Cracker Classics

We examine Jon Voight's creamy skin in "Midnight Cowboy." Is it a classic buddy movie, or just a bad Schlesinger drug trip? 

It's a short one this week for a short movie. We look at most of the 1932 classic "Freaks." The goriest part is sadly lost. But was that really the most foul part of this movie?

It's a short one this week for a short movie. We look at most of the 1932 classic "Freaks." The goriest part is sadly lost. But was that really the most foul part of this movie?

We watch Elizabeth Taylor's "BUtterfield 8" and discover that it's not a typo. We also learn the true reason for the existence of high heels and that movie reviewers in the 60s had no idea what they were talking about.

We watch Elizabeth Taylor's "BUtterfield 8" and discover that it's not a typo. We also learn the true reason for the existence of high heels and that movie reviewers in the 60s had no idea what they were talking about.

We take a very white peek at the blaxploitation genre with "Dolemite." 

We take a very white peek at the blaxploitation genre with "Dolemite." 

In which we discuss the bait and switch and casual racism of the first "talkie".

In which we discuss the bait and switch and casual racism of the first "talkie".

In which we learn that the Treasure of the Sierra Madres is actually, fuck it. You'll have to listen.