Teenage Wasteland (Live at the New Beverly) (Bonus)
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This shorter episode is the audio from Elric and Brian's first live podcast taping - recorded at the New Beverly on the evening of July 22nd, 2021. The discussion followed an excellent screening of Pure Cinema favorite OVER THE EDGE (1979) and the episode itself focuses on Teen films (called "Teenage Wasteland") and features 5 films because each from both Brian and Elric. Enjoy! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook:
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New Beverly Calendar: August, 2021
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Elric, Brian, Phil and special Guest discuss August's New Beverly Calendar, which is a blast and a half and offers tributes to Michael Chapman, William Smith, Veronica Lake, Jim Henson and More and sees the return of Weekend Kiddie Matinees! PLUS Cartoon Club! AND a tease of Whats coming in September! Check out the New Beverly here:
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Summer Discoveries
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Elric and Brian dig into some "Summer Discoveries" they've been making for this episode and chat about something like 21 films that they've enjoyed for one reason or another and are seeing for basically the first time. Lots of interesting movies recommendations throughout! This episode marks the first for an additional new sponsor for PCP - the streaming service MUBI! Get 30 days of great cinema free at (and we'd love it if you would give them a try!) You can also help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook:
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Public Domain Movies (with Quentin Tarantino)
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Our "Summer of Quentin" Continues as Mr. Tarantino joins us again to talk about a topic of his own choosing - Public Domain Movies (ie movies that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws). Unlike many of our other episodes, all the movies we discuss on this one can be found on YouTube as they are all ostensibly in the public domain - so please dive in and check some of them out at your leisure! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook:
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New Beverly Calendar: July, 2021
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Elric, Brian and Phil are back to talk about another month of programming at the New Beverly! What a great month it is too! A Monte Hellman tribute double bill, a blast of a 4th of July double as well as Kung Fu, classic horror, classic comedy, teen angst, giallos, rats, SCREAMs and more are all part of an outstanding lineup of movies playing at the New Beverly in the month of July! Have a listen to hear the details! Check out the New Beverly here:
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Final Films (w/ Quentin Tarantino)
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For this very special episode, we are joined again by Mr. Quentin Tarantino to talk about Final Films from directors. By "Final Films", we are of course referring to the last film that a director did - the one that closed out their career. This is the first time Quentin has done a proper episode with us and we were very excited to have him pick "5 Films Because" with us on this topic. We hope you enjoy the conversation - it's one of our favorite episodes that we've done! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and...
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New Beverly Calendar: June, 2021
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Guess what's back? The New Beverly is back and showing movies again which means Calendar episodes are back! For this Calendar, Elric and Brian are joined by the New Beverly's Phil Blankenship once again to talk about all the films showing at the New Beverly for the month of June. We have lots of fun hangout movies, Steve McQueen, a little bit of horror and a whole series of double bills dedicated to Pride month as well! Oh and a VERY SPECIAL GUEST drops by for a minute to give a few of his recommendations for the month too! Check out the New Beverly Calendar here:
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Danny Peary's Guide For the Film Fanatic
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In this episode, Elric and Brian are joined by friend of the show Jonathan Hertzberg - founder of the Fun City Editions Blu-ray Label. The boys talk to Jonathan about the beginnings of Fun City leading into a discussion of mutual fandom for Danny Peary and his books. As a main topic, each of them picks 5 films to highlight from Danny Peary's incomparable tome GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC - Brian's professed favorite book of all time. You can get GUIDE here: Check out Fun City Editions here: And buy their discs here: You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on...
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The Films of David Lynch - Part Two
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For this second installment of The Films of David Lynch, Elric and Brian kick pick up with TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) and talk about the rest of his films through INLAND EMPIRE (2006) - again discussing each of the movies a bit and then throwing out pairings for each of them. You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook:
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The Films of David Lynch - Part One
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In this director centric episode, Elric and Brian kick off a month of two epic episodes covering the career of the great David Lynch. For part one, they start with ERASERHEAD (1977) and work their way through to WILD AT HEART (1990) - discussing each film and offering pairings for each one as is the tradition with these episodes. You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook:
info_outlineElric and Brian return to Exploitation Sampler territory this episode and choose films from Ozploitation, Blaxploitation, Hicksploitation, Drugsploitation and a Wild Card style of 'sploitation for their Five Films Because.
Check out the previous Exploitation Sampler Episode here: http://thepinksmoke.com/PCPs3ep30.html
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