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we probably havent thought this through, but we aren’t going to listen to the cop in our heads…we have takes and we are goin to give them, with or without anyone else input. Lack of oxygen meets investigative reporting meets the guests you know and love, meets fun recommendations meets hard driven attitudes, you don’t wanna miss

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    The Scoundrel Cinema of Blake Edwards

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 111:17


    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

    Tone Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 35:19


    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

    The New Queen of Takes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 68:00


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

    End of 2024 (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 40:22


    The rest of our year end favs

    End of 2024 (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 39:06


    Our top ten favs of the year

    The Franco Files: Atonement Teaser

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 2:35


    The Franco Files: SOV Hell (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 52:24


    The finale in 2 parts

    The Franco Files: SOV Hell (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 56:20


    The finale in 2 parts

    Cucks, Fools, and Monsters (Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 52:55


    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

    The Franco Files: The Second to Last Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 100:06


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 80:39


    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

    The Movie Review Corner: Here + Juror No. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 80:03


    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 Franco Files: Tired Eyez

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 81:59


    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 Franco Files: Diamonds in the Rough

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 40:43


    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

    Francomania in NYC (w/ Liz Purchell)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 42:16


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

    Film X (w/ Louise Weard)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 68:11


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

    The Movie Review Corner #5: Maxxxine + The Beast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 64:21


    Britney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 66:55


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

    Certified Loverboy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 91:49


    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

    Trolling Stone pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2024 63:53


    We talk about that rolling stone article more

    Trolling Stone pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 63:21


    We talk about that rolling stone article

    Jess Franco's Dark Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 68:35


    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

    The Franco Files: Will Sloan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 69:54


    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

    The Oscars Blowout Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 122:15


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

    H & L: Freddy Got Fingered + The Idiots

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2023 59:18


    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

    The Franco Files: Hot Tropic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 49:57


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

    The Franco Files: Return to Innocence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 67:48


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

    The Movie Review Corner #4

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 88:20


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

    The Franco Files: Gold Bugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2023 85:13


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

    The Franco Files: Catching Breath

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 87:35


    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

    UNLOCKED: Burning

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 82:20


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

    Goth P0rn

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 79:04


    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

    The Franco Files: Perverse Delirium

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 86:42


    We tackle 8 Franco titles including Sadomania and Bloody Moon

    The Franco Files: Nasty Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2023 114:54


    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

    H & L: Prison on Fire + Rollerball

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 90:42


    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

    The Franco Files: Into the Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 113:54


    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

    The Franco Files: Eurocine Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2023 110:47


    More Jess Franco, with the sleaze factor turned up

    The Canyons (w/ Olivia Willke)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 75:05


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

    The Franco Files: Jess Meets Lina

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 94:11


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

    The Franco Files: Hello Darkness My Old Friend

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 90:37


    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

    Ode to Billy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 73:03


    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!

    THE FRANCO FILES: SOLEDAD AMONGST THE PERVERTS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 91:28


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

    The Franco Files: The Trouble With Harry, Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 81:06


    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

    The Franco Files: The Beginning, Pt. II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 88:46


    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

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    Cruel Intentions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 77:14


    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

    THE FRANCO FILES: THE BEGINNING

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 87:54


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

    HIGHS & LOWS: CAN'T HARDLY WAIT + US GO HOME

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 54:41


    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

    The Franco Files

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 59:32


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

    Stealing Valor (w/ Molly Lambert)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 63:53


    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

    The Movie Review Corner #3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 68:33


    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

    HIGHS & LOWS: THE MASK + THE FACE OF ANOTHER

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 73:37


    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

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