Dudes on Cinema

Send us Fan Mail Jeff's niece actor/teacher, Lindsay O'Brien returns by popular demand (we owed her one) for a lively chat about del Toro's Frankenstein vs Egger's Nosferatu, how actors cry and comedians in dramatic roles. Also Bone Lake, Liev Schreiber, Arrested Development, Adam Sandler,  Jacob Elordi and scary movies about AirBNBs. Then we deep dive Alan Parker's great...

Send us Fan Mail Writer/photographer and friend of the pod, Scott Fritz returns with a hot take on Train Dreams. Chats with the Dudes about Bugonia and how much all 3 of us loved it as well as Yorgos Lanthimos' whole filmography.. Sean Bakers impact on Independent films, Left-Handed Girl, Emma Stone, If I Had Legs I would Kick You and we finish up with a deep dive on del Toro's Oscar-win...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes are going solo as we talk excitedly about the nastiness of Neil Labute films and and how much Zander liked A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Then we both saw 2 new theatrical releases that we loved: Rental Family (we cried) and The Running Man (we were thrilled). And we both loved this week's movie, Crimson Peak...ghosts...secrets...mansions...poison. Listen a...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes welcome a first time guest with our old friend, actor/writer Damon Sager. Join the conversation as we absolutely dissect Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, Bernie Wrightson's horror art and how del Toro channels Mary Shelley as he constructs his very own "creature". Then we deep dive into this week's homework, Jungle Fever for the last film of ou...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes welcome back special guest Amy Densham of WordsAboutStuff.net for her 2nd time on the podcast. This week Zander saw "Tarantino Live" onstage and he tells us about it and, not to be outdone, Amy saw the stage musical of School Of Rock! We discuss del Toro's new version of Frankenstein, Bugonia, The Kid Detective, Game of Thrones and the Pasadena P...

Send us Fan Mail 3 time guest Brandon DeLany of the MAB Sports podcast eturns to upack this week's homework, Spike Lee's epic Malcolm X. Stays long enough to give us more insight into his Top 100 favorite movie list. Then Zander indulges Jeff in his obsession with a rewatch of Nope. Leading the chat to everything from Jordan Peele to Denis Villeneuve to Wes Anderson to David Fincher. Yep...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes are on their own this time and they have a great chat about Elio's sexuality and their mutual love for Disney/Pixar animated films. Zander meets Craig Robinson and Jeff meets Joe Dante. Stories about local actors we know and 50s era sci-fi classics. Ending with a great deep-dive of Robert Altman's wonderful and underrated Gosford Park. You'll need your top...

Send us Fan Mail This week the Dudes welcome Zander's sister-in-law, the lovely Nicole Foxworth, constant listener and movie fan. We talk about video store jobs, Agatha Christie movies, Together's body horror effects and Peter Dinklage. Then we deftly segue into this week's deep-dive, Robert Altman's VERY offbeat early film, That Cold Day In The Park. Leading to a discussion ab...

Send us Fan Mail his week we welcome back a podcast regular, friend of the show and uber-movie buff, Phil Smith. For a passionate discussion about everything from Blood Simple to the Gary Kent/Cliff Booth/Charles Manson connection. Fom Tales From The Crypt films to Sean Baker's filmography. Zander quizzes us on "The Macguffin" in films and we end with an incredible deep-dive of this...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Morris returns to help the Dudes unpack their love of Megan 2.0 and Rosemary's Baby. Then we go over 2 great films with a fine tooth comb: PT Anderson's modern masterpiece, One Battle After Another and Peter Bogdonavich's not-as-modern masterpiece, Targets. This episode is for true movie fanatics and that's what you are so stop reading this and hit "P...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome writer/photographer/funny guy Scott Fritz to the show! Scott brings great ideas for under represented flicks. We discuss everything from documentaries to Steven Seagal, and Ricky Gervais to The Studio and Bone Tomahawk. A great discussion and then we deep dive Robert Redford's feel-good masterpiece, Ordinary People. We promise you probably won't need therapy afte...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes welcome Jeff's niece, writer/actor/educator and no longer a baby, Lindsay O'Brien. As they discuss The Rider. Amadeus, Boogie Nights and Jurassic Park. We all tell about our "celebrity encounters" in LA and Vegas--especially John C. Reilly. This week's deep dive is the 70's classic All The President's Men and the Dudes let Lindsay get a...

Send us Fan Mail Get to know us this week as we discuss adventures of living in LA/Hollywood. Discuss our mutual love of Robert Redford (RIP). And not only deep dive this week's flick: Minecraft, but also the new Superman movie and how they compare. From The Sting to the Spiderverse, we got it covered! Edited and Produced by David Martinez.

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes welcome Jeff's old friend and the World's Cutest Copywriter, Amy Densham of WordsAboutStuff.net to talk about everything from Arrival to Orphan Black. From Nobody 2 to Friendship. Amy brings her burning questions about cinema to ask us (as if we know anything, right?) and then we finish off with a freewheeling chat about this week's homework, The Swimmer,...

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes go solo again with a passionate episode--talking about the current tv shows they are into. Opining about everything from Caught Stealing and Paddington to The Wilhelm Scream to Carol Speed's Inside Black Hollywood. Exorcist ripoffs and Mary Poppins, Jeff has nice friends and then we deep dive Billy Wilder's classic Stalag 17--we will imprison you for an hour th...

Send us Fan Mail It's No Guest Tuesday on Dudes on Cinema! Discussing movies Zander watched on a plane. LaKeith Stanfield, great sitcom pilots for failed shows, The Machine, Korean cinema and a deep dive into the beloved classic comedy, Some Like It Hot. Join us and we'll give you some Sugar! (see what I did there?) Edited and PROduced by David Martinez

Send us Fan Mail Actor/writer/director/friend of the pod, Tom Konkle returns this time for a talk about Ari Aster, David Lynch, Tim Burton, Star Wars, The Naked Gun and the never ending battle between Marketing and Art. Tom and the Dudes go for a very deep dive for a movie they all love: Billy Wilder's brilliant noir, Double Indemnity--bring your best femme fatale for this one! Edited and Pro...

Send us Fan Mail Roll out the red carpet for returning guest, Brandon Delany of MAB Sports podcast for a lively discussion about our love of Zach Cregger's Weapons and other new flicks like Eddington and Life Of Chuck and then sloppily segue to old films for homework: The Untouchables and The Phantom Of The Paradise directed by goood ooold Brian dePalma! Edited and produced by David Martinez

Send us Fan Mail Zander and Jeff go solo for an 80s heavy chat about violent action movies, slasher flicks and the difference between Year Of The Dragon and Black Rain and close with a deep dive of the de Palma thriller, Blowout. "Guests? We Don't need no stinkin' guests!" Edited and Produced by David Martinez

Send us Fan Mail The Dudes welcome their old friend, Jason Bird, World Class Magician and author of Strolling for Dollars for a talk about Shark movies,Australian horror, Penn and Teller. Jason helps deep dive for the last of the PT Anderson films: Hard Eight and Punch-Drunk Love. This episode is magically delicious!

Send us Fan Mail Friends of the pod, Phil and Josh return for a raucus chat about nuclear disaster films and movies that enter the Zeitgeist and a very deep dive for this week's homework: PT Anderson's The Master and the 50th Anniversary release of Milos Forman's classic, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. It's "Feel Good Week" at Dudes On Cinema! Edited and Produc...

Send us Fan Mail Zander's writing partner joins the Dudes for a Mamet retrospective, bonds with Jeff over their love of Jackie Chan flicks and dishes the problem Universal has with Guy Pearce. Then Jeff fights a losing battle sticking up for this week's deep dive: The Phantom Thread. It's a cinematic throwdown so wear your Sunday Best suit of armor!  Edited and Produced by David Mar...

Send us Fan Mail Zander introduces us to his friend Brandon Delany--actor, writer, director and MAB Sports podcaster for a passionate discussion of our all-time favorite films. Re-watchable comedies and the movies that changed our lives. And a very deep dive for Cameron Crowe's wild Vanilla Sky--Tom Cruise lovers unite!!! Edited and Produced by David Martinez

Send us Fan Mail Help the Dudes welcome their first "Dudette", the beautiful cinephile, Kenya Corral. As they analyze everything from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood to 28 Years Later. The Burning Plain to our mutual love of Jennifer Lawrence. 3D dinosaurs and Kubrick's offbeat classic, Lolita. Finish with a deep dive of Cameron Crowe's masterpiece, Almost Famous. Look sharp, guy...

Send us Fan Mail Actor Kurtis Bedford, star of Scream, Beauty Sleep Symphony and The Pitt joins us to talk about his friend Dee Wallace and hosting the first podcast and his work with Ron Howard and Clint Eastwood and many more tales and then we deep dive Fincher's Gone Girl. Listen and learn! Edited and produced by David Martinez.