The Cultworthy Cinema Podcast

SLC LOCALS! We bring you a very special episode featuring BREWVIES CINEMA PUB "Film Buff" Programmer JESSE WROE. We discuss the line up of October's FILM BUFF SERIES - and all the fantastic and obscure films he's bringing to the big screen. FILM BUFF is every Monday night at 9pm at BREWVIES CINEMA PUB! If you're not a SLC local - play along and find these films online or on physical media -let us...

This week I have special guest GALEN HOWARD on the show to discuss GET CRAZY! Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes. Hear our thoughts on this crazy film! Subscribe today! Sign up for Zen...

This week I am joined by Eric of CINEMA FORCE!! We discuss Peter Hunt's DEATH HUNT! Isolated Yukon trapper Albert Johnson (Charles Bronson) stumbles upon a dog fight and saves the losing canine from death, but animal-owner Hazel (Ed Lauter) and his friends attack Albert for breaking up the scuffle. One of Hazel's pals is killed in the brawl with Albert, and a group of Canadian Mounties, led by Sgt...

This week I had the extreme pleasure of talking with cinema icon Diane Franklin - star of such films as LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN, BETTER OFF DEAD and BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. We talk about her journey from being discovered to her decades long career starring in some of the most iconic films spanning across multiple genres. Thank you Diane! You're one of a kind! Subscribe today! Sign up for...

This week I am joined by Craig MacNeil of CRAIG & FRIENDS! We discuss two obscure Ken Russell biopics: MAHLER and VALENTINO! In Mahler: After time away spent conducting at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) is returning to Austria by train with his wife, Alma (Georgina Hale). Over the course of the journey, he has occasion to reflect upon the significant moments...

This week my guest Justin Henson of THE MOVIE WIRE discuss the next 2 films in our back to school special: MY BODY GUARD and GET OVER IT! In My Bodyguard - Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) is a sensitive, well-to-do teen who becomes the target of bully Melvin Moody (Matt Dillon) after he starts attending a new school. Tired of being picked on, Clifford recruits brooding tough kid Ricky Linderman...

We're back!! Welcome to the new season of THE CULTWORTHY! We kick things off with part one of our BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL! This episode we bring Bob Giraldi's HIDING OUT starring John Cryer and Kieth Coogan, and BIG MAN ON CAMPUS starring Allen Katz and Melora Hardin. My guest of course is Justin Henson of THE MOVIE WIRE and my other show BACK 2 THE BALCONY! Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen...

This week we bring you another Vintage episode! I covered the 1964 film ONIBABA with special guest, Ian of CULT CONNECTIONS podcast. While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter-in-law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his...

This week I bring you a vintage episode from nearly 3 years ago - when I discusses the film FREAKS - directed by TOD BROWNING- with my good friend Mike Jones! When trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) learns that circus midget Hans (Harry Earles) has an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal his fortune and run off with her lover, strong m...

In this very special VINTAGE EPISODE - we revisit our episode on ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN - with special guests ; Scott and Frankie of SHOOT THE FLICK PODCAST! In the first of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's horror vehicles for Universal Pictures, the inimitable comic duo star as railway baggage handlers in northern Florida. When a pair of crates belonging to a house of horrors museum a...

This week we bring you another great Vintage Episode! We discussed "Django" with Melissa of THE GOOD EVENING KIDDIES PODCAST. Sergio Corbucci's Grand Guignol spaghetti western is set on the USA-Mexican border just after the Civil War. Django, an ex-Union soldier, wreaks bloody vengeance on the Ku Klux Klan. New Episodes air in September! Subscribe today! Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen.ai...

This week I bring you another great vintage episode! I was joined by Raphael of THE GEEKY DAD PODCAST to discuss BATMAN 1966! Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman ... one based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960's television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker and The Riddler on the big screen. Can they try to prevent the bad guys from taking o...

This week we bring you a vintage episode! My guest John Madsen of the YOURS, MINE AND THEIRS podcast. We discuss the epic KING CREOLE starring Elvis Presley and Directed by Michael Curtiz! Denied his high school diploma because of a schoolyard fight, Danny Fisher (Elvis Presley) is unsure how he's going to support himself and his unemployed father (Dean Jagger). He briefly flirts with a life of cr...

This week I say SEE YOU SOON as I take the next 2 months off for summer break! I will publish "vintage episodes" until our return in September - so stay tuned in! Today's episode is the recording of our appearance on LIVESTREAM FOR THE CURE back in May. It's our 3rd year on the program and we had a blast raising money for cancer research. We discuss the films we've reviewed over the past 3 years a...

This week i am joined by John and Roy of the YOURS, MINE AND THEIRS PODCAST - we discuss The Fantastic World of DC Collins, The Peanut Butter Solution and Hansel and Gretel. We talk the good, the bad and weird in this fun filled episode. Check it out! Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen.ai/Ax2lLiOypAMyn_rp4eoKemgLq-YYFcUzPdCT19xZh1E OFFER CODES: cultworthy Visit thecultworthy.com Visit YOURS,...

This week I am joined by Justin Henson of THE MOVIE WIRE PODCAST and Josh Wilson of SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THE WILSON'S PODCAST to discuss our favorite cinema dads - and who win's in our "dad battle" based on a poll to our listeners. We put FURIOUS STYLES from BOYZ IN THE HOOD, DARTH VADER and ARMAND GOLDMAN from THE BIRDCAGE to the test! Who comes out on top? Listen and find out! Sign up for Zencast...

This week I am joined by my good friends Kevin and Erin of THE PODCAST THAT WOULDN'T DIE!! We tackle the cocaine fueled fever dream that is Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE! After a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth, machines come to life and turn against their makers. Holed up in a North Carolina truck stop, a group of survivors must fend for themselves against a mass of homicidal trucks. A...

This week I am joined by my good friend Steven Hayes to discuss sequels to films that many consider better than the original. We go down the IMDB poll and give our thoughts on the public's opinion. Check it out! Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen.ai/Ax2lLiOypAMyn_rp4eoKemgLq-YYFcUzPdCT19xZh1E OFFER CODES: cultworthy Visit thecultworthy.com

I am honored to be joined by friends Nicole and Tessa of DOOM GENERATION podcast to talk about 1986's WILLY/MILLY (aka SOMETHING SPECIAL) Tomboy Milly wishes to be a boy as she's tired of her mom pushing girly stuff on her and boys are freer. After an eclipse, s/he wakes up with a willy. He gets a haircut and starts at a new school as Willy. It's a wacky, uncensored conversation about this hidden...

This week we go back a couple years to a great conversation with my friend Chris of THE CULT FILM COMPANION podcast. We discuss Stanley Kunrick's early classic noir KILLER'S KISS. Davey Gordon (Jamie Smith), a New York City boxer aging out of his profession, meets dancer Gloria Price (Irene Kane), and they begin a romance. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss...

This week I am joined by Jesse from THE CULT CINEMA CIRCLE PODCAST - we take on a BHAD GIRL double feature of SWITCHBLADE SISTERS and SUGAR & SPICE! While these two films are nothing alike - we love the idea of screening them back to back. Don't forget to like and subscribe to both our shows! Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen.ai/Ax2lLiOypAMyn_rp4eoKemgLq-YYFcUzPdCT19xZh1E OFFER CODES: c...

This week I am joined by Alicia of the HARD TALKS PODCAST as we dive into the conspiracies behind the death of director STANLEY KUBRICK. Was it a secret society, a religious sect, or the CIA? Subscribe today and find out! Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen.ai/Ax2lLiOypAMyn_rp4eoKemgLq-YYFcUzPdCT19xZh1E OFFER CODES: cultworthy Visit thecultworthy.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard...

This week I am joined by Phillip of the MAKING TARANTINO PODCAST to discuss the 2001 animated masterpiece METROPOLIS. A future society, where humans and robots co-exist. Amidst the chaos created by anti-robot factions, detective Shunsaku Ban and his sidekick Ken-ichi are searching for rebel scientist Dr. Laughton, to arrest him and seize his latest creation, a beautiful young girl named Tima. When...

In this vintage ANIMATION APRIL episode - we go back to when I discussed GI JOE: THE MOVIE with my childhood friend Jonathan. Did it hold up after all these years?? Listen and find out! Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen.ai/Ax2lLiOypAMyn_rp4eoKemgLq-YYFcUzPdCT19xZh1E OFFER CODES: cultworthy Visit thecultworthy.com

This week I am joined by my BACK 2 THE BLOCKBUSTER Justin Henson to continue our conversation from last year - TRAUMATIC TOONS!! This year we discuss THE CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE and THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN. Be sure to like and subscribe to the YOUTUBE channel and on your favorite podcast platform Sign up for Zencaster TODAY! https://zen.ai/Ax2lLiOypAMyn_rp4eoKemgLq-YYFcUzPdCT19xZh1E OFFER CODES: c...