Wed, 24 April 2013
Paul and Erin slather on the sunscreen to review two films about college coeds who get more than they bargained for when they travel to Florida for spring break. First: SPRING BREAKERS, Harmony Korine's DayGlo provocation about four girls who discover their inner gangsters after robbing a restaurant in order to finance their spring break vacation; then, WHERE THE BOYS ARE, the iconic 1960 beach-party movie about four girls who each are tempted to lose their virginity during *their* spring break trip to Fort Lauderdale. Skrillex or Connie Francis: which will prevail?
Direct download: TAATM_59__Spring_Breakers_vs._Where_The_Boys_Are.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 12:00am EDT |
Fri, 19 April 2013
Heather and Paul crank up their speakers for two hyperstylized rock and roll fables. First: VELVET GOLDMINE, Todd Haynes' 1998 tribute to glam rock, starring Christian Bale as a reporter seeking the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of a flamboyant David Bowie-esque pop star; then, STREETS OF FIRE, Walter Hill's 1984 oddity starring Michael Paré as a drifter who returns home to the big city when his rock-star ex-girlfriend is kidnapped by Willem Dafoe and his rampaging biker gang. A magical brooch, or a sledgehammer fight: which will prevail?
Direct download: TAATM_58__Velvet_Goldmine_vs._Streets_Of_Fire.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 3:14am EDT |
Wed, 10 April 2013
Erin and Paul put the hammer down on two films about long-haul truckers. First: THE WAGES OF FEAR, Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1953 suspense classic about a group of desperate men who agree to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerin across 300 miles of treacherous South American roads; then, CONVOY, Sam Peckinpah's 1978 movie version of the C.W. McCall novelty song starring Kris Kristofferson as an independent truck driver whose conflict with a crooked Arizona sheriff turns him into a reluctant folk hero. Yves Montand covered in oil, or Kris Kristofferson covered in sweat: which will prevail? Plus: listener feedback and mini-reviews of OCEAN WAVES and OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL.
Direct download: TAATM_57__The_Wages_Of_Fear_vs._Convoy.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 3:12am EDT |
Sun, 7 April 2013
Heather and Paul review two films about naive Americans who travel to northern Africa in search of enlightenment, and wind up lost in the desert instead. First: THE SHELTERING SKY, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1990 film version of Paul Bowles' novel starring John Malkovich and Debra Winger as a married couple who succumb to existential despair during a sojourn in Tangier; then, ISHTAR, Elaine May's notorious 1987 flop comedy starring Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty as a pair of deeply untalented singer/songwriters who get caught between the CIA and a band of left-wing freedom fighters during a gig at a Moroccan nightclub. John Malkovich losing his passport, or Dustin Hoffman losing his passport: which will prevail? Plus: remembrances of Roger Ebert, and mini-reviews of FREE RADICALS and PHIL SPECTOR.
Direct download: TAATM_56__The_Sheltering_Sky_vs._Ishtar.mp3
Category:TV and Film -- posted at: 3:57am EDT |