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Rob St. Mary and Miguel Rodriguez join Mike in discussing Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House (1977), a surrealistic ghost tale from Japan that explores the dangers of domesticity and loss.

Mike talked with director David DeCoteau about a handful of his films including Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (which has been re-released on Blu-Ray), Little Miss Innocent, A Talking Cat!?!, and more.

The Love Witch is the latest film from writer/director (and so much more) Anna Biller. Samantha Robinson stars as Elaine, a woman who might as well face it, she’s addicted to love. The film addresses some important issues, delivered in a candy-coated wrapper.  Heather Drain joins Mike to discuss the film, as well as Biller’s previous feature, Viva

Georges Franju‘s Eyes Without a Face (1960) is an atmospheric “anguish story” about a young woman who’s lost her face and the overbearing father who works to give her a new one.  Special Guest Kate Ince, author of the French Film Directors book Georges Franju, relates Franju’s career and themes.  Maitland McDonagh and Alexandra West join Mike to discuss this influential film.

Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) tells a story of friendship, adventure, and magic between two women (Juliet Bertoand Dominique Labourier) in Paris. Interviews: Jonathan Rosenbaum and Mary Wiles.

Continuing our discussion of fairy tales in films, we discuss Jaromil Jires’s film Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, the story of a young woman coming of age.

On this special episode, Mike talks to Dylan Reynods and David Ferrier about their documentary Tickled, a fascinating look at the world of competitive tickling… and so much more.

When Robert Troy (Zalman King) buys a “sleeping beauty” (Tisa Farrow) at a carnival and introduces her to the playscape of fantasy roleplay in which he lives every day, things don’t necessarily work out in Some Call it Loving, a beautiful and unusual film from 1973.  Writer/director James B. Harris discusses the genesis of the film as well as his work with Stanley Kubrick on The Killing, Paths of Glory, One-Eyed Jacks, and more. He also compares the volatility of Timothy Carey to Richard Pryor.  Heather Drain and The Hollywood Outsider’s Aaron Peterson join Mike in discussing the film as well as other interpretations of the Sleeping Beauty tale.

We get off the boat and go all the way on this episode about Francis Ford Coppola‘s landmark 1979 Vietnam film Apocalypse Now. Based on a script by John Milius, the making of the film is nearly as fascinating as the film itself. To that end, Fax Bahr, director of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse discusses the creation of the fascinating and illuminating documentary about Apocalypse Now.  Professor Rich Edwards and former Film Threat editor Paul Zimmerman join Mike to examine the film, the “Redux” version, the nearly five-hour assembly version, and many of the parodies that the film has inspired from Porklips Now to Apocalypse Pooh and more.