Real Time 1960s

<p >The Viet Cong launch a terrorist attack; Martin Luther King visits Stockholm; South Boston schoolboys attack antiwar protestors; Indira Gandhi visits New York; the Air Force investigates UFO's; Muhammad Ali takes on...

<p >Hubert Humphrey and RFK clash over Vietnam; Rockefeller cracks down on narcotics; Demonstrators picket LBJ's New York speech; Cary Grant is a father; Muhammad Ali won't apologize; Koufax and Drysdale continue their...

<p >More U.S. troops headed for Vietnam; LBJ defends his war policy; Ronald Reagan surges in the California gubernatorial race; Sony brings video into the home; Batman is a hit; an NBA doubleheader at Convention Hall...

<p >In Vietnam, intense fighting in the Ia Drang Valley; in Chile, pro-Communist students spit on RFK; in Orlando, Walt Disney announces a new project; Joan Baez talks peace; Hugh Hefner expands his empire; Muhammad Ali...

<p >In this episode, we review our 7th- and 6th-ranked films for 1965, a disaster film starring James Stewart and directed by Robert Aldrich and a drama starring Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson.</p> <p > </p> <p...

<p >L.A. rioting brings death and destruction; U.S. Marines hit the Viet Cong; the Beatles hit Minneapolis; Juan Marichal hits John Roseboro; Jim Maloney achieves baseball immortality. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. </p>...

<p >In this episode, we review our 8th-ranked film for 1965, a psychological thriller directed by Roman Polanski and starring Catherine Deneuve as a psychotic manicurist.</p> <p >Support this project on Patreon!</p>

<p >Adlai Stevenson collapses and dies; Robert McNamara heads for Saigon; Sinatra plays Forest Hills; Viet Cong forces multiply; a legendary stunt pilot is killed; National League All-Stars reign supreme. Newscaster...

<p >In this episode, we review our 9th-ranked film for 1965, "Pierrot le Fou," a French New Wave film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina, and we touch on many of...

<p >LBJ kicks off Project Head Start; Queen Elizabeth visits West Berlin; U.S. destroyers shell the Viet Cong; John Lindsay runs for Mayor of NYC; Muhammad Ali defends his title. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. </p> <p...

<p >In this episode, we review our 10th-ranked film for 1965, "The Sons of Katie Elder," a Western directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne. We also rank the top five Wayne films of all time.</p> <p >Support...

<p >LBJ sends troops to the Dominican Republican; a teen sniper terrorizes California motorists; Edward R. Murrow is dead; North Vietnamese soldiers infiltrate the South; the Canadiens are NHL champions. Newscaster: Joe...

<p >In this episode, we review our No. 1 film for 1964, "Dr. Strangelove," Stanley Kubrick's nightmare comedy dealing with Cold War fears of nuclear war.</p> <p >Support this project on Patreon!</p>

<p >MLK leads marchers from Selma to Montgomery; accusations of gas warfare in Vietnam; RFK scales Mt. Kennedy; Viola Liuzzo is murdered; two astronauts are honored; the NBA playoffs are off and running. Newscaster: Joe...

<p >Malcolm X is assassinated; Barry Goldwater speaks out on Vietnam; Patricia Neal suffers two strokes; James Baldwin debates William F. Buckley; the Celtics roll; Stan Laurel is dead. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. </p>...