Pick Five
Pick Five is a podcast hosted by movie dork Josh Fiser, where he asks his movie dork friends to choose a director and five of the films to discuss. Each episode, they lay out what makes these films great and how they connect to the director as an auteur.
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6 days ago
6 days ago
34 min
Josh and guest Grant Tracey take a look at Hawks' film noir classic adapted from Raymond Chandler's legendary novel The Big Sleep.
Oct 19, 2026
Oct 19, 2026
41 min
Josh and guest Grant Tracey start off the "Hawks Trilogy" with his high-flying adventure film Only Angels Have Wings.
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Oct 12, 2026
Oct 12, 2026
30 min
Josh and guest Dr. Grant Tracey continue their discussion on the works of Howard Hawks with another screwball romance between an academic and a nightclub singer/gangster's girlfriend in Ball of Fire .
Oct 5, 2026
Oct 5, 2026
36 min
For the inaugural episode of this podcast, University of Northern Iowa film studies professor Dr. Grant Tacey brings us five films from one of the original Hollywood auteurs: Howard Hawks. For the first film we discuss one of the best screwball comedies of all time, Bringing Up Baby.