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Ep. 126 Man With A Movie Camera
What more can possibly be said about Dziga Vertov & Mikhail Kaufman's Man With a Movie Camera, one of the most studied, discussed and written-about films ever made? Is everybody sick of hearing how a…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 125 Spy Movies Part II
The Pink Smoke is coming in from the cold to debrief our listeners on 100 years worth of espionage thrillers. Starting in the 1920's, we chose one notable spy movie (as well as a few alternate picks)…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
FIVE FROM THE FIRE / Ep. 10 Katharine Coldiron
What if every single print of every single film by 5 esteemed filmmakers were housed in a burning warehouse and there was only time to save 5 of them? This is the hypothetical hot seat into which gue…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 16 Shoplifters
Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss (possibly) their favorite film of the year, Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters. This episode, recorded in 2018, was released from behind our Patreon pa…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 124 Spy Movies Part I
The Pink Smoke is coming in from the cold to debrief our listeners on 100 years worth of espionage thrillers. Starting in the 1920's, we chose one notable spy movie (as well as a few alternate picks)…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
My Friends Call Me John
1988 saw the release of two action movies that have become classics of the genre, both of which just happen to have been made by directors named "John" and feature heroes named "John." In a bit of sh…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 17 Forever And A Death
PSP: Pulp Fictions covers the "Bond Novel That Never Was" - crime writer Donald Westlake's FOREVER AND A DEATH! Westlake is a favorite author of hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs so they're …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 123 A Snake Of June
Over a decade after his high-octane cyber-punk metal mutilation fetishism monster debut Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), director-producer-writer-cinematographer-editor-star Shinya Tsukamoto truly discov…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 122 Flashman's Lady
"There's no such thing as an unfashionable hero or an unsuitable heiress." Hot off their five-hour excursion into Swishbuckler Cinema, hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg trace the sordid su…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 121 Art vs. Trash
Host Christopher Funderburg is joined by Martin Kessler to finally settle the debate of "what is art?" and "what is trash?" in cinema! Using the similarities between a Tales from the Crypt episode an…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago