One F*cking Hour

Episode 24: For our very special Oscar's themed episode, Tom, Evan & Marcus go one fucking hour on one of the all-time classic award-sweepers, William Friedkin's influential vérité crime saga "The French Connection" (1971). Plus some additional bonus chatter on the 2022 Academy Awards shit-show and our thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson's "Licorice Pizza" (2021).

Episode 22: Tom, Evan & Marcus go one fucking hour the techno-erotic thriller "Disclosure" (1994), a completely irrational ring-wing slice of men's rights propaganda starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. "A horrible, convoluted mess that couldn’t be more horribly timed." – article on Michael Crichton's Disclosure: https://cannonballread.com/2018/01/a-horrible-convoluted-mess-that-couldnt-be-mor...

Episode 21: Tom, Evan & Marcus go one fucking hour on David Lynch's terrifying, phantasmagorical noir "Lost Highway" (1997) – perhaps his darkest film, which is really saying something.

Episode 20: Tom, Evan, Marcus and special guest Taylor Rowley deep dive on Todd Solondz's "Welcome to the Dollhouse," an especially cruel and hilarious portrait of suburban adolescent misanthropia. Momin of Zen, Todd Solondz's brilliant short film "Feelings" (1984): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7XdFubPO4A

Episode 19: Tom, Evan & Marcus bravely explore Peter Bogdanovich's smotheringly sentimental "Mask" (1985), based on the true story of Rocky Dennis, an American teenage who suffered from a rare facial affliction. LISTEN to Karina Longworth's "You Must Remember This" podcast series on "Polly Platt: The Invisible Woman": http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2020/7/pollyplattarchive28

Episode 18: Evan, Tom, Marcus and special guest guest Rémy Bennett discuss the 1983 film "Star 80," Bob Fosse's brutal and glitzy adaptation of the 1980 Dorothy Stratten Playboy murder/suicide tragedy that exemplifies the horrific desperation of the Hollywood dream gone bad. 

Episode 17: Tom, Evan & Marcus deep dive on "Cruising" (1980), William Friedkin's polarizing film of serial murder set against the backdrop of NYC's late 70's gay leather bar scene. NOTE: Evan's audio was mistakenly recorded too loud and is overdriven/distorted in some areas. We did the best to repair it! Our apologies and hope it doesn't affect your listening experience.

Episode 16: It's Tom birthday episode and thus, we are all forced to dive into Jerry Lewis' mind shattering anti-comedy "Cracking Up" (1983) which was befuddlingly released the same year as Scorsese's "The King of Comedy".

Episode 15: Tom, Evan & Marcus revisit "Jackie Brown" (1997), a truly underrated 90s crime film with amazing performances, and a low key pace set in the parking lots, food courts and dive bars of Los Angeles.

Episode 14: Tom, Evan & Marcus embark on perhaps the most complex fucking hour yet examining the major flaws and fuck-yeahs within John Boorman's over zealous sci-fi epic "Zardoz" (1974).

Episode 13: Tom, Evan & Marcus go under the hood of an American masterpiece, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974), and the artisans behind its maddening nightmare world, which still packs a stiff punch to this day.

Episode 12: Tom, Evan and Marcus reevaluate Paul Thomas Anderson's oppressively self serious MAGNOLIA (1999), the shapeless soup of half narratives that closed the '90s.

Episode 11: Tom, Evan & Marcus deep dive on Nicolas Roeg's enigmatic and hallucinogenic coming of age film WALKABOUT (1971). Listen to Stockhausen's "Hymnen": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV4Uy-3b0c8

Tom, Evan & Marcus go deep on the 1983 shot-on-video horror film SLEDGEHAMMER an accidental video art piece featuring hallucinatory slo-mo and a claustrophobic dead zone of white noise and white walls.

Episode 9: Tom, Evan & Marcus deep dive on Bob Fosse's musical fever dream "All That Jazz" (1979), a meta self reflection of a total bullshit artist. Get your pre-watch in of next week's film Sledgehammer (1983) right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJI6SXl4pp4&t=0s  

Episode 8: Tom, Evan & Marcus dig into the artistry and the extremely talent crew behind Gordon Parks Jr.'s landmark '70s existential crime film "Super Fly". 1:09 – Overtime on "Overnight" (2003) 4:56 – Overtime on "Phantasm" (1979), letter from Roberto A. Quezada 8:41 – One Fucking Hour on "Super Fly" (1972) Special Thanks to Rémy Bennett for additional research. References used for this episode...

Episode 7: Tom, Evan & Marcus deep dive on Tony Montana & Mark Brian Smith’s character assassination documentary OVERNIGHT (2003), which chronicles the the ill-fated making-of The Boondock Saints and its megalomaniacal director bro Troy Duffy. Stream "Overnight" (2003) for free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/510561/overnight

Episode 6: Tom, Evan & Marcus go one fucking hour on Don Coscarelli's DIY nightmare-scape "Phantasm," a 70s prog-rock album cover come to life. Listen to THE 'TASM MIX – A Mixtape Inspired by Phantasm curated by us on YouTube or Spotify . 

Episode 5: Tom, Evan & Marcus go one fucking hour on the 'Just Say No' cautionary tale The Boost from 1988 starring James Woods & Sean Young.

Episode 4: Tom, Evan & Marcus gush over Dustin Hoffman in STRAIGHT TIME, a bonafide masterpiece of 1970's crime realism.

Episode 3: Tom, Evan & Marcus breakdown the details within George A. Romero's masterful gore-soaked satire DAWN OF THE DEAD.

Episode 2: Tom, Evan & Marcus parse Gus Van Sant's 1998 (alleged) shot-for-shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic PSYCHO.

Episode 1: Tom, Evan & Marcus have just one fucking hour to breakdown the masterful details within John Boorman's 1972 film Deliverance.