Modern Rubbish

This week, we discuss a thoroughly wonderful (and thoroughly horrifying) film, Adrian Lyne’s massively-influential Jacob’s LadderNotes:Jacob’s LadderHow Did This Get Made? (podcast)Rabbit In Your Head...

10 Mar 20251h 32min

It’s a good day to die on this episode, as we come up with some stuff to say about Joel Schumacher’s 1990...film?...Flatliners.Notes:FlatlinersThe CellWhat Dreams May ComeHatoful BoyfriendCandymanMode...

3 Mar 20251h 7min

This week, we trip balls along with Ken Russell’s psychedelic body horror touchstone, Altered States!Notes:Altered StatesFleischer StudiosCab Calloway’s “Minnie the Moocher” from Betty BoopJohn C. Lil...

24 Feb 20251h 37min

We return from our hiatus with this episode on Don Hertzfeldt’s couch gag for long-running animated series, The Simpsons!Notes:Don Hertzfeldt’s Simpsons couch gagSadness Sets Me Free by Gruff RhysSmas...

17 Feb 20251h 36min

Wyatt joined Arden & Casey at their art space / venue, Trade School, in Altadena, California, for a screening of Saw X!Notes:Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by David PahaSupport us on Patreon or Ko-Fi...

6 Jan 20251h 18min

And on this, the last day of X-Mas, we discuss another Darin Morgan classic, the wonderfully absurd Jose Chung’s From Outer Space!Notes:Modern Rubbish on Discord!Music by HoofwerkSupport us on Patreon...

30 Des 20241h 51min

For the fourth week of X-Mas, we give you our favourite cicadaman, Eugene Tooms!This one begins with a long (but fun) preamble on other topics, so if you’re itching for X-Files content, skip to around...

23 Des 20241h 46min

X-Mas continues with this satanic panic classic.Notes:Die Hand Die VerletztSatanic panicIlluminatus!Rain of animalsBart vs. AustraliaMichelle Remembers by Lawrence Pazder & Michelle SmithSatan Wants Y...

16 Des 202452min