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Broken VCR#162 Another Day in Paradise (1998)
Larry Clark's 1998 drug-addled crime drama, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the feud between James Woods and Larry…
Broken VCR#161 Best Seller (1987)
John Flynn's 1987 hitman/cop buddy thriller, BEST SELLER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk writer Larry Cohen's problem with the film and him…
Broken VCR#160 Videodrome (1983)
David Cronenberg's 1983 provocative techno-surrealist body horror, VIDEODROME, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the inception of the original…
Broken VCRBONUS #159: Nosferatu (2024)
Robert Egger's 2024 gothic vampire horror, NOSFERATU, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the incredible style & tone, Eggers' pacing issues, that…
Broken VCR#158 The Boost (1988)
Harold Becker's 1988 cocaine melodrama, THE BOOST, is our feature presentation this week. We talk James Woods all-in performance, the musical score &…
Broken VCR#157 200 Cigarettes (1999)
Risa Bramon Garcia's 1999 New Year's Eve 80s Lower East Side comedy, 200 CIGARETTES, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about the huge ensemble…
Broken VCR#156 Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
John R. Cherry III's 1988 Christmas comedy, ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about the brilliance of Jim Varney, the…
Broken VCR#155 The Ref (1994)
Ted Demme's 1994 Christmas hostage comedy, THE REF, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about Denis Leary's partnership with Ted Demme, the tone of…
Broken VCR#154 Metropolitan (1990)
Whit Stillman's 1990 debut silver spoon yuppy comedy, METROPOLITAN, is our feature presentation this week. We talk about the debutante season backdrop…
Broken VCR#153 North Dallas Forty (1979)
Ted Kotcheff's 1979 satirical football dramedy, NORTH DALLAS FORTY, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the former Dallas Cowboys player who wrote…
Broken VCR#152 Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Sydney Pollack's 1975 CIA conspiracy thriller, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, is our feature presentation this week. We talk shooting on location at the World Trade…
Broken VCR#151 The Parallax View (1974)
Alan J. Pakula's 1974 corporate assassination conspiracy thriller, THE PARALLAX VIEW, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the 70s era of conspiracy…
Broken VCR#150 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
John Frankenheimer's 1962 brainwashing conspiracy thriller, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE is our feature presentation this week. We talk JFK's approval to do the…
Broken VCR#149 The Contender (2000)
Rod Lurie's 2000 feminist political thriller, THE CONTENDER, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Steven Spielberg & DreamWorks manipulating the film…
Broken VCR#148 Carrie (1976)
Brian De Palma's 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's telekinetic teen horror show, CARRIE, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Sissy Spacek going from…
Broken VCR#147 Messiah of Evil (1974)
Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz's 1974 surreal coastal town nightmare, MESSIAH OF EVIL, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the married team behind the…
Broken VCR#146 Phantasm (1979)
Don Coscarelli's 1979 surreal, nightmare logic horror fantasy, PHANTASM, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the nightmare genesis of the film, the…
Broken VCR#145 Inferno (1980)
Dario Argento's 1980 supernatural occult nightmare, INFERNO, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Mario Bava's heavy involvement in the film, mood vs…
Broken VCR#144 Death Proof (2007)
Quentin Tarantino's 2007 car-chase white-knuckle giallo slasher, DEATH PROOF, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the stunt-work at the heart of…
Broken VCR#143 Maniac Cop (1988)
William Lustig's 1988 cartoonish killer cop slasher, MANIAC COP, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Larry Cohen's screenplay, Bruce Campbell &…
Broken VCR#142 The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Amy Holden Jones' 1982 sleazy slumber slasher, THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the film's feminist activism…
Broken VCR#141 The Prowler (1981)
Joseph Zito's 1981 maniacal mean streak slasher, THE PROWLER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the ghost town quality, Tom Savini's…
Broken VCR#140 The Burning (1981)
Tony Maylam's 1981 summer camp slasher, THE BURNING, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss if this movie ripped off Friday the 13th, the…
Broken VCR#139 Risky Business (1983)
Paul Brickman's 1983 capitalist coming-of-age sleek sex comedy, RISKY BUSINESS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Tangerine Dream's musical score…
Broken VCR#138 First Blood (1982)
Ted Kotcheff's 1982 man vs "the man" survival thriller, FIRST BLOOD, is our feature presentation this week. We talk the movie's development hell, Kirk Douglas…
Broken VCR#137 Just One Of The Guys (1985)
Lisa Gottlieb's 1985 gender-bender sex comedy, JUST ONE OF THE GUYS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Joyce Hyser's career & believability as a…
Broken VCR#136 Next of Kin (1989)
John Irvin's 1989 hillbillies come to Chicago for vengeance cop flick, NEXT OF KIN, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Patrick Swayze's transition…
Broken VCR#135 The Lickerish Quartet (1970)
Radley Metzger's 1970 surreal sex fantasy, THE LICKERISH QUARTET, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Metzger's origins in The Golden Age of Porn…
Broken VCR#134 Straw Dogs (1971)
Sam Peckinpah's 1971 lust-fueled siege thriller, STRAW DOGS, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the infamous scene at the heart of the film…
Broken VCRBONUS #133 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
Kevin Costner's 2024 sprawling epic western, HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - Chapter 1, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We talk the film's ballsy…
Broken VCR#132 Joysticks (1983)
Greydon Clark's 1983 video arcade sex comedy, JOYSTICKS, is our feature presentation this week! We talk Midway game company's involvement in the film, the…
Broken VCRBONUS #131 The Bikeriders (2024)
Jeff Nichol's 2024 denim & leather motorcycle crime tale, THE BIKERIDERS, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss if the ending works, the…
Broken VCR#130 Piranha (1978)
Joe Dante's 1978 Roger Corman backed B-Movie answer to JAWS, PIRANHA, is our feature presentation this week! We talk Roger Corman's out of character call to…
Broken VCR#129 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
Paul Mazursky's 1969 new age relationship comedy, BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE, is our feature presentation this week! We talk about the Big Sur New Age…
Broken VCR#128 Conan the Barbarian (1982)
John Milius' 1982 macho swords & sorcery revenge tale, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the film's "toxic masculinity"…
Broken VCR#127 Zapped! (1982)
Robert J. Rosenthal's 1982 telekinetic sex comedy, ZAPPED!, is our feature presentation this week! We talk cycle of telekinesis films of the 70s & 80s, actress…
Broken VCR#126 The Warriors (1979)
Walter Hill's 1979 down and dirty gang warfare flick, THE WARRIORS, is our feature presentation this week! We talk the gang fights are theaters hurting the…
Broken VCR#125 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Russ Meyere's 1970 counterculture boob-tastic freakout, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, is our feature presentation this week! We talk Russ Meyers' obsession…
Broken VCR#124 Twister (1996)
Jan De Bont's 1996 mother nature is a motherfucker blockbuster, TWISTER, is our feature presentation this week! We talk if this film is the last great summer…
Broken VCR#123 Phantom Thread (2017)
Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 beautifully twisted London romance, PHANTOM THREAD, is our feature presentation this week! We'll talk the film's surprising twist…
Broken VCR#122 Everybody Wants Some (2016)
Richard Linklater's 2016 college baseball hangout comedy, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, is our feature presentation this week! We'll talk it's spiritual sequel…
Broken VCR#121 Green Room (2015)
Jeremy Saulnier's brutal 2015 neo-nazi punk rock thriller, GREEN ROOM, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the vicious violence, the skinhead…
Broken VCRBONUS #120 Civil War (2024)
Alex Garland's 2024 dystopian America action film, CIVIL WAR, is our bonus feature presentation this week. We discuss the screenplay, Jesse Plemmons memorable…
Broken VCR#119 Nightcrawler (2014)
Dan Gilroy's 2014 Los Angeles ambulance chasing thriller, NIGHTCRAWLER, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the 1930s origin, Jake Gyllenhaal's…
Broken VCR#118 Out of the Furnace (2013)
Scott Cooper's 2013 rust belt revenge drama, OUT OF THE FURNACE, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss if the film is too full of despair, the…
Broken VCR#117 The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Derek Cianfrance's 2012 generational crime drama, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the original DP departing the…
Broken VCR#116 Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
The second installment of Quentin Tarantino's 2004 exploitation extravaganza, KILL BILL VOL. 2, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the the…
Broken VCR#115 Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
The first installment of Quentin Tarantino's 2003 exploitation extravaganza, KILL BILL VOL. 1, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the origins of…
Broken VCRBONUS #114 Sisu (2022)
Jalmari Helander's 2022 WWII exploitation bloodbath, SISU, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the stripped down no-nonsense script, the…
Broken VCR#113 Split Image (1982)
Ted Kotcheff's 1982 cult rescue melodrama, SPLIT IMAGE, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Kotcheff's big 1982 with two feature film releases…
Broken VCR#112 Payday (1973)
Daryl Duke's 1973 day in the life of a country music mad man, PAYDAY, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss if the film went too far or not far…
Broken VCR#111 Gone With The Pope (1975)
Duke Mitchell's 1975 forgotten gangster exploitation film, GONE WITH THE POPE, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the un-released 70s film being…
Broken VCR#110 Pretty Maids All In A Row (1971)
Roger Vadim's 1971 murder mystery sexploitation film, PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Rock Hudson's iconic role as…
Broken VCR#109 The Far Country (1954)
Anthony Mann's 1954 Klondike Gold Rush Western, THE FAR COUNTRY, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss director Anthony Mann's partnership with…
Broken VCR#108 Better Off Dead (1985)
Savage Steve Holland's 1985 silly breakup ski comedy, BETTER OFF DEAD, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the autobiographical beginnings of the…
Broken VCR#107 Eastern Promises (2007)
David Cronenberg's 2007 Russian Mafia Crime Film, EASTERN PROMISES, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the culture of tattoos in the Russian…
Broken VCR#106 Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Steve Pink's 2010 throwback to sleazy 1980s ski comedies, HOT TUB TIME MACHINE, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss how a misunderstanding…
Broken VCR#105 Zardoz (1974)
John Boorman's 1974 big weird Sci-Fi freak out, ZARDOZ, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss Sean Connery's ridiculous wardrobe, that badass…
Broken VCR#104 Ravenous (1999)
Antonia Bird's 1999 High Sierra Cannibal Calvary thriller, RAVENOUS, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the film's troubled shoot ending up in…
Broken VCR#103 Track of the Cat (1954)
William A. Wellman's 1954 mystical snowcapped man vs beast melodrama, TRACK OF THE CAT, is our feature presentation this week. We discuss the film's unique…