Produced by Hugh Hefner and Roger Corman, lensed by Robby Müller, starring Ben Gazzara as an American pimp abroad in Singapore, and directed by Peter Bogdanovich after a multi-year filmmaking break, we’re closing out the decade with none other than Saint Jack (1979)! We are joined by special guest Conor Battles to discuss a film that is, shockingly, not as sleazy as you would think. Borne of Cybil Shepherd dropping her lawsuit against Playboy as a favor to Orson Welles and made by deceiving the Singaporean government about the plot, it's wild this one even exists! Now if only there were crew shirts for the fake movie up on Ebay…

We also talk Matt Johnson, hatred for Sam Levinson, love for Roger Corman, more diabolical fits, the Shaw Brothers, YouTube shorts, and more. Our summer style may or may not be entirely inspired by Ben Gazzara’s costuming in Saint Jack. They’re just that good!

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Arguably nobody loved classic Hollywood movies more than Peter Bogdanovich, and he tried to channel that love into a film about a ragtag gang of moviemakers in the early age of cinema: Nickelodeon. After back-to-back flops, Bogdanovich ended up back with Burt Reynolds, Tatum O’Neal, Ryan O’Neal; PLUS he introduced John Ritter to the world! It still didn’t work out for Pete at the box office or with critics… but again, this movie is nowhere near as bad as the world would lead you to believe. At least that’s what Jonah, Journey, and special guest The Girls Who Cried B-Horror co-host Aine  Geraghty think!

In addition to Aine’s devotion to her beloved Burt Reynolds, we also talk about Journey finally meeting the fabled Napa Boys (and not really clicking with their vibe), Ryan O’Neal being quite the looker despite everything else about him, an upcoming slate of Peter impersonators, and no film escaping the watchful eye of the Letterboxd vegan alert film critic.

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And for a movie absolutely nobody was clamoring for, it’s Peter Bogdanovich’s original Cole Porter-suggested musical, At Long Last Love! In possibly the most 1970s cast of all time, Cybill Shepherd, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, and Duilio Del Prete in a menage-a-quatre with supporting performances from John Hillerman, Eileen Brennan, Mildrick Natwick, and M. Emmett Walsh. If you can believe that Bogdanovich could be folly to his cinematic nostalgia, he attempted to make a Lubitsch-esque musical, live singing and all! And not a single soul was a fan- except those crazy Europeans!

It really isn’t as bad as the entirety of pop culture would lead you to believe, and filmmakers like Rian Johnson have cited it as one of their favorite movie musicals! We also talk about Jonah finally meeting the fabled Napa Boys, misrepresentations of podcasting in a new horror movie, the ghost of Peter Bogdanovich returning a lost Airpod, Ken Russell’s Tommy, and how, once again, all the plot tension in a Peter Bogdanovich movie could be saved by polyamory.

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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… Daisy Miller? This week we talk society (we love society, but there’s not enough of it in Europe), Peter & Cybill, and the Roman fever, all thanks to the 1870s it girl Daisy Miller.

Bogdanovich undertook the first (and only cinematic) adaptation of Daisy Miller at the suggestion of his friend Orson Welles, and boy, was it certainly a decision he made. A period piece made before the rise of Merchant Ivory costumes dramas and with a distinctly American protagonist played by Cybill Shepherd, Daisy Miller was not well received at the time. Partly due to the film itself and also partly because everyone in Hollywood kinda hated Cybill and Peter at this point. We try to parse through it!

We also talk about Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, the privilege of hosting Orson Welles in your home, getting jumpscared by the name Ezra Miller, doing impressions of Bogdanovich doing impressions of Cary Grant, and our favorite Adam McKay masterpiece, Don’t Look Up.

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There are many cinematic masterpieces, but only one in which Randy Quaid and Ryan O’Neal start wrasslin’. This week, we are talking about the 1973 hit film Paper Moon! Following up his love letter to screwball comedies, Bogdanovich takes us to the Midwest in the height of the Great Depression, following Bible scam artist Moze Pray and his (possible) daughter, Addie. Starring real life father and daughter duo Ryan and Tatum O’Neal, and the always fabulous Madeleine Kahn, Paper Moon is a beautifully shot and humorous film that in many ways marks the end of the height of Bogdanovich’s career. 

In this episode, we discuss Peter’s continued obsession with wearing awful yellow clothing, everyone’s favorite actor & soccer mogul “Rob Mac”, failed television and stage musical adaptations of Paper Moon, the misery of eating 30 pancakes, and Journey continues to rant about how much they hate Love Story. Don’t forget that you still owe me my $200!

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Screwball comedies, remember them? We hope so, because it's sort of integral to our discussion of Bogdanovich’s hit 1972 screwball comedy What’s Up, Doc? After the black and white cinematography and heavy mood of The Last Picture Show, Pete wanted to make a very bright and light comedy in the style of Howard Hawks. Starring Ryan O’Neal as the straight man and Barbra Streisand as the daffy dame, What’s Up, Doc? is nothing but 94 minutes of zany fun, confusing suitcases, two very hot leads, and Madeline Kahn stealing the show.

In this episode, we’re joined by our friend Erik to discuss insane screwball comedy title choices, difficult to explain Zootopia fan-comics, our pals the Looney Tunes, Jonah’s gay card being taken away, notable Christmas-enjoyer Shane Black being relegated to streaming, and how you’re the upside down!

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No pressure at all for this one! We start Bogdanovich’s 1970s with one of the most important films in New Hollywood (and cinema at large): The Last Picture Show! Not only a seminal film for its frank sexuality, black and white cinematography, and breakout performances, but also its incredibly messy behind-the-scenes affairs. Talk about 4DX cinema… Plus, we’re joined by friend and film aficionado Brooke Forrest!

In this episode we discuss the novelization of Ang Lee’s Hulk, Orson Welles’ love of French champagne and what that might sound like, our disbelief in Cybill Shepherd’s “immediate” attraction to Bogdanovich, Oscar nomination fraud, and Jeff Bridges throwing diabolical fits.

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An episode that functions as both an exploration of unrealized Bogdanovich directorial efforts and an excuse to record our very first in person episode! We dive into Sergio Leone’s underrated movie, also known as A Fistful of Dynamite, which Bogdanovich was originally slated to direct. Bogdanovich left the film for a number of reasons (who knew that he wasn’t a fan of Leone’s close-ups?) and we were left with a fascinating and firmly Leone helmed James Coburn and Rod Steiger spaghetti Western. Is this the only Western that opens with a Mao Zedong quote?

In this episode we discuss Atlanta tourist attractions, the return of Gore Verbinski, Bogdanovich being messy (shocking), and Steely Dan tattoos. Plus, a preview of our Mad Max double feature, Jonah misremembering the title of MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate multiple times, and consistent (and correct) affirmation on how Boston is the greatest city in the world.

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A documentary that required mandatory blindspot watches and made us into unexpected John Ford guys. What can we say, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance gets to us all! In the first Bogdanodoc, he used his journalistic know-how and nerdy love for film scholarship to convince the AFI to make a John Ford documentary (deal with it Frank Capra). Featuring interviews from Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and even the grumpy and honestly fitted out John Ford himself, Bogdanovich crafts a love letter to the directorial work and authorship of ol’ Jack. Even if the doc perhaps feels like 60% a clip show at times, in these hosts’ opinion…

In this episode we discuss box office headache of Angel Studios, the upcoming Jimmy Stewart biopic starring Archie from Riverdale, Bogdanovich’s notorious pastel yellow sweater, our good friend Varang, and David Lynch’s knockout performance as Ford in The Fabelmans.

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Wait, this is a Peter Bogdanovich movie? Kinda! Another assignment by Roger Corman, this time Peter Bogdanovich was tasked with putting 10 minutes of beautiful blonde mermaids into a dubbed Russian sci-fi film, and that's how we ended up with director “Derek Thomas” and his film(?) Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women! And even if ol’ Bog himself didn’t really care to put his name on this one, we know it's his and we had to dive right in. Here to help with this episode is our friend, filmmaker and resident Soviet cinema expert: Josephine Allegretti!

In this episode we discuss the idea of Dick Miller in space, a defense of Paul Dano, unnecessary Fortnite tie-ins, and our youngest governor: Ella McKay

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