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Director"s Club

A monthly show that reviews one film director per episode with the occasional bonus episode. Episodes 123-172 were hosted by Brad & Al. As of 2022, new episodes will be hosted by Jim and/or Bill. The spin-off show, B-Side Me, is also here (for now) which is all about music/bands!

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03:57:18

Bonus Episode: The Horror Movie Show

Director"s Club ·

2014/11/06

You want to talk about monsters? Patrick and site contributor Gabe Powers are here with a monster podcast where they talk about YOUR favorite horror movies. 172 horror films, across ten decades, for four hours, all voted on by Director's Club listeners. Where did your favorites rank? What were the two films to get the most votes? How many Cronenberg, Carpenter, Romero and Lynch films made it? What modern horror classic received zero votes? You have to listen to this deep dive into the world of

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03:32:56

Episode 81: George Romero

Director"s Club ·

2014/10/31

Happy Halloween every body! It's the Great Patrick, Charlie Brown! And he is joined by returning contributor to the show Ghoulie Gabe Powers, as well as the fiendish James Gillham of the High & Low Brow podcast over at Where The Long Tail Ends! Together they creep into the spooooky horror shows from director George Romero. Bypassing (for the most part) discussions on his zombie films, they focus mainly on MARTIN and MONKEY SHINES, as well as briefly touch on a couple others. In addition, there

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03:20:55

Episode 80: Terence Fisher

Director"s Club ·

2014/10/24

Film blogger/podcaster and friend of the show Robert Reineke joins Patrick to talk seminal Hammer horror director Terence Fisher. In addition to discussing the career of this British director of distinction, we talk about THE IMITATION GAME, MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA, TOP SECRET and Patrick's return to The Music Box of Horrors. ALSO! LISTENERS! We want your top 10 horror movie lists to be included in a future bonus episode, but there's a catch! The world doesn't need another list packed with Alien,

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03:03:22

Episode 79: Wes Anderson

Director"s Club ·

2014/09/29

Friend and favorite to the show Regina Barry returns for a monumental discussion on the beloved auteur Wes Anderson. In addition to talking about all his films, we discuss RESOLUTION, CONCUSSION, THE ONE I LOVE and more. Included at the very end of the episode is a brief discussion on The Beatles of all things. Also, I give a special announcement at the beginning which details how the rest of the year will be for me and I couldn't be more grateful and appreciative for my co-host and dear friend

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02:33:47

Episode 78: Nicolas Roeg

Director"s Club ·

2014/09/22

A departure for us -- as edited by Patrick this time 'round -- in which the great Bill Ackerman and Patrick talk about controversial British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg. They delve into the majority of his filmography, bypassing the "What we watched" segment, but nevertheless, this is an episode you won't want to miss and won't soon forget! Thanks as always for listening and stay tuned for the Wes Anderson episode in about a week! - Jim

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01:36:17

Bonus Episode: TIFF 2014

Director"s Club ·

2014/09/21

Festival correspondent and friend to the show Erik Childress joins us to talk about this year's Toronto International Film Festival, giving reviews of around ten films that stood out this year, that we have to look forward to either later this year or the next. Titles include NIGHTCRAWLER, SPRING, MOMMY, WILD, THE VOICES, IT FOLLOWS and more!Our Nicholas Roeg episode is coming within the week, and Wes Anderson will be recorded in a matter of days! Included at the end of this episode is a cover

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02:37:48

Episode 77: Oliver Stone

Director"s Club ·

2014/08/16

We are back at last with our youngest guest to date! The great Thomas Wishloff, formerly of the Big Kahuna Burger Podcast and now a writer for Sunset Productions, joins us to talk about the highly controversial Oliver Stone. We touch upon the majority of his filmography with discussions mostly on PLATOON, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, JFK, SALVADOR and a whole lot more. We also review GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, LUCY, THE CONGRESS, THE TRIP TO ITALY, and the first season of TRUE DETECTIVE. 0:00 - 20:50 - Intro

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02:27:30

Episode 76: Kelly Reichardt

Director"s Club ·

2014/07/27

Guest-free but incredibly happy to return together as we trek into troubled terrain to talk about independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt. Despite having not seen her very first film or her latest from this year, we feel confident in expressing what we love about the three films of hers that have garnered much acclaim - OLD JOY, WENDY & LUCY, and MEEK’S CUTOFF. In addition, Patrick talks about Linklater’s latest BOYHOOD while I giddily catch up with a lightning round of about 12 films that I’ve seen

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01:41:28

Bonus Episode: Best Of 2014 So Far

Director"s Club ·

2014/07/11

A special bonus episode is here to make up for lost time. While I was in NYC, I saw two of the best movies of 2014 and I was excited to to talk about those as well as catch up with friend and past guest Erik Childress. Since we’ve hid the mid-way point, I asked him to come on for 90 minutes to see what he feels are the best films of the year so far. We reveal our top ten picks including a shared number one choice! Since Patrick spent over three hours talking older movies with the Samuel Fuller

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03:35:49

Episode 75: Samuel Fuller

Director"s Club ·

2014/07/11

With Jim lost in New York, Kevin McCallister style, Row Three co-host and constant companion Kurt Halfyard is here with Patrick for a ramblin' good time talking about seminal cult director Samuel Fuller. In addition to discussing his films THE NAKED KISS, SHOCK CORRIDOR, and PICK-UP ON SOUTH STREET, we take on a myriad of classics like AIRPLANE!, DO THE RIGHT THING, THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT, SCORPIO RISING and a number of short horror film recommendations. LINKS TO SHORT HORROR FILMS

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03:11:31

Episode 74: Quentin Tarantino

Director"s Club ·

2014/06/17

DVDTalk.com critic and SharcTankMedia contributor Tyler Foster joins us for one of our longer episodes in awhile to talk about a very obscure, unknown filmmaker that you've probably never heard of. Quentin Tarantino. We focus on the breakthrough classic PULP FICTION in honor of its 20th anniversary, as well as Quentin's first of two historical revisions with the WWII revenge drama INGLORIOUS BASTARDS. And obviously we pretty much bring up every movie he's ever done throughout the course of the

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02:43:35

Episode 73: Wim Wenders

Director"s Club ·

2014/05/30

Punctuation Films' very own Sean Pierce joins us for a trip with the great German filmmaker Wim Wenders. We focus on his take on Patricia Highsmith with THE AMERICAN FRIEND as well as his most critically acclaimed spiritual meditation, WINGS OF DESIRE. But we also touch on PARIS, TEXAS, KINGS OF THE ROAD, DONT COME KNOCKING and more! We also review BLOOD SIMPLE, PARADISE HOPE, THEY CAME TOGETHER, and THE WIND RISES. In two weeks, we cover the rather unknown director Quentin Tarantino. Until then,

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03:02:21

Episode 72: Richard Linklater

Director"s Club ·

2014/05/10

It's time to get romantic! Patrick's partner Regina Barry joins us for this special episode as we slip into the slipstream of Austin filmmaker Richard Linklater. He has specialized in several dialogue-heavy indie films from the 90s -- thus, we mainly focus on all three BEFORE films, starting with SUNRISE and ending with last year's MIDNIGHT. But we also touch on WAKING LIFE, BERNIE, DAZED & CONFUSED and more! We also review APOCALYPSE NOW, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, MISTER ED, as well as a few Don

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02:41:42

Episode 71: Roman Polanski

Director"s Club ·

2014/04/27

Welcome back returning guest and fellow podcaster Andrew James from RowThree.com and the Cinecast Podcast, as we creep into the mind of one Roman Polanski. He has specialized in several memorable psychologial thrillers including his debut REPULSION and the classic noir CHINATOWN, both of which we discuss at length. We also review BOYHOOD, JOE, and UNDER THE SKIN as well as a few other Polanski films towards the end. In two weeks, we return possibly with Patrick's partner in tow, to discuss the

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01:29:58

Bonus Episode: Jim Loves Turtles & Pod People

Director"s Club ·

2014/04/22

Jim and Patrick are back, diving deep into each other's personal lives, snatching each other's bodies, finding each other's footage. It's not as gay as it sounds, sadly. FILMS DISCUSSED Lake Mungo Computer Chess (again)The Dirties Cannibal Holocaust Fargo (TV Show) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (all of 'em) Night of the Living Dead (all of 'em) Cheap Thrills Quick Change Monkeybone Enemy Meet The Spartans Winter Light Walk Hard The Blair Witch Project and more?!?!!?!?

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02:28:21

Episode 70: Alexander Payne

Director"s Club ·

2014/03/21

Film Junk's very own Frank Knezic joins us to talk about satirist / dramedy director Alexander Payne. We start off by focusing on his debut satire CITIZEN RUTH and then we take a look at his more sentimental look at aging with ABOUT SCHMIDT. We later expand upon some more of his other films as well including ELECTION and SIDEWAYS. In addition, Jim takes a look at the "new golden age of television" with a brief mention of THE AMERICANS, THE BACHELOR, and more! Frank rewatches QUICK CHANGE &

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37:28

Bonus Episode: Stephen Tobolowsky Interview

Director"s Club ·

2014/03/09

In light of the recent passing of Harold Ramis, I sought out an actor who worked with him on the modern-day classic GROUNDHOG DAY. You might remember him as Needle Nose Ned. Before listening to this bonus episode, I encourage you to check out the IMDB listing for Stephen Tobolowsky. The list goes on and on and on since he has appeared in over 200 TV shows and movies, and he is definitely one of those memorable character actors you've seen in at least something past or presently. He was incredibly

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02:18:31

Episode 69: Steven Spielberg Part II

Director"s Club ·

2014/03/03

Friend and Chicago film critic Erik Childress returns to the show for another discussion about the legendary Steven Spielberg, this time focusing on the latter portion of his career for part two. We start off by focusing on his sci-fi noir MINORITY REPORT and then we take a look at his response to 9/11 with the political spy thriller MUNICH. We later expand upon some more of his other films as well including LINCOLN and INDIANA JONES AND THE CRYSTAL SKULL. In addition, Jim takes a look back at the

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02:28:43

Episode 68: Steven Spielberg

Director"s Club ·

2014/02/17

Friend and filmmaker Collin Souter returns to the show to talk about the legendary (and possibly our most famous director to date) Steven Spielberg. We start off by focusing on his earlier films, including the sci-fi classic CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and then we take a look at the under-appreciated coming-of-age WWII film, EMPIRE OF THE SUN. We later expand upon some more of his other films as well including JAWS and ET. In addition, Collin reviews FANDANGO, Patrick talks about THE FURIES

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01:14:21

Bonus Episode: No One My Age Has Seen Cocoon!

Director"s Club ·

2014/02/07

A freeform bonus episode was conducted as an experiment, in order to try out our new recording setup. This is definitely our least structured discussion to date, but for you die-hard fans out there, this is a must hear! In the midst of this conversation, we cover a wide range of film-related topics including anticipated films of 2014, Jim's descent into watching movies from the year 1985, a review of TROUBLE IN MIND, and a whole lot more!

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