We discuss the career of the incredibly prolific writer/director Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his films The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, and In a Year with 13 Moons. On this week’s Patreon episode, we discuss HOW TO START YOUR OWN FILM...
We discuss the career of cinematographer/director Gary Graver: The work he did with Orson Welles (The Other Side of the Wind), the films he shot for B-Movie masters (Fred Olen Ray, Al Adamson, Ed Wood), and his prolific filmography as a director of pornography (3AM)....
It's the end of Shocktober! We wrap up our favorite month of the year with a discussion about some of the leading women of horror cinema: Barbara Steele, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Linnea Quigley. What is a Scream Queen? Is it good? Bad? Awesome? We watched BLACK SUNDAY,...
We discuss the career of Paul Naschy, the Spanish actor/writer/director that played a werewolf, a vampire, a mummy, satan, and every other monster in such movies as FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR (1968), THE WEREWOLF AND THE VAMPIRE (1971) WOMAN and HORROR RISES FROM...
We discuss the career of Wes Craven, the writer/director of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, SCREAM, and VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN. On this week's Patreon episode, we watch William Lustig's MANIAC (1980) WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB If you...
We discuss writer/director/producer Charles Band and FULL MOON ENTERTAINMENT. The production company responsible for such video store classics as PUPPET MASTER, CASTLE FREAK, DOLLMAN, SUBSPECIES, DEMONIC TOYS, and GINGERDEAD MAN 2: PASSION OF THE CRUST. On this week's...
Shocktober '18 begins! We discuss the career of Tod Browning, the director of such horror classics as the original DRACULA, FREAKS and Lon Chaney Sr.'s THE UNKNOWN. Was Browning a monstrous director? A sympathetic one? Can we ever really know? On this week's Patreon...
We discuss the films of Writer/Director Lina Wertmüller with a focus on LOVE AND ANARCHY, SWEPT AWAY, and SEVEN BEAUTIES. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB On this week's Patreon episode, we discuss the Dan Aykroyd/Chevy Chase joint NOTHING BUT TROUBLE. If you...
We discuss John Landis - The director of ANIMAL HOUSE, COMING TO AMERICA, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and INNOCENT BLOOD. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB On this week's Patreon episode, we discuss our favorite films of 1977. If you have any questions or...
We discuss zero budget action picture with a focus on the feature films THE DEADLY ART OF SURVIVAL, Ara Paiaya's DEATH LIST and Eric Jacobus' CONTOUR. WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB On this week's Patreon episode, we ask ourselves "What's the point of film...
