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01:19:55

DEFEND THIS MOVIE #10: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE...

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2023/01/13

Screenwriter Steve Grest (originator of the Defend This Movie idea) returns to the pod to debate Secret Movie Club programmer and founder Craig Hammill about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, and Ke Huy Quan! The 1984 sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark was controversial upon release for its dark content, and Steve agrees that it is a joyless, annoying slog. Craig admits that Temple has its problems, but he also thinks the

01:18:45

SMC Pod #133: Celebrating John Ford, Our Director of...

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2023/01/06

Secret Movie Club programmer and founder Craig Hammill is joined once more by SMC blog writer Patrick McElroy to start 2023 with a recap of our director of 2022, John Ford, maybe the most important American filmmaker of all time. Craig and Patrick love the old man and his films, which include classic westerns like The Searchers and Stagecoach as well as acclaimed dramas like The Grapes of Wrath and How Green Was My Valley. Along with diving deep into his movies, Craig and Patrick also delve into

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SMC Pod #132: Victor Sjöström’s THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE...

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2022/12/30

To close out 2022, the Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) toasts silent classic, The Phantom Carriage, directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, a sort of Swedish Christmas Carol or It’s a Wonderful Life set around New Year’s Eve! The Team also continues their journey through the holidays with NYE in film: Daniel thinks it’s about time to talk about About Time, Craig keeps going with The Godfather series, Edwin likes to end the year with

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SMC Pod #131: Secret Santa Holiday Special!

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2022/12/23

Ho ho ho! The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) unwraps their gifts from themselves: they did a Secret Santa but with movies! Edwin has a hard time opening the 2003 martial arts film, Ong-Bak. Connor isn’t quite sure how to operate the star-studded disaster movie, Airport ‘77. Daniel didn’t ask for – but is pleasantly surprised by – 2014 indie sci-fi comedy, The Infinite Man. And, in a Christmas miracle, Craig gets exactly what he wanted:

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SMC Pod #130: Edward Yang’s A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY +...

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2022/12/16

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) delves into Edward Yang’s 1991 masterpiece, A Brighter Summer Day, a sprawling four-hour Taiwanese crime film about teen gangs in 1950s Taipei. The Team also investigates other international movies with some noir in them! Craig loves Almodóvar’s Live Flesh. Daniel goes back to classic Korean film, The Housemaid. Connor brings up High & Low and half-remembers some other Kurosawa noirs. And – shocker – Edwin

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SMC Pod #129: Frank Darabont’s THE SHAWSHANK...

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2022/12/09

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) digs into Frank Darabont’s neo-classic, The Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman and adapted from Stephen King’s novella. King is a massive force in literary horror but he’s explored every genre, and here the Team flips through King’s non-horror work! Edwin is pumped on Schwarzenegger action flick The Running Man. Daniel finds Stand By Me to be his favorite. Craig wants to translate

48:36

SMC Pod #128: Movie Posters!

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2022/12/02

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) unfolds their opinions on movie posters in honor of SMC’s recent collaboration with Laurent Durieux! The Team reminisces about poster’s they’ve had on their own walls, explores the history of posters, and shares their thoughts on modern poster trends. Craig talks fake posters in films and what makes a good poster. Daniel talks Mondo and the resell market. Connor talks movies posters from Ghana and Eastern

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SMC Pod #127: Thanksgiving Special – Nominating films...

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2022/11/24

Coming at you a day early so you can listen while avoiding your family, the Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) gives their nominations for films you can watch on Thanksgiving that are NOT John Hughes’ classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Edwin suggests The Last Waltz, Scorsese’s concert movie actually filmed on the day. Connor surprises no one by bringing up Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. Craig loves Terrence Malick’s The New World. Daniel explores

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SMC Pod #126: GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE +...

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2022/11/18

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) roars again! This time about beloved 90s Gamera trilogy – Guardian of the Universe, Attack of Legion, and Revenge of Iris – and other kaiju films – a Japanese genre of stories with giant monsters like Godzilla! Craig offers his opinion that these 90s Gamera films are the peak of monster-suit effects. Connor thinks all the monsters are adorable and wants to get them all hugs! Daniel defends Pacific Rim and Del

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SMC Pod #125: RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP...

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2022/11/11

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) takes stage to talk at you about stand-up superstar Richard Pryror and his classic 1982 concert film Live on the Sunset Strip! The conversation then broadens out to talk about comedians in film and what they can bring to movies both in front of and behind the camera. Daniel explains why he thinks Eddie Murphy elevates Walter Hill’s 48 Hrs. Connor comes clean about his anti-stand-up and pro-sketch bias. Craig mourns the

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SMC Pod #124: Halloween Hangover II - Dead by Dawn

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2022/11/04

The witching and horror-movie-watching season may be over, but the Secret Boo-vie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Goos, Edwin Ghost-mez, Dan-eek Ott, and Craig Hamm-kill) holds a seance for everything spooky they did for Halloween that they haven’t already talked to death on the podcast! Daniel gushes on the new film Pearl. Connor spills his guts about some new-to-him films he loved, like Deadly Lessons and Bad Ben. Edwin loses his head over a cool Friday the 13th poster. Craig sinks his teeth into SMC’s

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SMC Pod #123: Mario Bava’s BLOOD AND BLACK LACE +...

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2022/10/28

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, and Craig Hammill) is joined by Connor’s good friend and fellow AFI alumnus, Paul Immerman, to sorta discuss Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace and, more broadly, the Italian giallo film: a horror subgenre noted for its psychedelic style, gore, and incredible titles like, “Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key.” Craig appreciates that - even though giallo films helped lead to slasher films - giallos are NOT slashers. Paul

01:07:02

SMC Pod #122: A conversation with Matthew Gentile,...

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2022/10/21

SMC programmer and founder Craig Hammill sits down with longtime Secret Movie Clubber, Matthew Gentile, to talk about his new film, American Murderer! Matthew shares his experiences writing and directing his first feature, a crime thriller based on the true story of Jason Derek Brown - a conman placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list - and starring Tom Pelphrey, Ryan Phillippe, Idina Menzel, and Jacki Weaver. Craig and Matthew go through the movie’s journey to the screen, from idea to

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SMC Pod #121: David Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY +...

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2022/10/14

After our screening and Q&A with editor and producer Mary Sweeney, the Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Alex Olivier, and Craig Hammill) hits the road with David Lynch’s neo-noir-nightmare, Lost Highway! Described by Lynch as a “psychogenic fugue,” starring Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette, and with fascinating connections to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and real-world crimes and tragedies. The team also explores the idea of a “transitional film,” a movie that moves a director from one

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SMC Pod #120: Summer Break 2022 catch-up!

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2022/10/07

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) reassembles to talk about what they’ve been up to during their three month break from recording! The SMC Theater got a renovation! Edwin got two new jobs! Connor watched a lot of movies and had jury duty! Daniel also watched a lot of movies and actually had jury duty while this was being recorded! Craig started reading The Count of Monte Cristo and did something else extremely exciting that you’ll just have

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DEFEND THIS MOVIE #9: Late Period Scorsese - HUGO vs...

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2022/09/30

Secret Movie Club Team members Patrick McElroy and Craig Hammill sit down to talk about two of master filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s late period films: Hugo from 2011, and The Wolf of Wall Street from 2013! Both Patrick and Craig love Scorsese, but Craig thinks Hugo doesn’t work and Patrick thinks Wolf is obvious. Craig comes to the defense of Wolf as a hilarious, relevant satire of American greed; Patrick loves Hugo because of how personal it feels for Scorsese. Will they let this disagreement lead to

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SMC Pod #119: Silent cinema!

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2022/09/23

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) chips away at a mammoth conversation about the silent era of film and what we can learn from silent cinema! Craig loves F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh. Daniel brings up the problems with how silent film is often introduced to people as an academic bore. Connor respects the Lon Chaney version of The Phantom of the Opera. Edwin drinks Strong Coke. There’s also a lot of talk about the American education system and

43:59

DEFEND THIS MOVIE #8: DRIVE MY CAR

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2022/09/16

Secret Movie Club Team members Connor Lloyd Crews and Daniel Ott agree on a lot of things… but NOT Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, one of last year’s most lauded films! Daniel shares his opinion with the critics that it is a beautiful meditation on grief and art. Connor thinks it is long, boring and pretentious. Will these two knuckleheads ever see eye to eye on anything again? Or will this descend into a mutual therapy session that has little to do with the film and much more to do with their

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SMC Pod #118: Fan films, edits, remakes and more!

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2022/09/09

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) gabs all about fan-made content and works in honor of SMC’s screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation! Daniel talks about all the Star Wars fan films. Edwin enjoys Steven Soderbergh’s edit of Heaven’s Gate. Craig remembers his time helping make Our Robocop Remake. Connor pulls the car over to talk about video games instead of movies. Megachurches and the Team members’ own James Bond ideas are also

47:51

SMC Pod #117: Unrealized films and projects!

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2022/09/02

The Secret Movie Club Team (Connor Lloyd Crews, Edwin Gomez, Daniel Ott, and Craig Hammill) has a chat about their favorite unrealized movies and what could have been! Daniel is obsessed with Sergio Leone’s Leningrad: The 900 Days. Craig laments the loss of Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods. Connor desperately wants to see The Beatles’ and Kubrick’s bizarre version of Lord of the Rings. Edwin ponders Jodorowsky’s legendary adaptation of Dune. Ridley Scott’s Blood Meridian, Fellini’s The Journey

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