Steven Jay Rubin’s Saturday Night At The Movies

Breaking Down the Oscar Steeplechase

Steve speaks with Deadline reviewer and awards season analyst Pete Hammond all about this year's Oscar contenders, including "Wicked," "Anora," "The Brutalist," "Conclave," Emilia Perez" and much more. 

Oscar Worthy Films

Steve is joined by his writing partner Billy Riback (a two-time Emmy and Globe nominated writer) to discuss this year's crop of potential Oscar-winning films, including "Wicked," "A Complete Unknown," "Anora," "Dune 2," "Emilia Perez" and much more.

Errol Flynn: The Final Decade

Steve once again is joined by author Robert Florczak (Errol Flynn: The Illustrated Life Chronology), as they discuss the final decade of Flynn's work, including such titles as his last western "Rocky Mountain," "The Sun Also Rises," "The Roots of Heaven" and the little-seen "Cuban Rebel Girls."
 

Cinema of the Holocaust

In time for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Steve is joined by cultural historian and author Jud Newborn (Sophie Scholl and The White Rose) as they discuss the films that have documented the Holocaust - both foreign and domestic - including "Night and Fog" "Schindler's List," "The Diary of Anne Frank" and many more. 
 
 

Film Producing Dynamics

Steve interviews film and television producer and former production executive Marc Charles Rosen  (Threshold) who gets into an insightful discussion on producing dynamics today
 
 

Family Film Dynamo

Steve interviews writer/director Mark Rosman whose career began with the cult horror film "The House on Sorority Row," later settling nicely into family films like "A Cinderella Story," "The Perfect Man" and "Life Size" and the upcoming personal drama "Keep Coming Back." 

Hell and Low Water

Steve interviews Australian filmmaker Bruce Hunt all about his supernatural horror/thriller "The Cave," which co-stars Cole Hauser ("Yellowstone") and Lena Headey ("Game of Thrones")

Sound the Trumpets, Beat Out the Stroke - it's Charlton Heston Night

Steve is joined by fellow film historians John Trafton and Avie Hern to discuss the prodigious career of widescreen icon Charlton Heston, covering everything from his early work in The Greatest Show on Earth, to his biblical epics The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, to his science fiction spectacular Planet of the Apes. 

Honey, I Cranked a Screenplay

Steve interviews Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom Schulman, who won his Academy Award for "The Dead Poet's Society," but also wrote the comedy classics "What About Bob?" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids."

Amber Alert: Compelling Thriller

Steve interviews writer/director Kerry Bellessa and his producer/wife Summer all about their taut 2024 thriller "Amber Alert."