A Quality Interruption

EPISODE #410-- Cruz, fresh from the sawbones is back and ready to tackle maybe the worst dystopian sports movie the 1970's has to offer. That's right, we take on Norman Jewison's ROLLERBALL (1975).  We also handle Amazon's latest season of REACHER, Apple's MASTERS OF THE AIR, HBO's BAND OF BROTHERS, as well as Kurosawa's NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (1946), ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN (1972), THE TA...

EPISODE #409-- Guest star Alexis Simpson returns to talk about Albert Brooks' comedy masterpiece, DEFENDING YOUR LIFE from 1991. It stars Meryl Streep and Rip Torn. It's everything you want in a motion picture.  We also talk the IKIRU remake LIVING (2022), Netflix's THE KEEPERS, and Akira Kurosawa's underrated Russian production, DERSU UZALA (1975). A good week for good movies. Support your local...

EPISODE #408-- It's the top ten of 2023. You know how this works. Twenty movies. One year. Two morons. Listen to it now. Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong! Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality . Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption , and James on Twitter @kislingtwits, on Bluesky at kislingconnection.bsky, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kisli...

EPISODE #407-- We delve back into the sea of cr*p with Irwin Allen's lifeless disaster movie THE SWARM (1978). It's got Michael Caine yelling about bees. Trust me, the episode is much better than the movie they put out. Yeesh, what a stinker. . .  Anyways, we also talk about KING KONG VERSUS GODZILLA (1962), as well as SEVEN SAMURAI (1954), MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (1985), and GODZILLA VERSUS...

EPISODE #406-- Today we get into the holiday spirit with DEADLY GAMES from 1989 (AKA 3615 code Père Noël , Dial Code Santa Claus , Game Over , and Hide and Freak).  It's a weird, ridiculous French horror film that finally made its way onto Shudder. We also talk about Kurosawa's YOJIMBO (1963) and STRAY DOGS (1949), as well as the original NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947)-- all of which are available on the...

EPISODE #405-- Stomp along with us as we take on Toho Studio's latest entry in the venerated kaiju series, GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023). It's a good episode about a great movie.  We also talk about two other movies in theaters this week: DREAM SCENARIO (2023) and Hayao Miyazaki's THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023), as well as the Hitchcock black comedy THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955). We love our Hitchcock h...

EPISODE #404-- We finally tackle one of the great bad films. We talk about the chemically-fueled disaster that is GYMKATA from 1985. It's terrible! You gotta see it! We also talk about Gilliam's 12 MONKEYS (1996), Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON (2023), Marker's LA JETEE (1967), and Hitchcock's FOREIGN CORRESPONDANT (1941). Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong! Donate to the cause at...

EPISODE #403-- We get back into the world of Powell and Pressburger with the top propaganda pic of 1941: 49th PARALLEL, which stars just about everyone with a British accent at the time. A great little picture about an awful big war. We also talk about James Cameron's ALIENS (1986) and Ishiro Honda's GODZILLA (1954). Two great old monster movies. Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA...

EPISODE #402-- We dip back into the world of adult fairy tales with the incredibly French film from Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet: CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, staring Ron Perlman and a whole bunch of weird looking French people. Real red letter day for good faces, folks. We also talk about IMMORTALS (2011), THE HUMAN CONDITION (1959 - 1961), THE SEVEN UPS, and DEFENDING MY LIFE on HBO Max. Support y...

EPISOD #401-- We return to form with Ishiro Honda's 1968 monster-packed masterpiece, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS. If you love Godzilla-- or Ultraman or Kamen Rider or Gamera, for that matter-- then this is the episode for you. It's a good one-- nay! A great one! We also chat about JAWAN (2023) on Netflix, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946), THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1969), THE HAUNTING, and the original SUSPI...

EPISODE #400-- To commemorate the end of our stupid Spooktagon and to celebrate our 400th episode, we did a real movie: Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO (1960). Staring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. Great film. Pretty good episode. Listen to it and try not to die of fright! We also talk about Martin Scorsese's KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023), DR. JECKEL AND MR. HYDE (1931) on the Criterion Channel,...

#399-- For this week's installment of the 2023 SPOOKTAGON, we talk the certified Criterion classic, ONIBABA from 1964. A great, little pot-boiler about jealousy, carnage, greed, and, of course, evil old women. A tale as old as time. We also talk about AHSOKA (2023) and how much I hate it (see Seawall.substack.com), Masaki Kobayahi's THE HUMAN CONDITION PART 1: NO GREATER LOVE (1959), and THE OLD D...

EPISODE #398-- We crawl back into the world of TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT (1995), directed by the indefatigible Ernest Dickerson. We also talk about Michael Curtiz's DOCTOR X (1932) on the Criterion Channel and THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932), which is also available on the Criterion Channel. Lots of good, little yarns on the old Channel. Check it out. Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-A...

EPISODE #397-- We dive back into the twisted world of schlock king Stuart Gordon with the HP Lovecraft adaptation FROM BEYOND (1986). Good episode. Solid little flick. It's also free on Tubi and Pluto, so hey. What's stopping ya? We also talk about THE CREATOR (2023), THE ABYSS (1989), DIABOLIQUE (1955), STREETS OF FIRE (1984), and HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE (2023). It's a good crop of movies, folk...

EPISODE #396-- Just under the wire, we return to talk about the Akira Kurosawa-scripted RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985) staring Eric Roberts and John Voight. It's a good one and currently available on Tubi. A nice change of pace after this long, boiling summer. We also talk about Friedkin's TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA (1985), Gerwig's BARBIE (2023), 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002), and Hammer and Publick's VENTURE BRO...

EPISODE #395-- We delve into the classic film noir fairy tale THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955). It's got everything: Metaphor, murder, and Mitchum. What else could a body want from a movie? We also talk about Huston's THE MISFITS (1961), Lumet's DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975), BOTTOMS (2023), and Friedkin's SORCERER (1977). Lots of good movies, old and new this week. You should go check em out! Support yo...

EPISODE #394-- For today's episode, we talk about the influential Spanish-Italian sci-fi horror film PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (1965) from director Mario Bava. It's a wild movie. You should check it out. We also talk about Park Chan-Wook's OLDBOY (2003), Martin Ritt's NORMA RAE (1979), and James Gunn's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol. 3 (2023). We also talk about, ugh, AHSOKA on Disney+. God. Ugh. Yuck....

EPISODE #393-- In tribute to the indeftagible Hurricane Billy Friedkin, we do an actual classic film: THE EXORCIST (we've already done CRUISING, SORCERER, and THE FRENCH CONNECTION, so go listen to those). It's a good episode, if a kind of heavy one. Be good to your fellow man, folks. We also talk Friedkin's THE HUNTED (2003), Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023), and. . . That's kind of it? Busy week. Lots...

EPISODE #392-- Folks, we got ourselves an old-fashioned five bagger. That's right we have the Howard Hawks' produced THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD from 1951 starring James Arness. .  . and others! It's a classic for a reason! We also talk about the adaptation of SILO (2023) on Apple+, CHE: PART II (2008) from Steve Soderbergh, STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS on Paramount+, Wes Anderson's THE GRAND BU...

EPISODE #391-- After some rather rude technical errors, we are back and we are talking the latest and final installment of the long-running Indiana Jones series. That's right: Today we are rapping about INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (2023). We liked it more than most people! Come on and give it a listen, why don't you? Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality . Follow the show on Twitter...

EPISODE #390-- Today we tackle the meta-physical farce (and Mark Kermode favorite), THE NINTH CONFIGURAITON from William Peter Blatty (staring Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, and Moses Gunn). It's a good one. Good movie, available for free in a ton of different places. Go check it out! We also talk about GUNDAMN: 08th MS TEAM, MOON, Ridley Scott's HOUSE OF GUCCI (2021), and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RE...

EPISODE #389-- 1995 was a good year for cyberpunk. There was Hackers, Sneakers, Ghost in the Shell, and, of course, JOHNNY MNEMONIC , directed by Robert Longo and staring none-other than John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves. It's a movie that people talk about for a reason. Despite its distinct problems, it still has stuff in it that is worth experiencing. Come with as we untangle this schlock masterpi...

EPISODE #388-- We belatedly round out Pride Month with an examination of Bob Fosse's complex musical masterpiece and ode to a bygone era, CABARET (1972, starting Liza Minnelli and Michael York). It's a great movie and a great episode. We also talk about decidedly straight films, Sergio Leone's THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (1968), John Woo's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 (2000), Wes Anderson's ASTEROID...

EPISODE #387-- We carry on with Pride Month, this time tackling the classic gender-bending musical comedy, VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982), written and directed by Blake Edwards. It's a good one. A good movie and a good episode. We also talk about MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996) from Brian Di Palma and CONFLAGRATION (1957), which is available on the Criterion Channel. Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality....

EPISODE #386-- Carrying on our celebration of Pride Month, we tackle the infamous biopic from Paul Schrader, MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS from 1985. With a score by Phillip Glass and staring Ken Ogata. It's a heck of a film. Check it out on Criterion and/or HBO Max. We also talk about another Paul Schrader flick THE YAKUZA (1974), as well as AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022), TOKYO GODFATHERS (2...