{"podcast":{"title":"Random Acts of Cinema","slug":"random-acts-of-cinema-17730","podcast_index_feed_id":17730,"rss_url":"https://randomactsofcinema.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://randomactsofcinema.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/2/f/7/12f7fc8d4d00c2c5e55e3c100dce7605/Logo_2000.2_marked.png","author":"Charles Peterson","episode_count":368,"summary":"Each week friends Mike and Charlie have Randy (the random number generator) select a film for them to watch from the Criterion Collection. Then they discuss and review it for your listening pleasure. It's a podcast about the love of film, expanding horizons, painstakingly cataloging the duration of every long take, and friendship.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T20:18:54.678124+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/random-acts-of-cinema-17730"},"episode":{"title":"92 - Fiend Without A Face (1958)","slug":"92-fiend-without-a-face-1958","published_at":"2025-12-11T19:25:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/random-acts-of-cinema-17730/92-fiend-without-a-face-1958","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/random-acts-of-cinema-17730","url":"https://randomactsofcinema.libsyn.com/92-fiend-without-a-face-1958","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/randomactsofcinema/336.92.FiendWOaFace.1958.mp3?dest-id=1378643","summary":"Director Arthur Crabtree delves into the late 1950's world of atomic, Cold War, body-snatching paranoia except that he kind of… doesn't? Honestly this Canada-set, B-movie, Sci-fi, creature flick feels more like a proto-Cronenberg film where it really counts. Join the Random Acts of Cinema Discord server here ! *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store . T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Jun Fukuda's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974).","meta_description":"Director Arthur Crabtree delves into the late 1950's world of atomic, Cold War, body-snatching paranoia except that he kind of… doesn't? Honestly this Can…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4221,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/random-acts-of-cinema-17730/episodes/92-fiend-without-a-face-1958/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/random-acts-of-cinema-17730/92-fiend-without-a-face-1958.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}