1999: The Podcast

Was 1999 the best year in movie history? We think it might be!

John Brooks, Julia Sirmons, and special guests work their way through all the year has to offer, one movie at a time, and we’ll ask special guests to share their memories of this amazing year and the movies that made it unforgettable. Unfortunately, nobody can be told what 1999: The Podcast is… you have to hear it for yourself!

TV & Film
Film History
Film Reviews
1
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR - with Sarah D. Bunting
Sarah D. Bunting joins us to talk about making sexy people stealing art be somehow kinda boring in "The Thomas Crown Affair"
93 min
2
1999 REWIND - Woodstock 99
Dan Colón, of CageClub's very own The Monsters That Made Us podcast joins John to talk about the greed, mayhem, and madness that defined Woodstock 99
65 min
3
MUPPETS FROM SPACE - with Ethan Warren
Author and Muppet fan Ethan Warren joins us to talk about the last, and probably least, of the three 1990s Muppet movies
87 min
4
GALAXY QUEST - with Annie Berke
Culture writer Annie Berke joins us to talk about the OTHER 1999 movie starring Tim Allen as a fake spaceman
102 min
5
THE 13th WARRIOR - with Peter Raleigh
99 min
6
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME - with Si...
The amazing, charming, and hilarious Siri Dahl joins John and Julia to talk all things shagadelic in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"!
95 min
7
JOE THE KING - with Zaki Hasan
Film critic Zaki Hasan joins John and Julia to talk about Frank Whaley's 1999 writing/directing debut, "Joe the King"
74 min
8
THE LIMEY: "Bang" - with Devan Scott
Filmmaker, podcaster, and Steven Soderbergh fan Devan Scott joins John and Julia to discuss the crime thriller/comedy/tone poem "The Limey"
84 min
9
VAL KILMER: 1959-2025
John and Julia discuss the life and career of actor and 90s icon Val Kilmer, who died earlier this month at the age of 65.
74 min
10
SWEET AND LOWDOWN: "All That Jazz" - with Liz W...
Actor/writer/director Liz Whitmere joins John and Julia to talk the good and very bad of Woody Allen with "Sweet and Lowdown"
92 min
11
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME: "Baseball" - with Jacki K...
White Sox superfan Jacki Krestel joins John and Julia to talk about part three of the Costner Baseball Trilogy, "For Love of the Game"
74 min
12
TWILIGHT (1998) - Gene Hackman Special
John and Julia look at 1998's "Twilight", the neo-noir that arrived at the tail end of the careers of stars Paul Newman and the late Gene Hackman
69 min
13
THE END OF THE AFFAIR: "Lots of Rain" - with Kr...
Writer, critic, and podcaster Kristin Battestella joins us to talk about the very rainy and very horny "The End of the Affair"
90 min
14
BEYOND THE MAT: "The Wrestlers" - with Ross Benes
Author Ross Benes joins John and Julia to talk about the beloved wrestling documentary "Beyond the Mat"
77 min
15
DICK: "Tricky" - with Alex Steed
Old friend Alex Steed returns to the show to talk all about 1999's Watergate comedy/satire/teen romp "Dick"
87 min
16
Bonus Features - WATERGATE MEDIA
73 min
17
New Year's Eve Special - 200 CIGARETTES
We spend New Year's Eve talking about "200 Cigarettes", for better or worse one of the only New Year's Eve movies ever made.
75 min
18
Christmas Special - ONE SPECIAL NIGHT: "Happy ...
Film critic Audrey Fox, who recently wrote about the 25 best Hallmark Christmas movies ever, joins to talk about "One Special Night".
96 min
19
TITUS: "There Shalt Be Blood" - with Carmen Pa...
Film critic and Shakespeare fan Carman Paddock helps us pick through the bloody carcass of Julie Taymor's "Titus".
88 min
20
GIRL, INTERRUPTED: "Interrupted" with Jane Altoids
Film Twitter superstar and mint dynasty scion Jane Altoids joins John and Julia to talk about the Winona Ryder passion project, "Girl, Interrupted"
91 min
21
MAN ON THE MOON : "Andy" with Sean Malin
Writer/critic Sean Malin joins John and Julia to talk Kaufman, Carey, and the biopic genre as they look at Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon"
92 min
22
PAYBACK: "Mel" - with Jim Woods
Writer Jim Woods, the world's biggest fan of "Payback", joins John and Julia to talk about "Payback".
93 min
23
SUMMER OF SAM: "S.O.S." - with Julia Sirmons
Julia Sirmons returns to talk about Spike Lee's gritty, ambitious dud, "Summer of Sam"
89 min
24
THE EMPTY CINEMA - A Special Summer Episode
51 min
25
ARLINGTON ROAD: "Boom" - with Matt Belenky
Matt Belenky joins us to talk about one of 1999's most overlooked gems, the paranoid thriller "Arlington Road"
113 min