Drive-In Garage

Enter the Drive-In Garage, pull up a chair, and join hosts Franz and Paul as they talk about the films they love, the films they like, and the films on their minds.

AFTER HOURS (1985) 07/18/2025

AFTER HOURS (1985) Franz and Paul feel like they’re gonna let loose. Like something incredible is really gonna happen here. This week: Martin Scorsese’s 1985 absurdist all-nighter AFTER HOURS, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, and a cast of real characters! A man was torn limb from limb by an irate mob last night in the fashionable Soho area. Different rules apply when it gets this late. You know what I mean? Email: Instageam: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/37389230

LOST IN AMERICA (1985) 06/13/2025

LOST IN AMERICA (1985) You can’t drop out without breaking a few eggs. Franz and Paul, along with returning guest Scott, are willing to touch Indians, see the mountains and the prairies and the whole rest of that song while hitching a ride onto Albert Brooks’ 1985 yuppie comedy meltdown LOST IN AMERICA! See David (Albert Brooks) and Linda (Julie Hagerty) pack the Winnebago and hit the open road, leaving behind the world of the responsibly blind. What awaits is sweet freedom…give or take $1000. Email: Instagram: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/36908575

RAW (2016) 05/09/2025

RAW (2016) Franz and Paul, along with returning guest Becki, bite off more than they can chew while digging into Julia Ducournau’s rich ‘n’ rare 2016 French horror body rock — RAW! Garance Marillier plays Justine, a first year veterinary student experiencing the initial flush of independence away from home. And a fierce craving that proves extremely difficult to suppress. Mmmm, baptism by fire. You are what you eat at the Drive-In Garage! Email: Instagram: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/36424495

McCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971) 05/02/2025

McCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971) Let’s get the guns on the table — Franz and Paul are here to tell you that this free enterprise system of ours works! And they, along with returning guest Brandon, will cross the rickety footbridge and step into Robert Altman’s 1971 muddy dreamy revisionist western McCABE & MRS. MILLER, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie! A gambler and a prostitute work at making something out of nothing. The result is Money & Pain — pain, pain, pain. Email: Instagram: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/36337060

THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999) 04/18/2025

THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999) Franz and Paul have tried everything a person can do. And still, every week, they plow into at least one deer. This week: David Lynch’s 1999 slow ‘n’ stubborn midwestern road movie THE STRAIGHT STORY, starring Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek! Armed with hot dogs and grit, 73-year-old Alvin Straight drives from Iowa to Wisconsin on a John Deere lawn mower to reconnect with his ailing brother. The trip is a hard swallow of his pride...but a brother’s a brother. Tie them sticks in a bundle and try to break that. Email: Instagram: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/36115135

TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985) 03/07/2025

TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985) Franz and Paul won’t go near a job without front money. But they will gladly Wang Chung to William Friedkin’s 1985 shotgun blast to the face TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.! William “Rick” Petersen and Willem “Rick” Dafoe walk the counterfeit safety line between cop and criminal. So it won’t be long before worlds collide — like clockwork, baby! It's play dough or play dead at the Drive-In Garage. You’re beautiful. Email: Instagram: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/35496325

THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974) 12/27/2024

THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974) The study of nature has taught Franz and Paul that life is founded upon killing and destruction. Also, the Plesiosaurus is a bit undercooked. The year draws to a close with the 1974 tribe vs. tribe matinee adventure THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT! Directed by Kevin Connor, starring Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon, and John McEnry. Uncharted for 200 years, the mysterious island of Caprona plays host to a jamboree of evolutionary anachronisms. Can life find a way under only one microscope? Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! Email: Instagram: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/34597440

GREMLINS (1984) 12/20/2024

GREMLINS (1984) To understand, one only has to listen…to Franz and Paul as they try to contain the mischievous mayhem of Joe Dante’s 1984 holiday classic GREMLINS! So light the fire, notice the smell, and make the illogical logical. Rules were made to be broken at the Drive-In Garage! Email: Instagram: driveingaragepodcast /episode/index/show/drivein/id/34455575

THE DEEP (1977) 12/06/2024

THE DEEP (1977) It’s decompression in depth as Franz and Paul quadruple-check their air tanks and take the plunge into Peter Yates’ 1977 Bermuda summer squall THE DEEP, starring Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Shaw, and Louis Gossett Jr.! If the rum ‘n’ morphine don’t get you, it’ll be the cold embrace of the stache. And that’s no lover’s kiss. Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/34212305

DON’T LOOK NOW (1973) 10/25/2024

DON’T LOOK NOW (1973) Franz swears that he saw something but Paul doesn’t believe him. This week: the October horror train pulls back into the station with Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 Venetian psychic death-capade DON’T LOOK NOW! As a grieving couple attempt to put the pieces of their lives back together following a tragic accident, a sinister warning may be broadcasting from beyond the grave! The echoes from the walls are so clear at the Drive-In Garage. Happy Halloweeeeen! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/33578357

DUEL (1971) 10/18/2024

DUEL (1971) Franz and Paul got those highway blues, can’t you hear their motor runnin’? October rolls on at breakneck speed with Steven Spielberg’s 1971 fuel injected nightmare DUEL! It’s Mann vs. Machine as Dennis Weaver fights for his life when a psycho truck driver decides to take out his rage on the next dude that passes him. Fasten yer seatbelts, and fill 'er up with ethyl. It's gonna be a bumpy ride! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/33477377

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) 10/11/2024

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) Franz and Paul have been in the business a long time. Now if they don’t want to do a show, it‘s not because they got stage fright. It’s because some creature from beyond doesn’t want them to do the show. On the other hand, the show must go on! This week: Brian De Palma’s 1974 devil-in-the-details horror rock musical PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE! Now we’re in business together…forever! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/33342252

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1957) 10/04/2024

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1957) Franz and Paul punish the guilty, reward the innocent, and kick off another Rocktober with Ed Wood’s 1957 psycho Solaranite babble bonanza PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE! Direct from Space Station Seven — the flying saucers are here and ready to touch down. So watch the skies…and the cemeteries…and the patio. Monsters! Graves! Bodies! Can you prove that it didn’t happen? Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/33253637

TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (2017) 09/13/2024

TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (2017) Franz and Paul remember to turn off their phones as they explore Issa Lopez’s 2017 tough ‘n’ tender ghost tale TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID! Amid the rooftops and empty streets of Mexico City, a group of children orphaned by the drug wars learn to survive while facing the constant threat of violence and the shadows of missing people. In the Kingdom of Broken Things, mind what you wish for. Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/32970302

STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989) 08/09/2024

STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989) Sha Ka Wheeeeeee! Franz and Paul don’t want their pain taken away. They need their pain! They will, however, journey deep within William Shatner’s 1989 brother-from-another-mother summer space sequel STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER! Laughing Vulcans, apologetic Klingons, anti-logic boots, marshmellons, the Almighty, and the return of Franz's brother Jason! Here is the proof you seek! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/32440442

AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980) 07/26/2024

AMERICAN GIGOLO (1980) Franz is the theme, Paul is the metaphor. They’re not from anywhere. They’re from this bed. And they, along with returning guest Brandon, will get to the bottom of Paul Schrader’s 1980 L.A. chic flick AMERICAN GIGOLO, starring Richard Gere! When you’re ready we can share the wine. Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, anyhoos. Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/31978247

THE LOST BOYS (1987) 07/12/2024

THE LOST BOYS (1987) Thou shall not fall...for sexy vampires. Unless it’s Kiefer Sutherland. This week: Franz and Paul, along with special guest Laurie, hit the boardwalk and sink their fangs into Joel Schumacher’s 1987 teen horror bonfire THE LOST BOYS! You’ll never grow old. You’ll never die. But you must feed. Bwa-ha-ha-haaat the Drive-In Garage! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/31853852

THE WARRIORS (1979) 06/28/2024

THE WARRIORS (1979) This is what Franz and Paul fought all night to get back to? It's still good news, Boppers, 'cause next up we got Walter Hill’s 1979 NYC gangland fantasy THE WARRIORS, starring Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, David Patrick Kelly, and the armies of the night — 100,000 strong! If you get separated, make it to the platform at Union Square. Can you dig it? Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/31817702

BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) 05/31/2024

BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) Franz and Paul are staying right here…in hell. This week: Joel & Ethan Coen’s 1984 dead n’ buried neo noir BLOOD SIMPLE, starring Frances McDormand, John Getz, Dan Hedaya, and M. Emmet Walsh! Nothin’ comes with a guarantee. And somethin’ can all go wrong at the Drive-In Garage. Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/31473662

IRMA VEP (1996) 05/10/2024

IRMA VEP (1996) During their costume fitting Franz and Paul seemed to get into it. Joined by special guest Brandon, they venture into Olivier Assayas’ 1996 Super 16 film-within-a-film IRMA VEP, starring Maggie Cheung! Attempts to remake a classic French film go haywire as cast and crew try to keep the rudderless production afloat. It's a '90s conflux-collision of dream and reality, art and commerce, latex and cigarettes. Vive le dailies! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/31137128

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) 04/12/2024

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) The four-part series on Stanley Kubrick comes to its cosmic conclusion as Franz and Paul go 100% failure in 72 hours. Until then, they, along with returning guest Becki, are a go to explore the 1968 Cinerama human vivarium that is 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY! Deliberately buried some four million years ago, the Drive-In Garage can only be attributable to human error. Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/30713763

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) 04/05/2024

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971) Naughty Naughty Stan the Man meets Lovely Lovely Ludwig Van. The four-part Kubrick series rolls on as Franz and Paul look at the 1971 tolchock to the system A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, starring Malcolm McDowell! Katie pops by later to govoreet about the Anthony Burgess novel. So slooshy well, my little sophistos! And please...TRYYY THE WIIINE!! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/30612473

THE SHINING (1980) 03/29/2024

THE SHINING (1980) Snow Day! Franz and Paul got the fever. Cabin fever, that is. Continuing with the four-part series on Stanley Kubrick, and joined by returning guest Amber, they tackle the 1980 haunted family fun fest THE SHINING, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall! Come and play with us…! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/30513508

BARRY LYNDON (1975) 03/22/2024

BARRY LYNDON (1975) Killarney! Franz, Paul, and Katie have all come to claim satisfaction as they kick off a four-part series on the films of Stanley Kubrick. First up, the 1975 eighteenth century boy BARRY LYNDON, starring Ryan O’Neal! Based on the picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, it’s a three-hour tour of human folly and painterly landscapes. Now, will you join and take the bounty, sir, or will you be given up? Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/30411358

BACHELOR PARTY (1984) 02/23/2024

BACHELOR PARTY (1984) Attention passengers - Franz and Paul, along with returning guest Jason, are now leaving Nun Central on their journey to hell and beyond! With a brief pit stop at the Neal Israel 1984 sex comedy blowout BACHELOR PARTY, starring Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, and Adrian Zmed! So, get the hookers in a circle, we’re gonna put Cochise outta business. Banzai! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/30001718

LONE STAR (1996) 02/09/2024

LONE STAR (1996) Franz and Paul are all hat and no cattle as they dig up the past and have a peek at John Sayles’ 1996 Tex-Mex drama LONE STAR, starring Chris Cooper, Joe Morton, Elizabeth Peña, Matthew McConaughy, and Kris Kristofferson! Generations and cultures clash in the small border town of Frontera. Made worse by the discovery of a long-buried corpse! The truth will out as this stretch of road runs between nowhere and not much else. Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/29784643

ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1969) 01/26/2024

ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1969) By George, I think they’ve got it! Franz and Paul feel a slight stiffness coming on…due to the altitude, no doubt, and their return to Bond Country as they look at the 1969 Peter Hunt one-off ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, and Telly Savalas! We have all the time in the Drive-In Garage. Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/29577618

YEAR OF THE DRAGON (1985) 01/12/2024

YEAR OF THE DRAGON (1985) It’s Vietnam all over again as Franz and Paul re-enter the Cimino-verse and take on all of the 1985 raving rampage cop thriller YEAR OF THE DRAGON, starring Mickey Rourke and John Lone! There’s a new marshal in Chinatown. And the streets are gonna run red with blood. You’ll soon be missing the peaceful days of Jackie Wong — when earth was earth, and heaven was heaven! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/29369938

TIME BANDITS (1981) 12/29/2023

TIME BANDITS (1981) Together, Franz and Paul ARE the Most Fabulous Object in the World! The year closes with the return of Franz’s brother Jason, and a leap into Terry Gillian’s 1981 temporal fantasy freak out TIME BANDITS! Adjust your clocks, load the Polaroid, and return what you have stolen! History comes alive at the Drive-In Garage! Email:[email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/29113213

TRADING PLACES (1983) 12/15/2023

TRADING PLACES (1983) Beef Jerky Time, everyone! Franz and Paul discover both the value of a dollar AND the true meaning of Christmas as they roll around the 1983 John Landis dark commodity TRADING PLACES, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy! It’s a classic role reversal with a startlingly short learning curve. Yet what lessons are actually learned? It’s either kill or be killed at the Drive-In Garage! Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/drivein/id/29001198

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