Jen invites author, artist, and asshole Bitter Karella on the show to discuss Jerry Lewis’s unfinished Holocaust, um, comedy The Day the Clown Cried. Thanks to Flemish TV and Australo-German filmmaker Eric Friedler, enough footage from the notorious project has surfaced for us to discuss it. Shoutout...
2016-07-25 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jen welcomes filmmaker and burger expert Yfke van Berckelaer (@burgerists on Twitter and Instagram) to discuss one of about three Dutch horror films, The Johnsons! Yfke provides an excellent survey of the Dutch film ...
2016-07-11 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Jen welcomes special guest Paul Jay (@pauljaycomic) for today’s episode, in which we discuss The Wizard of Speed and Time! We’re a little hard on filmmaker Mike Jittlov, perhaps unfairly— WoSaT producer Richard Kaye allegedly absconded with the film’s completion money, and Jittlov himself consi...
2016-06-27 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
What better tribute to Prince for a movie podcast than to watch the man's directorial debut? Jen and Darren also discuss the Dionysian, the epicene, and how much The English Patient sucks.
2016-06-13 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
For this episode, HYST welcomes its first guest! Darren Herczeg, CEO of DarrenCorp, is a filmmaker, performance artist, and gentleman of leisure. Watch his film Barbariana: Queen of the Savages here on YouTube: https://www.yout...
2016-04-30 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn this episode, Tim and Jen are unexpectedly charmed and delighted by sci-fi/horror/thriller/schlock/something-or-other Split Second! We discuss the wrong-headed marketing for the film and the delights of mini-guns and cigars shared by two dear male friends.
A hilarious trailer, probably for the video relea...
2016-04-29 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
What’s left to say about Ishtar? Even the title of the film has become synonymous with Hollywood failure. But is it fair to brand it a one-star fiasco? For the inaugural episode of Have You Seen This?, Jen and Tim dare to travel to Ishtar.
Jumping off from Peter Biskind’s recounting of the production, Jen and Tim discuss Elaine May’s directing style (and missteps), the performances ...
2016-04-26 17:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post