Films

First Aired June, 2026 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf continue their conversation on pre-code films with a look at the classic gangster film Little Caesar and the gangster comedy The Little Giant both starring Edward G. Robinson.

First Aired April, 2026 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about two of the earliest newspaper movies in classic Hollywood, continuing their conversation on Pre-code films. The Front Page set the standard for the newspaper movie and Five Star Final continued the model.

First aired April, 2026 On this episode of Have You Seen…? David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about the pre-code films The Gold Diggers Of 1933 and The Thin Man. Gold Diggers Of 1933 is a Busby Berklee choreographed musical with innovative effects. The Thin Man is a mystery with comedic elements and based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett.

First aired January, 2026 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about Leave Her To Heaven, an iconic 1945 film noir that was filmed in technicolor starring classic Hollywood actress Gene Tierney. The movie explores jealousy and deadly control

Skot Welch joins in with the details.

First aired January, 2026 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about the John Sayles film The Secret of Roan Inish, a family movie based on a novel that explores some of the myths of Ireland

First Aired December, 2025 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf continue their conversation about some lesser known Akira Kurosawa films. Today they discuss the Soviet produced Dersu Uzala. It’s the only movie Kurosawa directed with a non-Japanese cast

First aired December, 2025 David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf discuss two hard-boiled crime thrillers by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa: Stray Dog from 1949 and High And Low from 1963

First Aired November, 2025 Japanese director Akira Kurosawa is one of the greatest filmmakers in the art form. Today on Have You Seen David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about The Hidden Fortress, a medieval samurai film that was a big influence on George Lucas and Star Wars

First Aired October, 2025 Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt is a true auteur among today’s movie makers, with a cinematic vision that is singular and true to its own form.David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf look at her 2010 release Meek’s Cutoff, a very realistic entry in their examination of the Western genre movies