Cinematic Omniverse

What goes on between those eye-crinkles when Hackman is acting? Scott and Marty ponder the mysteries of Gene’s first, last, best, and worst films.  Lilith (1964, Dir. Robert Rossen) Runaway Jury (2003, Dir. Gary Fleder) The Conversation (1974, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987, Dir. Sidney J. Furie) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Mu...

Whether you think of him as Dr. John Wayne Prentiss, Detective Virgil Tibbs, or just plain old “Sir,” Sidney Poitier is the colossal subject of this week’s filmopsis! Core Connections : No Way Out (1950, Dir. Joseph P. Mankewicz) The Jackal (1997, Dir. Michael Caton-Jones) Raisin in the Sun (1961, Dir. Daniel Petrie) Ghost Dad (1990, Dir. Sidney Poitier) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Googl...

In a revelation-filled anniversary episode, Marty and Scott examine only ONE film… which is also, somehow, ALL the films…? Also, best-of lists, the future of the omniverse, and more! If you only buy ONE COMIC BOOK this month… I don’t care which one you choose, but LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!!! Core Connections : Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012, Dir. György Pálfi) Connective Cameos : Dead Men Don...

Marty and Scott watch movies about people who watch movies. But when the lines begin to blur, the Cinematic Omniverse itself may be in peril!  Core Connections : Sherlock, Jr. (1924, Dir. Buster Keaton) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985, Dir. Woody Allen) Last Action Hero (1993, Dir. John McTiernan) Connective Cameos : Lost Highway Being John Malkovich Holy Motors Top Gun: Maverick Knives Out It’s A...

Whether he’s a bachelor buddy, a truculent commuter, or a gaslighting gynecologist, it’s hard not to love Charles Grodin! (Okay that last one is pretty easy.) Core Connections : Rosemary’s Baby (1968, Dir. Roman Polanksi) The Lonely Guy (1984, Dir. Arthur Hiller) So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993, Dir. Thomas Schlamme) Connective Cameos : Midnight Run Catch-22 Harold and Maude Trading Places Nigh...

Marty and Scott court French actress Delphine Seyrig for a ménage of trois filmes françaises , including the film voted Best Film of All Time by the Sound & Sight 2022 poll. Ooh la la!   Core Connections : Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963, Dir. Alain Resnais) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Dir. Luis Buñuel) Jeanne Dielman, 28 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, Dir. Chanta...

Great Scott! Christopher Lloyd gets the omniverse treatment. Plus, Box Office Gold and Box Office Poison! Aaaaugh! Sorry about the audio quality in this one.   Core Connections : Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1989, Dir. Robert Zemeckis) Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995, Dir. Gary Fleder) Nobody (2021, Dir. Ilya Naishuller) Connective Cameos : Batman Returns One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest...

His hairless pate has been a touchstone in Hollywood cinema for as long as Scott and Marty can recall. It’s time to walk a mile in the shoes of Danny DeVito. Core Connections : Lady Liberty aka La Mortadella (1972, Dir. Mario Monicelli) Ruthless People (1986, Dir. Abrahams, Zucker, and Zucker) The Comedian (2016, Dir. Taylor Hackford) Connective Cameos : One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Batman Retu...

Scott and Marty get acquainted with “that guy from that thing,” aka Lance Henriksen. You know who we’re talking about!   Core Connections : Network (1976, Dir. Sidney Lumet) Aliens (1985, Dir. James Cameron) Modigliani (2004, Dir. Mick Davis)   Connective Cameos : The Terminator Near Dark The Visitor, aka Stridulum The Right Stuff Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the...

Get into the Christmas (and Hanukkah!) spirit with Scott and Marty! Core Connections : Santa Claus (1898, Dir. George Albert Smith) Miracle on 34th Street (1947, Dir. George Seaton) Ernest Saves Christmas (1988, Dir. John R. Cherry III) The Hebrew Hammer (2003, Dir. Jonathan Kesselman)   Connective Cameos : Car Wash Plan 9 From Outer Space Scarface Blazing Saddles The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance...

Scott loves Paris, so Marty agrees to follow him to the City of Lights, where it turns out several decades’ worth of weirdos lie in wait. Core Connections : L’Atalante (1934, Dir. Jean Vigo) Band of Outsiders (1964, Dir. Jean-Luc Godard) Holy Motors (2012, Dir. Leos Carax)   Connective Cameos : The Lavender Hill Mob 12 Angry Men On the Waterfront The City of Lost Children Alien: Resurrection Shoot...

Madness. MADNESS! Join Scott and Marty on a rollicking ride through Ealing, up the river, and into the Castle with the Old (Jedi) Knight himself, Sir Alec. Core Connections : The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Dir. Charles Crichton) Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Dir. David Lean) Kafka (1991, Dir. Steven Soderbergh) Connective Cameos : Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Star Wars Episode V: The Empire St...

Scott and Marty skip a groove again, but end up landing comfortably on Madeline Kahn, the Teutonic Tit-willow.   Core Connections : Paper Moon (1973, Dir. Peter Bogdanovich) Blazing Saddles (1974, Dir. Mel Brooks) The Muppet Movie (1979, Dir. James Frawley) Connective Cameos: Clue Nixon Judy Berlin Midnight Run Silver Streak The Darjeeling Ltd. Leon: The Professional Rain Man The Last Picture Show...

Scott and Marty use a wide lens to capture a broad 'bent in three of Sir Jim’s finest film outings. (NOTE: In 2002, Jim Broadbent actually declined a knighthood. But he’ll always be “Sir” in our hearts!)  Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

You don’t have to be an expert sleuth to find three excellent films featuring Sir Michael Caine. Even Scott and Marty could do it! Core Connections: Sleuth (1972, Dir. Joseph P. Mankewicz) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988, Dir. Frank Oz) Youth (2015, Dir. Paolo Sorrentino)  Connective Cameos: Austin Powers in Goldmember Alfie Evil Under the Sun The Godfather Psycho Get Carter A Hard Day’s Night Ruthl...

Guest star and Hep-Cat Danielle Paradis leads feckless call-boys Marty and Scott on a romp through the beloved 60s (dark?) comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s and… two other… things. Core Connections: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961, Dir. Blake Edwards) Viva Zapata! (1952, Dir. Elia Kazan) A Comedy of Terrors (1963, Dir. Jacques Tourneur) Connective Cameos: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The Graduate West Si...

BOO! Or rather, CHEER for Cinematic Omniverse’s Hallowe’en special! SCREAM with joy along with Marty, Scott, and special GHOST – er, guest – Abbey Schwartz!   Core Connections: House of 1,000 Corpses (2003, Dir. Rob Zombie) Spider Baby (1967, Dir. Jack Hill) Trilogy of Terror (1975, Dir. Dan Curtis)  Connective Cameos: A Clockwork Orange Beetlejuice Poltergeist The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Ring...

Kirsten Dunst: Permanently prepubescent bloodsucker, or time-hopping beauty queen? Also in this ep: Scott and Marty deliver their Box Office Gold and Box Office Poison pitches! Core Connections: Interview with the Vampire (1994, Dir. Neil Jordan) Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999, Dir. Michael Patrick Jann) The Power of the Dog (2021, Dir. Jane Campion)  Connective Cameos: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Nosferatu D...

Film frontiersmen Scott & Marty can spot the most character-istic of character actors -- and even in a room full of Roberts, it’s Ryan every time. Core Connections: Crossfire (1974, Dir. Edward Dmytryk) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, Dir. John Sturges) The Iceman Cometh (1973, Dir. John Frankenheimer) Connective Cameos: Act of Violence Rashomon It’s A Wonderful Life It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Wor...

Is it possible to have a successful career AND be a mom? What about if you’re an 18th century mute mail-order bride? Scott and Marty have opinions! Do YOU? Core Connections: Raising Arizona The Piano The Big Sick Connective Cameos: Lady Sings the Blues A Mighty Wind The Harder They Fall The Harder They Come Casablanca A Serious Man Inside Llewyn Davis The Hudsucker Proxy Bad Lieutenant: Port of Ca...

Movie mavens Scott and Marty enter the (Radio)head of Stephen Tobolowsky, a character actor you’ll never forget… unless you have anterograde amnesia, that is. Have we already had this conversation? Core Connections: Mississippi Burning (1988, Dir. Alan Parker) The Grifters (1990, Dir. Stephen Frears) Memento (2000, Dir. Christopher Nolan) Connective Cameos: The Patsy Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call N...

In their most audacious act of interconnectedness yet, Marty and Scott travel from the Silent Age to the cusp of New Hollywood, on the trail of the moustachioed “Snub” Pollard. Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

Marty and Scott are doing the Lord’s work – and by “the Lord” they mean Franco Nero, aka Django Jesus. Join the crusade! Core Connections: Red River (1948, Dir. Howard Hawks) The Big Heat (1953, Dir. The Big Heat) Django Unchained (2012, Dir. Quentin Tarantino) Connective Cameos: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid The Visitor aka Stridulum The Night of the Hunter Cleopatra Jones Rio Bravo The Good, the Bad...

From the Gay Nineties to the Noir Eighties, gumshoes Scott and Marty unravel the threads of cinema’s greatest seamstress, Edith Head. Core Connections: She Done Him Wrong (1933, Dir. Lowell Sherman) Notorious (1946, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982, Dir. Carl Reiner) Connective Cameos: Casablanca The General Intolerance Dracula The Patsy Without Love Go West It’s a Mad, Mad,...

Scott and Marty pay an oblique and pointless tribute to the world’s greatest soul-funk supergroup as they continue their deep dive into cinema’s secret continuity. Core Connections: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976, Dir. Nicolas Roeg) A Mighty Wind (2003, Dir. Christopher Guest) Ball of Fire (1941, Dir. Howard Hawks)   Connective Cameos: Fast Times at Ridgemont High Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song...