All Episodes
Not Now in Theaters: A Retro and Cult Film Podcast — 88 episodes
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966): Jack Nicholson's Anti-Western
A Better Tomorrow II (1987): Unreal End Shootout, Bizarre Scenes
Excalibur (1981): Epic Dark Fantasy
Nemesis (1992): Lo-Fi Cyberpunk, Really Big Guns
American Yakuza (1993): Even Aragorn Couldn’t Rescue This [Side Reels]
John Dies at the End (2012): Slackers Saving the Universe
Prospect (2018): More Sci-fi Fans Should See This
The Death of Stalin (2017): the British Mockery that Angered Russia
Top Five Films I Wish Got Made [Side Reels]
House (1985): Horror Comedy Mansion Hijinks
Drive (1997): Where Has this Action Film Been All My Life?
Bone Tomahawk (2015): The Horror Rescue Western Nightmare
Dark Star (1974): John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon's Science Fiction Comedy
The Mist (2007): Two Problems With the Ending [Side Reels]
Hard Boiled (1992): Action Madness On and Off Camera
Night of the Creeps (1986): Fred Dekker's Cult Classic Horror Comedy
Sid and Nancy (1986): The Punk Rock Love Story Gone Wrong
Brandon Lee Before The Crow: Legacy of Rage, Laser Mission, and Rapid Fire [Side Reels]
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980): Seven Samurai in Space, Silly Retro Fun
The Long Riders (1980): The "Green Western" of Dreamlike Violence and Flat History
Near Dark (1987): Kathryn Bigelow's Neo-Noir Vampire Western
Maniac Cop (1988): Tom Atkins and Bruce Campbell in a VHS-era Slasher
Dredd (2012): Could a Reboot Shake Off the 1995 Megadud?
Versus (2000): A Must-See Cult Action Classic From Japan
The Hitcher (1986): How this Road Horror Still Hooks Fans
Thief (1981): Michael Mann's Hyper-realistic Crime Thriller
The Driver (1978): American Action Meets European Minimalism
Atomic Blonde (2017): Cold War Spy Thrills and Devastating Action
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991): A Video-Store Era Cult Action Pick
Knightriders (1981): George A. Romero Does a Drama
Babe: Pig in the City (1998): George Miller's Too-Dark Sequel
The Hobbit (1977): The Rankin/Bass Animated Classic
Southern Comfort (1981): Walter Hill's Often-Overlooked Action Thriller
The Blob (1988): Mushy Special Effects and 1980s Kickass
Hard Times (1975): Walter Hill's Breezy Action Debut
Scanners (1981): A Cult Classic of Psychic Powers and Conspiracy
Dragged Across Concrete (2018): S. Craig Zahler Oh-So-Slowly Strikes Again
An Intermission
Vampires (1998): John Carpenter's Sun-Burned, Bloodsucking Western
Bullet in the Head (1990): Is this John Woo's Melancholic Masterpiece?
Prince of Darkness (1987): John Carpenter Pits God vs. Anti-God
In the Mouth of Madness (1994): John Carpenter Does H.P. Lovecraft
Christine (1983): John Carpenter Adapts Stephen King
Flesh and Blood (1985): Paul Verhoeven's Erotic, Disgusting, Historical Adventure
Assault On Precinct 13 (1976): John Carpenter's High Energy, Low-Budget Thriller
Escape From New York (1981): Snake Plissken, the Anti-hero for the Authoritarian Future
The Fog (1980): John Carpenter's Small-Town Ghost Story
King of New York (1990) vs. New Jack City (1991): A Battle of Two Early 90s Gangster Films
Subway (1985): Cinema of the Look, Breathless Underground
Silverado (1985): The Breezy Gunslinger Film that Defied the End of the Western
The Shooting (1966): The Criterion Classic Acid Western From Nowhere
Fortress (1992): Christopher Lambert Will Stop Your Baby Theft
Rolling Thunder (1977): The Revenge Film that Sent Test Audiences Away Screaming
Runaway Train (1985): When the Cannon Group Financed a Lost Kurosawa Film
Living in Oblivion (1995): Making Movies is Awful (and Hilarious)
Dog Soldiers (2002): Troopers Vs. Werewolves
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017): Vince Vaughn is Actually 6'5" and Does Fight Scenes
The Killer (1989): Explosive Gun-Fu and Compelling Melodrama
Year of the Dragon (1985): Michael Cimino's Controversial Chinatown Gangster Tale
The Love Witch (2016): Technicolor Horror Comedy in the 2010s
The Castle of Cagliostro (1979): Miyazaki's Gentleman Thief Adventure
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): William Friedkin's Scuzzy Neo-Noir
Leviathan (1989): Alien On a Ship
The Raid 2: Now We Fight Inside, Outside, and on the Road
Heathers (1989): the Dark Teen Comedy for Adults
The Green Knight (2021): Old Poem, New Cinema Magic
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984): Weird, Wild, and...Wonderful?
Trancers (1984): the Cult Classic Not Serious Noir Detective Sci-Fi Time Travel Comedy
Fright Night (1985): The Horror/Comedy About the Vampire Next Door
Phantasm (1979): The Tall Man Cometh
The Hidden (1987): An Alien Goes Grand Theft Auto
The Last Dragon (1985): Martial Arts and Motown Music Collide
A Better Tomorrow (1986): the Birth of John Woo's Gun-Fu and Heroic Bloodshed
Blood In, Blood Out (1993): the Mexican-American Cult Classic Crime Drama
Lifeforce (1985): Tobe Hooper's Space Vampire Science Fiction Cult Classic
Arena (1989): Let's Punch Monsters in the Face
Robot Jox (1990): Post-Apocalyptic Mecha Science Fiction
The Raid (2011): When a Whole Building Comes After You
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990): Balancing the Darkness of the Comic and the Lightness of the Kids' Show
The Company of Wolves (1984): a Gothic Fairytale for Adults
1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982): the Italian Dystopian Sci-Fi Ripoff
Westworld (1973): Michael Crichton's Warning About AI
Batman Returns (1992): The Sequel So Dark it Angered Parents and McDonald's
Outland (1981): the Space Western With Sean Connery
Lady Snowblood (1973): the OG Flower of Carnage
Repo Man (1984): Punk Rock Sci-Fi Comedy
Streets of Fire (1984): the Only Action Musical Teen Drama Ever Made
Night of the Comet (1984): Girls Against the Laidback Zombie Apocalypse