Cinephoria!

Also available on Youtube. With no real notes or planning set for this episode, the talk is kicked off with the upcoming Cannibal Holocaust 4K from Grindhouse Releasing. From there are topics of upgrading multiple...

Also available on Youtube. With Bill Landis' and Michelle Clifford's Sleazoid Express still in the discussion, the era of the late 60s sexploitation films, specifically the work of Michael & Roberta Findlay along with...

Also available on Youtube. What happens when an unsatisfied housewife crosses paths with a man who doesn't take "no" for an answer? Today's film is The Seduction of Lyn Carter directed by Anthony Spinelli (Wes Brown)...

Also available on Youtube. It's a Herschell Gordon-Lewis blood spectacular! With Something Weird at the front of the topics, a dive into the Arrow HGL Feast boxset looks at the highs, the lows and the head-scratchers of...

Also available on Youtube. With the new film from Hirokaza Koreeda, Sheep in the Box, the talk of buzz from Cannes sets the tone on a film's response and how that effects its release; regardless of it's quality. In the...

Also available on Youtube. The first edition of the book, A New History of Documentary Film brings to mind some of the genre's notable and most important films including Nanook of the North, The Thin Blue Line and...

Also available on Youtube.With the combined efforts of Anthony Spinelli's attention to detail and John Leslie's effortless charisma, we look at the 1980 motormouth film, Talk Dirty to Me. Also featuring Richard Pacheco...

Also available on Youtube. The Criterion Channel's July offerings include two wonderful curated playlists of films. Included are the work of Harry Dean Stanton with films like Ride in the Whirlwind, Repo Man and Paris...

Also available on Youtube. Having just talked not too long ago about some of the film highlights of 2026 come three more worth mentioning including Gail Daughtry and The Celebrity Sex Pass, Night Nurse and Rose of...

Also available on Youtube. Surrounded by films and short on time. Discussing some recent Criterion and Vinegar Syndrome pickups including Jonathan Glazers, Birth and Faces of Death. Highlighting the episode is talk of...

Also available on Youtube. After discussing some of the strongest films of 2026 last week, here are mentioning a few stragglers worth bringing up in the conversation. Concluding the episode is the strange future of Sony...

Also available on Youtube. With the first half of the year in the rearview, have the films of 2026 been satisfactory or disappointing? Discussing some of the highlights of the year so far. Letterboxd...

Also available on Youtube. From the book Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman comes talk of Dennis Hopper in the 1970s. The rise of Easy Rider, the fall of The Last Movie and...

Also available on Youtube. With wrapping up Sam Wasson's novel, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood; the films of the early 70s are brought to mind. The works of Jack Nicholson, Hal Ashby, Robert...

Also available on Youtube. The final part of my 20 favorite films of the 21st century so far. Wrapping it up is the ultimate return from one of cinema's greats and a masterpiece in the middle of a director's...