Guest Spots: Brian De Palma and Weird Westerns

Kulturecast #62

Mike was back on the Kulturecast to talk about the oddball Westerns The Proposition and El Topo with John Lein and Chris Stachiw.

Listen to "El Topo/The Proposition" on Spreaker.

Geek Juice Radio #189

Continuing the Geek Juice Media Director Series, Mike joins Alex Jowski and Mister X to examine the second half of Brian De Palma's career.

Guest Spots: Best of 2014 & David Cronenberg

Mike was recently a guest over on the Outside the Cinema Favorite Films of 2014 episode. Mike says: "A lot of films that are from 2013 but that weren't either released or on the “Festival Circuit” until 2014. So, I don't feel bad about it."

Mike’s Favorite films of 2014:

1. Jodorowsky's Dune
2. The Search for Weng Weng
3. The Dog
4. Edge of Tomorrow
5. Predestination
6. A Life in Dirty Movies
7. Milius
8. That Guy Dick Miller
9. John Wick
10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Geek Juice:
Mike was on the Geek Juice director series discussing David Cronenberg with Alex Jowski and Mister X.

Part 1
Part 2

Episode 170: Manhunter (1986)

Special Guests: Tom Noonan, Chris Elliott, Adam Resnick, Jonathan Rayner

Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight? It appears quite black...

Michael Mann's Manhunter was a stylish serial killer film that has proved influential for decades. Other than being known as the first film appearance from Hannibal Lecter (a sublime Brian Cox), Manhunter helped give rise to the crime procedural ("C.S.I.", "Criminal Minds", "True Detective", etc.).

We talked to Tom Noonan about his role as Francis Dollarhyde along with Chris Elliott (and Adam Resnick) about his early appearances in mainstream films. We also discuss the cinema of Michael Mann with Professor Jonathan Rayner.

Our guest co-host is the mysterious Mister X; we discuss the entire "Hannibal Lec(k)tor Legacy".

Listen / Download Now:

Listen to "Episode 170: Manhunter (1986)" on Spreaker.

Bonus:
Mike was a guest on the Kulturecaset where Chris Stachiw and John Lein discussed the disjointed Hannibal Franchise.

Listen to "Hannibal Lecter Franchise" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Manhunter on DVD
Buy Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Buy The Cinema of Michael Mann by Jonathan Rayner
Buy Red Dragon on DVD
Visit the official Tom Noonan website
Learn more about Tom Noonan's Paradise Theater
Visit a terrific Manhunter fansite
Read Mister X's analysis of Red Dragon and Manhunter at Film Threat
Watch That Guy with Glasses compare Manhunter and Red Dragon
Learn more about FBI Profiler John Douglas
Visit the official Thomas Harris website
Listen to us talk about serial killers and blind people on our Peeping Tom episode
Listen to the rest of our conversation with Chris Elliott and Adam Resnick on Cabin Boy
Visit the official Mister X website

Watch:

Recovering the Mindset from Matthew Morettini on Vimeo.