Cinephoria!

Also available on Youtube. It all connects. Some talk on 90s Tim Burton / Johnny Depp collaborations before dedicating the rest of the episode to the book, Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece) and his farewell film, Eyes Wide Shut.

Also available on Youtube. Discussing a handful of Criterion discs in the mail from filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard and Michelangelo Antonioni. Then, for a complete 180, talking about The Abomination from 1986.

Also available on Youtube. The Blu Ray and 4K releases for August 2023.

Also available on Youtube. A real range of discussion this episode. Beginning with talks of "extreme" and "disturbing" cinema and giving recommendations to particular films before jumping into a brief talk of Christopher Nolan's new epic, Oppenheimer. At the end, we go right back to transgressive cinema with the particular and unique 1945 cautionary tale, Mom and Dad.

Also available on Youtube. Discussing the recent documentary Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy as well as the classic film itself.

Also available on Youtube. Discussing two almost opposite types of films. Beginning with discussion of recommended Mumblecore films from the work of filmmakers like Alex Ross Perry, Andrew Bujalski and Aaron Katz. On the other end, a talk of the underappreciated but incredible big budget Christopher Nolan epic, Tenet.

Also available on Youtube. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro / Rules 2:56 #10 10:35 #9 16:26 #8 24:55 #7 32:41 #6 38:30 #5 46:49 #4 54:21 #3 1:01:37 #2 1:07:05 #1 1:15:16 Complete Year Recap 1:17:55 Next Top 10 Year Reveal

Also available on Youtube. Happy Fourth of July weekend. Discussing the new and thoroughly enjoyable film, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny as well as some favorites released theatrically this year so far. Along with that, some talk about the films of Brian DePalma before concluding with Norman Mailer's divisive 1987 film, Tough Guys Don't Dance.

Also available on Youtube. The Blu Ray and 4K releases for July 2023.

Also available on Youtube. The rain falls on the outside while the conversation continues on the inside. Talk of the upcoming documentary on John Schlesinger's, Midnight Cowboy along with the work of Michelangelo Antonioni and My Own Private Idaho before concluding with Jim Jarmusch's, Paterson and his work as a filmmaker.

Also available on Youtube. With the 1934 watches taking up my time, now seems like a good time for some catch up on some recent films to mention. At first, a talk of Variety (1983) and the long-gone era of Times Square before an attempted talked of LA Without a Map being taken off track with talk of the work of Vincent Gallo (Buffalo 66, The Brown Bunny, Tetro) and other assorted talk.

Also available on Youtube. The Documentary discussion continues! Talking about the brilliant, profound, upsetting, unforgettable documentary trilogy, Life of Crime from Jon Alpert before going into a talk for the distinctive and surreal, Weekend (1967) directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Also available on Youtube. Discussing my disinterest in contemporary Hollywood blockbusters before entering a talk and recommendation of Jimmy T. Murakami's, When the Wind Blows, Lynne Littman's, Testament and Mick Jackson's, Threads. Mathias Random Stuff's review of Blackberry. https://youtu.be/4yuqdr_1iRg

Also available on Youtube. The Blu Ray and 4K releases for June 2023.

Also available on Youtube. Another documentary episode. This time discussing a double pairing of Jon Foy's, Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of The Toynbee Tiles and David Farrier & Dylan Reeve's, Tickled.

Also available on Youtube. Completing the unofficial recent trilogy of Paul Schrader's film with a discussion of his newest work, Master Gardener. After that, a rambling of recent Clint Eastwood directorial efforts. Some good, some not so good.

Also available on Youtube. All these films I need to talk about and here I am spending a half hour talking about just one, but a great one! Discussing Matt Johnson's third feature, Blackberry as well as a (possible) companion piece novel, Masters of Doom by David Kushner. Matthias Random Stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@matthiasrandomstuff2221/videos

Also available on Youtube. The rambling continues before recommending two recent films. Clay Tatum's, The Civil Dead and Junta Yamaguchi's, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes.

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Also available on Youtube. The chilly atmosphere may be getting to me but the discussion doesn't stop. Some talk on the Morris Engel / Ruth Orkin collection before going into one of t he many Takashi Miike films from 2001, The Happiness of the Katakuris.

Also available on Youtube. Quentin Tarantino's new book, Cinema Speculation forms the spine of this episode with talk of film criticism and 70s cinema before going into talk of Steven Spielberg's 1971 debut, Duel.

Also available on Youtube. All this coffee is going to me and the rambling continues. Discussion on the latest Blu Ray sales from AGFA, Kino Lorber and Arrow. Then right into a talk of the novel, Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy before briefly discussing the transgressive fictional documentaries of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm and David Holzman's Diary.

Also available on YouTube. The rambling continues on with talks of documentaries including Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine along with the uniformly released 80s history films, Jon S. Baird's Tetris and Ben Affleck's Air.

Also available on YouTube. A brief talk on Robert Bresson's 1966 film, Au Hasard Balthazar before discussing two recent slow moving meditative films on isolation, Hlynur Palmason's, Godland and Mark Jenkins', Enys Men.

Also available on Youtube. The Blu Ray releases of April 2023.