Cinephoria!

Also available on YouTube. Discussing the Psycho franchise, specifically Psycho III & IV as well as some talk about Rocky Balboa.

Also available on YouTube. Discussing the 2015 film, Knight of Cups along with the work of Terrence Malick.

Also available on YouTube. Another rambling episode. Discussing topics like 4Ks, Watership Down, filmmakers Martin McDonagh, S. Craig Zahler and more.

Also available on Youtube. Discussing Frederick Wiseman's documentary, High School (with some brief talk of his debut, Titicut Follies) as well as Gary Oldman's sole directorial effort, Nil by Mouth.

Also available on YouTube. Talking about the strange, yet fascinating film The Huldra as well as some discussion on cult films and ending with some brief talk about Russ Meyers' Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

Also available on YouTube. A wide range of topics today. Blu-Ray sales, controversial films, famous filmmakers and more.

Also available on Youtube. Talking in depth about the new brilliant work from Gaspar Noe, Vortex.

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With half of 2022 behind us, we discuss some of the best films of the year so far and look forward to another half of terrific cinema.

Continuing from last week, discussing the 50th anniversary of Gerard Damiano's infamous pornographic film, Deep Throat and it's legacy.

Discussing the terrific book Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli from Mark Seal along with the 50th anniversary and long lasting legacy of Francis Coppola's work of art, The Godfather.

Finishing up talk about Killing for Culture: From Edison to ISIS and discussing the 1985 cult gem, Fandango.

Discussing the 70s road classic, Smokey and the Bandit, the beautiful new film, Montana Story and finally visiting one of work from a modern master, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Continuing talk from last week about Killing for Culture with discussion of W.A.V.E Productions and the end of the Shockumentary era. Also some talk on recent theatrical experiences including the new Tom Cruise blockbuster, Top Gun: Maverick as well with Satyajit Ray's conclusion to the Apu Trilogy, The World of Apu and finally, Charlie Shackleton's new film, The Afterlight.

Looks like the microphone issue is fixed this week. Talking about the terrific book Killing for Culture: From Edison to ISIS by David Kerekes and David Slater. That propels into a conversation about Mondo and shockumentaries like Mondo Cane, Faces of Death and Traces of Death. To wrap up the episode is brief talk about the new Apichatpong Weerasethakul film, Memoria.

The first two minutes audio didn't record so just skip ahead. A discussion of Goodbye, Dragon Inn leads to an even longer discussion about the importance of the theatrical experience.

Doing some documentary talk this time. Rambling on about Hands on a Hardbody, The Devil At Your Heels, Earthlings and Grizzly Man.

Finishing up talk of Charles Elton's book "Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate and the Price of a Vision" along with discussion of the new 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper's "Out of the Blue."

Discussing Charles Elton's book, Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate and The Price of a Vision. We also talk about Peter Traynor's cult gem, Death Game and Eric Steel's documentary, The Bridge.

Discussing Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, Sergio Corbucci's The Great Silence and Richard Linklater's Apollo 10 1/2.

Talking about Steven Soderbergh and his film, Schizopolis and My Night at Maud's directed and written by Eric Rohmer.

Doing some discussion on Michael Haneke's debut, The Seventh Continent as well as Bela Tarr's nihilistic masterpiece, Satantango and the late 80s family drama, Running on Empty.

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For Black History Month, I wanted to highlight one of the most significant and favorite films in black cinema TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - 34:14: Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 34:15: Baadasssss (2003)

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