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ABOUT THE SHOW
James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 20 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder.
But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed.
Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now.
One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2024…
ABOUT US
James
James grew up in Philadelphia. He earned a master’s degree in English and worked at The Paris Review but then decided to become a composer. For 20 years he wrote film/tv scores and choral music. He lived in Boston and NYC, and spent eight years in London.
After returning to Philadelphia he went back to school again. He now works as a psychotherapist.
More info at jameslavino.com.
Sam
Sam is an Iranian who grew up in London. He was supposed to be a lawyer but he fell in love with the movies as a teenager, so instead of pursuing a law career in the UK he moved to New York City, where he has been working as an editor, writer and director for the past twenty years. He was recently nominated for three Emmy awards for his work on HBO's The Jinx.
He lives with his wife and son in Brooklyn, on a block where parking is scarce and moving the car is a constant source of irritation.
More info about Sam at samneave.com.
