Grindhouse Institute Brian Foster and Jeremy Floyd

Torso (1973), & The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971)
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In this film block, both Lucé Tomlin-Brenner of It's Always Halloween Podcast and Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, join Jeremy and Brian to pull on some leather gloves, whip out the razor blade and chase topless women around Italian villas. It’s the only way to explore the lush and lavish films of Sergio Martino.

Follow Lucé here:

Twitter
Instagram
Letterboxd
The Pack Theater


Follow Alex here:

Instagram
Medium
Letterboxd


Where to watch:

Be Kind Video (Burbank)
Vidéothèque (Highland Park)
Cinefile (Santa Monica)
Torso (Blu-ray)
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (Blu-ray)


Other films referenced:

Ed Wood
L.A. Confidential
The Thing (1982)
Big Trouble in Little China
Prince of Darkness
They Live
Starman
All the Colors of the Dark
Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Suspiria (1977)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Halloween (1978)
Scream (1996)
Black Christmas (1974)
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
Rosemary’s Baby
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Chinatown
Tenebre
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Notebook
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

Memento (2000), Insomnia (2002), & Following (1998)

ALL MOVIES SPOILED

In this film block, Andy Buigues joins Jeremy and Brian to explore the early films of Christopher Nolan and how he built his career on a foundation of film noir.



Listen to Ep 27 - Inspiring Inception


Where to watch:


Be Kind Video (Burbank)
Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
Cinefile (Santa Monica)
Following (Blu-ray)
Memento (Blu-ray)
Insomnia (Blu-ray)


Other films referenced:


Oppenheimer
Clerks
El Mariachi
The Batman
Pulp Fiction
Chungking Express
Inception
Reservoir Dogs
Interstellar
Tenet
Being John Malkovich
The Limey
The Shining
The Dark Knight Rises
Run Lola Run
The Blair Witch Project
Traffic (2000)
The Conversation
The Good Son
Groundhog Day
The Bourne Identity
Manhunter
Thief
Heat
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Evil Dead
Dazed and Confused
The ’Burbs
Insomnia (1997)
Donnie Darko
One Hour Photo
The Silent Partner
The Usual Suspects
Liar Liar
Jackie Brown
Seven (1995)
The Prestige
Dunkirk
The Illusionist (2006)

Mission: Impossible (1996), Ronin (1998), & Sneakers (1992)

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In this film block, Joanna Bush, recruits Jeremy and Brian to crawl through the HVAC system to steal a MacGuffin and make a high-speed getaway featuring some spectacular driving because hey, the Cold War is over and what else are spies supposed to do?



Follow Joanna here:

https://joannabush.com



Where to watch:


Be Kind Video (Burbank)
Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
Cinefile (Santa Monica)
Sneakers (Blu-ray)
Mission: Impossible (4K Blu-ray)
Ronin (4K Blu-ray)



Other films referenced:


The X-Files
Independence Day
Men In Black
The Hunt for Red October
Where Eagles Dare
The Shawshank Redemption
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ghostbusters (1984)
The Social Network
Amadeus
Revenge of the Nerds
All the President’s Men
Three Days of the Condor
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Conversation
The Avengers (2012)
Scent of a Woman
Out of Sight
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
The Hot Rock
Spy Game
The Killer (2023)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Reservoir Dogs
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
The French Connection
Bullitt
To Live and Die in L.A.
GoldenEye
Moonraker
Heat (1995)
The Bride Wore Black
Munich (2005)
Ripley
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
Rustin (2023)
Oppenheimer

No One Will Save You (2023)

ALL MOVIES SPOILED

In this Midnight Movie, Matt Landsman, the curator of Matt’s Mortuary and film programmer at Be Kind Video, beams Jeremy and Brian to the mothership to save them with Arthur Murray dance steps. If you haven’t seen No One Will Save You, go watch it and come back. The movie is spoiled from top to bottom.



Follow Matt here:


Matt’s Mortuary
Be Kind Video
Washington Post Article on Be Kind Video



Where to watch:


Be Kind Video (Burbank)
Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
Cinefile (Santa Monica)
No One Will Save You (Blu-ray)



Other films referenced:


Home Alone
Evil Dead II
Chopping Mall
The Blob (1988)
Alligator
Ghoulies
The Gate (1987)
The Monster Squad
Re-Animator
Wayne’s World
Live and Let Die
Signs (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Fugitive (1993)
Silent Night (2023)
Chasing Amy
Super 8
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Fire in the Sky (1993)
Brain Damage (1988)
Basket Case
Men in Black
Alien (1979)
Aliens
Beetlejuice
Pleasantville
Annihilation
The Matrix
Black Mirror: San Junipero
Mars Attacks!
Prey (2022)
The Killer (2023)
The Scorpion King (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Avatar: The Way of Water
War for the Planet of the Apes
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Escape from L.A.
Sleepaway Camp
Surf Ninjas
Night of the Creeps

The Silent Partner (1978), Blast of Silence (1961), & Roadblock (1951)

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In this film block, Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, joins Jeremy and Brian to get into the holiday spirit with some good old fashioned Christmas film noirs, just like the ones we used to know.



Follow Alex here:


Instagram
Medium



Where to watch:


Be Kind Video (Burbank)
Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
Cinefile (Santa Monica)
The Silent Partner (Blu-ray)
Blast of Silence (Blu-ray)
Roadblock (DVD)



Further Reading:

A Bright and Guilty Place by Richard Rayner



Other films referenced:

The Thin Man https://boxd.it/25gw

Stone Cold Dead https://boxd.it/1mj6

Cover Up (1949) https://boxd.it/17Vu

Double Indemnity (1944) https://boxd.it/297I

Dumb and Dumber https://boxd.it/206m

Blood on the Moon https://boxd.it/1mfe

The Killers (1946) https://boxd.it/1NGc

The Killers (1964) https://boxd.it/1y3E

Point Blank (1967) https://boxd.it/1uAE

Grease https://boxd.it/29YW

Terminator 2 https://boxd.it/2aGY

Vertigo https://boxd.it/2apI

Somewhere in Time https://boxd.it/1JSy

A Place in the Sun https://boxd.it/1vlg

An American in Paris https://boxd.it/26kY

Green Book https://boxd.it/hErk

Split Second https://boxd.it/1vB4

Mr. Soft Touch https://boxd.it/CXY

I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes https://boxd.it/KgS

The Godfather https://boxd.it/2aNK

Drive (2011) https://boxd.it/IG

Taxi Driver https://boxd.it/2b8y

Raging Bull https://boxd.it/28yI

The Killer (2023) https://boxd.it/u6WE

Citizen Kane https://boxd.it/71O

Blade Runner https://boxd.it/2bcA

A Clockwork Orange https://boxd.it/2aVE

Inside Out https://boxd.it/4KHC

Shock Corridor https://boxd.it/1vGI

Advise & Consent https://boxd.it/1J2M

The Hustler https://boxd.it/298G

Goodfellas https://boxd.it/29FA

Midnight Cowboy https://boxd.it/25Hi

Serpico https://boxd.it/1ZjE

The Day of the Locust https://boxd.it/23l0

Gremlins https://boxd.it/29gg

Dreamscape https://boxd.it/1yjs

The Sound of Music https://boxd.it/1MLK

Gone with the Wind https://boxd.it/29Fq

The Wizard of Oz https://boxd.it/29Xu

M*A*S*H https://boxd.it/29U6

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice https://boxd.it/1tIM

The Long Goodbye https://boxd.it/281O

L.A. Confidential https://boxd.it/27oC

Wonder Boys https://boxd.it/1USE

8 Mile https://boxd.it/2bew

The River Wild https://boxd.it/1Zr4

River Wild (2023) https://boxd.it/BOGk

Exotica https://boxd.it/1DXW

A Christmas Story https://boxd.it/29sw

The Apartment https://boxd.it/2aGE

Commando https://boxd.it/1UTs

The Big Lebowski https://boxd.it/2b6C

Heat https://boxd.it/2bg8

Rope https://boxd.it/28yo

North by Northwest https://boxd.it/2aRM

The Little Mermaid (1989) https://boxd.it/1WYO

Psycho (1960) https://boxd.it/2ab2

Strangers on a Train https://boxd.it/29tk

Nosferatu (1922) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVV7UutK0Xk

Think of a Number https://boxd.it/o0o

Beginners https://boxd.it/s2S

Up https://boxd.it/1OEc

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) https://boxd.it/2Pa

Knives Out https://boxd.it/jWEA

The Insider https://boxd.it/1ZoE

Twelve Monkeys https://boxd.it/2beQ

Repeat Performance https://boxd.it/1oz6

Cash on Demand https://boxd.it/18uu

V/H/S (2012), Trilogy of Terror (1975), & Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

ALL MOVIES SPOILED

In this film block, Jeremy and Brian are visited by the Ghoul of the Grindhouse and taken on a tantalizing tour of tinsel town’s terse terrifying talkies! Mahahahaha!



Where to watch:


Be Kind Video (Burbank)
Vidéothèque (South Pasadena)
Cinefile (Santa Monica)
V/H/S (Blu-Ray)
Trilogy of Terror (Blu-Ray)
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (Blu-Ray)



Other films referenced:


Glory (1989)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Straight Story
The Innocents (1961)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Horror Express (1972)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Nightbreed
The Addams Family (1991)
Evil Dead 2
Idle Hands (1999)
Cat People (1942)
I Walked with a Zombie
Innocent Blood (1992)
The Big Lebowski
She’s All That
Police Academy
Psycho (1960)
Child’s Play (1988)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Tales from the Hood
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Paranormal Activity
Cloverfield
Vamp (1986)
Big (1988)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Double Indemnity (1944)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Predator (1987)
Spaceballs
Scream 5
Scream VI
Satanic Panic
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)