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Bi-Monthly Patron Double Feature Nominations - Noirvember. 2023
I'm sure most of you know the drill at this point but one episode every other month around these parts is a special episode where you folks nominate and vote for that week's double feature! Democracy!Your last vote was for THE SEARCHERS (1956) + HARDCORE (1979) which we just dropped. The nex...
296 - THE SEARCHERS (1956) + HARDCORE (1979)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss outdated, conservative American men who are compelled to undergo arduous odysseys for the safety/soul of their family and are instead forced to reckon with their own questionable motives and worldviews in John Ford’s classic western THE SEARCHERS (1956) starring John W...
Announcing this month's $10 patron live-watch: THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976) - Sep. 27th @ 10:00PM EST
Join us for an online, live-chat viewing of THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (1976) on Wednesday, Sep. 27th @ 10:00 PM EST. Sign up to the $10 tier anytime before showtime Sep. 27th to receive the invite link, it will go out to everyone subscribed at that tier on the morning of Sep. 27th. Before we get...
295 - HIRUKO THE GOBLIN (1991) + HAUNTED SCHOOL (1995) ft. Trevor Henderson
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Trevor Henderson discuss two visually surreal/imaginative, ostensibly "kid-friendly" Japanese body-horror creature features with a double feature of Shinya Tsukamoto's HIRUKO THE GOBLIN (1991) and Hideyuki Hirayama's HAUNTED SCHOOL (19...
294 - MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (1945) + TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (1958)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss underrated Old Hollywood B-movie director Joseph H. Lewis with a double feature of his merging of gothic horror and identity/gaslight thriller in MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS (1945) and his goofy harpoon vs. six shooter McCarthy-era left-wing B-western TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN (1...
293 - FREAKED (1993) + FRAUDS (1993)
Hosts Josh and Jamie go solo to discuss two films that played the Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness in 1993 (the section of the fest dedicated to genre and midnight movies): Alex Winter and Tom Stern's FREAKED, a vulgar, comedic punk-rock body horror update on Tod Browning'...
292 - A MAN ESCAPED (1956) + ESCAPE FROM ACLATRAZ (1979)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss more process-based, biographical prison break thrillers with a double feature of Robert Bresson's minimalist, abstract, and spiritual approach in A MAN ESCAPED (1956) and Don Siegal and Clint Eastwood's gritty, American tough guy version/borderline remake of it E...
Announcing this month's $10 patron live-watch: FRAUDS (1993) - Aug. 31st @ 10:00PM EST
Join us for an online, live-chat viewing of FRAUDS starring Phil Collins (?!) on Thursday, Aug. 31st @ 10:00 PM EST. Sign up to the $10 tier anytime before showtime Aug. 31st to receive the invite link, it will go out to everyone subscribed at that tier on the morning of Aug. 31st. Before we get sta...
291 - THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) + LE TROU (1960) ft. Spencer Rider
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Spencer Rider (of Those Good Old Fashioned Values + Get Cynical) discuss two impeccably crafted, process-based French thriller classics with a double feature of Henri-Georges Clouzot's white knuckle depiction of precarious, expendable labor in THE...
290 - NIGHT TIDE (1961) + CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss cheap, independently made early-60s psychological horror films with carnival-beach movie aesthetics and supernatural expressionist atmospheres with a double feature of Curtis Harrington's spooky, mermaid-romance/horror-noir fable NIGHT TIDE (1961) and Herk Harvey'...
289 - WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988) + COOL WORLD (1992) ft. Branson Reese
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest Branson Reese discuss the barrier between animation/live-action with a violent, horny, slapstick double feature of Robert Zemeckis' masterful ToonNoir technical achievement of merging the Golden Age of Animation and the history of Hollywood noir films in WH...
288 - FRITZ THE CAT (1972) + WIZARDS (1977)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss the notoriously crude, fetishistic, and political exploitation cartoons of independent filmmaker/adult animator Ralph Bakshi with a double feature of his X-rated adaptation of Robert Crumb's horny, vulgar, counter-cultural satire FRITZ THE CAT (1972) and his attempt ...
287 - RED DAWN (1984) + RED SCORPION (1988) ft. Brendan James & Noah Kulwin
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guests Brendan James and Noah Kulwin (of Blowback) discuss 80s Red Scare anti-communist action trash made by legitimate right-wing psychos with a double feature of John Milius' RED DAWN (1984) + Joseph Zito's RED SCORPION (1988). Next week's episode is a ...
Bonus Transmission 48 - OPPENHEIMER, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING + INDIANA JONES & THE DIAL OF DESTINY (Spoilers)
Josh and Jamie saw some more new release genre movies that we wanted to talk about! Mild spoilers and such! Let us know what you guys thought of these movies if you saw 'em and if you have any recommendations for next month.DIAL OF DESTINY // 08:14-44:24MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7.5 // 44:24-1:42:35OP...
Bi-Monthly Patron Double Feature Voting Poll
These were the 4 (5 this time, since we had a tie for the 4th spot) most upvoted double features as selected by you guys, now it's time to officially vote on what our Patron-selected episode for September is going to be! GO!
286 - DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) + THREADS (1984)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss two starkly different approaches to apocalyptic, Cold War nuclear anxiety with a double feature of Stanley Kubrick's iconic DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) which took mutually assured destruction policies and realized them in tense thriller logic and slapstick farce simultane...
285 - CON AIR (1997) + FACE/OFF (1997) ft. Jayson Buford
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest Jayson Buford discuss ridiculous, high-concept and maximalist summer action blockbusters from June 1997 starring Nic Cage with a double feature of Simon West’s knockoff Michael Bay/Tony Scott airplane prison break movie CON AIR and John Woo’s glor...
Announcing this month's $10 patron live-watch: RED ROCK WEST (1993) - Jul. 13th @ 10:00PM EST
Join us for an online, live-chat viewing of RED ROCK WEST on Thursday, Jul. 13th @ 10:00 PM EST. Sign up to the $10 tier anytime before showtime Jul. 13th to receive the invite link, it will go out to everyone subscribed at that tier on the morning of Jul. 13th. Before we get started we also play so...
Bi-Monthly Patron Double Feature Nominations - Sep. 2023
I'm sure most of you know the drill at this point but one episode every other month around these parts is a special episode where you folks nominate and vote for that week's double feature! Democracy!Your last vote was for MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (1985) + NAKED LUNCH (1991) which we...
284 - MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS (1985) + NAKED LUNCH (1991)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss intensely expressive, surreal biographical dramas about troubled, self-destructive mid-20th century authors whose real lives became one with their art and vice versa with a double feature of Paul Schrader's graceful, dreamlike, transcendent MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CH...
283 - I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997) + URBAN LEGEND (1998) ft. Emma Berquist
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest horror author Emma Berquist discuss trashy, late-90s post-SCREAM teen horror/slashers with a double feature of I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997) + URBAN LEGEND (1998). Next week's bonus episode is a patron-exclusive bonus episode on Paul Schrader's...
Bonus Transmission 47 - MASTER GARDENER, EXTRACTION 2, THE COVENANT + HYPNOTIC (Spoilers)
Josh and Jamie saw some more new release genre movies that we wanted to talk about! Mild spoilers and such! Let us know what you guys thought of these movies if you saw 'em and if you have any recommendations for next month.THE COVENANT // 11:27-33:28HYPNOTIC // 33:28-55:33EXTRACTION 2 // 55:33-...
Announcing this month's $10 patron live-watch: DISTURBING BEHAVIOR (1998) - Jun. 29th @ 10:00PM EST
Join us for an online, live-chat viewing of DISTURBING BEHAVIOR on Thursday, June 29th @ 10:00 PM EST. Sign up to the $10 tier anytime before showtime June 29th to receive the invite link, it will go out to everyone subscribed at that tier on the morning of June 29th. Before we get started we also p...
282 - RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) + ROMANCING THE STONE (1984)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss 80s blockbuster throwbacks to an older era of pulpy colonialist fantasy adventure with Steven Spielberg's iconic, masterfully-constructed take on the Saturday morning serial of his childhood RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) and Robert Zemeckis' zanier, meta-comedic...
281 - STRAIGHT TIME (1978) + RAISING ARIZONA (1987) ft. Wyatt Duncan
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest Wyatt Duncan discuss two very different approaches to the sad daily realities of American ex-cons with a double feature of Ulu Grosbard's methodical, tragic, and gritty depiction of the lifetime criminal mindset STRAIGHT TIME (1978) starring Dustin Hoffman ...
280 - I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932) + COOL HAND LUKE (1967)
Hosts Josh and Jamie discuss partially-autobiographical prison dramas about the cruel, dehumanizing conditions of chain gangs in the American South with a double feature of Mervyn LeRoy's bleak, pre-code, Depression-era crime saga I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932) starring Paul Muni and S...
279 - TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE (1970) + THE ONLY HOUSE IN TOWN (1971) ft. Will Sloan
Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest Will Sloan (of The Important Cinema Club and Michael and Us) discuss Ed Wood's drunken, depressed 70s softcore porno era with a double feature of his goofy sexploitation noir parody TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE (1970) and his bizarre, unfinished orgy-horror dream T...
Bonus Transmission 46 - HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, RENFIELD, SISU + THE ARTIFICE GIRL (Spoilers)
Josh and Jamie saw some more new release genre movies that we wanted to talk about! Mild spoilers and such! Let us know what you guys thought of these movies if you saw 'em and if you have any recommendations for next month.DUNGEONS & DRAGONS // 13:11-29:12RENFIELD // 29:12-45:30THE ARTIFICE GIR...
278 - GLEN OR GLENDA (1953) + PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1957)
Hosts Josh and Jamie dive into the supposed "worst filmmaker of all time" Edward D. Wood Jr. with his surreal, autobiographical cross-dressing psychodrama/pseudo-documentary GLEN OR GLENDA (1953) and his strange, awkward, and notorious old-timey, charmingly lo-fi sci-fi horror pastiche PLAN ...
Announcing this month's $10 patron live-watch: NIGHT OF THE GHOULS (1959) - May 25th @ 10:00PM EST
Join us for an online, live-chat viewing of Ed Wood's NIGHT OF THE GHOULS (1959) on Thursday, May 25th @ 10:00 PM EST. Sign up to the $10 tier anytime before showtime May 25th to receive the invite link, it will go out to everyone subscribed at that tier on the morning of May 25th. Before we get...
