Movie Swap Minisode: Scrapbook / Orphee

Here's another bizarre and diverse episode of the Move Swap Minisode series of The Picture Show.  This time Mike takes a look at Eric Stanze's Scrapbook; a grindingly nasty serial killer film, cut by 16 minutes in the UK.  I, on the other hand, watched an altogether artier film about death: Jean Cocteau's Orphee.

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Next Time: American Translation and Park Row

Movie Swap Minisode 4: Alice in Wonderland: An X Rated Musical Fantasy / Werckmeister Harmonies

In this even stranger than usual episode of the Movie Swap miniseries, Sam and Mike take a look at two incredibly contrasting films.

First, Mike watches Bud Townsend's 1976 musical porno adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, featuring Kristine DeBell.

Then, Sam looks at austere Hungarian auteuer Bela Tarr's acclaimed slow cinema horror Werckmeister Harmonies.

It's just another day at Picture Show HQ.

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Movie Swap Minisode 3: Mum and Dad / The French Connection

There's another eclectic pair of films up for discussion in this, the third of The Picture Show's Movie Swap specials.

Mike - on my recommendation - takes a look at Mike Leigh with torture scenes Brit shocker Mum and Dad.

Mike returns the favour by making sure that I - FINALLY - get around to my first viewing of 70's cop movie classic The French Connection.

You can listen to the show in the player below or download it HERE

Next Week: Alice in Wonderland: The X Rated Musical / Werckmeister Harmonies

Much Ado About Nothing / Man of Steel / Superhero Movie Villains

This week I'm joined by first time guest Christopher Ejizu, of Movie Umpire.  There are full reviews of Joss Whedon's Avengers follow up - a black and white version of Much Ado About Nothing - and Zack Snyder's Superman reboot, Man of Steel, and a discussion of superhero movie villains.

You can listen to the show in the player below, or download it HERE

Movie Swap Minisode 2: Fight For Your Life / The Music Room

In this edition of the Movie Swap miniseries Mike watches DPP listed exploitation classic Fight For Your Life, while I look at my first Satyajit Ray film; The Music Room. You can listen to the show in the player below, or download it HERE 

Next Episode: Mum and Dad / The French Connection

Movie Swap Minisode 1: The Witch Who Came From the Sea / Once Upon a Time in the West

In this new series Mike and I are continuing where we left off with the recent movie swap specials. Over the next 12 weeks we'll be trading films and discussing them in regular, slightly shorter, special episodes of The Picture Show.

In the series Mike will be assigning me a dozen films generally regarded as classics, while I, on the other hand, will be making Mike watch a lot of trash and exploitation cinema, so every episode will have a massive contrast between the films up for discussion.

 In this first episode, Mike watches the DPP listed The Witch Who Came From the Sea, and I'm looking at Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. You can listen to the show in the player below, or download it HERE.

Populaire / Byzantium / Secret Weapons List Vol. 3

This week, I'm joined by returning guest and vampire expert Mairead Roche to review Populaire and Byzantium and to discuss more of Hollywood's 'secret weapons' - those actors who do a lot of great work, but still aren't all that well known.

You can listen to the show in the player below, or download it from HERE