Random Acts of Cinema Podcast
1) 1000 - Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
We return once more to the Godzilla Showa-era films with Jun Fukuda's 1974 introduction of some kind of a… Robo-Godzilla! I think that's what they call it. And some aliens. Oh, and there's a new s...Show More
2) 92 - Fiend Without A Face (1958)
Director Arthur Crabtree delves into the late 1950's world of atomic, Cold War, body-snatching paranoia except that he kind of… doesn't? Honestly this Canada-set, B-movie, Sci-fi, creature flick feel...Show More
3) 340 - Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978)
Researchers at Stanford University conducted a decades-long experiment wherein Koko, a female gorilla, was taught American Sign Language. The findings and the ethics of this experiment were then (and...Show More
4) 904 - Election (1999)
American masculinity is fully skewered. Finally. Actually, I guess everyone is skewered is Alexander Payne's black-hearted comedy about a Midwest American high School student… election. Opinions are...Show More
5) 147 - In The Mood For Love (2002)
Wong Kar Wai brings us - way back - to lovelorn Hong Kong. Upon discovering that their spouses are having an affair with with one another, two neighbors strike up a sad acquaintance that soon blossom...Show More
6) LD59 - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
I don't think we're in the standard spine numbers anymore, Toto… Because we're returning to the Laser Disc collection with this all-timer. Are we doing this in honor of the upcoming release of the sec...Show More
7) 79 - W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films (1915-1933)
The most accurate description of this episode is that we review 6 Short Films starring W.C. Fields. The idea is that he's arrogant jerk. That's pretty much it. Join the Random Acts of Cinema Discord...Show More
8) 982 - Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. 3 months before this, in an act of desperate love, a sex-reassignment surgery was planned and subsequently botched. And a punk/drag icon was born. John Cameron Mitchel...Show More
9) 667 - Seconds (1966)
Frankenhiemer returns to podcast with a… weird art film? Sort of. All of the paranoia, threatened masculinity, mid-century gloss, and decaying middle-class domesticity of The Manchurian Candidate re...Show More
10) 1277 - Born In Flames (1983)
Director Lizzie Borden dares to imagine a world in which promised egalitarian reform is achieved, just not for women. Women from all backgrounds, walks of life, and lifestyles debate, struggle, and e...Show More