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056 – Death Wish 3 with Will Menaker

The delightful Chapo dad joins us for Death Wish 3, possibly the simultaneous nadir and high point of the Death Wish series.

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According to Danny Peary in his book Guide for the Film Fanatic, “when director Michael Winner complained that Death Wish III [sic] was given an X rating because it had 63 killings while the R-rated Rambo [: First Blood Part II, 1985] had 80 killings, the woman at the Ratings Board explained that most of those killed in Rambo are Vietnamese.”

Paul Talbot, Bronson’s Loose!: The Making of the Death Wish Films

For more Will, listen to our episode about the controversial Friedkin film Cruising.

053 – Interstate 60, Part 1

Have you heard of Interstate 60? It’s what we call a “Tim movie”—that is, a movie that only Tim seems to have seen. We go incredibly deep, even though the movie probably didn’t merit it. So much so that you’re getting a two-parter!

Interstate 60 was written by the guy who co-wrote Back to the Future and it’s tailor-made for dads who wistfully scroll through classics dot autotrader dot com on weekends.

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For Part 2, click here.

051 – Eek! The Cat with Bill Kopp

Bill Kopp, animator, writer and voice actor, displays an animation cell
Bill Kopp

Tim and Jen are very excited to have animator, voice actor, and writer Bill Kopp on the show to discuss his career, especially the beloved-but-now-scarce Fox Kids show Eek! the Cat. Sorry we had to record Bill on Edison cylinder lol

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For another creator interview, listen to our episode with Dutch director Ate de Jong.

049 – Farewell Uncle Tom with @RickyRawls

Addio Zio Tom key art by Renato Casaro
Addio Zio Tom key art by Renato Casaro. Via his website.

Thank you to all our patrons for being so patient with us! As your reward, this month’s bonus is an extra-stuffed (nearly two hour) episode about a widely reviled mondo slavery documentary. This one’s called Farewell Uncle Tom (Addio zio Tom in the first language of the filmmakers). Jen and Tim are joined by T. of the great Champagne Sharks podcast and we all tackle one tough-to-watch but necessary film.

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The movie is viewable in full on archive.org.

For more uncomfortable 70s film, why not try our episode on Roar?

047 – The Silent Scream with Mellie Macker

The Silent Scream is an especially pernicious example of pro-life propaganda. Reproductive justice activist Mellie Macker guests to dissect the mendacious thinking behind this ghoulish artifact.

You can see the original film in its entirety on Vimeo.

If you’re looking for more controversy, listen to our episode on David Cronenberg’s Crash!

045 – The Burning Hell with Josh Lewis

Josh Lewis of the Sleazoids podcast guests to discuss evangelical nightmare propaganda The Burning Hell.

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In episode 057, Josh also fills us in on the state of movie exhibition in 2019!

043 – Valley of the Wolves: Iraq with Felix Biederman

Jen and Tim welcome visionary documentary filmmaker Felix Biederman! We discuss the most successful Turkish movie of 2006, Valley of the Wolves: Iraq.

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Felix first joined us to discuss Steven Seagal’s On Deadly Ground.