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Films at First Sight

Joe Ferry & Graham James

Joe and Graham celebrate and explore cinema, new and old, through the lens of the first time viewer. Such a wide angle includes the underserved medium of short films as well as the glancing into the future through film festivals and upcoming releases!

tv & film film history

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01:16:59

Episode 55: To Sleep So as to Dream

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2025/04/05

Step out of time with us as Graham brings Joe into a surreal dream world involving private detectives, missing dames, ninjas, gyroscopes, eggs, and meta commentary utilizing silent film as its medium, with Kaizo Hayashi's remarakable fantasy/mystery To Sleep So as to Dream.

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Short Ends: No Experience Necessary (2025)

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2025/04/02

We're back with another edition of Short Ends, this time previewing Emily Everhard's short film No Experience Necessary, which World Premieres at the 35th Aspen Shortsfest. So join us, as we discuss this funny and moving short about finding that spark in life again.

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01:24:59

Episode 54: Dressed to Kill (1980)

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2025/03/14

We're getting sexy and mysterious when Jason from Dads from the Crypt returns to talk about Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill, a film that begs the question, what is the proper painting to be looking at when we succumb to our innermost desires and fantasies?

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02:37:33

Episode 53: 2024 Year in Review

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2025/01/31

Wowee, 2024 was quite the year for cinema and we have so much to reflect on. So, grab a seat while we each go through 20 films that stood out amongst an impressive amount of movies watched, both new and old. We've got beavers, evil Canadian children, slutty pizza lovers, juggalos, crime sprees, film-noir, sex workers across multiple generations, religious allegories, and much, much more!!

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01:16:40

Episode 52: Boxcar Bertha

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2025/01/14

Hustle on up and hitch a ride with us as we are joined by Bloody Good Horror's Eric Newell to chat about Martin Scorsese's dusty crime thriller Boxcar Bertha. I mean, it was have been desrepectful NOT to cover one of the many films that Roger Corman produced which launched a major career. And who doesn't wanna see Bernie Casey being an all around badass. So, come for the violence & nudity and stay for the weird Wizard of Oz allegory.

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01:44:32

Episode 51: Prisoners (2013)

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2025/01/06

Join us as we invite our old friend Brad to help us investigate Denis Villeneuve's labyrinthine thriller Prisoners, a Thanksgiving flick that gets us wondering, where was Hugh Jackman's character on January 6th? Other points of discussion are Thanksgiving films, the star studded cast, favorite actors that perpetually get beat the hell up, our oddest pets, and of course that ENDING.

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01:31:44

Episode 50: Robin Redbreast

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2024/11/25

Sometimes you just need a fresh start. Something new to springboard you into the next chapter of life. Well join us as we return for our first coverage involving a Made-For-TV film and we have a brand new guest on the show, Levi from the Well-Adjusted Horror Podcast. This episode we are talking about the 1970's Play for Today broadcast on the BBC, Robin Redbreast, a film that has been heralded as a folk horror response to Rosemary's Baby. Tangents include terrible dates, even worse neighbors, and

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02:01:12

Episode 49: Seconds (1966)

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2024/09/25

Life isn't full of too many second chances but what happens when you are given a new lease on life? Now that's a big question for a small podcast. Luckily for us, friend of the show, Steve is here to enlighten us to all of the mysteries and wonders that accompany such a profound inquiry with John Frankenheimer's science-fiction masterpiece, Seconds. So join us as Joe & Graham experience what is arguably Rock Hudson's greatest film & performance.

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01:34:21

Episode 48: Challengers

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2024/08/11

We've got a new guest to the show and he's bringing what may be one of the most divisive movies we've covered thus far, Luca Guadagnino's Challengers. Gabe Coffey joins Joe & Graham to talk throuples, competition, sweat, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. Check it out!

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Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 3 w/ Jody Webster

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2024/08/02

Joe and Jody from Dads from the Crypt sit down and talk this year's Chattanooga Film Festival while they unpack their thoughts on juggalos, the need for gay southern gothic tales, and the implicit dangers of joining a cult.

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45:06

Short Ends: Berta (Fantasia Fest 2024)

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2024/07/29

Joe and Graham are joined by friend of the show, Whitney, to discuss Lucía Forner Segarra's latest short film, Berta, which World Premiered at Fantasia Fest on July 28th, 2024. The gang gets into their taste for revenge films, the importance of women's voice in the subgenre, and the use of art as a means to dissect and understand trauma. Join us for a bloody good time!

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Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 2: Transmissions,...

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2024/07/21

We had so much to say about this year's Chattanooga Film Festival that we couldn't help but hit the record button again! Joe and Graham keep it rolling with a slew of shorts such as Roger is a Serial Killer, The Cost of Flesh, Giallo, Like Me, Apotemnofilia, and the BANANAS The Rainbow Bridge. And things get meta as we talk podcast representation in films during our features discussion which include Graham Skipper's The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine, Video Visions, Falling Stars and Carnage for

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01:21:13

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 w/ Allison of Who's...

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2024/07/10

The smell of freshly popped popcorn, the clicking and spinning of projector wheels, oh it can only the summer camp for cinefiles, the Chattanooga Film Festival. This year we are joined by Allison of the Who's There? podcast to discuss some of our favorite things we saw such as Canvas, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Adult, The Vourdalak and Red Rooms. And we certainly didn't forget about the wonderful slew of short films. Check it out!!

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01:38:41

Episode 47: Vanishing Point

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2024/07/04

We're LIVE again at the Colonial Theatre where we are joined by filmmaker Ryan Hammaker to discuss 1971's Vanishing Point, a film championed as one of the greatest car movies ever made. Does it live up to its legendary status or does it crash and burn in a fiery smoldering wreck?

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02:02:29

Episode 46: Daisies

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2024/06/07

This episode we are joined by Rachel and Ariel from The More Deadly Podcast to chat about Věra Chytilová's Daisies, a movie near and dear to Joe's chaotic heart. For maximum chaos, subjects include food fights, blacklists, feminsim in film, taking mushrooms and talking to the police, and surprise appearance from Ariel's cat! Check it out!!

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The 7th Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival...

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2024/06/04

Join us in the cozy little mountain town of Jim Torpe for The Seventh Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival as we regale the sights and sounds of one of Pennsylvania's BEST Film Festivals. We talk creepy Irish tales, locally shot tearjerkers, and finally find something tense enough that it forced Graham to flee the theater. JTIFF really does have something for everyone!

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01:30:35

Firsts of the Month: March 2024

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2024/05/09

Instead of our socials with images of what we watched, we're sitting down to chat about some of our favorite (and least favorite) films that we watched in March of 2024. And of course we get wildly distracted along the way. So join us for our inaugural episode of Firsts of the Month!

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Off the Shelf: La Gammick aka The Mob

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2024/04/06

Welcome to Off the Shelf, where we dive into the world of physical media. In our first episode, Joe and Graham look at Canadian International Pictures' release of The Mob (La gammick) (1975), a crime driven character study which is accompanied with the animated short film Hunger (1974) and a wonderfully Canadian mixtape of Quebec crime film trailers.

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Exposure Time: Ennio

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2024/03/25

On this episode of Exposure Time, we preview the documentary, Ennio, a retrospective look at the work of master film composer, Ennio Morricone.......... sorry I got lost thinking of the sweeping beauty that is the theme to One Upon a Time in the West. Well, at this point, might as well save all of the gushing, flowery language, and superlatives for the episode. It's a good one.

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Episode 45: Human Lanterns (1982)

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2024/03/08

Joe and Graham welcome their friend and FFS alumnus Caitlin Grant, host of Plug It Up podcast, on a deep dive into a sincere and heartwarming drama about the people who shine brightest in our lives and how they inspire us to our greatest potential... jk, it is straight-up about a dude who makes lanterns out of human flesh. What?

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