Cinema Shame

Jason Bailey, writer and author of Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend, stops by the Shamequarters to leak the PWIT PIP and Allan first-time watches Armando Iannucci's IN THE LOOP (2009). Meanwhile, James goes off on a Steve Coogan lovefest.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Allan's second Cinema Solo questions the appeal of Hulkamania and looks at the folly and appeal of Hogan's 1989 star vehicle NO HOLDS BARRED.  Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Allan and guest Claire Sewell, writer and Official Golden Girls Librarian, strap James to a chair and make him watch Coralie Fargeat's THE SUBSTANCE (2024), but their conversation isn't all kumbaya around the old spinal sutures.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan dig up a mess of movies from 1975, stir up some "Bad Blood," and talk about Andrea Bianchi's STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER, Edwidge Fenech (and more Edwidge Fenech), John Wayne as Frankenstein's monster, and make mention of JAWS - only to talk about how they weren't going to talk about it.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan preview the upcoming 1975 Shamedown episode with an outtake from the episode detailing the movies they DIDN'T talk about. Call it the process of elimination.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan pay their respects to the late, great Gene Hackman with a brand new Shamedown to kick off the 8th season of the Cinema Shame Podcast. To the table we bring our Top Five lists and three new-to-us movies starring Gene Hackman.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Join Allan, James, and Kris for the 4th Annual First Watch Shamely Awards. They pick their favorite Films, Actors, Screenplays and Physical Media releases from whatever the hell they watched in 2024. Along the way they're joined by former Cinema Shame guests who share their own favorite watches from the past year.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Matt Baume, author, podcaster, and video-maker -- whose work focuses on pop-culture and queer history -- first-time watches MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE (1991) alongside James and Allan in the Shamequarters.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Dan Delgado, host of The Industry podcast, and Allan sealed their fate on the last Christmas episode of Cinema Shame by admitting they hadn't seen Ernest Saves Christmas. So, we watched Ernest Saves Christmas, know what I mean?  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

In between discussing Mustang blindess and singing bars from "Booty Juice," James and Allan discuss Hitchcock's MARNIE, THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES, FAIL SAFE, KITTEN WITH A WHIP, THE TRAIN, and so much more.  Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Critic, author, and screenwriter Stephen Rebello stops by the Shamequarters for a chat with Allan about Elia Kazan's ON THE WATERFRONT (1954). Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

Not one, not two, but THREE new episodes of Cinema Shame within a week! Prepare your earholes for the end of an era. "Comic Guy" Mike Sterling, owner of Sterling Silver Comics has now watched Ridley Scott's 1982 masterpiece of sci-noir Blade Runner.    Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

Happy Halloween! James and Allan tackle their terror and confront their respective greatest Dario Argento shame: Deep Red (1975) and Inferno (1980). They talk about the giallo, Argento's style (and substance), and recast The Three Mothers Trilogy as a musical.   Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

James throws out his first Cinema Solo, a audio essay about The Natural and Field of Dreams and how the magic of movies changes as we grow more cynical about the existence of everyday miracles. ThirtyHertzRumble.com - a bl-g about Movies, Music and Nostalgia   Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

Music industry insider and Fritz Media mogul Jen Fritz confessed to never having seen the most important movie musical about the music business - Robert Altman's Nashville (1975) - and we immediately offered a spot on the show to explain herself, and, of course, watch the movie.   Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

"Bad" movie aficionado Chuck Dowling (Watercooler Films) soars into the Shamequarters to first-time watch Cannon Films' SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE! Can James and Allan survive this threat to humankind? Tune in to find out which one of them cracks first!   Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast

Ken Reid of the TV Guidance Counselor podcast joins Allan and James in the Shamequarters to first time watch not one--but TWO! movies about Vietnam vets unleashing PTSD on a bunch of small-minded assholes.    Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James opens the Cinema Shamequarters to a lineup of special guests to talk about the screen legacy of the "French monument" Alain Delon. This super-sized episode features Jen Johans, Will Slater, Greg Sahadachny, Eric Langberg, and Will McKinley.    Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. 

Allan's first Cinema Solo spins an audio essay about the IMDB, The Saddest Website on the Internet, by way the disparate Hollywood stories of Helen Wood and Scott Baio.  Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. 

James and Allan have a dream, and "bad" movie guru Paul Frieteg-Fey drops into the Shamequarters to tell them their dream will certainly definitely come true. And it does. The end. This episode is all about Hamid Khan's up-and-coming dance disasterpiece DANCE GODDESS (1987).   Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast.