Czechtember* continues with one from Slovakian filmmaker Dušan Hanák, 322. Based on a short story by Ján Johanides, the film stars Václav Lohniský as Lauko, a man diagnosed with cancer. His ex-wife, Marta (Lucyna Winnicka), is fooling around with the young Peter (Josef Abrhám), while Lauko connects with the long-haired Vladko (Vladimír Weiser). Released in 1969, the film was banned immediately after its premiere.
Angela Mac and Jonathan Owen join Mike to discuss this fascinating avant-garde film.
*Czetchtember includes both Czech and Slovakian films.
Special Guest: Carl Rollyson Guest Co-Hosts: Angela Mac, Ian Brownell
We’re wrapping up Western Month with a look at William A. Wellman's The Ox-Bow Incident. Released in 1943 the film is based on the 1940 novel from Walter Van Tilburg Clark and stars Henry Fonda and Henry Morgan as Gil and Art, two cowboys who ride into the town of Bridger’s Wells where a messenger brings news of the senseless murder of a local rancher Larry Kincaid and the rustling of his cattle.
Angela Mac and Ian Brownell join Mike to discuss this harrowing tale of vigilante justice while author Carl Rollyson discusses his book Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews.
We're discussing the controversial 2020 film from Maïmouna Doucouré, Cuties. It's the story of Amy (Fathia Youssouf), a young immigrant girl from Senegal living in Paris and desperate to fit in with the girls she sees as "cool" at her school. Her home life is collapsing as her father is due to return from Africa with a new bride who threatens to displace Amy, her mother, and her little brother.
Judith Mayne and Angela Mac join Mike to see if all the hullabaloo about the film is merited or if it's just a Ted Cruz tempest in a teapot.
Special Guest: Bruce Kimmel Guest Co-Host: Angela Mac, Trevor Gumbel
Released in 1976, The First Nudie Musical stars Stephen Nathan as Harry Schecther, a down on his luck filmmaker who's reluctantly entered the world of pornography to keep his father’s studio solvent. He gets the bright idea to shoot a musical and, at the behest of his backers, a nudie musical at that. With the help of his assistant, Rosie (Cindy Williams) and without the help of the wet-behind-the-ears director foisted upon him, John Smithee (writer/co-director Bruce Kimmel), we see the production of Come, Come Now the titular first nudie musical.
Angela Mac and Trevor Gumbel join Mike to discuss this fun-filled film.
From the land of Canada and the depths of time comes the low-budget horror film Science Crazed in which a scientist creates a fiend with only one thing on its mind... murder.
Mike's joined by Josh Johnson and Angela Mac to proselytize about this very odd film.
Special Guests: Thom Eberhardt, Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney Guest Co-Hosts: Angela Mac, Jon Abrams
"I don't go around the Writer's Guild building much because there's too many people out to kill me." - Thom Eberhardt
In Night of the Comet, a cosmic visitor wipes out nearly everyone on Earth save sisters Reg and Sam who discover a handful of other survivors; most of them psychos, zombies, or scientists.
For the fifth anniversary of The Projection Booth it was fitting to cover a movie where a projection booth save our lead character's life. Jon Abrams of The Daily Grindhouse and Angela Mac join Mike to discuss the film. The episode features interviews with director Thom Eberhardt, and stars Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney.
Guest Co-Hosts: Angela Mac, Jonathan Owen
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