Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – Hereditary

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about seances, possession, grief, demon kings from hell, and the 2018 Ari Aster film ‘Hereditary.’ Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by the Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Super Furry Animals, and more. Become an All Access member and…

Bonus Episode: Breaking the Rules and Disrupting the Narrative

In this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about ‘You Can See Everything,’ the new A24 documentary directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, and moments in film history when movies broke the mold and rewrote the rules. Later, Jake Brennan of Disgraceland joins to give recommendations for movi…

Jayne Mansfield: Nude Scenes, Satan’s Slave, and a Gruesome Death

Whether she was filming Hollywood’s first major nude scenes, or posing against a backdrop of Satanic skulls and pentagrams, Jayne Mansfield lived for exhibitionism. As a leading sexpot of the 1950s, Jayne was a genius, a bombshell, and a mother in an industry that demanded women be single, dumb, an…

Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – A Ghost Story

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about bedsheets with the eyes cut out, time and eternity, and the 2017 David Lowery film ‘A Ghost Story.’ Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, and more. Become an All Access member and g…

Bonus Episode: Comfort Horror and Cursed Films

In this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking about the “comfort horror” subgenre that he may or may not have just made up, as well as ‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ ‘Poltergeist,’ and other so-called “cursed” films. Later, Jake Brennan of Disgraceland joins to give Halloween-season recommendations on stuff to wa…

Poltergeist Curse: Paranormal Activity, a Plane Crash, and Murder

Four different actors from the 1980s horror franchise Poltergeist died within a 6-year span. Dominique Dunne was murdered. Julian Beck succumbed to stomach cancer. Will Sampson suffered from a degenerative disease. And Heather O’Rourke’s death at the age of 12, was deemed “distinctly unusual.” Was …

Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – 25th Hour

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about 9/11 in cinema, the life that came so close to never happening, and Spike Lee’s 2002 film ‘25th Hour’ starring Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Rosario Dawson. Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by Bruce Springstee…

Bonus Episode: From Cocaine Cowboy to Toolman

In this week’s Wrap Party, Zeth is talking 1991, ‘Home Improvement,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ and the chasm between Tim Allen’s public persona and his criminal past. And Jake Brennan of Disgraceland joins to give dirty recs for our favorite film scores. Plus, we hear from you and respond to your voicemails, t…

Tim Allen: Cocaine in Kalamazoo, Life in Prison, and Flipping for the Feds

Before he was headed to infinity and beyond, Tim Allen was headed to life in prison for a low-level drug deal in Michigan. This is the story about how his first career ended in a life-changing bust, and what he had to do in order to survive and find a way out. This episode contains themes that may…

Bonus Episode: The Screening Room – Mulholland Drive

This week in the Screening Room, Zeth is talking about dreams, doubles, mysteries, and the 2001 David Lynch film ‘Mulholland Drive.’ Plus we make a mixtape inspired by the film with songs by Missing Persons, Frank Black, Big Star, and more. Become an All Access member and get ad-free listening by v…