Z & Keith Watched A Movie

Our first biopic on Oscar Wilde, somewhat surprisingly. This week we're talkin' chili with beans is woke, restorative justice, flat Fry.Leeja Miller | How Oscar Wilde Ruined It for Gay Victorians EverywherePlease help if you are at all ablehttps://linktr.ee/thesameerprojecthttps://gofund.me/658c2061 https://gazafunds.com/https://chuffed.org/project/hope-giving-circle+++++Outro: Doja Kat performing OKLOSER

In which we discuss the dark woke alliance of horror and queerness.rantasmo | Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - Needs More GayM.A.K.C. | Psy-Ops, Repression, and the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza with Dr. Lara SheehiFolding Ideas | The Art of Editing and The Snowmanplease give if you're ableSameer Projectgazafunds.comKeep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle+++++Outro: Josie Cotton performing Johnny Are You Queer

To wrap on May, we bring you the runaway smash summer blockbuster hit of 1997, Men in Black.We talk the death of physical media, fun with "AI", and anti-intellectualism in right wing populism.Plus we reflect on Z's birth month selections.M.A.K.C. | The Obscurant Function of 'Artificial Intelligence' with Edward Ongweso JrNew York Magazine | Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through Collegehttps://12ft.io/------please give if you can:The Sameer Projectgazafunds.comKeep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle+++++Intro: Kool & the Gang performing Summer MadnessOutro: Patrice Rushen performing Forget Me Nots

in which Z confronts their mortalityKeep Hope Alive: A Gaza Giving CircleSameer Projectgazafunds.com+++++Intro: Sticky Patch performing Disco MurderOutro: Harvey Sid Fischer performing Gemini

CW: lots of scatological talk at the top. This week we bring you what could arguably be called the sassy sister to Bill & Ted's, it's Romy & Michele!Plus Z breaks down the algorithmic mythos (algorithmythos?), Las Vegas topography, and big roundaboutClub Cumming------Meals And Medicals For Injured Palestinian Kidsthe sameer projectgazafunds.com+++++Intro: Ice Spice/@theoreticallyrowanOutro: Allegaeon performing Roundabout

Feed some compost to the Mr Fusion, strap into your DeLorean, and set the flux capacitor for 1989, cuz this week we're talking about Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure!Plus sleeping habits of the poor & autistic, Gaga, and "47"+++++Outro: Eric Calderone performing Doctor Who Meets Metal

Kicking off the door to May, we kick around the ball of complexity that includes, but not limited to: Z's relationship to this film, the film's relationship to the source text, the source text's relationship to historical fact/settler propaganda.Plus we talk: color v light theory, "historical reenactments", and probably food &/or sex History Buffs: The Last of the MohicansThe Sameer Projectgazafunds.comNo matter what occurs, stay tuned. +++++Outro: Russell Means performing Ain't No Prison for the Corporation

Strap in cuz Keith is only partially medicated and we talk about the relation between personal trauma and horror films.Plus Dramarama vs Social Distortion, pining vs slutting and the month in review.Thanks for listennnnniiiiiiinnnnngggghttps://linktr.ee/thesameerprojectgazafunds.com+++++Outro: Liberación performing La Burbuja

Returning guest Randall finally got to join us for a movie of his own suggestioning, and it paid off!Killer Klowns From Outer Space Q&AKiller Klowns From Outer Space Filming Locations+++++Outro: Professor Louie performing Entry of the Gladiators on Clara Belle the calliope

A couple-three aliens discover that Earth Girls Are Easy in the kooky kitchy campy romcom from the mind of Julie Brown. Peak mid/late 80's in tone, casting and musical choices, this movie probably deserves another look. We also discuss the Davis-Goldbloom complex, the extreme tedium of Eric Stoltz and physical comedy gone wrong.RIP Charles Rocket and Julian Sandshttps://gazafunds.com/gaza emergency fund+++++Outro: Julie Brown performing I Like 'Em Big and Stupid

Oh hey, slim. Let's talk Alien Nation.It's Tuner & Hooch meets Enemy Mine, The Hard Way meets Theodore Rex.Plus we weigh Hozier vs Hoosiers, hemorrhoids vs hernias, jabluka vs sunblock 5000.James Caan "Alien Nation" 1988 | Bobbie Wygant ArchiveAlien Nation - The Best Movie You Never Saw | JoBlo Originalshttps://gazafunds.com/+++++Outro: Chumbawumba performing Slag Aid (live)

To wrap up March monster Madness, we bring 1999's Deep Blue Sea. Some good surprise kills, the horror of a CG Rappaport foot and at best questionable fences. Don't think of Jaws.Deep Blue Myths: Can You Blow Up a Shark | MythBustershttps://gazafunds.com/+++++Outro: Eloise Laws performing Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

We're attacked this week by a kooky romp about oversized crocodile that's eating people where it has no business being. A great cast couldn't quit save David E. Kelly's script for us. Plus we talk Justine Bateman vs the 2nd Mrs Patton Oswalt while Keith fumbles over some words. https://gazafunds.com/++++++Outro: Warwick School Lower School Strings (aged 10-12) performing Crocodile Rock

Here we are, together again. Our third entry this month is also our third based on a novel. We've got Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed and introducing: a black mamba. What else could you need? Oh, how about Nicol Williamson?Hollywood Snakes+++++Outro: Papa Roach performing Snakes

This week we bring you a prime cut of Australian bacon. A pretty straight-forward tale of a wild boar big enough to run off with a 2 yo human child, eat a full grown adult and level several buildings. Plus we once again delve into our feelings and relationship to the Land Down Under. Minty | 10 Things You Didn't Know About CujoPillboy | Tubi: The New Blaxploitation Pop Culture Detective | Born Sexy Yesterday+++++Outro: Wild Boar Song Remix sound

The film that gave every dog you don't like a new nickname. But let's be clear: Cujo is the real victim in this story. Dog Days: The making of CujoInside of You with Michael Rosenbaum | Dee Wallace+++++Outro: Cannibal Corpse performing Rabid

Wrapping up February we bring you a Spike Lee joint. Starring Ray Allen, Rosaria Dawson, Denzel Washington, we were split on He Got Game (1998). Keith found it bogged down by overly long scenes and a tropey-ass B plot, while Z appreciated the time taken with dialog and the musical & visual choices made. Plus we talk the evolution of breast implants in media and give our rankings for the month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_ConquerorRick Rubin interview with Brian Eno +++++Willie Dixon and Memphis Slim performing Rub My Root

Oof.Since we didn't care for this one you can hear us discuss Zeljko Ivanek, "going postal" and Corwin Hawkins.The Dark and Gruesome Origins of Going Postal | Today I Found OutWhat Really Happened To 'Wayman' From 'A Low Down Dirty Shame'?+++++Outro:Theme from A Man Called Hawk by Stanley Clarke, Butch Harris & Avery Brooks

Dare we say "neo-noir"?In post-war Los Angeles, Ezekiel Rawlins is just trying to keep a roof over his head. Soon, a job opportunity presents itself that will change his life forever. In his first of two appearances this month, Denzel brings Walter Mosely's Easy Rawlins to the screen. Although it deviates from the novel in some places, the plot unfolds in a crafty, writerly style. Oh man, who am i writing for? Don Cheadle steals the show in this one as Mouse. Lisa Nicole Carson (Coretta) blew us away in her limited screen time. And Barry Shabaka Henley is perfect as the Woodcutter. Outro: Marysue performing Devil with a Blue Dress On

Kicking off February we are bringing you the Hughes Brothers' follow up to their debut 1993 hit Menace II Society, Dead Presidents (1995). Perhaps overambitious, the film follows a circle of friends from the Bronx as the Vietnam War era impacts their lives and the various ways they try to cope or not. What it delivers in the way of stand out performances and a great soundtrack, it lacks in character dimension/motivation. For better and worse, it feels like a very 90's look at the 70's. +++++Outro: Blue Mitchell performing Delilah

We close out January with another cult classic from the wild mind of Frank Henenlotter, Frankenhooker (1990). Lucky for you we did a whole episode without hitting the record button so this is a second take. We talk the 80's crack epidemic, decimalization, and the ableist nature of anti-sex worker rhetoric. Plus our rankings for this month's films. [voice of Nicholas Schou]Did the CIA Actually Sell Crack in the 1980s? | VICE Recent piece on the Tulsa massacre by Equal Justice Initiative MOVE bombing at 30 | Democracy Now! jacob's ladder sound effect: JacobsLadderLong2.flac by Halleck -- https://freesound.org/s/19483/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 +++++Outro: Public Enemy performing Night of the Living Baseheads

What happens when a male escort who caters to southern California's elite gets framed for a murder he (maybe) didn't commit? Honestly, we found it extremely difficult to give a shit. At least it wasn't John Travolta. +++++ Outro: Chipmunks on 16 speed performing Call Me

Our second entry this season is Ken Russell's mediation on the roles we play, in and out of the boudoir. With razor-sharp dialogue, fierce performances (Turner and Perkins in particular) and - as to be expected from Russell - stimulating visuals, Crimes of Passion might should be a must-see.At any rate, Keith is un/officially a Russell stan now.[For the record turns out we did in fact watch the "director's cut" available from Arrow]debunkanitsw on tiktok hbomberguy | Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response +++++Outro: Fancy performing China Blue

Hi! Welcome to Season 6! We start this month of films centered around sex work with Robert Vincent O'Neil's story of girl supporting herself by working Hollywood Blvd, Angel. If dealing with that wasn't enough, there's also a killer on the loose...Get ready for some talk about FOSTA/SESTA. Outro: Evie Sands performing Angel of the Morning

We end the month, year and season with Brian de Palma's Raising Cain (1992), a film we knew we'd enjoy (again). We discuss the saga of Manuel's troca, this film's permanently foggy park, tripods, und Holländische Winkel.Plus a brief review of the month and season 5. Thanks so much for being here!xo, Z & K+++++Outro: Wally World performing Raise Some Kaine --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

RW joins us to discuss the 1995 family dramedy directed by known homosexual Jodie Foster Home for the Holidays. Plus: Craig Ferguson, Jim Office, My So Called Life, "drunk" tv shows!+++++Outro: Everlast performing Saving Grace --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Bonsoir, les amis-Here we have yet another Hollywood reimagining of a French film with questionable sexual politics that left an impression on young Z. HOW MANY CAN THERE BE??? +++++Outro: My Hero by Rockabye Baby MusicTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Welcome to Dysfunctional December!To start, we bring The First Wives Club  (1996), or as I like to think of it: Three divorces and a funeral. Lots of porn talk and some graphic language in this one. So come back when you're an adult, okay?Benjamin Lee WhorfThe Jane Collective++++++Outro: Javier Bustacara Ruiz performing SATCTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Closing out this Nosferatu November, we bring the long awaited sequel to our episode on Interview with the Vampire. Plus vodka Kool-Aids, the Nu-Metal moment, Werner von Braun and the creation of Tang.+++++Outro: Nathan James performing AkashaTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Keith here- I had the very special privilege of joining Sven (Ep 5.38) on his podcast documenting our rich and wonderful local music scene: Champaign is Also a Band, Ep 130 of CIAB aired in July of this year in which I discussed my/Professor Ping's track that serves as our podcast's theme song. Z says: Make sure to mention it made me ball my eyes out when I listened. Hope you enjoy! And follow CIAB for many more (& more interesting) conversations with our local creators! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Nosvember continues with Ken Russell's 1988 adaption of Bram Stoker's novel. Grant, Capaldi, Donohoe, Oxenberg, mongeese, Oh My!Plus we jib-jab about abortion, phone case demos, and the Balkanization of Z's interest in Keith's special interests. +++++Outro: The Mitford Family performing The Lampton WormTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Taking off from an almost clique 80's launchpad, Vamp (1986) lead us down several garden paths, keeping us on our toes with its tongue in its cheek. the whole time. (Did i just put my foot in my mouth?)Oh and Grace fucking Jones dances and plays a vampire in it. WARNING: this episode is lousy with Keiths +++++Outro: Grace Jones performing Seduction SurrenderTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

For our second Nosvember entry we revisit a film we watched together for the first time during pandi lockdown times. Also we discuss horrible facial injuries (cw), Stephen's Dorff-ness, and Kris K's legacy. +++++Outro: Kris Kristofferson performing Duvalier's DreamTheme by Prof Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Nosferatu November is back, baby! Once bitten, twice as nice...You know we love punishing ourselves with adaptations of Stephen King works, so we begin with this three hour television event. Also: admissions of partial literacy, prescription hallucinations, and will the real Babs Badcop please stand up.Best of Herb TarlekThe Untouchables - Agent Double-O Soul+++++Outro: Joe Harnell performing The Lonely Man Theme --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

In which Keith continues to hem & haw about this franchise, Z catches us up on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, plus notes on labiaplasty and we wrap on Hollerween 4!Why is Hollywood obsessed with Black people, Church, & Scary Movies? | Tiffany Byrd Harrison & Shannan E. Johnson +++++Outro: Love and Rockets performing Bound for Hell --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Season 5Hollerween 4Sequel Psychosis 3 Night of the Demons 2 +++++Outro: Morbid Angel performing Vengeance is Mine --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

For our second Hollerween installment we bring you CHUD II. While only loosely connected to the first film, Bud the Chud brings it's own charm and goofyness. Plus, at long last, at least half of the Country Crock mystery SOLVED.We are officially Gerritt Graham stans now. The Proposition Uncut with Brooke Dillman as Brooke Dillman by Missi Pyle and Brooke DillmanOutro: Kipp Lennon performing Bud the Chud --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Welcome to Hollerween 4: Sequel Psychosis!We kick things off with Child's Play 2 (1990). Somehow Chucky returned... Playlist of Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) videos on editing+++++Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Z expected sexploitation, but instead got Blade Runner 2049 in 1985's 2017. Or Cyberpunk 2077 in Fallout 76's 2102. Or something. Idk, Never played it. Plus we give closing arguments on SciFi-temper. +++++Outro: Basil Poledouris performing Moving Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Longtime listener, long distance runner, fellow local podcaster AND fellow Trekker, Sven, joins us to talk about this foundational film from his formative years. Disney's first foray into less kid-centered material, a sci-fi epic meant to rival the scope and success of Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Black Hole left quite an impression on your hosts and lead to an epic hang! Check out some of Sven's work: Champaign is Also a Band podcastMOON by Casual MotiveHelp out Sven and his favorite non-profit +++++ Outro: Rush performing Cygnus X-1Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

The movie Arnold passed on and yet Stalone didn't get involved. With Christopher Lambert in the lead plus support from pod faves Jeffery Combs and Kurtwood Smith (plus a performance from Lincoln Kilpatrick that deserves a better movie), Fortress swings for the fences. And it almost gets there. Almost. The Family - Cathy don't go to the Supermarket+++++ Outro: Studio Jazz Writing Concert (U of Miami) - Fortress around your HeartTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

We're kicking off a month of scifi with Sam Raimi's 1990 homage to 1930's serials and Universal monsters. With solid performances all around, impressive FX and action, it does not disappoint. +++++Outro: Disturbed performing The Sound of SilenceTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Jane Campion, hot off the critical success of The Piano (1993), helms this adaptation of Henry James' 1881 novel. Two and a half hours of ultra-rich people problems. Neither the cast -full of some of our favorites- nor Campion's willingness to experiment with unconventional techniques could save this one for us. Keywords: Pube stache, Vag pics, status Plus we give our ratings for the month +++++Outro: Seatrain performing Portrait of the Lady as a Young ArtistTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Finally a movie this month that we liked this month!Spoilers for The Nun 2 (2023) and why walking backwards is the way to ruin a movie. +++++Outro: Juliette Lewis performing Rid of MeTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Why is it called that?!We winge about Chris Nolan, Jake Busey's teeth and Huarache's vegetarian options. +++++Outro: Willie Bobo performing Fried Neck Bone and Some Home FriesTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

In which we talk Sarah Palin, Morgan Spurlock and Dick Warlock.Pop Culture Detective | Patriarchy According to The Barbie Movie +++++ Outro: Kenonyx performing Urban CommandoTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

We bite into this month of films featuring Shelley Duval with Robert Altman's meandering musical movie adaptation of the spinach-powered cartoon sailor man. With Robin Williams in the titular role, Duvall as Olive Oyl; we weren't sure what to expect. And that's exactly what we got. Naturally we end up discussing film as propaganda, occupied Palestine and the coming fall of imperialism. The yoozh. #FreePalestine#Landback Warographics | The Six Day War (this video is the one quoted in the episode but mostly for brevity. the Al Jazeera video is more comprehensive)Al Jazeera English | Six Days That Changed the Middle East +++++ Outro: Anika performing He Needs MeTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

We wrap July with Barton Fink (1991); a film that was perhaps second only to Trust (1990) in it's influence on a teen Keithy.Turturro, Goodman, Buscemi, Mahoney, Shaloub -- there's lots to enjoy about this movie. Plus we talk: Holocaust/Nazi/WWII fetishism in the US, the Hollywood trap, and Cradle Will Rock (1999). Plus our reflection on this month's selections. Referenced materials: The Story Department | Screenwriting for SoundJessFlix | Why Barton Fink Terrifies MeEvery Frame A Painting | Shot/Reverse ShotCoens & Turturro on Dick Cavett, 1991 +++++ Outro: Marc Blitzstein & Shirley Booth performing I've Got the Tune Theme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Don't be fooled by the the title or the marketing for this film, it's not about green terlet goblins really. But is about some vague "black magic" and sick ass shades. So, as you might expect, we end up discussing reusing cooking oils and other food traumas. Scaredy Cats +++++Winston Roomfort performing The Gremlins RagTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

Move #2 of Keith's bday selection is one that has haunted him since he was one of the extremely few people to view it in a cinema at the time: The End of Violence (1997).Starring Bill Pullman, Gabriel Byrne, Andie MacDowell, Traci Lind, Loren Dean, with notable support roles by Rosalind Chao, John Diehl, Pruitt Taylor Vince, K. Todd Freeman, Nicole Ari Parker, Marshall Bell, Marisol Padilla Sanchez, Henry Silva, to name but a few. A treatise on the rise and fall of the popularity of violence? The function of media in a surveillance state? A meta-commentary on Hollywood? So many things it comes close to being... Plus we discuss the pros & cons of:  rippled chips, shampooing techniques, and sad Irish dog faces. +++++ Outro: Lorn performing Everything is ViolenceTheme by Professor Ping available on Bandcamp --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support

We open Keith's birth month-o-movies with Brian de Palma's rock n roll Faust with a soupçon of Leroux/Lubin and a heaping scoop of Paul Williams. An excess of excess, an explosion of exploitation, a spectacle of split screens -- plus a special appearance by T.O.N.T.O.! We think it makes a perfect follow up to Velvet Goldmine. Relating to the Cass Review:  What the Cass Review Means for Trans Kids in Britain -- and Beyond | Natasha Hakimi Zapata Cass Review 'obscures key findings' and 'misrepresents data', finds Yale Law School | Ross HunterTrans Youth Suicides Covered Up By NHS, Cass After Restrictions, Say Whistleblowers | Mira Lazine ++++++ Theme by Professor Ping available on BandcampOutro: Bauhaus performing Party of the First Part --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zandkmoviepod/support