The Gauntlet

Filibus (1915) / Hudson Hawk (1991)

This week we’re stealing with style as we play a game of cat and mouse with Mario Roncoroni’s genderbending sky pirate and try to crack the Da Vinci code with Bruce Willis’ singing burglar

133 - Duvidha (1973) / Anantaram (1987)

This week we explore parallel cinema as we are hypnotized by Mani Kaul’s mythopoetic ghost story and deconstruct storytelling with Adoor Gopalkrishnan’s unreliable monologue

THE GAUNTLET MOVIE MIXTAPE – VOLUME 6

A SONIC JOURNEY through THE GAUNTLET

From The Truth is Out There to Gettin’ Animated

Music and Sounds from Episodes 51-60

Thunder Birds (1942) | Come Back, Africa (1959) | Lancelot du Lac (1974) | Ici et Ailleurs (1974) | Simone Barbès or Virtue (1980) | Times Square (1980) | Night Witches in the Sky (1981) | Lookin’ to Get Out (1982) | Der Fan (1982) | Vampires in Havana (1985) | The Hidden (1987) | The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991) | Love and Death on Long Island (1997) | The Apple (1998) | The 13th Warrior (1999) | Fat Choi Spirit (2002) | Anatomy of Hell (2004) | Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs (2005) | How I Ended This Summer (2010) | The Grand Bizarre (2018)

Little Buddha (1993) / I Come with the Rain (2009)

This week we’re getting outside of our comfort zones as we seek enlightenment in Nepal with Keanu Reeves and try to find a missing person in Hong Kong with Josh Hartnett

131 - Metal Detector Maniac (2021) / Earth Mama (2023)

This week it’s out with the old and in with the new as we take a suspicious sabbatical with Matt Farley and fight for our children’s future with Savanah Leaf

PLUS! Year-end favorites with special guest Ryland Walker Knight

Tough Guys (1986) / Children of Nature (1991)

This week we’re making way for tomorrow as we saunter out of prison and into the 80s with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas and break out of the retirement home with Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

La Guerre des Tuques (1984) / Tenement (1985)

This week we’re under attack as we defend a Quebecois snow fort with André Melançon’s little soldiers and try to fight off a murderous gang in the South Bronx with Roberta Findlay

Duel of the Titans (1961) / Sebastiane (1976)

This week all roads lead to Rome as we fight to found a city with Sergio Corbucci’s beefcakes and lounge in exile with St. Derek Jarman’s shimmering soldiers

Invention for Destruction (1958) / Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)

This week we’re getting a Czech stamp in our cinema passports as we sail through the fantastical world of Karel Zeman and stumble through the looking glass with Pavel Juráček

Vai~E~Vem aka Come and Go (2003) / The New World (2006)

This week we’re giving thanks as we feast on the mythopoetics of Terrence Malick and stuff ourselves with the perverse philosophies of João César Monteiro