Genre Exposure: A Film Podcast
A bi-weekly podcast plumbing the depths of genre films. Join us as we explore the wide world of cinema broadening our horizons one movie at a time.
In this episode, we charge ahead with our current focus on made-for-tv movies. Jason serves up an interesting follow-up by bringing to the table another film based on a work of literature, but takes us to Australia and advances the clock a decade into the era of HBO with Arch Nicholson’s Fortress from 1985. Michael…
In this episode, we kick off our next block focusing on made-for-tv movies AKA television films. Michael starts us off by setting the bar high with Steven Spielberg’s Duel from 1971. Which, surprisingly, ends up being a first-time watch for Dustin. We also use it to finally have an excuse to gush over the works…
In this episode, we dive into the mailbag for another listener episode to shake out all the dust from our series on Westerns. This time things get a little heady as we dig deep and muse over Anthony Scott Burn’s 2020 feature Come True. Things get super serious and maybe we share just a bit…
In this special bonus episode of Genre Exposure, spurred on by the announcement of a documentary about Michael Sonye, better known by his stage name Dukey Flyswatter, and his band Haunted Garage we decided to take some time to briefly discuss the man, the myth, the legend and then cover one of our favorite films…
In this episode, we wrap up our series on Westerns. Dustin can’t let the conversation close without casting some focus on Spaghetti Westerns which leads us to Enzo G. Castellari’s Keoma from 1976. This brings up a podcast favorite topic once more: Franco Nero. Dustin comes out swinging with high praise suggesting the film deserves…
In this episode, we continue our series on Westerns with Jason rolling the dice on a blind watch leading us to check out Martin Koolhoven’s Brimstone from 2016. Collectively, we manage to toss out a pretty balanced range of impressions all across the spectrum between love and hate. Dustin finds himself totally put off by…
In this episode, we kick off our next block focusing on Westerns by checking out Lawrence Kasdan’s love letter to the wild west flicks of the past: Silverado from 1985. Jason celebrates the film’s careful use of foreshadowing. Dustin finds himself put off by the movie’s tone which leads to him realizing just what a…
In this episode, we put away the black gloves and cool down from our #GialloJanuary insanity with a listener suggested episode. From the dark streets of the world of Giallo, we carry on to the field of war to check out Kevin Reynolds’ The Beast of War (aka The Beast) from 1988. This is an…
In this episode, our #GialloJanuary celebration kicks into overtime as we spill into February to wrap everything up. We’ve checked out gialli in its heyday of the early 70s and followed it up with a look at its waning days in the late 80s. Circling our discussions has been this idea about modern interpretations of…
In this episode, our #GialloJanuary celebration continues. Leaving behind the explosion of the genre in the early 70s, we advance into the late 80s to check out how things have evolved by focusing on Lamberto Bava’s rather steamy erotic giallo Delirium (aka Le Foto di Gioia). Jason comes out swinging in support of the film….