Here's a sneak peek of an exclusive bonus episode for Patreon subscribers: The World of John Wick!

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On the short but sweet finale of Season 3, we take a wild, weird trip into the realm of mystery with master of the macabre Tod Browning. Be amazed and wonder at three one-of-a-kind attractions: The Mystic, The Unknown, and FREAKS...

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On today's show, I chat with friend of the show Marta Djordjevic of Rewind & Revive about Elaine May's classic comedic two-hander drama Mikey & Nicky, where we discuss the fragile male ego, fights with the studio, reviving lost cinema, and the amazingly raw performance styles of John Cassavetes and Peter Falk.

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Today on the show, writer and video essayist Olivia Bagshaw returns to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's towering postwar drama The Master. We talk about charismatic cult leaders, score, production design, the discovery of PTSD, and doing things "for a billion years or not at all".

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On today's show, I have long and wide-ranging chat with writer E.T. Lyons about the feminist body horror classic Jennifer's Body from director Karyn Kusama and writer Diablo Cody. We get into the social hierarchy of high school, growing up in the early 00s, how women are pitted against each other, and how radically the film's reputation has shifted over the years, as well has ponder over Megan Fox's fascinating public persona.

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In this episode, I talk with author Danielle Price about the Coen brothers' great Midwestern murder farce Fargo. We chat about growing up in small towns full of colorful, kooky characters, the absurdity of the case, killer performances from Frances McDormand and William H. Macy, and feeling cozy in a desolate, snowy landscape.

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Today on the show, I chat with filmmaker Alessandro Pulisci about the early works of Martin Scorsese. We discuss five short films, the importance of shorts as an art form, and how their role has changed over time. Alex also talks a bit about his experience making his own short and navigating life as a filmmaker in L.A.

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On today's episode, I talk to Dakota Arsenault from the Contra Zoom podcast about Edgar Wright’s seminal Canadian cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and the animated sequel series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off on Netflix. We chat about Toronto's music scene, Canadian cinema, and hipster culture, as well as where the series could potentially go from here.

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On this episode, I chat with writer, educator, film historian and friend of the pod Rich Johnson about two classic car movies: The Driver (1978, directed by Walter Hill), and Drive (2011, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn). We talk at length about the influence of the Western in both these films, the lineage of great car chase movies, and the importance of soundtrack in building a narrative with a (mostly) silent protagonist.

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In this episode, I talk with my pals Jared Spears and Dan Ludwig of the Concessions podcast about the Japanese cult classic Battle Royale – a bloody and savage satire that set the stage for The Hunger Games, Squid Game, and a dozen other post-apocalyptic dramas, and is said to be “the film I wish I had made” by Quentin Tarantino.

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