Pure Cinema Podcast

It's spooky time as the gang runs down the October Calendar for the New Beverly! The gang of course in this case being Elric, Brian, Phil and Jules and there is so much to discuss! Horror films of course - of all shapes and sizes, but also 60s films (Tom Laughlin and Sharon Tate) plus the new Netflix film DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (and some Rudy Ray Moore cinema too!) as well as ZODIAC, INHERENT VICE an...

On this month's Calendar episode, we welcome ONCE UPON A TIME IN... HOLLYWOOD Producer Shannon McIntosh  (who has known and worked with Mr. Tarantino for more than two decades) as our guest for a lovely chat. She shares stories of her working relationship with Quentin as well as some insights into what a producer's job entails and even sticks around for the rest of the calendar movie discussion! E...

Part Three! The final installment of our Scorsese series covering his narrative feature work - and it's an epic closer at a touch over 4 hours! We pickup with where Part Two left off and start with KUNDUN and go all the way through to SILENCE. Lots of Marty, lots of pairings and hopefully lots of cinematic enjoyment to be had!  Listen to our previous Scorsese Episodes here: Part One:  https://dire...

Since the New Beverly is mostly playing ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD this month, Elric, Brian and Phil took this opportunity to talk to the film's Editor Fred Raskin about the movie. If you're unfamiliar with Fred's work, he's edited other films for Tarantino such as DJANGO UNCHAINED and THE HATEFUL EIGHT as well as both GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY films and three consecutive FAST AND FURIOUS movi...

To celebrate David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY recently making it to Blu-ray, Elric and Brian melt their brains into a squishy pool of head-trippy, mind-bending, visionary cinema and lots of weirdness lies ahead for all! You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter:  twitter.com/purecinemapod Instagram:  www.instagram.com/purecinemapod/ and...

In what is easily the greatest calendar episode to date, Elric, Phil, Jules and Brian are joined by the man himself - Quentin Tarantino (!!) - to discuss his New Beverly programming choices for the month of July and how they tie into his upcoming new film ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD (which opens in theaters on July 26th). This one is not to be missed!! For Info about the New Beverly and the m...

As a follow-up to the Joe Dante Westerns episode, Elric and Brian return with their picks for Pre-WILD BUNCH westerns on this round. It's such a vast landscape (literally and figuratively) - and there's so much to good stuff to choose from!  You can help support the show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter:  twitter.com/purecinemapod Instagram:  www.insta...

Elric and Brian are joined this episode by one of their dream guests - Director Joe Dante - to talk about a topic that is near and dear to him: Westerns. The focus is mostly on Pre-WILD BUNCH westerns, but the discussion strays outside of that as well. Joe definitely pulls out some deep cuts! Enjoy! You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show...

Elric, Brian and Phil are joined by screenwriter Larry Karaszewski (ED WOOD, THE PEOPLE VS LARRY FLYNT, MAN ON THE MOON and the upcoming DOLEMITE IS MY NAME) to discuss the June offerings from the New Beverly. Said offerings include some late 60s films, some Hitchcock and Brad Pitt Matinee's and some selections for Gay Pride month as well. Follow Larry on twitter here:  https://twitter.com/Karasze...

Join Elric and Brian this episode as they run through their lists of "Post WILD BUNCH" Westerns! They discuss Sam Peckinpah and the watershed year of 1969 that saw both EASY RIDER and THE WILD BUNCH ride into theaters and change the landscape of cinema forever! You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter:  twitter.com/purecinemapod...

This month at the theater, the overriding programming theme is films from women - be it directed, co-directed or written by women and it's one heck of a lineup. Joining Elric, Brian and Phil this month to talk about the New Beverly calendar is film critic and blogger Marya E. Gates who is an authority on the topic and even did a lovely project called "A Year With Women" which you should absolutely...

On this very special episode, PCP pays homage to the now late great indie auteur that was Larry Cohen. Elric and Brian have selected five "essential" films from Larry and offer pairings for them as well as a wild card film each - which can be anything Mr. Cohen has written or directed over the years. Have a listen and definitely check the wonderful KING COHEN Documentary (which is mentioned severa...

On this Month's Calendar, Elric, Brian and Phil are joined by screenwriter and fellow podcaster Josh Olson (of The Movies That Made Me and the new West Wing Thing podcasts) as well as Charlie Tarabour - who is a manager at the New Beverly theater itself - to talk Bruce Dern films, Neil Simon films, 1999 films and much more as they run through the April lineup! For Info about the New Beverly, go to...

The idea for "Kiddee Midnights" was born out of the "Kiddee Matinees" and Midnight screenings that have been discussed on the New Beverly Calendar episodes of the show. The thought was to join them together in a peanut butter and chocolate kind of way and on this episode, Elric and Brian are joined by Millie De Chirico who programs TCM Underground (and more) to take on the topic. Each of them has...

On this month's calendar episode, Elric and Brian are joined by TCM's own Alicia Malone as well as Phil Blankenship and Jules McLean, the Director of Operations at the New Beverly! Lots of variety in the March offerings from the theater, including several films directed by women in honor of Women's History Month! Check out Alicia Malone's Podcast Magnificent Obsession right here: https://itunes.ap...

This episode, we pay tribute to the recently passed Nick Redman - one of the co-founders of the wonderfulTwilight Time Blu-ray label. Elric and Brian are joined by guest Rob Galluzzo (of Shock Waves ) to each choose five titles from the Twilight Time catalog that they'd like to highlight (as well as many honorable mentions). We are huge fans of the work Twilight Time is doing here at PCP headquart...

Elric and Brian jump back into Martin Scorsese with this second installment on their series covering his career (and offering pairings for all the movies they discuss)! This round they run through all the narrative fiction films from KING OF COMEDY through CASINO. There's a whole lotta goodness here! You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show...

Elric, Brian and Phil are joined by Film Critic and writer Kim Morgan to discuss the calendar for February 2019 for the New Beverly. This month, the Bev has lots of fun stuff for cinephiles including a wonderful tribute to actor Burt Reynolds. Kim Morgan has written for Sight & Sound, The Criterion Collection, Playboy, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The New Beverly Cinema Blog, her own Blog 'Sun...

Elric and Brian are joined by filmmaker and cinephile Sean Baker (THE FLORIDA PROJECT, TANGERINE, STARLET) to talk about some feature film debuts that they like very much! Five films because each and quite a variety of cinema to be had in this group - newer and older! You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter:  twitter.com/purecin...

Elric and Brian do their version of a "Top 10" films of 2018 list - but in the PCP way, it's "10 films Because" (each) and not a regular top 10. Also discussed, a recent outing to the New Beverly for a Christmas-themed double bill and some "Let's Get Physical" Blu-ray picks. You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter:  twitter.com/...

Elric and Brian are joined by actor/filmmaker/cinephile Pat Healy and Phil Blankenship to discuss the New Beverly Calendar for January 2019.

With this episode, Elric and Brian begin their three-part series covering the narrative films of director Martin Scorsese. Starting here with chronologically with WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR and working their way up to RAGING BULL, they discuss the movies and offer an pairing to go with each one. You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show...

On this episode, Elric and Brian hangout and talk about the first their experience at the re-opening night at the New Beverly, their favorite Blu-ray releases of the year and their favorite older film discoveries that they saw for the first time in 2018. Enjoy! You can help support this show by going to:  https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter:  twitter.com/purecinemapod...

This is our first "Calendar Episode" where we look at and talk through all through programming for a single month at the New Beverly Cinema (our new partner) in Los Angeles. Elric and Brian are joined by Phil Blankenship (social media manager for the New Beverly -- also previously a guest on our "Bonkers" episode) to talk about all the films (double features, midnights, kiddie matinees etc) playin...

We are back! And we have some big news about the show and new things that are happening with it! Have a listen as we discuss those changes as well as a range of topics from Orson Welles' THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (and it's accompanying documentary), some picks for the Barnes and Noble Criterion sale, the demise of Filmstruck and Noirvember! You can help support this show by going to:  https://www...