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It's A Wonderful Life (1946) w/ Emily St. James

It's A Wonderful Life (1946) w/ Emily St. James

FromYou're Missing Out: A National Film Registry Podcast


It's A Wonderful Life (1946) w/ Emily St. James

FromYou're Missing Out: A National Film Registry Podcast

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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Sep 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"Wonderful news...about wonderful people!...in a wonderful picture! It's a wonderful love! It's a wonderful laugh!" Culture critic and Queen of Christmas Cinema Emily St. James joins us to talk about what is arguably the ultimate Christmas movie, Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life. We'll talk the film's inherent sadness, its overstated "failure", and...Bicentennial Man?Next week:Red River w/ Kyle LamparHosts:Michael NataleTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Tom LorenzoTwitterInstagramLetterboxd Producer:Kyle LamparTwitterInstagram Guest:Emily St. JamesTwitter Follow the Show:TwitterInstagramWebsite Music by Mike Natale
Released:
Sep 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Since 1989, the National Film Registry has selected 25 films each year that are deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Each week, Mike Natale (Yahoo!) and Tom Lorenzo (Men's Journal) bring on a special guest to take a look at one of the films from the registry, to get to the heart of why these films matter.