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Cinema Shame
Cinema Shame is a safe space, a support group for penitent moviewatchers and cinephiles who want to right the oversights in their cinematic frame of reference. Classic or contemporary film -- confess your shame and join the penitent
Episodes
Cinema ShameCushing & Lee: Outside the Hammer-Verse / Dan Day, Jr.
James and Dan Day, Jr. each pick three essential horror films featuring Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee that came from outside the Hammer-verse. Subscribe…
Cinema ShameThe Oscar (1966) / Allan Mott
James and Allan Mott (@HouseOfGlib) dissect what went wrong (and oh so right) with The Oscar (1966). Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Stitcher Radio / Spotify /…
Cinema ShameFirst-Watch Shamely Awards 2021
James and Nick Britt (@campbelldropout) talk about their favorite first-watches from the year 2020, awards style. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts / Stitcher Radio…
Cinema ShameThe Film Noir Shamedown / Nora Fiore
James and Nora Fiore (@NitrateDiva) talk the tenets of Film Noir and share their favorite first-time watches from Noirvember 2020. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts…
Cinema ShameIt's A Wonderful Life
Annie Jung discusses her first viewing of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Bonus! Colleen Fiore, aka Fussy Film, relays how the 1946 movie played to her classroom full…
Cinema ShameZombie Not Zombie / Beth Accomando
Film critic for KPBS San Diego and host of the Cinema Junkie podcast, Beth Accomando, talks about Zombies and Not Zombies for our Halloween 2020 horror…
Cinema ShameNetflix DVD & Handshake 3 / Annie Jung
Marketing Manager for Netflix DVD, Annie Jung, helps James ring in a new era in Cinema Shame and shares her three handshake/comfort films. James presents three…
Cinema ShameQuarantine Comfort Vol. 3: Godzilla vs. Gigan / Trey Lawson
Film writer and host of the Tomb of Ideas podcast, Trey Lawson, presents his final Quarantine Comfort film, Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) and host James Patrick…
Cinema ShameQuarantine Comfort Vol. 2: The Band Wagon / Trey Lawson
Film writer and host of the Tomb of Ideas podcast, Trey Lawson, presents his Quarantine Comfort film, The Band Wagon (1953) and host James Patrick pairs it…
Cinema ShameQuarantine Comfort Vol. 1: The Shadow / Trey Lawson
Film writer and host of the Tomb of Ideas podcast, Trey Lawson, presents his Quarantine Comfort Film, The Shadow (1994) and host James Patrick pairs it with…
Cinema ShameTop Gun / Eric Jones (Remastered)
Waxing Cinematic podcast host Eric Jones takes a highway into the Danger Zone. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio / Spotify CREDITS: Talking Heads: James…
Cinema ShameTCMFF @ Home 2020 / Jessica Pickens
Classic Hollywood musicals blogger Jessica Pickens (@HollywoodComet) stays at home and talks about the 2020 @ Home Edition of the Turner Classic Movie Film…
Cinema ShameLet It Ride / Brian Saur
Podcaster, cinema tastemaker and documentary filmmaker Brian Saur watched Let It Ride (1989) and stops by to discuss Richard Dreyfuss, Joe Pytka and our…
Cinema ShameLawrence of Arabia / Julia Ricci
Film programmer and classic film aficionado Julia Ricci (@julsrich) confesses her palpable Lawrence of Arabia Shame! Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio /…
Cinema ShameTV Movie Horror Shamedown / Amanda Reyes & Will McKinley
Amanda Reyes and Will McKinley discuss the impact and legacy of TV movies of the 1970's, specifically ones of the horrific kind. View the movies discussed on…
Cinema ShameRaging Bull / Travis Sentell
Screenwriter and author Travis Sentell goes toe-to-toe with Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio / Spotify CREDITS: Talking…
Cinema ShameThe Doris Day Rememberathon (Remastered)
I invited some friends to come on the Cinema Shame Podcast to celebrate the life and work of Doris Day. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio CREDITS: Talking…
Cinema ShameStar Wars / Raquel and Carlos Stecher
Raquel Stecher is joined by her long-suffering husband Carlos to discuss how she finally viewed Star Wars on her own terms. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher…
Cinema Shame2001 / Stephanie Crawford
Stephanie Crawford returns to the Shame to fulfill her 2001: A Space Odyssey promise (and thereby transcend her human form). Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher…
Cinema ShameNitrate Picture Show Preview / Deborah Stoiber & Jared Case
Previewing the 2019 Nitrate Picture Show Film Festival with co-directors Deborah Stoiber and Jared Case. Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio / Spotify…
Cinema Shame"Live" from TCMFF 2019 / Jessica Pickens
"Live" from the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival with Jessica Pickens (@HollywoodComet). Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher Radio / Spotify CREDITS: Talking…
Cinema ShameBoom! / Allan Mott
Allan Mott joins Cinema Shame to discuss Joseph Losey's incredible disaster, Boom! (1968), starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Subscribe on iTunes /…
Cinema ShameCreed I-II / Raquel Stecher
Raquel Stecher returns to complete Rocky's saga with a conversation about Creed and Creed II. We discuss fathers and sons, the disappearance of the boxing…
Cinema ShameHammer Horror Shamedown / Dan Day, Jr.
Dan Day, Jr. serves up a Shamedown of 6 Hammer Horror films you might not have seen. We talk about why Hammer Film's horror output endures in 2018 and why some…
Cinema ShameThe Burt Reynolds Special Vol. 2
I invited some more friends to come on the Cinema Shame Podcast to celebrate the life and work of Burt Reynolds. In the second of two episodes dedicated to the…
Cinema ShameThe Burt Reynolds Special Vol. 1
I invited some friends to come on the Cinema Shame Podcast to celebrate the life and work of Burt Reynolds. In the first of two episodes dedicated to the…
Cinema ShameThe Bad News Bears Retrospective / Will McKinley
An episode that began as an aside to the Rocky episodes grew into a lengthy conversation about how The Bad News Bears demands relevancy in 2018, which grew…
Cinema ShameClassic Hollywood Musical Shamedown / Jessica Pickens (Remastered)
Jessica Pickens of Comet Over Hollywood returns. She selects a roster of Classic Hollywood Musicals beyond standard fare and we discuss how and why modern…
Cinema ShameLive from TCMFF 2018 / Raquel Stecher & Jessica Pickens (Remastered)
A very special on-location episode: Raquel Stecher, Jessica Pickens and James talk about our most anticipated first-time watches from the 2018 Turner Classic…
Cinema ShameA Clockwork Orange / Stephanie Crawford (Remastered)
Stephanie Crawford confesses her Kubrickian Shame, addressing the absence of A Clockwork Orange in her moviewatching resume. Give it a slooshy, my chellovecks…
Cinema ShameHitchcock Vol. 1 - Lifeboat & Rope / Keith Bodayla (Remastered)
Keith Bodayla joins the Shame Cast to divulge the fact that he hasn't watched The Birds or Vertigo, so James makes him watch Lifeboat and Rope instead for the…
Cinema ShameCitizen Kane / Kristen Lopez (Remastered)
Kristen Lopez confesses her dirty little secret to the world. She *was* a film writer and pop culture commentator that had not seen Citizen Kane. In this…
Cinema ShameRocky IV-VI / Raquel Stecher (Remastered)
Raquel Stecher joins James to complete their conversation about the Rocky series with bits and baubles about Rocky IV, Rocky V, and Rocky Balboa. How much of a…
Cinema ShameFriday the 13th / El Cinemonster (Remastered)
David aka "the Cinemonster" joins James to discuss his monstrous creation, the Hooptober Horror Movie Challenge on Letterboxd.com. Our host and guest then give…
Cinema ShameRocky I-III / Raquel Stecher (Remastered)
In our first ever Series Shame, Raquel Stecher (@quellelove) steps into the ring to tackle the entire six-film ROCKY series. In the first of two very special…
Cinema ShameThe Marx Brothers / Greg Sahadachny
Greg Sahadachny (@mistergreggles) atones for his sins against classic comedy by watching not only one, but two Marx Brothers films -- Duck Soup and A Night at…
Cinema ShameThe Godfather / Carlin Trammel (Remastered)
Carlin Trammel (@nerdlunch) confesses his sins against cinema. My guest today runs the SHAME! gauntlet to discuss his resistance to watching the Godfather and…
Cinema ShameFatal Attraction / Kris Myers (Remastered)
Krissy Myers (@krissy_myers) and Jay (@007hertzrumble) discuss their shared Shame - Fatal Attraction - and contemplate the ways in which the film wrongs women…
Cinema ShamePolice Academy / Will McKinley
Will McKinley (@willmckinley) stops by the Shamequarters after first-time watching Police Academy to discuss the erosion of slapstick comedy and consider the…