224 – Valentino

The Lothario Valentino was a Casanova

Jen welcomes Darren Herczeg to help her rhapsodize about a movie even director Ken Russell didn’t like, Valentino!

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The wonderfully-named Phallic Frenzy gives Russell his due as an audacious filmmaker, and describes Valentino in complimentary terms.

See Nureyev fully commit to the bit by dancing “Swine Lake” on the Muppet Show in 1978.

The book on Fatty Arbuckle that Jen mentioned is called Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood, and it’s well worth a read for anyone interested in early Hollywood.

Can’t get enough Darren? Check out our collection of his appearances on the show!

048 – Beautiful Boxer

Asanee Suwan in Beautiful Boxer (2003)

Jen welcomes special guest Julia Schiwal to discuss a wonderful Thai biopic called Beautiful Boxer. It’s about a trans woman who becomes a fighter in order to forge her own path.

YouTube has a highlight reel of Nong Toom’s career.

The movie Julia recommends at the end of the show is Adam barfi (1995)

You may also enjoy our interview with martial arts superstar Cynthia Rothrock!

030 – Francesco with Will Menaker

Will Menaker blesses us with his presence to discuss Francesco, a biopic of St. Francis of Assisi starring…Mickey Rourke?!

Mickey Rourke fucks a pile of snow in Liliana Cavani's Francesco (1989)
That’s not cocaine, believe it or not

Will also joined us a few episodes back to talk about a problematic fave from a problematic fave: William Friedkin’s Cruising!