We kick off our Jack Ryan series back where it all started, with John McTiernan’s 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, starring Alec Baldwin as Ryan and Sean Connery as the Russian submarine captain possibly defecting.
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We wrap up this return to our Soviet Sci-Fi series with an absurdist black comedy that pushes a futuristic society to its inevitable nonsensical outcome, it’s Georgiy Daneliya’s 1986 film Kin-Dza-Dza!
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We return to our Soviet Sci-Fi series with a film that’s more of a fairy tale featuring a young man who can breathe underwater who falls for the daughter of a pearl diver. It’s Vladimir Chebotaryov’s and Gennadiy Kazanskiy’s 1961 film “Amphibian Man.”
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We continue our member bonus Roger Corman series with a look at his delightful horror comedy with Dick Miller playing the lead – it’s his 1959 film “A Bucket of Blood.”
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We return for a one-film dip back into our Found Footage series with a horror offshoot of Mumblecore, aka Mumblegore, starring Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice. It’s the start of their Creep-iverse, Brice’s 2014 film “Creep.”
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We wrap up our Ghost Stories series with a conversation about Jayro Bustamante’s 2019 film ‘La Llorona,’ one of three films about the legendary Latin American ghost. This one, however, uses it in context of a political drama and it’s fantastic.
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We continue our Ghost Stories series with Babak Anvari’s 2016 film ‘Under the Shadow.’ How well does the film tackle social issues and war time in this story about a mother and daughter confronting malicious spirits? Quite well.
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In our Ghost Stories series, we venture into the realm of J-Horror with Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s 2001 film, Pulse. This prescient movie explores the isolating nature of the internet, a theme that resonates deeply in our modern world. Join us as we delve into this unsettling gem that continues to captivate audiences today.
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We kick off our Ghost Stories series with a haunting story of greed and wartime loss – and Kenji Mizoguchi didn’t need any effects to tell it either! It’s his 1953 film Ugetsu.
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For this month’s member bonus episode, we continue our Roger Corman series with one of the two westerns he produced in 1966 with Monte Hellman directing. Starring Warren Oates, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, and Will Hutchins, it’s The Shooting.
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