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Episode 293 – Praising Kane – Sticky Fingers (1988)

RSS/iTunes/Spotify Check out the Praising Kane archive right here. 2025 is the YEAR OF CAROL KANE! From Star Trek to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to a documentary about her relationship with her mother (CAROL &JOY, coming soon!), to appearing in the latest Darren Aronofsky movie, it’s a busy time in the world of PRAISING KANE and we’re loving it. We break down all the latest news on this episode, followed by a look at the strange Caitlin Adams-directed crime-comedy STICKY FINGERS starring Helen Slater and Melanie Mayron as two down-on-their-luck street musicians who are saddled with a bag containing almost a million dollars! With supporting turns from Christopher Guest, Eileen Brennan, Stephen McHattie and – of course – CAROL KANE! Enjoy! Here’s a link to the TV guide interview mentioned in the episode: https://www.tvguide.com/news/danny-devito-carol-kane-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-interview/ The post Episode 293 – Praising Kane – Sticky Fingers (1988) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.

Episode 292 – Wild in the Streets – Bloody Payroll (aka Violent Milan) (1976)

RSS/iTunes/Spotify Check out the full Wild in the Streets archive right here Two gang members pull a double cross on Claudio Cassinelli’s Raul Montalbani after a bank robbery in Mario Caiano’s occasionally spirited 1976 film BLOODY PAYROLL (aka VIOLENT MILAN). BIG MISTAKE! Cassinelli spends most of the film tracking them down to get a little revenge, helped by the sympathetic sex worker Leila. It’s bookended by some terrific action (especially the car and motorcycle chases in the first thirty minutes, but then settles down into some Noir-ish score settling buoyed by a terrific, jazzy soundtrack. But what did we think? CHECK IT OUT!The post Episode 292 – Wild in the Streets – Bloody Payroll (aka Violent Milan) (1976) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.

Episode 291 – Further Reeding – Z.P.G. (1972)

RSS/iTunes/Spotify Check out the Further Reeding archive right here. Your Oliver Reed-loving pals are BACK on a brand new episode of FURTHER REEDING and we’re checking out the filmed-in-Denmark 1972 science fiction oddity Z.P.G., where Reed and Geraldine Chaplin play a couple in a dystopian near-future where childbirth has been outlawed. Instead people cling onto weird child-like automatons while slowing losing their minds and eating steak-flavored paste. That’s good eating! When Chaplin’s Carol decides she wants to have a baby anyway things get.. pretty goofy, especially when the neighbors discover the couple’s not-very-well-hidden secret. It’s strange! Check it out!The post Episode 291 – Further Reeding – Z.P.G. (1972) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.

Episode 290 – Bartel Me Something Good – Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

RSS/iTunes/Spotify Check out the full Bartel Me Something Good archive right here Uh oh! The gang is back talking all things Paul Bartel on another episode of BARTEL ME SOMETHING GOOD and this time not only are we yacking about 1976’s HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, the made-for-a-bet directing debut of both Joe Dante AND Alan Arkush (and featuring Paul Bartel, Dick Miller and Mary Woronov among many other familiar faces), but we also start with a very special episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1985 directed by Tim Burton(!), featuring music by Danny Elfman(!) and starring Griffin Dunne, Laraine Newman and – wait for it – Paul Bartel as a pretentious art critic. It’s even.. uh.. sort of an adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story. All that and so much more, so enjoy! Watch THE JAR right here: The post Episode 290 – Bartel Me Something Good – Hollywood Boulevard (1976) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.

Episode 289 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – The Last Outlaw (1993)

RSS/iTunes/Spotify Check out the full HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? archive right here One this rootin’-tootin’ episode of HOW DO YOU DO, FELLOW KIDS? we’re checking out the made-for-HBO western THE LAST OUTLAW from 1993 featuring a murderer’s row of early 90s character actors: Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, Ted Levine, John C. McGinley, Keith David and – of course – Steve Buscemi! Not only that, it was written by Eric Red (who wrote THE HITCHER and NEAR DARK) and directed by THE QUIET EARTH/YOUNG GUNS II/FREEJACK’s Geoff Murphy and features plenty of ultra-violence in a (transparently) WILD BUNCH-inspired revenge tale. All THAT and the latest Steve Buscemi news! Watch THE LAST OUTLAW right here: Check out how Steve Buscemi dies in the film: https://bsky.app/profile/dougtilley.bsky.social/post/3lvvh4bs2dk2wThe post Episode 289 – How Do You Do, Fellow Kids? – The Last Outlaw (1993) first appeared on Cinema Smorgasbord.