Anne Carlisle - the star and co-writer of LIQUID SKY and James St. James join me for an in-depth exploration of this pioneering film.

One of the first films to explicitly depict & discuss pansexuality, androgyny & gender fluidity in any substantial way, LIQUID SKY also serves as an essay on toxic masculinity, ingrained homophobia and the ingrained misogyny of both overground & underground culture. 

LIQUID SKY’s hyper-stylized neon soaked aesthetic & aggressively bizarre, completely electronic score has continued to influence fashion, music and pop-culture in general since initial release in 1983.

It’s also a science fiction picture. AND the male and female leads are played by the same person. PLUS... LIQUID SKY features the second and final role for mysterious cult actress Paula Sheppard (ALICE, SWEET ALICE). We find out what Paula was like, where she likely went and how she feels about her acting career now.

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The show returns from hiatus with the return of my dear friend and Movie Club all-star Jason Shawhan. We taped this in the afterglow of a New Beverly double-feature of the two films Goldie Hawn & Chevy Chase did together, Foul Play & Seems Like Old Times. We talk Barry Manilow, Billy Barty, Under The Rainbow, Stanley's stylish swingers pad, Billy Barty, San Francisco, nightmarish theme songs, Bette Midler, Tuesday Weld and the mystery of Chicken Pepperoni.

Scarlett BoBo & her sweet Pete talk parking-lot parties, Manic Mondays, Giddy-O-Gaymes,  LA Apartments, neighbor witches, Tim Horton’s, proper size wieners, Toronto, Hockey Night, Amsterdam love, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Crews & Tangos, Canada’s Drag Race and more

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It’s Showtime, Folks! Returning Movie Club champions Gala Avary (The Gala Show, Video Archives Podcast) & Erik Clapp (the mighty Cinema Force & EC Films) join me to talk all things ALL THAT JAZZ, Bob Fosse’s groundbreaking autobiographical masterpiece. 

Roy Scheider is Joe Gideon (AKA Bob Fosse) who can’t get a handle on his all-consuming workaholism, brutal perfectionism, constant philandering, incessant smoking, daily drinking and hourly pill-popping. He’s also working all day on a new musical and late into each night on a new film. What could go wrong?

Stay tuned for Part 2, coming your way on the next Movie Club Monday

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The ever-delightful & inspiring Michael Des Barres returns for a chat about keeping going no matter what, his latest album "It's Only Rock'N'Roll", the philosophy of Vidal Sasson, Klaus & Astrid, Mike Chapman, quiet walks, working with The Power Station, collaborating with Steve Jones , writing with Andy Taylor, Don Johnson, the sound of dinnerware surprise and much much more.

For more Michael, head over to his website and stream his latest album "It's Only Rock'N'Roll" on Spotify & Apple Music

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Rod Thomas AKA Bright Light Bright Light joins me to talk all things Election 2024, Kamala Harris, what hangs in the balance, the disgrace of Donald Trump, press smears, the fraud known as Jill Stein, the power of pragmatism and much much more.

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Fashion Connoisseur and Creative Director for PETA Greg Garry joins me to talk the 1978's Faye Dunaway classic EYES OF LAURA MARS. Faye is the controversial fashion photographer Laura Mars, the fashion world’s most notorious photographer who’s having terrifying visions of murder. Tommy Lee Jones is the sensitive, world-weary cop in charge of the investigation, Brad Dourif is Ms. Mars’ troubled-yet-devoted driver and Rene Aubejonois is her fiercely protective agent & friend Donald Phelps. With a theme song by Streisand, photography by Helmut Newton and wall-to-wall taupe carpet - who could ask for anything more?

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY gets the Movie Club treatment as Joe Black joins me to discuss on-set disasters, the long and rocky road of the film’s development, Barry Sonnenfeld’s technical wizardry and very specific personality, Anjelica Houston’s iconic performance and painful makeup process, MC Hammer, Raul Julia and his horrific eye calamity, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya and the profound impact this picture had - and has - on Joe Black’s kind of goth.

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Erik Clapp of the mighty Cinema Force, EC Films & The Bobbie Wygant Archive joins me to discuss SECONDS. Starring Rock Hudson, John Frankenheimer's dark and deeply disturbing classic was released in 1966 to tremendous controversy and terrible box-office. Over the years, SECONDS has come to be rightly recognized as a paranoid, somewhat-misanthropic masterpiece.

Pia Zadora welcomed me to her gorgeous Las Vegas home to discuss her legendary life and career. We talk The Lonely Lady, owning a plane with your name on it, the Golden Globes scandal, her marriage to Meshulam Riklis, working with John Waters on Hairspray, dealing with depression, psychoanalysis, Celebrity Wife Swap, Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, Pia’s Place & Piatinis, perseverance, touring with Frank Sinatra, NAKED GUN 33 1/3, handling haters, Jermaine Jackson, working with Talullah Bankhead and more.

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