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Film historian/author Samm Deighan returns to join me to chat about the charming cads that populate the cinema of Mr. Blake Edwards, with a major focus on his post-10 periodWe will be doing a related screening to this episode on May 15th at the Davis Theater in Lincoln Square (Chicago).You can also catch Samm on the Eros+Massacre podcast

Not the end but a new beginning. The show will go on, just way less frequently. But new things are afoot....We love all of you who have liked and supported - especially our dearest Patreon members. And all of our Canadian pals w

We hop back into the news cycle ahead of Hollywood's greatest night, the Oscars

The rest of our year end favs

Our top ten favs of the year

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The finale in 2 parts

The finale in 2 parts

We talk about their book and our upcoming Chicago screenings12/3 - Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers at Music Box12/5 - Trust Fall at the Davis Theater

We dig through the rubble to pull out the gems, as Franco says goodbye to his old mode of filmmaking.

Down the Rabbit Hole (w/ Samm Deighan)We intended this to be a promo episode for Samm's new book (the fantastic Revolution in 35mm) and while that's technically true, we take some wild detours into the furthest reaches of cinema, as well as ourselves Revolution in 35mm BookEros + Massacre PodcastUpcoming screenings:Little Murders at Music Box w/ Samm DeighanTrust Fall at Davis Theater w/ Samm DeighanScarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers at Music Box w/ Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay

we did what you all assumed we would doUpcoming Screenings11/12 - Visible Secret at Drafthouse Chicago11/18 - Little Murders at Music Box w/ Samm Deighan11/21 - Trust Fall at Davis Theater w/ Samm Deighan12/3 - Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers w/ Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay

The files are freshly opened again but this is not an old episode we forgot to upload - this is part 1 of 3 episodes left to round this puppy out9/16 - Vampyros Lesbos at Los Feliz 39/17 - Bloody Moon + Night of Open Sex at Brain Dead Studios9/18 - Snakewoman at Whammy! Analog9/19 - Severin Films Pop-Up at Cine File Video (4 - 8 PM)9/20 - Venus in Furs + The Other Side of the Mirror at 2220 Arts

The files are re-opened, actually this is an old episode we forgot to release so here it is. This will be the beginning of the end for the Franco files as we prepare to round them out. Also for all future episodes, Will has agreed to giggle less at his own jokes

8/7 - She Killed In Ecstasy8/10 - Jess Franco Mystery Marathon

the three of us drill in on a space known as Twitter and it's movie loving denizens

you know what it is

It's britney time, with our favorite drag queen, Ramona SlickCrossroads + Morvern Callar - June 18 at Music Box

We talk Clint once again. We get into the romantic entanglements circling his life around the time he made Bridges of Madison County. After we say some words about Cassavetes' Gloria (which we are showing with Bridges this Monday) it's all talk about Clint's romantic soft boy sideTickets

We talk about that rolling stone article more

We talk about that rolling stone article

we take a special moment to highlight Severin's newly restored masterpiece DRACULA PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN, how Franco got to this place in his filmography, how Universal's horror dept changed in a decade, as well as highlighting some unmade Universal monster movies that sound like they could've been Jess Franco movieswe will be presenting the North American premiere of this hypnotic Gothic horror excursion Thursday, March 28th at the Davis Theatre in Chicago, as well the Hollywood Theatre in Portland on Sunday, April 14get tickets to both shows here!3/28 at the Davis4/14 at the Hollywood Theatre

We crack the files just a bit today as we get back into the zone, this time with Franco mega fan Will Sloan, who walks us through some personal favorites

we have returned to attend the 2024 Oscars in beautiful sunny California

We dig into Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered + Lars Von Trier's The Idiots. Both screening this Tuesday, Dec. 12th at 7pm at the Music Box TheatreTickets here

We return with more Franco movies, this time featuring Revenge in the House of Usher and his unfortunate misadventures in the jungle

The files are opened once again as we discuss The Sinister Dr. Orloff through to The Shadow Judoka vs Dr. Wong

We review Friedkin's final film, along with Fincher's The Killer and Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon

The files are opened again proper. We sift through 8 of Jess' early 80s period, featuring Macumba Sexual and Oasis of the Zombies

We take a moment to reflect on where we've come and where we are going. We list off 5 films each that have made this journey so far memorable

What a world we live in. We are fired up and burnt out on this one, simultaneously. Expect some real treats soon

Olivia Willke returns to the show to journey through the world of spooky adult cinema, feat such films as Roberta Findlay's A Woman's Torment, Peter de Rome's The Destroying Angel, & Roger Watkins' Corruption

We tackle 8 Franco titles including Sadomania and Bloody Moon

We continue down the Jess Franco filmography today, parsing through the sleaze and searching for the beauty in titles like Sexy Sisters, Je Brûle de partout, The Sadist of Notre Dame, Sinfonia Erotica, and many others

We reveal more upcoming shows and dig into Ringo Lam's Prison on Fire + John McTiernan's Rollerball. Both screening on 35mm this Wednesday, Sept 27th at 7pm at the Music Box TheatreGet tickets here

Jess Franco and his crew are faced with personal on-set troubles as they navigate marital infidelity, mounting debt, and potential gangsters…all while delivering movies like Barbed Wire Dolls and Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

More Jess Franco, with the sleaze factor turned up

Our pal Olivia joins us to speak on Paul Schrader's much-maligned The Canyons, Lindsay Lohan, and Internet pornOlivia Wiilke Substack

we shoot through 12 more Franco films including Countess Perverse, The Other Side of the Mirror, and Female Vampire

we bid a tearful farewell to the legendary Soledad Miranda, while saying hello to Jess' new beginning - starting with a foray into his own particular brand of classic gothic horror

we tried to record a normal episode until we saw the news, so we called an audible and decided to pay tribute to the one + only late William Friedkin. This is us being crushed in real time, unable to move on to making fun of the Snow White redux or whatever dumb stuff we had planned Please subscribe to our patreon for the episode we were going to do, this Sunday!

we discuss some true bangers from Jess Franco, six films from 1969-1970

we continue on in our exploration of filmmaker Jess Franco, and the period of his career where he worked with problematic producer Harry Alan Towers, beginning with their foray into the even more problematic world of Fu Manchu, alongside their first De Sade adaptations + Venus in Furs

we continue down Jess' earliest path, ending this segment on his last two spy films before he would go on to meet infamous producer Harry Alan Towers

we report live from our hq to get into SAG joining the strike, plus how the studios major recent profit losses + selling of stocks, embracing of AI, and competition with China play into the tragic production shutdown of Juror #2

we crack open the files and discuss Jess' very first films, from We Are 18 to The Sadistic Baron von Klaus

we return to the Music Box on July 11th for the next installment in our heavily lauded and hotly praised Mubi-sponsored film series, Highs and Lows. This month, we examine the similarities between 1997's CANT HARDLY WAIT and 1994's US GO HOMESubscribe to our patreon for additional episodes plus things we cannot say on our regular epsTicketsPatreon

David Gregory joins us for a second time to discuss the life and work of Jess Franco

we are joined by Molly Lambert (HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story) to dig into Clint Eastwood's divisive beast of a movie, American Sniper. We also use this as an excuse to further delve into the topic of Gay Clint

our fan favorite segment is back with 3 sizzling hot takes on 3 (or 2) sizzling hot movies: In Water, Padre Pio, and How to Blow up a Pipeline

we start with a few RIPS before getting into our latest Highs & Lows double feature of Chuck Russell's THE MASK (1994) and Hiroshi Teshigahara's THE FACE OF ANOTHER (1966), playing tonight at the Music Box Theatre in Chicagohttps://musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-events/the-mask-the-face-of-anotherpatreon.com/Oscarbate