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• Soderbergh Ep. 18: Che: Parts 1 & 2 (2008) with Andrés Pertierra

  The leftist podcast about Steven Soderbergh movies has finally arrived at CHE, Soderbergh's two-part biopic of (Argentine) Cuban Revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Joining us to provide the kind of deep historical context you know we go crazy for is historian of Cuba and scholar of Latin American and Caribbean history Andrés Pertierra! We have never read more in preparation for an episode, folks, so we hope you dig this one as much as we did. Hasta la victoria siempre, amigos. Further Reading (direct from Andrés!): Anderson, John Lee. Che: A Revolutionary Life. Grove, 1997. "The Cuban Exodus" by Andrés Pertierra The great (Pulitzer Prize!) winning intro text:   Ferrer, Ada. Cuba: An American History. Scribner, 2021.   Some relevant books on Cuban Revolution and other countries:   Gleijeses, Piero. Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.   Schoultz, Lars. That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and the Cuban Revolution. University of North Carolina Press, 2009.   Yordanov, Radoslav. Our Comrades in Havana: Cuba, the Soviet Union, & Eastern Europe, 1959-1991. Cold War International History Project. Stanford University Press, 2024.   Key texts for context on what's happening internally:   Guerra, Lillian. Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971. University of North Carolina Press, 2012.   Mesa-Lago, Carmelo. Cuba in the 1970s: Pragmatism and Institutionalization. University of New Mexico Press, 1978. Further Viewing (shout out to Andrés for these, too!): THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Salles, 2004) CONDUCTA IMPROPRIA (Almendros & Jiménez Leal, 1984) CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution! Soderbergh getting heckled at Q&A FRESA Y CHOCOLATE (Gutiérrez Alea & Carlos Tabío, 1984) END OF A REVOLUTION (Moser, 1967)   Follow Andrés: https://x.com/ASPertierra https://bsky.app/profile/andrespertierra.bsky.social https://originesacubanhistorypodcast.libsyn.com/ Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart      

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• PATREON PREVIEW: The Hit (1984)

  This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. We celebrate the late Terence Stamp by taking a look at Stephen Frears's 1984 proto-LIMEY existential gangster film, THE HIT. Plus: a little bit of Pasolini's TEOREMA talk for good measure. Thanks as always to Jetski for our theme music and Jeremy Allison for our artwork.   Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart  

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• Soderbergh Ep. 17: Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

  We're going back to Vegas for one more job...it's the thrilling conclusion to the trilogy, OCEAN'S THIRTEEN! Well, maybe "thrilling" is arguable. But the episode sure is! We're talking Oprah, Steve Wynn, Mexican labor action, Five Diamond status - it's all here, folks. Further Reading: "Steve Wynn's Biggest Gamble" by Nina Munk Meet The AAA Diamond Rating Experts Further Viewing: DOWN BY LAW (Jarmusch, 1986) SEA OF LOVE (Becker, 1989) HARD EIGHT (Anderson, 1996) SHREK THE THIRD (Miller, 2007) THE TURIN HORSE (Tarr & Hranitzky, 2011) MANK (Fincher, 2020) BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS (Ross brothers, 2020) Steve Wynn's 1983 Golden Nugget commercial   Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart  

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• PATREON PREVIEW: Clint Character Tier List with Aaron from Hit Factory

  This is a preview of a premium episode from our Patreon feed, Paid Costly For Me! Head over to Patreon.com/PodCastyForMe to hear more for just $5 a month. Friend of the show Aaron from Hit Factory joins us to assemble the definitive Tier List of characters played by Clint Eastwood. Along the way, we answer important questions like: What is a Tier List for? What makes a good character? Has Ian developed any insane theoretical frameworks lately? What happens in Joe Kidd, again? Plus, a Pine Cone Crime Zone about Tarzan. See our final tier list here (SPOILERS!!!): https://imgur.com/a/K3oBYpS As always, thank you to Jetski for our theme music and to Jeremy Allison for our artwork. Follow Aaron: https://x.com/HitFactoryPod https://www.patreon.com/c/hitfactorypod/ Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart  

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• Soderbergh Ep. 16: The Good German (2006) with Peter Raleigh

  After 2005's digital day-and-date experiment BUBBLE, Soderbergh swung hard in the other direction with a Golden Age Hollywood pastiche: his (loose) adaptation of Joseph Kanon's postwar Berlin mystery THE GOOD GERMAN. Joining us is film writer and literal historian Peter Raleigh! We talk adaptation, aesthetic imitation, Denazification, CASABLANCA, and much more. Check it out! Further Reading: The Good German by Joseph Kanon Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 by Tony Judt Commemorating Hell: The Public Memory of Mittelbau-Dora by Gretchen Schafft and Gerhard Zeidler Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong "Fighting Men" by Anthony Lane "Style Wars: Steven Soderbergh's 'The Good German'" by Michael Koresky Further Viewing: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (Hitchcock, 1940) CASABLANCA (Curtiz, 1942) TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Lubitsch, 1942) A FOREIGN AFFAIR (Wilder, 1948) THE THIRD MAN (Reed, 1949) JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (Kramer, 1961) EUROPA (Von Trier, 1991) BARB WIRE (Hogan, 1996) PHOENIX (Petzold, 2014) TRANSIT (Petzold, 2018)   Follow Peter Raleigh: https://x.com/PetreRaleigh https://peterraleigh.substack.com/ Follow Pod Casty For Me: https://www.podcastyforme.com/ https://twitter.com/podcastyforme https://www.instagram.com/podcastyforme/ https://www.youtube.com/@podcastyforme Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMe Artwork by Jeremy Allison: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyallisonart

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