Lucky McKee's new film, Old Man, is the latest in a career of character-driven horror favorites like May, The Woman, and All Cheerleaders Die. And in this episode, he's sharing his personal resonance with Charlie, the main character in Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973). In a powder keg of rough men always threatening to go off in a burst of violence, Charlie (played by Harvey Keitel) is a mediator who can't quite explain why he feels compelled to vouch for certain friends.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about the LA premiere of Give Me an A!

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Lucky McKee

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart

Feeling Seen is hosted by Jordan Crucchiola and is a production of Maximum Fun.

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Indie producer, film festival programmer, and fellow Maximum Fun movie podcaster Drea Clark called dibs on Muriel Heslop before the first episode of Feeling Seen ever aired. The movie has been a favorite since its 1994 release, and while Drea doesn't relate to every aspect of Toni Collette's iconic "terrible" wannabe bride, Muriel's journey to self-acceptance and growth spoke to Drea, both then and now.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about another story of the power of friendship...M3GAN.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Drea Clark

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From his early films like The Roost (2005) and Trigger Man (2007), to  his work with other bootstrappy filmmakers on the original V/H/S anthology, to this year's double  -- no, make that triple! -- feature of X, Pearl, and soon MaXXXine, director Ti West has been a distinctive voice in the genre cinema landscape.  So how perfect that he felt seen -- and inspired -- by another unique cinema voice, Peter Jackson. Jackson's first film, Bad Taste (1987), saw him play multiple roles both behind and in front of the camera. It proved to a young Ti West that if you want to make a movie badly enough, you can always go ahead  and do it yourself.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about Jennifer Lopez's next big (fictional) wedding.

Additional reading:
More about Glass Eye Pix
More about V/H/S
 

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with Jordan Crucchiola and Ti West

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At 62, Doug Jones is as busy as ever, playing The Baron on FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Saru on Star Trek: Discovery, and returning to the role of Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus 2. But you might be most familiar with Doug for his singular roles in heavy prosthetics -- as Abe Sapien in Hellboy and Hellboy II, as The Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water; as Pan and the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth. Doug's physical presence -- once something he'd have wished away -- is a huge part of what has made his performances so rich and memorable.  And one early source of inspiration and identification was Ray Bulger's Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about a movie you've probably heard of: Smile.

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Here's that Reddit thread about how sexy people find Baron Afanas.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Doug Jones

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Polish film director Agnieszka Smoczyńska has fascinated audiences with films like The Lure and Fugue. Now, her first English-language film is in theaters. Silent Twins tells the true story of the Gibbons twins, with a style that sets harsh reality and the beauty (and power) of imagination in contrast. So perhaps it’s no surprise that stories of fantastic heroines on fanstastic journeys has long enchanted Aga. In this episode, she talks with Jordan about her own work and life, and goes on a whirlwind tour through movies as different as Pippi Longstocking, Three Colors: Blue, The Silence of the Lambs, and Nomadland.  

Then, Jordan has one quick thing you’ll want to stick around for.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Budding cinephiles: Here's a list of movies and filmmakers from today's episode...

Pippi Longstocking (1969, 1988)
Ponyo (2008)
Breathless (1960)
Blue (1994)
Nomadland (2020)
Kill Bill Vol 1/Vol 2 (2003/2004)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
The Silent Twins (2022)
The Lure (2015)
Fugue (2018)
The Silence of the Lambs  (1991)
La Strada (1954)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Boyhood (2014)
Suspiria (2018)
Titane (2021)
Ingmar Bergman
Michelangelo Antonioni

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The days when Ryan Kwanten was best known for playing Jason Stackhouse on True Blood may be coming to an end. This year alone, he's toplined three films -- the upcoming action thriller Section Eight, last month's Glorious (a two-hander with J.K. Simmons), and  Expired.  Here, Ryan shares what drives his project choices and performances and tells us why he feels seen by Maximus Decimus  Meridius (as well as a fun and surprising alternate pick!).

Then, Jordan has one quick thing -- breaking A24 trilogy news! 

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Television writer and producer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz really struggled to find a character that she saw herself in -- a Latinx, first-generation American, striving to do her best as a woman in a male-dominated world. But when she found Amy Santiago (played on BROOKLYN NINE-NINE by Melissa Fumero), Brig REALLY found her -- she got hired to write on BROOKLYN NINE-NINE not long after the show began, and it kickstarted her career writing for TV comedies (People of Earth, Love Life, One Day at a Time, Gordita Chronicles).

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about a heatwave rewatch of 1983's KRULL.

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz

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A writer for stage and screen, an artistic director, and an actor, Kwame Kwei-Armah chose a truly poetic trio of Black men pushed to a righteous breaking point for today’s conversation. Which is a perfect parallel to his latest project, Breaking (which premiered at Sundance ‘22 under the title 892), starring John Boyega and based on the true story of Brian Brown-Easley. 

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about forthcoming shorts anthology Give Me an A.

Movies this week:

Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992)

Ragtime (Milos Forman, 1981)

Hollywood Shuffle (Robert Townsend, 1987)

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With Jordan Crucchiola and Kwame Kwei-Armah

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Dana Gould’s connection to Ed Wood – both the movie and the man himself runs deep. He shares Wood’s love of monster horror, he auditioned to be in the Tim Burton film, and as he’s gotten older, he’s found himself relating to both the Ed and Bela Lugosi characters in new ways. Here, he shares those stories, plus how his inner Ed helped him bring his “Dr. Z” to life.

Then, Jordan has one quick thing about her recent Hollywood Forever double feature.

Watch Hanging with Dr. Z on YouTube

Here’s the full “Dr. Z” guest spot on TCM with Ben Mankiewicz

Books referenced here:
David J. Skal, The Monster Show
Harry Benshoff, Monsters in the Closet
Katharine Coldiron’s Midnight Movie Monograph on Plan 9

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With 

Jordan Crucchiola and Dana Gould

Produced by Marissa Flaxbart

Sr. Producers Kevin Ferguson and Laura Swisher

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Feed drop! Jordan recently interviewed Christina Ricci for 'Bullseye with Jesse Thorn' and we wanted to make sure you heard it.

Christina Ricci talks with Bullseye about the unique, fascinating arc her career has taken. Ricci began as one of the most iconic child actors of the 90s – think Casper and The Addams Family. Then, an indie film legend in films like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The Ice Storm. Buffalo 66. And now: Emmy nominated star of the breakthrough TV hit Yellowjackets. Correspondent Jordan Crucchiola geeks out with Christina about all things Yellowjackets and so much more.

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