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Celebrating both the biggest hits and the most obscure releases of 1980s cinema, focused primarily around exploring the narratives of under‑seen distributors, niche genres, and overlooked classics.
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Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday Nov 30, 2022
On our final episode of 2022, we look back at the music video/mini-movie for Michael Jackson's Thriller, on the fortieth anniversary on the release of the album which bore its name.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
This episode looks at the 1984 debut novel by Bret Easton Ellis, and its 1987 film adaptation.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
On this episode, we travel back to 1984, and the days when a "young adult" novel included lots of drugs and partying and absolutely no sparkly vampires or dystopian warrior girls. We're talking about Jay McInerney's groundbreaking novel, Bright Lights, Big City, and its 1988 film version starring Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland.
Read the rest of this entry »Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10, 2022
Today's show takes a look at the classic 1986 French drama about jazz, Bertrand Tavernier's Round Midnight.
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
This episode, we cover a movie from 1987 which was distributed by a major studio in 1987 but is all but unknown today, Andy Anderson's Positive I.D.
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Your humble host and podcasting guru Jeff Townsend talk about the Nightmare on Elm Street series from their different generational points of view.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
As required by Section 107-14-8 of the Podcast Code, every movie podcast must do a horror-themed show during the month of October. We thus fulfill our requirement by offering this first part of a two-part series on the Nightmare on Elm Street movies.
Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
On this episode, we talk about one of the most influential yet lesser known figures of the 1970s and 1980s independent cinema movement, and how he needs our help today. Please allow me to introduce you to Amos Poe, and explain to you why he needs our help today.
If you feel like helping Amos Poe after you listen to the episode, you can make a donation through the GoFundMe page set up by his friends.
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
This week, we look back at one of John Carpenter's lesser appreciated works, which was released 35 years ago this week.
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
On this episode, we dive into the deep end of the 8th Dimension to talk about how one of the best movies of the 1980s was able to escape from the minds of writer Earl Mac Rauch and director W.D. Richter and into our consciousness, 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.