Pure Cinema Podcast

A weekly film podcast hosted by Elric Kane (of the Shock Waves podcast) and Brian Saur (of the Rupert Pupkin Speaks film blog) featuring discussions of new films, old films, double features, cult movies, filmmakers and movie lists among a smorgasbord of other Cinema-related things.

New Beverly Calendar: August, 2021 07/22/2021

New Beverly Calendar: August, 2021 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: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/19864700

Summer Discoveries 07/16/2021

Summer Discoveries 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: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/19778597

Public Domain Movies (with Quentin Tarantino) 07/01/2021

Public Domain Movies (with Quentin Tarantino) 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: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/19295468

New Beverly Calendar: July, 2021 06/21/2021

New Beverly Calendar: July, 2021 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: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/19521371

Final Films (w/ Quentin Tarantino) 06/01/2021

Final Films (w/ Quentin Tarantino) 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 Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/19186391

New Beverly Calendar: June, 2021 05/24/2021

New Beverly Calendar: June, 2021 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: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/19186313

Danny Peary's Guide For the Film Fanatic 05/03/2021

Danny Peary's Guide For the Film Fanatic 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 Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/18498764

The Films of David Lynch - Part Two 04/19/2021

The Films of David Lynch - Part Two 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: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/18107102

The Films of David Lynch - Part One 04/01/2021

The Films of David Lynch - Part One 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: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/18106943

Italian Genre Sampler 03/22/2021

Italian Genre Sampler For this episode, Elric and Brian get waste deep in a breadth of Italian genre cinema for another sampler. Slots here include crime films, spaghetti westerns, giallo, post apocalyptic and more. This was a blast to research and a hoot to discuss. Recommended watching to go with this show is Mike Malloy's EUROCRIME Documentary currently Amazon Prime. You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/17744588

The Five Senses (Patreon Bonus) 03/16/2021

The Five Senses (Patreon Bonus) In this bonus mini-sode, Elric and Brian incorporate part of a Patreon "Hangout" episode from late last year where they each picked films that in some way connect to all of the five senses. If you enjoy this episode, feel free to check out the show's Patreon over at . As mentioned in the episode, the $1/month tier gets you access to one bonus episode a month (the "Blu-ray Picks" episode) and the $5/month tier gets you access to all our bonus content including the regular monthly "Hangout" episodes where new movies, streaming movies, movie books and a variety of different things are discussed in a very casual atmosphere. Thanks to all the Patreons who have supported the show and continue to do so - we appreciate you so much and you really keep everything going! Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/18349679

QT Movie Club (with Quentin Tarantino!) 03/02/2021

QT Movie Club (with Quentin Tarantino!) Elric and Brian are joined yet again by the great Quentin Tarantino to talk about a huge group of films he's been watching recently. Selections range from action, westerns, dramas and TV Movies (including a special tribute to director John Llewellyn Moxey). An epic chat running nearly 4 hours that is crammed full of recommendations from the master himself! Enjoy! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/18158867

Animal Attacks Sampler 02/17/2021

Animal Attacks Sampler On this new episode, Brian and Elric are joined by his longtime friend and podcasting partner Dr. Rebekah McKendry to talk about Animal Attack cinema! In this "sampler" style show, the slots range from insects to sea creatures to domestic animals and more. Lots of fun was had with a wonderful guest - Definitely check out Elric and Rebekah's horror show COLORS OF THE DARK: Follow Rebekah on Twitter here: You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/17744504

Teen Movie Hell 02/01/2021

Teen Movie Hell On this episode, Elric and Brian pay tribute to the late Mike "McBeardo" McPadden - a film writer and film fan of the highest order who wrote a few books on movies and one of them - TEEN MOVIE HELL - is the focus of this show. TEEN MOVIE HELL is a book all about the teen movies of the 1970s and 1980s and features lots of deep cuts as well as old classics. Elric and Brian Highlight 5 movies each from the book and read passages from the book to go along with each. Featured at the front of this episode are clips from an interview with Mike McPadden himself on a show called Castle Talk (with host Jason Henderson). Listen to the entire interview here: Buy Teen Movie Hell Here: Donate to Mike McPadden's Memorial fund: You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/17504951

Fantasy Films 01/19/2021

Fantasy Films On this Episode, Elric and Brian dive into the fantastic and nostalgic world of fantasy films with their guest Brendon Small (co-creator of TV Shows HOME MOVIES and METALOCALYPSE). You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/17435078

5 Films Because 01/04/2021

5 Films Because To kick off 2021, Elric and Brian go back to the very beginnings of the show where they declared that their 5 film lists would "5 Films Because" as to open things up for the highlighting of not just favorites and "best" films in a category, but rather anything they'd like to highlight. As such, both of them have chosen 5 films to talk about this episode and there wasn't any rhyme or reason to the choosing. Just 5 films they each wanted to watch and films that hadn't really been chosen as picks on the show before. Enjoy! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/17132492

Film Discoveries of 2020 12/21/2020

Film Discoveries of 2020 As is part of an annual tradition, Elric and Brian run through ten picks each of their favorite film "discoveries" (older films seen for the first time) from 2020. Listen to Last year's Discoveries here: And 2018's Discoveries show here: You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/16883849

Exploitation Arthouse 12/04/2020

Exploitation Arthouse On this episode, Elric and Brian had the pleasure of welcoming back one of their favorite guests - TCM Underground Programmer Millie De Chirico (who previously joined us for our "Kiddie Midnights episode among others). Guidelines for this show were to program 5 double features each - consisting of one Exploitation film and one Arthouse film. It was a fun challenge and hopefully the results are enjoyable and perhaps momentarily thought provoking. Millie has a new podcast called I SAW WHAT YOU DID. Subscribe and list to it here: You can help support Pure Cinema by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/16839173

80s and 90s Thrillers 11/20/2020

80s and 90s Thrillers Brian and Elric were very pleased to be joined again by New Beverly comrade Phil Blankenship to talk about Thrillers from the 80s and 90s! Phil goes above and beyond the normal "5 Films Because" and offers 5 awesome Triple features as each of his picks and they are all epically fantastic - please enjoy! You can help support Pure Cinema by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/16448501

The Movies That Made Joe Dante 11/01/2020

The Movies That Made Joe Dante Recorded originally for Salem Horror Fest, this interview finds Elric and Brian attempting to turn the tables on the great Joe Dante and his wonderful podcast THE MOVIES THAT MADE ME and ask him what were some of those very formative films that kind of made him into the person, director and film fan we love today. Check out The Movies That Made Me here: And Trailers From Hell here: You can help support Pure Cinema by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/16360547

Horror All-Nighters Part Two! 10/12/2020

Horror All-Nighters Part Two! In what is quick becoming a PCP tradition - Elric and Brian are joined again by Patrick Bromley from to each program their own Horror All-Night show. Enjoy! Check out F This Movie here: Follow Patrick on Twitter here: You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/16150601

Horror & Thriller TV Movies 10/02/2020

Horror & Thriller TV Movies To kick off October, Elric and Brian decided it would be fun to explore the vast world of Made-For-TV movies and to keep things spooky, the focus was on Horror and Thriller TV Movies specifically. As mentioned on the show, we recommend Amanda Reyes book ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE? A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999. You can purchase it here: Also, definitely check out Amanda's podcast Made For TV Mayhem here: You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/15968258

60s Cult Movies 09/17/2020

60s Cult Movies Continuing their series of Cult Movies by Decade, Elric and Brian take a trip through the 1960s - a wildly fascinating decade in cinema - and pull out some gems they love and feel are perhaps underseen or underappreciated. You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/15319436

Horror Sampler 09/03/2020

Horror Sampler It's Spooky September! Sure it's not October yet, but For this episode - Elric and Brian are taking the idea that they've used in the past for Exploitation and transferring it to a "Horror Sampler" idea. In this case the categories covered include a film pick each in the categories of Slasher, Supernatural, Creature Feature, Foreign Language Horror and of course a Wild Card Spot. Hopefully this serves as a nice primer for your Horror movie viewing options as you ramp up to the Halloween season! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/15682766

Disasters! 08/24/2020

Disasters! Elric and Brian shake loose some disaster movie picks for this episode - in 5 different categories! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/15125474

Hangout Episode - "New To Me" (Patreon Bonus) 08/17/2020

Hangout Episode - "New To Me" (Patreon Bonus) For this very special episode, we are doing something we almost never do - which is release a Patreon Exclusive episode into our main feed so all the listeners can have a chance to hear what it is we do in terms of the bonus content over on our Patreon. This is one of our Monthly "Hangout Episodes" where we discuss what we've been watching, offer Blu-ray, streaming and film book picks and also have some kind of main topic as well. This Hangout episode is one we actually thought about as a regular episode at one point and it has to do with each of us catching up with some films that have been recommended on the show in the past that we've meant to watch but hadn't gotten around to until now. This episode was a lot of fun to research and record and we hope you enjoy. Big big thanks to our Patreon supporters who made this possible! If you like what you hear and want to support the show, you can go to: Enjoy! Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/15638624

Amy Seimetz - SHE DIES TOMORROW 08/07/2020

Amy Seimetz - SHE DIES TOMORROW In this very special episode, Elric and Brian talk to Filmmaker and actress Amy Seimetz about her one-of-a-kind new film SHE DIES TOMORROW as well as "5 Films Because" that influenced it. SHE DIES TOMORROW is available on August 7th across all VOD platforms (and is even playing some Drive-In theaters). You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/15519230

Sports Movies 07/23/2020

Sports Movies Elric and Brian dive in on the topic of sports movies for this episode and touch on Basketball, Baseball, Football, Hockey, Golf and more! You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/14313473

The Films of Paul Thomas Anderson 07/02/2020

The Films of Paul Thomas Anderson On this epic career retrospective episode, Elric and Brian examine the works of director Paul Thomas Anderson one film at a time, each offering another movie to pair with each entry in his filmography. You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/14675360

Coming of Age Movies 06/22/2020

Coming of Age Movies This episode, Elric and Brian go down another road - that of coming of age films of various kinds. You can help support this show by going to: Follow the Show on Twitter: Instagram: and Facebook: /episode/index/show/purecinemapodcast/id/13723748

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