Mike White May: Underseen Milos Forman Films

Chris Stachiw made the mistake of continuing the Kulturecast tradition of allowing Mike to program a full month of movies for his show. For 2023, Mike chose to look at four films directed by Milos Forman that he had never seen -- Black Peter, Taking Off, Valmont, Goya's Ghosts -- along with one of his favorites, Ragtime.


Black Peter:

Listen to "Black Peter" on Spreaker.

Taking Off:

Listen to "Taking Off" on Spreaker.

Valmont:

Listen to "Valmont" on Spreaker.

Goya's Ghosts:

Listen to "Goya's Ghosts" on Spreaker.

Ragtime:

Listen to "Ragtime" on Spreaker.

Filmwax Interview & Kulturecasts Galore

I was recently interviewed by Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio to discuss my favorite topic, me. See why my mom always told me that I have a face for radio, if you can make it out on the world's worst webcam. I look like Cybill Shepherd on Moonlighting.

The Kulturecast

Chris Stachiw has made the mistake of having me as a regular guest co-host on The Kulturecast. Here are a bevy of episodes where you can hear my bad opinions:

Babe: Pig in the City:

Listen to "Babe: Pig in the City" on Spreaker.

Thirst:

Listen to "Thirst (1979)" on Spreaker.

Transylvania 6-5000:

Listen to "Transylvania 6-5000" on Spreaker.

Parinda:

Listen to "Parinda" on Spreaker.

Fire Down Below:

Listen to "Fire Down Below" on Spreaker.

Valentino:

Listen to "Valentino" on Spreaker.

The Ultimate Degenerate:

Listen to "The Ultimate Degenerate" on Spreaker.

Episode 471: Viva La Muerte (1971)

Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Jess Byard

Fernando Arrabal's 1971 film Viva la Muerte. The film tells the story of Fando (Mahdi Chaouch), a young man, whose mother sold out his father to the fascists during the Spanish Civil War. This was the feature directorial debut of Arrabal who, along with Roland Topor and Alejandro Jodorowsky, began the Panic Movement.

Jess Byard and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss film movements, surrealism, and Arrabal's work.

Links:
Buy Viva la Muerte on DVD
Read our interview with Fernando Arrabal

Music:
"Ekkoleg" - Grethe Agatz

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 471: Viva La Muerte (1971)" on Spreaker.

Watch:

Fernando Arrabal - A Multifaceted Artist from Louisiana Channel on Vimeo.

Blaxploitation Month on The Kulturecast

Chris Stachiw had a Blaxploitation month on The Kulturecast before where he wasn't impressed. I offered to program a month of movies that would help put a smile on his face... and hopefully yours, too.

Truck Turner:

Listen to "Truck Turner" on Spreaker.

Coffy:

Listen to "Coffy" on Spreaker.

Black Belt Jones:

Listen to "Black Belt Jones" on Spreaker.

Three the Hard Way:

Listen to "Three The Hard Way" on Spreaker.

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Episode 452: Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)

Guest Co-Hosts: Jess Byard, Ben Buckingham

Our appreciation of 1969 continues with a look at Teruo Ishii's Horrors of Malformed Men. Based on the writings of Edogawa Rampo, the movie tells the tale of Hirosuke Hitomi (Teruo Yoshida) who we first see locked up in an insane asylum. Things only go downhill from there...

Ben Buckingham and Jess Byard join Mike to delve into the ero-guro genre.

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 452: Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Horrors of Malformed Men on Blu-Ray
Buy The Strange Case of Panorama Island by Edogawa Rampo
Buy The Edogawa Rampo Reader

Music:
"Fireworks" - Siouxsie & the Banshees

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Episode 377: The Parallax View (1974)

Special Guests: William Daniels, Bonnie Bartlett, Barna William Donovan, Shane O’Sullivan
Guest Co-Hosts: Chris Stachiw, Jess Byard

Alan J. Pakula's, The Parallax View (1974) stars Warren Beatty as reporter Joe Frady. After a mysterious series of deaths, Frady gets embroiled in an investigation that leads him to The Parallax Corporation, a shady company that finds and recruits sociopaths in order to use them as assassins.

Interviews this episode include actor William Daniels and his wife Bonnie Bartlett, author Barna Donovan (Conspiracy Films: A Tour of Dark Places in the American Conscious), and filmmaker Shane O'Sullivan (RFK Must Die).

Clip of Lorenzo Semple Jr. from Television Academy Foundation.

Jess Byard and Chris Stachiw join Mike to discuss the Loren Singer book, the Lorenzo Semple Jr. script, the David Giler rewrite and the eventual final product.

Listen/Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 377: The Parallax View (1974)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy The Parallax View on Blu-Ray
Buy The Parallax View by Loren Singer
Buy There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, KITT, and Many Others by William Daniels
Buy Confirmation: Investigations of the Unexplained by Barna William Donovan
Buy Who Killed Bobby? : The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy by Shane O'Sullivan
Listen to our Executive Action episode
Listen to our Blow Out episode

Music:
Original Soundtrack by Michael Small

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