Pulsing Cinema

In this episode we focus on Ron Ormond’s legendary film based on Estus Pirkle’s anti-communist sermon. Featured is a vintage Alamo Q and A with…Continue ReadingEpisode 13: If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? (1971)

Reviews of the Severin Films Blu-ray of Simone Simone Scafidi’s documentary FULCI FOR FAKE (2019); The 101 Films Blu-ray of Saul Bass’ PHASE IV (1974);…Continue ReadingEpisode 12: Fulci for Fake (2019)

We flashback to the golden age of eighties retrogaming and the heyday of LaserDisc games, a genre pioneered by Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace. We…Continue ReadingLaserCast 05 – LaserDisc Games

Today we look at the evolution of LD audio, from early attempts at Analog Stereo, CX Noise Reduction, Digital Stereo and finally the advent of…Continue ReadingLaserCast 04 – LaserDisc Audio

In this show we discuss the closing of sole remaining videos stores in Austin TX, I Luv Video and Vulcan Video. Also we discuss the…Continue ReadingEpisode 11: Death of a Video Rental Store

This episode is focused on the revolutionary non-linear video editing sytem produced by Lucasfilm’s Droid Works which was powered by the LaserDisc format. Also, we…Continue ReadingLaserCast 03 – EditDroid

Today we give an overview of the entire history of A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi on the LaserDisc format,…Continue ReadingLaserCast 02 – Star Wars on LaserDisc

In our debut episode of LaserCast, we provide a brief overview of the LaserDisc format, also known as Videodisc, Laservision or Discovision. LaserDisc, or LD…Continue ReadingLaserCast 01 – A Brief History of LaserDisc

In this episode we attempt to decode E. Elias Merhige’s experimental creation myth rendered on film in a work that’s uncompromising and absolutely frightening. Show…Continue ReadingEpisode 10: Begotten (1990)

The focus of this episode is Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku’s apocalyptic disaster epic featuring an all-star cast coming to terms with a super-bug which could…Continue ReadingEpisode 9: Day of Resurrection AKA Virus (1980)

Powerful political statement or mindless display of torture and depravity? In this episode we discuss Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini’s controversial final film.

In this episode we focus on Michael’s Crichton’s tale of a vacation spot populated by androids gone amuck featuring Yul Brynner as gunslinger,  Richard Benjamin…Continue ReadingEpisode 7: Westworld (1973)

In this episode we explore the troubled production history of Ken Russell’s cosmic sci-fi drama, featuring early performances by William Hurt, Bob Balaban and Blair…Continue ReadingEpisode 6: Altered States (1980)

In this episode we discuss The Reincarnation Peter Proud, Max Ehrlich’s story of past lives and the dark secrets they conceal, featuring Michael Sarrazin, Margot…Continue ReadingEpisode 5: The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)

In this episode we dive into an Italian fantasy bonanza from director Antonio Margheriti featuring a screaming Reb Brown, John Steiner doing his best Sith…Continue ReadingEpisode 4: Yor, the Hunter from the Future (1983)

Al Pacino is on the hunt for a killer who stalks the New York gay leather subculture in William Friedkin’s controversial adaptation of Gerald Walker’s…Continue ReadingEpisode 3: Cruising (1980)

This episode we take a look at director Jeff Lieberman’s seventies take on the classic drug scare movie starring Zalman King, Brion James, Deborah Winters…Continue ReadingEpisode 2: Blue Sunshine (1977)

In this episode we’re joined by the late filmmaker Mike Gray for a discussion of his 1983 science fiction sleeper Wavelength, starring Robert Carradine, Cherrie…Continue ReadingEpisode 1: Wavelength (1983)

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