Cinema Double Shot

Just in time for Harrisburg Fringe Festival, Paul and Wally recount some of their favorite — and perhaps less favorite — experiences making RIVER CITY STORIES as the next round of stories screens at Midtown Cinema July 17-19.

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Just in time for Pride, Josh and Wally recount some of their favorite LGBTQ+ themed films, ranging from Pre-Code Hollywood through modern-day classics. 

00:02:30 River City Stories and the Harrisburg Fringe Festival

00:05:41 Cinderella at Fringe

00:09:18 Mrs. Doubtfire and Robin Williams

00:13:17 Mike Nichols’ The Birdcage

00:17:56 Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope

00:24:47 Pre-Code Movies and Baby Face

00:27:56 Nightmare on Elm Street Part II

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Join us for a special crossover episode with The Biz Bruja herself, Vanessa Codorniu, and River City Stories collaborator Paul Hood as we discuss what inspires our creativity. Along the way, we also talk about Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee, and what we've inherited from our ancestors.

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Inspired by Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, an epic vampire tale set in 1930s Mississippi, Josh and I talk about some of our favorite blood-sucking horror films of all time — everything from F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (the O.G.) to Grace Jones’ underrated performance in Vamp.

00:49 SIR Christopher Lee and Dracula

01:43 The Man with the Golden Gun (And Three Nipples)

04:14 Creature Feature Weekend and Hacktress

04:57 Ryan Coogler’s Sinners

09:08 Ro...

River City Stories collaborator Vanessa Codorniu joins Wally to talk about the movies they watched as young people — everything from Alfonso Arau’s Like Water for Chocolate to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo — and the lasting impressions those films left at an early age.

00:01:26 An update on River City Stories

00:06:06 Billy Elliott and Bend It Like Beckham

00:07:17 Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful

00:13:17 Alfonso Arau’s Like Water ...

River City Stories collaborator Amandine Pope joins Wally for a screening of Agnès Varda's French New Wave masterpiece Cleo from 5 to 7. Along the way, they talk about the politics and culture of France, the use of psychic mediums in movies, and — of course — mortality.

00:03:13 An introduction to Agnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7

00:07:09 Wally's fascination with psychics

00:10:52 Amandine's brush with the occult

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Inspired by Lupita Nyong’o’s charmingly complex work in The Wild Robot, Josh and I talk about some of our favorite voice performances of all time. We also reflect on some of our own experiences. Josh played a psychotic pumpkin in the horror anthology flick HeBGBTV and on stage as Karnak in Ride the Cyclone. Wally has, somewhat reluctantly, recorded ADR (or automatic dialogue replacement).

00:00:49 River City Stories and switchin...

River City Stories collaborator Paul Hood joins Wally to talk about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show and the many forms of protest that artists have at their disposal. Along the way, we talk about Iranian cinema, Spike Lee, the Civil Rights Movement, and the underrated gem that is The Last Black Man in San Francisco.

00:00:29 Kendrick Lamar and the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show

00:13:01 Why Did Samuel L. Jackson S...

"Baby, take a ride on my disco ball!" Filmmaking friend Hal Cramer joins Wally to talk about their adventures in low-budget indie filmmaking — and, yes, a few of their favorite Hollywood movies, too.

Some of the films discussed: Disney Pixar's Coco, the BBC TV show Inside No. 9, Documentary Now, David Lynch's The Return, Top Gun: Maverick, Timothee Chalamet and A Complete Unknown (again!), Todd Haynes' I'm ...

Frequent collaborator Lisa Lutton Weitzman, an actor and educator, joins Wally to talk about the process of preparing for a role. They also discuss a few of their favorite performances, the business of acting, and Willem Dafoe's *ahem* body double.

Just a few of the actors, movies, and teachers discussed: Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown; Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable in The Misfits; Yorgos Lanthimos' frequent col...

Playwright Paul Hood joins Wally to talk about their favorite biopics — and some famous people who deserve the biopic treatment. Inspired by this year's Oscar-nominated biopics (and biopic-adjacent) A Complete Unknown and The Brutalist, we take a deep dive into the history of the genre.

Just a few of the movies discussed: A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Malcolm X, Ray, Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Notorious, What's...

Academy Award nominations will be announced soon, continuing a film tradition that began nearly a century ago. We’ve got traditions of our own: The Wallys, an annual awards show now in its 20th year. Josh and Wally discuss the absurdity of pitting movies against each other and our obsession with awards, all while handing out a few of them ourselves to the best movies of 2024. Featuring guest appearances by Steven Spielberg, Gloria ...

Inspired by the cult classic-in-the-making horror movie (or is it?) The Front Room starring Brandy and Kathryn Hunter, Josh and Wally discuss what makes a good horror film.

Along the way, they talk about some of the more ambiguously horrific movies of the last century.

Just a few of the movies discussed: Black Swan, Freaks, Hocus Pocus, I Saw the TV Glow, In a Violent Nature, The Lighthouse, Midsommar, Notes on a Scandal, Perfect B...