Cinema Shame

Cinema Shame is a support group for penitent moviewatchers. Each week James and Allan celebrate the guests that confess their cinematic "shame" or confront their own.

1975 Shamedown (feat. Strip Nude for Your Killer) 07/03/2025

1975 Shamedown (feat. Strip Nude for Your Killer) James and Allan dig up a mess of movies from 1975, stir up some "Bad Blood," and talk about Andrea Bianchi's STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER, Edwidge Fenech (and more Edwidge Fenech), John Wayne as Frankenstein's monster, and make mention of JAWS - only to talk about how they weren't going to talk about it. Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/37220300

1975 Shamedown PREVIEW 06/26/2025

1975 Shamedown PREVIEW James and Allan preview the upcoming 1975 Shamedown episode with an outtake from the episode detailing the movies they DIDN'T talk about. Call it the process of elimination. Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/37164230

The Gene Hackdown 04/09/2025

The Gene Hackdown James and Allan pay their respects to the late, great Gene Hackman with a brand new Shamedown to kick off the 8th season of the Cinema Shame Podcast. To the table we bring our Top Five lists and three new-to-us movies starring Gene Hackman. Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/36069545

First Watch Shamely Awards 2025 01/23/2025

First Watch Shamely Awards 2025 Join Allan, James, and Kris for the 4th Annual First Watch Shamely Awards. They pick their favorite Films, Actors, Screenplays and Physical Media releases from whatever the hell they watched in 2024. Along the way they're joined by former Cinema Shame guests who share their own favorite watches from the past year. Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/34964855

Madonna: Truth or Dare / Matt Baume 12/27/2024

Madonna: Truth or Dare / Matt Baume Matt Baume, author, podcaster, and video-maker -- whose work focuses on pop-culture and queer history -- first-time watches MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE (1991) alongside James and Allan in the Shamequarters. Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/34614735

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) / Dan Delgado 12/14/2024

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) / Dan Delgado Dan Delgado, host of The Industry podcast, and Allan sealed their fate on the last Christmas episode of Cinema Shame by admitting they hadn't seen Ernest Saves Christmas. So, we watched Ernest Saves Christmas, know what I mean? Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/34444890

1964 Shamedown (feat. Marnie) 12/02/2024

1964 Shamedown (feat. Marnie) In between discussing Mustang blindess and singing bars from "Booty Juice," James and Allan discuss Hitchcock's MARNIE, THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES, FAIL SAFE, KITTEN WITH A WHIP, THE TRAIN, and so much more. Follow us on Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/34247400

On the Waterfront (1954) / Stephen Rebello 11/15/2024

On the Waterfront (1954) / Stephen Rebello Critic, author, and screenwriter Stephen Rebello stops by the Shamequarters for a chat with Allan about Elia Kazan's ON THE WATERFRONT (1954). Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33934432

Blade Runner (1982) / Mike Sterling 11/01/2024

Blade Runner (1982) / Mike Sterling Not one, not two, but THREE new episodes of Cinema Shame within a week! Prepare your earholes for the end of an era. "Comic Guy" Mike Sterling, owner of Sterling Silver Comics has now watched Ridley Scott's 1982 masterpiece of sci-noir Blade Runner. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33708222

Dario Argento Double: Deep Red (1975) / Inferno (1980) 10/31/2024

Dario Argento Double: Deep Red (1975) / Inferno (1980) Happy Halloween! James and Allan tackle their terror and confront their respective greatest Dario Argento shame: Deep Red (1975) and Inferno (1980). They talk about the giallo, Argento's style (and substance), and recast The Three Mothers Trilogy as a musical. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33706217

Cinema Solo: The Magic and Miracles of Baseball in The Natural and Field of Dreams 10/25/2024

Cinema Solo: The Magic and Miracles of Baseball in The Natural and Field of Dreams James throws out his first Cinema Solo, a audio essay about The Natural and Field of Dreams and how the magic of movies changes as we grow more cynical about the existence of everyday miracles. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33615937

Nashville (1975) / Jen Fritz 10/18/2024

Nashville (1975) / Jen Fritz Music industry insider and mogul Jen Fritz confessed to never having seen the most important movie musical about the music business - Robert Altman's Nashville (1975) - and we immediately offered a spot on the show to explain herself, and, of course, watch the movie. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33513547

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) / Chuck Dowling 10/04/2024

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) / Chuck Dowling "Bad" movie aficionado Chuck Dowling () soars into the Shamequarters to first-time watch Cannon Films' SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE! Can James and Allan survive this threat to humankind? Tune in to find out which one of them cracks first! Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33333527

First Blood & Ruckus Double Feature / Ken Reid 09/20/2024

First Blood & Ruckus Double Feature / Ken Reid Ken Reid of the TV Guidance Counselor podcast joins Allan and James in the Shamequarters to first time watch not one--but TWO! movies about Vietnam vets unleashing PTSD on a bunch of small-minded assholes. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33100992

The Alain Delon Rememberathon 09/16/2024

The Alain Delon Rememberathon James opens the Cinema Shamequarters to a lineup of special guests to talk about the screen legacy of the "French monument" Alain Delon. This super-sized episode features Jen Johans, Will Slater, Greg Sahadachny, Eric Langberg, and Will McKinley. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/33072787

Cinema Solo: The IMDB, The Saddest Place on the Internet 09/06/2024

Cinema Solo: The IMDB, The Saddest Place on the Internet Allan's first Cinema Solo spins an audio essay about the IMDB, The Saddest Website on the Internet, by way the disparate Hollywood stories of Helen Wood and Scott Baio. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/32946002

Dance Goddess (1987) / Paul Freitag-Fey 08/23/2024

Dance Goddess (1987) / Paul Freitag-Fey James and Allan have a dream, and "bad" movie guru Paul Frieteg-Fey drops into the Shamequarters to tell them their dream will certainly definitely come true. And it does. The end. This episode is all about Hamid Khan's up-and-coming dance disasterpiece DANCE GODDESS (1987). Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/32713007

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) / Angela Valiant 08/09/2024

Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) / Angela Valiant James and Allan strut around the Shamequarters in tasteful one-pieces -- inspired by former Miss Universe Canada contestant (turned radio personality) Angela Valiant's tales of pomp and pageantry -- before discussing Angela's first time watch of the underseen and totally irreverent dark comedy DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. Twitter: @CinemaShame Bsky: @cinemashame.bsky.social Instagram: @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/32512907

Truck Turner (1974) / Devon Sanders 07/26/2024

Truck Turner (1974) / Devon Sanders Allan and James welcome comic blogger and podcaster Devon Sanders into the Shamequarters to discuss the blaxploitation classic TRUCK TURNER (1974). We're never telling which one of us hadn't seen the movie. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/32303337

The Hunt for Red October (1990) / Jen Johans 07/12/2024

The Hunt for Red October (1990) / Jen Johans Kris takes the com to introduce THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990) featuring award-winning writer and walking movie encyclopedia Jen Johans of and the podcast. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/32096752

1984 Shamedown (feat. Blame It On Rio) 06/28/2024

1984 Shamedown (feat. Blame It On Rio) Kris declares the 1984 Shamedown a sentient bag of cocaine and casts the deciding vote on BLAME IT ON RIO. James and Allan tackle their most egregiously overlooked cinema from the greatest year in pop culture: THE WOMAN IN RED, RAZORBACK, NINJA III: THE DOMINATION, ELECTRIC DREAMS, and so, so much more. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/31900932

Harold & Maude (1971) / Rod Lott 06/14/2024

Harold & Maude (1971) / Rod Lott After Kris takes a bubble bath with a toaster, writer and publisher Rod Lott joins Allan in the Shamequarters to discuss Hal Ashby's HAROLD & MAUDE. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/31701317

Action Jackson (1988) / Troy-Jeffrey Allen 05/31/2024

Action Jackson (1988) / Troy-Jeffrey Allen After Kris jumpstarts a new Cinema Shame season, comic creator Troy-Jeffrey Allen joins James and Allan in the Shamequarters to discuss 1988's ACTION JACKSON (RIP Carl Weathers). Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/31554387

1973 Shamedown 02/23/2024

1973 Shamedown James and Allan watch a bunch of movies and then seek revenge on all of those that have wronged them or their famlies. It's the 1973 Shamedown. Subscribe on / / CREDITS Talking Heads: emcee: Kris Myers (@kris__myers) host: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) host: Allan Mott (@HouseofGlib) Music Contained in this Podcast: <-- Support our house musician Recorded in February 2024. Copyrights are owned by the artists and their labels. Negative dollars are made from this podcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/30087143

First Watch Shamely Awards 2024 01/31/2024

First Watch Shamely Awards 2024 James and Allan host the Third Annual First Watch Shamely Awards where they pick their favorite Films, Actors, Screenplays and Songs from whatever the hell they watched in 2023. Along the way they're joined by some special guests. Subscribe on / / CREDITS Talking Heads: emcee: Kris Myers (@kris__myers) host: James David Patrick (@007hertzrumble) host: Allan Mott (@HouseofGlib) Special Guests: Beth Accomando (@cinebeth) - Dan Delgado (@_Dan_Delgado) - , A.S. Hamrah (@hamrahrama) - Jen Johans (@FilmIntuition) - , Eric Jones (@deacon05oc) - Will McKinley (@WillMcKinley) - Brian Saur (@bobfreelander) - , Raquel Stecher (@RaquelStecher) - Music Contained in this Podcast: <-- Support our house musician "Lost Horizon" - Shawn Phillips "Main Title (Cops and Robbers)" - Michel Legrand "What Was I Made For?" Kazoo Cover of Billie Eilish - by "The Ballad of Johnny Cool" - Sammy Davis, Jr.Theme from Arnold - Shani Wells "Shura No Hana" - Meiko Kaji Recorded in January 2024. Copyrights are owned by the artists and their labels. Negative dollars are made from this podcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/29723918

Cinema Shelfie Vol. 4 - The Other Side of the Underneath / 10 12/27/2023

Cinema Shelfie Vol. 4 - The Other Side of the Underneath / 10 James and Allan spin the wheel of fate and plunder their "shelves" for movies they already own but haven't seen. Allan shows his "O" face with an experimental cult film from Jane Arden, and James scratches off a big Blake Edwards oversight. Follow us on Twitter (@CinemaShame), Bsky (@cinemashame.bsky.social) and Instagram (@CinemaShamePodcast). /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/29243338

Santa Claus The Movie (1985) / Dan Delgado 12/20/2023

Santa Claus The Movie (1985) / Dan Delgado Dan Delgado joins James and Allan in the tinsel-blitzed Shamequarters to discuss 1985's Santa Claus the Movie starring Dudley Moore and John Lithgow. We talk about neurotic reindeer, GI Joe aircraft carriers, perpetual plywood Christmas, reindeer puppets, and Santa Claus stuffing the Mrs. inside his Tauntaun. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. Dan Delgado is the host of the podcasts and . /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/29170293

2003 Shamedown 11/01/2023

2003 Shamedown James and Allan dare to return to the cinematic wasteland of 2003 to watch that which should have remained unwatched. In honor of Tiptoes (2003), we podcasted on our knees... and begged for mercy. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/28407050

Hooptober Horror Shamedown 10/24/2023

Hooptober Horror Shamedown James and Allan adopt the to select their October watchpile. They'll share spooky tales of health spas gone murderous, Wes Craven collecting a Disney paycheck, Henry, and primordial maneating (and loving) squidmonsters. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame, Bsky @cinemashame.bsky.social, and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/28407131

Cinema Shelfie Vol. 3 - Quicksand / Jodorowsky's Dune 09/26/2023

Cinema Shelfie Vol. 3 - Quicksand / Jodorowsky's Dune James and Allan spin the wheel of fate and plunder their "shelves" for movies they already own but haven't seen. Allan fires up the DVR for a viewing of the Mickey Rooney semi-noir Quicksand (1950). James dusts off the "J" shelf for Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) so that they can talk about Barbie (2023) and Transformers: The Movie (1986). Obviously. Follow us on Twitter @CinemaShame and on Instagram @CinemaShamePodcast. /episode/index/show/cinemashame/id/28150817

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