Cherry Bombs - The Underappreciated Movies Podcast

TREKKIES/THE OFFICE director and friend of the show Roger Nygard returns to discuss his extraordinary new book about making documentaries! Join us as Roger spills the kind of insider secrets and practical filmmaker advice that industry gatekeepers don't want you to know. Along the way he'll discuss the making of TREKKIES, his stint on the classic 80's horror anthology series MONSTERS and drop invaluable expert interview advice useful to any creator from feature filmmakers to podcast and youtube creators. And stick around to get underappreciated documentary recommendations from all three of us!

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We're back! Join us to catch up on where we've been and what's next!

This month we're taking you back to the theater to listen in with us on a fascinating conversation with iconoclast director Werner Herzog. Straight from the stage at this sold out, members only screening at the American Cinematheque, Herzog discusses his beautiful and rarely seen Cherry Bomb FAMILY ROMANCE LLC, shot nearly solo in Japan and out of pocket for under 20,000 dollars. He also dishes on his love life, evading the Tokyo subway police, his eclectic book club selections and the Dalai Lama's love of vampire movies!

This episode we return to Beyond Fest 2023 and grant you an audience with the Emperor himself, Malcolm McDowell, to discuss the revelatory reconstruction of notorious Cherry Bomb CALIGULA! Recorded live at the world premiere of CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica and moderated by Steven Farber.  Almighty Caesar says... never apologize for the movies you love!

Cherry Bombs attended the Beyond Fest 2023 screening of The Abyss at the Regency Westwood Village with James Cameron in person! Here's the full Q&A straight from the theater tonight! Cameron talks test screening regrets, punching a safety diver, Mary Elizabeth's breakdown and the upcoming 4k bluray and gets snippy about getting an Avatar question at an Abyss screening. We love you Jim!

We take a moment to update everyone on the show and thank you all for continuing to listen (especially the mysterious person who keeps downloading the Pirate Movie episode multiple times every week)!

This month there's plenty of time for love as we prepare for Dial of Destiny by revisiting the greatest Indy adventure of all, INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM! Despite its controversial reputation, TOD endures as an unrelentingly fun cartoon spectacular and the unrivaled high bar of action adventure filmmaking. Join us as we watch this divisive classic in the child-like spirit Spielberg and Lucas intended, argue why it's actually the most kid friendly Indy movie, uncover the secret of the Maharajah's voice and offer up our flaming hearts in tribute. Hold on to your potatoes!

This month our Spring of Prequels concludes with space opera at its most operatic, STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH! George Lucas sticks the landing but not without crashing through more fan expectations and assumptions. Join us as we  complete our evolutionary journey through a trilogy we've come to respect and maybe even love. DO IT!

Our Spring of Prequels continues as we reconsider the most maligned Star Wars entry, ATTACK OF THE CLONES! Begun, the Clone Wars have as George Lucas doubles down on his bold vision for Star Wars and a digital cinema future with this sometimes clunky but always admirably defiant chapter. Join us to find out if we truly, deeply love AOTC or if the dark side still clouds everything!

This month our focus determines our reality as we kick off Cherry Bombs' Spring of Prequels with the movie that brought us together, STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE! Despite decades of critical bashing and toxic fandom, it's proven as seminal and essential as the original trilogy. We'll work through our complicated feelings for a film we've loved and loathed in equal measure for 25 years. The temperance of age, the revelation of perspective and the infectious passion of the boys from Blast Points Podcast helped us to reconsider what we now view as a flawed but deeply nostalgic comfort movie. Join us as we discuss our personal evolution on this divisive groundbreaker and never apologize for changing your mind!