May 31, 2024
Hop on the launch, folks, we're heading to THE MOSQUITO COAST! Peter Weir's 1986 film scripted by Paul Schrader, that is. Join us for a conversation about the unfinished capitalist critique of prepper guys, the problems with Going Back To Nature, and how we are much smarter and better than Allie Fox generally because...
May 24, 2024
It's the MISHIMA episode. It's also the Mishima episode, in a way.
We do our best to discuss both Paul Schrader's 1985 art-biopic MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS and the man Yukio Mishima with our returning pal Comrade Yui, who has been on a real journey with this film. As you might expect, things get pretty weighty:...
May 17, 2024
It's been so long...just kidding, it's been a week! That's the normal time between episodes. Nevertheless, we're back with Paul Schrader's first film he "didn't" write himself, the 1982 erotic horror remake CAT PEOPLE, and we're thrilled to be joined by film writer and genuine English person Esmé Holden! We talk...
May 10, 2024
THIS is entertainment, folks! We're taking a swing at Martin Scorsese's masterful 1980 boxing biopic RAGING BULL (from a script by Paul Schrader) with film critic and Heavyweight Champion of the Podcast, Bilge Ebiri!!! Join us for a wonderful conversation about Scorsese's wild years, ROCKY, memory, the word "doggerel,"...
May 3, 2024
Pick out your shirt and tie, listener! We're talking Paul Schrader's 1980 stylish crime film AMERICAN GIGOLO this week, and we've called up film critic Brandon Streussnig to help us do it! Production design, fashion history, Bresson, several Giorgios - we get into it. Jake put on cologne for this one as a bit. See if...