The Gauntlet

Wild Side (1995) / Femme Fatale (2002)

This week Brendan Boyle joins us for a roundtable to reminisce about message boards, video stores, and uncles as we take a walk on the wild side with Donald Cammell and get freaky with Brian De Palma

The Burning Moon (1992) / V/H/S/Beyond (2024)

This week we’re talking tapes and short form frights as we go to hell with Olaf Ittenbach’s heroin-fueled SOV triptych and encounter the paranormal in the latest V/H/S

The Island (1980) / Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

This week we’re diving in to aquatic horror as we’re kidnapped by Michael Ritchie’s anachronistic pirates and battle sea monsters and Roger Corman with Barbara Steele

The Secret (1979) / Lone Star (1996)

This week we’re looking for clues as we try to solve a southern fried cold case with John Sayles and get to the bottom of a shocking murder with Ann Hui

A Bigger Splash (1974) / The Mill & The Cross (2011)

This week we’re living the lives of artists as we dive in to David Hockney’s bad breakup and join Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s procession

How High (2001) / D.E.B.S. (2004)

This week we’re going back to school for some higher learning as we enroll some joints with Method Man and Redman and conduct field work at Angela Robinson’s sexy spy academy

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) / Workingman’s Death (2005)

This week we’re saluting the workers as we labor under extreme conditions with Michael Glawogger and lose our finger and minds on the factory floor with Elio Petri

149 - La Religieuse aka The Nun (1966) / L’altro Inferno aka The Other Hell (1981)

This week we’re taking our vows and entering convent life as we descend into madness with Bruno Mattei and try to escape with Jacques Rivette and Anna Karina

Ilya Muromets aka The Sword and the Dragon (1956) / Laserblast (1978)

This week we’re taking a spin on the Satellite of Love as we do our own riffs on MST3K, Charles Band’s laser cannon, and the epic fantasy of Aleksandr Ptushko

How The West Was Won (1962) / Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)

This week we’re hitching our wagons to the epic visions of MGM and Kevin Costner as we explore two sprawling takes on westward expansion