Films at First Sight

Joe and Graham celebrate and explore cinema, new and old, through the lens of the first time viewer. Such a wide angle includes the underserved medium of short films as well as the glancing into the future through film festivals and upcoming releases!

Episode 63: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) 07/21/2025

Episode 63: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) We are back and so is Steve who has brought another thrilling sci-fi gem. This time it is Joseph Sargent's Colossus: The Forbin Project, a film that wonders what the consqeuences might be if one were to give an AI supercomputer control of the US defense systems. So, join us as we explore this startlingly prescient film and lament our own modern technological hellscape! <Stares into the doomscrolling black void of social media for solace> /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/37480360

Short Ends: The Angel (2024) 07/19/2025

Short Ends: The Angel (2024) Short Ends is back and this time we are taking a look at the Mormon Folk Horror short film, "The Angel" from Barrett Burgin and Jess Burgin. Will Doug Jones bring us to salvation or will we suffer a fate worse than we ever imagined?! Tune in to find out! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/37465265

Chattanooga Film Festival 2025 Part 2 w/ Rachel Shatto from MovieJawn 07/14/2025

Chattanooga Film Festival 2025 Part 2 w/ Rachel Shatto from MovieJawn Rachel Shatto from MovieJawn and The More Deadly Podcast joins us to wrap up our coverage of the 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival which was a whirling dervish of fun. We touch on a slew of feature films such as Pater Noster and the Mission of Light, In the Mouth, Solvent, Alan at Night, Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma, and Abigail Before Beatrice, as well as some short films including, "Krakens Maw", "You're an Angel", and "A Haunting at Alma Drive". Check it out! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/37397635

Episode 62: Faust (1926) & Becoming Nosferatu w/ Matthew Sorrento 07/07/2025

Episode 62: Faust (1926) & Becoming Nosferatu w/ Matthew Sorrento We may have made a deal with the Devil because fortune smiles on us once again! Matthew Sorrento returns to the show where we dive into German expressionist cinema, his latest collection of original stories, Becoming Nosferatu: Stories Inspired by German Silent Horror Films, as well as F.W. Murnau's Faust (1926). And what is a silent film without its accompaniment score? Joe tries to capture the dark and hellish soundscape that The Silent Light provided alongside the film down at this year's Chattanooga Film Festival. Does he succeed or will he be banished to the abode of the damned?! Tune in to find out! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/37305240

Chattanooga Film Festival 2025 Part 1 w/ Allison of Who's There? A Podcast About Horror Fans 06/30/2025

Chattanooga Film Festival 2025 Part 1 w/ Allison of Who's There? A Podcast About Horror Fans We hope you campers are having a great start to the Summer! As is our annual tradition, we went off to Cinephile Summer Camp down by the Tennesee River, to attend the great Chattanooga Film Festival. First up in our widespread look at the festivities, Joe is joined by friend of the show, Allison from Who's There? A Podcast About Horror Fans, where they chat about Hotspring Sharkattack AKA Onsen shâku, Portal to Hell, King Baby, and some short films, C.U.N.T. (See You Next Tuesday), and REM. Check it out and stay tuned for more Chatt Film Fest coverage!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/37218070

Short Ends: The Confection (2025) CFF 2025 06/25/2025

Short Ends: The Confection (2025) CFF 2025 We're at the Chattanooga Film Festival for another episode of Short Ends! Join us as Christopher Jason Bell bakes up a tale of cake, grief, and international espionage in his new short film, The Confection. Will we find it to be a delectable treat or a crumby mess? Tune in to find out! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/37144010

Episode 61: Identikit AKA The Driver's Seat (1974) 06/16/2025

Episode 61: Identikit AKA The Driver's Seat (1974) Caitlin from the Plug It Up Podcast joins us as we take a disorienting vaction to Italy with Elizbeth Taylor in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi's Identikit AKA The Driver's Seat. Will we know just what the hell is going on by the end of it or will we mix our diets with our orgasms and ruin the whole messy affair? Tune in to find out!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/37025680

Episode 60: Operation Finale (2018) 06/09/2025

Episode 60: Operation Finale (2018) We're back and Graham has us traveling down to Argentina when we chat about 2018's Nazi hunting thriller, Operation Finale. Come for a smoldering Oscar Isaac and stay for what is potentially the worst first date that we've covered thus far! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36916960

Episode 59: Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987) 06/02/2025

Episode 59: Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987) We're back and we brought some friends with us! Casey from Bloody Good Horror and Alyssa from the Silver Scream Podcast join Joe and Graham to chat about Juraj Jakubisko's monster mashup Freckled Max and the Spooks. Will this wildly inventive adaptation of Frankenstein's Aunt give us life or will the gang break out the torches and pitchforks and demand an end to the madness? Tune in to find out!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36816630

Short Ends: Soy leyenda (1967) 06/01/2025

Short Ends: Soy leyenda (1967) We're back with another episode of Short Ends! Join us as we open up the crypt and dive into 1967's Soy leyenda, a moody adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. And of course this means we have to sort through the various other attempts at this wonderfully dark tale of lonliness, isolation, and vampires. Check it out! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36805110

Episode 58: The Death Collector ('76) & Death Collector ('88) 05/26/2025

Episode 58: The Death Collector ('76) & Death Collector ('88) We're back and still celebrating Drive-In Double Features, this time with a movie title mix-up! So hop on in the car and turn up the volume as Joe and Graham chat about Joe Pesci's feature film debut, from 1976, The Death Collector AKA The Family Enforcer and a low budget post-apocalyptic western, from 1988, Death Collector. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36684300

Episode 57: Sorcerer (1977) 05/19/2025

Episode 57: Sorcerer (1977) Buckle up for one helluva journey as Wit returns to the show and we chat about William Friedkin's stonecold masterpiece Sorcerer. We laud the theater experience, try and unpack the various themes, and get into it about pacing verse length, all the while, wondering if we would even survive the treacherous journey through the Mexican jungle. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36614570

Episode 56: The Conversation & Enemy of the State 05/12/2025

Episode 56: The Conversation & Enemy of the State Sarah from the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network joins us to kick off Drive-In Double Feature Season as we pay tribute to Gene Hackman with 1974's The Conversation & 1998's Enemy of the State, two films that couldn't feel more different stylistically, but are so thematically intertwinned that we had no choice but to sit down with them. Will we survive the onslaught of burgeoning '90s comedians playing techies that have all of the patriotic duty as the DOGE team? Tune in to find out!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36531790

Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival 2025 05/12/2025

Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival 2025 We're heading back to the Mauch Chunk Opera House in the beautiful Pocono Mountains, for the 8th Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival. Joe breaks down everything he saw, including festival favorite Fucktoys, Lanfia Wal's over-the-top homage to '80s blaxploitation and action flicks, New Jack Fury, and it wouldn't be JTIFF without a stop to the infamous Grindhouse with This is Us, and Meat Machine. Check it out!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36531470

Episode 55: To Sleep So as to Dream 04/05/2025

Episode 55: To Sleep So as to Dream Step out of time with us as Graham brings Joe into a surreal dream world involving private detectives, missing dames, ninjas, gyroscopes, eggs, and meta commentary utilizing silent film as its medium, with Kaizo Hayashi's remarakable fantasy/mystery To Sleep So as to Dream. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/36018805

Short Ends: No Experience Necessary (2025) 04/02/2025

Short Ends: No Experience Necessary (2025) We're back with another edition of Short Ends, this time previewing Emily Everhard's short film No Experience Necessary, which World Premieres at the 35th Aspen Shortsfest. So join us, as we discuss this funny and moving short about finding that spark in life again. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/35974255

Episode 54: Dressed to Kill (1980) 03/14/2025

Episode 54: Dressed to Kill (1980) We're getting sexy and mysterious when Jason from Dads from the Crypt returns to talk about Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill, a film that begs the question, what is the proper painting to be looking at when we succumb to our innermost desires and fantasies? /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/35683945

Episode 53: 2024 Year in Review 01/31/2025

Episode 53: 2024 Year in Review Wowee, 2024 was quite the year for cinema and we have so much to reflect on. So, grab a seat while we each go through 20 films that stood out amongst an impressive amount of movies watched, both new and old. We've got beavers, evil Canadian children, slutty pizza lovers, juggalos, crime sprees, film-noir, sex workers across multiple generations, religious allegories, and much, much more!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/35096695

Episode 52: Boxcar Bertha 01/14/2025

Episode 52: Boxcar Bertha Hustle on up and hitch a ride with us as we are joined by Bloody Good Horror's Eric Newell to chat about Martin Scorsese's dusty crime thriller Boxcar Bertha. I mean, it was have been desrepectful NOT to cover one of the many films that Roger Corman produced which launched a major career. And who doesn't wanna see Bernie Casey being an all around badass. So, come for the violence & nudity and stay for the weird Wizard of Oz allegory. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/34849460

Episode 51: Prisoners (2013) 01/06/2025

Episode 51: Prisoners (2013) Join us as we invite our old friend Brad to help us investigate Denis Villeneuve's labyrinthine thriller Prisoners, a Thanksgiving flick that gets us wondering, where was Hugh Jackman's character on January 6th? Other points of discussion are Thanksgiving films, the star studded cast, favorite actors that perpetually get beat the hell up, our oddest pets, and of course that ENDING. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/34737335

Episode 50: Robin Redbreast 11/25/2024

Episode 50: Robin Redbreast Sometimes you just need a fresh start. Something new to springboard you into the next chapter of life. Well join us as we return for our first coverage involving a Made-For-TV film and we have a brand new guest on the show, Levi from the Well-Adjusted Horror Podcast. This episode we are talking about the 1970's Play for Today broadcast on the BBC, Robin Redbreast, a film that has been heralded as a folk horror response to Rosemary's Baby. Tangents include terrible dates, even worse neighbors, and the big red warning signs of Nazi related obsessions. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/34135941

Episode 49: Seconds (1966) 09/25/2024

Episode 49: Seconds (1966) Life isn't full of too many second chances but what happens when you are given a new lease on life? Now that's a big question for a small podcast. Luckily for us, friend of the show, Steve is here to enlighten us to all of the mysteries and wonders that accompany such a profound inquiry with John Frankenheimer's science-fiction masterpiece, Seconds. So join us as Joe & Graham experience what is arguably Rock Hudson's greatest film & performance. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/33203182

Episode 48: Challengers 08/11/2024

Episode 48: Challengers We've got a new guest to the show and he's bringing what may be one of the most divisive movies we've covered thus far, Luca Guadagnino's Challengers. Gabe Coffey joins Joe & Graham to talk throuples, competition, sweat, and a nonstop throbbing soundtrack. Check it out! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/32532377

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 3 w/ Jody Webster 08/02/2024

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 3 w/ Jody Webster Joe and Jody from Dads from the Crypt sit down and talk this year's Chattanooga Film Festival while they unpack their thoughts on juggalos, the need for gay southern gothic tales, and the implicit dangers of joining a cult. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/32397222

Short Ends: Berta (Fantasia Fest 2024) 07/29/2024

Short Ends: Berta (Fantasia Fest 2024) Joe and Graham are joined by friend of the show, Whitney, to discuss Lucía Forner Segarra's latest short film, Berta, which World Premiered at Fantasia Fest on July 28th, 2024. The gang gets into their taste for revenge films, the importance of women's voice in the subgenre, and the use of art as a means to dissect and understand trauma. Join us for a bloody good time! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/32332817

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 2: Transmissions, Shorts, and Ghosts 07/21/2024

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 Part 2: Transmissions, Shorts, and Ghosts We had so much to say about this year's Chattanooga Film Festival that we couldn't help but hit the record button again! Joe and Graham keep it rolling with a slew of shorts such as Roger is a Serial Killer, The Cost of Flesh, Giallo, Like Me, Apotemnofilia, and the BANANAS The Rainbow Bridge. And things get meta as we talk podcast representation in films during our features discussion which include Graham Skipper's The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine, Video Visions, Falling Stars and Carnage for Christmas. /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/32230552

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 w/ Allison of Who's There? 07/10/2024

Chattanooga Film Festival 2024 w/ Allison of Who's There? The smell of freshly popped popcorn, the clicking and spinning of projector wheels, oh it can only the summer camp for cinefiles, the Chattanooga Film Festival. This year we are joined by Allison of the Who's There? podcast to discuss some of our favorite things we saw such as Canvas, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Adult, The Vourdalak and Red Rooms. And we certainly didn't forget about the wonderful slew of short films. Check it out!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/32079802

Episode 47: Vanishing Point 07/04/2024

Episode 47: Vanishing Point We're LIVE again at the Colonial Theatre where we are joined by filmmaker Ryan Hammaker to discuss 1971's Vanishing Point, a film championed as one of the greatest car movies ever made. Does it live up to its legendary status or does it crash and burn in a fiery smoldering wreck? /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/32013102

Episode 46: Daisies 06/07/2024

Episode 46: Daisies This episode we are joined by Rachel and Ariel from The More Deadly Podcast to chat about Věra Chytilová's Daisies, a movie near and dear to Joe's chaotic heart. For maximum chaos, subjects include food fights, blacklists, feminsim in film, taking mushrooms and talking to the police, and surprise appearance from Ariel's cat! Check it out!! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/31644467

The 7th Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (2024) 06/04/2024

The 7th Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival (2024) Join us in the cozy little mountain town of Jim Torpe for The Seventh Annual Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival as we regale the sights and sounds of one of Pennsylvania's BEST Film Festivals. We talk creepy Irish tales, locally shot tearjerkers, and finally find something tense enough that it forced Graham to flee the theater. JTIFF really does have something for everyone! /episode/index/show/filmsatfirstsight/id/31604512

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