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Matt Jay guests and brings us the amusing TerrorVision! We also go hard as fuck on Leonard Maltin and his stupid movie guide.
Want more 80s cult mania? Listen to our episode on a movie about an alien who eats Italian people, Eat and Run!
Thank you to all our patrons for being so patient with us! As your reward, this month’s bonus is an extra-stuffed (nearly two hour) episode about a widely reviled mondo slavery documentary. This one’s called Farewell Uncle Tom (Addio zio Tom in the first language of the filmmakers). Jen and Tim are joined by T. of the great Champagne Sharks podcast and we all tackle one tough-to-watch but necessary film.
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The movie is viewable in full on archive.org.
For more uncomfortable 70s film, why not try our episode on Roar?
Jen welcomes special guest Julia Schiwal to discuss a wonderful Thai biopic called Beautiful Boxer. It’s about a trans woman who becomes a fighter in order to forge her own path.
YouTube has a highlight reel of Nong Toom’s career.
The movie Julia recommends at the end of the show is Adam barfi (1995)
You may also enjoy our interview with martial arts superstar Cynthia Rothrock!
The Silent Scream is an especially pernicious example of pro-life propaganda. Reproductive justice activist Mellie Macker guests to dissect the mendacious thinking behind this ghoulish artifact.
You can see the original film in its entirety on Vimeo.
If you’re looking for more controversy, listen to our episode on David Cronenberg’s Crash!
Josh Lewis of the Sleazoids podcast guests to discuss evangelical nightmare propaganda The Burning Hell.
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In episode 057, Josh also fills us in on the state of movie exhibition in 2019!
Jen and Tim talk with animal expert Emma Bowers about Roar, a movie which stars 50 or 60 mostly wild animals and a handful of terrified humans. The movie was produced by Hitchcock blonde Tippi Hedren and her insane husband Noel Marshall, who also play the hapless chew toys masquerading as characters. The film flopped on its initial release. However, in 2015 Drafthouse Films picked it up and cemented Roar’s place in cult movie history.
As of 2020, Roar producer/star Tippi Hedren still runs her her wild cat sanctuary, Shambala. As well as wildlife advocacy, Hedren is also known for being the godmother of the nail industry in the United States. In the 70s, Hedren worked with Vietnamese refugees in California. She hit on the idea of encouraging them to learn the art of the manicure and open nail salons. Today, people of Vietnamese descent own and operate about half of all nail salons in the United States.
If you enjoyed Emma’s appearance, check out our episode on the Animal Planet series Fatal Attractions!
Jen and Tim welcome visionary documentary filmmaker Felix Biederman! We discuss the most successful Turkish movie of 2006, Valley of the Wolves: Iraq.
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Felix first joined us to discuss Steven Seagal’s On Deadly Ground.
Jen and Tim welcome a mysterious podcast newbie to praise a magnificent work of queer cinema to the skies: Romeo & Romeo. We’re not kidding, you need to watch this movie, and how fortuitous that it’s on YouTube!
No seriously, you absolutely have to watch this movie. Here’s a clip:
For more outsider cinema, why not try our episode on Canadian horror classic Things?
Jen and guest Mike Rosen finally get back around to silent classic Häxan! Mike brings his expertise in witch-hunting manuals, proto-MGTOW inquisitors, and torture devices of the early modern period (not joking).
For more Mike, listen to our episode on Marlo Thomas’s Free to Be…You and Me!
Jen and Tim are joined by laser-sharp media critic Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable on Twitter) to talk over a movie that close to 50 years later is still too hot for TV: Ken Russell’s The Devils!
Gretchen has a Patreon; go support her if you love horror writing!
For more on some top-notch British filmmaking, listen to our episode about Alan Clarke’s The Firm (we also talk about the remake, but don’t hold that against us).