30 Years Later

This week we're talking about a movie Roger Ebert said created "the best version of a comic book universe I've seen," The Crow. We talk not just about its infamous place in film history for the on-set death of star Brandon Lee on March 31st, 1993, but about its real accomplishments in translating a comic and cartoon look and feel to live action, as well as the surprisingly long tail of its influence via Chad Stahelski. A stuntman and best friend of Brandon Lee who was on set the day of Lee's accidental killing, Stahelski has been fanatical about safety ever since, taking it right through his work as the director of the John Wick franchise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We emerge from our thousand year slumber to talk about the 30th anniversary of Joel Schumacher's white man rage masterpiece, Falling Down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey gang! It's bittersweet to post today's episode, which is on a great film, and really the perfect one for our show, Paul Schrader's Light Sleeper, which is also going to be our last one for a while. Thank you to all the listeners over the years. Maybe we'll be back, who knows! And keep an eye on Ricky, he should have some ~~very exciting~~ things to announce soon! Thank you again, everyone. Was truly great to think about these transcendent, awful, perplexing, and beautiful movies with you. Talk soon. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, it's our live show from Nitehawk Williamsburg about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! We were joined by Fanbyte's Merritt K, who talked with us about locker room-lurking Donald Sutherland, the importance of lyrca to vampire slaying, and the whole Joss Whedon thing. Thanks to Merritt, Nitehawk, and past guest Cristina Cappioco for getting this together! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's 3 PM in 1994, and you're popping in your cassette of Mo' Money to watch it for the 500th time. Sounds great! Watching it as an adult in 2022, tho ... let's say it hits different.Also!! We're back at Nitehawk in just under two weeks, on Sunday, July 31st at 11:15 AM, for a 30th anniversary screening of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. See you there! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, journalist and critic Tyler Coates joins to talk about one of his all-time favorite films, A League of Their Own. Catch Tyler in The Hollywood Reporter, where he's Awards Editor, or on Twitter at @TylerCoates. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SPECIAL PATREON PREVIEW! We've got a Pattern! It's a place for us to talk about things we love that don't fit into the 30 Years Later framework (because they're not 30 years old). On this special preview, hear Crooked Marquee's Zach Vasquez join us to talk about Crimes of the Future -- the first film David Cronenberg's directed in 8 years -- which we also use as an excuse to talk about Zach's favorite Cronenberg film, 1991's Naked Lunch. Visit the Patreon here! https://patreon.com/30yearslater See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thrilled to have Jesse Hawken (Junk Filter Podcast) join us this week to talk about one of the ur-Dad Movies, Patriot Games. Which nobody but Chris likes!!! What!! Follow Jesse here and Junk Filter here! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we're joined by the great Patrick Cotnoir (The George Lucas Talk Show and @RAAAATSCRAPS, fka ASSSSCAT) to talk Alien 3, the movie everyone can agree tore its bloody way out of David Fincher's chest. But did he maybe also lovingly cradle it on the way to their mutual destruction?? Find Pat on Twitter at @patrickcotnoir. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, TCM's Matt Goldberg joins us to talk about One False Move, an early breakout role for Billy Bob Thornton, who also wrote the film with his partner Tom Epperson. It's a genre movie that's just a little smarter, trickier, and more interesting than it has any right to be. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Laurence Fishburn and Jeff Goldblum star in a movie that's way smarter and more perceptive than it has any right to be. Just Ricky & Chris on this one, come hang out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, IndieWire Executive Managing Editor Christian Blauvelt returns to the show to talk Robert Altman's return to Hollywood, The Player. Christian's also the author of Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II, which you can and should buy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762499923/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_hrd_swatch_0&sr= See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're very excited to be joined by the hosts of the Hit Factory podcast, Aaron and Carlee, to talk about the surprisingly progressive Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson basketball hustling romp, White Men Can't Jump.Follow Hit Factory, another extremely entertaining 90s culture show, wherever you get podcasts, or on Twitter at @HitFactoryPod; you can find Carlee at @deepimpactcrier. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back! This week, we're talking with god-tier poster Warrior Cop (@wyatt_privilege), of the ALAB Series Podcast, about Lawnmower Man, a movie "from the imagination of Stephen King" that really wasn't, that stars Pierce Brosnan at his scummiest, and that made promises about VR 30 years ago it's still struggling to actually accomplish today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1992 you could just film Mick Jagger and Emilio Estevez driving weird tanks around Atlanta and it would make $34 million (inflation-adjusted). Today, Stephen Spielberg's West Side Story has only made $33 million (domestic). Hard time to be optimistic about movies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy New Year! We barge into 1992 -- full of some of the 1990s' most beloved and critically acclaimed films, including Aladdin, Basic Instinct, The Crying Game, Last of the Mohicans, Unforgiven, and actually LOTS more -- by talking about the Christian Slater with his shirt off vehicle, Kuffs. It was the big directorial debut from the screenwriter of Stand By Me (he never directed another film). Good movies don't come out the first week of the year, sorry everybody! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's a riddle wrapped in an enigma, covered in mystery ... sauce? This week, comedian Brian Fans joins us to discuss Oliver Stone's two-plus-hours of dudes delivering paranoid monologues, JFK. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our first-ever live show, author Rax King joins us to talk about The Last Boy Scout, live from Nitehawk Prospect Park! You are now legally required to buy Rax's book Tacky, here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669783/tacky-by-rax-king/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Come see The Last Boy Scout live at Nitehawk Prospect Park on Monday, December 13 at 9 PM to watch The Last Boy Scout & hear us try to process the insane thing we just saw -- and go over the original script that is in fact **much** crazier (many more chainsaws!) with the great Rax King! Tickets and more info here: https://nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/showtimes/the-last-boy-scout-12-13-21-900-pm/?date=2021-12-13 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ethan Alter, Senior Writer for Yahoo! Entertainment, joins Chris for a lively and informed chat about many people's favorite Star Trek movie while Ricky desperately tries to understand what is going on. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Chris Duffy host of TED's How To Be A Better Human podcast, joins us to talk about one of the best movies where someone's stung to death by bees, My Girl. Surprisingly stiff competition in that category. For more on what Chris is up to, check out https://chrisduffycomedy.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld lensed the first three Coen Brothers movies and several iconic 80s movies that have aged pretty differently: Big, When Harry Met Sally, and Throw Mama From the Train. He'd go on to direct Get Shorty and all the Men in Black movies, but not before making his directorial debut with The Addams Family. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No full episode this week but a little note from Chris and a BIG REQUEST that you come see us in our first-ever live show at Nitehawk for The Last Boy Scout. Tickets here: https://nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/showtimes/the-last-boy-scout-12-13-21-900-pm/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What if you took a standard '90s Harrison Ford-style 'Dad in danger' movie and had Martin Scorsese direct it? You get Cape Fear. To quote Roger Ebert, "Everyone in this film is weak in one way or another, and there are no heroes. That's the Scorsese touch." Brilliant, no notes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Definitely the number one cannibal survival horror movie starring a child that's actually about inequality. Because it's also the only one. This week, it's Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're honestly thrilled to talk about the anniversary of the fantastic Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix-starring, Gus Van Sant-directed masterpiece, My Own Private Idaho. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we're looking at the dark carnival of deranged suburban fantasties called Ricochet (starring an incandescent Denzel Washington and insane scene-chewing villainy from John Lithgow. Also Kevin Pollack for some reason??). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we're talking about City of Hope -- the film written directed, edited, and featuring an amazing performance from John Sayles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Robin Williams stars as a manic pixie homeless man in Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're joined by Peter Renaldi, the host of Filmmaker Magazine's acting podcast Back to One, to talk about Sean Penn's directorial debut, The Indian Runner. In fact, Sean Penn just appeared on Peter's show! Did he say anything interesting? Let's find out! Also, and this is Chris here, I somehow got through this entire episode without telling the story about the time Sean Penn's son took my backpack from LAX. Another time! Listen to Back to One here: https://filmmakermagazine.com/column/back-to-one-a-podcast-on-acting/#.YUiQxLhKjIU See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Writer and critic Verne from Outlaw Verne joins us to talk about what was supposed to be the very last movie ever with Freddy Krueger -- Freddy's Dead.Check out Vern's work here: https://outlawvern.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Come be astounded with us at the surprisingly ambitious Child's Play 3. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Coen brothers classic turns 30 years old this week -- what does it all mean (if anything), and would anyone in Hollywood notice if the world ended? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Film programmer and writer Cristina Cacioppo joins us to talk about the singular movie with double Van Damme -- Double Impact! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just us bros in a late nite record, theoretically talking about Hot Shots. More normal episode next week, we promise! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Brendan McLaughlin returns in his role as Richard Grieco expert, talking about the truly risible teen crime romance, Mobsters. Sorry Brendan! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Writer Charles Bramescon joins us to talk Richard Linklater's Gen X masterpiece, Slacker. Check out Charles' great piece on the film at Decider, and follow him on Twitter! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Rees (!!) joins us to talk about Kathryn Bigelow's undying action-romance that's maybe also secretly an anti-capitalist masterpiece. David Rees is the co-host of the Election Profit Makers podcast and the co-creator of Dicktown, available on Hulu. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, the film programmer at Brooklyn's Spectacle theatre, Steve MacFarlane, joins us to talk about 1991's highest-grossing movie, and maybe the most culturally impactful movie of the 1990s (??), Terminator 2. Come with us if you want to live. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's our Heaven's Gate, Problem Child 2. Sorry it's late, I was on vacation! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Christian Finnegan (@ChristFinnegan) joins us to talk about the original gritty reboot (and definitely the one with the best hair), Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Possibly the best film ever to be punched up at a Pizza Express! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian and podcaster Jamie Loftus joins this week to talk about the movie that's just the boring parts of Big -- Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead. It is **really** a cult classic, even though nobody but Chris had seen it! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, it's just us kids talking about the Ron Howard wanna-be generational firefighting blockbuster, Backdraft. Fire is sexy and more movies should be about this. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Becky Aikman is the author of the fantastic behind-the-scenes book Off The Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge. You should absolutely go buy it! https://bookshop.org/books/off-the-cliff-how-the-making-of-thelma-louise-drove-hollywood-to-the-edge/9780143131489 (and absolutely listen to her talk Thelma and Louise with us!). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David White, the director of the hit New Zealand black comedy This Town, joins us to talk about What About Bob?, the charming Frank Oz film where Bill Murray terrorizes Richard Dreyfuss, reportedly offscreen as well as on. Steam This Town on Topic! https://www.topic.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're joined by Matthew Jacobs to talk about Madonna's concert film/reality show, Truth or Dare. Matthew wrote an amazing oral history of the film for Vulture, which you should go read right now! It's here: https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/madonna-truth-or-dare-oral-history.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jesse Hawken, host of Junk Filter Podcast, joins us to talk about the extremely bizarre Michael Keaton crime melodrama One Good Cop. Features a **very memorable** supporting performance by Rene Russo's hair! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Citizen Kane scholar Evan Davis joins us again this week, talking Orson Welles' first flim, re-released 30 years ago this week. How did it become 'the best movie ever made'? Why was it re-released when it was? Is Mank awful or just **fine**? All this and more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Heartwarming tale about self-actualization or dark look into the world of the severely mentally unstable? This week, it's Drop Dead Fred. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we're for some reason training the substantial intellect and film-world insights of Vadim Rizov, managing editor of Filmmaker Magazine, onto Stephan Seagal's truly Trumpian performance in Out for Justice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger met and fell in love on this Neil Simon romantic farce. And then totally derailed the production. It's The Marrying Man. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.