Year: 2015

MOTS-O-Ween 1960s Kill, Baby…Kill!

10/25/15

MOTS kicks off the Halloween season with a retrospective of lauded horror movies through the decades. We start with the 1960’s acclaimed film, Kill, Baby…Kill!

 

Literature: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Conner

MOTS Ado About Nothing delves into “A Good Man is Hard to Find” — Flannery O’Connor’s iconic Southern Gothic horror story of an American family that meets their fate at the hands of a mysterious drifter. [Aggregate Score: 7.75]

Guest Starring:
Leah Behar

AFI Top 100 #058: The Gold Rush

Tune in to MOTSterpiece Theater and hearken back to a simpler time. A time when people met their fortunes, and their untimely demises, in the Alaskan wilderness. Join us and Charlie Chaplin on a quest for adventure and riches. [Aggregate score: 7.5]

Guest Starring: Leah Behar

Literature: The Stranger by Albert Camus

MOTS Ado About Nothing discusses Albert Camus’ classic tale of an alienated man and the greater relation to his philosophy of absurd existentialism within society. [Aggregate Score: 9.00]

Special guest:
Veronica Hernandez

AFI Top 100 #010: The Wizard of Oz

The MOTS crew hops a tornado to Oz in this second episode of MOTSterpiece Theater, where we rate a randomly chosen film from the AFI top 100. Guest Starring: Leah Behar [Aggregate score: 7.66]

AFI Top 100 #097: Blade Runner

MOTS does one of the seminal Sci-Fi films of the 80s. Replicants, and Blade Runners, and Jesus motifs, oh my! Welcome to the scuzzy future, my friends, where even robots can be lonely. [Aggregate score: 8.1]

Guest Starring:
Beth Morgan & Leah Behar

Literature: “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison

In a world where punctuality is law and candy can stop traffic, we discuss Harlan Ellison’s “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman.  [Aggregate Score: 9.00] 

Special guest:
Beth Morgan

Literature: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

MOTS Ado About Nothing at the crossroads of family and jazz in James Baldwin’s literary classic, “Sonny’s Blues.” [Aggregate Score: 10.00]

Special guest: 
Beth Morgan

Literature: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov

For the premiere episode of The Lost Signals literary program, MOTS Ado About Nothing, we discuss the Isaac Asimov short story, “Nightfall.” [Aggregate Score: 9.25]

Special guest:
Beth Morgan

AFI Top 100 #039: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Bon MOTS learns to stop worrying and love this classic Kubrick film in the pilot episode of MOTSterpiece Theater. Turn on the podcast, lock your doors, and stop the commies from stealing your precious bodily fluids! [Aggregate score: 9.75]

Special guest:
Leah Behar