Genre Grinder

Gabe Powers
Genre Grinder

Genre Grinder is a podcast devoted to the weirdest, most unique, and painfully specific film genres. Every month, your host, Gabe Powers, and a special guest will talk about movies that (hopefully) you’ve never heard of.

  1. 4D AGO

    54. The Dangerous True Crime Women of ‘90s Made-for-TV Movies, feat. Kristine Fisher

    ADULTERY, MANIPULATION, AND MURDER, RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES AND SLATHERED ACROSS YOUR TELEVISION SCREEN!!   In the early days of mainstream cable, on the cusp of the Menendez Brothers and O.J. Simpson trials, the big three American networks struck gold with sensationalistic docudramas – several of which were based on the true crimes of notorious women. Join Gabe and returning guest Kristine Fisher as they take a look at three famous crimes and five made-for-TV movies based on them.   The films we’re covering this month include Joyce Chopra’s Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991), Dick Lowry’s A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992) and its sequel, Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992), and two Amy Fisher movies, John Herzfeld’s Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993) and Andy Tennant’s The Amy Fisher Story (1993).   I apologize that Kristine’s mic picked up everything from her typing her notes, to the traffic outside, and even my own voice, creating a reverb effect. I didn’t notice while we were recording and have tried to minimize the issue in editing.   00:00 – Intro  05:11 – Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story 25:08 – A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story and Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter  54:47 – Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story  1:13:06 – The Amy Fisher Story 1:33:19 – Outro Outro song: “Dangerous” by Wildfire, feat. Emiliano Obregón: https://soundcloud.com/afterdreams/dangerous-roxette-cover

    1h 35m
  2. FEB 3

    51.1 The Spaghetti Westerns of 1968, feat. Patrick Ripoll of 96 Greers (1 of 3)

    PREPARE YOUR SIX-GUNS AND YOUR BOLOGNESE AS WE DIG INTO THE TWO-FISTED ITALIAN COWBOY TALES OF THE BIGGEST YEAR IN SPAGHETTI WESTERN HISTORY! Welcome to another multi-part exploration of a single year in genre filmmaking. Join Gabe and returning guest Patrick Ripoll as they follow up their series on the slasher films of 1981, the gialli of 1971, and the giant monster movies of 1957 with a look at the spaghetti westerns of 1968. Gabe, a superfan and massive nerd, narrowed down a list of seventy-seven (that’s 77) films to the 15 he thinks best represent this jam-packed and particularly uneven year for the genre. In episode one of what will (probably) be three total episodes, we discuss Ferdinando Baldi’s Django, Prepare a Coffin (Italian: Preparati la bara!), Giorgio Capitani’s The Ruthless Four (Italian: Ognuno per sé), Lina Wertmüller & Piero Cristofani’s The Belle Starr Story (Italian: Il mio corpo per un poker), Enzo G. Castellari’s Johnny Hamlet (Italian: Quella sporca storia nel west), and Giorgio Stegani’s Beyond the Law (Italian: Al di là della legge). Check out the complete list here: https://letterboxd.com/gabepowers/list/the-spaghetti-westerns-of-1968/ 00:00 – Intro: What is a spaghetti western? Why 1968?  14:13 – Django, Prepare a Coffin  35:37 – The Ruthless Four 56:00 – The Belle Starr Story 1:20:01 – Johnny Hamlet 1:36:24 – Beyond the Law 1:52:12 – Outro

    1h 55m
4.9
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Genre Grinder is a podcast devoted to the weirdest, most unique, and painfully specific film genres. Every month, your host, Gabe Powers, and a special guest will talk about movies that (hopefully) you’ve never heard of.

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