The Important Cinema Club

Justin and Will are joined by special guest Alex Ross to discuss the work of Mr. "Oh Golly" - David Lynch. Because they are masochists, the trio decides to focus on DUNE and INLAND EMPIRE. The Important Cinema Club has a PATREON. You can join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode every week! WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

We discuss the career of actress Ingrid Bergman with a focus on JOURNEY TO ITALY (1954)and GASLIGHT (1944). Plus, the Euro Action films of Luc Besson, Jackie Chan Vs Jet Li, and the Beauty and the Beast Remake. Want more Important Cinema Club? Join our Patreon for 5$ a month and get a new exclusive episode every week! https://www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub

Justin and Will talk about the best film books ever: Criticism, histories, studies and novels about the 'magic of the movies'. Get your notepad out. There will be a quiz. The Important Cinema Club has a PATREON. You join for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode every week! WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

Justin and Will talk the cinema of British director Mike Leigh with a focus on his films SECRETS AND LIES (1996) and NAKED (1993). The Important Cinema Club has a PATREON. For five dollars a month you can get a brand new exclusive episode every week: WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

BRUCESPLOITATION refers to the practice on the part of filmmakers hiring Bruce Lee look-alike actors ("Lee-alikes") to star in many imitation martial arts films in order to cash in on Lee's success after his death. Justin and Will discuss Bruce Lee, Bruce Le, Bruce Li, Dragon Lee, Bruce Thai, Bruce Lai, Bruce Leung and all the other great Bruce rip-offs that have graced the silver screen. The Important Cinema Club has a PATREON. For five dollars a month you can get a brand new exclusive episode every week: WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

Will and Justin discuss the career of Robert Altman with a focus on M.A.S.H, NASHVILLE and POPEYE. The Important Cinema Club has launched a PATREON. You can join online for five dollars a month and get a brand new exclusive episode every week! JOIN THE PATREON HERE: https://www.patreon.com/theimportantcinemaclub This week's episode is a discussion of David Fincher's ZODIAC. ALSO, the contest announced in a previous episode is still ongoing: Advertise the podcast in the most creative way you can, send us evidence of this at importantcinemaclubpodcast at gmail dot com and you can pick a topic for a future episode. No matter what the film related topic is Will and Justin will have to talk about it.

Will and Justin are joined by the Alexandra West (co-host of the FACULTY OF HORROR) to discuss British Comedies - specifically, A FISH CALLED WANDA and WITHNAIL & I. Check out Alexandra's podcast at: www.facultyofhorror.com/ Buy her book "Films of New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity" here: www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id…1-4766-6348-7

Will and Justin discuss the career of the Important Canadian Director - Atom Egoyan. They talk his breakthrough hit Exotica, his last film Remember, PLUS, A CONTEST: Advertise the podcast in the most creative way you can, send us evidence of this at importantcinemaclubpodcast at gmail dot com and you can pick a topic for a future episode. No matter what the film related topic is Will and Justin will have to talk about it.

Will and Justin discuss the big screen debuts of four funnymen that were never meant to be stars. They sing the praises of FREDDY GOT FINGERED and the Bob Saget-directed masterpiece DIRTY WORK, and are more measured towards CORKY ROMANO and IT'S IN THE BAG.

On this week's episode, Justin and Will dive into the work of everyone's favorite violence loving comedian Takeshi Kitano. They talk about the funniest film of all time, the difficult in contextualizing the work of famous person from another country, and Johnny Mnemonic. Plus, they try to figure out how the world will survive without the existence of HMV.