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

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

We wrap up Maudit May with a look at Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers (1972), a once-lost independent musical that’s recently been restored and released on Blu-ray by the American Genre Film Archive. Directed by Robert J. Kaplan and written by Sandra Scoppettone, the film stars Holly Woodlawn as Eve Harrington, a young woman from Kansas who moves to New York City in search of something more—only to find herself in a strange world of characters who, like her, share names with familiar figures from classic Hollywood.

Joining Mike to explore the film’s unconventional structure, layered references, and cultural significance are co-hosts Elizabeth Purchell and Rahne Alexander. The episode also features interviews with screenwriter Sandra Scoppettone and Jeff Copeland, author of Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn, who help contextualize the film’s production and its star’s place in the broader history of queer and underground cinema.


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Episode 451: Venus in Furs (1969)

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 Jan 20201h 24min

Episode 450: Porcile (1969)

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 Jan 20201h 46min

Episode 449: Z (1969)

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 Jan 20201h 16min

Episode 448: Eros + Massacre (1969)

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 Jan 20202h 4min

Special Report: Brainstorm (1983)

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 Dec 20195h 16min

Episode 447: Kin-Dza-Dza (1986)

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 Dec 20191h 34min

Episode 446: Millennium (1989)

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 Dec 20191h 8min

Episode 445: Creation of the Humanoids (1960)

Episode 445: Creation of the Humanoids (1960)

Sci-Fi December continues with a look at The Creation of the Humanoids. Copyrighted 1960, the film was directed by Wesley Barry and written by Jay Simms. It plays like a stage play about a post-Apocal...

11 Dec 20191h 30min

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