A Quality Interruption

EPISODE #481--

We talk about one of the American independent classics with Sofia Coppola's debut feature THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999).

In between bouts of complaining about movies, we also talk about her second feature LOST IN TRANSLATION (2004), the Peter Weir crime film WITNESS (1985), and, once again, the cult classic French feature TCHAO PANTIN (1983).

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Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #480--

We follow up our celebration of African-American film with what might be one of the whitest movies of all time, Richard Linklater's epochal anthology film SLACKER from 1989, 1990, or 1991, depending on who you ask.

We also briefly chat about the two Oscar-nominated films, Chloe Zhao's HAMNET (2025) and Kleber Mendonça Filho's THE SECRET AGENT (2025), as well as the Pixar film HOPPERS (2026, dir. Daniel Chong), and the two Munich-based thrillers 21 HOURS AT MUNICH (1976, dir. William Graham) and Spielberg's MUNICH (2005).

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Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #479--

We delve back into the world of David Cronenberg with A History of Violence which is also a history of mid 2000's Bush era Liberal anger. We also talk Opening Night (1977), Song Sung Blue (2025), and Tchao Pantin (1983)

Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #478--

We celebrate the final installement of our Black History Month series with the epochal concert film, WATTSTAX (1973, dir. Mel Stuart). It's an incredible film that is as much an examination of the time as it is a people and also, a hell of a concert.

We also chat about THE TENTH MAN (1988), PRIMAL, Season 3 (2026), THE BETRAYAL (1966), John Ford's STAGECOACH (1939), and Gore Verbinski's GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE (2026).

LINKS--

Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #477--

Now that grad school is behind our editor, we're back to our Black History Month series (and the show, in general). Today we're talking about the Charles Burnett student film classic, THE KILLER OF SHEEP (1978). A great, weird, little movie that kind of has to be seen to be believed-- not that this'll keep us from trying. Anyways, it's a fun one. Listen to it.

We also chat about Spike Lee's MALCOLM X (1992), Paul Schrader's HARDCORE (1979), NBC's PONY'S (2026 - ), and HBO's A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS (2026 - ). Good stuff, right?

LINKS--

Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #476--

We continue our belated celebration of Black History Month (and in many ways, is not every month Black History Month?) with the classic 1990's teen comedy HOUSE PARTY, directed by Reginald Hudlin (of the Hudlin Bros).

We also briefly chat about John Ford's STAGECOACH (1939), Jasques Audiard's A PROPHET (2009), Peter Yates' BULLITT (1967), and FALLOUT, Season 2 (2026).

LINKS--

Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

To celebrate Black History Month, we talk about the Easy Rawlins adaptation DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995), staring Denzel Washington. It's a good little picture. You got some LA. You got some Pasadena. You got Denzel. You got a gunfight. What more could you want?

We also chat about NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007, dir. Coen Bros) and MEAN STREETS (1971, dir. Martin Scorsese).

LINKS--

Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #474--

We get back on the Yukio Mishima train with the English film THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA (1976). We also talk the new Game of Thrones show, PONIES (2026 - ), 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (2026), and a few other movies. Fun little, weird little episode-- not unlike Mishima himself.

LINKS--

Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #473--

We dive back into the world of heroic bloodshed with the seminal Hong Kong actioner, A BETTER TOMORROW (1986) directed by John Woo, staring Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Chung, and Ti Lung, among others. It's an incredible film and there's a brand new restoration that is widely available on most (American) streaming services. So, stop reading this and go watch it. Then come back and listen. It's critical that you listen to us, okay?

Also, we've got Black History Month coming, so get excited for that.

LINKS--

Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!

EPISODE #472-- Today Cruz and James run down their respective top ten films from the previous year. I always say this, but 2025 was a weird year. It was also, thankfully, weird in a unique way. Lots of good movies. Lots of great movies. Maybe even some classics in there. Give it a listen!

LINKS-- Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on on Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in THEY LIVE TOGETHER. Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag and Sef Joosten. The theme music is "Eine Kleine Sheissemusik" by Drew Alexander. Also, I've got a newsletter on Substack, so maybe go check that one out, too.

Listen to DRACULA: A RADIO PLAY on Apple Podcasts, at dracularadio.podbean.com, and at the Long Beach Playhouse at https://lbplayhouse.org/show/dracula

And, as always, Support your local unions! UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA strong and please leave us a review on iTunes or whatever podcatcher you listened to us on!