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Ep. 69 Apocalypto

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2020/12/08

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by filmmaker, podcaster & critic Martin Kessler to discuss his new book, Maya Non Grata. An exploration of Apocalyto’s bizarre relationship to history, historicism and art, Kessler’s authorial debut is available for only $2 via our Patreon: patreon.com/posts/44478461 The group discusses this a deeply strange Hollywood action flick set at the dawn of European conquest of the Yucatan peninsula, a vanity project by disreputable

01:23:54

Ep. 68 Deep Water

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2020/11/27

“There wasn’t a word for the way he felt about Melinda, for that combination of loathing and devotion.” Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss Patricia Highsmith’s 1957 novel, Deep Water, a cruel and curious marital thriller about a shamelessly philandering housewife and the seemingly meek husband who not only puts up with her affairs but invites her paramours into their home. Highsmith’s 5th novel might be her masterpiece; the writing combines the author’s cutting psychological

01:25:46

Ep. 67 La Nuit du Carrefour

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2020/11/18

Hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg turn their attention to one of the most mysterious films from the golden age of Jean Renoir’s filmmaking career: 1932’s La Nuit du Carrefour. Despite being championed by André Bazin and described by Jean-Luc Godard as “the only great French detective film,” this film remains possibly the most obscure work produced by Renoir in the 1930’s. Adapted from a book by the punishingly prolific Belgian crime novelist Georges Simenon, the film serves as the first

01:19:55

Ep. 66 Fritz Leiber Double Feature

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2020/10/22

"She is all merciless night animal...yet with a wisdom that goes back to Egypt and beyond - and which is invaluable to me. For she is my spy on buildings, you see, my intelligencer on metropolitan megastructures. She knows their secrets and their secret weaknesses, their ponderous rhythms and dark songs. And she herself is secret as their shadows. She is my Queen of Night, Our Lady of Darkness." In two books written nearly 25 years apart, "weird fiction" guru Fritz Leiber examined how ancient

01:27:20

Ep. 47 Come And See

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2020/10/20

Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by filmmaker & professor Mtume Gant (Whiteface, Spit) to discuss Elem Klimov's shattering WWII phantasmagoria, Come & See. The conversation touches on the function of even the best war films as righteous propaganda, extreme cinema, the film's relationship to post-War cinema in Japan & Germany as well as Tango & Cash's deep connections to Andrei Tarkovsky. It's a surprisingly light-hearted episode about an incredibly tough film. The Pink Smoke

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Ep. 65 Top 10 Horror Screenplays

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2020/10/15

We’re joined by screenwriter Tom Vaughan (Winchester, Unstoppable) to discuss his picks for the 10 greatest horror screenplays ever written. From consensus classics like Dan O’Bannon’s script for Alien and Joseph Stefano’s work on Psycho, to offbeat choices like the remake of The Blob, the conversation digs into what makes for brilliant writing in a genre where the art of the screenplay often gets overlooked. Vaughan breaks down Howard Hawks' maxim that a great film is "three good scenes and no bad

01:39:32

Ep. 64 The Blank Wall

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2020/09/28

“I don’t know where that ham came from, she thought. And I’m not going to think about it. Ever.” We’re joined by writer Steven Sheil to discuss a book of his own selecting: Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s The Blank Wall. Sheil is the screenwriter and director of Mum & Dad, Dead Mine and Unmade as well as the co-curator of The Mayhem Film Festival in Nottingham. Holding’s “domestic noir” provided the basis for 2001’s The Deep End starring Tilda Swinton and Max Ophüls’ The Reckless Moment - it’s the

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Ep. 63 Bond In The 80s: Part II

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2020/09/24

In Part Two of our look at “James Bond in the 80's" the focus shifts to the unjustly-maligned Timothy Dalton films that wrapped up the decade. We welcome back John Arminio to discuss the real-life inspirations for The Living Daylights, why a more humorless tone was rejected by audiences with the Dalton films but celebrated in the Daniel Craig era, why it was for the best that Sam Neil wasn’t cast as 007 (despite his aces work in Reilly, Ace of Spies) and how the ultimate Cold War military icon

00:59:43

Ep. 48 The Dance Of The Seven Veils

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2020/09/18

On this episode, hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by Lisi Russell to discuss her husband Ken Russell’s BBC biopic of Richard Strauss, The Dance of the Seven Veils. The controversial film, suppressed since its premiere in 1970, recently screened for the public for the first time in five decades. Russell’s angry and uncompromising film mixes a Monty Python-esque sense of satire with a harsh critique of cultural institutions across the spectrum for a depiction of Strauss that

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Ep. 51 Florida Crime Double-Bill: Darker Than...

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2020/09/18

In this episode, we take a look at a double-bill of classic Florida pulp fiction: John D. MacDonald’s Darker Than Amber (the seventh novel in his Travis McGee series) and Charles Willeford’s Miami Blues (the first novel in his Hoke Moseley series). We’re joined by director and "Mr. Miami" Bill Teck to discuss the novels, the sense his Cuban heritage gives him of the the state’s history, the changes in crime between the 1967 publication of Amber and Blues in 1984 as well as the nuances of Floridalia

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Ep. 62 Bond In The 80s: Part I

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2020/09/17

From crossbow bolt-ruined dives to detective-dispatching poison-tipped butterflies, the final run of Roger Moore as Commander James Bond was infused with the thrilling drive of 1980's action cinema. We welcome back John Arminio to tackle this transitional era of the 007 franchise: Moore's last three movies (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View to a Kill) as well as the rival Bond film Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery and released by Warner Brothers to go head-to-head with Eon's

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Ep. 40 Galactic Pot-Healer

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2020/09/15

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg welcome Flixwise: Cananda host Martin Kessler to the program to discuss the hardships of being a god, psychedelic science-fiction, translations of Faust done by pseudo-arachnids & whether the spider spinning its web in the bottom of a mug it can't escape experiences a sense of hopelessness. The only possible contexts for these subjects: Philip K. Dick. In this episode they look at one of Dick's more overlooked novels, Galactic Pot-Healer, the story of a

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Ep. 42 The Curse Of Capistrano

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2020/09/15

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its publication, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg dig into Johhston McCulley's THE CURSE OF CAPISTRANO, the serialized swashbuckling tale that spawned one of the genre's immortal heros - Zorro! Strap in for an episode that covers the swashbuckling genre on the whole, from Douglas Fairbanks leaving his mark on Zorro to the Swishbuckler parodies of the late 70's/early 80's to the classic Dumas vs. Sabatini debate. The Pink Smoke

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Ep. 8 Zama And Let The Sunshine In

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2020/09/10

In this episode hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by Zebras in America's Marcus Pinn to discuss the trio's most anticipated films of the year, Zama & Let the Sunshine In! Zebras in America: https://soundcloud.com/zebras-in-america The Pink Smoke: http://thepinksmoke.com/ PSP theme-song by the same damn guy, Marcus Pinn!

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Ep. 14 Tales From The Crypt

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2020/08/31

Just in time for Halloween, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by board-certified Cryptologist Stephanie Crawford (of The Screamcast & Dread Central) to count down their Top 5 favorite Tales from the Crypt episodes! The discussion covers everything you would expect: Morton Downey Jr., Bruce Boxleitner's hair replacement system, Dick Donner and Vanity's two best films. Follow us on Twitter: Stephanie Crawford: https://twitter.com/scrawfish John Cribbs:

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Ep. 10 The Ashtray

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2020/08/31

This month's episode looks at documentary filmmaker Errol Morris' new book, THE ASHTRAY. The book looks at the philosophical schism between Morris and Thomas Kuhn which caused Morris' then-professor Kuhn to throw an ashtray at the legendary documentary filmmaker's head. Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/cfunderburg John Cribbs on

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Ep. 2 Joe Dante's Character Actors

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2020/08/31

Episode 2 welcomes Brian Saur of the "Rupert Pupkin Speaks" blog and Pure Cinema Podcast to discuss Joe Dante's use of character actors! An enthusiastic look at what these performers bring to classic films like Gremlins, The 'Burbs and Innerspace. From Dick Miller to Robert Picardo to Rance Howard and everyone in between, it's a look at the some of the most beloved cult favorites in the history of le cinema. It's an episode celebrating the new partnership between Pure Cinema Podcast and The Pink

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Ep. 15 Frankenstein's Tower

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2020/08/31

For Halloween. Just in time for Halloween. A Halloween treat. The first episode of The Pink Smoke podcast to focus on pulp fiction, John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg explore the Frankenstein continuation novels written by none other than the greatest screenwriter of all-time, Jean-Claude Carrière! Carrière is best known as the writer of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Valmont, Belle de Jour & The Return of Martin Guerre - but

01:18:36

Ep. 20 The Eternal Mercenary

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2020/08/31

The immortal Casca, the solider cursed by Jesus to remain as he is until the Second Coming. This month's pulp fiction-oriented episode takes a look at the blood-and-vileness-soaked military fantasy from Barry Sadler, best known as the one-hit wonder behind the 1966 tune The Ballad of the Green Berets. Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by Martin Kessler of Flixwise: Canada to discuss the film's atrocious racial & sexual politics, bizarre sense of history and deep-seated

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Ep. 27 Pet Sematary

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2020/08/31

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by (who else?) Wendy Mays of the Pet Cinematary podcast to discuss both Stephen King's novel and the recent adaptation of Pet Sematary! The conversation features a discussion of why filmmakers always attempt to "fix" King's work, the nature of grief in horror cinema and an all-hamster remake of The Virgin Suicides.

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