Sammy Younan
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#SetTheVCR: July 5-11, 2020
Tag: Documentaries
159 | Lulu Wei (There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews director Lulu Wei whose doc There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace explores the end of Honest Ed’s.
Trial By Trailer: You Don’t Nomi
“Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don’t Nomi traces the film’s redemptive journey from notorious flop to cult classic, and maybe even masterpiece.”
#CouchWorthy: You Don’t Nomi
Are you ready for this? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was…
153 | D.W. Young (The Booksellers)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews D.W. Young director of The Booksellers a behind-the-scenes doc set in the rare book world.
#SetTheVCR: April 19-25, 2020
Lo!! Some sports make an appearance on #SetTheVCR. Do you remember sports? And in case you ain’t Sporty we lots of “Spicy-tv” for you. (Probably the only time the Spice Girls will be mentioned on #SetTheVCR.)
#CouchWorthy: LA Originals
“Photographer Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon turned their Chicano roots into gritty art, impacting street culture, hip hop and beyond.”
#SetTheVCR: April 5-11, 2020
Welcome, a new streaming service to the platform party: Quibi. No need to feel overwhelmed with all those streaming options: as always at #SetTheVCR I got ya covered!
Morning Tea: Clerk A Kevin Smith Documentary
Spielberg is a 2017 HBO documentary on the director and it’s Wikipedia dry. It’s just a recap of Spielberg’s work (“and then he did Jurassic Park!” Ummm yeah we all know.) To avoid that it’d be better if Kevin Smith just like did the doc himself instead of other nerds. I mean think of how…
#SetTheVCR: February 16-22, 2020
So ah… most of what I suggest this week are documentaries. Except for Annabelle Comes Home. I really hope that is not a documentary.