Mar 23, 2020

We talk about Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and discuss what the film says about The Long Seventies and how the film differs from the underlying context: the murder of Sharon Tate and her three friends on the night of August 8th, 1969.

Mar 17, 2020

We have another educational film on 16mm for you today. Today’s film was released in 1984 by the USDA and US Forest Service,  and is about the massive eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. It’s a dramatic story. Enjoy that special Federal Government film flair. We hope to be back to regular episodes soon.

Mar 8, 2020

We apologize, but one of us is sick so it’s time for the substitute teacher to show the class an educational film on 16mm. Today’s film was released in 1978 by the US Government Defense Civil Preparedness Agency and US,  and is about the Super Outbreak of tornadoes on April 3, 1974 that spawned over 140 tornadoes in...

Mar 1, 2020

1982’s Death Wish 2 lacks a lot of what made the first movie interesting and engaging and basically retells the same story, but it allows us a peek into the world of 1982 and to see some differences between that world and the early 70s that spawned the original Death Wish.