The Pink Smoke podcast

Join hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg for a deep dive into Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw and its cinematic adaptations. The story of a naive governess & her innocent charges is the quintessential ghost story, a metaphorical exploration of abuse, theodicy and the ways in which adults let down the children around them. Some of the adaptations discussed include Jack Clayton’s 1961 masterpiece The Innocents, Michael Winner’s surprisingly erudite and unsurprisingly tasteless prequel The Nightcomers and the recent work of irredeemable stupidity The Turning (which reimagines the story as a grunge-era Stephen King knock-off.) The Pink Smoke site:
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“Nostalgia is one of our saving graces.” On the latest episode, hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg take things back to their heroic bloodshed drenched pasts to discuss John Woo’s ne plus ultra of Hong Kong action cinema, Hard Boiled. Like many a greasy teenage malcontent in the early 90s, their exposure to the films of John Woo was key in setting them on a life-path of undeviating film nerd-dom. Join them as they discuss their shared love of Tequila, rice like family, one corrupt cop, one vicious hitman and 10,000 bullets - it’s a celebration of John Woo’s golden age with a focus on Hard Boiled, the film that took an extreme sub-genre to its extremes, the extremity of extremity. Their conversation touches on the importance of melodrama and big emotions in heroic bloodshed films, the surprising similarities of the careers of John Woo and Wong Kar-Wai, and the sheer joyful awesomeness of massive action sequences. It’s as purely celebratory as the show gets. Support our Patreon: 
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Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by filmmaker Bill Teck to discuss RICHARD JEWELL. The latest film director by Clint Eastwood, it's the true story of an Atlanta security guard falsely accused by the FBI and Atlanta-Journal Constitution of planting bombs at the 1996 Olympics. The discussion turns from Paul Walter Hauser's astounding performance (and checkered Juggalo history) to the media environment surrounding domestic terrorism in 1996 to how Eastwood's unadorned style impresses without going in for the big show-off moments. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Bill Teck on Twitter: twitter.com/billteck John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

This is a deeply personal episode, so indulge us. For their 50th wedding anniversary, we’re joined by host Christopher Funderburg’s parents to discuss the film that brought them together: Mike Nichols’ 1967 countercultural comedy, The Graduate. Along with co-host John Cribbs, they get into it all: the history of both their relationship and the film itself. We discuss what the film meant to their generation, the cultural conflicts between the Los Angeles types in the film and audiences in Murray Kentucky, the novel on which the film is based, and (of course) plastics. Support our Patreon:
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Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

Abel Ferrara has been making films for nearly 50 years without compromising his unique, provocative, unflinchingly autobiographical vision. In this episode we invited special guests Marcus Pinn and John Frankensteiner to discuss Ferrara's four narrative films from the last decade: his farewell to New York City in 4:44 Last Day on Earth, his return to a very different kind of city in Welcome to New York, a chronicle of the last days of a filmmaking legend with Pasolini and the brutal self-examination that is his latest film, the Rome-set roman à clef Tommaso starring Willem Dafoe. Marcus previously appeared on an episode of the podcast The Wrong Reel to discuss Ferrara's full filmography. We pick up the thread here by talking about how this particular Ferr-era of 2010 to 2019 fits into the scope of his long career, his evolution as an artist, his past and his future. The Pink Smoke site:
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On this episode of The Pink Smoke podcast, host John Cribbs is joined by Amanda Gilbert to discuss Alex Garland's Annihilation. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke PSP theme music by Marcus Pinn: http://www.pinnlandempire.com/

On the inaugural episode of The Pink Smoke podcast, we tackle Michael Haneke's semi-sequel to Amour & discuss whether the filmmaker is entering a new phase of his career. Join hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs as they enter a new phase of their professional lives. One in which they have a podcast. The Pink Smoke site: http://www.thepinksmoke.com/ The Pink Smoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepinksmoke Theme music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

"The rat had taken some pleasure in attacking a member of the human race, one with the same smell as the big ones." We’re joined by regular guest & noted animal-lover Wendy Mays to discuss Patricia Highsmith’s THE ANIMAL-LOVER’S BOOK OF BEASTLY MURDER! This collection of short stories follows a series of creatures from elephant to cat to rat to cockroach that find themselves wrapped up in murder, robbery and all manner of unsettling Highsmithian mayhem. Previously having joined us to discuss the novels FERAL and PET SEMATARY, Mays returns to dig into these moral tales about animals encountering the worst of humanity has to offer. The stories, ranging in tone from sentimental to blackly comic, represent Highsmith on a strange and experimental artistic tangent. Join us to find out about the bravest rat in Venice, the greediest pig in France and the cat burglar that was actually a monkey. Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Wendy Mays on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meowmays The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/cfunderburg John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

Of all the overlooked, misunderstood films directed by Tobe Hooper, Spontaneous Combustion remains one of the most overlooked and misunderstood. There are few viewing experiences as shocking and tragically poetic as watching human nuclear meltdown Brad Dourif expel flames from his body as smoke pours out of him like the tip of a lit cigar. On this episode, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg invite Stan Giesea, author of Charred Remains - an account of his time on the set of Spontaneous Combustion - to talk about his experience behind-the-scenes of the most genuinely weird and fascinating metaphysical thrillers ever produced. They discuss what makes this movie, a tale of corruption and individual cataclysm yet a love story at its core, an essential part of the late master's work. Support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Stan Giesea on Twitter: twitter.com/stangiesea The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/cfunderburg John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

It was inevitable that our decade-spanning reappraisal of the James Bond franchise would hit the Pierce Brosnan period, but rather than return to die another day host John Cribbs and special guest John Arminio go full-tilt into all four films running from 1995 to 2002. Following Bond's evolution in an era of megalomaniacal media moguls, invisible cars and Dr. Christmas Jones, they question whether the charismatic Irishman ever really found his footing as the fabled spy or if his efforts were simply not enough. Topics covered as Cribbs & Arminio bungee jump into each film include the celebrated N64 Goldeneye video game, Donald E. Westlake's unproduced Bond script, the bizarre parting sentiment of Desmond Llewelyn's Q and striking contrast in quality between the first and second half of Brosnan's final 007 adventure. Do these movies really mark the low ebb of the series, or are there things to love about the Pierce years? And don’t fail in your duty to check out our previous Bond episodes: Bond in the 80s I: http://thepinksmoke.com/PSP62Bondinthe80sI.html Bond in the 80s II: http://thepinksmoke.com/PSP63Bondinthe80sII.html Bond in the 70s: soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/psp-ep58-james-bond-in-the-70 spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2t6MQIIbFBKzzKfdtZaQ9x apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-58-james-bond-in-the-70s/id1529803112?i=1000489551247 Bond in the 60s: soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/psp-ep52-james-bond-in-the-60s spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3g6UHop4amOmuBpljaxx3F apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-52-james-bond-in-the-60s/id1529803112?i=1000506773799 The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Arminio on Twitter: twitter.com/QuasarSniffer John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”