The Chicago filmmaker, who later found fame as the director of The Fugitive, joins the program to talk with Studs about his debut feature, Stony Island, a story of an up-and-coming R&B band on Chicago's South Side.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

The African American film scholar discusses the history of American musical films, especially during the Depression and into the 1950's.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

The lawyer, producer, and filmmaker joins Studs to discuss his documentary about Kansas City jazz musicians - The Last of the Blue Devils. Included are audio clips of Big Joe Turner, Count Basie, Lester Young, Paul Quinichette, and Jay McShann, all taken from the film.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing the book "How To Go To The Movies" (published by St. Martin Press) with the British actor and author Quentin Crisp.

Pauline Kael (National Book award winner) discusses contemporary films and her recent publications. Much of the conversation is focused on Stanley Kubrick's work and the role of violence in movies.

Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion. Almost all the characters in Robert Kotlowitz's book, "The Boardwalk" are fictitious with the exception of Teddy, a Jewish, 14-year-old boy, who Kotlowitz explains is Robert Kotlowitz.

Nora Sayre discusses her book "Running time: Films of the Cold War" and how Russian-American relations affected Hollywood and celebrity blacklists.

Film director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader discuss their movie “Taxi Driver,” including interview from 9:04 - 9:49 of Scorsese discussing the character, Johnny Boy, from his film "Mean Streets."

The famed French mime and actor discusses illusion and reality, as depicted in the surrealist horror film, Shanks.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing the movie "Return of the Secaucus seven" with Maggie Renzi and John Sayles.

The Hungarian filmmaker discusses his documentary, A Quite Ordinary Life (Két elhatározás), and and how he captured the adventures of an elderly Hungarian woman on her first trip to Western Europe.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

Discussing the 18th International film festival with a panel of jurors: including David Robinson and John Russell Taylor of the London Times, Jay Scott of the Toronto Globe and mail, Albert Johnson of the San Francisco Chronical, William Woolf of the New