Cinematic Omniverse

How high can Scott and Marty get, as they consider how time works in the omniverse? Core Connections: Twelve O’Clock High (1949, Dir. Henry King) Three O’Clock High (1987, Dir. Phil Joanou) Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, Dir. Amy Heckerling)   Connective Cameos: Die Hard Dangerous Minds Lean on Me Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope King Creole The Gunfighter Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to...

Marty, Scott, and guest John Hudson spend a super-sized episode discussing merkins, zithers, and precious bodily fluids.   Core Connections: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb The Third Man Strange Brew   Connective Cameos: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Barbarella Easy Rider The Magic Christian Barry Lyndon A Clockwork Orange 2001: A Space Odysse...

Glavin! In a classic-crammed episode, Marty and Scott trace the weird career of career weirdo, Peter Lorre.   Core Connections: M (1931, Dir. Fritz Lang) Casablanca (1942, Dir. Michael Curtiz)  The Patsy (1964, Dir. Jerry Lewis)   Connective Cameos: Batman Returns The Grand Illusion O Z Q Citizen Kane Star Wars Jaws Birth of a Nation The Story of Mankind Goodfellas Nosferatu Dracula Play It Again,...

In this episode, itinerant cinephiles Marty and Scott invite you to join them on a triptych of trips to New Orleans! Core Connections: Panic in the Streets (1950, Dir. Elia Kazan) The Big Easy The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Connective Cameos: The General A Streetcar Named Desire The Bad Sleep Well Spaceballs Batman Batman Returns City Slickers Shane The Wizard of Oz The Computer Wore...

Marty and Scott scrutinize the career of Dick Warlock, Hollywood’s coolest (and coolest named) stunt double. Core Connections: The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969, Dir. Robert Butler) The Stunt Man (1980, Dir. Richard Rush) Spaceballs (1986, Dir. Mel Brooks)   Connective Cameos: Terminator 2: Judgement Day Escape From New York The Absent-Minded Professor North by Northwest It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, M...

Scott and Marty turn their red, unfocused eyes towards Roger Deakins, one of the greatest living cinematographers. Directors of photography? Whatever. Core Connections: 1984 (1984, Dir. Michael Radford) A Serious Man (2009, Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen) 1917 (2019, Dir. Sam Mendes)   Connective Cameos: Citizen Kane The Big Lebowski Brazil Pink Floyd’s The Wall Snowpiercer Logan’s Run The Comedians Wes...

After noticing the prevalence of train films in the omniverse, Marty and Scott go full steam ahead on three loco-motion pictures.   Core Connections: The General (1926, Dir. Clyde Bruckman) Throw Momma From the Train (1987, Dir. Danny DeVito) SnowPiercer (2013, Dir. Bong Joon Ho)   Connective Cameos: Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World  How I Won the War The Fugitive St...

Scott and Marty hopscotch through the variegated career of American actor William Hurt (1950-2022). Core Connections: The Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985, Dir. Hector Babenco) Broadcast News (1987, Dir. James L. Brooks)  Dark City (1998, Dir. Alex Proyas) Connective Cameos: Body Heat The Big Chill The Panic in Needle Park Addams Family Values Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Short Circui...

Cinephile conspiracy theorists Marty and Scott take a cross-Pacific holiday to inaugurate three classic Japanese films into the omniverse. Core Connections: The Bad Sleep Well (1960, Dir. Akira Kurosawa) Ran (1985, Dir. Akira Kurosawa) Late Spring (1949, Dir. Yasujirô Ozu) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackands...

Cinephiles Scott and Marty welcome fellow Fab Four fanatic A.J. Richardson for a super-sized tour through the Beatles’ solo film careers.  Core Connections: How I Won the War (1967, Dir. Richard Lester) The Magic Christian (1969, Dir. Joseph McGrath) Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979, Dir. Terry Jones) Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984, Dir. Peter Webb) Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, G...

Enter a vertiginous labyrinth of interconnected films, as Scott and Marty pay tribute to Dame Maggie Smith and Margaret Nolan in a devilishly fun fashion.   Core Connections: Evil Under the Sun (1982, Dir. Guy Hamilton) Last Night in Soho (2021, Dir. Edgar Wright) A Hard Day’s Night (1963, Dir. Richard Lester)   Connective Cameos: North by Northwest Goldfinger Diamonds are Forever Live and Let Die...

Join Marty and Scott in a wacky universe of symmetry and kitsch, where all the movies tell one story, and that story is… elaborate.  Core Connections: The Darjeeling Limited (2007, Dir. Wes Anderson) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Dir. Woody Allen) North by Northwest (1959, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Connective Cameos: Scott Pilgrim vs The World The Tree of Life The Addams Family Addams Family Values...

Join Marty Schwartz (a great examination of a collapsing psyche) and Scott Sharplin (his milkshake brings all the boys to the yard) as they upend cinema history… Canadian style!   Core Connections: Mean Girls (2004, Dir. Mark Waters) Waydowntown (2000, Dir. Gary Burns) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010, Dir. Edgar Wright)   Connective Cameos: Run Lola Run (1998, Dir. Tom Tykwer) Road to the Lemon...

Marty Schwartz and Scott Sharplin are on a mission to explain how every movie ever made is secretly the same story! They’re kinda like heroes, in a sense…   Core Connections: Midnight Run (1988, Dir. Martin Brest) Across 110th Street (1972, Dir. Barry Shear) Road to the Lemon Grove (2018, Dir. Dale Hildebrand)   Connective Cameos: Norbit (2007, Dir. Brian Robbins) Austin Powers: International Man...

Join bounder Scott Sharplin and Marty Schwartz, swaggering pip of the Oughts, as they impudently ricochet through 125 years of cinema history.   Core Connections: Greed (1924, Dir. Eric von Stroheim) The Grand Illusion (1937, Dir. Jean Renoir) Catch-22 (1970, Dir. Mike Nichols)   Connective Cameos: Birth of a Nation (1915, Dir. D.W. Griffith) Intolerance (1916, Dir. D.W. Griffith) Sunset Blvd. (19...

Scott & Marty welcome retro-futurist fashionista Christine Sokaymoh Frederick to discuss a seminal sci-fi classic, plus its secret prequels & sequels! This Podcast Begins Where Imagination Ends!   Core Connections: Logan’s Run (1976, Dir. Michael Anderson) The Comedians (1967, Dir. Peter Glenville) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997, Dir. Jay Roach)   Connective Cameos: Star...

Join Marty Schwartz (“He Was a Bashful Bride!”) and Scott Sharplin (“He Walks in his sleep!”) as they presumptuously pioneer new ways of looking at cinema.   Core Connections: Nashville (1975, Dir. Robert Altman) Without Love (1945, Dir. Harold S. Bucquet) It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963, Dir. Stanley Kramer)   Connective Cameos: Scarface (1983, Dir. Brian De Palma) Repo Man (1984, Dir. Alex...

Marty Schwartz and Scott Sharplin: Who are they? What are they? Who moved the rock?!?   Core Connections: Addams Family Values (1993, Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld) Idle Hands (1999, Dir. Rodman Flender) Silver Streak (1976, Dir. Arthur Hiller)   Connective Cameos: Intolerance (1916, Dir. D.W. Griffith) The Panic in Needle Park (1970, Dir. Jerry Schatzberg) The Addams Family (1991, Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld)...

Join Marty Schwartz (classic MacGuffin) and Scott Sharplin (overcooked drug cliché) as they ponder the interconnectivity of all movies great and small.   Core Connections: The Spanish Prisoner (1997, Dir. David Mamet) Goodfellas (1990, Dir. Martin Scorsese) The Panic in Needle Park (1971, Dir. Jerry Schatzburg)   Connective Cameos: Anatomy of a Murder (1959, Dir. Otto Premnger) Super Mario Bros (1...

Join prurient puppeteer Marty Schwartz and merciful dinosaur Scott Sharplin as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: The Tree of Life (2011, Dir. Terence Malick) Being John Malkovich (1999, Dir. Spike Jonze) Anatomy of a Murder (1959, Dir. Otto Premnger)   Connective Cameos: Super Mario Bros (1993, Dir. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton) Days of Heaven (1978, Dir....

Join Marty “Nursed on a Witch’s Venom” Schwartz and Scott “Twisted by Endless Orgies” Sharplin as they brazenly pioneer new ways of looking at cinema. Core Connections: Go West (1940, dir. Edward Buzzell) The Story of Mankind (1957, dir. Irwin Allen) Super Mario Brothers (1993, dir. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton) Connective Cameos: Intolerance (1916, Dir. D.W. Griffith) The Night of the Hunter (...

Join Marty Schwartz, interstellar mew-tant, and Scott Sharplin, a Sun-Play for the Ages, as they BS their way through 125 years of cinema history. Core Connections: The Visitor AKA Stridulum (1979, dir. Michael J. Paradise) The Night of the Hunter (1955, dir. Charles Laughton) Intolerance (1916, dir. D.W. Griffith)  Connective Cameos: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894, Dir. Thomas Ediso...

In this special episode, Marty & Scott are joined by Jorden Dupe, spaghetti Maritimer and professional musketeer, to integrate a bona fide film masterpiece into the omniverse.   Core Connections: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966, Dir. Sergio Leone) Winter Kills (1979, Dir. William Richert) Shaft in Africa (1973, Dir. John Guillermin)  Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,...

Join jive-lingual translator Marty Schwartz and raccoon truther Scott Sharplin as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: Wakefield (2016, dir. Robin Swicord) Big Trouble (1986, dir. John Cassavetes) Airplane! (1980, dir. Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker) Connective Cameos: American Beauty (1999, dir. Sam Mendes) Rear Window (1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock) Falling Down...

Join sagacious cinema meshugganah Marty Schwartz and uber-groovy movie goober Scott Sharplin as they BS their way through 500,000 interconnected films. Core Connections: Dracula (1931, Dir. Todd Browning) Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957, Dir. Edward J. Wood, Jr.) Scarface (1983, Dir. Brian De Palma) Connective Cameos: Frankenstein (1931, Dir. James Whale) The Mummy (1932, Dir. Karl Freund) The Invis...