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PODCAST

The Cinemania Society Podcast

The Cinemania Society, LLC

Herein are chronicled the judgements of this not-so-secret society as its members scrutinize, criticize, analyze, brutalize, and otherwise vamp on the weirdest films in cinema history.

tv & film film reviews

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01:46:14

TCS Rewind: Conclave #7 Omnibus - The Compleat "The...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/03/19

Hi! It's Atus. Hi Atus! Get it? Yeah, okay. Dad joke over. You probably know the drill by now, but just in case you don't we're re-running all the S1 Conclaves during our S2-S3 hiatus because CERTAIN podcast aggregators won't make our back episodes available. In this one, Auntie Hope joins us in earnest and forces us all to scrutinize Ridley Scott's brother Tony's directorial debut, the lesbian vampire movie from 1984 "The Hunger." Get out the popcorn, folks. It's going to be a live one. Er, that

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01:37:02

TCS Rewind: Conclave #6 Omnibus - The Compleat "Time...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/03/12

Hiatus continues. Not for much longer, though. Just long enough to catch people up on our old material so they can understand the full flower of the story we're trying to tell since Big Streaming wanted to deny you all.Here's Conclave #6, featuring Professor Andrea taking us on a journey through time and space as we explore her favorite fantasy film, 1981's "Time Bandits" -- otherwise known as "the film that made Terry Gilliam and almost broke George Harrison." Music by Karl Casey at White Bat

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01:25:34

TCS Rewind: Conclave #5 Omnibus - The Compleat "In...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/03/05

Guess what? Chicken butt! ...and our hiatus continues. We're re-running the complete set of Conclaves from Season 1, since SOMEONE at Spotify and other podcast aggregators decided to un-list our first season.Here's Conclave #5, wherein Daniel Scribner takes us on a journey through John Carpenter's tribute to both Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft, 1994's "In the Mouth of Madness." Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

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01:40:35

TCS Rewind: Conclave #1 Omnibus - The Compleat Naked...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/02/05

It has been brought to our attention that our *entire* Season 1 run of episodes doesn't appear on a lot of different podcast aggregators. Well! We're going to fix that! Since we're on hiatus after Season 2 (Season 3 is coming, folks, don't worry!), let's get everyone caught up on Season 1, shall we?Here, for your listenting pleasure, is the Compleat Naked Lunch. Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio

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08:07

Profiles in Cinemania: David Lynch - In Memoriam

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/01/22

Verifier Andy presents a profile on the recently-deceased David Lynch, Hollywood's Avatar of Ambiguity, Master of the Mysterious Metaphor, and Señor of Sinister Symbolism. Farewell David, we hardly knew ye -- which is exactly the way you wanted it. Written & performed by Andy Slack Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental Music & Sound Effects courtesy of Epidemic Sound Caricature art by andyslackcomics.com

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01:15:35

Lens Friends: Season 2 (part 1)

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/01/08

The members of The Cinemania Society step out of character to do a wrap up of Season 2, where they talk about the how the podcast has evolved over Season 2 (which was released over 2 full years!), how they've evolved & improved, which movies and episodes from the past season were their favorites, and give the listeners a few teasers about Season 3...Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental music and sound effects courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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02:10:00

Conclave 16 Omnibus: The Compleat Six String Samurai

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2025/01/01

This episode compiles all of our episodes comprising Conclave 16, our final Conclave of Season 2, wherein we analyze Lance Mungia's 1998 post-a'rockalypse move "Six String Samurai." Sound design by Ethan Ireland Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio Incidental music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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06:22

A Cinemania Field Report Holiday Special: Anna and...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/12/25

Just in time for Christmukkah, we bring you our 2024 Holiday Special! Scrutinizer Zacharia helps us ring in our own pending apocalypse with a Cinemania Field Report on the exceedingly British Christmas / Zombie Apocalpyse mash-up feature from 2017, "Anna and the Apocalypse." And remember! Ask not for whom the Christmas Bell tolls. It tolls for we...Written by Zacharia Berks and Andy Slack Performed by Zacharia Berks Directed by Daniel Scribner Mixing and Sound Design by Ethan Ireland Music by

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22:44

Cinemania Field Report: 1979

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/12/11

Given that two of our recent field reports have remarked upon films from a particular year, Auntie Hope decided to take an extended dive into the year 1979 to present a Cinemania Field Report on what turned out to be a landmark year for CINEMANIA. This is a work of parody / satire and should not be construed as a statement of fact. Written by Ethan Ireland, Andy Slack, and Hope Bravo; and performed by Hope Bravo Music by Meteor at meteormusic.bandcamp.com Tracks used: The Spell, Saints and

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11:52

Cinemania Field Report: The Black Hole

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/11/27

Verifier Andy, Master Illuminator, presents a Cinemania Field Report examining Disney's 1979 foray into live-action sci-fi horror, "The Black Hole," and his own experience suffering a case of creeping CINEMANIA from (of all sources) a book about this film.Written and performed by Andy Slack Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio LEGAL NOTICE: This is a work of satire / parody and statements made herein should not be construed as making allegations or statements of fact. Cassette tape stock

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15:41

Cinemania Field Report: Lucio Fulci's Zombie

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/11/13

Cinquisitor Ethan submits a field report about the 1979 film Lucio Fulci's "Zombie," a/k/a "Zombi 2," a/k/a "Zombie Flesh Eaters." This knock-off-slash-sort-of-sequel to George A. Romero's 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead," isn't widely known, yet it's highly influential and features some grave sources of CINEMANIA.Listen at your own risk. Written and performed by Ethan Ireland Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio. Tracks featured: "The Wraith," "Dark Thriller Theme," "Dark Thriller Loop 1," "From

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05:47

Profiles in Cinemania: Jeffrey Combs - In Celebram

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/09/25

Verifier Andy brings us the first in our "In Celebram" series of Profiles in Cinemania, wherein we *urp* celebrate an individual for their contributions, instead of excoriating them for being a cause of CINEMANIA. This episode is about cinematic and television standby, the fan favorite Jeffrey Combs.DISCLAIMER: This is a work of satire and/or parody, and should not be construed as fact. Written and performed by Andy Slack Caricature art by Andy Slack Comics Music by Karl Casey at White Bat

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13:20

Interlude 3: The Cinemania High Council

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/09/18

After ordering numerous failed assassination attempts, the Cinemania High Council holds its penultimate meeting to decide the fates of our protagonists...

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17:19

Profiles in Cinemania: A Brief History of Headsplosions

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/08/28

Cinquisitor Ethan explores the trope of depicting exploding heads on screen. Where the hell did this come from, anyhow? Why did it become such a thing? Well, listen to find out...Written and performed by Ethan Ireland and Daniel Scribner Music by Meteor at meteormusic.bandcamp.com Incidental music by Epidemic Sound Meteor tracks used: "Manhattan 2019," "The Dark Side of the Sun," "The Streets of Hell," and "Unbreakable."

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39:19

Conclave 15c: Aye, There's the Rubber ("Rubber" Part 3)

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/08/21

In our final episode of this conclave, the Cinemania Society is on the run from a pack of biker assassins, and arrives at a roadhouse to conclude its analysis of Quentin Dupieux's 2010 magical realist / neo-impressionist film about a psychic car tire, "Rubber." Pull up a stool, get a beer in your hand, and listen along...

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07:53

Profiles in Cinemania: Shelley Duvall - In Memoriam

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/07/11

In honor of the passing of one of the 20th Century's greatest actresses today, the Cinemania Society is re-running the Profile in Cinemania our own Andrea Palladino produced on Shelley Duvall.

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02:07:42

Conclave 14 Omnibus: The Compleat Dogma

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/07/10

Presented here for listening convenience is the entirety of our Conclave #14 examining the 1999 film "Dogma" by Kevin Smith. Note for our regular Omnibus episode listeners: there are some bits from the individual shows that end up getting trimmed out so we can get these into a single file. Feel free to go back and see what you've missed.

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42:08

Conclave 14c: The Last Temptation of Buddy Christ...

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/06/19

The heretic renegades of The Cinemania Society concludes its conclave on Kevin Smith's 1999 film "Dogma," while dodging the murderous Knights of Continuity. Analysis under fire!

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56:03

Conclave 14b: All Dogmas Go To Heaven (Dogma Pt. 2)

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/06/05

The heretic renegades of the Cinemania Society, shacked up in an abandoned church in New Jersey, continues the conclave analyzing Kevin Smith's 1999 film "Dogma," while Auntie Hope has flashbacks to Catholic School...

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07:38

Profiles in Cinemania: Alan Rickman

The Cinemania Society Podcast ·

2024/05/29

Verifier Andy, Master Illuminator, presents a Profile in Cinemania on one of the most publicly-respected and well spoken-of sources of CINEMANIA, Alan Rickman. Millennials and GenZ knew Rickman best for his role as Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies; whereas GenX knew him best for his role as Hans Gruber in 1988's "Die Hard" (and to a somewhat lesser extent, his role as Alexander Dane / Dr. Lazarus in "Galaxy Quest). Rickman was a consummate practitioner of his craft and as word would have it,

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