Episode 747: Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumber (1972)

Czechtember continues with a look at Otakar Vavra’s Witchhammer. Based on the 1963 book by Václav Kaplický, the film looks at the paranoia of a witch hunt in Moravia during medieval times.  And, being...

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It's that time! Aaron Peterson (The Hollywood Outsider) and Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy) help Mike pull back the curtain and discuss the inner-workings of The Projection Booth. Mike answers listener qu...

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We conclude African Cinema month with a look at 2017's I Am Not A Witch in which a little girl lives with a group of witches in Zambia while being exploited by a government official. Samm Deighan and ...

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On this special episode we’re looking at the 1996 film from writer/director/actor Larry Bishop, Mad Dog Time (AKA Trigger Happy). Released in the wake of Pulp Fiction, it’s something of a metaphysical...

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African Cinema month continues with a look at Dakan. Directed by Mohammed Camara, it’s the story of two young men -- Manga and Sori -- in Guinea who are in love. Everyone and everything tries to tell ...

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African Cinema month continues with a look at Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's 2006 film Daratt (AKA Dry Season) in which a young orphan, Atim, is set on a path of vengeance by his grandfather. Spencer Seams an...

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African Cinema Month kicks off with a look at Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki (1973). Also known as The Journey of the Hyena, it’s the story of two young people, Mory and Anta, who dream of leaving...

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We conclude Spaghetti Western month with Damiano Damiani’s Quien Sabe from 1966. Released in the US as A Bullet for the General, it’s the story of a Mexican revolutionary, El Chuncho, (Gian Maria Vole...

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