Episode 452: Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
Our appreciation of 1969 continues with a look at Teruo Ishii’s Horrors of Malformed Men. Based on the writings of Edogawa Ranpo, the movie tells the tale of Hirosuke Hitomi played by Teruo Yoshida. W...
29 Tammi 20202h 3min
Episode 451: Venus in Furs (1969)
Taking its title from the notorious book by Leopold von Sacher-Mascoch, Jess Franco's Venus in Furs (1969) stars James Darren as Jimmy Logan, a musician who can blow a cool horn. He finds the corpse o...
22 Tammi 20201h 24min
Episode 450: Porcile (1969)
Our examination of 1969 continues with a look at Pier Paolo Pasolini's Porcile. Based on a play Pasolini wrote, the film cross-cuts between an Italian enclave in Germany in 1967 and a rogue cannibal i...
16 Tammi 20201h 46min
Episode 449: Z (1969)
Based on a book by Vasilis Vasilikos, Costa-Gavras’s Z (1969) stars Yves Montand as a political activist who is killed after a rally. The film also stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as the investigator of ...
8 Tammi 20201h 16min
Episode 448: Eros + Massacre (1969)
We're kicking off our discussion of the films of 1969 with a look at Yoshishige Yoshida's Eros + Massacre. The film tells two parallel stories - one in the early 1920s and the other in contemporary 19...
1 Tammi 20202h 4min
Special Report: Brainstorm (1983)
For the last episode in our Sci-Fi December series it's a five hour journey into Douglas Trumbull's Brainstorm (1983) which stars Christopher Walken as scientist Michael Brace who has helped in the di...
30 Joulu 20195h 16min
Episode 447: Kin-Dza-Dza (1986)
Sci Fi December continues with a look at the 1986 film from Georgiy Daneliya, Kin Dza Dza. It’s the story of two men who are transported to the planet Pluke where they have to navigate the barren land...
25 Joulu 20191h 34min
Episode 446: Millennium (1989)
Sci-Fi December rolls along with a look at 1989’s Millennium. Directed by Michael Anderson, the film stars Kris Kristofferson as an airline disaster investigator who stumbles onto something unexpected...
18 Joulu 20191h 8min
