In 1983, director Jim McBride set his sights on remaking one of the most iconic and influential films of all time - Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 gangster romance "Breathless." Updating the film to a seedy Los Angeles of the early 1980s, McBride teamed with Richard Gere to reimagine the classic through the tropes of erotic thrillers, using a colorful, Robby Muller inspired palette. We're teaming that up with another obscure remake of a beloved French classic, 1996's "Diabolique" starring podcast all-st...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 14
At the halfway point of our Erotic Thriller Summer series, we're taking a deeply uncomfortable dive into the teenage canon of the erotic thriller genre. Starting with Katt Shea's 1992 grunge thriller "Poison Ivy," starring a young Drew Barrymore and finishing with the 1993 Alicia Silverstone breakout "The Crush," we'll be discussing drunk dads, fake tattoos, the obliviousness of young male directors in the genre, and the bonkers American accent of Cary Elwes. This week, we're joined by special g...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 13
This week, we're joined by SUNY film professor Macy Todd to discuss two infamous -- for very different reasons -- 90s female in distress thrillers: Barbet Schroeder's "Single White Female" starring Bridget Fonda and podcast MVP Jennifer Jason Leigh, as well as another Joe Eszterhas/Sharon Stone 90s collab, "Slither." Would you risk it all for your gorgeous, rent-controlled apartment in New York? Is Jennifer Jason Leigh the most underrated actress we have? Why is "bimbo" Joe Eszterhas's favorite ...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 12
What would you do for a million dollars? Would you listen to this entire episode from start to finish and write a five star review for us on Apple Podcasts? Hell yeah, we knew you would. Thank you, fans. In our third chapter in the Erotic Thriller Summer series, we're looking at two films from one of the pioneers of the genre, Adrian Lyne. First up, his 1992 zeitgeist capturing melodrama, "Indecent Proposal" starring Demi Moore in an expensive black dress, Woody Harrelson as a genius architect t...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 11
We're following up the mega-successful "Basic Instinct" with two of the most notorious erotic thriller flops: Udi Edel's "Body of Evidence" starring a very naked Madonna and a very horny Willem Dafoe, followed up by William Friedkin's "Jade," starring David Caruso and Linda Fiorentino. These two films are barely held together by their own convoluted plots, but we managed to make it through them so we could report back to our dedicated listeners with some insight into what could have possibly gon...
Jul 08, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 10
We're kicking of our Erotic Thriller Summer Series with two of the most successful of the genre, starring the King of the genre: Michael Douglas. We'll be taking a look back at Paul Verhoeven's genre-defining, high-class trash classic "Basic Instinct," featuring a star-making performance from Sharon Stone, as well as Barry Levinson's bonkers reverse sexual-harassment tale, "Disclosure," with Demi Moore. Joined by special guest LaShea Delaney, we discuss the pleasures of erotic thrillers, as well...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In honor of Pride month, we're celebrating two queer teenage romances, Jamie Babbit's 1999 conversion camp satire "But I'm a Cheerleader" and Angela Robinson's send-up of girl power spy movies, "D.E.B.S." We're joined by special guest Erica Iannitti,...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This Father's Day, we're paying tribute to two cinematic Daddies -- podcast favorite Keanu Reeves and Sir Michael Caine. Reeves stars in Eli Roth's home invasion thriller "Knock Knock" as a loving husband and father, who is unexpectedly propositioned with the hottest cinematic three-way since "Wild Things." Rewinding back to the Reagan 80s, we'll be looking back in horror at Stanley Donen's swan song, the blissfully unaware pedophile sex comedy, "Blame It On Rio," a movie you might be shocked to...
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This week, we'll be taking a look back at two raunchy teen sex dramas featuring some extremely rich and incredibly horny teens gone wild. First up, is the 1999 teen classic "Cruel Intentions," starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
A reoccurring trend in the 90s was the Road Trip Romance movie: a sub-genre birthed from classics like "Badlands, "Bonnie & Clyde" and "Thelma & Louise" that gave us a whole decade's worth of opposites attract romances on the open road.This...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In our very first edition of "Auteur Misfires," we'll be taking a look at the rotten films of Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach. Starting with his 1995 coming of age debut, "Kicking and Screaming" and finishing with the polarizing 2007 Nicole...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
1999 was a landmark year for film and one that has been touted as one of the best we've ever had. Movies like "Fight Club," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Magnolia" and "The Matrix" all made their debuts and forever changed the face of cinema. It was also a huge...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In our premiere, we'll be looking back at Spike Lee's notoriously divisive 2000 bomb "Bamboozled." Sitting rotten at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, we'll be discussing how and why "Bamboozled" flopped, if the critics were right or wrong, and if it would have...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 1
