Bill Hader’s Adventures in Moviegoing
17 Episodes
The comedian and actor presents a selection of his favorite films, and talks about watching movies with his dad, fart jokes in Ozu pictures, and why Bergman’s THE VIRGIN SPRING is hilarious. Be warned—some introductions contain plot spoilers!
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18:18Episode 1
Bill Hader in Conversation
Episode 1
The actor and comedian on a lifetime of moviegoing
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02:24Episode 2
Bill Hader on IKIRU
Episode 2
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Ikiru
Episode 3
Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1952 • Japan
Starring Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko SekiOne of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, IKIRU shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe,...
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01:34Episode 4
Bill Hader on PATHER PANCHALI
Episode 4
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2:05:52Episode 5
Pather Panchali
Episode 5
Directed by Satyajit Ray • 1955 • India
Starring Subir Banerjee, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna BanerjeeWith the release in 1955 of Satyajit Ray’s debut, PATHER PANCHALI, an eloquent and important new cinematic voice made itself heard all over the world. A depiction of rural Bengali life in a style insp...
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02:30Episode 6
Bill Hader on THE VIRGIN SPRING
Episode 6
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1:29:29Episode 7
The Virgin Spring
Episode 7
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1960 • Sweden
Starring Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel LindblomWinner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, Ingmar Bergman’s THE VIRGIN SPRING is a harrowing tale of faith, revenge, and savagery in medieval Sweden. With austere simplicity, the...
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02:06Episode 8
Bill Hader on THE AMERICAN FRIEND
Episode 8
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2:07:38Episode 9
The American Friend
Episode 9
Directed by Wim Wenders • 1977 • Germany
Starring Dennis Hopper, Bruno GanzWim Wenders pays loving homage to rough-and-tumble Hollywood film noir with THE AMERICAN FRIEND, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “Ripley’s Game.” Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as an amoral American a...
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02:25Episode 10
Bill Hader on THE BROOD
Episode 10
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The Brood
Episode 11
Directed by David Cronenberg • 1979 • Canada
Starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art HindleA disturbed woman is receiving a radical form of psychotherapy at a remote, mysterious institute. Meanwhile, her five-year-old daughter, under the care of her estranged husband, is being terrorized by a...
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02:44Episode 12
Bill Hader on BLOOD SIMPLE
Episode 12
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1:35:39Episode 13
Blood Simple
Episode 13
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen • 1984 • United States
Starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan HedayaJoel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases...
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02:48Episode 14
Bill Hader on DOWN BY LAW
Episode 14
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1:46:59Episode 15
Down by Law
Episode 15
Directed by Jim Jarmusch • 1986 • United States
Starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto BenigniDirector Jim Jarmusch followed up his brilliant breakout film STRANGER THAN PARADISE with another, equally beloved portrait of loners and misfits in the American landscape. When fate brings together t...
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02:35Episode 16
Bill Hader on THE VANISHING
Episode 16
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1:46:17Episode 17
The Vanishing
Episode 17
Directed by George Sluizer • 1988 • Netherlands
Starring Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter SteegeA young man embarks on an obsessive search for the girlfriend who mysteriously disappeared while the couple were taking a sunny vacation trip, and his three-year investigation dra...