Jen and Tim welcome cartoonist and cultural commentator Matthew Hurwitz (dangerburger.com) to discuss internet phenomenon Lasagna Cat! Yes, Jen watched all five hours of the Lasagna Cat sex survey!
024 – Lasagna Cat
Category: Episodes
023 – The Canyons
Sean Morris (@saneiscrazy) rejoins Jen and Tim for a postmortem of the Paul Schrader/Bret Easton Ellis mishap, The Canyons. This movie stars James Deen so uhhh trigger warning for discussion of rape I guess
Read the New Yorker article that spilled the tea on the ill-starred production.
022 – The Evil Within
Jen and Tim take a look at a singular auteur statement: a movie called The Evil Within. It’s a nasty little film made by a reclusive oil fortune heir on his own dime. Turns out it’s…pretty good!
Watch the trailer for The Evil Within:
People Magazine covered the story of filmmaker Andrew Getty soon after The Evil Within’s posthumous release in 2017.
For more weird horror, listen to our episode on Dutch anomaly The Johnsons!
021 – On Deadly Ground with Felix Biederman
Jen and Tim welcome an expert in the study of lunkheads, Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House! We dissect the themes of environmentalism and masculinity in Steven Seagal’s cri de coeur, and also stumble across evidence that Felix may be a long-lost Seagal relative.
For more Felix, don’t miss our episode on the truly demented Turkish actioner Valley of the Wolves: Iraq!
020 – Angel Heart
Jen and Tim discuss a GOOD film from 1987 this time: the detective story in a horror universe, Angel Heart. Remember when Mickey Rourke was beautiful?
For more moody 80’s horror, try our episode on Jacob’s Ladder!
019 – Aria
Jen and Darren revisit a misfired art film from 1987, Aria! It’s an omnibus film with segments directed by giants of the industry like Godard and Altman and genteel hacks like…Bruce Beresford. Who the hell is Bruce Beresford?
Watch the trailer for Aria:
If you’re REALLY curious, you can watch the whole film on Tubi.
For more Darren, listen to our episode on Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon!
018 – Matt Christman Talks Mad Dog Time
Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House joins Tim and Jen to discuss the failson-written and directed Mad Dog Time! Oh my god, this movie sucks.
017 – Will Menaker Talks Scorsese
Will Menaker brings the Chapo Reading Series to HYST! Jen and Will eviscerate a very bad take on Scorsese, and discuss some of Marty’s more infrequently-seen work. Will also defends his most controversial opinion yet!
Will graced us with his presence on more than one occasion— check out our episode about William Friedkin’s gay slasher, Cruising!
The Scorsese/Kubrick mashup Will mentions may be seen here on Vimeo!
016 – ABBA: The Movie
Jen and Mike discuss the clean-cut beat of ABBA: The Movie, starring the enduringly popular Swedes and directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Note: this is the second film we’ve discussed that stars a convicted child molester. Hmm.
Sure, you could watch Lasse Hallstrom’s polite middlebrow films, or you could enjoy all the videos he made with ABBA over on their official YouTube channel! We suggest the latter!
For more musical confusion, listen to our episode on Under the Cherry Moon!
015 – 10 to Midnight
Jen and globetrotting co-host Tim discuss a boilerplate Charles Bronson film, 10 to Midnight.
Quickie spoiler warning: if you haven’t seen the Netflix doc Making a Murderer and want to avoid story details, skip minutes 23:00 through 23:38.
This one was helmed by the director of the original Cape Fear and written by the guy who gave us Magnificent Seven, but somehow doesn’t quite meet those heights. It does feature a nude serial killer, though: Gene Davis, who made a cameo as a trans sex worker in Cruising, plays the naked killer.
Speaking of, why not check out our Cruising episode, which features special guest Will Menaker?