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Hosted by writer-director Wayne Kramer ( The Cooler , Running Scared ) and producer Barry Germansky ( Marlowe , Riff Raff ), Forbidden Films is a podcast about the movies they won't make anymore. Each week, Wayne and Barry take a deep dive into a once critically regarded film or commercial success that by today's regressive standards is now deemed either problematic or unlikely to ever be made again in the same way. Pushing back against political correctness, the duo bring their own filmmaking experience and love of movies to a lively — and controversial — discussion about living in illiberal times where self-censorship and timidity, fueled by corporate greed and fear of social media blowback, has led to the catch phrase, "They'd never make that film today." Forbidden Films is a shot against the bow of cinematic cowardice and a clarion call to the industry to start making bold and challenging films again. From the e
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Signup to Generate a PitchHosted by writer-director Wayne Kramer ( The Cooler, Running Scared ) and producer Barry Germansky ( Marlowe, Riff Raff ), Forbidden Films is a podcast about the movies they won't make anymore.
Forbidden Films is hosted by Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky. The show has published 14 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Marshall Herskovitz Talks Dangerous Beauty" (1 November 2026, 103 minutes), "Paul Schrader Talks Cat People" (23 October 2026, 74 minutes), and "Sea of Love" (5 October 2026, 105 minutes).
Forbidden Films publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 112 minutes across 14 episodes.
Booking probability for Forbidden Films is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Forbidden Films requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Forbidden Films's contact route on record: verified email.
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Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky hosts Forbidden Films, a tv podcast with 14 episodes published.
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Episode #15
"Venice may as well be deemed one large floating brothel." On today's episode of Forbidden Films , Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky welcome a very special guest: Oscar-nominated writer-producer-director Marshall...
Episode #14
"We are a incestuous race. We can only make love with our own, otherwise we transform. And before we can become human again, we must kill." Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky are joined by legendary writer-director Paul...
Episode #13
"She's a friggin' suspect. Walk away. Frankie? Just walk away." Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky are braving the erotically-charged tide of Harold Becker's 1989 neo-noir police procedural, Sea of Love , written by...
Episode #12
"You know what I am? I'm your worst fuckin' nightmare, man. I'm a n***** with a badge which means I got permission to kick your fuckin' ass whenever I feel like it!" Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky are starting the...
Episode #11
"I'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about killing and then kill him the way I described in my book. I'd be announcing myself as the killer. I'm not stupid." On today's episode of Forbidden Films , Barry...
Episode #10
"Sometimes you just gotta say, 'What the fuck, make your move.'" Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky are engaging in some Risky Business with Paul Brickman's 1983 surreal, erotic, and Salingerian coming-of-age masterpiece...
Episode #9
"You aren't too smart, are you? I like that in a man." Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky are getting under the sheets with Body Heat , writer-director Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 revamping of the film noir genre. Everything...
Episode #8
"It's showtime, folks!" Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky are hopping on a Greyhound bus to Broadway to revisit Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical and tragically prescient All That Jazz . It's a phantasmagorical...
"I didn't know there was a pool down there." Join us for part two of our Bond retrospective as Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky keep their Walther PPKs firmly lined up on 007's most threatening villains: the henchmen of...
"The name is Bond. James Bond." Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky invite you on a mission to redeem the reputation of 1960s and 1970s James Bond films from 007's most dangerous nemesis ever: O.U.T.R.A.G.E. While our...
Episode #7
"Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man." Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky head to Summerisle to celebrate May Day with Christopher Lee and his merry band of pagans. We kneel before the acting...
"Go get the butter." In the inaugural episode of Forbidden Films, writer-director Wayne Kramer and producer Barry Germansky celebrate the patron saint of controversial cinema, Bernardo Bertolucci, with a deep dive into...
Episode #6
"I like to watch." Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky celebrate peak De Palma: the controversial 80s, where the provocative director and self-appointed heir to Hitchcock takes on Woman Against Pornography, fragile...
Episode #5
"Viddy well, little brother, viddy well." It's time for a little ultra-violence and the old in-out, in-out as Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky take a deep dive into Stanley Kubrick's dystopian masterpiece A Clockwork...
"I didn't know there was a pool down there." Join us for part two of our Bond retrospective as Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky keep their Walther PPKs firmly lined up on 007's most threatening villains: the henchmen of...
"The name is Bond. James Bond." Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky invite you on a mission to redeem the reputation of 1960s and 1970s James Bond films from 007's most dangerous nemesis ever: O.U.T.R.A.G.E. While our...
Episode #2
"Al Pacino! Attica! Attica! Attica!" It's time to put on your dancing shoes because Wayne Kramer and Barry Germansky are heading to the 2001 Odyssey disco to get down with controversial youth classic, Saturday Night...
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