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Cinemaslave #112: Gotham After Midnight

The release of a (sensational) new Batman film, coupled with the recent rediscovery of Fritz Lang's long-lost director's cut of Metropolis, means that Joe is living in a German Expressionism dreamland this week. As such, your intrepid host decides to evaluate the legacy of the most famous "lost" silent film in history, Tod Browning's London After Midnight, starring Lon Chaney. We also look (metaphorically) at some of cinema's other lost classics and ruminate on the odds of their eventual rediscovery.

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Metropolis * Nanook of the North * London After Midnight * The missing Spider Pit sequence From King Kong * The Magnificent Ambersons * F.W. Murnau's 4 Devils

added: Saturday, July 19, 2008

Cinemaslave: State of the Podcast (June 6, 2008)

Harsh language and politically charged commentary you can believe in.

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Harsh language and politically charged commentary you can believe in.

added: Saturday, June 07, 2008

Cinemaslave #111: The (Iron) Eagle Has Landed

Joe throws another of his favorite childhood movies under the bus this week by revisiting "Iron Eagle", and is saddened to learn that the film is nothing more than an unabashed ode to the Reagan era. We also revisit the "gore vs. suspense" debate, ponder the proper uses of CGI in modern cinema, and discuss several irrational movie fears. We also attempt to settle once and for all whether "Juno" is actually a treasured cinematic gem or an overrated faux-chic flick. But eventually Cherilyn from Canada saves us all with a guest review of "Run Fatboy Run".

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Extra Extra update * Birthday thanks * Iron Eagle * Election primaries * Are '80s kids movies too vulgar for modern kids? * Irrational movie fears * Movie terrorists * An American Werewolf in London * Gore vs. Suspense (Round 2) * Hatchet * CGI in movies * Monkeys and make-up * Juno * Run Fatboy Run

added: Saturday, May 03, 2008

Cinemaslave #110: I Love My Mummy

Joe examines the "Suspense vs. Gore" debate currently raging among modern horror fans, and realizes he'd rather watch "Friday the 13th Part II" than anything Eli Roth will ever make. Your intrepid host also finds time to wrap himself in bandages, make some tana-leaf potion, and have a look at all five of Universal's classic "Mummy" flicks before Cherilyn in Ontario restores some integrity to the proceedings with a rational look at the Canadian TV premiere of "Grindhouse". JOIN JOE AT SLAPSTICON IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA THIS JULY! www.slapsticon.org

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Can I get some Tana-leaf SlimFast?

added: Saturday, April 19, 2008

Cinemaslave #109: Vampires on the Bayou

A very grateful Joe is trying to claw his way out of the avalanche of listener feedback inspired by the last episode. Spike Lee once again comes under our cinematic microscope as we take a look at his astonishing four-hour New Orleans documentary "When the Levees Broke", and we rehash the age-old debate of whether a writer or director is more integral to a movie's success. Joe also spends a bit of time pondering why a 16mm film print of his favorite flick seems to be forever beyond his grasp, and evaluates possible medical treatments for a Cinemaslave listener who didn't like "Once".

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Thanks for the feedback! * News flash: we can disagree on our opinions about film! * Re-evaluating "Once" * Film authorship * The "Executive Producer" credit * Collecting film prints * The first Cinemaslave audio commentary track is unveiled * Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke" * Thanks for listening (Slight Return)

added: Saturday, March 15, 2008

Cinemaslave #108: Posturing, Paradigms, and Polonias

If this is your first time listening to Cinemaslave, you might want to try a different episode. Joe's got his panties in a bunch after a screening of Mel Brooks' horrendous "Silent Movie", and is now (indirectly) considering a massive overhaul of the show's format as a result. (Regular listeners, please weigh in with your thoughts.) Your intrepid host also takes a few minutes to say farewell to his late friend, indie filmmaker John Polonia. Quite possibly the strangest episode ever.

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Overhauling the show * Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie" * A farewell to John Polonia

added: Sunday, March 09, 2008

CInemaslave #107: Isn't This Where We Came In?

It's a largely improvised show this week as Joe reflects on how everything, and nothing, has changed about the movie business in the past hundred years. Critics are bothered by big-budget filmmaking? Directors aren't getting final cut? Hollywood's paranoid about the future of home video? You'll be surprised how far back some of these issues go.

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Big Belly's apology * Story vs. spectacle... revisitng the century-old argument * Oh, those long-winded Germans * Recutting someone else's film * Spike Jonze can't show us the wild things after all * The "suits" vs. the "artists" * The "Star Wars" trials * If you watch movies at home, YOU'RE EVIL! * Listener feedback * You ain't Bela! * Color-tinting and silent movies

added: Sunday, February 24, 2008

Cinemaslave #106: Dyslexic Militants Pight the Flower!

The discussion of movie racism continues this week with a look at Spike Lee's sensational but controversial call-to-arms, "Do the Right Thing". Joe also bids farewell to one of his all-time favorite actors as we mourn the passing of Roy Scheider, who's finally going to get that bigger boat he always wanted. And your fellow Cinemaslaves do their part with a string of intelligent, articulate voicemails on film censorship and D.W. Griffith's notorious and much-maligned movie blockbuster in this epic-length show.

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We miss you, Roy! * Listener feedback * Better excuses for watching "Meet the Spartans" * "The Hottie and the Nottie" is "nottie" exactly setting the box office ablaze * A minority viewpoint on "Birth of a Nation" * Is "Gone With the Wind" more racist than "Birth"? * Brilliant propaganda and deplorable films * The importance of a societal viewpoint * Pop-culture spoofs: the final chapter * Revisionist film history * When political correctness goes overboard * Hey Disney... free "Song of the South"! * The influence and effect of the "racist" tag * Huck Finn: a literary "time out" * The legacy of Oscar Micheaux * "Do the Right Thing"

added: Sunday, February 17, 2008

Cinemaslave #105: Blame it on Batman

The best laid plans, folks. After Joe happened to catch a screening of Columbia Pictures' 1943 Batman film this week, and found himself horrified by its unabashed anti-Japanese sentiment, Joe threw out the planned episode and instead devotes this installment of the 'Slave to a look at cinematic racism. We'll continue the discussion next week, but for now, tip-toe with your host through the minefields of D.W. Griffith and Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer as we explore the effects that outdated prejudices can have on a film's artistic legacy.

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Batman '43 * Birth of a Nation * Intolerance * Broken Blossoms * The Jazz Singer * The Vitaphone era * Listener feedback * Several listeners weigh in on Meet the Spartans * The plight of Orson Welles * Flying High and soundtrack substitutions in Australia * Bond is not forsaken * Pop-culture references in comedy * Dazzling DVD transfers

added: Saturday, February 09, 2008

Cinemaslave #104: Meet the Spleen (Venting Optional)

You may think you've heard Joe angry before, but this episode is out for blood. Put it this way: Joe thinks the three most horrifying things to happen to the world in the last hundred years are the Holocaust, the 9/11 attacks, and the release of "Meet the Spartans." You wanna hear a pissed-off, sleep-deprived podcaster mourn the end of cinema from high atop his soapbox? You've come to the right place, baby. He'll also compare and contrast a much better spoof movie, "Airplane!" (1980), with the film that inspired it, "Zero Hour!" (1957), and try to determine whether the former is a parody, a remake, or some glorious hybrid. Just don't call him Shirley.

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Can I borrow a cup of sleep? * "Meet the Spartans" and the death of modern cinema * Is "Airplane!" a remake or parody of "Zero Hour!"? * Listener Feedback * New York and Philadelphia: movie meccas? * Name actors vs. unknowns * The two modes of Cillian Murphy * The McTerminator * Be baptized in the glory of the Cinemaslave voicemail line! * Big Belly's geek rating

added: Saturday, February 02, 2008

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