The Important Cinema Club
A podcast on high film art, entertaining film trash, and everything film in between. Subscribe to the Patreon for new premium episode every week. https://www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub
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July 14, 2025 • 61 mins
We discuss the run of films The Marx Bros made at MGM - which include A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A DAY AT THE RACES, and GO WEST.
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July 11, 2025 • 54 mins
We discuss the super prolific director Edward L. Cahn, most famous for his 1950s monster films. But who has a fascinating career that started in the studio era and ended with him making noirs and Westerns out of his home.
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June 28, 2025 • 2 mins
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June 27, 2025 • 62 mins
We discuss the work of experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton.
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June 17, 2025 • 56 mins
We discuss the work of comedian, actor and racconteur Howie Mandel, with a focus on HOWIE MANDEL'S NORTH AMERICAN WATUSI TOUR, A FINE MESS, WALK LIKE A MAN, and LITTLE MONSTERS.
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June 13, 2025 • 66 mins
We discuss the directorial of Hal Needham, with a focus on SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, HOOPER, CANNOBALL RUN, and RAD.
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June 9, 2025 • 63 mins
We discuss Japan's V-Cinema, a term created by Toei to indicate a film was direct to video, that morphed into the blanket label used for anything that didn't have a theatrical release ub Japan. They've got violence! Sex! Young Filmmakers getting their start! Old Veterans Making a Buck! V-Cinema has it all and we talk about it's undiscovered depths on this new episode.
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May 22, 2025 • 68 mins
We discuss the work of Jacques Rivette, one of the core French New Wave Directors, and his films PARIS BELONGS TO US, CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING, LA BELLE NOISEUSE, and VA SAVOIR.
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May 18, 2025 • 75 mins
We discuss the work Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau did together: GRUMPY OLD MEN, THE ODD COUPLE 2, THE FRONT PAGE, BUDDY BUDDY.
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May 10, 2025 • 73 mins
We discuss the work of Writer/Director Martha Cooldige and her work on NOT A PRETTY PICTURE, VALLEY GIRL and REAL GENIUS.
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April 27, 2025 • 81 mins
We discuss Eddie Murphy's RAW, MONTY PYTON AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, Andrew Dice Clay's DICE RULES and Robin William's LIVE ON BROADWAY.
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April 15, 2025 • 48 mins
We return to Ingmar Bergman by discussing three of his so-called "Bad Filsm": ALL THESE WOMEN, THE TOUCH, and FACE TO FACE.
Check out Matt Farley LIVE in London, England this week by seeing all of the movies Ben Nash is screening all over town:
DON'T LET THE RIVERBEAST GET YOU (April 18, 2025): https://www.riocinema.org.uk/movie/dont-let-the-riverbeast-get-you/
MAGIC SPOT (April 19, 2025): https://wegottickets.com/event/652079
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April 11, 2025 • 68 mins
It doesn't matter if they can see their lips moving! We discuss real-life ventriloquists on the big screen, which include Edgar Bergen, Paul Winchell and... Uh... Yea, basically those two. Charlie McCarthy, Knucklehead Smiff and Jerry Mahoney are all discussed at length. Did you know Charlie had multiple movies where he's treated like a real person who is very horny? Tune in and learn!
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April 3, 2025 • 4 mins
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March 29, 2025 • 75 mins
We discuss the work of Writer/Director Joe Gage (aka Tim Kincaid), a legendary gay hardcore filmmaker, with special guest Conner Habib - who acted in some of Gage's late period oeuvre.
We discuss Gage's Working Man Trilogy, what makes his films special, and what it's like to work on a Gage set.
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March 26, 2025 • 63 mins
We discuss the work of Writer/Director Jia Zhangke and focus on his films PLATFORM and ASH IS THE PUREST OF WHITE.
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March 16, 2025 • 38 mins
From Martin & Lewis to Abbott & Costello... from Joe Besser to Curly-Joe DeRita... from Tor Johnson to Groucho Marx... one legendary artist has chronicled the greats, near-greats, and semi-greats of show business with a mix of love, tenderness, and liver-spotted frankness. We talk to Drew Friedman about his long career, his favourite subjects, and the new documentary "Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt."
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March 10, 2025 • 70 mins
We discuss the work of Canadian Writer/Director Paul Donovan, and his ecclectic career of films that include SIEGE, LEXX, PAINT CANS and THE SQUASMISH FIVE.
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March 1, 2025 • 72 mins
We dicsuss Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films.
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February 26, 2025 • 63 mins
We discuss Clint Eastwood, the actor, in three atypical films where he was not in complete control: PAINT YOUR WAGON, EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE, and THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT.
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