HeyJaredFour Stars: A Chicago Film Podcast
A podcast about Chicago films, hosted by journalist Paco Alvarez and filmmaker Jeremy Marder.
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Spider-Man 2 (2004) with Nicholas Kinney, co-host of Spineless: The Future Films of 4K (opens the original)
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Jeremy and Paco team up with Spineless co-host Nicholas Kinney to discuss Sam Raimi’s Spider-man 2 (2004) and its famous Chicago-filmed scene, as well as the webhead’s most recent adventures. Check out Nick’s great podcast, Spineless: The Future Films of 4K , and his recent forays into film criticism . Art by Lily Bacon Music by newest_latest Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can be se
William Castle's Chicago Movies with Matt Carr, Special Events & Rentals Manager at the Music Box Theatre (Undertow [1949] and The Busy Body [1967]) (opens the original)
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Jeremy and Paco are joined by Matt Carr, Music Box’s Special Events & Rentals Manager, to discuss William Castle’s two Chicago films, Undertow (1949) and The Busy Body (1967). We mostly talk about Matt’s great work at the Music Box. You can catch Matt and William Castle’s much better movies, including several on 35 mm, at the Music Box from August 21st to 27th in the upcoming series The Greatest Showman: Five by William Castle . Get your tickets today! Art by Lily Bacon
One Last Score: Heist 88 (2023) (opens the original)
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Jeremy and Paco get together for one last score and discuss 2023’s Heist 88, directed by Menhaj Huda. This is the final episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we went through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. It’s been a fun series; let us know which movies were your favorite! Art by Lily Bacon Music by newest_latest Suggestions, comments, complaints, hate mail, and all other correspondence can
One Last Score: Widows (2018) with filmmaker Caitlyn Johnson (opens the original)
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Jeremy and Paco are joined by filmmaker Caitlyn Johnson to discuss Widows (2018), directed by Steve McQueen. Check out Caitlyn’s newest short film, Candy Girl . This is the eighth episode in our miniseries, One Last Score, where we're going through different heist and bank robbing movies set in Chicago. The next and final episode in our miniseries will be about Heist 88 . Art by Lily Bacon Music by newest_latest Suggestions
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