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Based on a novel by hardboiled scribe Jim Thompson, James Foley’s After Dark My Sweet is a neo-noir from 1990 starring Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, and Rachel Ward. The film tells the tale of Kevin “Kid” Collins, a punchdrunk palooka who falls in with a kidnapping scheme.

We’re joined by a host of Rock ‘N’ Roll High School alumni from director Allan Arkush to cinematographer Dean Cundey to writers Joseph McBride, Russ Dvonch, and Richard Whitley to stars PJ Soles, Dey Young, Clint Howard and Mary Woronov.  Also part of the discussion this week is Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio.

Cruel Story of Youth, the 1960 film from Nagisa Oshima, tells the tale of two teens against the backdrop of the ANPO protests. The film was at the forefront of the Japanese New Wave cinema movement.

Maudit May concludes with a discussion of Brand X by Wynn Chamberlain (AKA Win Chamberlain). This counter-culture comedy skewers advertising of the day (1970) and stars a host of Factory players such as Tally Brown, Taylor Mead, and Candy Darling. You

Continuing our Maudit May series, we look at George Lucas’s Star Wars (AKA Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), the sci-fi film from 1977 that has been rendered unavailable in its original form due to its creator’s tampering. We’re joined by Outside the Cinema’s Mr. Chris to get nostalgic and discuss how Star Wars may (or may not) have influenced our lives.