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Tim and Jen marvel at an overlooked Sean Connery performance in Sidney Lumet’s similarly overlooked police procedural, The Offence.Tip us at Ko-Fi!See some of the existing locations from The Offence, via the BFI.This representative example of a John Hopkins-penned episode of Z Cars features a young and almost unrecognizable Brian Blessed as a uniformed cop.

Jen and Tim go back to the roots of the New German Cinema and find much that’s still relevant in Volker Schlöndorff’s bleak character study, Young Törless.See video of Schlöndorff introducing a screening of Young Törless at a 2018 conference at Notre Dame.Jen hasn’t finished Klaus Theweleit’s Male Fantasies yet (it’s two volumes, plus she can’t read) but she’s gonna go ahead and recommend it to you if you’re at all interested in the psychology of fascism.

Tim and Jen allow their favorite radio personality Jennifer Miller Hammel to settle her beef with the biggest fan disappointment since The Star Wars Holiday special, The X-Files: I Want to Believe.Back in 1998, the MST3k crew riffed the first X-Files movie in their 2nd Summer Blockbuster Reviewfor the Sci-Fi Channel (sorry to deadname).Trace some X-Files history with us by listening to our episodes on The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. and The Night Stalker!Is that a weed?!

Jen and Tim throw a pool party and invite Charles of the No Homework podcast to talk about the enervating suburban world of The Swimmer!Here is a representative sample of the “Hi, Guy!” series of Right Guard ads starring Bill Fiore, aka Mr. Hunsacker in The Swimmer. And here’s Jan Miner, aka Mrs. Hunsacker, as Madge the Palmolive lady.Cheever was indeed only adapted once for the big screen, but there have been a scattering of TV adaptations. This one, The Sorrows of Gin from 1979, stars Sigourney Weaver and Edward Herrmann!

Tim patiently walks Jen through a compilation of philosophies of art, life, and everything: the Cate Blanchett-starring installation film Manifesto.Manifesto is free with ads on Tubi, but you can also watch each segment at director Julian Rosefeldt’s website.If you don’t know the name Nigel Cheese and you love learning about internet lunatics, watch this video from the Down the Rabbit Hole series by Frederik Knudsen.

Jen and Tim enlist Aftermath’s Chris Person to talk about a strange technical footnote in cinema, the moody and trés European fantasy Julia and Julia.Chris expands on the infuriating quality of IMDb reviews in this piece for Aftermath.Crave more pioneering and historical HD video? Stop by Reely Interesting on YouTube! There’s something for everybody, especially if you’re the kind of person who gets excited when they hear the word “encoding.”If you were curious about Morning Patrol, the Greek Philip K. Dick adaptation Chris mentioned, someone has helpfully put it up on YouTube. Also, it’s directed by the same guy who gave us one of our most memorable selections, Singapore Sling!