Director's Club

"Well I'm Patrick and I'm back from the dead/chilling at the beach down at Club Med."   Well that might not be true, but we are here with another bonus commentary track for you. In honor of the dubious history of Thanksgiving (or, as Native Americans call it, The Day of Mourning) Regina and Patrick decided to record a drinking game* commentary track for one of the most racist mainstream films of t...

Looking to get logey? Can't wait for the turkey's tryptophan to kick in? Why not dip into the work of the greatest slow-paced Russian director of all time, Andrei Tarkovsky with Patrick and Auteurist Trap's Bill Ackerman? In addition to touching upon all seven of his masterpieces, they talk about Interstellar, Whiplash, Inherent Vice, Outer Space, and more.   The rest of the year Patrick will be d...

So many new releases that will be talked about more and more until awards time have arrived. And yes, that's right!  Another bonus episode has arrived but this one is a little bit shorter since there's only one voice you'll be hearing for the majority of its running time. I fly solo and return to talk about what I've been through lately, both the good and the bad including the reasons for my absen...

You want to talk about monsters? Patrick and site contributor Gabe Powers are here with a monster podcast where they talk about YOUR favorite horror movies. 172 horror films, across ten decades, for four hours, all voted on by Director's Club listeners. Where did your favorites rank? What were the two films to get the most votes? How many Cronenberg, Carpenter, Romero and Lynch films made it? What...

Happy Halloween every body!  It's the Great Patrick, Charlie Brown!  And he is joined by returning contributor to the show Ghoulie Gabe Powers, as well as the fiendish James Gillham of the High & Low Brow podcast over at Where The Long Tail Ends!  Together they creep into the spooooky horror shows from director George Romero.  Bypassing (for the most part) discussions on his zombie films, they foc...

Film blogger/podcaster and friend of the show Robert Reineke joins Patrick to talk seminal Hammer horror director Terence Fisher. In addition to discussing the career of this British director of distinction, we talk about THE IMITATION GAME, MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA, TOP SECRET and Patrick's return to The Music Box of Horrors. ALSO! LISTENERS! We want your top 10 horror movie lists to be included...

Friend and favorite to the show Regina Barry returns for a monumental discussion on the beloved auteur Wes Anderson. In addition to talking about all his films, we discuss RESOLUTION, CONCUSSION, THE ONE I LOVE and more. Included at the very end of the episode is a brief discussion on The Beatles of all things.  Also, I give a special announcement at the beginning which details how the rest of the...

A departure for us -- as edited by Patrick this time 'round -- in which the great Bill Ackerman and Patrick talk about controversial British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg.  They delve into the majority of his filmography, bypassing the "What we watched" segment, but nevertheless, this is an episode you won't want to miss and won't soon forget! Thanks as always for listening and stay tuned for the Wes And...

Festival correspondent and friend to the show Erik Childress joins us to talk about this year's Toronto International Film Festival, giving reviews of around ten films that stood out this year, that we have to look forward to either later this year or the next.  Titles include NIGHTCRAWLER, SPRING, MOMMY, WILD, THE VOICES, IT FOLLOWS and more! Our Nicholas Roeg episode is coming within the week, a...

We are back at last with our youngest guest to date! The great Thomas Wishloff, formerly of the Big Kahuna Burger Podcast and now a writer for Sunset Productions, joins us to talk about the highly controversial Oliver Stone. We touch upon the majority of his filmography with discussions mostly on PLATOON, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, JFK, SALVADOR and a whole lot more. We also review GUARDIANS OF THE GAL...

Guest-free but incredibly happy to return together as we trek into troubled terrain to talk about independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt. Despite having not seen her very first film or her latest from this year, we feel confident in expressing what we love about the three films of hers that have garnered much acclaim - OLD JOY, WENDY & LUCY, and MEEK’S CUTOFF. In addition, Patrick talks about Linkl...

A special bonus episode is here to make up for lost time. While I was in NYC, I saw two of the best movies of 2014 and I was excited to to talk about those as well as catch up with friend and past guest Erik Childress. Since we’ve hid the mid-way point, I asked him to come on for 90 minutes to see what he feels are the best films of the year so far. We reveal our top ten picks including a shared n...

With Jim lost in New York, Kevin McCallister style, Row Three co-host and constant companion Kurt Halfyard is here with Patrick for a ramblin' good time talking about seminal cult director Samuel Fuller. In addition to discussing his films THE NAKED KISS, SHOCK CORRIDOR, and PICK-UP ON SOUTH STREET, we take on a myriad of classics like AIRPLANE!, DO THE RIGHT THING, THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT, SCORP...

DVDTalk.com critic and SharcTankMedia contributor Tyler Foster  joins us for one of our longer episodes in awhile to talk about a very obscure, unknown filmmaker that you've probably never heard of. Quentin Tarantino. We focus on the breakthrough classic PULP FICTION in honor of its 20th anniversary, as well as Quentin's first of two historical revisions with the WWII revenge drama INGLORIOUS B***...

Punctuation Films' very own Sean Pierce joins us for a trip with the great German filmmaker Wim Wenders. We focus on his take on Patricia Highsmith with THE AMERICAN FRIEND as well as his most critically acclaimed spiritual meditation, WINGS OF DESIRE.  But we also touch on PARIS, TEXAS, KINGS OF THE ROAD, DONT COME KNOCKING and more!  We also review BLOOD SIMPLE, PARADISE HOPE, THEY CAME TOGETHER...

It's time to get romantic!  Patrick's partner Regina Barry joins us for this special episode as we slip into the slipstream of Austin filmmaker Richard Linklater. He has specialized in several dialogue-heavy indie films from the 90s -- thus, we mainly focus on all three BEFORE films, starting with SUNRISE and ending with last year's MIDNIGHT. But we also touch on WAKING LIFE, BERNIE, DAZED & CONFU...

Welcome back returning guest and fellow podcaster Andrew James from RowThree.com and the Cinecast Podcast, as we creep into the mind of one Roman Polanski. He has specialized in several memorable psychologial thrillers including his debut REPULSION and the classic noir CHINATOWN, both of which we discuss at length. We also review BOYHOOD, JOE, and UNDER THE SKIN as well as a few other Polanski fil...

Jim and Patrick are back, diving deep into each other's personal lives, snatching each other's bodies, finding each other's footage. It's not as gay as it sounds, sadly.     FILMS DISCUSSED   Lake Mungo Computer Chess (again) The Dirties  Cannibal Holocaust Fargo (TV Show) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (all of 'em) Night of the Living Dead (all of 'em) Cheap Thrills Quick Change Monkeybone Enemy...

Film Junk's very own  Frank Knezic  joins us to talk about satirist / dramedy director Alexander Payne. We start off by focusing on his debut satire CITIZEN RUTH and then we take a look at his more sentimental look at aging with ABOUT SCHMIDT.  We later expand upon some more of his other films as well including ELECTION and SIDEWAYS.  In addition, Jim takes a look at the "new golden age of televis...

In light of the recent passing of Harold Ramis, I sought out an actor who worked with him on the modern-day classic GROUNDHOG DAY. You might remember him as Needle Nose Ned.  Before listening to this bonus episode, I encourage you to check out the IMDB listing for Stephen Tobolowsky.  The list goes on and on and on since he has appeared in over 200 TV shows and movies, and he is definitely one of...

Friend and Chicago film critic Erik Childress re turns to the show for another discussion about the legendary Steven Spielberg, this time focusing on the latter portion of his career for part two. We start off by focusing on his sci-fi noir MINORITY REPORT and then we take a look at his response to 9/11 with the political spy thriller MUNICH.  We later expand upon some more of his other films as w...

  Friend and filmmaker  Collin Souter  returns to the show to talk about the legendary (and possibly our most famous director to date) Steven Spielberg. We start off by focusing on his earlier films, including the sci-fi classic CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and then we take a look at the under-appreciated coming-of-age WWII film, EMPIRE OF THE SUN. We later expand upon some more of his other...

A freeform bonus episode was conducted as an experiment, in order to try out our new recording setup.  This is definitely our least structured discussion to date, but for you die-hard fans out there, this is a must hear! In the midst of this conversation, we cover a wide range of film-related topics including anticipated films of 2014, Jim's descent into watching movies from the year 1985, a revie...

Returning guest and friend to the show Nat Almirall joins us to talk about the great Otto Preminger. We debate the merits of his beloved noir mystery LAURA, and then praise the incredible melodrama, DAISY KENYON. We also touch upon his filmography later in the show including a couple of his classic courtroom dramas.  Before that, though, we have discussions about THAT AWKWARD MOMENT, GROUNDHOG DAY...

CHUD contributor John Bernhard  joins us to talk about another great action filmmaker, Paul Verhoeven. We mainly focus on his incredibly dirty film from the 70s, TURKISH DELIGHT, and then praise the satiric sci-fi sendup that is STARSHIP TROOPERS. We also touch upon his filmography later in the show.  Before that, though, we have discussions about BURKE AND HARE, as well as some of the best films...