Justin and Will discuss the directorial work of The Man With No Name by way of his off-center western HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973) and his head-scratching bio-pic WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (1990). They talk his charismatic appeal as an actor, his populist film making...
Will and Justin tackle Woody Allen by discussing his undeniable classic ANNIE HALL (1977) and its terrible kinda-remake ANYTHING ELSE (2003). They discuss the struggle to separate the art from the artist, how Woody has a few interesting things to say (that he says...
On this week’s episode Mathew and Justin watch another film about women losing their virginity in high school. As per usual, they don’t expect you to watch the film. You simply tune in to listen to them go more and more insane because your loyal hosts exist...
Akira Kurosawa is a monolith and Justin and Will nervously approach his filmography like soldier's marching through a minefield. They watch THRONE OF BLOOD, THE BAD SLEEP WELL and discuss the master's biography, his riff with Toshiro Mifune, and the reason he's the...
It's time for the Important Cinema team to tackle the most important question of our time: Who was the funniest comedy team of 1933? Will and Justin discuss the topic heatedly as they tackle Marx Brothers masterwork DUCK SOUP and the Wheeler and Woolsey comedy...
I dived blind into Doswroth expecting it to be a Citizen Kane like tale of a buisnessman's fall. Nope. It isn't the 30's relationship drama hat the poster seems to be advertising either. Well, it is a relationship drama, but its the story of the dissolution of a long...
A gang of outlaws take over a snowy small town, confiscate all the guns, and the leader (Burt Ives) tells the townsfolk they'll be left in peace as long as they stay calm. The problem is that the old Mr. Ives is going to die from a bullet wound soon, and when he does,...
Tomorrow at 7:30 PM on January 13th 2015 at The Royal Cinema, the Laser Blast Film Society will be hosting its biggest night yet. It will feature a special first time public screening of the action opus BAD BLACK from Uganda which is available nowhere else....
Everyone knows that Roger Corman is one of the most influential producers in the history of film, but what was he like as a director? In an overview of his career as an auteur, Justin and Will discuss his hippie culture 'comedy' "GAS-S-S-S-S-S" and Corman's final...
I talked about my top ten on the last episode of THE IMPORTANT CINEMA CLUB (which you can listen to here), but here's the list for posterity. 10. TANGERINE This is a great film. You should see it. 9. DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL No one makes coming of age tales like...
