Saturday Night Cinema
Featuring little-known films and blockbusters alike, Saturday Night Cinema has been entertaining KSPS audiences since 1985. Enjoy dramas, comedies, mysteries, musicals and more!
This Week's Movie
Wargames
Commentary from Movie Maverick Mike
Professor Badham
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As mentioned by your host, “WarGames” director John Badham covered a wide range of movies and genres across his 50+ year career; so we’ll highlight some of his activities outside the studio.
Aside from his considerable work in television and film, the English-born Badham regularly offers workshops to aspiring filmmakers, including residency at Chapman University. He’s the author of two books on the subject - the bestseller “On Directing” (2020), and “I’ll be in my Trailer” (2006) with Craig Modderno.
He’s also been nominated for several awards (for directing) including Emmys, a Hugh Award, and a Saturn Award, which he won for our feature “WarGames”.
The 85 year old regularly speaks at film festivals and other presentations on his movies across the country.
(If you’re looking for a hidden gem from Badham, consider “Stakeout” 1987 - a surprisingly effective action/thriller - but avoid “Another Stakeout”, the 1993 sequel).
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Remembering Shaun Higgins
We remember Shaun O'l Higgins, long-time member of the Community Advisory Board and Saturday Night Cinema host, who passed away unexpectedly on October 1, 2024. KSPS PBS is stronger today because of Shaun's dedication and vision. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.
Mike Hoff
Mike has been writing about movies and Hollywood for over 30 years, including radio, TV, newspapers and online. He appears regularly as a movie reviewer on CTV Morning Live in Calgary, and has even appeared on CTV's Fame Factor. He's been a screenwriter, extra and lecturer throughout Alberta and Washington.
Mike's love of movies comes down to a few key moments - being allowed to stay up late as a child to watch James Bond in "You Only Live Twice" on TV, watching "Star Wars" age 12 with a HUGH bucket of popcorn, and seeing a sneak preview of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when no-one knew that it would become THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME - maybe the only time in history only 20 people were in the theatre for this film. Also, "Aliens" on a cool July day downtown, "Rear Window" at a repertoire theater, and tearing up as a young man watching "Fiddler on the Roof" at a film-club presentation in Tacoma.
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Ryan Tucker
Ryan Tucker started from humble beginnings in south central Washington. He was only 8-years-old when he was given his first camera and began his journey into the celluloid. Making short films in the backyard with his younger brother, Ryan quickly discovered Dogma filmmaking (accidentally and unaware of what that even meant).
By 20, Ryan was a self-made “hundred-aire” and decided to spend a ton of money he didn't have on "film school" in California. Once he exhausted all financial options, Ryan returned home to beautiful Spokane. He is now a videographer and editor for Spokane Public Library and hosts a monthly live talk/sketch comedy show at Central Library called Lilac City Live.
Today, you can usually find him collecting vintage video formats such as VHS, Laserdisc, CED, Beta. He relives his favorite childhood movies with all five of his hilarious, sweet children and poorly explains plots to movies to his devastatingly beautiful life partner who made his real-life movie come true.
Mikayla Daniels
Mikayla Daniels is an Alaskan born and raised writer and filmmaker. She holds her MFA in TV and Screenwriting from Stephens College and her BA in film from Eastern Washington University.
In 2018 her feature script “Wingman Lost” was chosen as an Athena List Finalist and she wrote an essay that has been published in the new book “When Women Wrote Hollywood”.
Mikayla is a regular contributor to the book reviews section of “The Journal of Screenwriting” and writes TV/Movie reviews and entertainment news for Netflixlife.com. She also is regularly invited to sit on film and writing panels and to judge and screen for film festivals worldwide.
Follow Mikayla on Facebook and Twitter: @palealaskan
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Upcoming Movies
02/22/25 | Wargames |
03/08/25 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
03/15/25 | The Importance of Being Earnest |
03/22/35 | The Lovely Bones |
04/05/25 | The Duchess |
04/12/25 | Enchanted April |
04/19/25 | The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain |
04/26/25 | It's a Mad, Mad World |
05/03/25 | Escape From Alcatraz |
05/10/25 | Fiddler On The Roof |
05/17/25 | Great Train Robbery |
05/24/25 | La La Land |
05/31/25 | Magnificent Seven |