Special Report: The Death Tour (2024)

Mike spoke with filmmaker Lynne Sachs about her career including an octet of films that are currently showing on The Criterion Channel.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBec...

15 Okt 202128min

#Shocktober2021 continues with a look at Álex de la Iglesia’s 2013 film Witching & Bitching (AKA Las brujas de Zugarramurdi). It’s the story of two men (Hugo Silva and Mario Cassas) who rob a gold re-...

13 Okt 20211h 13min

We are kicking off Shocktober 2021 with a look at William Beaudine’s Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) which stars Bela Lugosi (as you may have guessed) as well as comedy duo Sammy Petrillo ...

6 Okt 20212h 1min

We’re wrapping up Czechtember 2021 with a look at Jiri Menzel’s Capricious Summer. Released in 1968, it’s based on a book by Vladislav Vancura, it’s the story of three men on holiday who spend most of...

29 Sep 20211h 21min

Kat Ellinger and Jonathan Owen join Mike to discuss Juraj Herz's Oil Lamps (1971), a tragic fin de siecle melodrama about the Stepa Kilianova (Iva Janzurová) and her husband Pavel (Petr Cepak), a form...

22 Sep 20211h 10min

#Czechtember2021 continues with a look at Václav Vorlícek's Girl on a Broomstick, the story of a young witch who would rather escape to the world of human beings than be stuck in detention for 300 yea...

15 Sep 20211h 58min

#Czechtember2021 continues with a look at Václav Vorlícek's 1977 comedy What Would You Say to a Nice Plate of Spinach? The film stars Vladimir Mensik and Jiri Sovak as a couple of nogoodniks who get i...

8 Sep 20211h 17min

Mike talks with director Roger Donaldson about his work from Smash Palace to The World's Fastest Indian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcas...

6 Sep 202119min