Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 104 Black Friday (2021)

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 113 Brazil (1985)

She is a black belt in karate, working for the city, she's gotta fill out form number 129A/E3 in order to continue receiving oxygen. Tonight we wake up from a dream and find ourselves in a bureaucratic hellscape only to get buried alive in paper work. This week we dive into Brazil from 1985 a scifi masterpiece about escaping. We get into the troubled release of the film, the amazing cast and writers, how the film came to be, the end of Monty Python, the early career of Robert DeNiro, and much much more. It is a fun time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 112 12 Monkeys (1995/1996)

This monkeys gone to heaven, well it was supposed to be maybe we were off a bit and it ended up in WW1, or maybe it ended up in 1996 to talk about one of the big surprise hits of the 90s. Tonight we dive into the world of 12 Monkeys. We get into the background of how the film was made, the director's journey to final cut, the documentary made to go along with the film, and our feelings on watching it for the first time in a really long time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 111 La Jetee (1962)

Don't bet your future On one roll of the dice you gotta go back in time, back in time, back in time, time in back. Fixate on the image. The image. Tonight we dive into the world of french new wave films via the famous 1960s short film: La Jetee. Tonight We do a poor job of pronouncing basic words and phrases, struggle to make sense of the past, wonder if even matters at all, deal with the pains of time travel, discuss the meaning of lucha icon El Santo, and disagree with people on the internet. It is a fun time.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 110 Fail-Safe (1964)

I get around, we get around, around we get to the mid 60s for the 2nd week in a row! This week we talk Fail- Safe. We get into the amazing cast and director, the twists and turns this political drama takes, the controversial creation of the film, and why LBJ hated it. It is a fun time.This week we have another episode out covering 60s french new wave short: La Jetee.

Final Picture Show Podcast Ep: 109 Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

You know we shake it to the left Shake it to the right You do the hippy shake-shake, you do the nuclear apocalypse shake until you die. Tonight on the show we shake on down to the mid 60s and find surf rock on the charts, communists fears in the streets, and Dr. Strangelove on the screen. This week We dive into one of the most important movies ever made. And to fit the occasion we have a special guest tonight: My Dad. Yep, my dad comes along tonight as we talk about one of his favorite movies, being a kid in the 60s, the career of Stanley Kubrick, introducing me to this movie as a kid, and the background of the cast and crew and history of this formative film. Happy fathers day. It is a fun time.