Cult Movies Podcast

We're dipping back to 1934 with one of the godfathers of comedy, W.C. Fields. Kevin Maher joins the show this week to discuss Norman Z. McLeod's It's a Gift.

We're getting in touch with our inner angsty teenager this week as Carmelita Valdez returns to the show to discuss Nicolas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955).

It's finally here! And there's no one better to talk about Ronald Reagan and a chimpanzee than the boys from Movies from Hell. Bradley J. Kornish and Dan Pullen join us to discuss Fred de Cordova's Bedtime for Bonzo (1951).

We're getting filthy with Heather Drain and Rachel McPadden as we head to Baltimore to discuss John Waters' Pink Flamingos (1972).

We're talking about a French, gay family comedy so why not invite our friends from the horror podcast Chainsaws & Claws on? Patrick Bartlett and Robb Antequera join us to discuss Eduoard Molinaro's La Cage aux Folles (1978).

Smoke 'em if you got 'em! This week we're joined by filmmaker, programmer, and commentator Chris O'Neill and Fun City Editions founder Jonathan Hertzberg to discuss Cheech and Chong's first film, Up in Smoke (1978).

This week Kristin and Anthony are joined by Lexy Van Dyke and James Coddington for a fantastic adventure as we discuss Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940).

No new episode this week but we'd like to share a bit of our conversation with writer and podcaster Dan Budnik from Patreon. We're starting a Marjoe Gortner series over there that will span his entire filmography and Dan helped us kick things off with a great conversation.

Rosalie Lewis of F This Movie! and Blu-ray Boutique returns to the show this week to talk about lovers on the run in Terrence Malick's Badlands.

We're going big this week as we're joined by Mike Scott and Patrick Bromley to discuss Merian C. Cooper's and Ernest B. Shoedsack's King Kong (1933).

Lindsay Wilkins, Daniel Epler, and Matt Bledsoe join the show this week to discuss John Ford, John Wayne, and The Searchers (1956).

We're coming in hot with the season five premier to talk about Dorothy Arzner's Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) with Keith Rich and Preston Mitchell.

We're closing out season four in style with Lindsay Wilkins, Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. Lindz joins Vinny and Anthony to discuss the Marx Brothers' seminal 1933 comedy Duck Soup.

Lance and Erica from Unsung Horrors are back to wrap up their Roger Corman hat trick with Jonathan Demme's directorial debut Caged Heat.

Kristin, Anthony, Vinny, and Dirk Marshall of VHUS count down their favorite film discoveries of 2022.

A long time in the making, Kristin and Anthony are excited to welcome Spencer Seams, co-host of Shoot the Piano Player Podcast, to the show to discuss Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come.

This week we're thrilled to once again be joined by the hosts of Movies for Life, Michele Eggen and Brian Keiper to discuss Otto Preminger's 1944 noir Laura.

It's a hostful show this week with just us. Kristin, Vinny, and Anthony discuss the film chosen by our Patreon supporters - Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude followed by our pairing recommendations.

We're getting outrageous this week as Lexy Van Dyke and Dirk Marshall join us to discuss Richard Benner's queer comedy Outrageous!

Kristin and Anthony are joined by Carmelita Valdez to discuss Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.

The Pink Smoke is back! This week we're joined by Christopher Funderberg and John Cribbs to discuss Anthony Mann and his 1958 western starring Gary Cooper, Man of the West.

We're headed back to the wild west this week as Dirk Marshall, host of VHUS Podcast, and Ryan Gowland, host of The New World Pictures Podcast, join Anthony to discuss Monte Hellman's 1966 revisionist western The Shooting.

We're back with the second half of season four and Kristin and Anthony are joined by Rosalie Lewis of Blu-ray Boutique and F This Movie! to discuss John Huston's directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon.

We're getting into the Halloween spirit as Tony-nominated composer and writer Joe Iconis joins Anthony this week to discuss Michael Reeves' folk horror classic Witchfinder General (aka The Conquerer Worm).

Vinny and Anthony are joined by Film Feast host Matt Bledsoe to talk about the ultimate sad bastard movie, Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour.

It's Christmas in October! This week we're talking the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life and celebrating the upcoming release of the book "Santa Doesn't Need Your Help" with author, filmmaker, and Kevin of Kevin Geeks Out, Kevin Maher.

Vinny and Anthony are joined this week once again by writer extraordinaire Jessica Scott to discuss Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve.

This week Kristin and Anthony are thrilled to welcome actor Galen Howard to the show to discuss Samuel Fuller's Shock Corridor.

This week Anthony is joined by writer Heather Drain holding down co-host duties as we welcome writer, researcher, and zine publisher Rachel McPadden to discuss Paul Morrissey's Trash. 

All three hosts are back this week with the fourth edition of Cult Movie Stars. It's Kristin's turn to pick the star and she went with legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. The two movies discussed from his filmography are The Rickshaw Man and Snow Trail.

This week we're joined by director of Salem Horror Fest and producer Kay Lynch to discuss Mario Bava's Black Sunday.

This week TCM Underground programmer, I Saw What You Did host, and newly-branded author Millie De Chirico joins all three hosts to discuss TCMU on screen and page, cult movies, and John Dahl and Peggy Cummins in Gun Crazy.

It's our first Cult Movie Stars episode of the season, but we're changing things up a bit. Bradley J. Kornish and Dan Pullen from Movies from Hell join Kristin and Anthony to discuss the life, career, and whereabouts of Marjoe Gortner. Instead of focusing on two of his films, we dive into the entire filmography of Marjoe because he deserves it.

This week Mike White from The Projection Booth Podcast joins me to discuss the highly underrated and underseen 50s sci-fi flick I Married a Monster From Outer Space.

Lindsay Wilkins, host of Schlock and Awe, is back again to talk brotherly love, John Garfield, and the black list in Abraham Polonsky's Force of Evil.

We're headed back to the Cult Movie Stars book and this time we're talking about the incomparable Paula Prentiss. For this edition we're discussing The Stepford Wives (1975) and The Black Marble (1980).

John Cribbs from The Pink Smoke returns to the show to talk Vincent Price and wax! Lots and lots of wax. This week we're discussing Andre de Toth's House of Wax from 1953.

Mark Begley of Wake Up Heavy makes his debut on the show this week to discuss how great we would be at being private investigators as well as Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye.

Carmelita Valdez joins Vinny and Anthony to discuss Old Hollywood, the new Norma Desmond, and Sunset Blvd.

Vinny, Anthony and a few of their friends talk about some of modern movies that could appear in a new edition of Cult Movies.

Bradly and Dan are back for another rip roaring crossover of the Cult Movies Podcast and Movies From Hell. This time around we're discussing Leonard Kastle's The Honeymoon Killers.

Samm Deighan returns to the show this week to discuss Michael Powell's and Emeric Pressburger's tragic fairy tale The Red Shoes.

Jonathan Hertzberg of Fun City Editions returns to the show to talk about Richard Lester's 1968 dark romantic comedy, Petulia.

This week we're introducing two official co-hosts as well as a new portion of the podcasts. First we welcome Kristin Lipska and Vinny Tucceri as they join Anthony in the first edition of Cult Movie Stars based on Danny Peary's book of the same name. For the first issue of Cult Movie Stars we're discussing Jenny Agutter and her films China 9, Liberty 37 (1978) and Sweet William (1980).

We are officially half way through the first Cult Movies book and to celebrate I'm thrilled to welcome the the reason this show exists: Danny Peary!

Vinny Tucceri is on the show this week for the first time and we're discussing Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn in Stanley Donen's Two for the Road.

Michele and Brian from Movies for Life return to the show to discuss Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Dean Martin, the bad rap westerns get with younger people, and Rio Bravo.

Lance and Erica from Unsung Horrors return for more Roger Corman love, this time discussing his 1960 cult favorite The Little Shop of Horrors.

This week Heather Drain and Bill Ackerman are teaming up and joining me to talk about Brian De Palma's early films, specifically Greetings. Tune in for a surprise guest appearance by Davey Boy the cat.

CMP best friend and archivist Kristin Lipska is back to discuss Tod Browning's controversial Freaks. We discuss Browning's history with circus performers, the background of some of the cast, and offer up pairing recommendations in the second half of the show.

Chris O'Neill returns to the show this week to discuss one of the most notorious movies in the books: Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. We discuss Tobe's career, the style and impact of TCM, and offer up pairing recommendations.

This week on the show writer Jessica Scott returns to discuss Walter Scott's Dirty Old New York film, The Warriors. From the remarkable diversity within each gang to the elaborate costumes, it's a lovefest this week!

My F This Movie! cohort, Rosalie Lewis, returns to the show to discuss, not a noir, believe it or not, but a German expressionist silent movie! Join us as we open G.W. Pabst's Pandora's Box.

For the season two finale I'm thrilled to welcome Stephanie Crawford to the show to help me wrap things up and to discuss Frank Tashlin's 1956 rock 'n roll film The Girl Can't Help It. We talk about Tashlin's career, the influence this film had on so many others through the years, and we suggest some films to pair.

This week I'm thrilled to welcome back to the show writer and commentator Emma Westwood to discuss midcentury architecture and midcentury science fiction during our talk on Fred M. Wilcox's Forbidden Planet.

This week I'm joined by first-time guest and repertory programmer at the UW Cinematheque Jim Healy to discuss Mel Brooks' seminal comedy The Producers. We discuss Brooks' career, the beginnings of Gene Wilder, Jim's personal relationship to the film, and our pairing recommendations.

John Cribbs of The Pink Smoke makes his triumphant return to the show this week to talk about Gillo Pontecorvo's Burn starring Marlon Brando. We talk the different cuts of the film, Brando's "dandy" performance, behind the scenes drama, and offer up pairing recommendations.

This week Jonathan Hertzberg of Fun City Editions returns to the show to discuss Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop. We discuss Hellman's career, James Taylor and The Beach Boys, and how neither of us are car guys.

This week Samm Deighan makes her return to the show to discuss Jean Cocteau's influential masterpiece, La belle et la bête. We discuss Cocteau's relationship with Jean Marais, opera and ballet, Samm's history with Danny, and offer up pairing recommendations with the film.

This week Rosalie Lewis makes her triumphant return to the show and brings her noir expertise to our discussion of Jacques Tourneur's Out of the Past. We discuss the influences of the film, its incredible cast, and finally we offer up pairing recommendations in the second half.

This week Christopher Funderberg of The Pink Smoke returns to the show to discuss Philippe de Broca's King of Hearts. We discuss how the film has possibly lost its cult status and returned to the unknown, Chris's history with de Broca, and our pairing recommendations with the film.

This week we've got another podcast crossover with Bradley and Dan from Movies from Hell. We discuss David Lynch's Eraserhead, our experiences with Lynch, and attempt to offer up pairing recommendations.

This week I'm joined by first-time guest and archivist Kristin Lipska to discuss Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar. We discuss the beauty of the movie, Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden, and offer up pairing recommendations.

The podcast crossovers continue this week with Lance and Erica from Unsung Horrors discussing Allan Arkush's Rock 'n' Roll High School. We talk about what we were all like in high school, who the smelliest Ramone was, and offer up our pairing recommendations.

The first double-guest episode of CMP brings the hosts of Movies for Life, Michele Eggen and Brian Keiper, to the show this week to discuss Stanley Kubrick's 1956 noir heist film The Killing. We discuss how this stands up to the rest of Kubrick's filmography, what brings it its cult status, and we wrap things up, of course, with pairing recommendations.

This week Carmelita Valdez joins the show to talk about Sam Peckinpah's revisionist western, The Wild Bunch. From the film being in constant rotation during Carmelita's childhood to Anthony openly sobbing during the final shootout, we cover it all this week, including offering pairing suggestions in the second half of the show.

Writer, commentator, and host of Supporting Characters Bill Ackerman is back on the show to discuss Peter Bogdanovich's maiden film, Targets. We discuss Bill's history with Danny, Bogdanovich's career, themes of the film, and offer pairing recommendations in the second half.

Writer, essayist, filmmaker, and film programmer Chris O'Neill is back on the podcast to discuss Donald Cammell's and Nicolas Roeg's Performance starring James Fox and Mick Jagger. We dive into the collaboration between the two directors, discuss their careers and lives, and offer up pairing suggestions with the film.

Writer Jessica Scott joins Anthony to discuss Michael Powell's controversial Peeping Tom followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

Jeremy Richey, writer of the upcoming book Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol, joins Anthony to discuss Just Jaeckin's misunderstood EMANUELLE and the life and career of its star Sylvia Kristel.

We're back! For the season two premier writer and commentator Heather Drain returns to the show to discuss Jim Sharman's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

Anthony is joined by writer, producer, and Trailers From Hell guru Larry Karaszewski to discuss Tom Laughlin's Billy Jack followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by editor and podcaster Jacob Knight from Secret Handshake to discuss David Cronenberg's The Brood followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by writer and commentator Emma Westwood to discuss Jerry Lewis's The Nutty Professor followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by writer, director, and podcaster Sam Ashurst to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Brent Petersen this week to discuss Russ Meyer's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by K Lynch of Salem Horror Fest to discuss George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by critic and writer Stephanie Crawford to discuss Noel Black's PRETTY POISON (1968) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by critic, editor, podcaster, and author of the upcoming book, The Legacy of World War II in European Arthouse Cinema, Samm Deighan to discuss Michael Curtiz's CASABLANCA (1942) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by John Cribbs of The Pink Smoke to discuss Carl Reiner's Where's Poppa? followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by film writer Heather Drain to discuss Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Lindsay Wilkins of The Schlock and Awe Podcast to discuss Don Chaffey's JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Jonathan Hertzberg of Blu-ray and vinyl boutique label Fun City Editions to discuss Jerzy Skolimowski's DEEP END (1970) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Rosalie Lewis of F This Movie! to discuss Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly (1955) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Christopher Funderberg of The Pink Smoke to discuss Max Ophüls' LOLA MONTÈS (1955) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Robyn Buckley of F This Movie! to discuss Mark Sandrich's TOP HAT (1935) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Daniel Epler of Cobwebs: A Gothic Cinema Podcast to discuss Budd Boetticher's THE TALL T (1957) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Mike Scott of Adkins Undisputed and The Dana Buckler Show on this this episode of CMP to discuss Robert Clouse's ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Matt Bledsoe of Film Feast Podcast on this episode of CMP to discuss John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN (1978) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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Anthony is joined by Bill Ackerman of Supporting Characters on this first episode of CMP to discuss Francis Ford Coppola's THE RAIN PEOPLE (1969) followed by their recommendations for pairings with the film.

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