Cori is breaking the mold with a Japanese direct to video series called Giant Robo: The Animation aka Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still. In the first episode we meet many heroes and villains but most importantly we meet Giant Robo. It’s the peak of 90s animation so come on in and enjoy the lighting and mechanical design!

This summer Josh brings us a picture set in the winter. In black and white. With almost zero dialog. It is possibly the funniest thing we’ve ever seen.

cw: racism

Anna has picked Mr. Freedom, a satirical superhero in sports equipment from the 60s. Josh and Cori agree that it is stupidly relevant and the cast and colourful costumes are astounding. Everyone loves inflatable characters!

Benjamin Wheeler brings the crew along to Megalopolis. What is it? Dead wife? Defeated by Godzilla? The last movie Francis Ford Coppola will make? All we have is questions and the inability to turn back time to see this movie in a theatre with other people.

Josh introduces Anna and Cori to this Hong Kong horror comedy featuring a cursed widow, a breakdancing chair, and a paper car. Enjoy!

content warning: self harm, sexual assault, incest, body horror

Anna brings us the expressionistic dark horror erotic comedy Dr. Caligari where we have mixed reactions to better living through chemicals. It’s weird and off-putting with fantastic performances, fun effects, and parboiled sheep trotters.

content warning: suicide, self harm

Our guest Teara Eakin has brought The Bothersome Man to us from Norway. He’s a man in a place that should be everything he wants but he simply won’t conform and be happy. It’s dark and beautiful and funny and difficult.

Is this All That Heaven Allows?! Fancy technicolour and Brechtian alienation?! Josh has many smart things to say about Douglas Sirk’s work with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. Cori and Anna are here just to giggle at every mention of White Tip Spruce. Check it out!

Anna invites us to check inside every drawer in Jan Švankmajer’s Alice aka Něco z Alenky. It’s about a stoic living girl on a non-stop stop motion taxidermy adventure with all our familiar friends! The White Rabbit! The Mad Hatter! Bill!

Josh introduces everyone to Closed Circuit. A 1978 Italian tv movie about going to the theatre in Italy in 1978. And also it’s about tv. And commercials. It’s excellent and we suggest watching it with little to no information and then maybe giving our show a listen.