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In Part Two of our look at “James Bond in the 80's" the focus shifts to the unjustly-maligned Timothy Dalton films that wrapped up the decade. We welcome back John Arminio to discuss the real-life inspirations for The Living Daylights, why a more humorless tone was rejected by audiences with the Dalton films but celebrated in the Daniel Craig era, why it was for the best that Sam Neil wasn’t cast as 007 (despite his aces work in Reilly, Ace of Spies) and how the ultimate Cold War military icon faced the end of the Cold War. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Arminio on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuasarSniffer John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

On this episode, hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by Lisi Russell to discuss her husband Ken Russell’s BBC biopic of Richard Strauss, The Dance of the Seven Veils. The controversial film, suppressed since its premiere in 1970, recently screened for the public for the first time in five decades. Russell’s angry and uncompromising film mixes a Monty Python-esque sense of satire with a harsh critique of cultural institutions across the spectrum for a depiction of Strauss that absolutely refuses to forgive the influential composer for his strained and tense collaboration with the ruling Nazi party. The conversation explores whether this is a fair portrayal of Strauss (who lost family in the holocaust), how the film may serve as an auto-critique of Russell himself, the slippery nature of campy comedy, and the ways in which an artist may take a intransigent position in their artwork as a way of exploring the most difficult aspects of an ambiguous situation. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

In this episode, we take a look at a double-bill of classic Florida pulp fiction: John D. MacDonald’s Darker Than Amber (the seventh novel in his Travis McGee series) and Charles Willeford’s Miami Blues (the first novel in his Hoke Moseley series). We’re joined by director and "Mr. Miami" Bill Teck to discuss the novels, the sense his Cuban heritage gives him of the the state’s history, the changes in crime between the 1967 publication of Amber and Blues in 1984 as well as the nuances of Floridalia ranging from Miami Dade Community College to Granny Feelgood’s to depressing top-sider bars in Fort Lauderdale. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter : twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

From crossbow bolt-ruined dives to detective-dispatching poison-tipped butterflies, the final run of Roger Moore as Commander James Bond was infused with the thrilling drive of 1980's action cinema. We welcome back John Arminio to tackle this transitional era of the 007 franchise: Moore's last three movies (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy and A View to a Kill) as well as the rival Bond film Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery and released by Warner Brothers to go head-to-head with Eon's long-running franchise. In this episode of our film-by-film examination of the entire Bond series, you'll learn the identity of Arminio's favorite henchman, the nickname of Patick Macnee's jockey father, why Kevin McClory's cash-grab of a competing Bond movie was a blessing in disguise and much more! This is Part One of "James Bond in the 80's." Part Two will deal with the Timothy Dalton-starring films that wrapped up the decade. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Arminio on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuasarSniffer John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg welcome Flixwise: Cananda host Martin Kessler to the program to discuss the hardships of being a god, psychedelic science-fiction, translations of Faust done by pseudo-arachnids & whether the spider spinning its web in the bottom of a mug it can't escape experiences a sense of hopelessness. The only possible contexts for these subjects: Philip K. Dick. In this episode they look at one of Dick's more overlooked novels, Galactic Pot-Healer, the story of a depressed craftsman offered the chance to redeem his life by a mysterious creature known as "the Glimmung" - or "Dwight L. Glimmung" when it calls into radio shows. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Martin Kessler on Twitter: twitter.com/MovieKessler John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its publication, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg dig into Johhston McCulley's THE CURSE OF CAPISTRANO, the serialized swashbuckling tale that spawned one of the genre's immortal heros - Zorro! Strap in for an episode that covers the swashbuckling genre on the whole, from Douglas Fairbanks leaving his mark on Zorro to the Swishbuckler parodies of the late 70's/early 80's to the classic Dumas vs. Sabatini debate. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

In this episode hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by Zebras in America's Marcus Pinn to discuss the trio's most anticipated films of the year, Zama & Let the Sunshine In! Zebras in America: https://soundcloud.com/zebras-in-america The Pink Smoke: http://thepinksmoke.com/ PSP theme-song by the same damn guy, Marcus Pinn!

Just in time for Halloween, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by board-certified Cryptologist Stephanie Crawford (of The Screamcast & Dread Central) to count down their Top 5 favorite Tales from the Crypt episodes! The discussion covers everything you would expect: Morton Downey Jr., Bruce Boxleitner's hair replacement system, Dick Donner and Vanity's two best films. Follow us on Twitter: Stephanie Crawford: https://twitter.com/scrawfish John Cribbs: https://twitter.com/TheLastMachine The Pink Smoke: https://twitter.com/thepinksmoke And read some articles on our website while you're at it: http://thepinksmoke.com/

This month's episode looks at documentary filmmaker Errol Morris' new book, THE ASHTRAY. The book looks at the philosophical schism between Morris and Thomas Kuhn which caused Morris' then-professor Kuhn to throw an ashtray at the legendary documentary filmmaker's head. Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/cfunderburg John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Intro/ Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

Episode 2 welcomes Brian Saur of the "Rupert Pupkin Speaks" blog and Pure Cinema Podcast to discuss Joe Dante's use of character actors! An enthusiastic look at what these performers bring to classic films like Gremlins, The 'Burbs and Innerspace. From Dick Miller to Robert Picardo to Rance Howard and everyone in between, it's a look at the some of the most beloved cult favorites in the history of le cinema. It's an episode celebrating the new partnership between Pure Cinema Podcast and The Pink Smoke by digging into a shared obsession! The Pink Smoke site: http://www.thepinksmoke.com/ The Pink Smoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepinksmoke Pure Cinema Podcast: http://thepinksmoke.com/purecinemapodcast.html Rupert Pupkin Speaks: http://www.rupertpupkinspeaks.com/ Just the Discs podcast: https://justthediscs.libsyn.com/ Theme music, as always, by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

For Halloween. Just in time for Halloween. A Halloween treat. The first episode of The Pink Smoke podcast to focus on pulp fiction, John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg explore the Frankenstein continuation novels written by none other than the greatest screenwriter of all-time, Jean-Claude Carrière! Carrière is best known as the writer of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Tin Drum, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Valmont, Belle de Jour & The Return of Martin Guerre - but Frankenstein's Tower points more towards his work for Jess Franco. Join us for a conversation about a deeply weird & sloppy book from a deeply talented & precise writer. Additional Infotainment: The Pink Smoke podcast will now feature TWO episodes a month, one focused on new cinema & the other looking at pulp novels - both episodes will initially be only available to our Patreon subscribers!

The immortal Casca, the solider cursed by Jesus to remain as he is until the Second Coming. This month's pulp fiction-oriented episode takes a look at the blood-and-vileness-soaked military fantasy from Barry Sadler, best known as the one-hit wonder behind the 1966 tune The Ballad of the Green Berets. Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by Martin Kessler of Flixwise: Canada to discuss the film's atrocious racial & sexual politics, bizarre sense of history and deep-seated insanity. Flixwise: Canada: http://flixwise.com/category/episodes/flixwise-canada/ The Pink Smoke: http://thepinksmoke.com/ John Cribbs, Martin Kessler & Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thelastmachine https://twitter.com/moviekessler https://twitter.com/cfunderburg

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by (who else?) Wendy Mays of the Pet Cinematary podcast to discuss both Stephen King's novel and the recent adaptation of Pet Sematary! The conversation features a discussion of why filmmakers always attempt to "fix" King's work, the nature of grief in horror cinema and an all-hamster remake of The Virgin Suicides.

On this episode of The Pink Smoke podcast, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg cover a fictionalized take on the Manson Family, a beautiful actress caught in a web of violence & the seedy side of Hollywood. That’s right: we’re going deep on Columbo: The Helter Skelter Murders. This continuation novel from 1994 by author William Harrington surprisingly manages to eschew total tastelessness and even guides the hosts from Columbo novices into budding super-fans. Get reeled in by the illiterate slogans scribbled in blood on the walls of a fabulous mansion, stay for the goofy limericks & descriptions of bowls of chili.

On this Pulp Fictions episode, hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss five short stories from Japanese writer Edogawa Ranpo, the master of "ero guro nansensu" or "erotic, grotesque nonsense." One of the true masters of the murky border where horror fiction bleeds into crime fiction, Ranpo is one of the 20th century's greatest genre fiction writers whose name deserves to be spoken alongside Poe & Lovecraft.

Martin Kessler, who previously brought books about an immortal centurion and an omnipotent alien god to the podcast, returns to discuss The Ninth Configuration by William Peter Blatty. A reworking of the Exorcist author's 1966 novel Twinkle Twinkle Killer Kane! and basis for his 1980 movie, Configuration is set at Center Eighteen, a military sanitarium in an isolated castle deep in the Washington woods. Rehearsal for Shakespeare plays starring dogs and the sledgehammering of uncooperative atoms are only some of the routine events witnessed by the new enigmatic head psychiatrist, a man determined to learn why one of the inmates freaked out during a scheduled space mission and refused to go to the moon. It's a unique and intimate novel full of the kind of theological discourses Blatty explored in all his best-known work. Among other topics, Kessler talks with hosts Christopher Funderburg and John Cribbs about how Blatty's comedy background shaped the tone of the book, the existential horror of dying in space and the problem of the world's smartest dog. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

"Had she asked him to lie down and die for her then and there, he would have been glad to do it, and glad of her having asked it, as well." Amour fou is the flavor of this episode, in which hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg delve into the longest and most experimental novel written by crime fiction legend Cornell Woolrich. The book, 1947's Waltz Into Darkness, begins as the straight-forward story of a New Orleans lonelyheart targeted by a beautiful, conniving imposter but becomes something else entirely once he meets her again and finds that his obsession outweighs his need for vengeance. For more Woolrich goodness, join our Patreon for access to a feature-length commentary on Tobe Hooper's 1990 TV movie I'm Dangerous Tonight, the greatest cursed Aztec cloak-turned-into-cocktail dress film ever made. Researched and recorded by John Cribbs, the commentary examines everything from the mythology of animism to the interesting connections between the film and the life of Cornell Woolrich, whose novella of the same name inspired the movie. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

On this episode hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by filmmaker & historian Bill Teck to discuss their shared love of Philip Kaufman’s cult classic The Wanderers - a coming-of-age comedy about teenage gangs in the Bronx in 1963. The conversation explores the film’s singular tone, how Kaufman remained an outsider even among the New Hollywood mavericks of the 70’s, and the ways in which The Wanderers resembles an American Fellini movie. It’s free-flowing conversation about a film that brings the trio joy while provoking them to grapple with issues of consequence - the film itself is a serious goof, a heavy comedy, a brutal lark and a true cult phenomenon in an era when such films are increasingly rare. Get your baseball bat & satin jacket, we’re headed into Ducky Boy country… The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Support our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke Bill Teck: https://twitter.com/billteck The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro music: Unleash the Bastards / “Tea for Two” Outro music: Marcus Pinn / “Vegas”

With the tedious inevitability of an unloved season, host John Cribbs returns with special guest John Arminio to continue their decades-spanning reappraisal of the James Bond franchise one film at a time. That means moving from the mud clone/gorilla transforming/Sausage King madness of Diamonds Are Forever into the Roger Moore era that took cinema's favorite secret agent from Bond... to beyond. Whether playing hopscotch on the heads of 'gators, corkscrewing a Hornet 'cross a ravine, escaping enemies via free-fall with and without parachute, the extremes of 70's Bond ensured that even as the Cold War got colder, nobody did it better! Cribbs & Arminio examine every eye-popping stunt and shameless one-liner of this remarkable period of the series that sent its hero to an oil rig in Baja, a funhouse in Thailand, deep underwater and into outer space. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

For what would’ve been the filmmaker’s 75th birthday, hosts John Cribbs and Christopher Funderburg are joined by editor/producer Eric Pfriender to discuss the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. They’ve each picked a film to discuss from the notoriously volatile director, a Triple Feature of Fassbinder’s work that serves as a jumping off point for exploring the legendarily prolific filmmaker’s philosophies and obsessions. In Love is Colder than Death, The Merchant of Four Seasons, and In a Year of 13 Moons, we can see the themes that would repeat and repeat themselves throughout his career: the disappointments of romantic love, the instability of identity (specifically sexual identity), the stresses and miseries of domestic life, the ironic way in which unhappy people can be both victims of fate and injustice while at the same time being the source of their own problems. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

A remembrance of Stuart Gordon, who passed away earlier this week. Gordon is one of the Patron Saints of The Pink Smoke, a fearless, risk-taking artist who refused to be confined to any particular corner of genre filmmaking. This episode covers the essential viewing in Gordon’s filmography, the films that resonated on a personal level with the hosts & the wildcards in an unpredictable career lined under-appreciated detours into weirdness. Gordon will be missed, especially by us. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

On this episode of The Pink Smoke podcast, we dig into Charles Portis’ classic Western, True Grit. Portis is a favorite author of hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs, a sui generis talent whose oddball humor & low-key weirdness defied easy categorization. The discussion focuses, naturally, on the how the novel defines “true grit” in a moral context: the line separating “righteousness” from “goodness” - but mainly the hosts marvel over the novel’s marvelous language, sharp characterization, narrative ease and general genius. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

“The artist alone is the final judge of his work.” Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss Charles Willeford's twisty thriller set in the hip, commercialized art world of Miami in the early 70's. It's a funny, cynical and self-critical book about the relationship between artists and critics, but at the same time a typically outrageous & unpredictable work of Willeford pulp crime fiction. Join them as they discuss one of their favorite novels from one of their favorite authors. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg discuss the upcoming reprint of Donald E. Westlake’s Enough, a pair of novellas that have been given the much more appropriate title Double Feature in conjunction with the re-release. The two works, A Travesty and Ordo, have been out of print for nearly 40 years despite ranking among Westlake’s very best work. The breathless episode touches on everything from the history of Los Angeles as depicted in crime literature, the technicalities of locked room mysteries, the relationship of Westlake’s work to that of Charles Willeford as well as the strange moments when pulp fiction seems to transcend the pulp genre and transform into legit literature. Special Thanks to Hard Case Crime! order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RL8THY7 The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

The Decade of Horror I: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/the-decade-of-horror-i The Decade of Horror II: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/the-decade-of-horror-ii What are your favorite horror films from the last 10 years? The third and final part of our epic Best Horror of the Decade series begins with Hellbent for Horror's S.A. Bradley sharing his love for one of the great under-appreciated horror films of the last 10 years. Christopher Funderburg chimes in with one of the most artful horror movies from the last decade and John Cribbs cautions to think twice before angering the Gods. Mr. Bradley and our hosts sound off on some other great horror films from lists contributed by such notable horror filmmakers, writers and experts including freelancer writer Anya Stanley, horror film director and illustrator Patrick Horvath, horror watchdog Tim Lucas and writer-artist Tenebrous Kate. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

The Decade of Horror I: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/the-decade-of-horror-i The Decade of Horror III: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/the-decade-of-horror-iii What are your favorite horror films from the last 10 years? Continuing from Part One of our Best Horror of the Decade series, Christopher Funderburg talks about his favorite tropical fish salesman/serial killer movie, S.A. Bradley of Hellbent for Horror gets starry eyed over a certain hellacious L.A.-set tale of a woman's breakdown and John Cribbs reveals the latest addition to his list of classic "malevolent parasites urging their hosts to commit murder" flicks. In between, they talk about the favorite 2010's horror movies from lists provided by such horror cinema alumni as the prolific genre-defining author Joe R. Lansdale, horror film producer Heather Buckley and producers of the monumental horror documentary Horror Noire, Tananarive Due and Ashlee Blackwell. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

The Decade of Horror II: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/the-decade-of-horror-ii The Decade of Horror III: https://soundcloud.com/user-564624820/the-decade-of-horror-iii What are your favorite horror films from the last 10 years? Hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs are joined by S.A. Bradley, host of Hellbent for Horror and author of the Rondo Award-nominated Screaming for Pleasure, to examine the Best Horror of the Decade by each sharing his respective list of 5 exceptional horror movies released between 2010 and 2019. As a bonus, the Pink Smoke reached out to writers, producers and experts of the genre to contribute their own Top 5 favorites. In Part One of this three-part series they discuss trends in the decade in horror, reveal the first of their own picks and dig into the selections of guest contributors such as legendary horror author Kathe Koja, filmmaker Mattie Do, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Grady Hendrix and iconic horror star Tristan Risk. The Pink Smoke site: www.thepinksmoke.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke The Pink Smoke on Twitter: twitter.com/thepinksmoke John Cribbs on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine Christopher Funderburg on Twitter: twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro & outro music by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.

Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by a fresh-outta-the-hospital Marcus Pinn to discuss their impending trip to the 2019 iteration of the Toronto International Film Festival. They run down the highlights of the schedule, the films they're most excited for, most curious about & dreading having to sit through.

What is The Pink Smoke Podcast? The Pink Smoke podcast is normally hidden behind an unforgiving Patreon paywall, so this "open to the public" episode intends to introduce the show to those who can't otherwise hear it. It'll answer all your pressing concerns: Why the Patreon paywall? How many episodes are there a month? What kind of subjects does it cover? Why is there something instead of nothing? Hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg answer these questions and then dive into something considerably less drrrryyyyyy: what film/books/albums do they need to survive? The question isn't "what are their favorite artworks?" but "what art do they need just to get through the day and continue on with their existence?" Funderburg & Cribbs each pick six artworks for their "Survival Kit," the answers range from an 18th century picaresque to a 20th century cartoon short - they discuss novels, films, albums and why neither could pick a painting or sculpture for their kit. Join us and get to know The Pink Smoke podcast. It rates highly amongst talking dogs in Jim Thompson novels and old Qfwfq. Visit The Pink Smoke site: thepinksmoke.com/ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/TheLastMachine twitter.com/thepinksmoke twitter.com/CFunderburg Intro/Outro music by Marcus Pinn (of Pinnland Empire): twitter.com/PINNLAND_EMPIRE

Marcus Pinn joins hosts Christopher Funderburg & John Cribbs to discuss their impending trip to the Toronto International Film Festival. In this preview of the festival's slate, each one of the trio picks a few must-see films, a film they're dreading & a pair of wildcards. We cover Claire Denis, Mike Leigh, Jean-Luc Godard & scan the festival's spectrum from its murky lowlights to its shimmeringly beacon-y highlights. Intro & outro music by Mr. Pinn himself, international scratch battle champion, man's man, ladies' man & man-about-town.

On this episode, we're joined by the great film critic Vern (making his first ever podcast appearance!) to discuss Eli Roth's Death Wish. Join the Pink Smoke community and get every episode of The Pink Smoke podcast: https://www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke Support Outlaw Vern on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/outlawvern Read Outlaw Vern: http://outlawvern.com/2008/02/23/death-wish/ Read The Pink Smoke: http://thepinksmoke.com/ PSP theme music by Marcus Pinn.

Join our Patreon community & get access to EVERY EPISODE of the Pink Smoke Podcast!! https://www.patreon.com/thepinksmoke This conversation with Winchester (2018) co-screenwriter Tom Vaughan is the first episode of the Pink Smoke Podcast not restricted to Patreon subscribers - get a taste of what you're missing out on! The free-flowing discussion touches on everything from how it feels to hear words you've written coming out of Helen Mirren's mouth to the Kindertrauma website to the nature of matter & its antecedents! The Pink Smoke site: http://www.thepinksmoke.com/ The Pink Smoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepinksmoke Tom Vaughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomvaughan The fine folks at Kindertrauma: https://www.kindertrauma.com/ Theme music, as always, by Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire.