The Pink Smoke podcast

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its publication, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg dig into Johhston McCulley's THE CURSE OF CAPISTRANO, the serialized swashbuckling tale that spawned one of the genre's immortal heros - Zorro! Strap in for an episode that covers the swashbuckling genre on the whole, from Douglas Fairbanks leaving his mark on Zorro to the Swishbuckler parodies of the late 70's/early 80's to the classic Dumas vs. Sabatini debate. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

In this episode hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by Zebras in America's Marcus Pinn to discuss the trio's most anticipated films of the year, Zama & Let the Sunshine In! Zebras in America: https://soundcloud.com/zebras-in-america The Pink Smoke: http://thepinksmoke.com/ PSP theme-song by the same damn guy, Marcus Pinn!

Just in time for Halloween, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by board-certified Cryptologist Stephanie Crawford (of The Screamcast & Dread Central) to count down their Top 5 favorite Tales from the Crypt episodes! The discussion covers everything you would expect: Morton Downey Jr., Bruce Boxleitner's hair replacement system, Dick Donner and Vanity's two best films. Follow us on Twitter: Stephanie Crawford: https://twitter.com/scrawfish John Cribbs: https://twitter.com/TheLastMachine The Pink Smoke: https://twitter.com/thepinksmoke And read some articles on our website while you're at it: http://thepinksmoke.com/

This month's episode looks at documentary filmmaker Errol Morris' new book, THE ASHTRAY. The book looks at the philosophical schism between Morris and Thomas Kuhn which caused Morris' then-professor Kuhn to throw an ashtray at the legendary documentary filmmaker's head. Support our Patreon:
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Episode 2 welcomes Brian Saur of the "Rupert Pupkin Speaks" blog and Pure Cinema Podcast to discuss Joe Dante's use of character actors! An enthusiastic look at what these performers bring to classic films like Gremlins, The 'Burbs and Innerspace. From Dick Miller to Robert Picardo to Rance Howard and everyone in between, it's a look at the some of the most beloved cult favorites in the history of le cinema. It's an episode celebrating the new partnership between Pure Cinema Podcast and The Pink Smoke by digging into a shared obsession! The Pink Smoke site: http://www.thepinksmoke.com/ The Pink Smoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepinksmoke Pure Cinema Podcast: http://thepinksmoke.com/purecinemapodcast.html Rupert Pupkin Speaks: http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/ Just the Discs podcast: https://justthediscs.libsyn.com/ Theme music, as always, by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

For Halloween. Just in time for Halloween. A Halloween treat. The first episode of The Pink Smoke podcast to focus on pulp fiction, John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg explore the Frankenstein continuation novels written by none other than the greatest screenwriter of all-time, Jean-Claude Carrière! Carrière is best known as the writer of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Valmont, Belle de Jour & The Return of Martin Guerre - but Frankenstein's Tower points more towards his work for Jess Franco. Join us for a conversation about a deeply weird & sloppy book from a deeply talented & precise writer. Additional Infotainment: The Pink Smoke podcast will now feature TWO episodes a month, one focused on new cinema & the other looking at pulp novels - both episodes will initially be only available to our Patreon subscribers!

The immortal Casca, the solider cursed by Jesus to remain as he is until the Second Coming. This month's pulp fiction-oriented episode takes a look at the blood-and-vileness-soaked military fantasy from Barry Sadler, best known as the one-hit wonder behind the 1966 tune The Ballad of the Green Berets. Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by Martin Kessler of Flixwise: Canada to discuss the film's atrocious racial & sexual politics, bizarre sense of history and deep-seated insanity. Flixwise: Canada: http://flixwise.com/category/episodes/flixwise-canada/ The Pink Smoke: http://thepinksmoke.com/ John Cribbs, Martin Kessler & Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelastmachine https://twitter.com/moviekessler https://twitter.com/cfunderburg

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by (who else?) Wendy Mays of the Pet Cinematary podcast to discuss both Stephen King's novel and the recent adaptation of Pet Sematary! The conversation features a discussion of why filmmakers always attempt to "fix" King's work, the nature of grief in horror cinema and an all-hamster remake of The Virgin Suicides.

On this episode of The Pink Smoke podcast, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg cover a fictionalized take on the Manson Family, a beautiful actress caught in a web of violence & the seedy side of Hollywood. That’s right: we’re going deep on Columbo: The Helter Skelter Murders. This continuation novel from 1994 by author William Harrington surprisingly manages to eschew total tastelessness and even guides the hosts from Columbo novices into budding super-fans. Get reeled in by the illiterate slogans scribbled in blood on the walls of a fabulous mansion, stay for the goofy limericks & descriptions of bowls of chili.

On this Pulp Fictions episode, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss five short stories from Japanese writer Edogawa Ranpo, the master of "ero guro nansensu" or "erotic, grotesque nonsense." One of the true masters of the murky border where horror fiction bleeds into crime fiction, Ranpo is one of the 20th century's greatest genre fiction writers whose name deserves to be spoken alongside Poe & Lovecraft.