A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast #89: Second Chances (feat. Shirley MacLaine)

It’s that time of the year again, when we look at films we didn’t enjoy originally and give them another chance. This time it’s Sam and Alan having another look at movies they’d previously bounced off of, and both films feature Shirley MacLaine: Billy Wilder’s The Apartment (1960) (yes, Alan hasn’t been a big fan of the film to date!) and MacLaine’s first film, The Trouble with Harry (1955), her first feature appearance and one of the movies generally considered to be lesser Hitchcock. Will our intrepid two come away with a new appreciation of these films, or will their original opinions be reinforced?

For more Second Chances episodes, make sure to check out:

A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast #77: Second Chances (2024), in which Matt and Sam revisit two very different musicals, Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark and Richard Attenborough’s adaptation of A Chorus Line
A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast #67: Second Chances – Two Androids called David, in which Alan and Matt give another chance to Steven Spielberg’s A.I. and Ridley Scott’s first Alien prequel Prometheus
A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast #62: Second Chances (2), which sees Sam and Alan revisiting two David Fincher films, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A Damn Fine Cup of Culture Podcast #47: Second Chances, our very first Second Chances episode, in which Julie and Matt have another look at Michael Curtiz’ Mildred Pierce and Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly – an obvious combination, don’t you think?