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A Cinema Podcast For People Like You Hosts Devon Irby and Doug Wortel are your movie house mooks! Join them as they walk you through some of the greatest films in cinema history with an upbeat and sometimes hilarious perspective. Enjoy Hollywood stories rich with both history and salacious mystery or something. Special Guests (both living and dead!) call in throughout the episodes and take questions from our often under prepared clerics of the clapboard.
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The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
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Where to begin? Well, Devon didn’t love this movie. Her reasons are sound. But Doug loves this film…enough to come into the studio dressed as Jesus, which presented a whole other set of distractions/problems. You can see all that magic in our YouTube shorts/Tiktoks and what not… As far as the film goes, we did a deep dive into its structure, its cr…
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This is probably the most requested film we’ve done to date. So what can I tell you about this episode in advance? Well, I can say confidently that it will be remembered for a host of reasons -one of which is because it marks the first appearance of our special guest co-host, Mondo! Doug also kind of does a “normal” intro. I know. Also, it is the t…
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Cody Ramone returns to talk about a film of his choosing, To Live And Die In L.A starring Willem Defoe, William Peterson, John Pankow and John Turturro. This is a really fun episode in which Doug gets to once again gush about cinematographer, Robby Muller, while trying to rework the lyrics to “Greased Lighting” to better fit some random Transformer…
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A lot happens in this bizarre episode. This week we are joined by special guest co-host and one of Doug’s oldest and dearest friends, Mike Percoco as we talk about THE ORIGINAL Taking Of Pelham 123, starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, some other folks and a subway train. It was directed by Joesph Sargeant, who also…
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Dear Diane, the world is less interesting now. First and foremost, we talked about David Lynch a little at the very end of this episode. Here’s the rub - this show was taped the night before the world learned that Lynch let death talk him into leaving us. We will address this next week but know that both of us adore Lynch’s work and were heartbroke…
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The House Of Yes Oh, boy. Where to begin? Do we start at the part where this is a film about an incestuous relationship where the foreplay is a mutual reenactment of the Kennedy Assassination, or should we skip right to the “Let’s Franchise This Comma Baby!” segment, where Devon and Doug recast this movie as a musical? No, really. Doug even went as…
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We lost David Bowie nine years ago on January 10th - although, the world didn’t know it until the following morning. That was a hard day. I remember feeling kind of numb, while reading the deluge of little eulogies in the form of celebrity tweets that featured a rote parade of words like, “legend,” “innovator,” and “genius” etc. These were largely …
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Full disclosure, I almost let AI write the show notes again because no one likes doing this part. BUT a Russian listener called in and AI didn’t know what to make of that either. In fact, it printed something like, “Man explains unique dynamic of theater troupe,” which although technically true, doesn’t quite do anything about that moment justice. …
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In the interest of not burying the lead here, this is our very first Christmas Special featuring Devon’s brother, Cody Ramone! Also, Jesus called into the show to weigh in on Saturday Night Fever. Don’t get too excited though. He dodged all the important questions. But still, he didn’t call into anyone else’s community radio program this Christmas …
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On the merit of the title alone, Devon and Doug watched a French film from 1973 called, A Slightly Pregnant Man directed by Jaques Demy. The movie raised a lot of questions and oh boy does Devon go out of her way to answer those. We also learn in great detail what a rabbit test is and why it’s important to never let Steven Tyler know anything you d…
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Shoplifters (2018) This movie wrecked us. We adored it in a way neither of us knew our hearts were capable of and we spent an hour trying our best to put that into words. This is only broken up by Doug admitting he has fond memories of shoplifting himself after a lovely listener call in by a local Rhinebecker, who told us some pretty interesting fa…
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This week, Devon and Doug talk about the 1944 film, Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. The duo then silly their way around the movie’s influence of both art and psychology before absolutely perverting a few scenes they both loved and adored. Doug points out why the film shares direct DNA with the original Universal Monsters. Speak…
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In this episode, Doug Wortel and Devon Irby discuss the Italian film 'Cinema Paradiso,' directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. They explore the film's themes of childhood, nostalgia, and the impact of cinema on a small community in post-World War II Italy. In the middle of this broadcast, however, Tito From Hyde Park called in and claimed that not only di…
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In this episode, THE maybe Francis Ford Coppola calls into the show to plug his new film while Devon and Doug are discussing Coppola’s 1974 masterpiece ‘The Conversation.’ The movie house mooks delve into The Conversation's cinematic techniques, sound design, and character dynamics, while exploring themes of paranoia and surveillance. Full disclosu…
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In this our first episode, Devon and Doug delve into the 1971 film 'Klute,' directed by Alan J. Pakula. They explore the film's themes of style, sex, and the complexities of human relationships through the character of Bree Daniels, played by Jane Fonda. The conversation highlights the film's unique cinematography, the detective's journey, and the …
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