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Episode 391: The Big Sleep (1946)
We continue our #Noirvember coverage with a discussion of The Big Sleep. The first proper Philip Marlowe book by Raymond Chandler, it was the second appearance of Marlowe on screen, this time portray…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: Michael Kallio
Local boy Michael Kallio packed up and moved to the big city, Los Angeles, and made good with feature films, shorts, music videos, and more. Hear him talk about his career from being a hand double fo…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 390: Murder My Sweet (1944)
We continue our #Noirvember2018 coverage with the first in a trio of Raymond Chandler adaptations -- Edward Dymytrk’s Murder My Sweet. Based on the second of Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels, Farewel…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 389: The Getaway (1972)
#Noirvember2018 kicks off with the 1972 film from director Sam Peckinpah, The Getaway. Based on the novel by Jim Thompson and adapted by Walter Hill, the film stars Steve McQueen as Doc McCoy and Ali…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 388: Session 9 (2001)
Directed by Brad Anderson and co-written by Anderson and Stephen Gevedon, Session 9 was released in 2001 and stars Peter Mullen as the head of a team of guys who are taking out the asbestos from a ps…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: Craigslist Allstars (2016)
Winner of the "Spirit of CUFF" award at the 2018 Chicago Underground Film Fest, Samira Elagoz's Craigslist Allstars is a documentary in which the filmmaker meets with fifteen different strangers and …
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 387: Mr. Vampire (1985)
Released in 1985, the original Mr. Vampire was directed by Ricky Lau and stars Lam Ching-Ying as a Taoist priest who battles the forces of evil along with his two inept students. This became a bluepr…
Published on 7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 386: Begotten (1990)
We are discussing E. Elias Merhige’s Begotten. Released in 1990, the film is an experimental narrative. It’s about… well, I’m not sure what it’s really all about but I hope we come to some sort of co…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Special Report: Survival of the Film Freaks (2018)
Mike talks to co-directors Kyle Kuchta (Fantasm) and Bill Fulkerson (Outside the Cinema) about their documentary, Survival of the Film Freaks (2018). Find out where the documentary is playing via the…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 384: Suspiria (1977)
We kick off #Shocktober2018 with a discussion of Dario Argento’s 1977 film Suspiria. The film stars Jessica Harper as Suzy Banyon, a young dancer who travels from New York to Germany to attend a pres…
Published on 7 years, 2 months ago