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Ep. 33 Columbo: The Helter Skelter Murders
On this episode of The Pink Smoke podcast, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg cover a fictionalized take on the Manson Family, a beautiful actress caught in a web of violence & the seedy side…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 35 Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories
On this Pulp Fictions episode, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss five short stories from Japanese writer Edogawa Ranpo, the master of "ero guro nansensu" or "erotic, grotesque nonsen…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 59 The Ninth Configuration
Martin Kessler, who previously brought books about an immortal centurion and an omnipotent alien god to the podcast, returns to discuss The Ninth Configuration by William Peter Blatty. A reworking of…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 61 Waltz Into Darkness
"Had she asked him to lie down and die for her then and there, he would have been glad to do it, and glad of her having asked it, as well." Amour fou is the flavor of this episode, in which hosts Joh…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 60 The Wanderers
On this episode hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by filmmaker & historian Bill Teck to discuss their shared love of Philip Kaufman’s cult classic The Wanderers - a coming-of-age …
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 58 James Bond In The 70s
With the tedious inevitability of an unloved season, host John Cribbs returns with special guest John Arminio to continue their decades-spanning reappraisal of the James Bond franchise one film at a …
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 55 Fassbinder Triple Feature
For what would’ve been the filmmaker’s 75th birthday, hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg are joined by editor/producer Eric Pfriender to discuss the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. They’v…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 50 Stuart Gordon In Memoriam
A remembrance of Stuart Gordon, who passed away earlier this week. Gordon is one of the Patron Saints of The Pink Smoke, a fearless, risk-taking artist who refused to be confined to any particular co…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 49 True Grit
On this episode of The Pink Smoke podcast, we dig into Charles Portis’ classic Western, True Grit. Portis is a favorite author of hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs, a sui generis talent whos…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 37 The Burnt Orange Heresy
“The artist alone is the final judge of his work.” Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss Charles Willeford's twisty thriller set in the hip, commercialized art world of Miami in the earl…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago