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Jen and Tim talk about everything BUT Astro-Zombies, including the vexed question of Ron Howard!
The delightful Ted V. Mikels documentary we discussed is on Tubi, free to watch with ads.
For more 60s-style insanity (that’s better made), check out our Beyond the Valley of the Dolls episode.
For a SUPERSIZED one hundredth episode, Tim agrees with everything Lars von Trier has said and done because they’re both misogynists. Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
For the (swinging) lowdown on Willem Dafoe’s gifts, read this article about von Trier’s obsession with the actor’s wiener.
Thank you to all the listeners for supporting us for one hundred episodes and here’s to ONE THOUSAND MORE. If you want to see where it all began, you can check out our very first episode, about Elaine May’s little-loved Ishtar!
Jen and Tim note the peculiar similarities between an episode of an obscure British horror anthology and Darren Aronofsky’s debut (NOT Life of Pi!!!!!). Also, Jen seizes an opportunity to talk about Rowdy Roddy Piper.
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Hammer House of Horror is free to watch with ads over on Tubi!
If you’re looking for more British horror, why not try our episode on the controversial one-off TV special Ghostwatch?
Bitter Karella joins Jen and Tim to discuss that movie you really liked as a kid and then revisited as an adult and realized it wasn’t that good. That’s right, it’s Willow, from 1988! George Lucas perhaps wisely handed off directing duties to Ron Howard, but results are still mixed at best.
Speaking of Ron Howard, Jen and Tim depart significantly on his legacy as a director. We briefly discussed his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard in our Antichrist episode.
Tim alluded to the very fine podcast 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back. If you’d like to hear their take on the Shadow Moon series, start here!
For another fantasy misfire, try our episode on Krull!
Sean Morris joins Tim and Jen to talk about an underseen movie from Dolemite himself, Rudy Ray Moore! Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!
Disco Godfather is easily viewable for free, and via a very nice transfer, courtesy of our favorite streaming service, Tubi.
For more on the Disco Godfather himself, Rudy Ray Moore, put yo’ weight on his official website.
And if you can’t get enough of the voluble Sean Morris, check out our episode on the unfairly forgotten Livin’ Large!
Tim and Jen effuse about Ed Wood’s cri de coeur, Glen or Glenda!
For more queer readings of cinema, try our episode on the biopic of a trans muy thai fighter, Beautiful Boxer!
Jen and Tim welcome back Darren Herczeg to discuss one of the most controversial movies of the 90s— David Cronenberg’s arresting 1996 film, Crash.
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For the record, J.G. Ballard wholeheartedly endorsed the film:
A journalist from Finland spoke up and attacked us in a novel way. Rather than excoriating us for making a film “beyond the bounds of depravity” (per Alexander Walker of the Evening Standard, who actually shook a schoolmaster’s disapproving finger at Jeremy from the back of the packed hall), he said that the movie completely betrayed the book, was a pathetic and weak skimming of a powerful work. Jim answered him: “The movie is actually better than the book. It goes further than the book, and is much more powerful and dynamic. It’s terrific.” An astonishing thing for an author to say. Abashed, the Finnish journalist sat down.
David Cronenberg
If you’re a Darren stan, be sure to listen to our episode on the musical white elephant Lost Horizon!
Tim returns to chug the haterade as we discuss David Byrne’s vision! It’s True Stories from 1986! Jen weakly defends the movie but she’s no match for Tim’s anti-twee vitriol!
David Byrne talks about being on the spectrum in a live Q&A.
For another movie that Tim despised, try our episode on sci-fantasy misfire Krull!
Jen welcomes special guest Keenan to discuss an ineffectual answer to Jason and Freddy. It’s The Sleeping Car, from 1990!
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As a bonus, here’s a look at Jeff Conaway’s role in the film as the most loathsome human being to ever draw breath.
If you love Kevin McCarthy as much as we do, listen to our episode on UHF!
Jen welcomes animal expert Emma back to the show to discuss the documentary that spawned a surprise viral clip.
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Emma is one of our favorite guests, and stopped by a while back to talk about Tippi Hedren and Noel Marshall’s incredibly misguided film, Roar! Listen to that episode here.
Ace and John’s memoir, A Lion Called Christian, is available cheap at Alibris.
Ace and John’s website pays tribute to their lion friend and has lots of photos and information.
You can also visit a very Web 1.0 site with info about the remarkable George Adamson.