The Gauntlet

2010 (1984) / Videograms of a Revolution (1992)

This week we’re calibrating our monitors as we probe a space odyssey with Peter Hyams and sift through images of revolution with Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică

Southern Comfort (1981) / In the Electric Mist (2009)

This week we’re trudging through the bayou with The National Guard and Dave Robicheaux as we try to solve murders with Bertrand Tavernier and hope to survive with Walter Hill

THE GAUNTLET MOVIE MIXTAPE – VOLUME TWO

A SONIC JOURNEY through THE GAUNTLET

From No Escape to All Creatures Great and Small

Music and Sounds from Episodes 11-20

La fin du monde (1930) – No Greater Glory (1934) – The Lusty Men (1957) – The Incredible Journey (1963) – Salto (1965) – My Little Loves (1974) – McQ (1974) – First Graders (1984) – Three O’Clock High (1987) – Exorcist II: Heretic (1977) – Knightriders (1981) – An Autumn’s Tale (1987) – Clearcut (1991) – Stalin (1992) – Most Valuable Primate 2 (2001) – Police Beat (2005) – Far From Heaven (2002) – Halloween: Resurrection (2002) – Stemple Pass (2012) – Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

Gentleman Jim (1942) / Kid Galahad (1962)

This week we’re rolling with the punches as we bob and weave through the origins of boxing with Raoul Walsh and take one on the chin with Elvis in Phil Karlson’s gruff musical

New Jersey Drive (1995) / Snow on Tha Bluff (2011)

This week we’re just trying to survive as we get carjacked in Atlanta by Curtis Snow and go joyriding in Newark with Nick Gomez

Night and Day (2008) / Moffie (2019)

This week the summer breeze has us feeling so fine as we get drunk and confused in Paris with Hong Sang-soo and find a sliver of humanity in a South African barracks with Oliver Hermanus

The Private Eyes (1976) / They All Laughed (1981)

This week we investigate two private detective agencies and get swept up in the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong with the Hui brothers and look for love on the streets of NYC with Peter Bogdanovich

The Passionate Friends (1949) / The Great Outdoors (1988)

This week we’re kicking it lakeside as David Lean takes us on an emotional speedboat ride through time and we invade Wisconsin’s Northwoods with Howard Deutch’s Chicago jagoffs

Ta'ang (2016) / Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

This week we cross a border into cursed territory, as Adrian Grünberg's hackwork reveals the inherent cowardice of John Rambo while Wang Bing bears witness to the endurance and strength of refugees from Myanmar.

Vampires in Havana (1985) / The Grand Bizarre (2018)

This week we’re getting animated as we stop-motion around the world in Jodie Mack’s intricately woven textile tapestry travelog and get bitten in Havana by Juan Padrón’s revolutionary vampire comedy