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The Green Knight (2021): Old Poem, New Cinema Magic
Episode 23
David Lowery's The Green Knight is a visual delight and a thought-provoking journey.
A medieval fantasy adventure, The Green Knight is a modern re-in…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984): Weird, Wild, and...Wonderful?
Episode 22
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has a plot as long and winding as its title.
W.D. Richter and Earl Mac Rauch's Buckaroo Ban…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trancers (1984): the Cult Classic Not Serious Noir Detective Sci-Fi Time Travel Comedy
Episode 21
Trancers is a low-budget science-fiction classic that launched a cult franchise.
A Terminator knock-off that blended sci-fi, noir detective, comedy, a…
1 year, 1 month ago
Fright Night (1985): The Horror/Comedy About the Vampire Next Door
Episode 20
How did Tom Holland's Fright Night push the horror/comedy crossover to success?
Fright Night sprung out of the 1980s when horror/comedy blends were ne…
1 year, 2 months ago
Phantasm (1979): The Tall Man Cometh
Episode 19
Phantasm was light on budget but high on creativity.
Don Coscarelli's Phantasm is a low-budget fantasy horror and cult favorite.
An indie production, …
1 year, 2 months ago
The Hidden (1987): An Alien Goes Grand Theft Auto
Episode 18
The Hidden came and went in the 1980s but has been rediscovered by horror and sci-fi fans.
A science-fiction film, a buddy-cop film, an action film, e…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Last Dragon (1985): Martial Arts and Motown Music Collide
Episode 17
Why did Motown Records Make a Martial Arts Comedy Film?
The Last Dragon is a wild and totally 80s combination of martial arts, emerging hip-hop cultur…
1 year, 2 months ago
A Better Tomorrow (1986): the Birth of John Woo's Gun-Fu and Heroic Bloodshed
Episode 16
Why is A Better Tomorrow a landmark film in Hong Kong Action Cinema?
John Woo's A Better Tomorrow was a lightbulb moment for the filmmaker and a groun…
1 year, 3 months ago
Blood In, Blood Out (1993): the Mexican-American Cult Classic Crime Drama
Episode 15
Why did Blood In, Blood Out fail at the box office yet find fans later?
1993's Blood In, Blood Out was supposed to be the next epic crime drama.
Sho…
1 year, 3 months ago
Lifeforce (1985): Tobe Hooper's Space Vampire Science Fiction Cult Classic
Episode 14
Why is Lifeforce one of the best films The Cannon Group ever financed?
Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce is a sci/fi horror with off-the-wall ideas and some bat…
1 year, 3 months ago