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  • Ep 32 - Scorsese Gangsters Pt. 2 feat. Andy Buigues

    Casino (1995), & The Irishman (2019)

    ALL MOVIES SPOILED

    In this film block, Jeremy and Brian are joined by Andy Buigues to conclude the exploration of Scorsese’s career-spanning project to redefine the gangster film. In the Marty cinematic universe, the Italian-American gangster is explored with such bravado and explosive cinematic punctuation, he set a high water mark for the genre. This is part two of the two-part series on Martin Scorsese’s gangster films.


    Where to watch:

    • Casino (4K Blu-Ray)
    • The Irishman (Blu-Ray)


      • Other films referenced:

      • Gangs of New York
      • The Departed
      • The Wolf of Wall Street
      • Forrest Gump
      • Goodfellas
      • Citizen Kane
      • Heat (1995)
      • LA Takedown
      • Mean Streets
      • Legend (1985) 
      • The NeverEnding Story
      • Inglourious Basterds
      • Boogie Nights
      • Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
      • Raging Bull
      • The Odd Couple (1968)
      • Boardwalk Empire
      • The Wire
      • Beowulf (2007)
      • The Polar Express
      • Taxi Driver
      • JFK
        • 1 hr 45 min
      • Ep 31 - Scorsese Gangsters Pt. 1

        Mean Streets (1973), Raging Bull (1980), & GoodFellas (1990)

        ALL MOVIES SPOILED

        In this film block, Jeremy and Brian explore Scorsese’s life-long project to redefine the gangster film. In the Scorsese cinematic universe, the Italian-American gangster is explored with such bravado and explosive cinematic punctuation, he set a high water mark for the genre. This is part one of the two-part series on Martin Scorsese’s gangster films.

        Where to watch:

        • Mean Streets (Blu-Ray)
        • Raging Bull (Blu-Ray)
        • GoodFellas (Blu-Ray)

          • Other films referenced:

          • The Duellists
          • Alien
          • The Departed
          • Gangs of New York
          • Pi
          • Requiem for a Dream
          • Pulp Fiction
          • Snatch
          • The Usual Suspects
          • Of Mice and Men (1992)
          • Dark Star
          • Who’s That Knocking at My Door
          • Boxcar Bertha
          • Taxi Driver
          • The Godfather: Part II
          • Rocky
          • Rocky IV
          • Casino
          • The Irishman
          • Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
          • New York, New York
          • Wayne’s World
          • Dances with Wolves
          • The Wedding Singer
          • Wayne’s World 2
          • Evil Dead II
          • From Dusk Till Dawn
          • The Long Good Friday
          • Cape Fear (1991)
            • 1 hr 18 min
          • Ep 30 - Always Bet on Black feat. Carter Brown

            Passenger 57 (1992), Demolition Man (1993), & U.S. Marshals (1998)

            ALL MOVIES SPOILED

            In this film block, Carter Brown (@elcapitancarter) takes Jeremy and Brian on a trip back to the 90’s, a time when Snipes was king of the action blockbuster.

            Follow Carter Brown here:

            • Twitter 
            • Instagram 

              • Where to watch:

              • Passenger 57 (Blu-Ray)
              • Demolition Man (Blu-Ray)
              • U.S. Marshals (Blu-Ray)

                • Other films referenced:

                • Mo’ Better Blues 
                • New Jack City
                • Jungle Fever
                • Major League
                • White Men Can’t Jump
                • Die Hard
                • Airplane!
                • Silence of the Lambs
                • Robocop (1987)
                • The Dark Knight
                • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
                • Speed (1994)
                • The Hudsucker Proxy
                • The People Under the Stairs
                • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
                • Minority Report
                • Total Recall (1990)
                • The Killer (1989)
                • Hard Boiled (1992)
                • Hard Target
                • City on Fire (1987)
                • Speed 2: Cruise Control
                • The Dark Knight Rises
                • The Fugitive (1993) 
                • Revenge of the Nerds
                • Schindler’s List
                • Dolemite Is My Name
                • To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
                • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
                • Predator
                • Pulp Fiction
                • Unstoppable (2004) [not 9 Lives]
                • Art of War (2000)
                • Blade
                • Blade II
                • What We Do in the Shadows
                • Coming 2 America
                • The Expendables 3
                • Kickboxer (1989)
                • Bloodsport (1988)
                • The Bourne Identity
                • The Jackal
                • Miss Congeniality
                  • 1 hr 2 min
                • Ep 29 - Subjective Perspective

                  Citizen Kane (1941), Rashomon (1950), & The Usual Suspects (1995)

                  ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                  In this film block, Jeremy and Brian watch a few classics. They’re all great and they all explore the line between truth and perception.

                  Where to watch:

                  • Citizen Kane (Blu-Ray)
                  • Rashomon (Blu-Ray)
                  • The Usual Suspects (Blu-Ray)

                    • Other films referenced:

                    • Mank 
                    • The Exorcist 
                    • The Magnificent Ambersons 
                    • F for Fake 
                    • Touch of Evil 
                    • The Third Man 
                    • Don Quixote 
                    • Lost in La Mancha 
                    • The Hidden Fortress 
                    • Ran 
                    • The Shakiest Gun in the West 
                    • Evil Dead 2
                    • Vampires (1998) 
                    • Pulp Fiction 
                    • The Mask (1994) 
                    • Psycho (1960)
                    • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) 
                    • Silence of the Lambs 
                    • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 
                    • 2 Days in the Valley 
                      • 1 hr 11 min
                    • Ep 28 - Anime 101

                      Akira (1988), Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), & Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)

                      ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                      In this film block, Jeremy and Brian dip their toes in the world of Anime with three classics from the 1980’s, an era when the genre gained new audiences thanks to betamax, VHS and laserdisc.

                      Where to watch:

                      • Golgo 13 (Blu-Ray)
                      • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Blu-Ray)
                      • Akira (4K Blu-Ray)

                        • Other films referenced:

                        • Robot Carnival
                        • Vampire Hunter D (1985)
                        • Lensman 
                        • The Animatrix 
                        • Interstella 5555 
                        • Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke (aka Magic Boy) 
                        • Astro Boy 
                        • Speed Racer: The Movie (1967) 
                        • Jurassic Park 
                        • The Killer 
                        • Spirited Away 
                        • My Neighbor Totoro 
                        • State of Siege (1972) 
                        • Schindler’s List 
                        • Valkyrie 
                        • Le Samouraï 
                        • Minority Report 
                        • Blade Runner 
                        • Firestarter 
                        • Scanners 
                        • The Warriors 
                        • A Clockwork Orange 
                        • Jojo Rabbit 
                        • The Mask (1994) 
                          • 1 hr 7 min
                        • Ep 27 - Inspiring Inception

                          Inception (2010),  Paprika (2006), & Dreamscape (1984)

                          ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                          In this film block, Jeremy and Brian break into Christopher Nolan’s mind to figure out how he incepted his 2010 blockbuster, Inception.


                          Where to watch:

                          • Dreamscape (Blu-Ray) 
                          • Paprika (Blu-Ray)
                          • Inception (4K Blu-Ray) 


                            • Misc:

                            • The Killing Joke by Alan Moore


                              • Other films referenced:

                              • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
                              • Scanners (1981) 
                              • The Warriors 
                              • Tenet 
                              • Akira (1988) 
                              • Tokyo Godfathers 
                              • The Dark Knight Rises 
                              • The Dark Knight 
                              • Memento 
                              • Interstellar 
                              • Insomnia 
                              • The Prestige 
                              • The Illusionist 
                              • 2001: A Space Odyssey 
                              • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 
                              • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 
                              • The Blob (1988) 
                              • Total Recall (1990) 
                              • North by Northwest  
                              • Dunkirk (2017) 
                              • Justice League  
                              • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 


                                • 1 hr 18 min
                              • Ep 26 - Adapting Philip K. Dick feat. Chris Michael & Andy Buigues

                                Blade Runner (1982), Total Recall (1990), & Minority Report (2002)

                                ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                In this film block, Jeremy and Brian are joined by Chris Michael and Andy Buigues to explore the best big screen adaptations of Philip K. Dick’s work.

                                Where to watch:

                                • Blade Runner (5-disc Blu-Ray)
                                • Total Recall (4K Blu-Ray)
                                • Minority Report (Blu-Ray)

                                  • Links

                                  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
                                  • Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick
                                  • The nearly 4-hour documentary on the making of Blade Runner, called Dangerous Days (not Dark Days) is a must see. It’s available on the 5-disc Blade Runner Blu-Ray
                                  • Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon

                                    • Other films referenced:

                                    • Dangerous Days: Making ‘Blade Runner’
                                    • Blade Runner 2049
                                    • Total Recall (2012)
                                    • Legend
                                    • Thelma & Louise
                                    • G.I. Jane
                                    • Alien
                                    • Speed
                                    • Die Hard
                                    • Twister
                                    • Malice (1993)
                                    • Heaven’s Prisoners
                                    • Get Shorty (1995)
                                    • Out of Sight
                                    • Brazil (1985)
                                    • Spaceballs
                                    • LA Confidential (1997)
                                    • Avatar (2009)


                                      • 1 hr 33 min
                                    • Ep 25 - Adapting Dune feat. Daniel Ross

                                      Dune (1984), Dune (2000), & Jodorowsky's Dune

                                      ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                      In this film block, Jeremy and Brian are joined by Daniel Ross to break down how the adaptations of Dune. Two completed. One only dreamed about.


                                      Where to watch:

                                      • Dune (1984) (Blu-Ray)
                                      • Dune (2000) (DVD)
                                      • Jodorowsky's Dune (Blu-Ray)


                                        • Links:

                                        • Trailers from Hell - Josh Olson on SORCERER
                                        • Dune by Frank Herbert
                                        • Dune, 50 Years On: How a Science Fiction Novel Changed the World by Hari Kunzru
                                        • The Problem With Adapting ‘Dune’ (Isn’t What You Think) by Moira Hicks
                                        • Race Consciousness: Fascism and Frank Herbert’s “Dune” by Jordan S. Carroll


                                          • Other films:

                                          • Dune (2021) 
                                          • Possession (1981) 
                                          • The Holy Mountain (1973) 
                                          • El Topo 
                                          • The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
                                          • Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 
                                          • The Big Lebowski 
                                          • Drive (2011) 
                                          • Star Wars 
                                          • Sorcerer 
                                          • The French Connection 
                                          • The Exorcist 
                                          • Jaws 
                                          • L.A. Confidential 
                                          • Freejack 
                                          • Alien 
                                          • Dark Star 
                                          • 2001
                                          • A Clockwork Orange 
                                          • The Lord of the Rings 
                                          • Das Boot 
                                          • Starship Troopers 
                                          • Sicario 
                                            • 1 hr 37 min
                                          • Ep 24 - Christmas Noir feat. Alex Vlahov from OnlyFilmNoir

                                            Christmas Holiday (1944), Mr. Soft Touch (1949), & Cover Up (1949)

                                            ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                            In this film block, Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, get Jeremy and Brian into the holiday spirit with some fun examples of movies that somehow combine Film Noir with Christmas.  The two genres seem completely incompatible, but these films actually pull it off. Christmas Noir is such an exciting combination, that it's sure to become one of your new holiday traditions.

                                            Follow OnlyFilmNoir here:

                                            • https://www.instagram.com/onlyfilmnoir

                                              • Where to watch:

                                              • Christmas Holiday (YouTube)
                                              • Mr. Soft Touch (DVD | YouTube)
                                              • Cover Up (Blu-Ray)

                                                • Other films referenced:

                                                • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
                                                • Double Indemnity (1944) 
                                                • Gilda
                                                • The Big Heat (1953)
                                                • Heat 
                                                • 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
                                                • Mank 
                                                • Psycho (1960)
                                                • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
                                                • An American in Paris
                                                • Singing in the Rain
                                                • The Dark Knight
                                                • The Big Sleep (1946) 
                                                • On Dangerous Ground
                                                • It’s a Wonderful Life
                                                • Yankee Doodle Dandy
                                                • Lust for Gold (1949)


                                                  • 1 hr 11 min
                                                • Ep 23 - Block o' Brooks feat. Sam Kimbrell

                                                  Young Frankenstein (1974), The Simpsons Movie (2007), & Lost in America (1985)

                                                  ALL MOVIES SPOILED

                                                  In this film block, Sam Kimbrell takes Jeremy and Brian on a humorous odyssey through the comedies of Brooks. All highly influential. All hilarious. All Brooks.

                                                  Follow Sam Kimbrell here:

                                                  • Website 
                                                  • Twitter 
                                                  • Facebook 
                                                  • Instagram 
                                                  • YouTube

                                                    • Where to watch:

                                                    • Young Frankenstein (Blu-Ray)
                                                    • Lost in America (Blu-Ray)
                                                    • The Simpsons Movie (Blu-Ray)

                                                      • Other films referenced:

                                                      • Terms of Endearment
                                                      • Blazing Saddles 
                                                      • The Scout (1994) 
                                                      • Spaceballs 
                                                      • Glengarry Glen Ross 
                                                      • Mel Brooks: Unwrapped 
                                                      • Pulp Fiction
                                                      • Dracula: Dead and Loving It
                                                      • Robin Hood: Men in Tights
                                                      • Harvey (1950) 
                                                      • Airplane!
                                                      • Broadcast News
                                                      • Network
                                                      • Casino
                                                      • Under the Dome
                                                      • Creepshow
                                                        • 1 hr 4 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.