Marty and Scott’s centuries-spanning survey of filmic navel-gazing reaches an especially gaze-worthy era: the 80s and 90s. How did the Dream Factory imagine itself? And how do you even know it’s a dream, unless you put a dwarf in it? Don’t look into the camera! Just join us. The cinematic octopi we wrestle this week:…
Scott and Marty continue their chronological deep dive into self-reflective filmmaking. Tune in as they brave monkey ghosts, talking mimes, and the occasional crotch muppet in their tireless quest to answer the question: When you gaze into the camera’s lens, does the camera also look into you? Films we chase down on our motorized wheelchairs:…
Scott and Marty go back — WAYYY BACK — to the nudists, clock goblins, and rarebit fiends of silent cinema — as they launch an unprecedented FOUR PART series on how FILM SEES ITSELF! It’s so exciting, it requires ALL CAPS and LOTS of exclamation points!!! Covered this week (Holy Monkeyshines!): Meta-movies of the 19th…
He’s the paragon of character actors, and the podcast’s unofficial mascot: Harry Dean Stanton. It’s a labour of love as Marty and Scott ramble through his long filmography. Check it out! The Wrong Man (1956, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) at 4:18 Paris, Texas (1984, Dir. Wim Wenders) at 18:37 Man Trouble (1992, Dir. Bob Rafelson) at…
It takes all sorts of people to make an underworld. Like… Vulcans? Leprechauns?! Canadian mayoral campaign managers?!? Scott and Marty circulate amongst a very odd rogue’s gallery, and return to share all the results with you. In this episode, our televisual exposés include: Columbo S2E6 “A Stitch in Crime” at 2:12 Moonlighting S2E7 “Somewhere Under…
Dust off your ruffs and merkins! It’s time for Scott and Marty and You to screw your courage to the sticking place, and check out some of Shakespeare’s weirdest cinematic outings. Feast thine ears: Chimes at Midnight (1966, Dir. Orson Welles) at 2:48 Throne of Blood (1957, Dir. Akira Kurosawa) at 20:27 Prospero’s Books (1991, Dir.…
Criminals have overrun Scott and Marty’s television sets! Maybe some vampires too. There’s only one thing to do: call in the gumshoes! In this episode, we scrape the gum off the shoes of these fine televisual offerings: Columbo S2E5 “Requiem for a Falling Star” at 1:55 Moonlighting S2E6 “Knowing Her” at 15:20 Forever Knight S1E13…
A civil rights crusader. Wife of Ossie Davis. An Oscar nominee with a career spanning EIGHT DECADES. It’s the incredible Ruby Dee! Scott and Marty scrutinize the tenacious Dee’s first, last, best, and worst movies: The Jackie Robinson Story (1950, Dir. Alfred E. Green) at 2:44 1982 (2013, Dir. Tommy Oliver) at 16:28 Do The…
By the pricking of my thumbs, something DICK FILLED this way comes! We’re talking, of course, about TV detectives, and gadzooks! There are a lot of them in this week’s episode. Scott and Marty stake out the following serials: Columbo S2E4 “A Dagger of the Mind” at 2:55Moonlighting S2E5 “My Fair David” at 15:50Forever Knight…
This week on Cinematic Omniverse… It’s David f*****g Lynch. Heads are scratched over:Eraserhead (1977) at 4:13The Elephant Man (1980) at 23:49Wild at Heart (1990) at 42:09The Straight Story (1999) at 1:00:30 Also in this super-sized episode:Continuity Boulevard at 1:17:52Lightning Round at 1:35:25 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music.Visit us at…
