2011 with Kristen Meinzer

Kristen Meinzer was already a movie podcaster during her very good year, 2011 - when she noticed a trend of... more

14 May 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
1996 with Sergio Muñoz

When Jason was at SXSW, you didn't think we’d still be running episodes from that trip two months later, did... more

07 May 2023 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
1946 with Stephanie Zacharek

Stephanie Zacharek - film critic for TIME magazine and Pulitzer Prize finalist - has always loved the movies of the... more

30 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
1989 with John Pierson

John Pierson wrote the definitive book about '90s independent cinema, "Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes," and he wrote it from... more

23 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
1993 with Karina Longworth

Karina Longworth basically invented the film history podcast with her meticulously researched and ridiculously entertaining “You Must Remember This” (if... more

16 Apr 2023 · 59 minutes
1978 with Soraya Nadia McDonald

Our first (but not last!) Pulitzer Prize finalist guest, Soraya Nadia McDonald brings her experience in multiple fields - sportswriting,... more

09 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
1991 with Brian Tallerico

We're back with another episode (recorded) live from SXSW in Austin, Texas, where Brian Tallerico - managing editor of RogerEbert.com, president... more

02 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
1949 with Raquel Stecher

Raquel Stecher has spent most of her career writing about classic movies, so it doesn't come as a shock that... more

26 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
1980 with April Wright

April Wright is our favorite kind of documentary filmmaker, because she makes movies about movies. Her latest, “Back to the Drive-In”... more

19 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
1971 with Charles Bramesco

Film critic and author Charles Bramesco had to look at movies in a new and different way while researching and... more

12 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
1985 with W Axel Foley

There are allllllll sorts of ‘80s classics that hit theaters in the year 1985, but our guest (and friend) W. Axel Foley of the... more

05 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
1974 with Isabel Sandoval

Filmmaker and actress Isabel Sandoval (“Señorita,” “Aparisyon,” "Lingua Franca”) went to a rather non-traditional film school: the pirated DVD stores of Philippines flea... more

26 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
1964 with Frank Conniff

Frank Conniff is best known for commenting on bad movies - via his five seasons as "TV's Frank" on "Mystery... more

19 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
1979 with Bradford Young

Oscar-nominated cinematographer Bradford Young ("Arrival, "Selma," "Solo: A Star Wars Story") was only two years old in 1979, so he... more

12 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
2000 with David Sims

“Blank Check with Griffin & David” co-host and “Atlantic” film critic David Sims was but a wee lad (in London!)... more

05 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
1959 with Aisha Harris

As co-host of NPR’s “Pop Culture Happy Hour” (and host of the late, lamented “Represent”), Aisha Harris is very tuned... more

29 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
1975 with Sean Burns

Jason and film critic Sean Burns have something in common (besides their warm, winning dispositions and unimpeachable affection for the... more

22 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
1999 with Drew McWeeny

Jason, Mike, and film critic, historian, and Substacker extraordinaire Drew McWeeny take on the formidable task of breaking down 1999,... more

15 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
1955 with Scott Tobias

Scott Tobias - the legend of “The AV Club” and “The Dissolve,” currently of “The Reveal” and “The Next Picture... more

08 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
1987 with Bilge Elbiri

Vulture film critic Bilge Ebiri has a photographic memory for 1987, the year when he first became a movie obsessive, thanks to... more

01 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
BONUS - NYC Christmas Movies with Alonso Duralde

Mike and Jason used to do this whole other podcast called “Fun City Cinema,” and also had a Patreon for... more

24 Dec 2022 · 59 minutes
1967 with Millie De Chirico

Programmer, podcaster, and author Millie De Chirico is anything but predictable, as anyone who’s watched her late-night TCM Underground block... more

18 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
1976 with Noah Segan

When Noah Segan - the beloved character actor familiar from such films as “Knives Out,” “Deadgirl," “Looper,” “Brick,” and “Starry... more

11 Dec 2022 · 1 hour,
2001 with Keith Phipps

The first year of the 21st century was an important one for Keith Phipps, the beloved writer behind the AV Club,... more

04 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
2003 with Karen Han

Karen Han is a culture writer, screenwriter, author, and all-around delight; her new book, “Bong Joon-Ho: Dissident Cinema,” was just... more

27 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
1927 with Dana Stevens

This week, Jason and Mike welcome Dana Stevens – Slate film critic, “Slate Culture Gabfest” co-host, and author of “Camera Man,” one of... more

20 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
2007 with Roxana Hadadi

Jason and Mike are joined by Vulture TV critic and ace film critic Roxana Hadadi, who explains why 2007 was... more

13 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
A Very Good Year
2003 with Karen Han
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Karen Han is a culture writer, screenwriter, author, and all-around delight; her new book, “Bong Joon-Ho: Dissident Cinema,” was just released by... more