Random Acts of Cinema

By Mike Noyes and Charles Peterson

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Each week friends Mike and Charlie have Randy (the random number generator) select a film for them to watch from the Criterion Collection. Then they discuss and review it for your listening pleasure. It’s a podcast about the love of film, expanding horizons, painstakingly cataloging the duration of every long take, and friendship.

Episode Date
716 - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Apr 29, 2024
76 - Brief Encounter (1945)
Apr 22, 2024
173 - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Apr 15, 2024
163 Hopscotch (1980)
Apr 07, 2024
1215 - Shakes the Clown (1991)
Apr 01, 2024
820 - Fantastic Planet (1973)
Mar 26, 2024
879 - Taipei Story (1985)
Mar 18, 2024
042 - Fishing With John (1991)
Mar 11, 2024
1192 - Moonage Daydream (2022)
Mar 04, 2024
270 - Casque d'Or (1952)
Feb 26, 2024
1094 - Watermelon Man (1970)
Feb 19, 2024
LD183 - Dracula (1992)
Feb 12, 2024
113 - Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Feb 05, 2024
391 - If.... (1968)
Jan 29, 2024
LD244 - David Holzman's Diary (1967)
Jan 22, 2024
1033 - The Cameraman (1928)
Jan 15, 2024
736 - It Happened One Night (1934)
Jan 08, 2024
611 - Being John Malkovich
Jan 02, 2024
489 - Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Dec 25, 2023
885 - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
Dec 18, 2023
272 - La Commare Secca (1962)
Dec 12, 2023
38 - Branded to Kill (1967)
Dec 05, 2023
1197 - My Lucky Stars - Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar (1985)
Nov 27, 2023
1003 - All About Eve (1950)
Nov 20, 2023
166 - Down By Law (1986)
Nov 13, 2023
1060 - Amores Perros (2000)
Nov 06, 2023
BONUS PATREON PREVIEW - Are you Friedkin Kidding Me? (The Exorcist, 1973)
Oct 31, 2023
909 - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Oct 30, 2023
LD309 - Diva (1981)
Oct 23, 2023
653 - Gate of Hell (1953)
Oct 16, 2023
803 - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Oct 10, 2023
287 - Burden of Dreams (1982)
Oct 02, 2023
86 - Pygmalion (1938)
Sep 25, 2023
420 - Le Bonheur (1965)
Sep 18, 2023
220 - Naked Lunch (1991)
Sep 11, 2023
810 - In A Lonely Place (1950)
Sep 04, 2023
641 - Powaqqatsi (1988)
Aug 28, 2023
445 - The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
Aug 21, 2023
385 - Army of Shadows (1969)
Aug 14, 2023
898 - Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me
Aug 07, 2023
118 - Sullivan’s Travels (1942)
Jul 31, 2023
1157 - Daisies (1966)
Jul 24, 2023
846 - Heart of a Dog (2015)
Jul 17, 2023
28 - Blood for Dracula (1974)
Jul 10, 2023
937 - Dragon Inn (1967)
Jul 03, 2023
5th Annual Rando Awards
Jun 26, 2023
167 - The Complete Monterey Pop Festival (1968)
Jun 19, 2023
382 - La Haine (1995)
Jun 12, 2023
40 - Armageddon (1998)
Jun 05, 2023
586 - Island of Lost Souls (1932)
May 29, 2023
LD75 - Ghostbusters (1984)
May 22, 2023
778 - A Special Day (1977)
May 15, 2023
636 - Heaven’s Gate (1980)
May 08, 2023
1124 - Chan is Missing (1982)
May 01, 2023
814 - Lone Wolf and Cub (1972)
Apr 24, 2023
094 - I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)
Apr 17, 2023
812 - The Player (1992)
Apr 10, 2023
1175 - Dune (1984)
Apr 03, 2023
735 - Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
Mar 27, 2023
447 Le Doulos (1962)
Mar 20, 2023
LD19 - Blade Runner (1982)
Mar 13, 2023
791 - Lady Snowblood Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
Mar 06, 2023
790 - Lady Snowblood (1973)
Feb 27, 2023
783 - Pather Panchali (1955)
Feb 20, 2023
362 - Border Radio (1987)
Feb 13, 2023
83 - The Harder They Come (1973)
Feb 06, 2023
562 - Blow Out (1981)
Jan 30, 2023
978 - One Sings The Other Doesn’t (1977)
Jan 23, 2023
1023 - The Cremator (1969)
Jan 16, 2023
314 - Pickpocket (1959)
Jan 09, 2023
1024 - Destry Rides Again (1939)
Jan 02, 2023
230 - 3 Women (1977)
Dec 26, 2022
LD150 - Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Dec 19, 2022
33 - Nanook of the North (1922)
Dec 12, 2022
945 - A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Dec 05, 2022
410 - Under The Volcano (1984)
Nov 28, 2022
LD66 - The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Nov 21, 2022
1129 - Rouge (1987)
Nov 14, 2022
1116 - The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Nov 07, 2022
745 - Don’t Look Now (1973)
Oct 31, 2022
733 - La Dolce Vita
Oct 24, 2022
114 - My Man Godfrey (1936)
Oct 17, 2022
922 - The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Oct 10, 2022
37 - Time Bandits (1981)
Oct 03, 2022
975 - Funny Games (1997)
Sep 26, 2022
29 - Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Sep 19, 2022
839 - Boyhood (2014)
Sep 12, 2022
1057 - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Sep 05, 2022
1172 - Mississippi Masala (1991)
Aug 29, 2022
443 - La Ronde (1950)
Aug 22, 2022
863 - Multiple Maniacs (1970)
Aug 15, 2022
951 - True Stories (1986)
Aug 08, 2022
666 - The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
Aug 01, 2022
999 - Matewan (1987)
Jul 25, 2022
967 - I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Jul 18, 2022
627 - The Game (1997)
Jul 11, 2022
856 - Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Jul 04, 2022
4th Annual Rando Awards
Jun 27, 2022
676 - I Married a Witch (1942)
Jun 20, 2022
905 - The Breakfast Club (1985)
Jun 13, 2022
1061 - Minding the Gap (2018)
Jun 06, 2022
466 - In The Realm of the Senses (1976)
May 30, 2022
157 - The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
May 23, 2022
LD136 - Arsenic & Old Lace (1944)
May 16, 2022
844 - One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
May 09, 2022
077 - And God Created Woman (1956)
May 02, 2022
370 - The Emperor Jones (1933)
Apr 25, 2022
720 - The Big Chill (1983)
Apr 18, 2022
LD226 - The Last Laugh (1924)
Apr 11, 2022
1119 - Hudson Hawk (1991)
Apr 04, 2022
868 - Tampopo (1985)
Mar 28, 2022
002 - Seven Samurai (1954)
Mar 21, 2022
LD118 - Silverado (1985)
Mar 14, 2022
501 - Paris, Texas (1984)
Mar 07, 2022
657 - 3:10 To Yuma (1957)
Feb 28, 2022
849 - His Girl Friday (1940)
Feb 21, 2022
091 - The Blob (1958)
Feb 14, 2022
467 - Empire of Passion (1978)
Feb 07, 2022
787 - Jellyfish Eyes (2013)
Jan 31, 2022
891 - La Poison (1951)
Jan 24, 2022
290 - Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Jan 17, 2022
865 - Blow-Up (1966)
Jan 10, 2022
855 - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
Jan 03, 2022
LD120 - Raging Bull (1980)
Dec 27, 2021
LD018 - It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Dec 20, 2021
615 - The Gold Rush (1925 & 1942)
Dec 13, 2021
827 - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
Dec 06, 2021
LD151 - Akira (1988)
Nov 29, 2021
746 - A Day in the Country
Nov 22, 2021
277 - My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Nov 15, 2021
542 - Antichrist (2009)
Nov 08, 2021
338 - Equinox (1970)
Oct 31, 2021
888 - Stalker (1979) with Chapter One: Take Two
Oct 25, 2021
761 - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Oct 18, 2021
202 - Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953) and Terminal Station (1953)
Oct 11, 2021
779 - Mulholland Drive (2001)
Oct 04, 2021
LD141- Carrie (1976)
Sep 27, 2021
857 - Before Sunrise (1995)
Sep 20, 2021
811 - The Naked Island (1960)
Sep 14, 2021
906 - The Lure (2015)
Sep 06, 2021
204 - The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
Aug 30, 2021
LD08 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Aug 23, 2021
46 - The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Aug 16, 2021
692 - It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Aug 09, 2021
777 - The Brood (1979)
Aug 02, 2021
155 - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Jul 26, 2021
974 - The Heiress (1949)
Jul 19, 2021
44 - The Red Shoes (1948)
Jul 12, 2021
13 - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jul 05, 2021
3rd Annual Rando Awards
Jun 28, 2021
108 - The Rock (1996)
Jun 21, 2021
339 - Yi Yi (2000)
Jun 14, 2021
836 - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Jun 07, 2021
994 - Local Hero (1983)
May 31, 2021
100 - Beastie Boys Video Anthology (2000)
May 24, 2021
LD144 and 1017 - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) and The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
May 17, 2021
LD133 - Bad Day at Black Rock
May 10, 2021
724 - All That Jazz (1979)
May 03, 2021
835 - Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Apr 26, 2021
LD271 - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Apr 19, 2021
926 - Manila in The Claws of Light (1975)
Apr 12, 2021
254 - The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Apr 05, 2021
620 - Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Mar 29, 2021
LD124 - Dr. No (1962)
Mar 22, 2021
976 - Let the Sunshine In (2017)
Mar 15, 2021
973 - My Brilliant Career (1979)
Mar 08, 2021
465 - Dodes’ka-den (1970)
Mar 01, 2021
LD072 - West Side Story (1961)
Feb 22, 2021
738 - Tootsie (1982)
Feb 15, 2021
640 - Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Feb 08, 2021
725 - Eraserhead (1977)
Feb 01, 2021
25 - Alphaville (1965)
Jan 25, 2021
843 - Punch Drunk Love (2002)
Jan 18, 2021
200 - The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
Jan 11, 2021
441 - The Small Back Room (1949)
Jan 04, 2021
587 - Three Colours: Blue
Dec 28, 2020
635 - Weekend (1967)
Dec 21, 2020
739 - The American Friend (1977)
Dec 14, 2020
890 - Meantime (1984)
Dec 07, 2020
405 - The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Nov 30, 2020
929 - Female Trouble (1974)
Nov 23, 2020
281 - Jules And Jim (1962)
Nov 16, 2020
LD54 - Zulu (1964)
Nov 09, 2020
119 - Withnail & I (1987)
Nov 02, 2020
124 - Haxan or Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
Oct 26, 2020
546 - Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Oct 18, 2020
LD335 - Shine (1996)
Oct 12, 2020
440 - Brand Upon The Brain! (2006)
Oct 05, 2020
233 - Stray Dog (1949)
Sep 28, 2020
LD024 - Young And Innocent (1937)
Sep 21, 2020
210 - Winter Light (1963)
Sep 14, 2020
172 - Pépé Le Moko (1937)
Sep 07, 2020
698 - King of the Hill (1993)
Aug 31, 2020
663 - Shoah (1985)
Aug 24, 2020
333 - Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Aug 17, 2020
066 - The Orphic Trilogy (1930, 1950, and 1959)
Aug 10, 2020
453 - Chungking Express (1994)
Aug 03, 2020
1014 - Roma (2018)
Jul 27, 2020
1036 - The Big Boss (1971)
Jul 20, 2020
1007 - Until The End of the World (1991)
Jul 13, 2020
569 - The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Jul 06, 2020
165 - Man Bites Dog (1992) with Scott Sawitz
Jun 29, 2020
2nd Annual Rando Awards
Jun 22, 2020
1034 - Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) with Briana & Maddy of Chapter One: Take Two
Jun 15, 2020
565 - The Great Dictator (1940) with Kevin Allison of Risk! and The State
Jun 08, 2020
1000 - Son of Godzilla (1967) with Angie
Jun 01, 2020
301 - An Angel At My Table (1990) with AJ and Richard of Cult Popture
May 25, 2020
175 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
May 18, 2020
806 - Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
May 11, 2020
671 - La Cage Aux Folles (1978)
May 04, 2020
616 - Shallow Grave (1994)
Apr 27, 2020
012 - This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Apr 20, 2020
555 - The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Apr 13, 2020
090 - Kwaidan (1965)
Apr 06, 2020
537 - C.H.U.D. (1984)
Mar 30, 2020
231 - The Last Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Mar 23, 2020
521 - Mystery Train (1989)
Mar 16, 2020
544 - Head (1968)
Mar 09, 2020
011 - The Seventh Seal (1957)
Mar 02, 2020
654 - Repo Man (1984)
Feb 24, 2020
727 - The Innocents (1961)
Feb 17, 2020
673 - Stromboli (1950)
Feb 10, 2020
481 - Made In U.S.A. (1966)
Feb 03, 2020
061 - Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Jan 27, 2020
504 - Hunger (2008)
Jan 20, 2020
075 - Chasing Amy (1997)
Jan 13, 2020
128 - Carl Th. Dreyer - My Metier (1995)
Jan 06, 2020
117 - Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Dec 30, 2019
359 - The Double Life Of Veronique (1991)
Dec 23, 2019
511 - Colossal Youth (2006)
Dec 16, 2019
794 - Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Dec 09, 2019
341 - A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Dec 02, 2019
434 - Classe Tous Risques (1960)
Nov 25, 2019
384 - Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Nov 18, 2019
566 - Insignificance (1985)
Nov 11, 2019
594/1000 - Godzilla (1954)
Nov 04, 2019
964 - The Kid Brother (1927)
Oct 28, 2019
366 - The Atomic Submarine (1959)
Oct 21, 2019
095 - All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Oct 14, 2019
995 - Polyester (1981)
Oct 07, 2019
535 - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Sep 30, 2019
776 - Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Sep 23, 2019
315 - Shoot The Piano Player (1960)
Sep 16, 2019
1st Rando Awards
Sep 09, 2019
136 - Spellbound (1945)
Sep 02, 2019
558 - Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Aug 26, 2019
559 - The Mikado (1939)
Aug 19, 2019
767 - My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Aug 12, 2019
661 - Marketa Lazarova (1967)
Aug 05, 2019
446 - An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
Jul 29, 2019
138 - Rashomon (1950)
Jul 22, 2019
350 - Seduced And Abandoned (1964)
Jul 15, 2019
691 - Thief (1981)
Jul 08, 2019
213 - Richard III (1955)
Jul 01, 2019
000 - Introduction & The Premise
Jun 27, 2019