2024 is the 70th anniversary of Godzilla and we’re continuing to give the Kaiju genre its flowers by covering the GAMERA TRILOGY (1995-1999) screening at SPECTACLE all month long in September. This week’s guest is STEVE MACFARLANE — the Spectacle film programmer who is also giving an in-person introduction to GODZILLA 1985 on 9/18 at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn for their WEIRD WEDNESDAY series.

Get tickets to the Gamera Trilogy at Spectacle HERE

Get tickets to GODZILLA 1985 at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn HERE

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠, original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠.

Our next guest is LIZ PURCHELL — she’s the film programmer behind the ongoing monthly rep series WEIRD WEDNESDAY at Alamo Drafthouse’s Downtown Brooklyn location! In September she’s programming all 35mm screenings of Corey Yuen’s SO CLOSE (2002), Larry Cohen’s BONE (1972), GODZILLA 1985, and Roger Corman’s THE TRIP (1967).

Tap in to learn all about Liz’s extraordinary work as a queer film historian including her expertise as a film restorationist, archivist, home video producer/curator, and the creator of ASK ANY BUDDY.

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠, original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠.

ANDREW ABREU visits the pod to help Host Alec Rodriguez share his reactions to SPECTACLE EVERY DAY: MEXICAN POPULAR CINEMA — the 22-film retrospective on Mexico Cinema’s Golden Age which ended its run last week at the Film at Lincoln Center.

🎞️The films from this retrospective can be found on THIS Letterboxd list!

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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by ⁠Cristina Montes⁠, original music by ⁠Jeremy Bullen⁠.