Imprint Companion

Imprint Companion

By Alexei Toliopoulos and Blake HowardTV & FilmFilm ReviewsFilm History
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Imprint Companion episodes

  • THE WANDERING EARTH II + HERO + ZU WARRIORS

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, The Last Video Store) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • The Wandering Earth II (2023) - Imprint Asia #4
    • Hero (2002) - Imprint Asia #5
    • Zu Warriors (2001) - Imprint Asia #6


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    Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

    Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & The Last Video Store

    32 min
  • THE UNINVITED + THE QUEEN OF SPADES + THE PRISONER

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, The Last Video Store) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • The Uninvited (1944)
    • The Queen of Spades (1949)
    • The Prisoner: The Complete Series (1967) – Imprint Television #6

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    Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

    Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & The Last Video Store

    28 min
  • BONUS: Harvey Boys w/ Sean Burns and Scout Tafoya

    Hang onto your slipcases because Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) joins film critic Sean Burns and filmmaker/video essayist Scout Tafoya for a very special preview of the upcoming IMPRINT FILMS - Film Focus: Harvey Keitel (1992 – 1999).

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    Follow the host + guests:

    Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

    Sean Burns is a film critic for WBUR’s Arts & Culture and a contributing writer at North Shore Movies and Crooked Marquee. He was Philadelphia Weekly’s lead film critic from 1999 through 2013, and worked as a contributing editor at The Improper Bostonian from 2006 until 2014. His reviews, interviews and essays have also appeared in Metro, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, The Boston Herald, Nashville Scene, Time Out New York, Philadelphia City Paper and RogerEbert.com.

    A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Burns was a recurring guest on the late David Brudnoy’s WBZ 1030 AM radio show, and in 2002 received an award for Excellence in Criticism from the Greater Philadelphia Society of Professional Journalists. Currently a member of the Online Film Critics Society and the Critics Choice Association, he’s also “the most annoyingest person ever,” according to his niece.

    WEBSITE: splicedpersonality.com

    TWITTER: @SeanMBurns

    Scout Tafoya is a film critic, video essayist, filmmaker, and author of Cinemaphagy: On The Psychedelic Classical Form of Tobe Hooper, the first book-length critical study of the director of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." Originally from from Doylestown, PA, he is the creator of RogerEbert.com's The Unloved, the longest running video essay series on the web, about movies in need of a second look. His writing has appeared in the Village Voice, Film Comment, Nylon Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Film Stage among others. He is the director of over 25 feature films including "Eyam," "House of Little Deaths," and "Beata Virgo Viscera," which debuted on RogerEbert.com. His features and his extensive video essay work can be found at Patreon.com/honorszombie. 

    1 hr 5 min
  • APRIL 2024: Directed By… John Farrow (1942 – 1953) + Film Focus: Kim Novak (1957 – 1959)

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, The Last Video Store) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Directed By… John Farrow (1942 – 1953)
    • Commandos Strike At Dawn (1942) – worldwide first on Blu-ray
    • The Hitler Gang (1944) – worldwide first on Blu-ray
    • Night Has A Thousand Eyes (1948) 
    • Botany Bay (1953) – worldwide first on Blu-ray
    • Film Focus: Kim Novak (1957 – 1959)
    • Pal Joey (1957)
    • Middle of the Night (1959) – worldwide first on Blu-ray


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    Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

    Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & The Last Video Store

    35 min
  • MARCH 2024: GREEN ICE + COLD STEEL + BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED + RAVAGERS

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, The Last Video Store) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Green Ice (1981) - Imprint Collection #295
    • Cold Steel (1987) - Imprint Collection #296
    • Batteries Not Included (1987) - Imprint Collection #298
    • Ravagers (1979) - Imprint Collection #300


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    Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & The Last Video Store

    26 min
  • MARCH 2024: IMPRINT ASIA

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, The Last Video Store) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Lost In The Stars (2023) - Imprint Asia #1
    • The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) - Imprint Asia #3


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    Follow the hosts:

    Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

    Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & The Last Video Store

    22 min
  • FEBRUARY 2024: Mountains Of The Moon + The Dresser

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Mountains Of The Moon (1990) – Imprint Collection #291
    • The Dresser (1983) – Imprint Collection #290


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    Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

    Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

    28 min
  • FEBRUARY 2024: Face to Face + A Man in Love + I'm Not Scared

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Face to Face (1976) – Imprint Collection #289
    • A Man In Love (1987) – Imprint Collection #292
    • I’m Not Scared (2003) – Imprint Collection #293


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    29 min
  • Film Focus: Marlon Brando – Volume One (1957 – 1967)

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Film Focus: Marlon Brando – Volume One (1957 – 1967)
    • Lenny (1974) – Imprint Collection #286
    • King Of The Gypsies (1978) – Imprint Collection #288


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    52 min
  • Directed By… Sidney Lumet – Volume One (1964 – 1973)

    Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total Reboot) and Blake Howard (One Heat Minute) team up to unbox, unpack and unveil upcoming IMPRINT FILMS physical media releases.

    In this episode, we discuss:

    • Directed By… Sidney Lumet – Volume One (1964 – 1973)


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    Blake Howard - Twitter & One Heat Minute Website 

    Alexei Toliopoulos - Twitter & Total Reboot

    45 min

About Imprint Companion

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Imprint Companion is the only podcast on the Australian Internet about "DVD Culture."

Hang onto your slipcases because Alexei Toliopoulos (Finding Drago, Total…