Cinema File Podcast

With "Climax," notorious provocateur filmmaker Gaspar Noé took a dance party straight to hell and ended up making his most accessible and (arguably) most enjoyable movie. This podcast also contains reviews of "Her Smell" and "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." Follow Andrew @cinemandrew on IG/Twitter

This is a 2011 conversation I had with writer and longtime Athens resident John Nettles, who passed away this week. I loved reading his work, I loved talking to him, and I loved listening to him. You can find his words at jnettles.wordpress.com and donate to help his family at https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-a-family-in-sudden-need.

Despite the Tiger Beat-friendly face of Robert Pattinson in the leading role, there were two walk-outs during veteran director Claire Denis' first English language and first science fiction film. It's scary, it's sexy, it's gross, and it's endearing. Also, it's one 2019's greatest movies.

As a longtime fan of filmmaker John Singleton, I was blindsided by his passing this week at age 51. Please excuse this long ramble, recorded while driving my car, about his movies and his unfinished business in cinema.

Clocking in at just one minute shy of the running time of "Avengers: Infinity War," the direct sequel to the still-controversial 1978 revenge flick "I Spit On Your Grave" arrived this week courtesy of the original director Meir Zarchi and star Camille Keaton. Who is this movie for? Why did they make it? And why is it so long? Answers (and SPOILERS) here.

Andrew and Hannah met at an all-day 'Marvel Maniacs" marathon in May 2012 that concluded with the midnight premiere of the first "Avengers" movie. With "Endgame" only days away, they look back at that experience and how the MCU has changed in the years since, naming the best and worst of the 22-film series.

There's a goldmine of schlock hiding in the corners of Amazon Prime Video, but 1977's "Chatterbox" is award-worthy. Starring the hilarious and beautiful Candace Rialson (1951-2006), this high-concept low-brow comedy musical has a ridiculously unbelievable premise that we dare not spell out in this space.

You can take the clerks out of the video store, but you can't take the video store out of the clerks. In this episode, former Blockbuster co-workers Andrew and Sam review a bunch of new movies including "Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase," "Dumbo," "Us," "Shrill," "Field Guide to Evil," "I Am Richard Pryor," "Us" and more.

Why was it important to make a new "Pet Sematary"? Because it's a zombie movie that never trivializes the subject of death. In this recording, you'll sit next to OnlineAthens film critic Andrew Shearer on his way home from seeing the latest adaptation of the classic Stephen King horror tale (tail?).

Jordan Peele's follow-up to his groundbreaking modern classic "Get Out" is massive, terrifying, fun and thought-provoking. To take "Us" at face value, or to dismiss it as emptier than Peele's previous work, is impossible, as it further cements him as a genre master and star Lupita Nyong'o as one of its greatest heroes (and villains).

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