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This episode Mikhail Karadimov welcomes back friend of the show Brittany Starna to burn the midnight oil discussing a genuine cult classic, 'Better Off Dead...' (1985), starring 80s icon John Cusack. 00:00 - 19:23 - Introduction/News 19:24 - 1:19:09 - 'Better Off Dead' (1985) 1:19:10 - 1:21:53 - Closing Remarks/Blooper Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongReel Official Site: http://wrong...

For fans of bite-sized chunks of entertainment, Mikhail Karadimov and Parker Dixon enjoy a brief meandering conversation/pitch session about everything from flatulance to border collies. Enjoy. Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongReel Official Site: http://wrongreel.com

Based on the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and novelist David Foster Wallace, 'The End of the Tour' is a riveting new film in limited release starring Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg. Using David Foster Wallace's thoughts on David Lynch's work as a springboard, this week we also look back at 'Lost Highway' (1997). 00:00 - 21:37 - Introduction/News 21:38 - 1:19:22 -...

It has been entirely too long since Wrong Reel sat down to record a commentary track and for this momentous occasion we decided on the ever-controversial but always entertaining Russ Meyer and his film 'Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens' (1979). Put the kids to bed and enjoy. Strictly #NSFW. Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongReel

This week we welcome back Adam Rackoff, a producer with a slate of amazing projects from animated films with Bill Plympton to the creation of the iPad app and audiobook 'Full Metal Jacket Diary' with actor Matthew Modine. We go deep into all the news and announcements from San Diego Comic Con, review Marvel's latest production 'Ant-Man' and discuss everything we're excited about in the world of su...

This week we review the breakout hit of the 2015 Sundance Film festival, 'Tangerine' from director Sean Baker. Shot exclusively on the iPhone 5S, the film follows a transgender woman on a rampage looking for the man who broke her heart. For our follow up film, we discuss 'Mala Mala', a documentary about living as a transgender in Puerto Rico.  Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongReel

With the release of 'Terminator Genisys' we take a look back at the entire franchise to compare the essential classics with those that are completely unwatchable. For any hardcore fan the conclusions might already be obvious. 00:00 - 40:32 - News/Intro 40:33 - 1:43:16 - Terminator Rant 1:43:17 - 1:51:01 - Conclusion/Blooper Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrongReel

In preparation for next week's pop culture extravaganza, San Diego Comic Con, we sit down with animation producer/Star Wars savant/studio manager for Bill Plympton Studios, John Holderried. We discuss his many years in the trenches at Comic Con and what new projects Bill Plympton will feature at this year's convention including his new film starring Patton Oswalt - 'The Loneliest Stoplight', his W...

The New York Asian Film Festival is back with their 14th program including 54 feature films playing primarily at the Film Society of Lincoln Center through July 11th. We were lucky enough to have a sneak peak at Kinji Fukasaku's classic Yakuza epic 'Battles Without Honor and Humanity' (1973) which will be playing Friday, July 3rd at the Walter Reade Theatre. Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.c...

This episode we speak with award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival, Dan Mirvish ('Between Us' - 2012). Dan Mirvish is in the final stretch of his Kickstarter campaign to bring to the screen 'Bernard and Huey', a script by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, author, screenwriter and playwright Jules Feiffer ('Carnal Knowledge' - 1971). Check out the link to this amazing...

Miroslav Slaboshpitsky's controversial Ukrainian film 'The Tribe' is one of the most audacious directorial debuts in years and it was our pleasure this week to celebrate the film during its opening weekend in the US.  0:00 - 23:37 - Introduction/News 28:38 - 48:01 - Miroslav Slaboshpitsky's 'The Tribe' 48:02 - 1:13:45 - Tribes in Cinema Bound by Violent Codes 1:13:46 - 1:16:18 - Closing Remarks/Bl...

Hold onto your butts. This week we tackle 'Jurassic World' and discuss to what extent it measures up against the rest of the franchise. We also share our earliest memories of going to the movie theater. 00:00 - 19:45 - Introduction/News 19:46 - 52:21 - 'Jurassic World' Review 52:22 - 1:10:37 - First Movie Theater Experiences 1:10:38 - 1:17:37 - Closing Remarks/Blooper

In honor of the Glorious Technicolor Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art playing through August, we decided to make an episode celebrating the technicolor process and one of the most famous musicals from that period, Vincente Minnelli's 'An American in Paris' (1951) starring the indomitable Gene Kelly. 0:00 - 24:53 - Introduction/News 24:54 - 50:33 - Glorious Technicolor 50:34 - 1:23:25 - 'A...

This episode we welcome guest host and friend of the show Aaron West from criterionblues.com. We discuss Samuel Fuller's classic film noir 'Pickup on South Street' (1953) which was recently restored and rereleased at the New York Film Forum. 00:00 - 22:18 - Introduction/News 22:19 - 55:19 - 'Pickup on South Street' (1953) 55:20 - 1:03:29 - Closing Remarks/Blooper Follow us on Twitter: https://twit...

We get old school this week with a look at the 3rd part of Alexander Dovzhenko's Ukrainian Trilogy, 'Earth' (1930), which played recently at the Anthology Film Archives. After Mikhail has a chance to get in touch with his cultural roots we switch gears and discuss what we would choose as the perfect double feature for our last night on Earth. 00:00 - 25:34 - Introduction/News 25:035 - 1:05:02 - Al...

This week, we review the remake of 'Poltergeist', compare how favorably (or unfavorably) it compares to the original and discuss what goes into making a worthwhile remake. 00:00 - 1:03:21 - Introduction/Remake Discussion/News 1:03:22 - 1:36:42 - 'Poltergeist' (2015) Review & 'Poltergeist' (1982) 1:36:43 - 1:39:08 - Closing Remarks/Blooper

This episode we look at two documentaries about police corruption that stylistically straddle the line between straight documentary and narrative filmmaking. Tiller's Russell's 'The Seven Five' takes a hard look at the most dangerous neighborhood in New York in the 1980s and the two corrupt cops that tried to squeeze every dollar out it they could. 'The Thin Blue' is a genuine masterpiece by Errol...

George Miller delivers one of most heart pounding, visionary action films in years with his victorious return to the Mad Max franchise, 'Mad Max: Fury Road'. In order to understand the roots of this post-apocalyptic roller coaster ride, we look back at the classic Australian genre films of the 70s & 80s in the amazing documentary 'Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!' (2008...

This episode we discuss Joss Whedon's latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 'Avengers: Age of Ultron'. If that isn't enough comic book insanity for you, we also dig into the documentary 'Comic Book Confidential' (1988), an amazing movie about the first 50 years of comics. 00:00 - 0:18:52 - Introduction/News 0:18:53 - 1:12:27 - 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Discussion 1:12:28 - 1:53:50 - 'Comi...

This week we review Gerard Johnson's 'Hyena', a film that Nicolas Winding Refn calls 'the future of crime films'. For our follow up, we deprive Mikhail of the opportunity to discuss Herzog's 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' (2009) and force him finally to sit down and watch Abel Ferrara's original and highly controversial 'Bad Lieutenant' (1992). 00:00 - 19:20 : Introduction/News 19:21 -...

Few bands have had a bigger impact on defining an era than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. From the height of the Swinging Sixties in London to the death of flower power at the Altamont Speedway, the films 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964) and 'Gimme Shelter' (1970) neatly bookend one of the most fascinating chapters in music history. Featuring guest host Henry Schiller. 00:00 - 18:14 - Introduction...

This episode we review Zaza Urushadze's "Tangerines" which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Academy Awards and is just now being released in New York. Set during The War in Abkhazia (1992-1993) the film examines ethnic and religious tensions in a post-Soviet Georgia where many Estonians, save one, have chosen to return to Estonia. Continuing with the topic of racial tension...

We welcome back guest host Brittany Starna to discuss the latest film by writer-director Olivier Assayas, "Clouds of Sils Maria", a story about an aging actress starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart & Chloë Grace Moretz. Seeing an opportunity to discuss one of his favorite movies on a similar theme, Mikhail Karadimov walks us through Paolo Sorrentino's extraordinary award-winning film "La Gra...

This episode we sit down with Samuel Jamier and Rufus de Rham from Subway Cinema, an organization devoted to the appreciation of Asian film culture. Their flagship event is the annual New York Asian Film Festival but the topic of this podcast is the Old School Kung Fu Fest '15: Enter the Ninjas!! screening at the Anthology Film Archives 4/16-4/19. From Japanese classics such as "Shinobi No Mono" (...

In a special episode we sit down with legendary animator Bill Plympton and his producer Adam Rackoff to discuss their Kickstarter Campaign to finance Bill's next feature film, "Revengeance". For the first time, Bill is collaborating with another animator, Jim Lujan, and the result is a wild and irreverent story that explores the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles. Bill need s your help to make the fi...