Podcast appearances and mentions of danny peary

This week Ken welcomes author of the absolutely life changing "Cult Movies" series of books, among lots of other great things, Danny Peary. Ken and Danny discuss the massive volume of guests Ken has had on the show, wanting to expose people to art they never would have known about otherwise, growing up in the 1950s, loving Westerns, Danny's brother Gerald and his film criticism, loving television, Abbot and Costello and Jack and the Bean Stalk, Lone Ranger, foreign cinema, college campus cinema clubs, Hopalong Cassidy, Red Rider, Baseball, Igmar Bergman, seeing subtitled movies as a small child, The Harder They Come, Midnight Movies, NYC, seeing movies alone in the theater, Rocky Horror, word of mouth, why The Wizard of Oz is a cult movie, the niche cults, John Waters, the classics, the weird, and the wonderful, why horror isn't always cult, not just writing about plots, real film criticism, analysis, how you can't have a wrong insight into a movie, giving people something to think about. Eraserhead, doing research in the pre-internet days, Freaks, loving Val Lewton, how the flow of cult movies has damartically slowed in the 21st Century despite more movies than ever and more movies than ever trying to be cult movies, giving things time to build, how you can't make a cult movie on purpose, film festivals, The Substance, Basket Case, The Wasp Woman, The Alternative Oscars, Ken being baffled at how Speed Racer never developed a cult, Howard the Duck, Heaven's Gate, George Cukor, retiring, the lost Val Lewton movie, The Ghost Ship, making movies with zero heroic characters, I Walked with a Zombie, going to USC Film School, writing for Thundercats and Silverhawks, having a love of comedy, James Gray, the film Deep End, Phatom of the Paradise, and the early days of Brian DePalma. 

Our dream guest, the beloved film historian and author of the book that inspired our show, joins us to discuss the 1943 horror classic directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton — as well as his very personal reason for selecting it, among the 1600+ movies in “Guide,” for our deep dive.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Season Six is officially underway as we dip into Danny Peary's Cult Movies 2! Kristin Lipska is here this week to discuss Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973).Follow the Cult Movies Podcast on InstagramFollow Clapperboard Cuties on InstagramFollow Anthony on Letterboxd, Bluesky, and Instagram

On the first episode of our film-by-film rundown of Danny Peary's beloved 1986 movie guide, we are joined by Vulture TV critic and longtime friend Roxana Hadadi, who explains her personal, familial connection to Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 Oscar-winner, and joins in a spirited discussion of the picture's virtues, flaws, and reputation.Roxana HadadiRoxana Hadadi is a Vulture/New York Magazine TV critic who also writes about film and pop culture, with the closed captions on and motion smoothing off.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the first episode of our film-by-film rundown of Danny Peary's beloved 1986 movie guide, we are joined by Vulture TV critic and longtime friend Roxana Hadadi, who explains her personal, familial connection to Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 Oscar-winner, and joins in a spirited discussion of the picture's virtues, flaws, and reputation.Subscribe to the new show at: https://pod.link/1274489817To watch us on YouTube go to: https://www.youtube.com/@dannypearyrocks For show notes - including where to stream this week's movies, links to referenced media, and more - subscribe on Buttondown at https://buttondown.email/AVeryGoodYear. https://plus.acast.com/s/a-very-good-year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello cult leaders and self-loathing playwrights and all the ships at sea and welcome to A Very Good Year. As you probably know by now we are retiring this show and coming back in 2025 with a whole new show, Guide for the Film Fanatic, this Sunday! The show is based on a film-by-film run through of Danny Peary's seminal 1986 book of the same name, where one of our fabulous guests picks a film and we dive in. In the meantime we're revisiting some of our favorite guests and favorite movies by decade. This week we're looking back at the 1990s, objectively a great decade for movies and a very formative one for many of our guests (and hosts).In this episode we've got Mac Welch, David Simms, Keith Phipps, John Early, Karen Han, Hunter Harris, Alissa Wilkinson, Roxana Hadadi, Daniel Waters, Kristen Meinzer, Siddhant Adlakha, Allison Herman, Abby Olcese, Noel Murray, and Emily St. James.Enjoy! For show notes - including where to stream this week's movies, links to referenced media, and more - subscribe on Buttondown at https://buttondown.email/AVeryGoodYear. https://plus.acast.com/s/a-very-good-year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America and all ships at sea, and welcome to Episode 57 of Vintage Sand, our first of 2025. In this episode and the next one we return, for the penultimate time, to the source of some of our most popular episodes: Danny Peary's hard-to-find 1993 classic "Alternative Oscars". In the past, we have used Peary's model to approach every full decade in which the Academy has handed out Oscars except two: the 2010's, and the topic for this two-part episode, Alternate Oscars: The 1940's Edition. It's interesting that the 40's are considered to be the peak of Hollywood's Golden Age, yet many films that were beloved and honored back then have not well withstood the passage of time. The early part of the decade's most important development was the rise of the writer/director in Hollywood. Preston Sturges was the first, with his incredible run of films from 1940-1945, and he was followed quickly by the Billy Wilder/Charles Brackett team and, of course, that clever young fellow from the Mercury Theater. The 40's also marked the arrival of Hitchcock to these shores, and the rise to prominence of new directorial voices like Huston, Preminger, Zinnemann and Nicholas Ray. There were also many high points in the decade for well-established directors like Ford, Capra, Hawks, Lubitsch and Wyler. We have the incredible run of films between 1942 and 1946 made by Val Lewton's brilliant B-movie unit at RKO, and, of course, the birth of film noir, overseen predominantly by expats like Wilder, Lang, Preminger, Ulmer, Lewis and Siodmak. The latter half of the decade, which we will cover in Episode 58 in February, saw two major developments. The end of the war saw the return to strength of many European film industries as well as studio filmmaking in Japan. In France, in the wake of 1945's miraculous "Les Enfants du Paradis", directors as different as Cocteau, Clouzot and Bresson began or restarted their careers. This explosion of creativity was matched in the UK, with the arrival of Lean, Reed, and especially with the flowering of the Powell-Pressburger Archers team. Clearly, though, the most important such event was the rise of what today is called Italian Neo-Realism, as directors like Rossellini, De Sica, and to a lesser extent Visconti, created a brand new way to tell stories on film that is still influencing directors today. The second big change of the late 40's was really two changes in one: the landmark Paramount court case in 1948 that ended the vertical monopoly the studios had long held as owners of theater chains as well, and the mass arrival of television. Between 1948 and 1952, Hollywood lost nearly half of its audience, bringing down the curtain on that so-called “Golden Age” of Hollywood. In terms of the Oscars, the Academy made solid choices for Best Picture--they certainly picked better films than they did in the 1930's! These included enduring works like "The Best Years of Our Lives", "All the King's Men" and especially, "Casablanca". Who could argue with that? (Hint: us.) But there were plenty of head scratchers as well. Prestige choices like "How Green Was My Valley", "Mrs. Miniver" and Olivier's "Hamlet" look a little creaky these days. Hell, we might argue that "Rebecca" was not even Hitchcock's best film of 1940! And the less said about "Going My Way" and "Gentlemen's Agreement", the better. So kick back, round up the usual suspects, and help us make this podcast more important than the gas in that light…

Our Alternate Oscars episodes, based on Danny Peary's fantastic 1992 book of the same name, have always been among our most popular. Over the course of the podcast, we've covered the 1930's, 1950's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and the 2000's. Comparing what films actually won Best Picture to what we believe should have won is always a fun challenge, and it has given us a chance over the years to open or reopen some doors for our listeners to movies that are overlooked and forgotten. When we came to the 1950's episode, in an (eerily prophetic) split decision, we chose to include only English-language works, since the sheer volume of brilliant films from around the world in that decade would overwhelm both us and you, dear listeners. As we approached the 1960's for this episode, however, we reasoned that the relative lack of great American films from the decade suggested that this time around, we should open our tent to the entire world. We could not stand idly by, for instance while "A Man for All Seasons", lovely though it is, walked away with Best Picture in the year of films like "Persona", "Masculin/Feminin" and "Blow-Up". Our worries about the length of the episode, however, turned out to be justified and then some; therefore, we needed to split the episode into two parts. So with that, we are thrilled to present our first episode(s) since our triumphant, celebratory live recording of Episode 50 in March: thus Episodes 51A (1960-1964) and 51B (1965-1969), Alternate Oscars: The 1960's Edition. There were a couple of things that really hit us as we were creating this entry in the Vintage Sand catalogue. The first is that an unexpectedly high number of our choices were, in fact, American films, suggesting that while common wisdom avers that Hollywood suffered a creative decline in the 60's, there were a lot of great things happening just below the surface that were, unwittingly perhaps, paving the way for the revolution of the American New Wave that would come in the early 1970's. And the deeper we dove into the cinema of the 60's, we came to really understand the fundamental difference between those works and film today. Simply put, it was a time when directors really seemed to trust their audience's intelligence and imagination. This is most obvious in structurally elliptical puzzle films like Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad", Buñuel's "The Exterminating Angel", Antonioni's "L'Avventura" and "Blow-Up", Bergman's "Persona" and even Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey". But in ways big and small, and in terms both of performance and filmmaking technique, there is in 60's film a refreshing absence of rat-on-the-balcony-rail-at-the-end-of-"Departed" heavy-handedness that seems to be a common thread in the work of even our greatest directors today. So with all this in mind, strap in and join us for our odyssey through 60's cinema. It promises to be highly irregular, Dave…

Our Alternate Oscars episodes, based on Danny Peary's fantastic 1992 book of the same name, have always been among our most popular. Over the course of the podcast, we've covered the 1930's, 1950's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, and the 2000's. Comparing what films actually won Best Picture to what we believe should have won is always a fun challenge, and it has given us a chance over the years to open or reopen some doors for our listeners to movies that are overlooked and forgotten. When we came to the 1950's episode, in an (eerily prophetic) split decision, we chose to include only English-language works, since the sheer volume of brilliant films from around the world in that decade would overwhelm both us and you, dear listeners. As we approached the 1960's for this episode, however, we reasoned that the relative lack of great American films from the decade suggested that this time around, we should open our tent to the entire world. We could not stand idly by, for instance while A Man for All Seasons, lovely though it is, walked away with Best Picture in the year of films like Persona, Masculin/Feminin and Blow-Up. Our worries about the length of the episode, however, turned out to be justified and then some; therefore, we needed to split the episode into two parts. So with that, we are thrilled to present our first episode(s) since our triumphant, celebratory live recording of Episode 50 in March: thus Episodes 51A (1960-1964) and 51B (1965-1969), Alternate Oscars: The 1960's Edition. There were a couple of things that really hit us as we were creating this entry in the Vintage Sand catalogue. The first is that an unexpectedly high number of our choices were, in fact, American films, suggesting that while common wisdom avers that Hollywood suffered a creative decline in the 60's, there were a lot of great things happening just below the surface that were, unwittingly perhaps, paving the way for the revolution of the American New Wave that would come in the early 1970's. And the deeper we dove into the cinema of the 60's, we came to really understand the fundamental difference between those works and film today. Simply put, it was a time when directors really seemed to trust their audience's intelligence and imagination. This is most obvious in structurally elliptical puzzle films like Resnais' Last Year in Marienbad, Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel, Antonioni's L'Avventura and Blow-Up, Bergman's Persona and even Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. But in ways big and small, and in terms both of performance and filmmaking technique, there is in 60's film a refreshing absence of rat-on-the-balcony-rail-at-the-end-of-Departed heavy-handedness that seems to be a common thread in the work of even our greatest directors today. So with all this in mind, strap in and join us for our odyssey through 60's cinema. It promises to be highly irregular, Dave…

For this episode, Elric and Brian continue their examination of show Favorite Danny Peary's work with a closer look at his wonderful CULT MOVIE STARS Book. Each choose 5 actors from the book to highlight and one of their films to talk about. This book is Highly recommended for Cult Movie fans. Consider supporting Pure Cinema (and getting monthly bonus content) via our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod This episode is sponsored by MUBI! Get 30 days of great cinema free at https://mubi.com/purecinema (and we'd love it if you would give them a try!) Follow the Show on Twitter: twitter.com/purecinemapod Instagram: www.instagram.com/purecinemapod/ and Facebook: www.facebook.com/purecinemapod/

In Episode 42, Team Vintage Sand returns yet again to the source of some of our most popular episodes: Danny Peary's hard-to-find 1993 classic "Alternative Oscars". In the past, we have used Peary's model to approach the Best Picture Academy Awards from the 1930's, the 1950's, the 1970's, the 1980's and the 2000's. For this episode, we hop in the Way-Back Machine and travel to one of the most interesting periods in film history: the 1990's. As best described in Peter Biskind's must-read book "Down and Dirty Pictures", that decade began with the promise of an honest-to-goodness revival of independent films emerging from smaller companies, most notably Miramax. It was also marked by the rise of the Sundance Festival, a time long before that event became the completely corporatized show it is now. That period, from roughly 1989-1995, witnessed the arrival of such new voices as Steven Soderbergh, Richard, Linklater, Todd Haynes, Kevin Smith, Carl Franklin, John Dall and most notably Quentin Tarantino. But that fertile era came to a crashing halt with the sale of Miramax to Disney, and the subsequent absorption of most of the smaller production companies into the studio conglomerates. As a result, things turned a bit flabby in the middle of the decade, only to return with a boom in 1999, considered by many film historians to be one of the great years in the history of the medium. Another interesting aspect of the 90's with regards to the Oscars is that unlike in the other decades which we have examined, the Academy made an unusual number of solid choices for Best Picture, such as "The Silence of the Lambs", "Unforgiven" and "Schindler's List". Who could argue with that? (Hint: us.) But there were plenty of head scratchers as well, such as "Dances with Wolves" over "Goodfellas", "The English Patient" over "Fargo" and perhaps most egregiously, "Forrest Gump" over "Pulp Fiction". So kick back, relax and join us as we return to a uniquely fascinating decade, and remember: you're entering a world of pain, Smokey. A world of pain…

On this week's episode of SABRcast Rob Neyer is joined by author and film critic Danny Peary. The pair discuss how Danny got started as an author, his first movie based works, his monumental work, "We Played the Game," and more. Later Rob is joined by SABR CEO Scott Bush for their weekly discussion of winners of the weekend. For show notes, extra content, and a list of what Rob's reading, visit the SABRcast website at https://sabr.org/sabrcast.

Zig welcomes back Author, Danny Peary. Talk centers around newly elected Baseball Hall o' Famers, Gil Hodges, and Minnie Minoso.A Comfortably Zoned Radio Network, production. All of our offerings are archived here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQUY00KIKj9RFo2Ruqg4Cg If you enjoy our offerings, we ask that you get in the habit of accumulating lightly used children's books, and donating them to your local Head Start.

This week we're introducing two official co-hosts as well as a new portion of the podcasts. First we welcome Kristin Lipska and Vinny Tucceri as they join Anthony in the first edition of Cult Movie Stars based on Danny Peary's book of the same name. For the first issue of Cult Movie Stars we're discussing Jenny Agutter and her films China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) and Sweet William (1980). Follow the Cult Movie Podcast on Twitter and Instagram Follow Kristin on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd Follow Vinny on Twitter and Letterboxd Folly Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd

We are officially half way through the first Cult Movies book and to celebrate I'm thrilled to welcome the the reason this show exists: Danny Peary! Follow the Cult Movies Podcast on Twitter and Instagram Follow Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and Letterboxd

In Episode 35, Team Vintage Sand returns to the source of some of our most popular episodes: Danny Peary's hard-to-find 1993 classic "Alternate Oscars". In the past, we have approached the Academy Awards from the 1950's, 1970's, 1980's and the 2000's. For this episode, we use the Way-Back Machine to explore the first full decade in which the awards were given: the 1930's. In exploring a period that featured some truly abysmal Best Picture choices ("Cimarron", anyone? Not to mention what is possibly the worst film ever chosen, 1933's "Cavalcade"?), we learned a couple of things. The least surprising of these is that Jean Renoir completely owned the decade; his films might have won Best Picture nearly every year. Another is that there really are two 1930's for film: the period before the imposition of the Production Code in 1934 and the years that followed. What made this episode fun for us is that, perhaps more so that any of our other Alternate Oscar shows, this one features a ton of movies that our listeners may have not seen or even heard of. And why are we doing this? Well, like the fella once said, everyone has their reasons…

Zig welcomes back Danny Peary.A Comfortably Zoned Radio Network, production. All of our offerings are archived here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQUY00KIKj9RFo2Ruqg4Cg If you enjoy our offerings, we ask that you get in the habit of accumulating lightly used children's books, and donating them to your local Head Start.

This week Ken welcomes author, cartoonist, podcaster, artisanal pencil sharpener and co-creator of Dicktown, David Rees to the show. Ken and David discuss the Moon Landing, not growing up in Washington D.C., North Carolina, Journalistic Independence, Dead Dogs, sexy Mods, Bonanza, Wild Wild West, Mystery Shows, walking on the Moon, "that other thing", Miss Universe, Hogan's Heroes, VCR dupe machines, punk rock, The Minutemen, complaining about Spot's production, SST Records, Night Flight, The Residents, not knowing young people, Ted Turner's End of the World sign off video, Bounty Hunters, classic talk shows, Eva Gabor, the difficulties of hand laying out TV Guide issues, "Fem-Pain", Green Acres, Ian Oglevie, Vincent Price, The Saint, Pluto TV, Danny Peary's Cult Movies books, El Topo, Secret Agent Man, The Prisoner, The Coolidge Corner Theater, Charles Dickins, Mike Watt and the absolute world changing greatness of Preston Sturges.

A film from 1976 about the anti-Communist blacklist. Written, directed and acted by formerly blacklisted artists, and starring Woody Allen. Featuring guest co-host Aaron Leonard author of “The Folksingers & The Bureau”. Directed by by Martin Ritt (blacklisted 1951), written by Walter Bernstein (blacklisted 1950) and co-starring Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci & Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernard, Loyd Gough & Joshua Shelly (blacklisted in 1950, 53, 52 and 52, respectively). Starring Woody Allen. How is the world wrong about this movie? From Andras: The world is wrong about Woody Allen. The world is wrong about 20th century anti-Communism. And the world is wrong about anti-semitism. Danny Peary chose “The Front” as his best picture of 1976 in his book “The Alternate Oscars” and it feels like a big influence of Larry David, but for reasons that are probably obvious this film, which has so much to say to us at this particular cultural moment is not a part of the cultural dialogue. Let’s change that. Find all of our episodes at www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @theworldiswrongpodcast Check out: The Director's Wall with Bryan Connolly & AJ Gonzalez & The Radio8Ball Show hosted by Andras Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Elric and Brian are joined by friend of the show Jonathan Hertzberg - founder of the Fun City Editions Blu-ray Label. The boys talk to Jonathan about the beginnings of Fun City leading into a discussion of mutual fandom for Danny Peary and his books. As a main topic, each of them picks 5 films to highlight from Danny Peary's incomparable tome GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC - Brian's professed favorite book of all time. You can get GUIDE here: https://amzn.to/3dcJ8lb Check out Fun City Editions here: https://funcityeditions.com/ And buy their discs here: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/fun-city-editions You can help support this show by going to: https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter: twitter.com/purecinemapod Instagram: www.instagram.com/purecinemapod/ and Facebook: www.facebook.com/purecinemapod/

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about filmmakers! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. Today, Dan and Conor have an incredibly interesting and wide-ranging conversation with directing duo Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. We chat about their new movie Things Heard & Seen (now available on Netflix), then dive back into their eclectic, accomplished career. From the serendipitous way they came to make the doc Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's to the unintentional development of the underrated The Extra Man, starring Kevin Kline and Paul Dano. Their HBO film Cinema Verite is briefly mentioned, a wonderful telling of the making of the groundbreaking PBS documentary An American Family from 1973. Other topics include a failed reimagining of Bride of Frankenstein, the nightmarish post-production process on The Nanny Diaries thanks to Harvey Weinstein, and why Robert has edited most of their films himself. There's also a delightful detour into discussing their semi-lost documentary Wanderlust, which examines road movies and their place in Americana. An unsolvable issue with rights to film clips used in the edit made it unreleasable. There's also references to Danny Peary's 1981 book Cult Movies and Stoner by John Williams. Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook at @TFSBSide. Also enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher. Enjoy!

AJ Gonzalez of The Director’s Wall is the guest host of this episode exploring how the world is wrong about The Academy Awards. Do you hate the Oscars? You’re wrong! They’re great! Do you love the Oscars? You’re also wrong. They suck! Do you know who Danny Peary is? After this episode you’re really going to want to get a copy of his book “Alternate Oscars”. How is the world wrong about The Oscars? From Andras: Love to hate them or hate to love them. You’re wrong. Enjoy it. Find all of our episodes at www.theworldiswrongpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram @theworldiswrongpodcast Check out: The Director's Wall with Bryan Connolly & AJ Gonzalez & The Radio8Ball Show hosted by Andras Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Once again, Team Vintage Sand returns to pay tribute to Danny Peary’s wonderful 1993 book "Alternate Oscars"; this time, our focus is the 1970’s, which many call the greatest decade in the history of American film. If this is so, it’s because for a brief shining moment, from "Easy Rider" to the birth of the tyranny of opening weekend grosses engendered by films like "Jaws" and "Star Wars", the most powerful figure in Hollywood was the director. The studios had collapsed under their own weight at the end of the ’60’s, and the Film School Generation of directors, inspired by American mavericks and the French New Wave alike, were handed the keys. This was the generation of Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma, Spielberg, Lucas, Bogdanovich, Friedkin, Rafelson and some kindred spirit Hollywood vets like Altman and Ashby. Can you imagine a system that was able to produce "Godfather, Part II" and "Chinatown" in the same year? As Peter Biskind relates in his essential "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls". it was all over by the middle of the decade, as the money people regained control with the rise of the likes of Eisner and Ovitz, CAA and package deals. There was never anything like the “Hollywood New Wave” before, and chances are we will never see anything like it again. So come celebrate along with us as we battle it out amongst ourselves to select the very best of a brilliant bunch–Yeah, we’re talkin’ to you!

Inspired by "The Glory of Their Times," Danny Peary spent two years in the early 1990s traveling the country searching for retired baseball players. The result was a massive oral history featuring interviews with 65 former stars, journeymen and bench warmers from "Baseball's Greatest Era, 1947-1964." Peary joins us to discuss his classic book. Support Baseball by the Book at www.patreon.com/baseballbythebook. 

On today’s episode, I talked with Frances Mulraney, a former colleague of mine who picked, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari or in its original German, Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari . Described as the first true horror film by Roger Ebert, and the precursor to arthouse films by Danny Peary, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is by far and away one of if not the most influential, and discussed silent film of all time. From its encapsulating German Expressionist atmosphere to featuring film’s very first ambiguous twist ending The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari has influenced not only the genres of horror, psychological thrillers, and film noir, but it also has been used as a muse for films like Metropolis, M, Battleship Potempkin, The Man Who Laughs, Dracula, Frankenstein, pretty much all of the works of Tim Burton, especially, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas and even Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island. As it is the 100th anniversary of the film's debut, it is the perfect time to get into it. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows the story of Franzis, who tells the strange tale of how a mad psychiatrist brainwashed a young man who has slept walked for all of his 23 years to murder the ones Franzis loves the most, and his quest to stop them both only for the audience to later find out who our main character are really. So, sit back relax, and whatever you do, don’t ask anyone about the date you might die. You can purchase The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari here. Cinemallennials is a podcast where myself and another millennial are introduced to a classic film for the very first time ranging from the birth of cinema to the 1960s. Myself and my guest will open your eyes to the vast landscape of classic film as we discuss the films' performers, their performances, those behind the camera, and how they and their films still influence our world today. Website: dlewmoviereview.com/ Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/dlewmoviereviews/ Twitter: twitter.com/dlewmoviereview Instagram: @dlew88 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Bill talks to Kino Lorber’s Director of Repertory Sales and Acquisitions, Jonathan Hertzberg, about his many film cultural endeavors, from creating the Obscure One Sheet Blog and programming for the Chicago International Film Festival to developing his DIRTY OLD NEW YORK video essays and launching the new Fun City Editions home video label. Topics include THE WANDERERS, virtual cinemas, Michael Ferrari, Montclair in the 90s, THE SWIMMER, Milestone Films, the Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and how discovering Danny Peary’s CULT MOVIES books during adolescence can both expand one’s taste and lead to a bad back. Visit the Fun City Editions website: https://funcityeditions.com Follow Fun City Editions on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunCityEdition Follow Fun City Editions on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funcityeditions/ Visit the Kino Lorber Repertory site: https://kinorep.com/ Visit Obscure One-Sheet: http://knifeinthehead.blogspot.com Visit Jonathan Hertzberg’s Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/user4815515 Watch DIRTY OLD NEW YORK SUBWAY: https://vimeo.com/65108638 Buy the Fun City Editions ALPHABET CITY Blu-Ray: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/alphabet-city-fun-city-editions Hear Jonathan Hertzberg on Just The Discs: http://justthediscs.libsyn.com Hear Jonathan Hertzberg on Crackpot Cinema: Ep 22 - Alphabet City with special guest Jonathan Hertzberg by Crackpot Cinema Podcast  

Brian Saur of Pure Cinema Podcast (and Just the Discs and Rupert Pupkin Speaks) joins us to take out Danny Peary’s trash—specifically, the movies rated “T” (for Trash) by our beloved author in his 1986 masterwork, GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC. We also focus on SATAN’S SADISTS (1969) and NURSE SHERRI (1978), in honor of yet another landmark totem for cult movie mavens, Severin Films’ recent, impossibly great box set, AL ADAMSON: THE MASTERPIECE COLLECTION.

Third time's the charm, as we turn once again to Danny Peary's peerless 1993 book, "Alternate Oscars". This go-round, Team Vintage Sand focuses on the 1950's, a decade with some questionable Best Picture choices (to put it politely). Still can't believe that "The Greatest Show on Earth" beat the unnominated "Singin' in the Rain"? Stunned that "Around the World in 80 Days" topped "The Searchers", which was also not nominated? Then join us on our alternate history as we set things right, start laughin' at clouds, and mete out justice in our usual cruel-but-fair Vintage Sand style. Our only ground rule? No foreign-language films, because otherwise this would be a four-hour episode. And if you disagree with our choices, well, as the irrepressible Osgood Fielding famously put it, nobody's perfect. Zowie!

Turning once again to Danny Peary's amazing book "Alternate Oscars", Team Vintage Sand focuses on the 00's, a decade with some questionable Best Picture choices (to put it politely). Still can't believe that Crash and A Beautiful Mind won? Join us on our alternate history as we set things right and mete out justice in our usual cruel-but-fair Vintage Sand style. And while you may not be able to figure it out,you will be responsible for it on the mid-term.

Bill speaks to author, screenwriter and fanzine publisher Mike “McBeardo” McPadden about his various endeavors, from creating the fanzine Happyland in 1991 to developing books like HEAVY METAL MOVIES and TEEN MOVIE HELL. Topics include: Rick Sullivan’s Gore Gazette, approaching 1980s teen sex comedies in the #MeToo era, writing as Selwyn Harris for Screw and Hustler, Danny Peary, 1990s fanzine culture, authoring screenplays for Gregory Dark films like THE DEVIL IN MISS JONES 5 and ANIMAL INSTINCTS III, John Hughes, Troma Entertainment, LEMORA: A CHILD’S TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL, Gilbert Gottfried, Mr. Skin, catching ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW at age 10 with hippie relatives and writing about Jenna Jameson’s mashed potatoes recipe for Esquire. Buy HEAVY METAL MOVIES and TEEN MOVIE HELL: https://www.bazillionpoints.com/ Watch the trailer for TEEN MOVIE HELL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUzQfTE-i90&feature=youtu.be Visit the official site for TEEN MOVIE HELL: https://www.teenmoviehell.com/ Watch the King Kong Volkswagon Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkn4nzGS_iw  Hear Gays In The Military on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zNlEUakCwLLjmMzmKPGgx

In 1993, the great film writer Danny Peary published a book called Alternate Oscars. In it, Peary realized the silent (or quite vocal) wish of every film fan by going through the Oscars year by year, listing who won and then arguing who should have won and why. To celebrate the silver anniversary of Peary’s book, the Vintage Sand team takes Peary’s approach and applies it to that most underrated of decades in American film, the 1980’s. Look out, Miss Daisy; no one’s taking you to the Piggly Wiggly today…

Ex-patriot Kiwi Film Podcaster Elric Kane talks about living in L.A., Danny Peary's influential Cult Movie books and the five films he's adopted in the AroVideo library - Possession, A Place in the Sun, Cockfighter, The Swimmer, and The Seventh Victim. Plus an afterword about Andrew's meeting with the NZ Film Censor.

You saw who the winners were for this year's Academy Awards last week - now listen to us talk about who we think should have also been recognized as we take another page from Danny Peary's book and run down our own lists of "Alternate Oscars". You can help support this show by going to: https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter: twitter.com/purecinemapod Instagram: www.instagram.com/purecinemapod/ and Facebook: www.facebook.com/purecinemapod/ Elric's Twitter: twitter.com/elrickane Brian's Twitter: twitter.com/bobfreelander

On this season two finale of the show, Brian and Elric go epic with an in depth discussion of some of their favorite discoveries from Danny Peary's book CULT MOVIES 2. This episode even includes an interview with Peary himself! Enjoy! You can help support this show by going to: https://www.patreon.com/purecinemapod Follow the Show on Twitter: twitter.com/purecinemapod Instagram: www.instagram.com/purecinemapod/ and Facebook: www.facebook.com/purecinemapod/ Elric's Twitter: twitter.com/elrickane Brian's Twitter: twitter.com/bobfreelander

Brian Saur (Rupert Pupkin Speaks, Just the Discs Podcast, & co-host of Pure Cinema Pod) joins us to discuss his upcoming documentary on the great Danny Peary as well as Peary's incredible legacy as a film critic. Follow Brian Saur aka Rupert Pupkin: https://twitter.com/bobfreelander Follow James Hancock on Twitter: https://twitter.com/colebrax Quick Survey to Help Us Find Potential Advertisers & Sponsors: https://survey.libsyn.com/WRONGREEL

Talkin' Movies episode 037 - The Black Cat (1934) & The Black Cat (1941)     NOTES, SOURCES, & FURTHER READING For an overview of Universal Horror in general, the bible remains Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas, and John Brunas’ Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946 (second edition, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007)  For more on the workings of Universal during the Classical Hollywood era, we recommend chapters 1, 6, 13, 18, and 23 of Thomas Schatz’s The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era (1988) There is a very long and detailed chapter on The Black Cat (1934) in Gregory William Mank’s Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration (McFarland & Company, Inc., 2009) For further reading on the 1934 film The Black Cat, we recommend the chapter “Bauhaus of Horror: Film Architecture and The Black Cat” in Alison Peirse’s After Dracula: The 1930s Horror Film (I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2013) and the film’s brief entry in Danny Peary’s Cult Movies 3: Fifty More of the Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird and the Wonderful (Fireside, 1988) Lucille Lund’s account of Edgar Ulmer’s sadism can be found in Gregory William Mank’s “When the Black Cat Crossed Her Path” in The Bloody Best of Fangoria volume 12 (1993) A very brief overview of the Breen Office’s response to The Black Cat (1934) is included in Anthony Slide’s article “Censored Screams!  Horror Films and the Production Code in the 1930s,” which appeared in Filmfax issue 72 (April/May 1999) Tim’s dislike of David Fucking Manners was partially fuelled by the Gregory Mank article “David Manners Revisited: He Outlived Them All!” which appeared in issue 60 of Midnight Marquee Monsters (Summer/Fall 1999) For the history of horror cinema in general we recommend Carlos Clarens’ An Illustrated History of  Horror and Science-Fiction Films: The Classic Era, 1895-1967 (1967), William K. Everson’s Classics of the Horror Film (1974) and More Classics of the Horror Film (1986), and David J. Skal’s The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (1993).  Like many of the films they discuss, these books have their flaws but have become too influential to ignore.  They remain insightful, informative, and entertaining.   Intro music: "The Black Cat" (1934) Main Titles by Heinz Eric Roemheld Outro music: "The Black Cat" (1941) Main Titles by Hans J. Salter

Bill speaks with film blogger and podcaster Brian Saur about the origins of his many endeavors, from his long-running Rupert Pupkin Speaks site to the recent Pure Cinema and Just The Discs podcasts. Other topics discussed include Saur’s in-progress documentary on author Danny Peary, the influence of social media on initial viewing experiences, the merits of film lists and the circumstances that can lead a person to record podcasts from within a car alongside their dog.   Read Rupert Pupkin Speaks: http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/   Hear Pure Cinema Podcast: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/purecinema   Hear Just The Discs: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-discs-podcast/id1205661081?mt=2   Hear The Gentlemen’s Guide To Midnite Cinema Interview with Danny Peary: http://ggtmc.libsyn.com/bonus-35-interview-with-danny-peary   Hear the Off The Shelf Podcast: http://criterioncast.com/category/podcast/off-the-shelf Watch clips from Brian Saur's upcoming documentary on Danny Peary: Danny Peary Documentary   See Brian Saur in the documentary The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Invaders-Search-Lost-Time/dp/B00C8PK4ZG/ref=sr_1_5?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1490474833&sr=1-5    

During this episode we talk to Film Writer Danny Peary.  Mr. Peary’s books about film include Cult Movies 1,2,3, Cult Movie Stars, Alternate Oscars, and Guide for the Film Fanatic.  Peary talks about how a movie is defined as a cult movie, and discusses little known facts about Movies @ Main’s feature Night of the Demon (AKA Curse of the Demon).

Bill speaks with Danny Peary, the author of Cult Movies, Cult Movies 2, Cult Movies 3, Guide For The Film Fanatic, and Cult Movie Stars, among others. They talk about Peary’s long history with movies: childhood viewing that ranged from Abbott & Costello to Ingmar Bergman, discovering Andrew Sarris in high school and spending afternoons at theatres like The Thalia, starting a campus film society while immersed in the student protest culture of the late 1960s, making silent short-subject comedies, his years of freelance writing for underground publications, developing books like Close-Ups and Cult Movies that established his reputation. Other topics discussed include Peary’s encounters with Jean-Luc Godard and Martin Scorsese, post-Watergate themes in contemporary cinema, Russ Meyer, BLUE VELVET, John Waters, the Academy Awards, Val Lewton, adult films, PSYCHO and Brian Saur’s in-progress documentary about him.   Buy Danny Peary’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Danny-Peary/e/B000APQC0W/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1473008569&sr=8-1   Read Danny Peary’s blog: http://dannypeary.blogspot.com/   Read the tribute site to Danny Peary’s book Guide For The Film Fanatic: http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/   Follow the progress of Brian Saur’s documentary about Danny Peary: https://twitter.com/dannypearydoc   Read Susan Wloszczyna’s interview with Danny Peary conducted for Roger Ebert.com: Share Your Love: Author Danny Peary on "Cult Movies" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

Bill and Jamal speak with author, historian and film critic Danny Peary about his upcoming book, Jackie Robinson in quotes. Peary's collection of insights from players, politicians, civil rights leaders and many many others offers an a vast kaleidoscope of insights and observations about a man regarded as one of the most important figures in United States history. "Jackie Robinson, my husband, is a hero to many people because he is a famous baseball player. He's a hero to me because he has handled one of the most difficult problems in human relations with restraint and dignity. By doing this he is helped the status of Negroes everywhere." Rachel Robinson, 1951. We discuss this and more on the latest edition of Bill Rhoden On Sports.

“When he was eight, Dad got into a name-calling fight with the little white girl who lived across the street.  The children’s verbal battle was interrupted when the girl’s father came outside and started throwing rocks at my father.”  -Sharon Robinson, Jackie’s daughter "Jackie Robinson In Quotes: The Remarkable Life of Baseball's Most Significant Player" Danny Peary has skillfully curated the best quotes to shed new light on the man behind number 42.  Featured are quotes by Jackie Robinson, his widow Rachel, other family members, friends, teammates, coaches, members of the media, and many more. A behind-the-headlines narrative about the making and life of a hero.  A first-hand account of Jackie Robinson’s baseball stardom, his friendships and rivalries, the people he loved and who loved him, the issues that troubled him, and how he took on all challenges to change the face of America’s favorite pastime, the country itself, and, thus, history forever. Danny Peary is an acclaimed baseball historian.  He is the author/editor of “Baseball Immortal Derek Jeter: A Career in Quotes.”  Peary collaborated on the biographies “Roger Maris” and “Gil Hodges,” Ralph Kiner’s autobiography “Baseball Forever,” and Tim McCarver’s “Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans.” In his fourth Clubhouse appearance, Danny Peary led a fascinating discussion about Jackie Robinson.  Listen in...

Bill speaks to writer/film programmer Travis Crawford about his writing career, underground genre film and music publications, glossier magazines like Fangoria and Film Comment, books like 1001 Films To See Before You Die, and websites like The Calvert Journal. They also discuss Crawford’s popular Danger After Dark festival series, his work with Artsploitation Films, Danny Peary’s Cult Movies, Dario Argento, the depressing state of foreign film distribution, his ill-advised visit to Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum with an iconic horror film director, and more.     See Travis Crawford discuss Danger After Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64vufXeX5ug   Read Travis Crawford on Yury Bykov's THE FOOL:https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/release-me-the-fool   Travis Crawford's interviews with Dario Argento, Lars Von Trier and William Friedkin http://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/spring2008/mothertears.php#.VxOE9SMrJPM   https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/william-friedkin   http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/moviemaking/directing/articles-directing/the-natural-lars-von-trier-on-dogville-2928/ Buy Artsploitation DVDs here:http://www.artsploitationfilms.com/films/

“Passion is the genesis of genius.”  -GalileoBaseball Immortal: Derek Jeter takes you on a remarkable forty-year journey, letting you step inside the great Yankee shortstop’s life and career through his own words and those of the people who have known him best personally and in the sports community.  The result is an incredible, insightful look at what made him not only an amazing ballplayer, but also an intriguing and complex personality.The book is packed with quotes by Jeter’s parents, friends, teachers and mentors, coaches, scouts, teammates, opposing players, his fans and critics, celebrities, elite athletes like Michael Jordan, writers and broadcasters, managers, George Steinbrenner and even two presidents. The big surprise comes from the revealing quotes from Derek Jeter himself, who, during his career, constantly frustrated journalists by keeping his thoughts to himself.Danny Peary is a sports and film historian who has published 24 books.  He collaborated on the biographies of Roger Maris and Gil Hodges, the autobiographies of Ralph Kiner and Shannon Miller, and three books with Tim McCarver.  Peary is the writer-researcher of The Tim McCarver Show.Listen in to our conversation with Danny Peary on a warm December evening in the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse...

BRIAN SAUR joins me to talk about cinephilia, collecting movies and being a purveyor of film enthusiasm. We cover so much!, including: being a part of the film community, the GGTMC, his film blog, Rupert Pupkin Speaks, collecting media like Twilight Time, Criterion, Scream Factory, Warner Archive, Kino Lorber, niche labels, blu-ray, film passion, classic film, cult cinema, marketing, music licensing, origins, film classes, professors, working video stores, the video rental generation, VHS, Evil Dead II, Blockbuster Video, John Wayne, Howard Hawks, French New Wave, Top 10 lists, Netflix, populism vs obscurity, seekers, film critics, positivity, Martin Scorsese, The King of Comedy, Paul Zimmerman, underrated movies, Joe Dante, Trailers From Hell, Larry Karaszewski, networking, his documentary on Danny Peary, Cult Movies, Alternate Oscars, Guide for the Film Fanatic, Patton Oswalt, Silver Screen Fiend, the difficult life of filmmakers, juggling family, time management, podcasting, and how Serial might be bringing new listeners to the medium. Enjoy!Rupert Pupkin SpeaksBrian on TwitterThe Danny Peary Doc on TwitterInterview Clips from the Upcoming Danny Peary Doc!Music on this podcast:Artist: The WhoSong: The SeekerArtist: Henry ManciniSong: Tana's Theme (from Touch of Evil)Copyrights are owned by the artists and their labels. No money is made from this podcast.

Welcome to another episode of the GGtMC!!! This week Rupert presents an interview from 2010 with one of his big-time cinematic heroes, Mr. Danny Peary. Danny is the writer of many fantastic film books including Cult Movies 1, 2, & 3, Cult Movie Stars, Alternate Oscars and the amazing Guide for the Film Fanatic. Rupe credits Peary with truly turning the tide of his taste in films at a younger age and influencing him to want to study film in college. He still refers to Peary's books regularly(they contain a lifetime's worth of movie recs). All his books come with a big recommend from us here at the GGTMC. Check them out! (he has also written many books about baseball which are also worth looking at too) Emails to midnitecinema@gmail.com Voicemails to 206-666-5207 Adios!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ggtmc/message