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This week we are breaking down a LEGEND. Ken Russell gave us so much... musical, debauchery, camp, skewering of the status quo. We chose three very different films to dissect: The Boy Friend (1971), The Devils (1971) and Whore (1991).

These films were tough to find for some years but now loads of Ken Russell are streaming on Criterion. Get into them.

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This week we are ruminating about teen angst and catastrophe as seen thru the thoughtful lens of Gregg Araki. Take a treacherous walk thru his Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy with us: Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995), Nowhere (1997). It's gonna be lonely. But it'll look cool.

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We hit on what was happening in cinema in 1935.

We have 2 epic films this week. First, we get into the final collaboration between one of the greatest muse/auteur duos in film history. Second, we chat about a real neorealist revelation.

THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN

released 03.15.1935 in the United States

directed by Josef von Sternberg

starring Marlene Dietrich

TONI

released 02.22.1935 in France

directed by Jean Renoir



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This week we are getting into the filmography of one of the so-called Three M’s of the 1950s (along with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield). Mamie ended up firmly in the teen delinquent lane, playing rock n roll rebel babes (to great effect). We had a lot of fun watching Untamed Youth (1957), High School Confidential (1958), Guns, Girls, and Gangsters and Girls Town (1959). And of course we get into all that factored into the teen exploitation film explosion of the 1950s.

You can watch all the Mamie movies we watched on YouTube for free. Check out our playlist here.

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This week we are together on Paul’s couch talking about Night Flight! Specifically we are talking over the epic Night Flight episode “’Take Off’ To Women In Rock II”. Tina Turner, Sheila E., The Pointer Sisters, Madonna, Wendy O. Williams… it rules. And we are big fans of Night Flight in general.

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Happy Halloween! We talk about many horror movies that we watched and recommend (both of us on a real binge for eerie season). But really dig into Suspiria (1977), House (1977) and the The Funhouse (1981).

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