Justin and Will discuss the directorial work of The Man With No Name by way of his off-center western HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973) and his head-scratching bio-pic WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART (1990). They talk his charismatic appeal as an actor, his populist film making...
ICC #10 – Tarantino’s Favorite Woody Allen Film
Will and Justin tackle Woody Allen by discussing his undeniable classic ANNIE HALL (1977) and its terrible kinda-remake ANYTHING ELSE (2003). They discuss the struggle to separate the art from the artist, how Woody has a few interesting things to say (that he says...
ICC #09 – The Kurosawa Cliché
Akira Kurosawa is a monolith and Justin and Will nervously approach his filmography like soldier's marching through a minefield. They watch THRONE OF BLOOD, THE BAD SLEEP WELL and discuss the master's biography, his riff with Toshiro Mifune, and the reason he's the...
ICC #8 – F*ck, Marry, Kill: Harpo, Groucho or Chico
It's time for the Important Cinema team to tackle the most important question of our time: Who was the funniest comedy team of 1933? Will and Justin discuss the topic heatedly as they tackle Marx Brothers masterwork DUCK SOUP and the Wheeler and Woolsey comedy...
ICC #7 – Roger Corman The Artist
Everyone knows that Roger Corman is one of the most influential producers in the history of film, but what was he like as a director? In an overview of his career as an auteur, Justin and Will discuss his hippie culture 'comedy' "GAS-S-S-S-S-S" and Corman's final...
ICC #6 – The Best Films of 2015 (The Only Two Lists You’ll Ever Need)
I've never put together a ranked BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR list before, but in the academic and studied spirit of the podcast, me and Will Sloan sat down for endless torture filled months to compile the ULTIMATE two lists of MUST SEE films of 2015. We discuss the...
ICC #5 – The Important Christmas Cinema Spectacular
In a very special episode, "The Important Christmas Cinema Spectacular", Justin and Will tackle the holiday cinematic season by watching the awful Kirk Cameron vehicle SAVING CHRISTMAS and the holiday 'classic' MIRACLE ON 34th street. They discuss their own feelings...
ICC #4 – Are you Smarter than Jean-Luc Godard?
On this week's episode, Justin and Will discuss the work of Cinema's irredeemable bad boy by examining his films 2 or 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER (1967) and HAIL MARY (1984). They talk about the people who love the grumpy jerk (which includes Will), the transition from...
ICC #3 – John Woo and Michael Bay: The Beasts of Bullets
Hard Boiled versus Bad Boys 2. Hong Kong versus America. John Woo versus Michael Bay. Who is the greatest action filmmaker our planet has ever seen!? It's a battle of the explosion titans as Justin and Will dive into both films and dissect what makes them work (or...
ICC #2 – Abel Ferrerra’s High on Movie Magic
Crazed. Passionate. Difficult. Psychotic. Dedicated. Nuts. All those adjectives describe director Abel Ferrera, but none of them explain how he's survived for so long and continued to helm projects that are personal and unique. Hosts Justin Decloux and Will Sloan may...