Sonny Came Home
You’ll be singing “Sonny” after today’s episode of the Video Archives Podcast! Quentin ...
2023-01-17 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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114 - Sonny & Jed / Mister Scarface / American Nitro
Quentin & Roger get the sun in their eyes as they watch Sergio Corbucci’s chaotic, mud-soaked Sonny & Jed. After a brief discussion of Corbucci’s life and cinematic influence, they’ll get into what makes Corbucci’s villains unique, the skill of his camera operators, and Telly Savalas’ role in the film. This movie is the reason the West was called wild!
Next, in Fernando di Leo’s Mister Scarface, a mob loan collector hatches a plan to steal millions ...
2023-01-17 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSonny Came Home
You’ll be singing “Sonny” after today’s episode of the Video Archives Podcast! Quentin ...
2023-01-17 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post113.5 - Video Vault: Haunted Honeymoon
Today we’re prying open the Video Vault for a discussion of Gene Wilder’s spook-show sendup Haunted Honeymoon!Quentin, Roger & Gala talk about Wilder’s old-fashioned sensibilities, the joys of seeing a classic radio play performed live, and where the film starts to fall apart. Plus: more from Gala’s interview with Roger on the history of Video Archives.
2023-01-10 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostBusting Makes Me Feel Good
Get ready to get busted by the Video Archives Podcast! Quentin, Roger & Gala embed themselves wi...
2023-01-03 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post113 - Busting / Little Darlings / Julia
Quentin & Roger join LAPD’s Vice Squad with Peter Hyams’ Busting! Starring Elliott Gould & Robert Blake, these two LA vice cops find themselves up against corrupt superiors when they try to bring a crime boss to justice. The duo discuss where Busting fits into Hyams’ career, how the film walks the line, and how the action sequences predate 80s Hong Kong cinema.
Next up, the bet is on in Little Darlings. Two fifteen year old girls from differ...
2023-01-03 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostPodcast For Me Billy
Gala finally gets the chance to watch a proper version of Cry For Me Billy on today’s Video Archives A...
2022-12-27 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post112.5 - Revisiting Cry For Me Billy
Gala’s VHS copy of Cry For Me Billy finally arrived! In today’s After Show, she talks to Roger & Quentin about the powerful impression Xochitl makes with almost no dialogue, and what makes this series of small vignettes so compelling. Plus, thoughts on the landscapes of Rage, and how The Loved One’s reel change translated to other mediums.
2022-12-27 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostRage Against the VHS Machine
Don’t get mad, get even on the Video Archives Podcast! George C. Scott declares war on a corrupt s...
2022-12-20 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post112 - Rage / The Loved One / Cry For Me Billy
They called it an accident; he called it a murder. Join Roger & Quentin as they’re filled with rage after watching George C. Scott’s Rage. The duo talks about what happens when the class system fails, Scott’s connection to Kubrick, and what a main will do when he has nothing left to lose.
Next, the motion picture with something to offend everyone - at least, in 1965. Tony Richardson’s The Loved One is a blistering black comedy that pulls no punches with its portrayal of the ...
2022-12-20 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSpending Time With the In-Laws
The benefits of listening to this week’s Video Archives After Show are terrific! We’re open...
2022-12-13 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post111.5 - Video Vault: The In-Laws
On today’s After Show, we open up the Video Vault for a brief discussion of Arthur Hiller’s The In-Laws, how Peter Falk became a superstar, and the funniest spit take in cinema history. Plus, we have part 3 of Roger’s interview with Gala; this week, they’re talking about Roger’s favorite customers, lessons he learned working at the store, and the slow decline of the Video Archives store.
2022-12-13 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostBetter Holmes and Gardens
Everything’s elementary on today’s episode of The Video Archives Podcast! Jacqueline Coley from ...
2022-12-06 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post111 - The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes / The Light At The Edge Of The World / Hostages (with Jacqueline Coley)
Jacqueline Coley (awards editor for Rotten Tomatoes) joins Roger & Quentin as they unlock the secrets of Billy Wilder’s The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes! Holmes & Watson take on the strange case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished, leading them on a journey of ballerinas, canaries, and even the Loch Ness Monster. Join the trio as they discuss Jacqueline’s love for Wilder, Watson’s role in the film, and what this movie meant for Wilder’s career ...
2022-12-06 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSpawn of Counter Talk
It’s a new After Show day, as The Video Archives Podcast returns to discussing Lipstick, The ...
2022-11-29 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post110.5 - Revisiting Lipstick And More
Quentin, Roger & Gala continue last week’s conversation on Lipstick with an appraisal of Chris Sarandon’s career! They also get personal remembering their friend Scott Magill, appreciate the many colorful characters of Slithis, and ask what exactly makes a “classic” movie.
2022-11-29 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostPutting On Lipstick
Never trust an experimental musician on today’s triple-feature episode of The Video Archives Podcast 2022-11-22 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
110 - Lipstick / The One And Only / Slithis
Quentin and Roger enter the world of fashion with Lamont Johnson’s revenge-a-matic Lipstick! A fashion model is raped by her sister’s music teacher - after she takes him to court, she finds that she’ll have to take justice into her own hands. We’ll discuss the genius of casting real-life sisters Margaux and Mariel Hemingway, as well as the intensity a score can bring to a film.
Next, we jump into the ring with Carl Reiner’s Henry Winkler vehicle The One And Only 2022-11-22 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Star 80 Conversation Continues
Whether you call them “movies” or “films,” today’s Video Archives Podcast After Show has something for ...
2022-11-15 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post109.5 - More On Star 80
Today on the After Show, we’ve got even more insights from Quentin, Roger & Gala’s discussion of Star 80. They discuss the Chippendales documentary that shed further light on Paul Snider, and whether it was the right choice to use a stand-in for Peter Bogdanovich in the film. Before that, however, it’s the next part of Gala’s sit-down with Roger, all about the early days of Video Archives and how Roger met Quentin.
2022-11-15 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostStar 80's Star Turn
Pack your bags and get ready to fly from Vancouver to Hollywood, as the Video Archives Podcast ...
2022-11-08 08:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post109 - Star 80
This week, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary discuss one film and one film alone: Bob Fosse’s Star 80. In 1980, Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten was murdered by her boyfriend Paul Snider. Three years later, Star 80 was released, a sensational retelling of Stratten’s story that hit too close to home for some. Roger and Quentin have a serious, personal discussion on differentiating fact from fiction, a tour-de-force performance...
2022-11-08 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostI Survived Eli Roth's Bar Mitzvah
October has come and gone, and it’s time to wrap up the Video Archives Podcast series on Amer...
2022-11-01 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post108.5 - Wrapping Up American Giallo
Eli Roth returns to the After Show to wrap up our month of American Giallo! He talks to Gala and Roger about the VHS tape he got as a bar mitzvah present, and the festival where he met Roger. Plus, Quentin, Roger & Eli discuss films that almost but don’t quite qualify as "American giallos."
2022-11-01 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAlice, Sweet Alice in Gialloland
You’ve all been good little Catholic girls patiently waiting for American Giallo Pt. 2 - toda...
2022-10-25 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post108 - American Giallo Pt. 2: Alice, Sweet Alice / Happy Birthday To Me (with Eli Roth)
Quentin, Roger and Eli Roth continue their exploration of American Giallo with one of Eli’s favorite films, 1976’s Alice, Sweet Alice. When Alice’s sister Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions turn towards Alice - but could a 12-year-old girl really be the killer? The group talks about the role that religion plays in giallo, how director Alfred Sole pulled off a period piece on a budget, and how the identity of the villain is just too good to sp...
2022-10-25 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostChecking Your Pulsions
The American Giallo theme continues all month on the Video Archives Podcast, and this week our guest...
2022-10-18 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post107.5 - More American Giallo
Eli Roth joins the After Show for a bonus sit-down with Roger & Gala! He talks about growing up in Massachusetts, his first video store memories, and how he met Quentin. Plus, more moments from last week’s discussion, including their favorite De Palma films and John Carpenter’s original “Eyes” script.
2022-10-18 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAmerican Giallo Shots
The doors are open at the Video Archives Podcast, and for the first time, we have a customer! Eli Roth, director of Hostel and Cabin Fever and one of the Inglourious Basterds, joins Quentin and Roger for a two part Video Archives event, all about American giallo films. This week we’re releasing the first half of this discussion, where the crew slice open Brian De Palma’s Dressed To Kill, then take a close look at the movie that got Irvin Kershner the Empire Strikes Back gig, Eyes Of Laura...
2022-10-11 07:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post107 - American Giallo Pt. 1: Dressed To Kill / Eyes Of Laura Mars (with Eli Roth)
Quentin, Roger and guest customer Eli Roth (director of Hostel and Cabin Fever) kick off our first themed series: American Giallo! After outlining their thoughts on the genre, they start with Brian De Palma’s Dressed To Kill. A mysterious tall blonde woman wearing sunglasses murders a psychiatrist’s patient, and now she’s after the prostitute who witnessed it. Quentin, Roger and Eli talk about how the villainous Bobbi affected them, discuss the c...
2022-10-11 07:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post