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Warped Celluloid

Tune in every two weeks and join hosts Jack Rourke & Chandler Williams in discovering the most bizarre films we can find.
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Episodes

EPISODE #37: Waking Life

Jack & Chandler return to the realm of rotoscoped Linklater joints with the one that started at all. YOU CAN FIND PAST EPISODES ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND OTHER PODCASTING PLATFORMS. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid FOLLOW JACK ON LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/jackrourke/ FOLLOW CHANDLER ON LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/...

May 05, 202458 min

EPISODE #36: The Man Who Fell to Earth

Jack & Chandler dig into another heady batch of '70s sci-fi with Nicolas Roeg's magnificently melancholic and thought-provoking Bowie vehicle The Man Who Fell to Earth. YOU CAN FIND PAST EPISODES ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND OTHER PODCASTING PLATFORMS. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid FOLLOW JACK ON LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/jackrourke/ FOLLOW CHANDLER ON LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/...

Apr 14, 202448 min

EPISODE #35: Flesh for Frankenstein (w/ Saveydro)

Things get particularly NSFW this week as Jack and Chandler are joined by resident X-rated expert Saveydro (creator of Sights Obscene and the upcoming documentary Aberration: History of the NC-17 ) to discuss Paul Morrissey's idiosyncratic blood-splattered 3D camp spectacle Flesh for Frankenstein . YOU CAN FIND PAST EPISODES ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND OTHER PODCASTING PLATFORMS. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid FOLLOW JACK ON LETTERBOXD: https://boxd.it/aIgN FOLLOW CHANDLER ON LETTERBOXD: http...

Mar 31, 20241 hr 6 min

EPISODE #34: The Lobster (w/ Will Fritz)

Returning guest Will Fritz joins Jack and Chandler once again to discuss the breakthrough English-language film for Yorgos Lanthimos. * ADDENDUM/CORRECTION: The book Jack jokingly compares the upcoming film Civil War to around the 40-minute mark is actually Kurt Schlichter's People's Republic , not True Allegiance ...which doesn't make as big a difference as you'd expect (both tomes are paranoid trash). YOU CAN FIND PAST EPISODES ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND OTHER PODCASTING PLATFORMS. FOLLOW US ON TW...

Mar 17, 202447 min

EPISODE #33: Domino (w/ Nico Candela)

This week, Jack and Chandler bring on long time friend of the show and action fiend Nico Candela to discuss Tony Scott's post-9/11 trashterpiece DOMINO. YOU CAN FIND OUR PAST EPISODES ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND OTHER FINE PODCASTING PLATFORMS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid FOLLOW JACK ON LETTERBOXD: https://boxd.it/aIgN FOLLOW CHANDLER ON LETTERBOXD: https://boxd.it/hEQB FOLLOW NICO ON LETTERBOXD: https://boxd.it/2eNXN...

Mar 03, 20241 hr 8 min

EPISODE #32: The Parallax View

WE'RE BACK! And to get things rolling again, we discuss Alan J. Pakula's masterpiece of paranoiac conspiracy. YOU CAN FIND OUR PAST EPISODES ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY, AND OTHER FINE PODCASTING PLATFORMS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid FOLLOW JACK ON LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/jackrourke/ FOLLOW CHANDLER ON LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/...

Feb 18, 202446 min

EPISODE #31: Rango (w/ Nico Candela)

Joined by friend-of-the-show Nico Candela, the gang tips their hats to an unassailable Gen-Z staple: Gore Verbinski's bizarre animated animal Western RANGO . YOU CAN FIND OUR PAST EPISODES ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY, AND OTHER FINE PODCASTING PLATFORMS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid Follow Jack on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/RetroNerd/ Follow Chandler on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/ Follow Nico on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/candlestick19/ Check out Chandler's ne...

Sep 01, 202159 min

EPISODE #30: A Scanner Darkly

WARPED CELLULOID IS BACK!...with an episode that was recorded months ago and remained unfinished until just now. Yes, Jack and Chandler return to discuss Richard Linklater's often-ignored plunge into drug-addled sci-fi with A SCANNER DARKLY. FIND OUR BACK CATALOG ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY, AND OTHER FINE PODCASTING PLATFORMS! Follow Jack on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/RetroNerd/ Follow Chandler on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid...

Aug 25, 202155 min

EPISODE #29: Polyester (with Omar Letson)

Things get filthy on this episode as Jack, Chandler and friend of the show Omar Letson talk about the mainstream debut of John Waters. Topics of discussion shock comedy, satire, 50s nostalgia and other bizarre things.

Feb 25, 202137 min

EPISODE #28: Streets of Fire

Jack & Chandler kick off February 2021 in another swingin' place and time with Walter Hill's rock-n'-roll fable STREETS OF FIRE . Topics of discussion include amazing soundtracks, neon, action screenwriting, comic books, and the continually evolving recontextualizations of pop iconography. LIKE, SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE TO US ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND OTHER PODCASTING PLATFORMS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid Jack's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/retronerd/ Chandler's Letterboxd: https:/...

Feb 10, 202158 minSeason 2Ep. 3

EPISODE #27: John Carpenter's The Thing

Jack and Chandler cap off January with a discussion of John Carpenter's seminal horror classic as well as the equally seminal commentary track. They also talk about practical effects, good location filming and the finer details of physical media. SUBSCRIBE TO US ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND WHEREVER ELSE FINER PODCASTS ARE HEARD! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid Jack's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/retronerd/ Chandler's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/...

Jan 27, 202149 minSeason 2Ep. 2

EPISODE #26: A Cure for Wellness

Happy new year, everyone! To kick off 2021, Jack and Chandler talk about Gore Verbinksi's Gothic horror opus A CURE FOR WELLNESS! Fun times abound...and eels. SO MANY EELS! SUBSCRIBE TO US ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY, AND WHEREVER YOU GOT YOUR PODCASTS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid Jack's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/RetroNerd/ Chandler's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/...

Jan 13, 202145 minSeason 2Ep. 1

EPISODE #25: David Lynch's DUNE (w/ Will Fritz)

Joined by friend of the show Will Fritz, Jack and Chandler venture out into the futuristic cosmos to discuss one of the most notorious sci-fi epics of all time. Topics of discussion include troubled productions, how adventurous modern audiences are in some respects and the long arduous process of how movies like this develop cult followings. Saddle up your sandworms and shoot up some spice! Things are about to get strange!

Dec 16, 20201 hr 17 minSeason 1Ep. 25

EPISODE #21: Videodrome

We are the video word made flesh! Happy Halloween everyone! Chandler and Jack talk go all the way back to '83 to talk about David Cronenberg's seminal sci-fi horror parable VIDEODROME. Topics of discussion include the pervasiveness of media within culture, analog tech, practical effects work, social commentary, and horror as speculative fiction. Also, Jack goes on many a detour about how cool John Carpenter is and the symbolism in post-punk music. Stay tuned! This is a good one, folks. SUBSCRIBE...

Oct 30, 202059 minSeason 1Ep. 21

EPISODE #19: Hour of the Wolf

October has come around once again which means it's time for Warped Celluloid's first annual batch of Halloween episodes. Jack and Chandler kick things off in an appropriately moody fashion with the 1968 arthouse horror classic HOUR OF THE WOLF. Topics of discussion include Ingmar Bergman, intimacy/maturity in technical filmmaking terms, and other things. Hang tight! Things are about to get spooky! SUBSCRIBE TO US ON ITUNES, SPOTIFY AND WHEREVER ELSE YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: ...

Oct 18, 202038 minSeason 1Ep. 19

EPISODE #18: After Hours

This week, Jack and Chandler go out for a most unusual night on the town with Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS. Topics of discussion include dark comedy, Griffin Dunne, the art of editing, NYC history (on screen and in real life) and the underpraised range offered by one of cinema's great masters. RATE US AND SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND WHEREVER ELSE YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid Jack's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/RetroNerd/ Chandler's Letterboxd: https:/...

Sep 28, 202041 minSeason 1Ep. 18

EPISODE #17; Xanadu (with Adeline Little)

Joined by good friend of the show Adeline Little, Jack and Chandler are enraptured by the insane roller disco odyssey that is XANADU. Topics of discussion include musicals, the death of disco, guilty pleasures, nostalgia and endlessly riffing on phony acting. You have to see it to believe it...or hear it, rather. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US ON SPOTIFY, iTUNES, AND WHEREVER ELSE YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS!

Sep 21, 202048 minSeason 1Ep. 17

EPISODE #16: Dead Man

Jack and Chandler venture far out West for Jim Jarmusch's eclectic mid-90s Acid Western DEAD MAN . Topics of discussion include the merits of black-and-white imagery, the precarious history of the Western genre, arthouse cinema and a whole lot of Neil Young worship...and yeah we have a brief tangent about Christopher Nolan near the end of the show. What else would you expect now that TENET has finally been released into the wild? SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US ON SPOTIFY, iTUNES, AND WHEREVER ELSE YOU GE...

Sep 07, 20201 hr 11 minSeason 1Ep. 16

EPISODE #15: Heavy Metal (with Lost In The Vault)

A crossover for the ages...or at least one to pass the time when you've got nothing else to do. Things get raunchy on this episode when Jack and Chandler are joined by none other than Dallin Agatone and Amanda Dutkiewicz from Lost In The Vault to chat over the 1981 cult classic HEAVY METAL. Topics of discussion include the current state of animation, MTV, comic books, van art and the simple joys of collecting vinyl records. Did we mention there are tangents involving weirdly curated VHS trailers...

Aug 24, 20201 hr 47 minSeason 1Ep. 15

EPISODE #14: Shock Corridor

Jack and Chandler go back to '63 to talk about the B-movie thrills of SHOCK CORRIDOR. Topics of discussion include the badass career of Samuel Fuller, balancing tones, social commentary in film and mental illness. Trust us. It's more entertaining than it sounds. SUBSCRIBE TO US ON iTUNES, SPOTIFY AND WHEREVER ELSE YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid

Aug 10, 202057 minSeason 1Ep. 14

EPISODE #13: Inherent Vice (with Garrett Brodey)

Beware the golden fang. Joined by the hard-boiled and charming Garrett Brodey, Jack & Chandler wander off into the mystic southern Californian haze of INHERENT VICE. Topics of discussion include the filmography of Paul Thomas Anderson, film noir tropes, what makes a great ensemble piece and the end of an era. Does it all make sense? Who knows? But, there is a small digression devoted entirely to geeking out over Radiohead if you're into that sort of thing. Subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify ...

Jul 27, 20201 hr 42 minSeason 1Ep. 13

EPISODE #11: The Men Who Stare At Goats

Jack and Chandler discuss the unduly overlooked 2009 comedy, THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. Topics of discussion include George Clooney, how film has portrayed the War on Terror in numerous ways, and finding your inner zen...well, kind of. You'll have to listen to find out. CONTACT US AT warpedcelluloidpodcast@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid

Jun 30, 202041 minSeason 1Ep. 11

EPISODE #10: Vanilla Sky

Jack and Chandler talk about the cinematic equivalent to Radiohead's OK Computer, VANILLA SKY. Topics include our general thoughts on Tom Cruise/Cameron Crowe, how popular music is used in film and how badass James Gunn's THE SUICIDE SQUAD will probably be. Oh and there's a tangent about SOUTHLAND TALES...the movie we were originally going to cover but didn't...because it sucks. But, VANILLA SKY doesn't. You gotta listen to find out why. Find the podcast on Twitter: @WarpedCelluloid Contact us a...

Jun 14, 202049 minSeason 1Ep. 10

EPISODE #09: Greener Grass

AKA the episode with a million tangents..more so than usual. This week, Jack and Chandler discuss the recent cult comedy GREENER GRASS as well as other films that have been on their radar as of late. Follow the podcast on Twitter: @WarpedCelluloid Jack's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/RetroNerd/ Chandler's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/c__handler/

May 25, 202045 minSeason 1Ep. 9

EPISODE #08: Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas

This time around, Jack and Chandler take a heady trip down to Sin City to discuss FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. Does the film itself still hold up? How does it handle as an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's writing? Will the audio keep dipping out at random intervals and succumb to obnoxious Discord notifications? All of that and more will be answered in this episode of Warped Celluloid. Buy the ticket, ride the ride! FOLLOW THE PODCAST ON TWITTER: @WarpedCelluloid Find our past episodes on i...

May 11, 202055 minSeason 1Ep. 8

EPISODE #07: Meet the Feebles (with Dallin Agatone)

Joined by the inimitable Dallin Agatone (host of LOST IN THE VAULT), Jack and Chandler wander into the hazy wilderness of early Peter Jackson with Meet The Feebles. Be warned! Things get very NSFW very fast. Other topics of discussion include comic books, VHS collecting, drive-in movies and Disney’s odd late-period collaboration with DEVO. Strap in, folks. This is a wild one. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify and wherever finer podcasts are heard. Follow us on Twitter @WarpedCelluloid ...

Apr 26, 20201 hr 33 minSeason 1Ep. 7

EPISODE #06: Until the End of the World

Jack and Chandler brave the apocalyptic landscape to discuss Wim Winders' recently rediscovered masterpiece. Among other topics, they talk about what makes good pacing, great soundtracks of the early 1990s and how to stay busy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Will that last part be dated by six months time? Probably, yes. No matter. Tune in any way to discover more about one of the great underseen gems of sci-fi cinema. Prepare yourself for the ultimate road movie. Follow the podcast on Twitter:...

Apr 12, 202053 minSeason 1Ep. 6

EPISODE #05: Zardoz

This week, Jack and Chandler dive deep into ZARDOZ (the strangest film they've talked about so far). A head trip of 1970s science fiction that's semi-notorious in the more memetic circles of popular culture. Did we mention a pistol-wielding Sean Connery runs around in a red mankini for the entire runtime? Or what about the bizarre hall of mirrors only known as "The Tabernacle"? Will wonders ever cease? Stay tuned to find out. Follow the podcast on Twitter: @WarpedCelluloid Ask us questions at wa...

Mar 29, 202045 minSeason 1Ep. 5

EPISODE #04: Wild at Heart (with Omar Letson)

Joined by the illustrious Omar Letson, Jack and Chandler talk about the Palme D'or-winning vaguely erotic cult classic WILD AT HEART . Yes, the much belated fourth episode of the best far-out film podcast has arrived and it's a first in many regards. Our first discussion about the work of David Lynch, our first guest episode and our first time talking about creative endeavors outside of the show. Tune in, folks! This is gonna be a wild one and be warned! Things will get a little NSFW....

Mar 22, 202045 minSeason 1Ep. 4

EPISODE #02: Wizards

This week, Jack and Chandler dive head first into the work of Ralph Bakshi with his 1977 psychedelic fantasy oddity, WIZARDS...in between tangents about comic books and the current state of adult animation...maybe. We make no promises here at Warped Celluloid. Stay tuned!

Jan 26, 202035 minSeason 1Ep. 2
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