Drive-In Garage

It's a hard knock life at the Drive-In Garage as Franz and Paul discuss the 1929 G.W. Pabst fallen woman melodrama DIARY OF A LOST GIRL!  A silent film set in the Weimar Republic, it chronicles the series of perilous misfortunes that befall young Thymian Henning, played by the incandescent Louise Brooks!  Apothekers, wicked stepmothers, parlor madams, coffins and dance lessons, reformatory rebelli...

Hello! This is the recorded voice of S. Weinblatt. The 'S' stands for Salome. This week at the Drive-In Garage: Franz and Paul explore Claudia Weill's groundbreaking 1978 film GIRLFRIENDS, starring Melanie Mayron, Anita Skinner, Christopher Guest, and Eli Wallach!  A film about female space, friendship dynamics, dashed expectations, mistakes and opportunities, being in your 20s, being shellfish an...

Crank up the Pagliacci and stock up on dental floss, cuz it's gonna be a wild time in Tucson when Franz and Paul cover Donald Cammell's 1987 psycho sexual thriller WHITE OF THE EYE! It's an intense melange of consuming aesthetic imagination, high-end stereo equipment, esoteric ritual, copper cookware and modern architecture. And at its center is Joan White (played by Cathy Moriarty) confronting th...

Franz and Paul have been welded into their cells for three years…and it's time to make a break for it!  This week at the Drive-In Garage: Andrei Konchalovsky's 1985 mad dash frost bitten thriller RUNAWAY TRAIN, starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, and Rebecca DeMornay!  Axle grease — check.  Saran wrap — check.  Shoes —-—- D'OH! Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Franz is the circle and Paul is the dot (…or vice versa) when talking about the 1974 minimalist eco-disaster freak out PHASE IV!  The only feature film directed by commercial artist Saul Bass, it employs some dazzling macro photography, and some really photogenic ants. So fire up the room-sized computers and keep an accurate head count — it's every mant for himself!  Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

This week at the Drive-In Garage: the curtains are billowing, the blood is flowing, and eternity is finite!  Much like Ridley's Blade Runner from the year before, Tony Scott's 1983 smoke 'n' mirrors feature debut THE HUNGER is a film preoccupied with mortality. Accelerated decrepitude! In the earth, in rotting wood, in the eternal darkness, Franz and Paul will see and hear and feel. Bummer. Email:...

Franz and Paul take the turns as sssssllllllllooowwwww as possible while discussing William Friedkin's 1977 sweat-drenched monster truck doom-gasm SORCERER, starring Roy Scheider!   Guests Chris, Jason, and Katie join in later for a post screening chat inside the Garage!  It's a jungle out th—KABOOM!! Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Tens of thousands of years for civilization as we know it to reach the modern era, and it took thirty (episodes) for Franz and Paul to cover Steve De Jarnatt's 1989 apocalyptic love story MIRACLE MILE, starring Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham!  The missiles are flying and we're locked in, so grab your toothbrush and whatever! Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

It is in their nature to do one thing correctly: tremble.  Franz and Paul dust their eyeballs and hunt for Mann as they go through the 1986 Michael Mann catch-a-killer mood thriller MANHUNTER! Adapted from the Thomas Harris novel, Red Dragon, it's a fascinating instance of transforming source material and maneuvering through genre. Let's walk the route! Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weeeeeeeird.  Franz and Paul are hangin' out at the rec center and talking about the 1979 teen powder keg drama OVER THE EDGE, starring Matt Dillon and Michael Kramer.  The generation gap is not easily negotiated in the planned community of New Grenada, and there will be blood….(and Cheap Trick). Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Franz and Paul do the monster mash while discussing the 1975 Hong Kong superhero vs. kaiju free-for-all SUPER INFRAMAN! Under threat of total annihilation, the earth must marshal its jump-suited science and Thunderball Fists in order to do battle with the fantabulous Princess Dragon Mom (a.k.a Demon Princess Elizebub, a.k.a Paul's fiancee)!  Place yer bets and buckle up! Email: driveingarage@yahoo...

A place where nobody dared to go.  Yes, Franz and Paul return to Xanadu and attempt to solve the ginormous deep-focus jigsaw puzzle that is KANE!  Only they're going to need more than one lesson.  And they're going to get more than one lesson. Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Franz, Paul, and Katie are not going to get caught because of you or anyone else.  Nobody is going to get in their way now.  On this week's episode of The Ropers: Alfred Hitchcock throws one killer party!  80 minutes, 11 shots, 5 guests, 2 hosts, 1 housekeeper, 0 air in your glass. Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

The Great Conjunction is at hand!  Franz and Paul both draw first blood in the fourth (and final) chapter of the series on 1982!  The Drive-In Garage is one nutty hospital! Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

All in all it's just ahh-nother brick in the Paul (and Franz) as they finish up the summer of '82 and begin heading into the fall! Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Turn on your heart lights, everybody, cuz it's a rock-a-hula-luau at the Drive-In Garage as Franz and Paul venture into the summer of 1982! Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

What do Thulsa Doom, Helga ten Dorp, and Norma Cassady have in common?  They all appeared in movies from the saaaame…yeeeeeeear?  They also make for great Halloween costumes.  This month at the Drive-In Garage, Franz and Paul take a brisk stroll through the cinema landscape of the year 1982!   Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Popeye's here! As are Franz and Paul. And they've definitely been made as they cover the 1971 New York-meets-Marseille, lunar trajectory, Junk of the Month Club, sirloin steak cop thriller THE FRENCH CONNECTION!   Compulsively watchable, watching people watch other people, especially Roy Scheider!  We're going to sit here all night if we have to. Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Franz, Paul, and Katie are feeling sticky as they talk about the 1945 drink-slapping noir melodrama MILDRED PIERCE, starring Joan Crawford!  Come unravel this sadomasochistic unrequited love story between mother and daughter, and follow Mildred as she juggles career, men, murder, and movie star lighting in shoulder padded California.  Sold: one Beragon! Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

May 13 - Present Day.  Franz and Paul, and returning guest Katie, head on up to Warren County, New Jersey for a some trick shot archery, a little strip Monopoly, and talk about one of the quintessential slasher film-summer camp reveries.  So much wood!  So much darkness!  They were warned…They are doomed! Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

Franz, Paul, and Katie (and toughest meow south of the picketwire Meatball) are the spectacle of law and order rising up out of the gravy and the mashed potatoes.  Together, they take on the John Ford classic (celebrating its 60th anniversary!) as well as the Western genre — its legacy and themes, its many allures and complications.  So pull up a steak (and some deep dish apple pie) and let's turn...

It's yesterday once more as Franz and Paul delve into the early Todd Haynes music melodrama horror show biopic SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY.  Blending several narrative devices, an array of found footage and Mattel products, the film remains inventive and playful, incisive and haunting, and still packs a wallop.  Let's go back…  Email Franz & Paul: driveingarage@yahoo.com

You're not gonna find another deal like this anywhere in town: Franz and Paul revisit Robert Zemeckis' 1980 smash 'em up ballad to the American Dream — USED CARS, starring Kurt Russell, Gerrit Graham, Deborah Harmon, and TWO Jack Wardens for the price of one!  It's a madcap, no holds barred, blow up the competition, fight to the finish.  Remember, ya get what ya paid for at the Drive-In Garage!

This week: Franz, Paul, and Katie don't realize until around the two-hour mark that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything.  So throw on your Sid Vicious t-shirt, grab a can of "Food", and let's chase down that hot Chevy Malibu through the grimy streets of LA.  The Plate O' Shrimp Special is always on the menu at the Drive-In Garage!

Ya can't live with 'em, ya can't live without 'em.  There's something irresistible-ish about Franz and Paul, and returning guest Katie, when they talk about THE MUPPET MOVIE!  So prepare the standard "Rich and Famous" contract cuz it's a late '70s star-studded sort of approximately how it happened road trip to Hollywood.  DAH FLIMMM IS ROOOO-LING!