For the season finale, we're joined by author Will Sloan (Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA) to discuss his great new book about the so-called "Worst Director of All Time," how to approach cinematic reclamation, and the movie he's seen possibly mo...

Award-winning sound and sound-effects artist Matt "Smokey" Cloud (Stranger Things, Predator: Badlands, The Naked Gun, many other titles) stops by to talk about "Die Hard."  We discuss producer Joel Silver's infamous "Whammo Chart," directo...

We're joined today by Justin LaLiberty (curator and producer at Cinématographe) to talk about the world of boutique Blu-ray labels, the films of Paul Verhoeven, and the continuing relevance and endurance of "RoboCop." Is it Verhoeven's most wid...

Film critic Katie Walsh (Tribune News Service, Los Angeles Times) braves facehuggers, chestbursters, and hordes of xenomorphs to talk about James Cameron's "Aliens." We discuss the evolution of Cameron's storytelling as his movies have become m...

Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi joins the podcast to discuss Martin Scorsese's "After Hours," and helps us trace the film's journey from once being considered a minor effort to now being viewed as one of the most pivotal movies in Scorsese's caree...