Perf Damage

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, we take a nostalgic journey into the enchanting world of the timeless classic, "White Christmas." Join us as we uncover the behind-the-scenes stories that shaped this beloved film and explore the captivating history of VistaVision, the innovative cinematic technology that brought this holiday gem to life. Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email :...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Perf Damage, Adam and Charlotte each spotlight a Killer Robot Double Feature.  They go head-to-head, Adam highlighting trash favorites like Chopping Mall and Hardware, while Charlotte pivots, highlighting underseen classics like Death Machine and  Space Truckers. They discuss the differences between a cyborg and a robot, and Charlotte throws in a bonus double fe...

Send us Fan Mail On their way to a Halloween karaoke party, Adam and Charlotte stop by to discuss their top 5 Horror Musicals. The pair highlights the swinging 60s classic Mad Monster Party, the glee-inspired zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse and the underseen Japanese horror comedy Happiness of the Katakuris. They couldn't agree on the number two position, so they split it between Rocky...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Perf Damage, a movie podcast hosted by a husband and wife team who work in the film industry . Adam works in production and Charlotte works in film restoration, and together they uncover and discuss stories both new and old about Hollywood. In this episode, Adam and Charlotte explore the incredible journey of HBO in four chapters: its humble beginnings, meteoric growth...

Send us Fan Mail Hollywood has undergone a seismic shift with the 2020 rescinding of the long-standing Paramount Decrees. The film industry, which has been shaped by these historic antitrust measures for decades, now finds itself in uncharted territory. Join us in this electrifying episode of Perf Damage as we dive headfirst into the blockbuster news that's sending shockwaves through Tinselto...

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Charlotte detail the Communist controversy in Hollywood around José Ferrer's historic Oscar win for Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) at the 1951 Academy Awards. They also examine the mystery of his missing Oscar, the Carl Foreman High Noon (1952) communism debacle and discuss the Ferrer lost-gem Anything Can Happen (1952) . Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdama...

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Charlotte wrap up Five Branded Women , discuss the careers of Paul Jarrico and Michael Wilson and offer up a couple of great double feature ideas. They discuss the first film by Hollywood to tackle the blacklist head-on, The Front . They also bring up a modern masterpiece about the subject, Guilty By Suspicion . Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@...

Send us Fan Mail Charlotte is back! In this episode Charlotte and Adam look into the film Five Branded Women and discuss blacklisted writers Paul Jarrico and Michael Wilson along with the film's blacklisted director Martin Ritt. They give some background on the HUAC hearings, the significance of the Hollywood Ten and even explore the only blacklisted film Salt of the Earth. Contact Us At: www...

Send us Fan Mail Charlotte is still out this week, so Adam invites his longtime friend and Screenwriter Shawn Knox to co-host a discussion about Action movies. Shawn chooses a long-lost gem with a stellar cast Let's Get Harry. While Adam chooses a lesser known Chuck Norris film, Silent Rage , that mixes action and horror. They talk about sifting through films to find gems and how action is su...

Send us Fan Mail Charlotte is out of town this week, so Adam invites his colleague David to co-host. David is an animator and video game enthusiast, so they tackle both movie adaptations of Super Mario Brothers. They discuss the weird delights and groans of the 1993 live-action version and compare it with everything that they got right in the new animated version from 2023. Contact Us At: www.perf...

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Charlotte are joined by a very special guest this week, Charlotte's childhood friend Crissy. They discuss a film that left a lasting impression on both of them, the Robert Zemeckis 1992 classic, Death Becomes Her . The team gets into some of the intricacies of sound restoration, what films they didn't like as kids and even discuss Crissy's early obsession w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Adam and Charlotte tackle The Conqueror, a film said to be cursed from its very conception. The story of the Conqueror is wrapped up in the story of Howard Hughes, RKO and the United States testing of the atomic bomb. Widely considered one of the worst films ever produced, bad casting, endless reshoots and possibly causing deadly cancer, the Conqueror has left a l...

Send us Fan Mail This week Adam and Charlotte go head to head, discussing actors William Powell and Dick Powell. The pair debate which Powell reigns supreme, highlight their careers, love lives, awards and so much more. Which Powell will win in the first ever Perf Damage showdown? Tune in and find out! Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@gmail.com Twitter (X) :  @perfdamage...

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Charlotte welcome Jeff McCarty back to discuss a topic near to all of their hearts, music documentaries. They ponder the relevance of outsider art in Daniel Johnston, keeping artistic integrity with Sugar Man and the open discourse on Alzheimer’s in Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me. Jeff laments his never realized music doc and regales us with run-ins that he had with the band B...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Adam and Charlotte dive into the drama behind the booming innovation of Technicolor. They examine the rise and fall of Natalie Kalmus, the face of the business. Herbert Kalmus built her into the most powerful female executive in Hollywood, but she would ultimately be undone by her public squabbles over money. This is a story of divorce, public infatuation, ego out...

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Charlotte examine the career of the King of Western theme songs, Frankie Laine. They discuss his family ties to the mafia, his appearances in films and his wonderful commercial jingle for Campbells soup. Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@gmail.com Twitter (X) :  @perfdamage Instagram : @perf_damage Letterboxd : Perf Damage Check Out our Youtube C...

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Charlotte tackle the history of Technicolor. They discuss watershed moments in technology and the films that propelled color forward. They name their favorite Technicolor films and even invent a theme song for Gone With the Wind. Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@gmail.com Twitter (X) :  @perfdamage Instagram : @perf_damage Letterboxd : Perf Dama...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Adam and Charlotte sing along to the soundtracks of some of their favorite musicals composed by the great Harry Nilsson. They discuss the fine and not so fine points of his films, how he crushes a cover song, and the possibilities of why he isn't more revered. Join us as Perf does Nilsson! Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@gmail.com...

Send us Fan Mail This week Adam and Charlotte discuss one of their favorite actors, Burt Lancaster. Adam goes from jealous to joyous and even breaks out into a few songs while Charlotte goes giddy talking about her screen crush.   Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@gmail.com Twitter (X) :  @perfdamage Instagram : @perf_damage Letterboxd : Perf Damage Check Out our Youtube...

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Charlotte are back! This week there are no tears... but there absolutely might be some singing. They drill down into last year's Letterboxd stats and discuss some of their favorite discoveries of 2022.   Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@gmail.com Twitter (X) :  @perfdamage Instagram : @perf_damage Letterboxd : Perf Damage Check Out our Yout...

Send us Fan Mail To start off Season Two, this week Adam and Charlotte share their top picks from this years online edition of the Sundance Film Festival. They also tease what is coming for the new season. Contact Us At: www.perfdamage.com Email : perfdamagepodcast@gmail.com Twitter (X) :  @perfdamage Instagram : @perf_damage Letterboxd : Perf Damage Check Out our Youtube Channel: https://www.yout...

Send us Fan Mail In this exciting episode, Adam and Charlotte list-off their Top 10 movies of 2022. There are lots of surprises,  including a lot of films that you won't see on other Top 10 lists. They lament the fact that all of their favorites couldn't make the list. Adam breaks down while talking about one of the top three and cries like a little baby. And they are constantly harassed...

Send us Fan Mail This week Adam and Charlotte jump way outside of the box to examine the exceptional life of film composer Wendy Carlos. They dive deep into her contributions to electronic music at large, through her development of the the synthesizer and vocoder with Robert Moog to her invention of ambient music and her obsession with alternative tunings. Wendy's avid Eclipse chasing sparks...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Adam and Charlotte discuss their unusual annual Thanksgiving tradition of watching two action sci-fi films from 1987 back to back : Robocop and Predator .  They discuss the origin of the tradition, why these two films work so perfectly together and deep dive on the making-of of both films. People are fired, leeches are removed, people get married and the Robocop Musical...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Adam and Charlotte are joined by fellow preservationist Jeff McCarty for a lively discussion of the scrappy world of Micro-Budget filmmaking. They get into the finer points of the punk movement and even dive into the messy world of Splatter films. Adam sings the Female Trouble theme song and Adam and Charlotte have several jinx moments about films they love. Conta...