Dudes on Cinema
Every week Zander talks to his good friend Jeff about movies. And their minds wander into every kind of subject. But mostly movies.
Episodes
This week the Dudes talk about what their Top 100 films would be and Jeff loves Korean movies and we both love Jim Cummings. Also Blue Moon and "Monkey Murder Flicks". We have a very sweet appearance from a surprise guest. We both watched Paul Schrader's grimy sleazy Bob Crane classic, Auto-Focus (we feel so dirty) and wind up with a great talk about our homework movie by director George Clooney, Confessio...
It's the Dude's 50th episode this week!!! And we welcome back fan favorite, Brandon DeLany! We have all made our list of Top 10 films of 2025! What films were your favorites last year? Compile your list and compare notes with the Dudes. We made a list, we checked it twice and yes, we love movies!
The Dudes welcome actor John Haegele this week for a juicy discussion of topics such as: Wilfred Brimley, Wallace Shawn, The Bedroom Window, Short Circuit and Sam Shepard vs Tracey Letts. Zander enjoyed Eternity, Jeff enjoyed Good Boy and wants to talk about Marty Supreme. We ask John to help us continue showing our love for Rob Reiner with deep dives for 2 of his classics, The Sure Thing and A Few Good Men and John i...
Join Jeff and Zander this week as we discuss Wake Up Dead Man, and Play Date. The stand-up comedians we love, comparing Breathless with Nouvelle Vague and The Room with The Disaster Artist, we enjoyed Don't Worry, Darling and love Florence Pugh. Jeff meets Frank Gorshin (Google him) and Zander gives us his Top 5 Christmas movies!.Finishing up with this week's homework, one of the most beloved and most quotab...
This week the Dudes say farewell to Rob Reiner and discuss his films that the whole world loves.Also Michael Mann's Collateral, Time Trap, Ex-Machina, Jay Kelly and how we love acting and how we love actors like George Clooney and Kyle Bornheimer. The deep dive this week is Alan Parker's sensational Mississippi Burning with many other actors we love including the late great Gene Hackman. No guest this week b...
Jeff's niece actor/teacher, Lindsay O'Brien returns by popular demand (we owed her one) for a lively chat about del Toro's Frankenstein vs Egger's Nosferatu, how actors cry and comedians in dramatic roles. Also Bone Lake, Liev Schreiber, Arrested Development, Adam Sandler, Jacob Elordi and scary movies about AirBNBs. Then we deep dive Alan Parker's great 80's film, Fame and Lindsay tells...
Writer/photographer and friend of the pod, Scott Fritz returns with a hot take on Train Dreams. Chats with the Dudes about Bugonia and how much all 3 of us loved it as well as Yorgos Lanthimos' whole filmography.. Sean Bakers impact on Independent films, Left-Handed Girl, Emma Stone, If I Had Legs I would Kick You and we finish up with a deep dive on del Toro's Oscar-winning modern classic, The Shape Of Wate...
This week the Dudes are going solo as we talk excitedly about the nastiness of Neil Labute films and and how much Zander liked A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Then we both saw 2 new theatrical releases that we loved: Rental Family (we cried) and The Running Man (we were thrilled). And we both loved this week's movie, Crimson Peak...ghosts...secrets...mansions...poison. Listen and compare notes with The Dudes!
The Dudes welcome a first time guest with our old friend, actor/writer Damon Sager. Join the conversation as we absolutely dissect Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, Bernie Wrightson's horror art and how del Toro channels Mary Shelley as he constructs his very own "creature". Then we deep dive into this week's homework, Jungle Fever for the last film of our Spike Lee block. We've created ...
This week the Dudes welcome back special guest Amy Densham of WordsAboutStuff.net for her 2nd time on the podcast. This week Zander saw "Tarantino Live" onstage and he tells us about it and, not to be outdone, Amy saw the stage musical of School Of Rock! We discuss del Toro's new version of Frankenstein, Bugonia, The Kid Detective, Game of Thrones and the Pasadena Playouse. Finishing up with a great cha...
3 time guest Brandon DeLany of the MAB Sports podcast eturns to upack this week's homework, Spike Lee's epic Malcolm X. Stays long enough to give us more insight into his Top 100 favorite movie list. Then Zander indulges Jeff in his obsession with a rewatch of Nope. Leading the chat to everything from Jordan Peele to Denis Villeneuve to Wes Anderson to David Fincher. Yep that's one thing we love to talk...
The Dudes are on their own this time and they have a great chat about Elio's sexuality and their mutual love for Disney/Pixar animated films. Zander meets Craig Robinson and Jeff meets Joe Dante. Stories about local actors we know and 50s era sci-fi classics. Ending with a great deep-dive of Robert Altman's wonderful and underrated Gosford Park. You'll need your top hat AND your monocle for this one!
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This week the Dudes welcome Zander's sister-in-law, the lovely Nicole Foxworth, constant listener and movie fan. We talk about video store jobs, Agatha Christie movies, Together's body horror effects and Peter Dinklage. Then we deftly segue into this week's deep-dive, Robert Altman's VERY offbeat early film, That Cold Day In The Park. Leading to a discussion about the great Sandy Dennis' all t...
his week we welcome back a podcast regular, friend of the show and uber-movie buff, Phil Smith. For a passionate discussion about everything from Blood Simple to the Gary Kent/Cliff Booth/Charles Manson connection. Fom Tales From The Crypt films to Sean Baker's filmography. Zander quizzes us on "The Macguffin" in films and we end with an incredible deep-dive of this week's homework: Robert Altman&a...
Josh Morris returns to help the Dudes unpack their love of Megan 2.0 and Rosemary's Baby. Then we go over 2 great films with a fine tooth comb: PT Anderson's modern masterpiece, One Battle After Another and Peter Bogdonavich's not-as-modern masterpiece, Targets. This episode is for true movie fanatics and that's what you are so stop reading this and hit "PLAY"!
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Welcome writer/photographer/funny guy Scott Fritz to the show! Scott brings great ideas for under represented flicks. We discuss everything from documentaries to Steven Seagal, and Ricky Gervais to The Studio and Bone Tomahawk. A great discussion and then we deep dive Robert Redford's feel-good masterpiece, Ordinary People. We promise you probably won't need therapy after this week's episode...probably!
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The Dudes welcome Jeff's niece, writer/actor/educator and no longer a baby, Lindsay O'Brien. As they discuss The Rider. Amadeus, Boogie Nights and Jurassic Park. We all tell about our "celebrity encounters" in LA and Vegas--especially John C. Reilly. This week's deep dive is the 70's classic All The President's Men and the Dudes let Lindsay get a word in edgewise! It's a family ...
Get to know us this week as we discuss adventures of living in LA/Hollywood. Discuss our mutual love of Robert Redford (RIP). And not only deep dive this week's flick: Minecraft, but also the new Superman movie and how they compare. From The Sting to the Spiderverse, we got it covered!
Edited and Produced by David Martinez.
The Dudes welcome Jeff's old friend and the World's Cutest Copywriter, Amy Densham of WordsAboutStuff.net to talk about everything from Arrival to Orphan Black. From Nobody 2 to Friendship. Amy brings her burning questions about cinema to ask us (as if we know anything, right?) and then we finish off with a freewheeling chat about this week's homework, The Swimmer, cult classic from 1968--as we try to g...
The Dudes go solo again with a passionate episode--talking about the current tv shows they are into. Opining about everything from Caught Stealing and Paddington to The Wilhelm Scream to Carol Speed's Inside Black Hollywood. Exorcist ripoffs and Mary Poppins, Jeff has nice friends and then we deep dive Billy Wilder's classic Stalag 17--we will imprison you for an hour this week!
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