RELEASE Podcast
1) Minisode 18: Ken Russell
This week we are breaking down a LEGEND. Ken Russell gave us so much... musical, debauchery, camp, skewering of the status quo. We chose three very different films to dissect: The Boy Friend (1971), T...Show More
2) Minisode 17: Gregg Araki Teenage Apocalypse
This week we are ruminating about teen angst and catastrophe as seen thru the thoughtful lens of Gregg Araki. Take a treacherous walk thru his Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy with us: Totally F***ed Up (19...Show More
3) 1935
We hit on what was happening in cinema in 1935. We have 2 epic films this week. First, we get into the final collaboration between one of the greatest muse/auteur duos in film history. Second, we chat...Show More
4) Minisode 16: Mamie Van Doren & 1950s Teen Flicks
This week we are getting into the filmography of one of the so-called Three Mâs of the 1950s (along with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield). Mamie ended up firmly in the teen delinquent lane, playing...Show More
5) Minisode 15: Night Flight
This week we are together on Paulâs couch talking about Night Flight! Specifically we are talking over the epic Night Flight episode ââTake Offâ To Women In Rock IIâ. Tina Turner, Sheila E., The Point...Show More
6) Minisode 14: Haunted House
Happy Halloween! We talk about many horror movies that we watched and recommend (both of us on a real binge for eerie season). But really dig into Suspiria (1977), House (1977) and the The Funhouse (1...Show More
7) Mini 13: David Fincher Music Videos
Before directing big-time feature films like ALIENÂł (1992), Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), Zodiac (2007), The Social Network (2010) and Mank (2020), David Fincher was a music vide...Show More
8) Minisode 12: Scarfaces
We had to sneak a pre-code American gangster film in here at the mid-season break for the 1930s. So we did the classic 1932 SCARFACE, directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Howard Hughes. And we com...Show More
9) 1934
We talk thru 1934 film history and get deep into the nitty gritty of the Production Code which began to be enforced this year (long story short: huge bummer for creativity). Then we get into an incred...Show More
10) 1933
We talk thru 1933 film history and the fascinating effects of the Great Depression and an onscreen female orgasm. And then we talk about 2 films great movies. THE EMPEROR JONES released 09.29.1933 in ...Show More