Thus far in our journey through cinema history, we've nominated a lot of "genre" films - but very few have won. So far we only have one sci-fi/horror winner, 1935's Bride of Frankenstein, and no Western winners at all. But 1956 gives us one film that's often described as the greatest Western ever made - and another film that's been called the best B horror flick. Will one of them finally break through?
Join Rachel Schaevitz and Aaron Keck as they discuss the year in cinema, satiric melodrama, phallic hobby horses, realistic prison breaks, pod people, dish detergent, the Holocaust, the war in Algeria, the hero's journey, Ahab, Homer, and what to do when your protagonist is downright evil - and then we dig into the data and the numbers (and our expert panel votes) to identify the best picture of 1956.
The nominees are Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A Man Escaped, Night and Fog, The Searchers, and Written on the Wind. Who wins the Moonlight?