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04:19:49

Episode 81 - The Godfather + Quai des Orfevres

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2023/01/22

This week on The Stacks, continuing our January resolutions month, Shana and j. go long on Francis Ford Coppolla's 1971 landmark The Godfather (discussion running to 2:14:46), followed by Henri-George Clouzot's also classic but very different 1947 crime film Quai des Orfevres (discussion continuing to 3:35:21), concluding as usual with some capsule reviews of other films we've watched in the past week and decisions on what we'll be covering next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at

03:33:28

Episode 80 - F for Fake + The Mephisto Waltz

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2023/01/15

This week in The Stacks, we're discussing Orson Welles' essay film on forgery and expertise, F for Fake (1973, discussion running to 1:36:55), followed by the early Satansploitation oddity The Mephisto Waltz (1971, directed by Paul Wendkos, discussion continuing to 2:59:31), followed as always by discussion of other movies we've watched during the week, and decisions on what we'll be covering next. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

03:24:10

Episode 79 - Shogun’s Shadow + Black Christmas

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2023/01/08

We kick off 2023's Resolutions Month in The Stacks with the high-octane 1989 jidaigeki Shogun's Shadow (directed by Yasuo Furuhata, discussion running to 1:12:53), followed by the original slasher, 1974's Black Christmas (directed by Bob Clark, discussion continuing to 2:47:37), as always concluding with discussion of various other movies watched in the previous week. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

03:06:51

Episode 78 - Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable +...

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2023/01/01

For our last recording of 2022, we discuss the third in the Female Convict Scorpion series, 1973's Beast Stable (directed by Shunya Ito, discussion going to 1:12:31), followed by a dip into some Australian Namsploitation with Brian Trenchard-Smith's The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989, discussion continuing to 2:29:59), as always concluding with some short reviews of other stuff watched this week and decisions on what we're covering next to ring in the new year. The live list of The Stacks can be

03:15:43

Episode 77 - Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2 + Santo...

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2022/12/25

A merry Christmas from The Stacks, as we discuss the heavily meme-ified Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987, edited/directed by Lee Henry, discussion running to 1:23:33), as well as our first dip into the lucha libre genre, with 1971's Santo vs Dr. Death (directed by Rafael Romero Marchent, discussion continuing to 2:43:59), followed as always with discussion of other films we've watched this week and our decisions on what to cover next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at

02:46:22

Episode 76 - Deranged + Another Day, Another Man

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2022/12/19

This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. talk about the 1974 Canuxploitation horror Deranged (directed by Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen, discussion running to 1:14:42), followed by our first dip into the Doris Wishman oeuvre with her 1966 clip-show movie Another Day, Another Man (discussion continuing to 2:16:30), concluding as always with discussion of additional movies watched this week, and our choices of what to cover next week. The live list of The Stacks is online at

03:18:16

Episode 75 - Strangler vs Strangler + Stone Cold

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2022/12/11

This week in The Stacks, Shana and j. are talking about the classic 1984 Serbian black comedy Strangler vs Strangler (directed by Slobodan Šijan, discussion running to 1:23:06), followed by the totally nuts 1991 biker action flick Stone Cold (directed by Craig R. Baxley, discussion continuing to 2:47:11). As always, we conclude with some talk on other films watched in the previous week and decide what to cover next week. The live list of The Stacks is available online at

03:51:05

Episode 74 - The Boxer From Shantung + Star Trek: The...

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2022/12/04

This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. delve into some wild kung fu action with The Boxer From Shantung (1972, directed by Chang Cheh and Pao Hsueh-Li, discussion running to 1:52:19), followed by slow cinema sci-fi classic Star Trek: The Motion Picture (directed by Robert Wise, discussion continuing to 3:15:53), as always concluding with some capsule reviews of other movies watched this week toward deciding what to cover next. The live list of The Stacks is online at

04:23:13

Episode 73 - For a Few Dollars More + Eyes Wide Shut

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2022/11/27

This week, Shana and j. are discussing a couple of the all-time great cinematic stylists - first, Sergio Leone's second entry in the Dollars Trilogy, For a Few Dollars More (1965, discussion running to 1:45:22), followed by Stanley Kubrick's final picture, Eyes Wide Shut (1999, discussion continuing to 3:37:05), concluding as always with discussion of other things we've watched and decisions on what to cover on next week's episode. The live list of The Stacks is online at

03:55:10

Episode 72 - Lost Highway + The Dead Zone

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2022/11/20

This week we're going liminal with David Lynch's 1997 deconstructed noir Lost Highway (discussion running to 2:03:45), followed by David Cronenberg's 1983 Stephen King adaptation The Dead Zone (discussion continuing to 3:23:19), concluding as always with The Watched Stacks. The live list of The Stacks is online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-stacks/

03:14:16

Episode 71 - Friday the 13th (1980) + The Last Man on...

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2022/11/13

We're back after an unexpected week off for illness, starting with Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 landmark slasher / body count picture Friday the 13th (discussion going to 1:21:35), followed by Sidney Salkow's 1964 adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price (and discussion continuing to 2:16:47), concluding with an extended Watched Stacks concluding the Spooky Season. The live list of The Stacks is online at

03:43:09

Episode 70 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch +...

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2022/10/30

For the fourth week of this year's Spooky Stacks, Shana and j. are covering the much-maligned Halloween III: Season of the Witch (directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, 1982, discussion running to 1:35:13), followed by the wacky 80s haunted house / creature feature Spookies (1986, with multiple directors in a troubled and disjointed production, discussion continuing to 3:05:26), and as always the final section is The Watched Stacks where we talk about all the other movies we've watched since last week and

03:32:31

Episode 69 - Gemini + Blood Rage

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2022/10/23

It's twins week for episode 69 - first up we continue our exploration through the works of Shinya Tsukamoto with 1999's Gemini (discussion running to 1:31:47), followed by classic Thanksgiving slasher Blood Rage (directed by John Grissmer, shot in 1983 but not released until 1987, discussion continuing to 2:49:15). These are followed by discussion of the many other spooky movies we've watched this October week and decisions on what we're covering next. The Spooky Stacks are online through October

03:23:38

Episode 68 - Se7en + Shivers

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2022/10/16

This week in The Spooky Stacks, Shana and j. talk about David Fincher's 1995 highly influential serial killer mystery Se7en (going to 1:25:22), followed by David Cronenberg's squicky 1975 high-rise body horror film Shivers (aka They Came From Within!, discussing running to 2:40:41), concluding as always with discussion of the various other horror movies watched during the Halloween challenge this week, and decisions on what we're covering next week. The Spooky Stacks are online at

03:31:12

Episode 67 - Shadow of a Doubt + Child’s Play 3

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2022/10/09

As we begin this year's Spooky Stacks, Shana and j. begin with Hitchock's 1943 serial killer mystery Shadow of a Doubt (discussion going to 1:47:54), followed by Jack Bender's notorious 1991 video nasty (despite being quite tame altogether) Child's Play 3 (continuing to 3:02:27), as always followed by discussion of various other movies recently watched. The Spooky Stacks are online at https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks-1/

03:25:33

Episode 66 - Patty Hearst + 2001: A Space Odyssey

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2022/10/03

This week, as Shana and j. head on into the spooky season, we start off with Paul Schrader's 1986 impressionist true crime film Patty Hearst (discussion running to 1:20:49), followed by Stanley Kubrick's psychedelic 1968 rogue AI epic 2001: A Space Odyssey (continuing to 2:56:17). October is horror month and that means all selections are from The Spooky Stacks: https://letterboxd.com/jshopa/list/the-spooky-stacks-1/

03:42:38

Episode 65 - Benedetta + Sound and Fury

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2022/09/26

This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. delve into modern nunsploitation with Paul Verhoeven's 2021 film Benedetta (discussion going to 1:46:49), followed by the 1988 French surreal coming-of-age crime drama Sound and Fury (directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau, discussion continuing to 3:14:25), followed as usual with some discussion of other movies we've watched this past week and decision on what we're covering next episode. The live list of The Stacks is online at

03:38:03

Episode 64 - New Tale of Zatoichi + New Nightmare

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2022/09/19

This week on The Stacks, Shana and j. return to our very gradual coverage of the Zatoichi series with part three, 1963's New Tale of Zatoichi (directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, discussion running to 1:07:58), then get very meta with Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994, discussion continuing to 3:05:19), concluding as always with some discussion of other movies we've watched in the past week and decisions on what to cover in next week's episode. The live list of The Stacks is online at

04:24:31

Episode 63 - After Blue + Spartacus

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2022/09/12

Shana and j. go extra long this week, starting with the follow-up to The Wild Boys, Bertrand Mandico's 2021 lesbian sci-fi acid western After Blue (aka Dirty Paradise, discussion running to 1:43:26), followed by Stanley Kubrick's legendary 1960 sword and sandal epic Spartacus (carrying on to 4:01:53!), concluding as always with discussion of other films we've watched during the week and decision-making on what to cover on next week's episode. The live list of The Stacks can be found online at

02:59:02

Episode 62 - Logan’s Run + Out of Order

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2022/09/05

This week in The Stacks, Shana and j. talk swingin' malltopia masterpiece Logan's Run (1976, directed by Michael Anderson, discussion running to 1:31:24), followed by the German thriller Out of Order (1984, directed by Carl Schenkel, discussion continuing to around 2:35:35, with maybe a little bit of puppet erotica talk in there too), concluding as always with additional capsule reviews and decisions on what we'll be covering next episode. The live list of The Stacks can be found online at

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