Celluloid Pudding

This may very well be Spike Lee's greatest contribution to the human cause. BlacKkKlansman is compelling, powerful, artistically exquisite, beautifully cast, exceptionally well scripted, and visually stunning...and that's on top of the MESSAGE the great auteur Spike Lee gives us. We love this film and loved sharing its countless merits on Celluloid Pudding. Please join us for some mental lubricati...

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Skeleton Key is a terrific little film from 2005 starring John Hurt, Gena Rowlands, and Goldie Hawn's pride and joy, Kate Hudson. Join us as we discuss the creepy happenings of a remote bayou grand house and some pretty disturbing factoids about what humans and otherworldly spirits are capable of. Further reading and resources for your intellectual enjoyment: Charles W. Chesnutt - The Conjure Woma...

We have republished this episode because we want you to have the best listening experience we can provide with our humble little podcast. Forgive us for the inconvenience. As promised, starting today we'll be giving you a two-for-one podcast! For the next five weeks we have a terrific lineup of disaster films we can't wait to discuss with you. Today we will bite into the thrill ride summer blockbu...

We will be dropping our exciting new episode of Celluloid Pudding Thursday, June 18, wherein we ponder the likelihood of what happens in the 2019 film Crawl EVER happening! Shutter your windows and strap in, make sure the bar is fully stocked, and clear the grocery store shelves of masking tape, toilet paper and peanut butter! Join us for rollicking good time! Plus, bonus content coming in our “Wh...

Forty-eight years ago today, Richard Milhous Nixon became the first American president to resign from office. This event forever changed the political worldview of America’s citizens. In this episode of Celluloid Pudding we discuss the dizzying, thrilling and fantastic film based on the tireless investigative work of renowned journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who uncovered the illegal a...

Please join us for an informal riff session this week. We banter about disaster movies, Joro Spiders, and Michelle Pfeiffer. We have some errata to address, but also some important news to declare, and most importantly a damned entertaining conversation. Join us! You're the reason we're here! 💗🎥 For the latest Joro Spider Update: https://www.wyff4.com/article/joro-spiders-south-carolina/40676999

Please join us on Monday, the 8th of August--the 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation--for a very special episode of Celluloid Pudding with a very special guest! 📰🗞

Greetings summer lovers and others types! Please join us for a thoughtful and probing discussion of the double feature (Grindhouse) phenomenon and Tarantino's experimental exploitation film Death Proof. What a rabbit hole! We think you'll enjoy this one. Grab an Icee and some Hawaiian Tropic and plug us into your Walkman. Link to ‘Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Discuss Grindhouse” ‘ as pro...

Join us later this week as we tackle Quentin Tarantino’s and Robert Rodriguez’s monster double feature and homage to low budget thriller exploitation cinema. “Planet Terror” and “Deathproof” are a perfect pair to wake us out of the doldrums on a hot summer night!

This 1999 Spike Lee film features a heatwave in New York in 1977, rolling blackouts, a deranged serial killer on the loose, disco & punk rock, orgies, infidelities, vigilantes, the Mob...and oh so much more! Did Spike Lee manage to cover all of those bases? Oh yes. Mad respect for Professor Lee. Please join us, but also please check out the film for yourself. Here is a terrific retrospective and d...

First there was Alien (1979), and it was meet and good. From its cells sprang forth a new species. Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver created a character as intriguing and formidable as the alien foe encountered on LV426. James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd saw the greatness in “Ripley” so much so that despite hemming and hawing of studio execs they were determined to center their epic Sci Fi/Action m...

This time it’s war. Coming to a podcast near you this Thursday, July 14, 2022. Don’t go into space alone!

Happy July! We are deep in summer—it’s a mood (especially if you have no air conditioning). We had a great time recording this episode on July 3rd with our dear friend and fellow movie lover Mr. Bill (Luckey). So get yourself a cold drink, your beach umbrella and most comfortable string bikini or baggies. Slap on some extra SPF 100 and dig those toes in the sand and listen to our latest ep. celebr...

Join us and one of our bestest friends Mr. Bill (Luckey) as we celebrate the 4th and discuss the grandpappy of all Summer Blockbusters. Coming this Thursday! #July4 #JAWS

In light of recent events--yes, those events that just took away constitutional rights from women, we decided to do a flying lead change and cover the aptly-named Portrait of a Lady on Fire. The year is 1770, and a woman must make a decision about her body, her future and what she will do about it. But this is no grim tale of bloody hangers and sepsis (though the latter must surely have been a ris...

Kyss Mig (Kiss Me) is a beautiful Swedish film from 2011 that throws some love to the red-headed stepchild of Queer Identity: Bisexuality. Every frame of this film is a delight, and the actors deliver fantastic and nuanced performances. Love is fluid and familial relationships are complicated. All relationships are complicated. Producer Interview link https://youtu.be/0BjyYergtT8 . Also, some Swed...

Rivalry. Jealousy. Competition. Foundation-wear on a rolling trolley. The dolly zoom. Whigs & Tories. Big beds and bloomers and wicked candlelit trysts. Just what *doesn’t* this lush and beautiful period piece have? Well…a male lead. That’s right. We said it. And what’s more, we’re here to talk about it. At length. Please join us in the East Gallery. Link to all 12 episodes of “The First Churchill...

To kick off Pride month, the first film in our Pride series is Dirk Bogarde's 1961 film Victim. This film was written and directed for the purpose of social justice and awareness in the UK at a time when same sex relations between men was a criminal and jail-able offense. 90% of all blackmail cases before the decriminalization Act in 1967 pertained to extortion of Gay men. We highly recommend this...

Please join us for our discussion of one of the most beautiful celluloid valentines to art, artists and all things sensuous. Or sensual. Both of those things. We love this film and we love the unexpurgated diaries of Anaïs Nin that inspired and informed the film. Beth poured herself a large glass of wine (she thought it necessary). RIP Fred Ward. You were born to play Henry Miller. You are greatly...

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.