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Argentina, South America - amidst the sprawling cityscapes and desolate stretches of open land, one theme connects six different tales in Damián Szifron’s anthology film, Wild Tales, and the theme in question is vengeance. Filled with subversion, subterfuge, and sinister acts of passion, this film sets out from the very get go with one objective in mind: to encapsulate what drives a person to commit heinous acts of revenge against the offender at large, no matter how trivial, maddening, or downright deserving of it they may be. Darkly comical and electrifying in both tone and atmosphere, this film is anything but predictable. Strap in and experience the ride of a lifetime as we discuss this absolute gem from one of South America’s most refreshing filmmakers. As always, thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the discussion. Where to watch: Amazon (Rent or Buy) YouTube (Rent or Buy) Vudu (Rent or Buy) Instagram: @lefilmpodcast Twitter: @lefilmpod Send us questions, feedback, and film recommendations at: lefilmpodcast@gmail.com 01:03 The Oscars / Trial of Chicago 7 06:19 Mortal Kombat 07:12 Street Fighter / Jean-Claude Van Damme 11:00 Do Film Trailers Give Too Much Away? 16:25 Favorite Mortal Kombat Characters 18:00 The Disrespect of Sir Anthony Hopkins 23:30 American Remake of Another Round 26:25 Historical Biopic Films for the Oscars 27:26 Daniel Kaluuya’s Awkward Interview 30:03 Wild Tales Review 47:59 Question From a Listener: Will There Be a Snyder Cut Discussion? 49:50 Mega 64 Podcast 50:55 Superhero Movies / The Boys 1:09:09 Wild Tales Spoilers 1:21:28 Favorite Revenge Themed Films / Oldboy 1:22:00 Bad Remakes 1:45:40 Favorite Video Games / Fighting Games 1:46:30 After Dark / Multiplayer Ruins Campaign Gaming
The sun is setting in Columbus, Indiana while a renowned architect remains comatose in a local hospital. His estranged son from South Korea, Jin, comes to visit and soon meets a kindred spirit, Casey, whose passion for architecture creates a safe haven for Jin to reexamine his fractured and turbulent relationship with his father, while also providing Casey with a newfound outlet to explore the possibility of life outside of Columbus. Kogonada’s 2017 directorial debut not only serves as a love-letter to architecture, but to the ties that we establish and familiarize ourselves with the landmarks, features, and connections that are found within any community. The most important part about these features is not the existence of them, but the room they create for memories, experiences, and a momentary sense of shared existence. As always, thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the discussion. Where to watch: Amazon (Rent or Buy) YouTube (Rent or Buy) Kanopy (Select libraries) Instagram: @lefilmpodcast Twitter: @lefilmpod Send us questions, feedback, and film recommendations at: lefilmpodcast@gmail.com 01:35 The Boys Season 2 02:54 Patrick’s Film Day Challenge 03:27 Hiroshima Mon Amour, Woman in the Dunes 03:40 Pedro Aldomovar’s All About My Mother, The Human Condition 03:56 A Short Film About Love 04:13 Evan’s Childhood, Streetwise 04:45 “Sacramento sucks” 05:42 HBO’s Barry 12:39 Attack on Titan 15:12 Evangelion, Hunter Hunter, Yu Yu Hakusho 16:13 Toonami 17:08 Tik Tok 18:40 Columbus Review 46:28 Columbus Spoilers 1:11:05 Pros & Cons of Pure Auteurship 1:16:05 Quentin Tarantino & Sally Menke
As evening rolls in across Buffalo, New York, an inmate by the name of Billy Brown is released from prison. Having served his 5 year sentence, he ventures off in search of two things: a bathroom and a way to win back the affection of his parents. Vincent Gallo’s 1998 feature film, Buffalo ‘66, explores the notion of identity and raises the question of which version of ourselves is more authentic, the version that others perceive through action or the version in which we manifest from the inside based entirely on desire? As always, thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy the discussion. Where to watch: Amazon (Rent or Buy) YouTube (Rent or Buy) Vudu (Rent or Buy) Instagram: @lefilmpodcast Twitter: @lefilmpod Send us questions, feedback, and film recommendations at: lefilmpodcast@gmail.com 00:40 Menace II Society 01:30 90’s Urban Hip Hop Films 02:30 Keith David (Clockers?) 03:25 Attack on Titan Final Season 04:10 Game of Thrones 09:35 Last Chance U Netflix Documentary 12:00 Pete Davidson / King of Staten Island 13:00 Mental Health Crisis 19:45 A Short Film About Killing 20:00 Judgment at Nuremberg 21:30 Zack Snyder’s Justice League 23:50 Changes on Justice League 27:30 Does the 3-4 hour movie work? 28:30 Long form vs short form medium 30:40 Increase of information / hung for content & commercialization 33:00 Infantile media / substitute for content 37:55 Buffalo ‘66: “Is this film problematic or are we?” 44:30 Leon the Professional / Lolita comparisons 45:55-46:30 Leon spoilers 47:00 Americana & the American Dream 51:45-53:00 Kurt Vonnegut’s Sirens of Titan Spoilers 53:13 Buffalo ‘66 Review 1:05:00 Buffalo ‘66 Spoilers 1:55:00 After Dark / Epilogue: Golden One Center & Sacramento Kings 2:15:50 Closing
Besides tales of Halloween past, Chris and Randall each present a curated list of Halloween movie classics. Topics discussed include: Trick-or-treating memories Monster Mash Chris' Halloween school dance Halloween party memories Making costumes Costume memories West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval Knott's Scary Farm Six Flags Fright Fest Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Bob's Big Boy Burbank Why is Halloween so popular with adults? The Halloween industry Randall's Halloween movies for kids and families 1. Coco (2017) 2. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) 3. Young Frankenstein (1974) 4. Monsters, Inc. (2001) 5. King Kong (1933) 6. Edward Scisorrhands (1990) 7. Ghostbusters (1984) 8. Coraline (2009) 9. Beetlejuice (1988) 10. Labyrinth (1986) 11. I Am Legend -- read the book to your kids! about 6 hours! Chris' Ten Underrated Movies Perfect For At Home Halloween 1. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) PG Sci- Fi Horror Hulu Premium, Amazon Prime. Rent iTunes, Vudu 2. An American Werewolf in London (1981) R Horror Dark Comedy Hulu Premium, HBO Max, Amazon Prime. Rent YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu 3. Videodrome (1983) R Technology Horror Rent at Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube 4. The Devil's Backbone (2001) R Spanish Language Super Natural Horror Rent -Amazon, YouTube, iTunes, Google Play 5. The Wicker Man (1973) R Horror/ Mystery Rent YouTube, iTunes, Google, Amazon 6. The Last Man on Earth (1964) NR Zombie Dystopia Free Tubi, Amazon, Rent iTunes, Vudu 7. The Others (2001) PG 13 Gothic Supernatural HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Rent on YouTube, Google, iTunes 8. Train To Busan (2016) NR Zombie Action Crackle, Tubi, Sling, Amazon Rent YouTube, Google Play, iTunes 9.Followed (2018) R Serial Killer Suspense Rent Amazon, Google, YouTube, Vudu 10.Sunshine (2007) R Spaceship Thriller Rent Amazon, Google, YouTube , iTunes, Vudu Recorded October 13, 2020 Visit us at https://chrisandrandall.com/
The year is 1994, and Summer is just around the bend in Vienna. A train is preparing to depart from its station, with its next stop arriving in Paris. Inside, a visiting American named Jesse offers a proposal to a French woman, Céline, whom he had recently met; to disembark from the train and spend the day with him before he has to fly back to the United States the following morning. Richard Linklater’s 1995 romantic drama, Before Sunrise, serves as an exploration of ideas that surround life and love through conversations held between two people as a result of a chance encounter. As day fades into night, so too do their social barriers; what they are left with is the shared experience of attempting to know and understand one another in the remaining time they have left. This is the first installment of The Before Trilogy and whether it is watched alone or with others, it is sure to conjure thought and discourse on the broad concepts that are discussed along with the quieter moments that peddle between romanticism and cynicism. As always, thanks for listening. Where to watch: Amazon (Rent or Stream) YouTube (Rent or Buy) Follow us on Instagram: @lefilmpodcast Send us your film recommendations: lefilmpodcast@gmail.com
Wolfman's got Nards!| This week we talk with Andre Gower who you may know from Monster Squad! Andre has a new movie out called Baby Frankenstein available now on VOD and DVD from Wild Eye Releasing! This episode is sponsored by Deadly Grounds Coffee "Its good to get a little Deadly" https://deadlygroundscoffee.com An awkward young man discovers a fully functional robot monster hidden in the attic of a home in his neighborhood and must join forces with a group of locals to protect this A.I. driven being from both bounty hunters and the evil scientist who created it. Check out Baby Frankenstein on Amazon Rent - https://amzn.to/30lNjojBuy - https://amzn.to/2WwuVbl Baby Frankenstein is the story of Lance and his unlikely friendship with a self-aware, pint-sized automaton. Patrick McCartney and Bill Rutkoski co-star in a Jon YonKondy film! Follow Andre @thesquaddoc https://www.instagram.com/thesquaddoc/ https://twitter.com/andregower https://www.instagram.com/andregowerofficial/ Andre Gower was born on April 27, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Jon Andre Gower. He is an actor and writer, known for The Monster Squad (1987), Wolfman's Got Nards (2018) and Fathers and Sons (1986). Follow the Dorks Kevin @Aknuckle Tony @Tonyhas9fingers Yo Yo https://www.facebook.com/yossarian.norman https://www.instagram.com/boymeetsphone/ https://twitter.com/BoyMeetsPhone Produced by: The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening Instagram.com/TheDorkeninge Find out more at https://wicked-horror-show.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/wicked-horror-show/373621e4-426e-4774-85f2-14200f8e21b1
My guest for this month is Herb van der Poll, and he’s joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1988 Dutch–French film The Vanishing. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly. Show notes: The director, George Sluizer, didn’t really direct much else besides this film and its remake The soundtrack definitely has a Tears for Fears vibe to it, which is 100% ok with me Herb checked with his Dutch parents to make sure we pronounced Spoorloos correctly Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu is basically perfect as the villain in this film If you enjoy this film, you’d probably also love Alfred Hitchock’s The Lady Vanishes The actress who plays the second girlfriend Lieneke, Gwen Eckhaus, was randomly in a television series in the Netherlands called Spoorloos verdwenen, which I assume is unrelated Getting a compliment on your film from Stanley Kubrick is a big deal to me The first girlfriend, Saskia, is played by Johanna ter Steege. I think I would have enjoyed her in a Kubrick film I want to be very clear that this film is a billion times better than The Blair Witch Project Apparently Curious George is alternately called “Slimme Sjors” and “Nieuwsgierig Aapje” in the Netherlands This film is really nothing like Requiem for a Dream or Audition Seriously, please don’t watch the remake, it’s not even fun ironically I don’t know how much we can blame the remake on the adapted screenplay by Todd Graff, but I would hazard a guess that it’s a lot A more subtle mistake was the changing of cinematographers from the sublime work of Toni Kuhn to the mediocre adaptation by Peter Suschitzky The changes go way, way beyond those of Brazil’s Love Conquers All cut. Also, at least that one includes the entire original film to enjoy Jeff Bridges is usually pretty good, so I’m not sure what happened here. I tend to believe Herb’s Silence of the Lambs theory Milton from Office Space was played by the incomparable Stephen Root R.I.P.D. is really an underrated example of good acting in a terrible film Jeff Bridges is truly terrible here, while Kiefer Sutherland and Sandra Bullock are just really bad This film was two years before The Net, but a year after Love Potion No. 9, so I’m not sure how famous Bullock was Nancy Travis is terrible as well, but her character does provide a lot of the unintentional comedy, so I mind less The award Blood Simple got was the Mel Novikoff award Peter Becker and Jonathon Turell didn’t start the Criterion Collection, but they do run it today To my mind, the Coen Brothers, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Blood Simple definitely belong in the collection I am irrationally excited for the arrival of FilmStruck, and just wish it was here already Rent or buy the film from Amazon Rent or buy the film on iTunes Watch the film on Hulu
My guest for this month is West Anthony, and he’s joined me to discuss the film he chose for me, the 1976 comedy-drama film The Front. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly. Show notes: Not sure what happened to the audio in the introduction, apologies! The Hollywood blacklist is a term for the treatment of people in the entertainment industry who refused to name names to the House Un-American Activities Committee from 1947 to 1960 For a more in depth take on the blacklist, check out the latest season of the phenomenal You Must Remember This podcast WonderCon is a comic book convention that was held annually in SF until it was cruelly moved to the LA area in 2012. Yes I’m still bitter about it. West also recommends the Gabrielle de Cuir directed Thirty Years of Treason by Eric Bentley Among the people famously blacklisted were Lillian Hellman, Lionel Stander, Paul Robeson, and Zero Mostel This film was directed by blacklisted director Martin Ritt, who also directed the film from our third episode, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold I’m just not a fan of Woody Allen. He’s too painfully neurotic for me, even before I start thinking about whatever the hell happened with his daughter and step-daughter Another Woody film where he only acts is the Paul Mazursky film Scenes from a Mall I’ve been a huge fan of Fiddler on the Roof, and Zero Mostel in it, since I was a little kid Elia Kazan is one of the more interesting stories of directors and the blacklist The writer of this film, Walter Bernstein, was also blacklisted As were many of its stars, including Herschel Bernardi and Lloyd Gough So was the father of actress Julie Garfield, actor John Garfield, which may have contributed to his death from heart problems West’s reference to bodily fluids is, of course, from the excellent Dr. Strangelove Hallie Flanagan ran the Federal Theatre Project, as part of FDR’s WPA program She gave Orson Welles the money to make his Voodoo Macbeth She also gave Marc Blitzstein the money to make The Cradle Will Rock Which was remade in 1999 by Tim Robbins LBJ said in 1966 “I do not believe that this generation of Americans is willing to resign itself to going to bed each night by the light of a Communist moon” Red Channels named 151 entertainers it claimed were communists Trumbo is a 2015 film about Hollywood Ten member Dalton Trumbo Another film about the blacklist is 1991s Guilty by Suspicion, directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Robert De Niro One of the co-writers of Guilty by Suspicion was Abraham Polonsky, who also wrote and directed Force of Evil with John Garfield, but he was so offended by what Irwin Winkler did that he had his name removed from it Guilty by Suspicion also stars Annette Bening Good Night and Good Luck by George Clooney is about McCarthyism, not the blacklist, but it’s also a great film about government overreach Panic in the Streets is a 1950 film, directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Zero Mostel Both West and I think that On the Waterfront, written by Budd Schulberg, was a justification for Kazan’s willingness to name names Lee J. Cobb was also forced to testify in front of the committee Leonard Bernstein wrote the score for On the Waterfront, and the film featured incredible performances from Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, and Eva Marie Saint I still haven’t seen Hail, Caesar! yet, which is a damn shame Nothing better than comparing the work of the Coen brothers to that of fellow Criterion Collection auteur Michael Bay Paranoid American films from the 70s include Three Days of the Condor, Klute, The Parallax View, and All the President’s Men Everyone who reads this needs to go subscribe to Musical Notation with West Anthony. Right now. I’ll wait It’s part of the awesome Battleship Pretension Podcast Fleet You can also follow West’s amazing show on twitter @notationpod Rent or buy the film from Amazon Rent or buy the film on iTunes
My guest for this month is Patrick Gibson, and he’s joined me to discuss the film he chose for me, the 2009 science fiction drama film Moon. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly. Show notes: This film was co-written and directed by the former Zowie Bowie, Duncan Jones It stars the delightful Sam Rockwell, with voice acting from the also delightful Kevin Spacey We recorded this episode right after the sad passing of Jones' father, David Bowie I watched this film via a Blu-ray that was given to me by former guest of the show Jake Desaulniers The music was composed by Clint Mansell, who has also scored a bunch of Darren Aronofsky films I still maintain that Steve Jobs is the reason my internet was being flaky Daren Arinofsky isn’t Paul Thomas Anderson, thank goodness Mallrats cost $6 millon to make, whereas Clerks cost $27,575. This film cost $5 million There were two slogans for this film, both are very much like what I remembered I haven’t seen Matt Damon in The Martian because I rarely see new films. It cost $108 million to make Here at Cinema Gadfly, we recognize former guest Serenity Caldwell as our official French pronunciation expert It’s way beyond the powers of a one line note to explain set theory. It’s very cool though I wouldn’t watch a television sequel staring Charlie Sheen and Ashton Kutcher. On that point I’m pretty confident This film owns a lot to 2001: A Space Odyssey, in really great ways The Three Laws of Robotics are followed fairly closely in this film Another reminder that Patrick’s wife Maja appeared in two great episodes of this very show I’ll admit that I haven’t actually watched K-PAX. Maybe it’s a great film? Firewatch may not have come out last Tuesday, but it’s a phenomenal game everyone should play Bon Iver’s first album was recorded in singer Justin Vernon’s father’s remote Wisconsin hunting cabin It’s no longer current, but the piece on Apple I mention is still up on Patrick’s awesome site Patrick and Maja are currently traveling around the world, while writing about it. It’s an awesome way to learn about a bunch of interesting places, and see a bunch of cool photos Rent or buy the film from Amazon Rent or buy the film from iTunes
My guest for this month is Patrick Gibson, and he’s joined me to discuss the film I chose for him, the 1957 drama film Wild Strawberries. You can follow the show on Twitter @cinemagadfly. Show notes: My original review of Wild Strawberries This film was the last role by legendary Swedish actor Victor Sjöström, who directed The Phantom Carriage You can’t fly directly from Stockholm to Lund these days, you have to go to Malmö and drive. It takes about two hours total A flight from Stockholm to Sydney, Australia takes almost 24 hours, so a bit longer Ingmar Bergman was having an affair with his leading lady Bibi Andersson during the making of this film Norwegian Black Metal and Swedish Death Metal are two things that I associate with Scandinavia A Mitzvah is a good dead, and a Mensch is someone who does them Virtually every Bergman film was produced by Svensk Filmindustri Akira Kurosawa made loooong films. Seven Samurai is 207 minutes for instance Bergman getting to work with both Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist is almost unfair to other filmmakers The Seventh Seal’s portrayal of death is famously parodied in Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey I loved the brilliance of Persona, and highly recommend it to anyone who liked this film Patrick’s wife Maja appeared in two great episodes of this very show If you haven’t checked out Firewatch yet, what are you waiting for? The tone feels similar to this film Patrick works for one of my all time favorite companies, Portland’s Panic, which also employees our last guest Neven Mrgan I highly recommend anyone technical out there to read Patrick’s website, it’s really good stuff Patrick and Maja are currently traveling around the world, while writing about it. It’s an awesome way to learn about a bunch of interesting places, and see a bunch of cool photos Rend or buy the film from Amazon Rent or buy the film from iTunes Watch the film on Hulu