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Ep. 75 Spontaneous Combustion
Of all the overlooked, misunderstood films directed by Tobe Hooper, Spontaneous Combustion remains one of the most overlooked and misunderstood. There are few viewing experiences as shocking and trag…
Published on 4 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 74 Bond In The Brosnan Era
It was inevitable that our decade-spanning reappraisal of the James Bond franchise would hit the Pierce Brosnan period, but rather than return to die another day host John Cribbs and special guest Jo…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 53 This Sweet Sickness
Hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg discuss Patricia Highsmith’s 1960 crime novel, This Sweet Sickness. The novel follows a stalker who constructs a perfect marriage in his mind and goes to …
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 73 Jean-Claude Carrière
Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg sit down to pay tribute to one of the greatest screenwriters who ever lived, Jean-Claude Carrière. When Carrière recently passed away the hosts decided to p…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 72 Seijun Suzuki
“Who speaks of realism here?” This is it: our mammoth exploration of the work of Japanese iconoclast Seijun Suzuki. Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by poster illustrator and pee…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 52 James Bond In The 60s
Host John Cribbs is joined by John Arminio to discuss the James Bond films of the 60s. Looking at what many fans consider the series’ untouchable golden age, Cribbs & Arminio go film by film through …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 25 The Glitter Dome
On this month's pulp fiction episode, Funderburg & Cribbs discussed former cop Joseph Wambaugh's brutal, depressing & hilarious Hollywood conspiracy thriller, The Glitter Dome. It's a masterpiece of …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 71 Alan Dean Foster
“Most great art has been commission work. Bernini didn’t sit around making statues because he liked making statues, he did it because Pope So-and-so wanted a bust of himself on his elaborate tomb… Re…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 70 The Stars My Destination
“We’re tigers, the three of us, but who the hell are we to make decisions for the world just because we’re compulsive?” For this special international episode, we’re joined by Nicolás Virviescas and …
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 43 Tangerine Dream Soundtracks
Host John Cribbs is joined by Emmy-winning editor/producer & longtime Pink Smoke contributor Eric Pfriender to discuss the soundtrack work of Tangerine Dream, the experimental music conglomeration be…
Published on 5 years ago