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First Aired March, 2024 Charles Laughton was one of the great character actors in both British and American movies. On this episode, David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about his roles in films like Witness for the Prosecution, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mutiny on the Bounty, Hobson's Choice, This Land is Mine, and the one film he directed, The Night of the Hunter

First Aired April, 2024 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf discuss The Witch, The Lighthouse, and The Northman. Director Robert Eggers presents a unique, personal vision in his highly imaginative filmmaking

First Aired May, 2024 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about ‘On the Waterfront,’ the 1954 film starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint, directed by the controversial director Elia Kazan. Kazan had named names before the House Unamerican Activities Committee in Congress. On the Waterfront is a film that grapples with labor issues and organized crime

First Aired June, 2024 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about director Michael Curtiz, a very prolific filmmaker known for Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mildred Pierce, White Christmas, Angels with Dirty Faces and the Adventures of Robin Hood

First Aired June, 2024 Scott Vander Werf and David Hast discuss the films of one of classic Hollywood's greatest actors, Barbara Stanwyck, including Stella Dallas, The Lady Eve, Ball of Fire, Double Indemnity, Sorry Wrong Number, and The Furies

First Aired November, 2023 David Hast and Scott Vander Werf discuss the Spike Lee classic, Do the Right Thing. Released in 1989 it stars Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito and Rosie Perez

Pine Rest is offering a live web series to expand mental health information, the Wyoming Department of Public Safety is buying an AI package to write reports, new legislation in the Michigan House would ban so-called "ghost guns", and more.

Michigan's attorney general is looking to reverse a federal order keeping an Ottawa County coal plant open, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has had an impeachment resolution raised against her, and more.

First Aired May, 2025 Pick Up on South Street is film noir that mixes crime and espionage. David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about this movie directed by Samuel Fuller, one of the most unconventional film makers in Hollywood history

Vietnamese Americans in West Michigan are marking the 50 year anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, Grand Rapids to see the world's first full-scale AI Innovation Center, the new Pope has ties to Michigan, and more.