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A Quality Interruption

James Kislingbury

Cruz Flores and James Kislingbury love movies and love yelling at each other about them. Whether they"re good, bad, involve lesbian vampires, or a good old fashioned vigilante shooting spree, we"ll be there, over thinking all of it.

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01:11:04

#441 Albert Camus' Dheepan (2015)

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2025/02/19

Episode #441 Dheepan. Just in time for awards season, we look back at everyone's favorite French director Jacques Audiard and his previous work about Tamil refugees in Paris. We also talk Severance, Johann Sacre Bleu, Treasure Island and Gate of Hell. Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on Ton Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live Together."

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01:24:16

#440 Maxim Gorky's Red Heat (1988)

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2025/02/12

Episode #440 We return to Schwarzenegger Land with this very particular moment in US-USSR relations known as Red Heat (1988). It's also a return to Walter Hill though he doesn't show off nearly as much. We also talk Thief, Wallace and Gromit, Sweetheart, The Hidden Fortress, Never Cry Wolf and Basquiat.

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01:26:40

#439 Top Ten of 2024

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2025/02/05

EPISODE #439-- Sorry. It's been a weird 2024. It's been a weirder 2025. I won't apologize. Anyways, here's our Top 10 films of 2024. There's some pretty crazy overlap here! Check it out. Get excited. Almost none of our stuff is nominated for Oscars, which is a pretty fun side effect of being completely out of the loop when it comes to cinema! Join the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the us on Ton Bluesky at kislingconnection and cruzflores, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok

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01:13:39

#438 Mallory's FLESH + BLOOD (1986)

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2025/01/15

EPISODE #438-- After a long holiday hiatus we are back to talk about the romantic dark fantasy FLESH + BLOOD (1986) from Paul Verhoven, staring Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Is it a great movie? No. Is it good? Kinda. What's important, though, is that we are very funny and talented and have a good time making a meal of a very messy movie. We also talk about the importance of Pluto TV, the mini-series SAY NOTHING (2024) on Hulu, Disney+'s STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW (2024), the Paul

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01:18:29

#434 Revenge of the Ninja

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2024/12/12

EPISODE #434-- Cruz and James go back to Canon Films with ground zero for the 80's ninja explosion Revenge of the Ninja (1983). It's a good one. . . the episode, not the movie. . . actually, the movie is pretty good, too. It fits right in there, you know? We also talk about the Kollywood film JAILER (2023), the anime GHOST CAT ANZU (2024), and the classic film noir EXPERIMENT IN TERROR (1962). Lots of different movies. Pretty wide spread of flicks here on the show. Join the cause at

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01:11:26

#436 Amis' A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1963)

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2024/12/05

EPISODE #436-- Cruz and James return to the past with the classic musical/mania movie, A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1963). It's the first and best movie of The Beatles. We talk rock n' roll, the 1960's, and Paul's terrible little ditties, among other things. It's a good one. We also talk the Miyazaki two-fer THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023) and MIYAZAKI AND THE HERON (2024), as well as Paul Schrader's 1984 masterpiece MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS and THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (2022). Real

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01:39:01

#435 Verne's THE DUELLISTS (1977)

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2024/11/19

EPISODE #435-- We return to the age of Napoleon with Ridley Scott's debut picture THE DUELLISTS (1977). It's a great little movie about everything wrong with men, France, and upper class society. Also: Lots of swords. We also talk about Kiyoshi Kurosawa's PULSE (2001), the Tamil film THUPAKKI (2012) (featuring Vijay), KWAIDAN (1964), as well as SATURDAY NIGHT (2024), LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (2024), and the BBC's GHOST WATCH (1992). Lots of good stuff this week. Join the cause at

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#434 The Empty Man (2020) Enter the Spooktagon 2024...

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2024/10/30

This week we talk about the 2020 movie The Empty Man in the last part of this year's Spooktagon We also talk Godzilla vs. Biollante, Immaculate , BookSmart, The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Frankenstein Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow the show on Twitter @AQualityInterruption, and James on Twitter @kislingtwits, on Bluesky at kislingconnection.bsky, on Instagram @kislingwhatsit, and on Tiktok @kislingkino. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They

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01:07:14

#433 The Lawnmower Man (1992) Enter the Spooktagon...

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2024/10/24

Episode #433 We talk the first movie to take you into the world of VIRTUAL REALITY The Lawnmower Man (1992) We also discuss World War Z (2013) Donate to the cause at Patreon.com/Quality. Follow James on Twitter @kislingtwits and on Instagram @kislingwhatsit or on gildedterror.blogspot.com. You can watch Cruz and show favorite Alexis Simpson on You Tube in "They Live Together." Thanks to our artists Julius Tanag (http://www.juliustanag.com) and Sef Joosten (http://spexdoodles.tumblr.com).

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01:21:04

#432 TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989): Enter the...

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2024/10/08

EPISODE #432: Thanks to the Criterion Channel, we finally visit one of the great cult horror films of all time: TETSUO: THE IRON MAN (1989) from writer/director/editor/photographer Shinya Tsukamoto. It's a little bit ULTRA Q and a little bit NEUROMANCER and a whole lot of grotesque confusion. It's great. Go check it out now. We also talk about Anderson's MAGNOLIA (1999) again, SLOW HORSES Season 4 on Apple+, as well as THE SUBSTANCE (2024), Tarsem's THE FALL (2006), Verhoven's TOTAL RECALL (1990),

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01:10:08

#431 Cemetery Man (1994): Enter the Spooktagon Part 1

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2024/10/02

EPISODE #431-- We start off this year's SPOOKTAGON with the Italian production CEMETERY MAN, a ridiculous, campy, grotesque journey into being so Italian and horny that you just have to start killing people. A tale as old as time. It stars Rupert Everett who, if I may say so, looks like a dish. We also chat about Gordon Douglas' THEM! (1954), David Lietch's FALL GUY (2024), and the good Paul Anderson's MAGNOLIA (1999). Some solid flicks to start off the spooking season. Sorry about the rest of this

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01:12:46

#430 Yoshikawa's THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967)

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2024/09/28

EPISODE #430-- We get away from Westerns to delve into the East. This week we're talking the seminal wuxia picture THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967) staring Jimmy Wang (THE MAN FROM HONG KONG) and directed by Chang Cheh (THE MAGNIFICENT TRIO). It's a classic, if imperfect movie. Watch it. Listen to us. We also talk about REDS (1981), as well as another martial arts film MONKEY MAN (2024) and LICORICE PIZZA (2021), which as very little martial arts in it at all. We also talk a whole bunch of other

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01:05:18

#429 Genet's JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)

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2024/09/20

EPISODE #429-- We return to the wild, wild west with Nicholas Ray's JOHNNY GUITAR from 1954. It's a good one. It's got Sterling Hayden. People love Sterling Hayden! We also talk about the lastest (French) version of THE THREE MUSKETEERS (2023) (as well as Richard Lesters' adaptations), as well as AMC's THE TERROR (2017) (now on Netflix!), Venkat Prahbu's THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (2024), and the unfortunate TERMINATOR: ZERO (2024), which sucks an unbelievable amount of butt. Terrible show. Not The

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01:11:26

#428 Koike's RED SUN (1971)

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2024/09/09

EPISODE #428-- Today we lament/celebrate the life and death of actor, pretty boy, deadbeat dad, and right-wing weirdo, Alain Delon with the pile of sludge that is RED SUN (1971). Directed by the Bond series' own Terence Young, and staring Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune, and Charles Bronson. This flick is an East-meets-West actioner that isn't nearly as good as all of its individual ingredients. A real bummer! We also talk about ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024), AMC's THE TERROR (2017), VEEP (2012 - 2019), and

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01:20:35

#427 Trevanian's BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID...

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2024/08/20

EPISODE #427-- We're still talking classic oaters over here. Today we're rapping about the classic western from George Roy Hill, BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID from 1969. Staring prettyboy Robert Redford and salad dressing magnate Paul Newman, this movie tells the story of the last years of America's favorite duo of wisenheimers. It also has Strother Martin, so you know it's good. We also talk CULT MASSACRE: ONE DAY IN JONESTOWN (2024), as well as Sam Peckinpah's elegiac masterwork PAT GARRETT

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01:11:39

#426 L'Amour's THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

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2024/08/14

EPSIODE #426-- We celebrate the dusty dregs of the summer with the epochal revisionist western THE WILD BUNCH (1969). Directed by Sam Peckinpah and staring literally every "that guy!" from the 1950's and 60's, it's a psychotic shooting spree sent straight from hell. It's great. Listen to it. Go watch it. Maybe not in that order. We also talk about Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR (2000) and, well, the Olympics (RIP). Kind of a slow week unless you just want to hear me talk about Jack Elam or whatever. Join

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01:14:44

#425 Werfel's MIRACLE (2004)

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2024/07/29

EPISODE #425-- We commemorate the 2024 Olympics with the post-9/11 feel good sports drama, MIRACLE, which tells the story of the rag tag team that beat the Soviet Union and won the gold for hockey in 1980. And, let me tell you, folks, there's more run-on sentences where that came from! On the back end, we got a ton of stone-cold cinema classics (in color!). We talk APOCALYPSE NOW (1978) (in 70mm!), as well as THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943) and BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) at the Academy Museum

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01:14:06

#424 Stark's THE SILENT PARTNER (1978)

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2024/07/27

EPISODE #424-- We continue to celebrate Pride Month by going to. . . Canada? Huh. That can't be right. Anyways, we talk the Hitchcockian thriller THE SILENT PARTNER from Daryl Duke and Curtis Hanson, starring Elliot Gould and Christopher Plummer. It's properly sleezy-- just like us! We also talk the BAD BOYS saga (including the latest feature RIDE OR DIE), the BEVERLY HILLS COP saga (including the latest film, AXEL F), as well as the documentary GOODNIGHT, OPPY (2022), the Oscar-nominated AMERICAN

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01:13:08

#423 Moorcock's PERFORMANCE (1970)

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2024/07/27

EPISODE #423-- Happy Pride, I guess? To celebrate this most hallowed of months, Cruz and James take on the cult classic from Cammell and Roeg: PERFORMANCE (1970), starring Mick Jagger and James Fox. It's a fun one. Very few accents in this one. We talk about queer theory, British acting families, and the legacy of The Rolling Stones. We also talk about THE BIKERIDERS (2024), GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (2004), Akira Kurosawa's underrated masterpiece, DERSU UZALA (1975). We also talk about HBO's

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01:20:24

#422 Capote's SERIAL MOM (1994)

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2024/07/15

EPISODE #422-- We belatedly celebrate Pride Month the only way we know how: With basic audio problems. Want to know why our SERIAL MOM (1994) sounds like this? Because somebody refused to talk into the mic, because it would "pop(?)". Note: It is not our guest, Alexis Simpson, of Drunkards and Dragons, who is always on point. And now here we are. Anyways, this is the second John Waters film we've done. We love him. He's great. Listen to this episode. We also talk about George Miller's FURIOSA

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