The Film Gang
The Film Gang loves nothing more than championing the transformative power of cinema. Join us each week as we discuss cult movies, classics, and current releases available theatrically and streaming.
The Film Gang Review: Downhill
Inherent discrepancies exist between who we truly are, how others perceive us, and how we consciously and unconsciously choose to view ourselves. In our average day-to-day lives, such...
The Film Gang Review: Parasite
KSQD’s Film Gang has been remiss in not yet reviewing one of the most acclaimed films of 2019, the South Korean dark comedy, Parasite, written, produced and directed by Bong Joon-ho....
The Film Gang Review: 1917
It’s Oscar season, and just when it looked like all prestige films have been accounted for, 1917, the World War I drama directed by Sam Mendes, snuck up from behind with a last minute,...
The Film Gang Review: Little Women
In 1868, feminist and abolitionist Louisa May Alcott published the first of her two-part semi-autobiographical novel, Little Women. It tells the story of four sisters – Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth...
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Tuesdays at 5:55 PM, Thursdays at 7:54 AM, Fridays at 5:55 PM
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Paul Kanieski, Maureen O’Connell
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Paul Kanieski
Paul Kanieski is one of the hosts of KSQD’s The Film Gang. Ever since he was a teen, Paul has been involved in some form of film criticism, exhibition, or production. Since 2005 he has been the moderator of the weekly discussion group, Let’s Talk About the Movies, which, due to current events, meets online every Wednesday, 7PM – 8PM (meetings are normally in downtown Santa Cruz). Details can be found at: https://groups.google.com/group/LTATM
Maureen O’Connell
Maureen O’Connell is a retired Hollywood Film Editor who moved to Davenport in 2015, fulfilling a long-held dream to get out of L.A. and embrace the sanity and beauty of the north coast. A member of the local film group “Let’s Talk About the Movies!”, and a devoted fan of all things cinema, she hopes her enthusiasm for the art of the screen and its visible actors and invisible craftspeople will prove contagious to KSQD listeners. Camera rolling…action… Let’s go to the movies!