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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.

Maudit May continues with Tom Schiller’s Nothing Lasts Forever which tells the story of Adam Beckett (Zach Galligan), a disillusioned young man who wants to be an artist. He gets everything he wants… just not in the way he expects it. The anachronistic film also stars Lauren Tom, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Apollonia van Ravenstein.

On this special episode we discuss Belinda Sallin’s 2014 documentary Dark Star: HR Giger’s World. We talk about HR Giger, his work, and his legacy.

We’re kicking off “Maudit May” with a discussion of Orson Welles’s The Other Side of the Wind. A film some fifty years in the making, it has yet to be completed and released

Based on the book by and adapted for the screen by Paddy Chayefsky, Ken Russell’s Altered States tells the tale of Edward Jessup, a scientist who’s looking for answers to some of the big questions of life. Special Guests: Bob Balaban and Charles Haid. Guest co-host: Scott Clickers.