Episode 33 – 'Robin and Marian' - a podcast by Phi Phenonenon

Ted returns this week and makes his pick — a go-to favorite from a director in his trinity of greats. On today’s episode we talk about the director favorite hills that we die on defending, Ted’s interrupted series for Evansville’s Victory International Film Festival off-season, the cinematic history of Robin Hood with entries coming seemingly once in every three years, and A Hard Day Night’s director Richard Lester’s unheralded status in the pantheon of great directors. Also: the great Steven Soderbergh interview book with Lester Getting Away With It: Or: The Further Adventures of Luckiest Bastard You Ever Saw, Sean Connery’s cinematic gimmick of love-tapping women, the current state of cinematic romantic fatalism, and, ultimately, we defend/question Lester for his female characters’ range of agency.

Robin and Marian is available to rent on VOD.

Ted Haycraft is film critic for WFIE-14 and co-hosts Cinema Chat on its Midday show. He can also be found on Cinema Chat’s Facebook page.

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