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Sorry for the lack of links recently. Things got a little screwy after my trip to Vancouver, but now that they’re settling down I figured it was time to catch up on the link posting. Let’s start with the most recent shows:

Episode 161 - Lars Von Trier: Rick, Al and myself discuss Antichrist & Element of Crime. Does controversy negatively affect a film? Does a film about mysogyny have to be mysogynist? Is Mariko having a bad day? Tune in to find out. (WARNING - Contains spoilers)

Episode 160 - Festival Du Nouveau Cinema: Simon, Al and Mariko talk about Canadian flicks The Trotsky & Reg Harkema’s Leslie, My Name is Evil as well as the highly touted Oscar bait, An Education.

And, in order of appearance here’s what I’d been remiss in posting:

Episode 150 - Halloween: Rick, Simon and special guest Detroit Burns discuss Rob Zombie’s Halloween & Rob Zombie’s Halloween 2, as well as the original (head spinning) Halloween 2. Guess which ones fared best?

Episode 151 - Kathryn Bigelow: Rick, Simon and Mariko examine Bigelow’s lastest, The Hurt Locker, as well as Strange Days, which didn’t really live up to my teenaged rememberances and cult classic Point Break.
Episode 152 - Bronson & Life is Hot in Cracktown: Gearing up for TIFF, Rick, Simon and guest Detroit Burns take a look at a couple of overlooked indie offerings.

Episode 153 - Our Favourite Soundtracks: Rick and Simon were getting ready for TIFF, Al was getting married and Mariko was playing hairdresser in Vancouver, so we decided to take it easy and do a music show.

Episode 154 - TIFF ‘09, Midnight Madness: Back from Toronto, Rick and Simon hash out this year’s horror and cult offerings at the Toronto international Film Festival including [REC] 2,  the abismal Bitch Slap, Australian horror offering The Loved Ones and the Diablo Cody penned Jennifer’s Body.

Episode 155 - TIFF ‘09, Steven Soderbergh part II: Simon, Al and Mariko take another look at Steven Soderbergh, this time discussing some of his lighter fare, particularly this year’s The Informant, as well as Out of Sight and The Limey.

Episode 156 - TIFF ‘09, Tod Solondz: Rick and Simon discuss their feelings on Solondz’s lastest, Life During Wartime as well as the films it shares characters with: 1995’s Welcome to the Dollhouse and 1998’s Happiness.

Episode 157 - TIFF ‘09 Round-up: Simon and Rick take on three more TIFF highlights that didn’t quite fit in anywhere else: the Michael Cera vehicle Youth in Revolt, The Road and Up In The Air with George Clooney.

Episode 158 - Whip It: Mariko and Al are back with Rick to discuss Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It, as well as rollerderby flick Kansas City Bomber with Raquel Welch and the sorta related Rollerball.

Episode 159 - Zombieland: The boys take a look at zombie comedies, including the charming Zombieland, Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and arguably the start of of horror comedy, Return of the Living Dead.

Tune in next week for a show on Korean director Joon-ho Bong (Mother, The Host & Memories of Murder), Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are and Paranormal Activity if it manages to open in Montreal.

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Episode 148 - Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola special): Rick, Simon and I discuss Coppola’s most recent film, the visually lavish “Tetro,” starring Vincent Gallo, the rather confused “Youth Without Youth” and the masterful “The Conversation.” Listen to me say the word “penis” over and over and over again…

Episode 149 - The Cove: The boys and I are back to talk about the Sundance award winning documentary “The Cove,” about dophin activist Richard O’Barry and the annual slaughter of 23,000 dolphins in a secluded cove in Taiji, Japan, as well as Canadian Rob Stewart’s somewhat less successful attempt to shed light on the slaughter of sharks, “Sharkwater.”

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Next week: The “Halloween” franchise and one of my favourite directors, Kathryn Bigelow.

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For those following along with the progress of the new Butcher Brothers film “The Violent Kind” who wondered what the hell happened once we wrapped, I apologize. Basically, there’s not a whole lot of exciting news. We all took a much need seven day or so detox….err….break from the film, one another, staying up all night and neglecting our loved ones to pull our lives back together after the insanity that was the shoot. Seeing as this is technically my first “real” movie shoot, I never really knew that you didn’t shoot features in 18 days. Apparently, that’s just frigging insane. Lesson learned.

While I knew we were all burning the candle at both ends, I didn’t know until I had a second to sit and reflect that most features- especially ones with a plot, special effects and great actors- take closer to 30 days to shoot. But figuring in this funky financial climate with the impending due dates for several major film festivals and time was (and is) of the essence. So, after taking a quick week off to reintroduce ourselves to our family and daylight, we’re right back at it.