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  • Ep 99 - Hot Summer Noir IV feat. Alex Vlahov from OnlyFilmNoir

    Detour (1945), Pickup on South Street (1953), & Red Rock West (1993)

    ALL MOVIES SPOILED

    In this film block, Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, thumbs ride out west with Jeremy and Brian to look for work, but what they find is murder, femme fatales and commie MacGuffins.


    Follow Alex here:

    • Instagram
    • Hard Times


      • Where to watch:

      • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
      • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
      • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
      • Detour (Blu-ray | YouTube)
      • Pickup on South Street (Blu-ray)
      • Red Rock West (Blu-ray)


        • Other films referenced:

        • Victims of Sin
        • Easy Rider
        • Star Wars
        • National Lampoon’s Vacation
        • Casablanca
        • Mulholland Drive
        • Lost Highway
        • Double indemnity
        • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
        • The Killing
        • Kiss Me Deadly
        • Detour (1992)
        • Phantom Lady
        • The Great Jesse James Raid
        • Back to the Future
        • Back to the Future Part II
        • Shock Corridor
        • The Naked Kiss
        • The Crimson Kimono
        • The Baron of Arizona
        • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
        • Park Row
        • The Cape Town Affair
        • The Last Seduction
        • Rounders
        • Joy Ride (2001)
        • The Straight Story
        • Blue Velvet
        • Wild at Heart
        • Twin Peaks
        • Ghostbusters
        • Fargo
        • Blood Simple
        • Jerry Maguire
        • Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
        • Kill Bill: Vol. 2
        • Breakdown
        • Blue Chips
        • Pleasantville
        • Spaceballs
        • Kill Me Again
          • 1 hr 22 min
        • Ep 98 - 1968 USA

          Medium Cool (1969), Hearts and Minds (1974), & The Second Gun (1973)

          ALL MOVIES SPOILED

          In this film block, Jeremy and Brian band together like The Lone Gunmen to explore a mix of (mostly) documentary films that are eerily similar to the events of the present, such as the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the sitting democratic president deciding late in the game, not to seek reelection, a horrifying war on the other side of the globe, funded and fueled by the US, that was impetuous for a lot of protest, an RFK running for president until a crazed kid took a shot at his right ear. Such a different time. It’s hard to imagine anything like that happening today.


          Further Reading:

          A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy by Lisa Pease


          Where to watch:

          • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
          • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
          • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
          • Medium Cool (Blu-Ray)
          • Hearts and Minds (Blu-Ray)
          • The Second Gun (DVD)


            • Other films referenced:

            JFK (1991)

            Executive Action

            Suddenly

            The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

            Star Wars

            Monty Python and the Holy Grail

            The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

            Return of the Jedi

            Spaceballs

            Alligator

            Jackie Brown

            Soylent Green

            The Dark Knight

            One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

            Night of the Living Dead (1968)

            Easy Rider (1969)

            Dumb and Dumber

            1 hr 9 min
          • Ep 97 - Albert Cinematic Pyuniverse feat. Chris Michael

            The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), Cyborg (1989), & Dollman (1991)

            ALL MOVIES SPOILED

            In this film block, Chris Michael cocks his triple bladed sword and takes Jeremy and Brian on a swashbuckling journey through the high-concept, low-budget films of Albert Pyun.


            Follow Chris here:

            • Twitter


              • Where to watch:

              • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
              • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
              • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
              • The Sword and the Sorcerer (4K Blu-Ray)
              • Cyborg (Blu-Ray)
              • Dollman (Blu-Ray)


                • Other films referenced:

                • Kickboxer
                • Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
                • Kickboxer 3: The Art of War
                • American Ninja
                • Captain America (1990)
                • John Wick
                • The Stand (1994)
                • Universal Soldier
                • The Howling
                • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
                • Bloodsport
                • Predator
                • Conan the Barbarian (1982)
                • The Adventures of Robin Hood
                • The Beastmaster
                • Excalibur (1981)
                • Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
                • Total Recall (1990)
                • Body Heat
                • Altered States
                • Jodorowsky’s Dune
                • Tales of an Ancient Empire
                • Night of the Living Dead (1990)
                • Masters of the Universe
                • Point Break (1991)
                • Gladiator (2000)
                • Blade Runner
                • The Terminator
                • Johnny Mnemonic
                • Dirty Harry
                • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
                • The Majestic
                • The Whole Ten Yards
                • The Happening (2008)
                • Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
                • Escape from New York
                • Dollman vs. Demonic Toys
                • Demonic Toys
                • Team America: World Police
                  • 1 hr 5 min
                • Ep 96 - Soviet Star Trek feat. Adam Feuerberg

                  Solaris (1972), Ikarie XB1 (1963), & Inquest of Pilot Pirx (1979)

                  ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                  In this film block, Adam Feuerberg beams up Jeremy and Brian to the starship Soviet to boldly go where no capitalists have gone before. These grindhoustranuts will encounter life forms the human mind can barely comprehend, space madness and Kobayashi Maru scenarios, all sourced from the stories of Polish sci-fi author, Stanisław Lem, who’s work inspired countless filmmakers, including Gene Roddenberry’s creation of Star Trek.


                  Adam’s stand-up:

                  • King of the Jews
                  • The Scene in North Hollywood
                  • Corbin Bowl Open Mic


                    • Follow Adam here:

                    • https://www.adamfeuerberg.com
                    • YouTube
                    • Instagram
                    • Facebook


                      • Where to watch:

                      • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                      • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                      • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                      • Ikarie XB 1 (Blu-ray)
                      • Solaris (Blu-ray)
                      • Inquest of Pilot Pirx (DVD)


                        • Other films referenced:

                        • 2001: A Space Odyssey
                        • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
                        • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
                        • The Thing (1982)
                        • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
                        • Sunshine (2007)
                        • Dark Star
                        • Apocalypse Now
                        • Girlfight
                        • Planet of the Apes (1968)
                        • Brazil (1985)
                        • Civil War (2024)
                        • Annihilation
                        • 28 Days Later
                        • Arrival
                        • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
                        • Stalker (1979)
                        • Andrei Rublev
                        • Nostalgia (1983)
                        • Die Hard
                        • Blade Runner
                        • Alien
                        • Aliens
                        • Westworld
                        • Bruiser (2000)
                        • Pulp Fiction
                        • Defending Your Life
                        • Solaris (2002)
                        • The American (2010)
                        • Saving Private Ryan
                        • The Eiger Sanction
                        • Mission: Impossible II
                        • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
                        • Dune: Part Two
                        • Dune (1984)
                        • Jurassic Park
                        • Rocky IV
                        • The Straight Story
                        • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
                          • 1 hr 27 min
                        • Ep 95 - Mad Max Original Recipe

                          Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), & Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

                          ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                          In this film block, Jeremy and Brian suit up in kinky leather, spike up our mohawks, rev up the V8 engine and light out for the wasteland in search of vengeance, gasoline and a town powered by pig shit.


                          Where to watch:

                          • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                          • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                          • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                          • Mad Max (Blu-Ray)
                          • Mad Max 2 (Blu-Ray)
                          • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (Blu-Ray)


                            • Other films referenced:

                            • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
                            • Mad Max: Fury Road
                            • Weird Science
                            • Total Recall (1990)
                            • The Terminator
                            • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
                            • Nomadland
                            • Lethal Weapon
                            • The Color Purple (1985)
                            • Saw
                            • Ghostbusters (1984)
                            • Ransom
                            • Braveheart
                            • The Patriot
                            • Signs
                            • Edge of Darkness (2010)
                            • Hook
                            • The Evil Dead
                            • Friday the 13th Part III
                            • Aliens
                            • The French Connection
                            • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
                            • Frankenstein (1931)
                            • Evil Dead II
                            • The Outlaw Josey Wales
                            • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
                            • Day of the Dead
                            • Army of Darkness
                            • Street Fighter
                            • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
                            • Lawrence of Arabia
                            • The Wizard of Oz
                            • Peter Pan (1953)
                            • The Goonies
                            • Soylent Green
                            • The NeverEnding Story
                            • Batman Begins
                            • Dumb and Dumber
                              • 1 hr 20 min
                            • Ep 94 - Sergiallo Martino feat. Lucé Tomlin-Brenner/It's Always Halloween & Alex Vlahov/OnlyFilmNoir
                              Torso (1973), & The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)
                              ALL MOVIES SPOILED
                              In this film block, both Lucé Tomlin-Brenner of It's Always Halloween Podcast and Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, join Jeremy and Brian to pull on some leather gloves, whip out the razor blade and chase topless women around Italian villas. It’s the only way to explore the lush and lavish films of Sergio Martino.
                              Follow Lucé here:
                              Twitter
                              Instagram
                              Letterboxd
                              The Pack Theater
                              Follow Alex here:
                              Instagram
                              Medium
                              Letterboxd
                              Where to watch:
                              Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                              Vidéothèque (Highland Park)
                              Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                              Torso (Blu-ray)
                              The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (Blu-ray)
                              Other films referenced:
                              Ed Wood
                              L.A. Confidential
                              The Thing (1982)
                              Big Trouble in Little China
                              Prince of Darkness
                              They Live
                              Starman
                              All the Colors of the Dark
                              Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
                              Suspiria (1977)
                              Straw Dogs (1971)
                              Friday the 13th (1980)
                              Halloween (1978)
                              Scream (1996)
                              Black Christmas (1974)
                              The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
                              Rosemary’s Baby
                              Kill Bill: Vol. 1
                              Chinatown
                              Tenebre
                              Four Flies on Grey Velvet
                              The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
                              The Notebook
                              The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
                              Confessions of a Shopaholic
                              Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
                              1 hr 26 min
                            • Ep 93 - Nolan Noir feat. Andy Buigues

                              Memento (2000), Insomnia (2002), & Following (1998)

                              ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                              In this film block, Andy Buigues joins Jeremy and Brian to explore the early films of Christopher Nolan and how he built his career on a foundation of film noir.


                              Listen to Ep 27 - Inspiring Inception

                              Where to watch:

                              • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                              • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                              • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                              • Following (Blu-ray)
                              • Memento (Blu-ray)
                              • Insomnia (Blu-ray)

                                • Other films referenced:

                                • Oppenheimer
                                • Clerks
                                • El Mariachi
                                • The Batman
                                • Pulp Fiction
                                • Chungking Express
                                • Inception
                                • Reservoir Dogs
                                • Interstellar
                                • Tenet
                                • Being John Malkovich
                                • The Limey
                                • The Shining
                                • The Dark Knight Rises
                                • Run Lola Run
                                • The Blair Witch Project
                                • Traffic (2000)
                                • The Conversation
                                • The Good Son
                                • Groundhog Day
                                • The Bourne Identity
                                • Manhunter
                                • Thief
                                • Heat
                                • The Thin Red Line (1998)
                                • The Evil Dead
                                • Dazed and Confused
                                • The ’Burbs
                                • Insomnia (1997)
                                • Donnie Darko
                                • One Hour Photo
                                • The Silent Partner
                                • The Usual Suspects
                                • Liar Liar
                                • Jackie Brown
                                • Seven (1995)
                                • The Prestige
                                • Dunkirk
                                • The Illusionist (2006)
                                  • 1 hr 36 min
                                • Ep 92 - Post-Cold War Spies feat. Joanna Bush

                                  Mission: Impossible (1996), Ronin (1998), & Sneakers (1992)

                                  ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                  In this film block, Joanna Bush, recruits Jeremy and Brian to crawl through the HVAC system to steal a MacGuffin and make a high-speed getaway featuring some spectacular driving because hey, the Cold War is over and what else are spies supposed to do?


                                  Follow Joanna here:

                                  https://joannabush.com


                                  Where to watch:

                                  • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                                  • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                                  • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                                  • Sneakers (Blu-ray)
                                  • Mission: Impossible (4K Blu-ray)
                                  • Ronin (4K Blu-ray)


                                    • Other films referenced:

                                    • The X-Files
                                    • Independence Day
                                    • Men In Black
                                    • The Hunt for Red October
                                    • Where Eagles Dare
                                    • The Shawshank Redemption
                                    • Raiders of the Lost Ark
                                    • Ghostbusters (1984)
                                    • The Social Network
                                    • Amadeus
                                    • Revenge of the Nerds
                                    • All the President’s Men
                                    • Three Days of the Condor
                                    • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
                                    • The Conversation
                                    • The Avengers (2012)
                                    • Scent of a Woman
                                    • Out of Sight
                                    • Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
                                    • The Hot Rock
                                    • Spy Game
                                    • The Killer (2023)
                                    • Dressed to Kill (1980)
                                    • 2001: A Space Odyssey
                                    • Reservoir Dogs
                                    • Charlie’s Angels (2000)
                                    • Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
                                    • The French Connection
                                    • Bullitt
                                    • To Live and Die in L.A.
                                    • GoldenEye
                                    • Moonraker
                                    • Heat (1995)
                                    • The Bride Wore Black
                                    • Munich (2005)
                                    • Ripley
                                    • Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
                                    • Rustin (2023)
                                    • Oppenheimer
                                      • 1 hr 9 min
                                    • Ep 91 - No One Will Save You feat. Matt Landsman from Be Kind Video

                                      No One Will Save You (2023)

                                      ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                      In this Midnight Movie, Matt Landsman, the curator of Matt’s Mortuary and film programmer at Be Kind Video, beams Jeremy and Brian to the mothership to save them with Arthur Murray dance steps. If you haven’t seen No One Will Save You, go watch it and come back. The movie is spoiled from top to bottom.


                                      Follow Matt here:

                                      • Matt’s Mortuary
                                      • Be Kind Video
                                      • Washington Post Article on Be Kind Video


                                        • Where to watch:

                                        • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                                        • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                                        • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                                        • No One Will Save You (Blu-ray)


                                          • Other films referenced:

                                          • Home Alone
                                          • Evil Dead II
                                          • Chopping Mall
                                          • The Blob (1988)
                                          • Alligator
                                          • Ghoulies
                                          • The Gate (1987)
                                          • The Monster Squad
                                          • Re-Animator
                                          • Wayne’s World
                                          • Live and Let Die
                                          • Signs (2002)
                                          • Straw Dogs (1971)
                                          • The Fugitive (1993)
                                          • Silent Night (2023)
                                          • Chasing Amy
                                          • Super 8
                                          • Jaws
                                          • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
                                          • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
                                          • Fire in the Sky (1993)
                                          • Brain Damage (1988)
                                          • Basket Case
                                          • Men in Black
                                          • Alien (1979)
                                          • Aliens
                                          • Beetlejuice
                                          • Pleasantville
                                          • Annihilation
                                          • The Matrix
                                          • Black Mirror: San Junipero
                                          • Mars Attacks!
                                          • Prey (2022)
                                          • The Killer (2023)
                                          • The Scorpion King (2002)
                                          • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
                                          • Avatar: The Way of Water
                                          • War for the Planet of the Apes
                                          • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
                                          • Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
                                          • Escape from L.A.
                                          • Sleepaway Camp
                                          • Surf Ninjas
                                          • Night of the Creeps
                                            • 1 hr 2 min
                                          • Ep 90 - Christmas Noir II feat. Alex Vlahov from OnlyFilmNoir

                                            The Silent Partner (1978), Blast of Silence (1961), & Roadblock (1951)

                                            ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                            In this film block, Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, joins Jeremy and Brian to get into the holiday spirit with some good old fashioned Christmas film noirs, just like the ones we used to know.


                                            Follow Alex here:

                                            • Instagram
                                            • Medium


                                              • Where to watch:

                                              • Be Kind Video (Burbank)
                                              • Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
                                              • Cinefile (Santa Monica)
                                              • The Silent Partner (Blu-ray)
                                              • Blast of Silence (Blu-ray)
                                              • Roadblock (DVD)


                                                • Further Reading:

                                                A Bright and Guilty Place by Richard Rayner


                                                Other films referenced:

                                                The Thin Man https://boxd.it/25gw

                                                Stone Cold Dead https://boxd.it/1mj6

                                                Cover Up (1949) https://boxd.it/17Vu

                                                Double Indemnity (1944) https://boxd.it/297I

                                                Dumb and Dumber https://boxd.it/206m

                                                Blood on the Moon https://boxd.it/1mfe

                                                The Killers (1946) https://boxd.it/1NGc

                                                The Killers (1964) https://boxd.it/1y3E

                                                Point Blank (1967) https://boxd.it/1uAE

                                                Grease https://boxd.it/29YW

                                                Terminator 2 https://boxd.it/2aGY

                                                Vertigo https://boxd.it/2apI

                                                Somewhere in Time https://boxd.it/1JSy

                                                A Place in the Sun https://boxd.it/1vlg

                                                An American in Paris https://boxd.it/26kY

                                                Green Book https://boxd.it/hErk

                                                Split Second https://boxd.it/1vB4

                                                Mr. Soft Touch https://boxd.it/CXY

                                                I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes https://boxd.it/KgS

                                                The Godfather https://boxd.it/2aNK

                                                Drive (2011) https://boxd.it/IG

                                                Taxi Driver https://boxd.it/2b8y

                                                Raging Bull https://boxd.it/28yI

                                                The Killer (2023) https://boxd.it/u6WE

                                                Citizen Kane https://boxd.it/71O

                                                Blade Runner https://boxd.it/2bcA

                                                A Clockwork Orange https://boxd.it/2aVE

                                                Inside Out https://boxd.it/4KHC

                                                Shock Corridor https://boxd.it/1vGI

                                                Advise & Consent https://boxd.it/1J2M

                                                The Hustler https://boxd.it/298G

                                                Goodfellas https://boxd.it/29FA

                                                Midnight Cowboy https://boxd.it/25Hi

                                                Serpico https://boxd.it/1ZjE

                                                The Day of the Locust https://boxd.it/23l0

                                                Gremlins https://boxd.it/29gg

                                                Dreamscape https://boxd.it/1yjs

                                                The Sound of Music https://boxd.it/1MLK

                                                Gone with the Wind https://boxd.it/29Fq

                                                The Wizard of Oz https://boxd.it/29Xu

                                                M*A*S*H https://boxd.it/29U6

                                                Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice https://boxd.it/1tIM

                                                The Long Goodbye https://boxd.it/281O

                                                L.A. Confidential https://boxd.it/27oC

                                                Wonder Boys https://boxd.it/1USE

                                                8 Mile https://boxd.it/2bew

                                                The River Wild https://boxd.it/1Zr4

                                                River Wild (2023) https://boxd.it/BOGk

                                                Exotica https://boxd.it/1DXW

                                                A Christmas Story https://boxd.it/29sw

                                                The Apartment https://boxd.it/2aGE

                                                Commando https://boxd.it/1UTs

                                                The Big Lebowski https://boxd.it/2b6C

                                                Heat https://boxd.it/2bg8

                                                Rope https://boxd.it/28yo

                                                North by Northwest https://boxd.it/2aRM

                                                The Little Mermaid (1989) https://boxd.it/1WYO

                                                Psycho (1960) https://boxd.it/2ab2

                                                Strangers on a Train https://boxd.it/29tk

                                                Nosferatu (1922) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVV7UutK0Xk

                                                Think of a Number https://boxd.it/o0o

                                                Beginners https://boxd.it/s2S

                                                Up https://boxd.it/1OEc

                                                The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) https://boxd.it/2Pa

                                                Knives Out https://boxd.it/jWEA

                                                The Insider https://boxd.it/1ZoE

                                                Twelve Monkeys https://boxd.it/2beQ

                                                Repeat Performance https://boxd.it/1oz6

                                                Cash on Demand https://boxd.it/18uu

                                                1 hr 32 min

                                              About Grindhouse Institute

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                                              A cinema geek podcast by Jeremy Floyd and Brian Foster. Each episode we program a triple feature movie night and explore how the films connect.