Cinema Smorgasbord

We're getting WILD IN THE STREETS with 1973’s NO, THE CASE IS HAPPILY RESOLVED, featuring Enzo Cerusico as the sap who witnesses a murder but ends up accused of that very murder - by the actual MURDERER! All that and a bit of class consciousness! Enjoy! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-311-wi…

SERPENT'S PATH: THE FILMS OF KIYOSHI KUROSAWA returns! On this episode we're looking at Kurosawa's V-Cinema journey! We start with the cycling drama/manga adaptation MEN OF RAGE (1994) and finish /w the bonkers crime comedy YAKUZA TAXI! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-310-se…

Forgot to post this last Monday, but if you ever wanted to hear a STRAIGHT EDGE guy and a teetotaler talk about LSD the latest episode of YOU DON'T KNOW DICK is for you. We chat about drugs, Roger Corman, DICK MILLER and 1967's THE TRIP. Check it out! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-309-yo…

Steve Buscemi.. THE CROONER?! It happened! In Stanley Tucci's misguided all-star throwback farce THE IMPOSTORS from 1998, and we're checking it out on the latest HOW DOD YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? With lots of famous faces and also Woody Allen shows up. ENJOY! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-308-ho…

It's the PREMIERE episode of DO YOU OTAKU? where anime-loving Liam tries to convince his skeptical co-host Doug that Japanese animation is GOOD. We start off covering the first season of the sci-fi/horror/romance/comedy series DANDADAN. ENJOY, JERKS! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-307-do…

JodoWOWsky RETURNS, and our trio combines to discuss three documentaries featuring Alejandro Jodorowsky as a talking head: 2005's MIDNIGHT MOVIES, 2007's MOEBIUS REDUX and 2014's MY LIFE DIRECTED BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN. All that and the latest Jodo news cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-306-jo…

Here comes the Cinema Smorgasbord HOLIDAY SPECIAL! This time it IS a holiday special, because we’re talking about the 2023 time loop Hallmark Hanukkah film ROUND AND ROUND and the 2024 nostalgia-tinged comedy-drama CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT. cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-305-th…

We're getting WILD IN THE STREETS with 1977's WEAPONS OF DEATH featuring Henry Silva (/w some other guy's voice), piano wire decapitations, bloody squibs, castrations and a COP ON THE EDGE. What else could you want? CHECK IT OUT! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-301-wi…

It's the 300th(!!) episode of Cinema Smorgasbord and on the latest WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS we have an odd mix of goofy (UNCOMFORTABLE) comedy and incredible action in 1985's TWINKLE TWINKLE, LUCKY STARS! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-300-we…

WHAT TIME IS IT? It's time to SELL OUT with Cinema Smorgasbord, and this week we're joined by RELAX, I'M FROM THE FUTURE director @lukecutsvideo to pop off about PTA and his latest film ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-296-ci…

George Kennedy wrote a mystery novel and we read it! On this episode of GEORGE KENNEDY IS MY COPILOT we reveal the stirring conclusion! Also we talk about the problematic 1986 Cannon action classic THE DELTA FORCE (also with George Kennedy). Enjoy! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-297-ge…

There are 2 small moments in the film One Battle After Another that closely resemble moments from my film. I choose to take this as irrefutable proof that PTA is a huge fan of my work. Loved talking OBAA with Doug and Liam on the great @CinemaSmorg podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/cin…

Our look at the filmography of Kiyoshi Kurosawa CONTINUES with SERPENT'S PATH and on this episode we're discussing the controversial (and influential!) 1989 horror film SWEET HOME and the office slasher(?) THE GUARD FROM UNDERGROUND! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-294-se…

From Star Trek to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to a doc about her mother (CAROL & JOY, coming soon!) it’s a busy time in the world of PRAISING KANE! On this ep we have all the latest CK news and the 1988 crime comedy STICKY FINGERS! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-293-pr…

We're getting WILD IN THE STREETS with the 1976 Eurocrime revenge-thriller BLOODY PAYROLL (aka VIOLENT MILAN) featuring Claudio Cassinelli tracking down the criminals who left him for dead after a botched robbery. CHECK IT OUT! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-292-wi…

The Exploding Helicopter podcast returns! We're joined by @Doug_Tilley from @CinemaSmorg to review THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3 - THE FINAL INSULT (1994). We discuss the bizarre WWE tie-in and an almost unique exploding helicopter. Listen wherever you get your pods!🚁💥📽️🎧

On BARTEL ME SOMETHING GOOD we're yacking about HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, the made-for-a-bet directing debut of Joe Dante/Alan Arkush + an ep of Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1985 directed by Tim Burton(!) /w Griffin Dunne, Laraine Newman and PAUL BARTEL! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-290-ba…

We're selling out AGAIN on Cinema Smorgasbord and diving into the controversy of Ari Aster's darkly comedic Covid-era neo-western satire EDDINGTON. We have THOUGHTS, so feel free to listen and then yell at us. Spoiler warning included! cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-288-ci…

In another failed attempt at breaking into the U.S. market, Jackie Chan teamed with action/exploitation maestro James Glickenhaus to make 1985's THE PROTECTOR and.. it was a disaster. On this episode of WE DO OUR OWN STUNTS we find out why. cinemasmorgasbord.com/episode-278-we…