The World Is Wrong
THE WORLD IS WRONG is an extremely positive podcast about movies the world is wrong about. Hosts ANDRAS JONES & BRYAN CONNOLLY have spent their lives championing these films, TV shows and cinematic artists. Andras, is the star of many cult motion pictures, a songwriter, an author, a bartender, and the host and creator of the musical divination show, Radio8Ball. Bryan, is a filmmaker, video store clerk, the co-author of the massive paean to punk rock in film "Destroy All Movies", and the co-host of "The Director's Wall" podcast. Together they will introduce you to films you may have never seen or heard of, many you may have heard of but from people who were simply wrong about them, and maybe even a few that you saw and thought you didn't like. Well, you were wrong and this is the podcast that will make you glad you were.
Episodes
Marilyn Moss joins the podcast to discuss “The Farrows of Hollywood: Their Dark Side Of Paradise” her new biography of John Farrow, a director whose films deserve a re-appraisal and whose life is a frightening mystery.
How is the world wrong about John Farrow
From Andras: At first I wanted to talk to Marilyn Moss about her book because of my interest in Woody Allen. All I knew about John Farrow...
Back in January of 2019 Lily Gladstone was a guest on Radio8Ball with her friend Hermina Jean. Now she’s the toast of Cannes Film Festival and the breakout star of Martin Scorsese’s new film.
How is the world wrong about Lily Gladstone
From Andras: It isn’t but maybe it was back in 2019. The world is definitely wrong about Radio8Ball. Now and back in 2019.
Hermina Jean's full Radio8Ball epis...
In the final episode of Season 4 of The World Is Wrong podcast we visit The New Beverly Cinema (where filming and recording is strictly prohibited) to hear (and see) Paul W. Williams discuss his films "Out Of It" & "The Revolutionary" on April 18th & 19th, 2023.
In the second half (recorded on 4/19) Paul is joined by Barry Gordon, the star of "Out Of It". It is the first time the two have spoken in over 50 years.
A brief bonus update about Paul W. Williams events in Los Angeles the week of April 19th, 2023.
APRIL 18TH - The New Beverly Cinema will be screening “Out Of It” & “The Revolutionary” with an intermission Q&A with Paul Williams & Andras Jones. Ticket Link: https://thenewbev.com/program/april-19-out-of-it-the-revolutionary/
APRIL 19TH - The Kibitz Room at Canter's Deli will be hosting a happy hour book sig...
Paul Williams, the director (not the songwriter or the rock critic or the architect…) shares excerpts and outtakes from his memoir “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen & Holy Men” currently available as part of the Screen Classics collection from the University Press Of Kentucky. Williams is the director of “The November Men” which World is Wrong listeners will already be familiar with, as well as films like “Out Of It” (1969) and “The ...
Paul Williams, the director (not the songwriter or the rock critic or the architect…) shares excerpts and outtakes from his memoir “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen & Holy Men” currently available as part of the Screen Classics collection from the University Press Of Kentucky. Williams is the director of “The November Men” which World is Wrong listeners will already be familiar with, as well as films like “Out Of It” (1969) and “The ...
Paul Williams, the director (not the songwriter or the rock critic or the architect…) shares excerpts and outtakes from his memoir “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen & Holy Men” currently available as part of the Screen Classics collection from the University Press Of Kentucky. Williams is the director of “The November Men” which World is Wrong listeners will already be familiar with, as well as films like “Out Of It” (1969) and “The ...
Paul Williams, the director (not the songwriter or the rock critic or the architect…) shares excerpts and outtakes from his memoir “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen & Holy Men” currently available as part of the Screen Classics collection from the University Press Of Kentucky. Williams is the director of “The November Men” which World is Wrong listeners will already be familiar with, as well as films like “Out Of It” (1969) and “The ...
Paul Williams, the director (not the songwriter or the rock critic or the architect…) shares excerpts and outtakes from his memoir “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen & Holy Men” currently available as part of the Screen Classics collection from the University Press Of Kentucky. Williams is the director of “The November Men” which World is Wrong listeners will already be familiar with, as well as films like “Out Of It” (1969) and “The ...
Paul Williams, the director (not the songwriter or the rock critic or the architect…) shares excerpts and outtakes from his memoir “Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen & Holy Men” currently available as part of the Screen Classics collection from the University Press Of Kentucky. Williams is the director of “The November Men” which World is Wrong listeners will already be familiar with, as well as films like “Out Of It” (1969) and “The ...
Director Rodney Ascher (“Room 237”) joins the podcast to discuss Gus Van Sant’s “shot-for-shot remake” of Hitchcock’s “Psycho”.
Directed by Gus Van Sant. Starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Phillip Baker Hall, Robert Forster
How is the world wrong about “Psycho” (1998)
From Andras: When Gus Van Sant chose to follow-up his greatest hit (“Good ...
The best film you’ve never heard of from the best director you’ve never heard of.
Directed by Andrew Repasky McElhinney Starring Marj Dusay, Oliver Wyman and Margot White
How is the world wrong about A Chronicle of Corpses?
From Bryan: When I first saw this movie I was floored. It’s Andy Milligan by way of Kubrick. Masterfully constructed, this is easily one of the best films of the 21st Ce...
Robert Towne writes and directs a glossy film about a heroic coke dealer and his best friends, an LA cop and a Mexican drug lord.
Written & Directed by Robert Towne. Starring Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Pfeiffer, Raul Julia, J.T. Walsh, Arliss Howard, Arye Gross & Budd Boetticher
How is the world wrong about “Tequila Sunrise”?
From Andras: This whole enterprise is pretty wrong and yet, the performance...
Jack Nicholson directs and stars in the sequel to “Chinatown”.
Directed by Jack Nicholson. Written by Robert Towne. Produced by Robert Evans. Starring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Madeline Stowe, Meg Tilly, Ruben Blades, Frederic Forrest, Richard Farnsworth & Tracy Walter
How is the world wrong about “The Two Jakes”?
From Andras: You’d think people would be into a Roman Polanski-less “Chinatown” sequel but the...
Sprawling, strange near masterpiece from the director of Donnie Darko
Directed by Richard Kelly. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake, Mandy Moore, John Laroquette, Wallace Shawn, Curtis Armstrong, Amy Poehler, Cheri Oteri, Will Sasso, Miranda Richardson, Nora Dunne and Jon Lovitz
How is the world wrong about Southland Tales? Most people hate it. Mo...
An everything but the kitchen sink zany masterpiece!!!
Directed by H.C. Potter Starring Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Elisha Cook JR. & Shemp Howard.
How is the world wrong about Hellzapoppin’?
From Bryan: Fall down on your face funny stuff starring forgotten comedy duo Olsen & Johnson. Is this the greatest comedy of all time that no one talks about? Yep. Never released on a proper home video format ...
Andras Jones joins Bryan Connolly and AJ Gonzalez on The Directors' Wall podcast to discuss "The Rainmaker" from 1997, and the films based upon John Grisham's novels in general.
We're releasing this as a bonus episode on our feed and if you like it we hope you'll subscribe to The Directors' Wall podcast.
Produced by Andras Jones
Hosted by Andras Jones & Bryan Connolly
Executive Producer: Erica Russel
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Sean Penn interprets a stark Springsteen song as his directorial debut and launches the career of Viggo Mortensen
Written & Directed by Sean Penn. Starring David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Patricia Arquette, Valeria Golino, Charles Bronson, Sandy Dennis & Dennis Hopper
How is the world wrong about The Indian Runner?
From Andras: Sean Penn’s first film as a director is his best. Is it the first films of the 1990...
Let the insanity flow from actor to director to manimal.
Directed by John Frankenheimer & Richard Stanley. Starring Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk and Nelson de la Rosa.
How is the world wrong about The Island Of Dr. Moreau?
From Bryan: A troubled production that became tabloid fodder. The behind the scenes shenanigans of two directors in over their heads and unruly method actors may have...
A lean, mean paranoid political thriller from Mamet and Kilmer.
Written & Directed by David Mamet. Starring Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Tia Texada, William H. Macy, Ed O’Neil, Kristen Bell, Mark Pellegrino, Said Taghmaoui, Natalia Nogulich & Geoff Pierson
How is the world wrong about Spartan?
From Andras: I’ve heard people call this a “fascist film”. It certainly depicts the cold machinations of the the US intel...
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