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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

1922 with Monica Castillo

Writer, film critic, programmer, and curator Monica Castillo gave herself a challenge for this week’s show: she picked, by a... more

01 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
1992 with Kristy Puchko

Kristy Puchko — film critic, entertainment reporter, and the film editor at Mashable — was nine years old in 1992, and... more

24 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
2005 with Alissa Wilkinson

Alissa Wilkinson - senior correspondent and critic at Vox - was just out of college in 2005 and, when the... more

17 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
1994 with Scott Wampler

Scott Wampler had his 13-year-old brain entirely re-arranged by a movie he saw in 1994, so he joins us to... more

10 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
1986 with Ty Burr

Ty Burr was the film critic for the Boston Globe for two decades, before departing that post to start up... more

03 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
1932 with Sarah Bea Milner

This week, we’re joined by Sarah Bea Milner, our first writer/editor/folk musician! She is currently the editor at Kidscreen, and... more

27 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
1995 with Sammi Cohen

This week, we’re pleased to welcome director, writer, and comedian Sammi Cohen to talk about the movies of 1995 -... more

20 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
1953 with Sheila O'Malley

Sheila O’Malley is a classic film buff who joins the esteemed ranks of our “the 1950s were AWESOME, actually” guests,... more

13 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
1944 with Justin Chang

Justin Chang is one of the genuine greats of contemporary film criticism - chief critic for the "Los Angeles Times" and NPR’s “Fresh Air,” a... more

06 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
1997 with Craig D. Lindsey

Craig D. Lindsey was a working critic in 1997, so he has a LOT of pleasant moviegoing (and reviewing) memories... more

30 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
1957 with James Urbaniak

Character actor, cartoon doctor, and general bon vivant James Urbaniak joins us to walk through the cinema de 1957 -... more

23 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
1939 with Jessica Pickens

Jessica Pickens is a film blogger and historian specializing in World War II-era cinema, movie musicals, and, luckily for us,... more

16 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
1988 with Daniela Taplin Lundberg

Daniela Taplin Lundberg was born into film production - her father Jonathan produced the first major movie for a promising... more

09 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
1977 with Jordan Hoffman

 Beloved film critic and niche culture aficionado Jordan Hoffman was wise enough to call dibs quite some time ago on... more

02 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
1982 with Jen Chaney

"Vulture" TV critic and author Jen Chaney was, like us, a young and deeply impressionable moviegoer in the year of... more

25 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
1962 with Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan

We've never attempted a two-guest show before, but we think you'll agree that it was kind of essential here, since... more

18 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
2004 with Hunter Harris

Pop culture expert, Substacker extraordinaire, and fellow flyover country escapee Hunter Harris joins Jason and Mike to talk about the... more

11 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
1972 with Judy Becker

We’ve welcomed critics, authors, actors, directors, and on and on—but this week, we welcome our very first production designer, and... more

03 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
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
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Jason and film critic Sean Burns have something in common (besides their warm, winning dispositions and unimpeachable affection for the MCU): they... more