Random Acts of Cinema

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.

Random Acts of Cinema is a arts podcast hosted by Mike Noyes and Charles Peterson, with 380 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Mike Noyes and Charles Peterson hosts Random Acts of Cinema, a arts show with 380 episodes published.

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  Episode #31

  376 - Great Expectations (1946)

  Sep 29, 20261h 28mS8

  A sumptuous period piece directed by David Lean and featuring noted star of stage and screen Alec Guinness? That must mean... Dickens? This is, apparently, one of the most beloved British films ever made. Well, let us be the judge! *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store . T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Pedro Almod ó var's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990).

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  Episode #375

  503 Lola Montès (1955)

  Sep 22, 20261h 21mS8

  Her beauty brought powerful men down to their knees. Her freedom brought down nations. But how long can a woman flaunt the proprieties of Victorian Europe before she herself becomes a morality tale for the age? Max Oph ü ls' lavish biopic of legendary dancer, mistress, and all-together provocative personality struggles with these very ideals... in gorgeous Cinemascope! *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store . T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Pedro Almod ó var's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990).

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  Episode #374

  901 - The Philadelphia Story (1940)

  Sep 14, 20261h 14mS8

  Ben Franklin. Rocky. Gritty. Tracy Lord. C.K. Dexter Haven. Macaulay Conner. Sounds like this story is set in Pittsburgh. *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store . T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Max Ophüls' Lola Montès (1955).

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  Episode #373

  97 - Do The Right Thing (1989)

  Sep 7, 20261h 30mS8

  Two. White. Guys. Break. Down. Spike. Lee's. Do. The. Right. Thing. In. 2026. Did we just nail it? No. But we try our best. Oh, and we forgot to mention that Radio Raheem's LOVE/HATE monologue is an adaptation of Robert Mitchum's serial killer preacher sermon from Night of the Hunter. We're pathetic. *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store . T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing George Cukor's The Philadelphia Story (1940).

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  Episode #372

  322 - The Complete Mr. Arkadin (1955)

  Aug 31, 20261h 21mS8

  Orson is back! But this time it's with a notorious film in which he struggled with the studio to realize his true vision… you know what? Let's just say it's an Orson Welles' film. A group of filmmakers and film historians gave themselves the task to dissect the various edits and versions of the film to attempt a construction of Welles' original vision. Is it a long lost masterpiece? Or is nothing quite as it seems…? *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store . T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989).

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