This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm wrapping up this year's AniMayTion with a Ralph Bakshi double-feature of 1981's American Pop and 1992's Cool World.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:01] Projection Booth Promo

[03:11] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[12:31] American Pop (1981)

[46:05] Cool World (1992)

[01:29:26] FEEDBACK

[01:33:23] ENDING MUSIC: Real Cool World by David Bowie

Buy American Pop (1981)
Buy Cool World (1992)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing the month of AniMayTion with a Hayao Miyazaki double-feature of 1979's Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro and 2004's Howl's Moving Castle.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:03] The Good, The Bad, and the Odd Promo

[02:46] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[10:26] Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

[42:42] Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

[01:07:04] FEEDBACK

[01:11:56] ENDING MUSIC: Theme from Lupin III

Buy Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Buy Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing AniMayTion with a Mamoru Hosoda double-feature of 2012's Wolf Children and 2021's Belle. And joining me on this episode is none other than Brett the Wiz!

[00:00] INTRO

[02:11] Chin Stroker vs Punter Podcast Promo

[03:18] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[23:05] Wolf Children (2012)

[01:13:02] Belle (2021)

[02:08:34] FEEDBACK

[02:16:22] ENDING MUSIC: A Million Miles Away by Kylie McNeill

Buy Wolf Children (2012)
Buy Belle (2021)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm kicking off AniMayTion with a Patreon Pick from The Cancer Man. This episode we're taking a look at two recent adult animations that embrace older animating techniques - 2021's The Spine of Night and 2022's Mad God.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:22] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:38] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[18:26] The Spine of Night (2021)

[01:00:37] Mad God (2022)

[01:45:14] FEEDBACK

[01:52:03] ENDING MUSIC: The Wretch by Gates of Slumber

Buy The Spine of Night (2021)
Buy Mad God (2022)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm back on the Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Aron. Aron joins me in a conversation that helps fill more gaps in my South Korean cinema education with 2016's The Handmaiden and 2019's Parasite. And, by Aron's request, we will also be joined by a very special guest...Matthew K!

[00:00] INTRO

[01:48] CromCast Promo

[02:32] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[44:06] The Handmaiden (2016)

[01:50:07] Parasite (2019)

[03:05:02] FEEDBACK

[03:10:03] ENDING MUSIC: Parasite by Venom

Buy The Handmaiden (2016)
Buy Parasite (2019)

Happy 4/26, the day we celebrate the Alien franchise! This year I pay tribute to two of my favorite Aliens comics, both from 1993 and both exploring the role of faith in a dark universe filled with monsters: Sacrifice and Salvation.

And joining me on this journey into xeno funny books are Paul and Steve from Invasion of the Podcast!

ENDING MUSIC: Proximity Suspense by Damokles

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I celebrate 6...6...6 - the Episode of the Beast by taking a look at 1978's Damien: Omen II and 1981's Omen III: The Final Conflict.

[00:00] INTRO

[03:21] Projection Booth Promo

[04:31] RANDOM CONVERSATION

• El Goro talks Rocky IV on Invasion of the Podcast

[27:12] Damien: Omen II (1978)

[01:02:03] Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)

[01:38:19] FEEDBACK

[01:42:42] ENDING MUSIC: The Omen (Ave Satani) by Fantômas

Buy Damien: Omen II (1978)
Buy Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm fulfilling an unconventional Patreon Pick from TWoRP Legionnaire Kevin G. Kevin requested I knock-off some films from my Great Unwatched Pile, so I opted for a kung-fu black-magic what-the-fuckery double-feature of 1983's The Boxer's Omen and 1986's The Seventh Curse.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:10] Cult of Muscle Promo

[03:22] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[18:16] The Boxer's Omen (1983)

[47:32] The Seventh Curse (1986)

[01:13:59] FEEDBACK

[01:19:26] ENDING MUSIC: Black Worship by Evocation

Buy The Boxer's Omen (1983)
Buy The Seventh Curse (1986)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Matthew K. Matthew has selected two films from Martin Scorsese that bookend the 90s: 1990's Goodfellas and 1999's Bringing Out the Dead.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:48] The Good, the Bad, the Odd Promo

[02:32] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[17:40] Goodfellas (1990)

[01:18:07] Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

[02:11:19] FEEDBACK

[02:22:16] ENDING MUSIC: Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones

Buy Goodfellas (1990)
Buy Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm fulfilling a Patreon Pick from TWoRP Elite Patron Will Tordella. Will brings two stories where the savagery of children strips away the civility of parents - 2011's Carnage and 2017's The Dinner.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:23] Chin Stroker vs Punter Promo

[03:31] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:17] Carnage (2011)

[56:05] The Dinner (2017)

[01:41:51] FEEDBACK

[01:51:08] ENDING MUSIC: Wrong Way Kids by Bad Religion

Buy Carnage (2011)
Buy The Dinner (2017)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Brett the Wiz! Brett has selected two films from Park Chan-Wook from two different decades: 2013's Stoker and 2022's Decision to Leave.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:18] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:35] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[17:46] Stoker (2013)

[01:09:05] Decision to Leave (2022)

[02:01:13] FEEDBACK

[02:05:03] ENDING MUSIC: Mist by Jung Hoon Hee

Buy Stoker (2013)
Buy Decision to Leave (2022)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm once again back with the Patreon Picks. This time Anna is back and bringing to the table the two wild films I've never seen: 2011's Detention and 2015's Dude Bro Party Massacre III.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:08] CromCast Promo

[02:53] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[12:13] Detention (2011)

[51:32] Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015)

[01:33:11] FEEDBACK

[01:40:43] ENDING MUSIC: NO APOLOGIES

Buy Detention (2011)
Buy Dude Bro Party Massacre III (2015)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm once again celebrating my birthday by taking a look at two films from the year of my birth - 1985. This year I channel my inner slacker-loser-geek with a laid back discussion of a "sciency" double-feature of Real Genius and Weird Science.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:01] Projection Booth Promo

[03:11] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[15:44] Real Genius (1985)

[41:01] Weird Science (1985)

[01:08:21] FEEDBACK

[01:12:28] ENDING MUSIC: Weird Science by Oingo Boingo

Buy Real Genius (1985)
Buy Weird Science (1985)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm fulfilling a Patreon Pick from TWoRP Legionnaire Georges! Georges requested I take a look at the 1992 Quebec film Requiem pour un beau sans-cœur, aka Requiem for a Handsome Bastard, and I decided to make it a Cinéma de Québec double-feature by pairing it with a Denis Villeneuve film I haven't seen yet: 2009's Polytechnique.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:29] Cult of Muscle Promo

[02:42] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[10:10] Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992)

[40:29] Polytechnique (2009)

[01:12:48] FEEDBACK

[01:25:09] ENDING MUSIC: Tu m'montes s'a tête by Gildor Roy

Buy Polytechnique (2009)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my Patreon Picks with two sexy 80s vampire flicks: 1983's The Hunger and 1986's Vamp, the latter selected by TWoRP Legionnaire Donny D.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:45] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo

[02:28] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[10:56] The Hunger (1983)

[43:21] Vamp (1986)

[01:06:30] FEEDBACK

[01:10:35] ENDING MUSIC: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus

Buy The Hunger (1983)
Buy Vamp (1986)  

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with two DC Animated Films from two very different eras: 1998's Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero and 2013's Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, the latter selected by TWoRP Legionnaire Trent B.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:36] Chin Stroker vs Punter Promo

[02:43] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:24] Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)

[43:22] Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

[01:19:59] FEEDBACK

[01:24:54] ENDING MUSIC: Cold as Ice by King Diamond

Buy Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
Buy Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my series of Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Cornelius - a Spike Lee double feature of 1989's Do the Right Thing and 2020's Da Five Bloods.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:28] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:45] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[15:32] Do the Right Thing (1989)

[57:32] Da Five Bloods (2020)

• From the Canopy

[01:39:30] FEEDBACK

[01:44:51] ENDING MUSIC: Fight the Power by Public Enemy

Buy Do the Right Thing (1989)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing my Patreon Pick series with a hellish UK Noir double-feature of 1957's Hell Drivers and 1960's Hell is a City, as selected by TWoRP Elite Patron Kehaar.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:14] CromCast Promo

[02:59] RANDOM CONVERSATION

• Kehaar's Blog

[18:09] Hell Drivers (1957)

[01:11:57] Hell is a City (1960)

[02:12:32] FEEDBACK

[02:17:53] ENDING MUSIC: Atrocity Exhibition by Joy Division

Buy Hell Drivers (1957)
Buy Hell is a City (1960)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing the Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Caitlin! Caitlin and I call back to one of her previous picks with another Guy Ritchie double-feature: 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and 2021's Wrath of Man.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:04] Projection Booth Promo

[03:14] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[16:54] Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

[58:45] Wrath of Man (2021)

• True Dungeon

[01:48:02] FEEDBACK

• El Goro talks Hulk/Pitt on Invasion of the Podcast

[01:54:23] ENDING MUSIC: I Wanna Be Your Dog by The Stooges

Buy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Buy Wrath of Man (2021)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing with the Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Jacob P! Jacob has selected two 20th century takes on Brothers Grimm with 1996's Freeway and 1999's Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:06] Cult of Muscle Promo

[03:19] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[11:47] Freeway (1996)

[56:34] Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)

[01:32:35] FEEDBACK

[01:38:40] ENDING MUSIC: Li'l Red Riding Hood by The Meteors

Buy Freeway (1996)
Buy Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (1999)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm continuing with the Patreon Picks with a selection from TWoRP Elite Patron Tom WF. Tom has selected 1975's Nashville and 1991's JFK, two MASSIVE films interrogating the notion of the American Dream.

[00:00] INTRO

[03:06] The Good, the Bad, and the Odd Promo

[03:49] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[14:48] Nashville (1975)

[01:05:39] JFK (1991)

[02:30:31] FEEDBACK

[02:33:35] ENDING MUSIC: 200 Years by Henry Gibson

Buy Nashville (1975)
Buy JFK (1991)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm kicking off the 13th year of TWoRP and the season of Patreon Picks! First up, TWoRP Elite Patron Jon R. joins me on the show to discuss two Korean films - 2017's Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds and 2019's The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:42] Chin Stroker vs Punter Promo

[02:50] RANDOM CONVERSATION

[13:52] Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) 

[01:05:23] The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

[01:49:38] FEEDBACK

[01:55:21] ENDING MUSIC: Thirteen by Danzig

Buy Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
Buy The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm discussing more Ghost Stories for Christmas from the BBC with 1974's The Treasure of Abbot Thomas and 1975's The Ash Tree.

[00:00] INTRO

[02:07] Trick or Treat Radio Promo

[03:24] RANDOM CONVERSATION

• El Goro on the year-end episode of Invasion of the Podcast

[16:37] The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)

• Read "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" by M.R. James

[34:09] The Ash Tree (1975)

• Read "The Ash-Tree" by M.R. James
• Grady Hendrix "Christmas Ghost Stories: How the Holidays Became Haunted" 

[57:08] FEEDBACK

[01:01:22] ENDING MUSIC: The Ghosts of England by The Triple Tree

Watch The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)
Watch The Ash Tree (1975)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm watching more Ghost Stories for Christmas from the BBC and M.R. James with 1972's A Warning to the Curious and 1973's Lost Hearts.

[00:00] INTRO

[01:58] CromCast Promo

[02:43] RANDOM CONVERSATION

• Read "A Warning to the Curious" by M.R. James
• Read "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James
• CromCast discusses M.R. James
• Anthologic discusses The Exorcism
• A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast 
• Cathode Ray Tube

[10:55] A Warning to the Curious (1972)

[34:13] Lost Hearts (1973)

[59:21] FEEDBACK

[01:03:41] ENDING MUSIC: Lost Hearts by The Triple Tree 

Watch A Warning to the Curious (1972)
Watch Lost Hearts (1973)

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm diving into some Ghost Stories for Christmas with two BBC adaptations of the work of M.R. James: 1968's Whistle and I'll Come to You and 1971's The Stalls of Barchester.

[00:00] INTRO

[03:03] Projection Booth Promo

[04:13] RANDOM CONVERSATION

• Read "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M.R. James
• Read "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" by M.R. James

[21:42] Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)

[47:46] The Stalls of Barchester (1971)

[01:11:03] FEEDBACK

• El Goro talks Silver Bullet (1985) on The Kulturecast

[01:16:09] ENDING MUSIC: Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You by The Triple Tree

Watch Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
Watch The Stalls of Barchester (1971)