Check out the full Wild in the Streets archive right here
We’re getting WILD IN THE STREETS with Henry Silva and Woody Strode in Fernando Di Leo’s THE ITALIAN CONNECTION from 1972! Starring Mario Adorf as a Milanese pimp wanted by the mob for a crime he didn’t commit, it takes its time getting going, but eventually turns into a story of violent revenge, including one of the finest chase sequences you’re likely to ever see! We discuss some of our other favorite chase scenes, Liam’s crime connections and SO MUCH MORE. Check it out!
Check out the full WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ? archive right here
On this high kicking episode of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VIC DIAZ? we’re setting off with a nudity-filled sexploitation comedy mixed with a martial arts action film featuring a dash of the living dead, cannibalism, Nazis, explosions and a heck of a lot more with the wild 1981 mashup RAW FORCE from director Edward D. Murphy! Starring Cameron Mitchell, Geoffrey Binney, Hope Holiday, FIRECRACKER’s Jillian Kesner and – of course – Vic Diaz, this one is goofy as hell, and occasionally lives up to its extra lurid poster art. We also discuss cult film revivals, what it means for a film to be “trash”, the definition of exploitation and all sorts of other heady topics. CHECK IT OUT!
Check out the full HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? archive right here
We’ve waited a long time to get into it, but on this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we’re finally checking out Quentin Tarantino’s breakthrough 1992 crime thriller RESERVOIR DOGS, starring Harvey Keitel, Michael, Madsen, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, and – of course – Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink. We discuss its triumphs and controversies, as well as how our feelings on the film – and Tarantino – have changed over the past thirty years. We also discuss Pete Davidson’s new sitcom Bupkis, the live action Little Mermaid and SO MUCH MORE. Check it out!
On a very uncomfortable new episode of PRAISING KANE – the world’s finest chronological Carol Kane podcast – we look at the incredibly bad taste Australian comedy NORMAN LOVES ROSE from 1982, featuring a young boy’s fascination with his sister-in-law evolving into a sexual relationship that ends up with her pregnant. Yeah, it’s bad. We also chat about all the latest Carol Kane news (Star Trek! Taxi!) and question our life choices. CHECK IT OUT!
You can watch NORMAN LOVES ROSE on YouTube right now if you want. I mean… it’s a free country.
And check out Chris Sarandon’s web show Cooking By Heart with special guest Carol Kane right here:
Check out our Eric Roberts is the Man archive right here.
On this episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN we’re going all in on Damien Chazelle’s overstuffed ode to the silent era BABYLON, which stars Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Tobey Maguire and – of course – the man himself Eric Roberts! Filled with spewing bodily fluids, orgies, murder, rat eating and snake wrestling, it’s both an ode to the end of a cinematic era and a commentary on the current changing face of movie-going. Fun, right? I guess we’ll see! We also chat about drunk driving, guns, Michael Madsen, Guy Ritchie knock-offs and SO MUCH MORE. Check it out!
Check out the full You Don’t Know Dick archive right here
On this episode of YOU DON’T KNOW DICK (the world’s finest Dick Miller-related podcast) we’re joined by writer/editor Christine Makepeace to discuss John Mellencamp’s cover of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night” (/w Me’Shell Ndegeocello), music videos, mallrats, late stage capitalism and Jim Wynorski’s CHOPPING MALL from 1986 featuring Kelli Maroney, Barbara Crampton, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, and – of course – Dick Miller! Robots go berserk, paint stores explode, in-jokes abound and a good time is had by all. Join us, won’t you?
You can follow Christine Makepeace on Twitter @Xtine_Makepeace and check out her podcast The Feminine Critique right here.
You can watch the music video for “Wild Night” by John Mellencamp ft. Me’Shell Ndegeocellohere right here
Find the entire George Kennedy is my Copilot archive right here
We’re getting heist-y on a brand new episode of GEORGE KENNEDY IS MY COPILOT with Michael Cimino’s terrific buddy crime comedy THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT from 1974! Clint Eastwood and a (shockingly handsome) Jeff Bridges grow a friendship over their shared love of women and thievery, with Geoffrey Lewis and – wait for it – George Kennedy on their tails, until the crew get together to plan a big ol’ robbery and run off into the sunset. We chat about Jeff Bridges’ ice cream technique, Conan O’Brien, Dub Taylor, Preacher Eastwood and SO MUCH MORE. Check it out!
Watch the Conan O’Brien clip with the George Kennedy commercial right here:
Check out Sarah Jane on Twitter @FookThis, as well as the White Slaves of Chinatown YouTube page. And check out her writing over at the Austin Chronicle right here.
Check out the full Bartel Me Something Good archive right here
On this episode of Bartel Me Something good we’re checking out Paul Bartel’s inauspicious 1984 screwball comedy NOT FOR PUBLICATION, starring Nancy Allen, David Naughton and Laurence Luckinbill! Allen plays Lois Thornedyke, a tabloid reporter aiming to go clean, while simultaneously working for the mayor of New York (Luckinbill) who is – wait for it – trying to get rid of “porno papers”, like the one she’s working at! Naughton plays a hapless bird photographer she hires to help with both jobs. There’s animal-themed musical numbers, (attempted) murder, and.. not much more. We also discuss a clip of Sandra Bernhard interviewing Paul Bartel on Reel Wild Cinema. CHECK IT OUT!
Watch the entire episode of Reel Wild Cinema right here:
JodoWOWsky returns with a deep dive on Louis Mouchet’s career-spanning Alejandro Jodorowsky documentary THE JODOROWSKY CONSTELLATION from 1994, featuring interviews with legendary mime Marcel Marceau, the incredible Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud, and musician Peter Gabriel! The documentary also features a lengthy exhibition of Jodorowsky’s psychomagic, with the subject being Mouchet himself! We also discuss Jodorowsky’s recent 94th birthday, an Adanowsky (with Karen O from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs) music video featuring Brontis Jodorowsky, Frank Pavich’s New York Times article on AI image generation, and so much more. CHECK IT OUT!
Check out the music video for the Adanowsky & Karen O collaboration When The Angel Comes (featuring Dante Jodorowsky and Brontis Jodorowsky) right here:
Check out the Frank Pavich article This is not a Film from The New York Times right here:
Julia Marchese is a filmmaker, actor, writer, film programmer and podcaster. Julia’s first film was Out of Print, a documentary about the importance of revival cinema and 35mm to culture. The film has played all over the world in film archives, art house cinemas and universities. The 35mm print of the film is now housed at The Academy Film Archives. Her next project is a short film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story “I Know What You Need”. She is the co-host of Horror Movie Survival Guide, a weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a different horror film each week, focusing on how to become the final girl. You can follow her on her social media platforms
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Check out the full HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? archive right here
On this episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we’re checking out the Pete Docter-directed Pixar classic MONSTERS, INC. starring (the voices of) John Goodman, Billy Crystal and – of course – Steve Buscemi. We talk about our complicated relationship with computer animated films, our struggles with Billy Crystal as a performer, we rank our Pixar favorites and SO MUCH MORE. We also check out the latest Hayden video (/w Feist and Steve Buscemi), and all the other recent Buscemi news. CHECK IT OUT, JERKS.
