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Welcome to the second annual Comfort Films Christmas series, ya filthy animals! We kick it off this year with a nostalgic look back at 1990's Home Alone, discussing Macaulay Culkin's star-making turn as Kevin McCallister, kids' competing excitement and fear of being alone, the case for Home Alone as a kid version of Die Hard, and the slapstick/Rube Goldberg device-filled showdown between Kevin and the Wet Bandits, played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, which looms large over the film despite the surprisingly short amount of screen time. We also sing the praises of another great John Hughes script and another great John Williams score, since those two keep popping up in many of our comfort choices. Even if your whole family's packed up and left for France without you, don't worry -- Comfort Films is here, so give us a listen!
“The grotesque has never really affected or frightened me. I guess it’s real-life stuff that frightens me much more.” (George A. Romero) In this special bonus horror episode, John and Georgia are pleased to welcome Ryan Carr...
It's our 100th episode!! To celebrate, we welcome back one of our earliest guests, the great Kate Duffy, to discuss a film that has been our number one requested comfort film over the course of the show. We talk about …
In this special episode, John and Georgia spoke with writer, director, producer, composer, actor and all-around fine, upstanding Pennsylvanian, John Harrison. We discuss his 2023 novel, Passing Through Veils, which combines e...
For the second episode of our Jane Austen adaptations month, we welcome first-time guest and world class soprano Jessica Sandidge to discuss her top comfort pick, Sense and Sensibility! This film was Emma Thompson's first fea...
