Cinema Shame

James and Allan go down under for a shameful quartet of Ozploitation features. They talk about the endearing shagginess of the Australian filmmaking approach and what happens when it goes scarily wrong.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan talk about Coyote vs. ACME (2026), Looney Tunes, worldbuilding with live action and animation. Allan first-time watches Space Jam (1996), and the Old Movie Weirdo Hotline rings with a surprising phone call from an old friend.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Mr. Pre-Code.com, Danny Reid, scandalizes the Shamequarters with a conversation about what makes Pre-Code cinema special. Allan sets his gaze on four pre-code movies he hadn't seen.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

TV Guidance Counselor Ken Reid sweeps Allan's clouds away by forcing him to first-time watch FOLLOW THAT BIRD (1985). James is just happy to talk about Muppets.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Allan begins his journey into Daniel Craig's James Bond era with first-time watches of CASINO ROYALE (2006) and QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008). James returns to his #Bond_age_ podcasting roots.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Join Allan, James, and Eric for the 5th Annual First Watch Shamely Awards. They pick their favorite Films, Actors, Screenplays and Physical Media releases from whatever the hell they watched in 2025. Along the way they're joined by former Cinema Shame guests who share their own favorite watches from the past year.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

The host of The Industry Podcast, Dan Delgado, returns for more Christmas Shame! This year, James, Allan, and Dan unwrap The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, but is there a gift receipt? Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social / Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast

James and Allan let this episode simmer low and slow for more than six months and the result is a delectible casserole of 1960's greatness including Chimes at Midnight ; Juliet of the Spirits , A Thousand Clowns , Kiss Me, Stupid , and a double dose of RINGO !  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social / Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast  

On this episode of Cinema Shame, James and Allan celebrate the life and work of Diane Keaton by watching a bunch of her movies they really should have seen by now. Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

Happy Halloween! Allan straps James down and forces him to watch a triple bill of his favorite North American slasher films: Just Before Dawn (1981), Happy Birthday to Me (1981), and Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987). Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

Allan watches ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969) for the first time, dragging James back into #Bond_age_ podcasting. They discuss the film's unfortunate reception and ultimate rediscovery, the anti-menace of Blofeld, Diana Rigg, the beauty of an untrained Lazenby, and James cracks when one of them says "SPECTRE."  Follow on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan dissect the New York Times' Best Films of the 21st Century list. They talk about what the list got right, what it got wrong, and then fix a few of their own blind spots. If you like to yell at your podcasts, this one will certainly inspire emotions.   Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Another Allan and James hangout episode in which an offhand skeet from James results in the duo watching JUST GO WITH IT (2011) and CACTUS FLOWER (1969) before reciting Dorothy Parker's famous quip and dissecting how her wit may have influenced the history of the infamous anti-spectacles makeover movie trope.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Allan and James hang out and talk Superman (2025), Superman & The Mole-Men (1951), James Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, and sincerity in cinema to determine, once and for all, which Superman owns the title of "most woke." Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Jason Bailey, writer and author of Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, stops by the Shamequarters to leak the PWIT PIP and Allan first-time watches Armando Iannucci's IN THE LOOP (2009). Meanwhile, James goes off on a Steve Coogan lovefest.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Allan's second Cinema Solo questions the appeal of Hulkamania and looks at the folly and appeal of Hogan's 1989 star vehicle NO HOLDS BARRED.  Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Allan and guest Claire Sewell, writer and Official Golden Girls Librarian, strap James to a chair and make him watch Coralie Fargeat's THE SUBSTANCE (2024), but their conversation isn't all kumbaya around the old spinal sutures.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan dig up a mess of movies from 1975, stir up some "Bad Blood," and talk about Andrea Bianchi's STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER , Edwidge Fenech (and more Edwidge Fenech), John Wayne as Frankenstein's monster, and make mention of JAWS  - only to talk about how they weren't going to talk about it.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan preview the upcoming 1975 Shamedown episode with an outtake from the episode detailing the movies they DIDN'T talk about. Call it the process of elimination.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan pay their respects to the late, great Gene Hackman with a brand new Shamedown to kick off the 8th season of the Cinema Shame Podcast. To the table we bring our Top Five lists and three new-to-us movies starring Gene Hackman.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Join Allan, James, and Kris for the 4th Annual First Watch Shamely Awards. They pick their favorite Films, Actors, Screenplays and Physical Media releases from whatever the hell they watched in 2024. Along the way they're joined by former Cinema Shame guests who share their own favorite watches from the past year.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Matt Baume, author, podcaster, and video-maker -- whose work focuses on pop-culture and queer history -- first-time watches MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE (1991) alongside James and Allan in the Shamequarters.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Dan Delgado, host of The Industry podcast, and Allan sealed their fate on the last Christmas episode of Cinema Shame by admitting they hadn't seen Ernest Saves Christmas. So, we watched Ernest Saves Christmas, know what I mean?  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

In between discussing Mustang blindess and singing bars from "Booty Juice," James and Allan discuss Hitchcock's MARNIE, THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES ,  FAIL SAFE ,  KITTEN WITH A WHIP ,  THE TRAIN , and so much more.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Critic, author, and screenwriter Stephen Rebello stops by the Shamequarters for a chat with Allan about Elia Kazan's ON THE WATERFRONT (1954). Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast