Mar 30, 2020
This movie is famous because of it’s hilariously clunky acronym. And you only THINK you know what it stands for. That’s just the first surprise that this old school VHS never-rent has in store for you. The second surprise is that, for all of its reputation, C.H.U.D. kind of has its charms. Well, there...
Mar 23, 2020
Ein Fritz Lang Film! And its a nightmarish psychological crime thriller that was banned by the Nazis no less! It’s also, strangely, a kind of sequel to two different and previously unrelated Lang films: Mabuse the Gambler (1922) and M (1931). In other words, this is a perfect place for us to start with this...
Mar 16, 2020
We have our first sample of Jim Jarmusch with this little gift that Mike chose for Charlie’s extra-special birthday episode. Is this classic three-part anthology set in crumbling Memphis environs a perfect present or a devastating disappointment? With tales of tourists on a rock n’ roll pilgrimage, a widow beset...
Mar 9, 2020
Bob Rafelson’s Head offers an acid-dipped, musical journey through the artistic and professional frustrations of the Monkees, post TV show and struggling apologize for their existence with the verylanguage of the flower-powered, freak-out culture that had long-since rejected them. Never quite settling on a format,...
Mar 2, 2020
This is a big one folks. We’re starting our foray into the films of Ingmar Bergman with his (and maybe even the Criterion Collection’s) most iconic film: The Seventh Seal. Death! The Plague! Chess! Harlequin tights! This is the podcast that will determine once and for all: does it live up to the hype? We also tackle...