Celluloid Pudding

We had so much more to say about Joan Crawford and Faye Dunaway. Beth will use any excuse to talk about Barbara Stanwyck. We open up about certain Supreme Ct drafts. Sam’s opinions on scrubbing powder are publicly vindicated.

Oh boy. This is our second film for Mothers of May. In this case, dysfunctional mothers of May. How could we NOT look at this campy classic from the 80s??

For May we’re celebrating mothers in film! There are SO many great films out there, and we’re starting with a superb treatment of Carrie Fisher’s eponymous autobiography Postcards from the Edge. The chemistry between Meryl Streep and Shirley MacClean truly captures the essence of Carrie Fisher’s competitive yet ride or die relationship with her mother Debbie Reynolds. Carrie also wrote the screenp...

Please join us as we discuss one of our favorite films: Concussion. NOT to be confused with a 2015 film by the same title (that one is about football injuries). In our discussion of Concussion 2013 we hope to inspire you to watch this movie. It is a sublime indie film that is funny, sexy, touching, and ultimately extremely satisfying. We are delighted to add this film to our repertoire.

The full episode for our discussion of Concussion (2013) will be posted on April 28! We LOVE this film. It truly is unique.

We just had to get a few things off our bosoms. Receive our love, our walk of shame, our redemption, and our absolution. We recorded on 4/20 and speak of things one might celebrate on that day.

You made it! Now we will exhaust all reserves of stamina to deliver the final part of our Caligula discussion!

Please stay with us as we continue with our second installment of our Caligula epic discussion.

In this epic two-parter, we attempt to deconstruct the movie, the man, the god, the myth, and the more aptly epic production crew and their flights of fancy, fits of indignation and squabbles of enduring lore. Please join us as we attempt the impossible. Link to Rome: “Empire Without Limit” by Mary Beard https://youtu.be/img2acHgiCs

What a terrific pick for the first of our films during April F*Vck Fest. Jävla Fest in Swedish. There’s a whole lotta shaking going on. And it takes a village. Please join us as we irreverently talk you through this half folk horror/half slasher film that made one of us (okay it was Sam) blush wildly because of her day job, and one of us (Beth) gleefully point out macabre and distressing elements...

In this episode we discuss Tim Burton’s fantastic tribute to schlock-n-shock B-movie filmmaker Ed Wood. Ed Wood was famous for his (really) bad movies, including Plan 9 from Outer Space, and the surprisingly prescient and relevant Glen or Glenda. He was a winsome wheeler-dealer in the dog-eat-dog movie machine of 1950’s Hollywood, an open Transvestite when such things were far from understood, and...

“Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s dreams?”

In this episode we tackle Mike Nichols’ debut wundermaisterfest of marital discord and drunken academic revelry. We may have been sipping along with the actors to get through the merriment-hate-love fusion cocktail of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton on the big screen. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Sláinte! ☘️

Here’s a little short for your Thursday listening pleasure. We—your co-hosts Sam and Beth—have some unfinished business and news. What’s our frequency? Tune into ours as we receive yours.

In tomorrow’s “Short,” we’ll discuss some things that are going on in the world, some mortifying gaffs from our Dolores Claiborne episode, which film we’ll be discussing for St. Paddy’s Day (VERY EXCITED), and also let you know about some good works Celluloid Pudding is doing in the name of peace and harmony on Earth. Please join us now AND tomorrow!

Please join us for one of our rawest discussions yet. We went light on the editing and kept it real. We also have an interview Beth conducted with the fantastic Mona—a native of Maine—who provides us with terrific insights about the era in which she grew up, her memories of Stephen King, and some of the linguistic and cultural idiosyncrasies of the great state of Maine. Thank you, Mona! End song ‘...

It’s Wednesday night and we can’t stop thinking about you! This is a little freestyle riff, along with some fact corrections that embarrassed us from previous episodes. But we mostly just wanted to commune with you before we release our next episode next Thursday.

“I like simple pleasures, like, butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth.” If you like old school disco mixes, you’ll love this channel: https://m.youtube.com/user/DJDiscoCatV2

“There are shadows in life, babe.”

Boy are you in for a big surprise!

In this episode, we take a wonderfully difficult look at Lorraine Hansberry’s play-adapted-to big screen, A Raisin in the Sun, starring a fantastic ensemble, including the late, GREAT Sidney Poitier. This is more than a film; it is an entire multi-generational experience captured by the skill and imagination of a true artist. This time we refer to the writer; though director Daniel Petrie and two...

In this episode, your co-hosts Beth and Sam—and our resident expert and German veteran—take on American Sniper (2014), a Clint Eastwood film based on Chris Kyle’s autobiography of the same title. We do warn you that the subject matter we cover might be disturbing to some listeners. Included in our discussion are the subjects of war and guns, which are integral parts of the film. We would love to i...

For this episode, our special guest lends his perspective as a non-national and former member of the German military, while we (your co-hosts Beth & Sam) attempt to discuss a rather controversial film about a decidedly difficult subject. The material we cover may be disturbing to some listeners. We respectfully claim fair use of the opening montage snippets from the film American Sniper, 2014, whi...

This week we kick the ball around with a very exciting guest for Run, Lola, Run! Do you know what time it is? Trick question. Join us as we discuss this groundbreaking film by the great Tom Tykwer, starring the most exquisite Franka Potente. We wax a little nostalgic about the age of the mall cinema, and then do a deep dive. What a treat our guest brought us with his energy and knowledge. We had s...

Do you ever wish life had a reset button? In our next episode we discuss the German film Lola Rennt aka “Run Lola Run” (1998). Director Tom Tykwer takes us on a frenetically paced adventure against the backdrop of pre-Millennium Berlin as Franka Potente races to beat demon time and change the variables in her chaotic universe. The techno soundtrack (also credit to Tykwer) is (chef’s kiss) superb!