Cinema File Podcast

Video stores may be gone, but the clerks live on! Former Blockbuster reigster jockeys Andrew and Sam start the new year off with a bunch of new reviews including "The Oath," "Vice," "The Car: Road to Revenge," "Welcome to Marwen" and many more.

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Over the holidays, Susanne Beir's "Bird Box" was viewed by over 45 milliion Netflix subscribers. Would it have been as successful had it been released to theatres, or would its similarities to movies like "A Quiet Place," "The Mist" and "The Happening" worked againt it in the crowded marketplace? Andrew looks into the possible reasons for its appeal and issues a challenge (that doesn't involve a blindfold).

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Didn't get everything you wanted for Xmas? How about one top 10 movie list, two top 5 movie lists, and reviews of Mary Poppins, Bumblebee, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? You're welcome, and you don't have to get us anything. Well, ok, good reviews on iTunes wouldn't hurt. Actually, would you?

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Andrew and his friend Xtina went to see the R-rated period piece "The Favourite," and had a PG-13 conversation about it after. Will fans of director Yorgos Lanthimos enjoy it? Will people who have no idea who that is enjoy it? Will Olivia Colman get an Oscar? We talk about it all. Your ears have been warned.

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English filmmaker Nicolas Roeg passed away the day after Thanksgiving this year, leaving behind one of the most incredible streaks of important cinema in a decade full of important cinema. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Amy from The Bloodlust podcast do take a look back at his 1973 feel-bad classic, "Don't Look Now" starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland.

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We rely on smartphones for everything and can't seem to keep our hands off of them until it comes time to create "professional" videos and photography, but attitudes about what is truly needed to make valid art is changing. Athens, Georgia artist Jennie Cain is one of those leading the charge, and in this conversation she discusses finding power and how to be original in today's cultural landscape. Photo by @_alexarivera :: Explore @viva_wild

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As the first images from the Soska Sisters' remake of fellow Canadian horror master David Cronenberg's landmark 1977 cult classic "Rabid" make the social media rounds, we take a look back at the original film with a leading lady almost as shocking as where they decided to put her fangs.

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The easy way to describe how good "Widows" is would be to say director Steve McQueen proves he can be better at Scorsese than Scorsese is now, or that he gave us a look at what Hitchcock would've done with "Set It Off." But there's way more to it. Also on the podcast: why it's ok that Filmstruck is going away and a look at Stan Lee's contribution to the future of movies.

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In what may be a first in the history of horror film, Luca Guadagnino's remake of the 1977 Italian shocker "Suspiria" has absolutely no interest in the male fan base of the original. Instead, it forges its own unique path and emerges as a modern classic (and one of the year's grestest movies) in its own right.

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Bill Gunn's groundbreaking 1973 art-horror film "Ganja & Hess" tells the story of an anthropologist (Duane Jones, "Night of the Living Dead") who becomes a vampire shortly before meeting a complex and elegant woman (Marlene Clark, "Switchblade Sisters") who challenges his existence. With gorgeous cinematography by James E. Hinton and experimental music by Sam Waymon, "Ganja" is a unique experience in the world of horror that transcends genre and time period. Andrew, Kate and Amy relate their impressions of the film and whether or not today's audiences would embrace it.

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