Craig & Friends
In-depth interviews with pop-culture legends, Movie Clubs and more with Craig MacNeil
Episodes
Writer, director, producer and comedy legend David Zucker joins me to talk about the serious business of comedy, his new - and free - online comedy class MASTERCRASH the secrets to making a NAKED GUN, Kentucky Fried Theatre, moody moments with Val Kilmer, pitching to Warren Beatty, learning from failure, Francis Ford Coppola getting in the way of a brilliant AIRPLANE! sequel, co-directing RUTHLESS PEOPLE and gets us a ticket to Faz...
William Petersen joins me to talk To Live And Die In LA, William Friedkin, Robby Müller, Darlanne Fluegel, Willem Dafoe, Manhunter, Michael Mann, Chicago theatre, 12 Angry Men, Dennis Farina, James Caan, nearly working with Oliver Stone, Richard Chamberlain, Hamlet, working with George C. Scott, what brought him to acting and much much more.
The Craig & Friends Movie Club for To Live And Die In LA will be out later this year, fe...
Abel Ferrara’s 1984 NYC sleaze gem FEAR CITY gets the Movie Club treatment, with a side order of TEQUILA & BONETTI - a show that just might change everyone’s life. The brilliant and charming film essayist, cinema professor & connoisseur Rich Johnson returns to join me in celebrating all things Abel Ferrara, the charisma of Jack Scalia, magic of Melanie Griffith, triumph of Tom Beringer and brilliance of Billy Dee Williams i...
Filmmaker, archivist, podcaster and cinema connoisseur Nicholas McCarthy joins me to discuss his fabulous & moving 6-part docu-podcast, The Vanity Project. In it, we follow him along his decades-long quest to solve the mystery of Student Confidential, a film that was financed, written, directed, scored, edited by and starring the elusive Richard Horian. Who was he? Who is he? What was he like to work with? Where the hell IS he?...
Richard & Linus O’Brien join me to talk Strange Journey - The Story Of Rocky Horror!
Directed by Linus, this is the definitive documentary on the origins, legacy and impact of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
We get deep into Richard’s life, his journey from gender dysphoria to gender euphoria, Tim Curry, Shock Treatment, sexual and social liberation, Richard Hartley, the tyranny of repression, his relationship with Linus, Hair, ...
Dear friends and favorite guests Mike & Maddy Chapman and Michael & Britta Des Barres join me at Mike & Maddy's London home a few days after Mike & Maddy's magical wedding and we talk about Mike & Michael's collaborations, Live Aid, the life and death of rock'n'roll, Los Angeles, royal chapels, King Charles' podcast, making hits and much more.
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LA Times Film Critic, Co-Host of UNSPOOLED, author & basketball connoisseur Amy Nicholson joins me to discuss William Friedkin’s 1994 basketball classic BLUE CHIPS. Starring Nick Nolte, Shaquille O’Neal, J.T. Walsh & Alfrie Woodard, written by Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump) and stacked with real-life basketball legends (Bobby Knight, Penny Hardaway, Bob Cousy and more) BLUE CHIPS reeks of authenticity while...
The multi-faceted aesthete & artiste known as Justin Warfield (She Wants Revenge, Warfield, One Ince Punch, guest vocals on tracks from Placebo, Bomb The Bass and several appearances on Saved By The Bell) joins me for what was going to be all about the cult classic SURF II, but we had a whole lot to say about a whole lotta other things. And that hat includes a LOT of movies, Los Angeles legends and more.Born and raised in Los A...
Anne Carlisle - the star and co-writer of LIQUID SKY and James St. James join me for an in-depth exploration of this pioneering film.
One of the first films to explicitly depict & discuss pansexuality, androgyny & gender fluidity in any substantial way, LIQUID SKY also serves as an essay on toxic masculinity, ingrained homophobia and the ingrained misogyny of both overground & underground culture.
LIQUID SKY’s hyper-styl...
The show returns from hiatus with the return of my dear friend and Movie Club all-star Jason Shawhan. We taped this in the afterglow of a New Beverly double-feature of the two films Goldie Hawn & Chevy Chase did together, Foul Play & Seems Like Old Times. We talk Barry Manilow, Billy Barty, Under The Rainbow, Stanley's stylish swingers pad, Billy Barty, San Francisco, nightmarish theme songs, Bette Midler, Tuesday Weld ...
Scarlett BoBo & her sweet Pete talk parking-lot parties, Manic Mondays, Giddy-O-Gaymes, LA Apartments, neighbor witches, Tim Horton’s, proper size wieners, Toronto, Hockey Night, Amsterdam love, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Crews & Tangos, Canada’s Drag Race and more
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It’s Showtime, Folks! Returning Movie Club champions Gala Avary (The Gala Show, Video Archives Podcast) & Erik Clapp (the mighty Cinema Force & EC Films) join me to talk all things ALL THAT JAZZ, Bob Fosse’s groundbreaking autobiographical masterpiece.
Roy Scheider is Joe Gideon (AKA Bob Fosse) who can’t get a handle on his all-consuming workaholism, brutal perfectionism, constant philandering, incessant smoking, daily dri...
The ever-delightful & inspiring Michael Des Barres returns for a chat about keeping going no matter what, his latest album "It's Only Rock'N'Roll", the philosophy of Vidal Sasson, Klaus & Astrid, Mike Chapman, quiet walks, working with The Power Station, collaborating with Steve Jones , writing with Andy Taylor, Don Johnson, the sound of dinnerware surprise and much much more.
For more Michael, head over to his website and...
Rod Thomas AKA Bright Light Bright Light joins me to talk all things Election 2024, Kamala Harris, what hangs in the balance, the disgrace of Donald Trump, press smears, the fraud known as Jill Stein, the power of pragmatism and much much more.
Fashion Connoisseur and Creative Director for PETA Greg Garry joins me to talk the 1978's Faye Dunaway classic EYES OF LAURA MARS. Faye is the controversial fashion photographer Laura Mars, the fashion world’s most notorious photographer who’s having terrifying visions of murder. Tommy Lee Jones is the sensitive, world-weary cop in charge of the investigation, Brad Dourif is Ms. Mars’ troubled-yet-devoted driver and Rene Aubejonois...
THE ADDAMS FAMILY gets the Movie Club treatment as Joe Black joins me to discuss on-set disasters, the long and rocky road of the film’s development, Barry Sonnenfeld’s technical wizardry and very specific personality, Anjelica Houston’s iconic performance and painful makeup process, MC Hammer, Raul Julia and his horrific eye calamity, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Dan Hedaya and the profound impact this picture had - and has...
Erik Clapp of the mighty Cinema Force, EC Films & The Bobbie Wygant Archive joins me to discuss SECONDS. Starring Rock Hudson, John Frankenheimer's dark and deeply disturbing classic was released in 1966 to tremendous controversy and terrible box-office. Over the years, SECONDS has come to be rightly recognized as a paranoid, somewhat-misanthropic masterpiece.
Pia Zadora welcomed me to her gorgeous Las Vegas home to discuss her legendary life and career. We talk The Lonely Lady, owning a plane with your name on it, the Golden Globes scandal, her marriage to Meshulam Riklis, working with John Waters on Hairspray, dealing with depression, psychoanalysis, Celebrity Wife Swap, Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, Pia’s Place & Piatinis, perseverance, touring with Frank Sinatra, NAKED GUN 33 1/3, h...
Legendary filmmaker Alex Cox (Repo Man, Straight To Hell, Walker, Tombstone Rashomon etc) has a new film in the works, a film you can help make a reality by participating via Kickstarter. Click the link, snatch up the fabulous rewards available and thank Alex for decades of wonderful films.Alex & I discuss his collaborations with Joe Strummer, REPO MAN, studio politics, STRAIGHT TO HELL, Sam Peckinpah, Chateau Marmont, William ...
Director, bon-vivant and raconteur Marc MacNamara joins me to talk directing gay corn, working with Falcon Nakedsword, co-hosting Discretion Advised (with our friend John Hill), getting kicked out of Micky’s, Fame Games On Fire Island, Thom Moulton, Cherry Grove, pop culture, Real Housewives, the legend of Willy Nilly and a whole lot more.
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